When she was Nicole’s maid, Marlin showed all kinds of charms to Nicole.

‘I remember her as a friendly and welcoming maid.’

She shared all kinds of rumors.

At the time, Nicole had no proper conversation partner and was always lonely.

She didn’t hate such a Marlin because she was waiting for Isabel’s visit endlessly.

The world was unknown to Nicole, and Marlin was her only connection with it.

?Thank you, Marlin. This is my sincerity.?

Nicole gave Marlin some of the Grand Duchess items that she paid little by little, be it jewelry or cosmetics.

It was months after Marlin took charge of her that she showed her true colors.

?I’ll tell you an interesting story. At a theater in the downtown area of the capital, a lady found her husband watching a play with his lover in the box seats. I know you don’t like this kind of vulgar stories, but it’s still so funny. When the wife collapsed after slapping their cheek, the husband also grabbed his wife’s waist and collapsed, and his lover grabbed the fallen husband and rolled around together. The three of them were more interesting than the play.?

?But the cheating husband’s wife later shouted like this. ‘Why do you like a woman with a stupid face like the rumored Grand Duchess? Look at that ridiculous expression. You’re not picky when you date someone. Do you like being with a girl from the countryside that much?’?

?Oh, madam……. I made a slip of the tongue. Sometimes immature women say that the Grand Duchess of Valentine’s face is very tacky, and every time you make an expression, it’s very ridiculous. They say that the Grand Duke of Valentine doesn’t even go near you because you smell like you rolled around manure from the countryside. But never mind. Because I’ve been standing in front of people and telling them that it’s never like that, and madam is a person who smells good like flowers…….?

Marlin, who shared a strange rumor at first, gradually increased her gossip.

And at the end of her stories, she added how despised, ridiculed, and deemed unattractive Nicole is in society.

‘I wouldn’t even pretend to hear that now.’

But Nicole was out of her mind at the time.

She felt a great deal of guilt because she had spent a year in the Grand Duchy without knowing about her father’s suicide.

Nicole’s depression got worse as she talked to Marlin like that.

In addition, if Nicole told Marlin to stop because she didn’t want to hear her, Marlin would exaggerate and curse Nicole in front of other people.

The Grand Duchess, who is from a humble background who knows nothing, is vicious to her servants. They would think she was trying to be a real aristocrat.

‘But… she was an agent of the Grand Duke of Valentine…….’

Nicole was stunned. So Raul had put an agent on her at that time? Why?

‘Was it… to check my movements?’

Raul wouldn’t harass her on purpose anyway.

‘Raul wouldn’t have known this little thing. I can’t believe a maid harassed me.….’

In addition, Raul later removed Marlin himself.

This is because Marlin was accused of not being loyal to the Grand Duchess, and was in contact with others.

She didn’t know that until later.

‘Obviously, she was disposed of for having an association with someone Raul didn’t like.’

It turned out that Marlin has been accepting gifts and money from a lady.

That lady…….

Nicole stopped thinking.

This is because Marlin put her face close to Nicole when she ignored her.

“What’s wrong with your eyes? Look at her. You think you’re an aristocrat? How can you sit up there?”

Marlin burst into laughter. Nicole felt a slight dislike for her.

‘A person can be a completely different person depending on where they meet.’

Previously, Marlin had been a constant psychological torment for Nicole.

However, she pretended to be an infinitely good person yet acted meanly.

‘It seems that this training center has an influence on making such a woman behave like a decent maid.’

Nicole thought.

“Why aren’t you answering me?”

Marlin thrust her head in.

Nicole slowly turned her head and looked into Marlin’s eyes.

“Isn’t this why everyone is here?”

“What?”

“I’m here to be educated so that I can imitate anyone, even a nobleman, if necessary. So I don’t think you need to take issue with my attitude.”

Nicole spoke quietly. She didn’t feel the need to be kind because she didn’t like Marlin.

Because Marlin wasn’t smart enough, she couldn’t understand Nicole’s words easily as her face turned red.

“Marlin, you should know how to act like this person. That way, you’ll be sent to a good position. I’d rather take her as an example.”

Then someone said softly. Nicole looked at the person.

Before she knew it, someone was sitting next to Nicole.

‘Oh, she’s pretty.’

It was Nicole’s first thought. She is very tall and thin. She was a beauty with rather mysterious, neutral features.

To be honest……… she really didn’t seem like a person to be in this position.

“Are you on her side? This rag.”

Marlin, who saw her, strode up.

“Huh? Answer me. Dalia, you damn thing! Once you get hit, you can’t get your act together.”

Marlin put her cheek up at once.

Nicole was so surprised. This is because she made a clear sound of mating.

“Stop it.”

The woman called Dalia only protested feebly.

At that moment Nicole felt real sympathy and was embarrassed that she felt that way.

“You and this woman are of a similar kind. Things that wander around snobbishly yet do dirty things behind the scenes.”

Marlin giggled. Nicole was shocked a second time.

A life driven to such a dead end that she ended up here. Does that make her feel entitled to torment others?

Marlin, who saw Nicole’s frowned face, said.

“I’ll get tired of class if I see you. Oh, yeah. Do people here know that? You have a hidden child. You’ll be very tired if they know, right? You watch your language if you don’t want me to talk. You’re my food now.”

Marlin smiled like a demon at Dalia.

Nicole is already tired.

***

Slowly, a day or two passed.

From etiquette to family members of the Great Families, and from how to follow others silently to how to dress up.

The classes that followed in the education center were quite extraordinary.

“But we only take easy classes. There’s a really harsh class. That girl Marlin and Dalia. They’re going to have a harsher class downstairs.”

“……is there a big difference between them and we?”

“They’re learning to fight. I’m sure it’s mainly about assassination techniques. Anyway, children who can infiltrate as maids or servants and have fighting skills are valuable.”

Nicole returned home and served Grace’s tea.

Grace, who saw Nicole look pale, said.

“Why? Don’t you want to take classes?”

“……No. The woman named Marlin keeps bothering the woman named Dalia. Who’s trampling on who…… I don’t want to see it. She keeps attacking her in front of people.”

“Why? Aren’t you not interested in other people’s business?”

“……the woman named Dahlia seems to have a daughter.”

Dalia said she was raising her daughter at a young age for some reason.

‘Raising a daughter alone……. It’s gonna be pretty tough.’

Dalia reminded her of her mother. Nicole still thinks about her mother every day.

‘My mother too… She raised me in a tough situation without abandoning me.’

Nicole secretly asked Dalia if she was okay and gave her a handkerchief the day she sided with me.

?It’s okay, it’s not a big deal, well.?

She spoke quietly. Her figure was so thin and pretty.

?Do you have a daughter??

?Yes, Marlin thinks my hidden daughter is a weakness. They treat people who have something to protect as weak. But I don’t care. If I do well here, I won’t get involved with anyone like her again.?

Nicole was strangely impressed with her.

?It must have hurt. I’ll get you some medicine.?

?I’m fine. I only need my daughter to be safe. I can endure anything.?

‘Poor thing, I want to help. But right now, that kind of feeling is a luxury for me.’