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VOLUME 2: MEETING KLAUS
Chapter 11: Debutante Daughters
I turn sixteen today.
Every year my birthday was celebrated with grandeur. However, this year, there was no celebration.
Realizing it was my mother who had arranged the birthday party last year, I understood my father, although having the intention to celebrate, didn't know when my birthday was. It didn't bother me much; I wasn't a child, and I didn't mind going unnoticed. Besides, apart from a life of freedom and peace, I desired nothing.
More importantly, I had reached the age for marriage. Even though I had planned to leave home soon, my precognitive dreams suggested it might be wise to reconsider. I needed to contact Klaus again and earnestly plead for marriage.
If only I had managed to learn his name back then, I could have sent letters and gifts to the Schwert family’s Grand Duke. Reflecting on that encounter, I wished I could redo it. Despite the confrontation with the downtown men, it could have led to a fateful encounter. But all I managed was an overly dramatic performance.
Yet, Klaus, whom I met for the first time, didn't seem as terrifying as in the precognitive dream. Still, he wasn't someone I wanted deep involvement with.
No matter the reason to make him listen, was he capable of mercilessly hitting these downtown men without harboring any resentment? He didn't look like an exemplary student from the boarding school. His behavior was fitting for someone known as a Demon Prince.
Could I really marry such a man? Even if I could, I couldn't imagine what married life with him would be like. Would I also be subjected to discipline under the guise of education?
Despite trembling with fear, I considered calmly. When the downtown men attacked me, Klaus tried to intervene. Instead of ignoring it, he chose to act. Perhaps, in his mind, there was an understanding that violence was wrong.
Maybe, he wasn't a cruel person. I decided I should marry Klaus. It seemed safer to seek refuge with him than to stay in my parents' house. Klaus was my only hope now.
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Leading up to my debut in high society, I received a full-dress gown from Filbach. It was an elegant pure white dress made of luxurious silk. I immediately hid the dress, stuffing a second-hand one I bought from a thrift store into the box. Right as I closed the lid, Jillke arrived.
"Hey, the debut dress from Filbach has arrived, right? Show me!"
"St-stop, please! This is a dress I received from Filbach!"
Personally I thought my acting was bad. As I predicted, Jillke has come to steal my dress. I was glad I had switched the dresses quickly.
"Wow, this dress is at the cutting edge of fashion. I don't really get it, but it feels nice."
Jillke spun around with the dress pressed against her body, bouncing and humming along.
"I'm making my debut in high society at the king's castle, you know."
"Huh?"
Upon turning sixteen, the daughter received an invitation to the royal night party, marking her social debut. Although it's an exclusive invitation for noble daughters, why was Jillke allowed to participate?
"You haven't been invited, so stay at home quietly."
"I haven't been invited?"
At this moment, I realized what was happening.
Jillke intended to make her social debut with the invitation that reached me.
Despite thinking she had learned her lesson from the tea party incident, it seemed she had not.
In the corner of my heart, I couldn't help but admire her challenging spirit.
"I'll take this dress. It's unnecessary for you, who won't be attending the party, to have it!"
Without waiting for my response, Jillke took the dress. I couldn't help but find her exasperating in every way.
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After that incident, I started hiring people and began going out into the city. I asked the usual bakery owner for help and got a maid's introduction.
The maid's name was Maya. Due to certain circumstances, she couldn't work in a noble house. Upon hearing that she could serve me, she was overjoyed.
"Miss, please feel free to rely on me for anything!"
"Yes, thank you."
Maya was taller than my brother and father, with a deep voice. She had a robust physique—meaning, she wasn't a woman but a man. Wearing a maid outfit was just a hobby she pursued on holidays.
Normally, she served as a royal guard knight. She could fulfill both roles of a maid and a guard. The bakery owner had introduced me to an unexpectedly talented individual.
"Miss, I truly respect how actively you engage in charity work."
"It's not a big deal."
While I genuinely worried about the children, my real intention was to meet Klaus. Charity work wasn't my main focus right now.
"Word is that there's an outbreak of illness in the downtown area. Colleagues keep warning me not to get close to the downtown area! They act as if it's none of their concern."
"Yes..."
People are like small gears. The world operates as these gears interlock, moving bit by bit. If one gear breaks, removing it won't solve the issue. Ignoring small gears and turning away won't make you aware of the imminent crisis.
The epidemic in the downtown area won't diminish unless someone takes action. I asked the bakery owner to arrange a makeshift clinic for those who couldn't afford medicine.
I informed the newspaper and appealed for support. Currently, kind-hearted nobles are donating, and aid is spreading through the clinic. The momentum of the epidemic seems to be weakening compared to before.
The children in the orphanage seem to have recovered after taking medicine.
However, the head decided they still needed rest and transferred them to a local hospital. Sister Camilla informed me of the head's recent situation.
"If you rest in a place with fresh air, you should surely feel better."
"Yes, that's true."
The number of children running around the garden has decreased from before. When I asked what happened, it seems parents who lost their children to the epidemic want to adopt the remaining children.
"I don't want to attribute it to the epidemic, but I hope as many children as possible can find new families."
May the number of unfortunate children decrease. That's the only wish I can make. And today, Klaus didn't appear at the orphanage.
I don't have detailed information, but Klaus does seem to visit this orphanage.
About a month ago, he started coming here to present a graduation thesis on the orphanage.
If I visit a few more times, I should be able to meet him. That's what I believed.
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