A long night passed, the sun rose. Another day began,
Aurora (Eun-Kyung)'s POV
I got invited to the Mortel duchy that day, compared to the house I reincarnated into, this duchy was a whole different level.
Even their gates and their knight's presence overwheld to the point I was shaking. The butler of the duchy took to the inside, the interior was jaw-dropping. I could see the emblem of rose everywhere throughout the mansion.
The portrait of their family was so scary, especially the duke and Marinette.
Now I knew the reason why Marinette looked so cold and fierce, she took after duke Jellal. anwhile, in the portrait, Diana was so pretty and beautiful. Her visual scread elegant and style, her smile was so bright it could blind my eyes.
And the other person in the portrait was that man, the target of my mission.
He looked simple, nothing special. He just had a simple smile, everything about him was ordinary. He was the disposablecharacter after all just like who was an extra.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Aurora." Marinette walked up to in a dark purple dress, her hair was styled beautifully putting her hair on her neck laying down upfront.
"I just ca here, it's so beautiful here."
Haa...I was Marinette's friend. I was going to keep our relationship a secret from Diana but who would have thought I got invited to the duchy like that?
"Now that you're here, why don't I introduce you to my sister?"
Ah!
I thought it was gonna be alright because I heard Diana was sick since she fell into the lake but this villainess's evil smile was like reading my mind like I was a book in her palm.
"Sister, is your guest already here?"
Huh?
Oh my god!!! Oh my god!!! It was the female lead walking toward , she was even more beautiful a hundred tis than how she was described in the novel.
White fair skin, a couple of pink eyes, with the dashing blonde hair, she looked like a goddess--
I had to calm myself, although I liked her character. It wasn't the ti for to fangirl over her. Diana was Aurora's friend, and during her worst ti, I went to befriend the woman who stole her lover. I was really a terrible woman.
"Ah, Diana. This is my friend, Aurora. We t yesterday."
"Greeting, lady Aurora. I heard a lot about you recently."
She greeted with a smile and her courtesy was praiseworthy but why did she pretend she didn't know Aurora? And why did her eyes seem like she was judging ?
And why were they so close again?
"How about you two have a nice talk? I have to go get sothing in my room."
"...wait--" she already turned her back and left alone with Diana.
I glanced at Diana from ti to ti, but her smile dropped when Marinette left. I didn't know who was the real villainess there when I saw her coldness in her sharp eyes.
"This is your first ti here, correct? I'm sick right now so let walk around with you a little bit."
The female lead I read wasn't like that, she was kind but the woman in front of was the opposite.
"Diana, I--"
"It's alright. It's your choice to befriend soone. I don't mind about it. You can befriend my sister too, I. Don't. Mind."
Marinette (Sun-hee)'s POV
It was disgusting when she called sister back then. She was the one who dragged in the lake the day before yesterday and now she acted as nothing happened.
My forehead felt a little bit hot.
I intended to break their friendship and caused a little drama by taking Aurora to her room while she was sick in her bed.
Her coming out of the room suddenly really startled , fortunately, I could keep my composure.
Life needed drama sotis. I will be sleeping while they were hanging out with each other.
When did I go to bed last night? Three am?
*sigh*
Without the mask I wore, they would see my eyebags.
Haa...I took off the mask and went to sleep. When I was about to fall asleep, suddenly a knock on my door reached my ear and annoyed the hell out of .
"Who is it?"
"I'm the tailor duke Jellal sent for you."
A tailor? Usually, we cut dress on special occasions like going to the ball or sothing.
I woke up to open the door for the tailor, she looked stylish. She was recomnded by the duke after all.
"Co in."
I didn't know what party I will wear the dress for, but if I had to guess. It might be Tristan's birthday next week.
"So what color would you like, milady?"
"What color will the duke wear?"
"It was my husband who cut the duke's clothes, so I don't know about that."
"How about black?"
"But it is a birthday party, and you will have to go to the ball too."
A ball? Right, Tristan's birthday party will be held at the imperial ball as it will be the day he will beco the junior duke.
"I choose white then."
She asured my body and wrote it down on her note then bowed at taking her leave.
I didn't know Tristan's birthday would co quickly like that.
My eyes felt hurt now, I should take a rest or I might collapse in front of everyone.
Knock knock
&^%&^&
I almost swore because of the annoying feeling I felt right at that mont.
"Who is it?!!"
"Open the door." the voice gave goosebumps since he wasn't supposed to co all the way to my room like that.
What did he want with ?
I opened the door and bowed at him even though he was the father of this body.
"Good morning, your grace." I didn't see his expression at that ti since my head was bowing at him. But he might be happy since he won't hear the word father from Marinette again.
"You have to behave at the upcoming party of our family, don't cause trouble."
He should have told the butler if that was all he got to say to his daughter.
"Yes, I will just stand in the corner if that is what you want." he walked away to the staircase after that.
I rolled my eyes and prepared to fall into my bed as soon as I stepped into my room.
"Where are you going?" he said to coldly while waiting for at the staircase.
"Do you have more things to say to , your grace?"
"Let's go for a walk."
Of all ti the duke had to ask for a walk.
"I'm a little bit tired today. So I have to refuse."
"...are you sick?"
"Even if I'm sick, it won't concern you. I will be better by the ti of Tristan's birthday."
It took him till then to ask if his daughter was sick or not.
I walked back inside my room and closed the door, that ti I took a deep breath because I could finally get so sleep.
AHHHH
But a scream from the outside woke up even though I haven't fallen asleep yet.
I learned my lesson, I won't stay up at night ever again.
It was Diana's voice, and she was with Aurora.
I rushed to where the scream was coming from. It was the duchy's training ground.
Everyone was gathering around, I pushed my way in and Aurora ca to as soon as she saw .
"Marinette, lady Diana, she..."
"Everyone, step back." I said to everyone, the duke and Tristan already ran here but if I let Diana be, the dukedom will have a problem again.
The side effect of Diana's magic didn't compare one bit to Marinette's. But it still hurt.
I looked up at Diana, she was overwheld with the death roses' magic. The pink magic energy surrounded her like a tornado leaving her no way out.
"What's going on here?!" Tristan ran to where I stood and stop at the sa spot looking at the tornado surrounding Diana.
"Brother...help..." it won't harm the person inside the magic tornado but to get that person out, it will harm the saver.
Even the duke was hesitating, they were all talks about caring and protecting Diana but no one stepped up when she called for help.
Looking at the situation, she might be using her magic wrong while trying to show off.
"What are you doing?!" Tristan put his hand on my shoulder when he saw walking toward Diana.
"Save Diana, what else?"
"We'll find a solution, what can you do anyway?"
"..." I ignored his words and shook his hand off , I walked inside the tornado, my hair went ssy as I stepped into it.
My skin was all damaged and so cut appeared on my arm as I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the tornado.
"Diana, are you alright?" while the blood dripped from my arm, Tristan rushed to Diana and carried her out and the duke was just staring with his widened eyes.
"Marinette, your arm..."
"I'm alright, Aurora." of all people, only Aurora ca to and asked for my wellbeing.
It was nothing, it just hurt a little bit. Compared to the abusive violence in my past life, I could endure it.
"What happened?" the duke asked the maid and the maid replied, "Lady Diana was walking with lady Aurora but then it happened."
The duke with his scary sharp eyes walked to Aurora, Aurora's hands were shaking while she tried to stop the bleeding on my arm.
"I assud you're Aurora, correct? Then, will you tell what happened back then?"
"...it was like the maid said, it just happened out of the blue."
"There is no way it could happen out of the blue! From this day on, you will be forbidden from coming--"
"I was the one!"
"What are you saying?"
"I set up the trap, I was jealous of her. She got a lot of people looking after her, so I envied her. Aurora didn't have anything to do with this."
"Do you expect to believe that? I know she's your first friend, but don't say such nonsense."
"I never knew it would turn out like this. So it's all my fault."
"Marinette..." said, Aurora.
"I'm sorry, I will repent over my doing...don't bla Aurora."
"..." he just left.
I was really tired of Diana's sche, but at least I could show Aurora who the real Diana was.
I earned so of her trust by the way she looked at with her eyes.
It wasn't that bad after all.
!!!
My heart ached again when experiencing the situation firsthand just like how Marinette used to feel when she was young.
The sa widen back which I couldn't reach, and the feeling of being abandoned.
That ti, I used Marinette's emotion as an excuse. It wasn't who felt sad and heartbroken at that mont.
Aurora (Eun-Kyung)'s POV
My eyes went teary seeing Marinette stand up for in front of the duke, the situation will get out of hand if everyone assud I was the culprit behind what happened to Diana.
What happened earlier wasn't Marinette's fault, I didn't see any of the trap on the training ground. The magic energy just surrounded Diana out of the blue.
Diana wasn't how I thought she would be, she was ten tis worse than Marinette.
I had a hunch she might be Sun-hee since there were many changes about her from the novel.
"It's just a small cut, don't worry." she said to , it looked painful, and yet she said those words to , even those knights could see how the wound was.
Those knights too, no one ca to carry her back to the duchy.
I really couldn't expect anything from them, I carried Marinette in my arm back to her room on my own.
These people in the duchy were really the worst.
"I'm sorry I couldn't give you a good ti here, Aurora."
"It's really alright. You should take care of your body, it might leave a scar." I put the ointnt on her arm and then wrapped it with the bandages.
Her neck wound hadn't healed yet and she got more wounds that day.
"That mask looks uncomfortable, why don't you take it off?"
"Ah...it was the mask my father gave , and it might scare you if you see my scar."
"Don't worry about that, we're friends, right?"
I choose her as my friend, I won't be friends with that female lead. The author lied to , I felt like I've been betrayed when I saw her personality.
And I used to see the scar anyway since Sun-hee also had a scar on her face.
She took off her mask, her face was not ugly with just a little bit of scar. It was because of society's standards.
She was beautiful, one day she might realize it too.
"The scar isn't that bad. You're beautiful."
"Thank you, Aurora. It ans a lot to ."
"I was just saying the truth." we both chuckled, and then Marinette opened the drawer near her bed and took sothing out to give to .
"What is this?"
"It was sothing I wanted to give you."
'It's a bracelet.'
It reminded of the friendship bracelet Sun-hee gave back then.
"It's pretty." she smiled and closed her eyes slowly.
I watched her as she slept on her bed holding her hand.
That day, I realizes that reincarnating into an extra wasn't all bad. It was better than the villainess and the female lead.
"Aurora..."
"Yes?" she wasn't asleep yet.
"Your strength, I think you look cool when you carried and Flynn..." her words made surprised. Even I, who stayed in the body felt anxious about the superstrength power but hearing that made ...
Haa...
'If she keeps doing this, I might mistake her as the female lead.'
To be continued....!
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