My Lover's Personality is a Little Strange

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Seeing Jackie harden his face at my greeting and then walked away, I knew he was bullied.

It was something that had never happened in Chernicia.

[Why such a face, Eve?]

I was so upset and embarrassed that I tried to hide it from Benjamin. But the tears came to my eyes at Benjamin's concern for me.
[So, Yves. Don't even think about making other friends. I'll be your only friend.]

So, for the past 10 years at Ferdinand, I did not interact with anyone my age other than Benjamin.

One day, Katarina, who suddenly appeared in the mansion and took me as her servant, made life harder.

Katarina often beat me and teased me.

The wounds on my body increased, but it was left unattended.

When Benjamin learned of this later, he became very angry.

I first learned that day that Benjamin, who was always less emotional, could be so angry.

Benjamin was like a benefactor to me.

But even though there was Benjamin, who had been my support for a long time, Ferdinand had always been a place I wanted to escape from.

Of course, there was nothing that I wanted to become outside of that place.

Even after leaving Ferdinand, I didn't know what to do.

Up until now, of course, I thought that I would die without being able to escape Ferdinand after being bullied by Katarina for the rest of my life.

Then I met Theodore and became his personal knight.

Now that I am staying in the Imperial Palace, I just wish I could know the life and death of my family. If they are alive, I want to hear their news. If they're dead, I want to see their graves.

And then...

"What did I want to do when I was young?"

The freedom I have for the first time in 10 years made me wander.

As a child, I was born as the youngest daughter of Chernicia and did nothing but run around holding a sword.

It was not my job to pass on the family.

I wanted to follow my siblings and become a knight, but Grandma Gransy forced me to marry Ernst and become the Crown Princess.

But now that I think about it, it's a little strange.

Until Empress Margaret was still alive, it was Ernst who was mentioned as the next emperor. So, I, who was appointed as the Crown Princess, would have naturally become the Empress if there were no special events.

It was the same with Katarina.

After the fall of Chernicia, Rudolph brought a girl from the field to be raised as Ernst's mate. As soon as young Katarina was enrolled in Ferdinand, I remember the rigorous education she had to go through to become the Empress.

But why didn't Grandpa Gunther educate me as an empress, who was also seen as Ernst's mate?

What an unnecessary thought that I would not have had just a few weeks ago.

"Doesn't your legs hurt to stand like that, Yves?"

With no Katharina to torment me and a warm belly, all kinds of thoughts were rushing from one to the next, and Theodore's calm voice cut the tails of those troubled thoughts.