I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration - Chapter 12

‘Hmm? I guess Lizé is in a good mood.’

Lizé pressed her lips together and tried to hold back a smile. Her eyes were glued to the style book, and I could tell she was excited about her new dress.

‘She said she only came to see, but she must be happy to have a new dress. She can’t even express her wishes with her own mouth, poor thing.’

I returned to my room with a light heart, hoping that I had managed to win Lizé’s favor.

***

Three days after the wedding, the Duchess began to assign me tasks.

When I arrived at the Duchess’ office, I was greeted by none other than Lizé.

“Welcome, Miss Edith!”

She smiled, her face as cheerful as ever.

“Good morning, Miss Lizé, I see you’re here early?”

I returned her greeting with a smile.

Knowing the original story, I wasn’t surprised to see Lizé in the Duchess’ office, because I am not the real Edith.

“How can you entrust the family’s documents to someone who is not a family member of this house, not a noble, and hasn’t even learned anything either……”

It was a valid question, but since Lizé was already being treated like a daughter of House Ludwig, the Duchess found Edith’s complaint quite offensive.

Therefore, I decided to respond with a wry smile. “I’m afraid I’m not very good at this, so Miss Lizé will have to teach me a lot.”

“I’m only good enough to run errands for the Duchess.”

“I don’t think Mother would have just anyone by her side, so let’s get along and have fun.”

Lizé led me to a place to sit and work, while the Duchess looked at us with a happy face.

She seemed pleased that we were getting along so well.

Ink and pens, a document tray, and a stack of papers were placed on my desk.

‘Even in this world, I feel like I’m working for a company…… why do Koreans make people work even in Rofan novels?’

I sighed as I remembered my first day at work.

But one of the life wisdoms I learned in my previous life is that it never hurts to learn something.

‘Most likely, I’ll end up running away at night, but you never know. Killian might turn around and take me down to the mansion.’

If he does, I might be able to put what I’ve learned to good use.

“Edith.”

“Yes, Mother!”

“That bundle of papers I gave you is probably not organized at all. They’re probably all mixed up, and I need you to organize them by date.”

“Do I just need to organize them by date, or do I need to categorize them by client or by item?”

“I’d appreciate it if you organized them that way.”

“Okay!”

It was such a simple task that I was embarrassed to admit I was nervous.

I picked up a few stacks of papers and started going through them one by one.

‘It’s a problem because there’s a lot, but the work isn’t difficult.’

Although some of the papers were handwritten and took a while to ‘decipher’, I managed to sort through them with relative ease.

“Wow, Edith has a good head on her shoulders, that’s neat.”

I even got a compliment from the Duchess, who checked out some of the papers I had organized and stacked.

‘Great, that’s how you change the original story!’

I smiled sheepishly, then made eye contact with Lizé and smiled again.

She smiled back.

Just like that, the morning went by quickly.

Even if I did work, it was only for two or three hours at most, which was a bit disappointing for a Korean worker who is used to working overtime.

“Thank you for today. Please take care of me tomorrow as well.”

As I walked out of the Duchess’ office, humming happily to myself, Lizé called out to me from behind.

“Excuse me, Miss Edith.”

“Yes!”

“Well…… if you’re not too busy, why don’t you come over for tea this afternoon?”

A shy flush came to Lizé’s cheeks. She added, “I can’t help it if you’re busy……”

“I’ll come, thank you for inviting me.”

I smiled, clasping my hands together as if I were really happy.

To be honest, I didn’t want to get involved with the main characters, but if I refused, I could be labeled as a wicked woman for breaking Lizé’s heart.

“What time can I come?”

“We will have tea at 3:30 p.m. on the balcony of the Great Hall.”

The word “we” rang oddly in my ears. Lizé may have used it subconsciously, but it felt like she was drawing a line between them and me.

I also felt a little creeped out that it was the same balcony where I saw them last time.

But how dare an extra who wants to get out of the villain role against the female lead’s words?

“It’s a beautiful day, and I’m sure the courtyard is even more beautiful, so we’ll be there by three-thirty.”

“Sure. See you then.”

I waved at Lizé, my face as cheerful as ever, and turned away.

And the first thing I thought of was the original story.

‘Did the original story have a tea invitation episode?’

There are so many tea parties in Rofan novels that I’m not sure which one this is.

‘Well, we’ll see.’

You can’t avoid all the original episodes.

I think I don’t have to think too hard about it, as long as I don’t do the same evil deeds that Edith did in the original story.

But then something surprising happened.

“Follow me.”

“Killian?”

It was a little after 3 p.m., and Killian was in my room, asking me to follow him.

It was the first time I’d spoken to him since the wedding.

“What’s going on? I have an appointment with Miss Lizé in a few minutes……”

“I’m going there.”

“Ha……”

Apparently, Lizé must have sent him to see me first.

I could imagine Lizé’s figure forcibly pushing Killian’s back as he grumbled, “Why do I have to escort her?”

Maybe today’s teatime invitation was planned to somehow make things better between me and Killian.

‘Lizé is having a hard time because of me and Killian.’

I pulled on a light shawl and followed Killian along.

Walking ahead, it was obvious he’d never look back at me, so I enjoyed looking at his back.

‘Kya, look at his shoulders. Is he a former swimmer? Ugh, that waist…… I wish I could do a back hug.’

But neither his broad shoulders nor his chiseled waist could compare to his toned hips and firm thighs.

‘I’ve never been so enthralled by a man’s body before. It’s amazing……’

Any woman in her right mind would be swooning if she had a man like this as a husband.

‘But don’t worry. I’m just going to admire him with only my eyes.’

It’s okay for Lizé to have him. I’ll just admire him with my eyes and that’s it.

After walking for quite a while in such a happy mood, I was already at the entrance of the Great Hall.

Killian suddenly turned around.

I was just admiring his butt, so when he turned around, my gaze landed on an embarrassing spot.

“Mama!”

Involuntarily calling out to my mother, I raised my gaze in surprise.

Sure enough, Killian was looking down at me with a scowl on his face.

“I warn you in advance.”

Alas, a warning.

“Lizé is like family to me. She means a lot more to me than you do…… so watch your language around her.”

That’s the warning?

Now that I’ve listened to it, I’m feeling a little queasy. What did I do?

When I read the original story, I knew that Killian snapped at Edith, but now that I am in Edith’s shoes, I feel bad even though I already know everything.

“Wow…… you’re hurting me like this?”

A female comedian once said that you have to tell a rude man straight up, “You’re hurting me.”

But there’s no way our obsessive second male lead is going to let this sarcasm go unchallenged.

“What do you have to be hurt about, didn’t you come prepared?”

“I’m a human too.”

“A human? Not a snake?”

“You are very polite, Killian. Shall I treat Miss Lizé according to the manners of the Duke’s son?”

Only then did Killian’s mouth shut.

Even though I had promised myself not to expect anything from this man, my heart still ached.

How hard it must have been for the original Edith, who loved Killian?

“I think you wanted to ruin my mood and make me a meaner woman, and that’s too bad, because I’m not the kind of girl who gets rattled that easily.”

“What……?”

“Of course, the fact that I was hurt is another matter.”

I walked past Killian’s side without hearing his response and headed toward the balcony of the Great Hall.

I should smile, but the corners of my mouth wouldn’t budge.

The clueless Lizé spotted me, smiled broadly, and waved. “Miss Edith, over here!”

Wow, what a dazzling sight! As expected from the female lead.

At the sight of Lizé’s sunshiney smile, my gloomy mood dissipated as if it had been sterilized.

“Miss Lizé! Thank you for inviting me to tea.”

“Thank you for coming, Miss Edith.”

“Well, we’re the same age, and we’re always together…… so why don’t we just call each other by our first names?”

“Uh, really? Is that okay?”

“Of course!”

Like morning birds, Lizé and I sat down to chat about random things.