Chapter 18 She knew that it was her young lady, not her sister...
After parting ways with Stellan, Neve gently opened the door and walked into the room. Recalling that she had secretly seen Stellan's unhappy expression in the corridor through the crack of her room door, she spoke with some concern: "Miss."
Vifiya looked at her calmly and waved at her.
Neve walked up to her and squatted, looking up at Vifiya. Although Vifiya's expression did not fluctuate, she still felt that Vifiya exuded some fatigue, and a faint weariness of the world, which made her feel a little uneasy.
She couldn't help but hold Weifeiya's hand in front of her: "Miss."
In Neve's eyes, her young lady is noble, beautiful, generous and gentle. Even if she is a little cold at times, it is because she says one thing and means another.
After arriving in Lachigo, the young lady made friends. She could feel that the young lady was different from usual. Her expression was more lively, and her smile was no longer just for so-called socializing.
In fact, she knew everything. She had been with the young lady for so long only because the Marquis had done her a favor. Therefore, she had always refused to admit that the young lady was not happy in Seronil, or in other words, she was not happy in the Marquis of Kesley's mansion.
She had always known that Vifiya had no real freedom.
The Marquis, the Marchioness, Master Vaholian, Master Stellan, and the entire Marquisate are all shackles of the young lady.
Recently, a kind of doll has become popular in Laqigo. She saw it when she was going out. The dolls displayed in the store are exquisite and beautiful. Each doll always has a smile on its face, and each beauty is clearly marked with a price.
Just like her young lady.
Why did Miss become like this? When did she become so exhausted? Who forced Miss to show this expression only in private?
She suddenly realized that she was an accomplice.
Her body couldn't help but tremble violently, and when she looked up again, she saw Vifiya looking at her eyes, gentle and tired.
Seeing her like this, Weifeiya felt that she was constantly resembling the same Niv in different past lives. She hid her temptation and asked softly with a hint of vulnerability, "Niv, can I trust you?"
There was a "boom" in her head, and Neve's pupils suddenly shrank. She was completely stunned and just stared at Vifiya.
The lady knows...
She knew she belonged to the Marquis.
She knows.
Then why, still treat her so well? Still trust her so much?
My eyes felt hot and gradually blurred, and Vifiya's figure dissipated in front of my eyes like fog.
Before her eyes, she seemed to see her sister reaching out to her and gently wiping away her tears.
She knew that it was not her sister, but her mistress.
She held Vifiya's other hand with both of her own, and couldn't help but put her forehead on Vifiya's hand. Her body was shaking uncontrollably, and she suppressed her tears: "I'm sorry, Miss, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Vifiya looked at Neve quietly, she reached out and stroked her head.
After receiving the response, Neve trembled even more violently, but she was afraid that her crying would be too loud and could be heard by others in the room, so she controlled herself tightly.
Vifiya said softly, "It's okay, Neve."
She trusted Neve in her heart, but at the same time, she was also wary of Neve. There was no conflict.
Vifiya raised her eyes, and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling was slightly dazzling. She lowered her eyes, waiting for Neve to calm down.
The crying gradually subsided, and Neve let go of her hand. After crying loudly, her body couldn't help but tremble.
Vifiya handed over the handkerchief. Neve lowered her head and didn't dare look at her. She took the handkerchief from her hand and wiped it a few times. She clenched the handkerchief and said embarrassedly: "Sorry, little... miss."
Vifiya didn't say anything, but instead reached out her hand to help her up and let her sit next to her.
Only then did Neve realize that her legs were so numb that she couldn't walk, but it was against etiquette for servants to sit with nobles, and it was an insult to the nobles.
She stood up hurriedly, but staggered because her legs were numb. Vifiya supported her and then pushed her down again.
Before Neve could retort, Vifiya spoke: "Neve, now it's just the two of us. I allow you to sit next to me this time."
Hearing this, Neve no longer refused. She clenched her handkerchief tightly in her hand. When she looked up again, her brown eyes were full of determination: "Miss, please believe me."
After she finished speaking, she breathed a sigh of relief. Niv felt as if the stone that had been pressing on her back was suddenly removed, and she felt unprecedented relief in her heart.
But she couldn't help but ask herself, is this considered a betrayal of the Marquis?
but……
She watched Vifiya, who had been with her for so many years, grow up with all the bumps and bruises along the way.
She suddenly thought, if there were no cage, how dazzling the lady's wings would be. She would fly to a wider world, meet many people, and smile brilliantly, instead of being locked in someone's palm and transferred from one cage to another.
She finally understood why she was in pain. It turned out that this was what she wanted.
Veffiya had never seen such a bright light in her eyes. She said to Veffiya word by word: "Miss, please be yourself."
It's different now.
Vifiya was slightly surprised. In the past, when Neve had made up her mind to completely lean towards her, she would always say, "Miss, can I write to you?"
Vifiya had been waiting for her to say this, but she didn't. She said something completely different from before.
However, Vifiya prefers this sentence she said in this life.
Be yourself.
For Vifiya now, even though she sometimes can't tell whether she is herself or [Vifiya], the three words "be yourself" always have a fatal attraction to her.
Vifiya's stunned eyes gradually softened, and she said "hmm" softly.
She turned her head and looked out the window. The stars were sparse but bright, twinkling bit by bit in the lonely night.
The fact that she was able to change Neve's mind today was not entirely due to her own efforts, but also due to [Vifiya]'s initiative.
[Vefiya] had already started the plan when she discovered that Neve was the Marquis's woman a long time ago. She even mentioned this matter to Vephiya again before her soul disappeared.
But after [Vifiya] disappeared, Vifiya strangely forgot about the incident and had no memory of it.
She failed repeatedly at the hands of Neve and even considered killing her, but there was always a voice in her heart that stopped her. The voice was very small, but Vifia still chose to listen to that voice.
So she kept failing at Neve's hands.
It was not until Neve cried painfully in front of her again that she suddenly remembered without any warning that she should not have forgotten. It was something that [Vifiya] asked her to do. How could she forget it?
The moment she thought of it, Vifiya was extremely glad that she did not kill Neve. Fortunately, she did not kill Neve.
Neve was one of the few warmth that Vifiya could feel in that cold Marquis's mansion.
Even though she knew that Neve was the Marquis's woman, even though she knew that Neve sometimes looked through her at her dead sister, [Vefia] didn't care.
[Vefiya] knew that Niv’s kindness to her was genuine, and her guilt towards her was also genuine. She wanted to plant a seed in Niv’s heart, waiting for the day when the seed would take root and sprout.
And now, Vifiya picked this fruit, again and again.
[Vefiya] believed in Neve, so Vefiya was willing to believe in her as well.
Just like in the first life, [Vefiya] believed that Niv could recognize that the person controlling the body was not her, and when Niv saw her for the first time, she blurted out "Who are you?"
As [Vefia] said to her at the end of that day, “You will be able to come home.”
Vifiya also believed that she would be able to go home, definitely.
Deep in the forest of Ulucia...
In the cave, the corpses of monsters piled up like a mountain. A woman in a dark blue hooded robe cleaned up the last monster and took out a bag next to the monster's nest.
A small magic circle appeared in her hand, and the bag was instantly torn apart, revealing an extremely simple silver bracelet inside. She put the bracelet into the box.
After finishing everything, she took off her hood and muttered to herself, "I wonder if Isidore and Kaharun have gotten used to the academy. It's about time Isidore met Vifia."
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