“Are the preparations going well?”

On the day of Reynard’s ceremony, Yurina, who had been sitting in front of the mirror and changing with the help of Betsy and the other maids, turned at the click of the lock.

Marchioness Carthia entered with a smile on her face. The maids assigned to Yurina retreated.

Marchioness stood behind Yurina and looked at her reflection in the mirror.

“It is good to be young. Even a little decoration makes the skin glow.”

There was false modesty in those words, as the Marchioness now only looked ten years older than Yurina. It’s been a month and a half since that damn tape burned down. And now the Marchioness looked better than ever.

“Don’t say that. If you stand side by side like this, others will see us as two sisters. I want to look like my mother later.”

“Even if you give something up, the other person will happily accept it. I can’t use it too much.”

“But everyone is think so. Yes?”

When Yurina looked back at the maids, they called out impatiently.

“You are right, miss!”

“You still look young enough, Madam!”

Their words were sincere, for the most part. The Marchioness laughed sarcastically, as if she didn’t like that flattery, absurd, and mean.

“You haven’t even touched your food. Looking good is good, but starving is no good. You’ll have to stay on your feet at that party.”

The Marchioness’s gaze turned to the appetizer on the table. It was prepared by wrapping smoked salmon, ham or cheese in a biscuit so that you can conveniently eat it on the go. But Yurina didn’t touch anything.

But it wasn’t that Yurina was very worried about her figure.

“I have no appetite because I am nervous.”

“Your mom was also very afraid of debut day.”

“Is it so?”

“Then it was fashionable to tighten the waist even more than it is now. Then I regretted that I refused to eat.”

Yurina looked in the mirror, saw the Marchioness there, and smiled. She was always told to smile naturally, but now her smile reflected in the mirror was awkward.

In fact, Yurina wasn’t nervous because it was her debut. Of course, it was hard to appear in front of strangers, to attract all the attention, but Yurina wasn’t shy in front of the crowd.

There was only one reason why she was so worried.

Marquis De Flon.

For the past few days, Yurina has been seriously thinking about this.

‘How will the story unfold in the future?’

In the original story, Yurina Carthia debuted at the age of 18, and since then she has been in constant conflict with Lydia, also fighting for the favor of the crown prince. In the original story, Yurina was the crown prince’s former lover, and she apparently had affection for the crown prince and tried to stay close to him.

It is unknown if the crown prince had feelings for Yurina. But in the end, he chose Lydia. Of course, it could also be love, but most likely it was a simple calculation – to attract Blessed Karion to his side.

‘And now Curtis was also trying to contact Ray through me.’

And Yurina Carthia, unable to give up the crown prince, meets the end at the hands of the second protagonist, Karion.

To avoid a tragic ending, Yurina finds Reynard and takes him for herself, while desperately avoiding the prince.

What bothered her about the script, which she had already altered so much, was that in society she was mentioned as a candidate to marry the prince, regardless of her will. And that would have contradicted the intentions of Marquis De Flon.

Even without the ‘Karion’, Marquis De Flon could attack the Carthia family, and who knows, maybe he wants to encroach on Yurina’s life? To prepare for this, Yurina made a deal with Reynard to save her when Yurina was in danger.

But what now? Reynard suddenly returned from school a year early, and Yurina was set to debut at 17, a year earlier than in the original.

‘I don’t even know why I keep worrying.’

Yurina clutched her chest to calm her heart that was beating like a hammer. But in vain.

While Yurina was at the villa, Marquis Carthia and her three brothers watched over the De Flon family. However, there has been no evidence so far that the Marquis was involved in a conspiracy at the tournament, and there has been no particular movement since.

It is said that Marquis De Flon returned to the estate after the tournament and lived in peace.

‘Is it just because I’m afraid to see Marquis De Flon?’

Yurina trembled as she remembered the shining golden eyes she had seen before.

Maybe it was just that the shock she felt upon seeing him that day in the capital was so great that when she thought of the Marquis, Yurina felt fear for no apparent reason. Like Pavlov’s dog.

“By the way, given my age, I’m still underage, and since I’m debuting now, the situation has become more ambiguous.”

Yurina, who was engulfed in her thoughts, suddenly turned her head towards the Marchioness’s voice.

“I’m sorry, what?”

“Usually, this isn’t accepted immediately after the debut. I don’t know yet whether to announce your engagement this year or wait for your birthday next year.”

She spoke as lightly as if to say, ‘The weather is fine today.’ But Yurina couldn’t take it lightly. Both her cheeks flushed.