Chapter 4
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The invitation for Lady Farah's celebration party was sent to our estate a week after that. Father thought this would be the perfect
Opportunity for Lily's entrance into society. He demanded that I take Lily with me now that I had recovered from my severe cold.
I found this cruel to Lady Farah. Lord Henry falling in love with Lily at her own celebration party? But I could not pretend to fall sick again, could |? The same trick would again get old.
And there was another problem, the crow feather I brought back from the forest really did shimmer in golden when flicked under the sun. This meant the crow I met that night was really that crow. Why was that crow so far away from home? It should be as lazy as its owner.
It should not be of matter to me, we did not know each other in this life. That's right, I should just pretend I didn't see that crow. I should just burn the feather.
My contemplation was cut short when Sarah rushed into my room and shouted excitedly, "Guess what, lady, Lady Lily was robbed on the street!"
"What? Where are the servants?" That certainly hasn't happened in the past few lives. What if they thought it was my doing again?
"Lady Lily saw some orphans on the street, so she bought a lot of bread with money from her own purse and ordered her maid and the coachman to distribute it. She was also handing out money when she was robbed!"
"I see." I rubbed my temple with my fingers. That's certainly something Lily would do, it's a miracle she was not robbed more often. "Is she injured?"
"Of course not! Here comes the most exciting part, Lord Henry saved her! Lady Lily was obviously shocked and frightened, so Lord Henry escorted her back! He was still downstairs in the drawing room!"
Chuckles escaped my throat while Sarah looked at me worriedly. And here I was so worried that the two might ruin Lady Farah's celebration party. The first day I let Lily out of the estate, she immediately bumped into Lord Henry. There's really no escaping this. Maybe in a moment, words would spread about how I hired thieves to scare poor Lily.
I decided to stop caring anymore. Let the words spread. But in this life I had finally changed the fate of Lady Farah, she should not waste her time with this fickle fiancé. I did not want another silly girl to turn into an evil villainess just because her fiancé betrayed her, just like how I had been in my first life. It's just not worth it.
If I could save them because I knew exactly where everything was heading, why not?
That night, Lily came into my room and told me about her great adventure today. When she mentioned Lord Henry, her face blushed as she waved her hand excitedly describing how heroic Lord Henry was. She acted just like a young girl falling in love with someone for the first time.
That was Lily. For every suitor, she acted as if she liked him or even loved him. Every single time, it's this blush and look of admiration as well as adoration in her lavender eyes. When I was pretending to be her best sister in my previous life, I asked her if any suitor was to propose, who she would choose. And she said she could not choose.
Sometimes I wonder if she really loved any one of them or if she's actually not capable of love at all.
"Rose, I think I should express my thanks to Lord Henry. He's such a nice gentleman. He knew I was frightened, he even escorted me back! You don't see how heroic he was at that time! I felt so safe in his embrace!"
All I could do was nod with a fake smile on my face.
"Do you know what kind of gift he might like?"
"That I am not sure, I am not really familiar with him. I am sorry, Lily." I smiled apologetically.
"What do you think if I baked some cookies? Do you think he would like it?"
Whatever you do, I have no doubt he will love it. I muttered beneath my breath.
"It's your gratitude that's most important," I said with another fake smile.
"I'll go find a recipe. Lord Henry said he would show me around town tomorrow. That's really nice of him, isn't it?"
"Absolutely." So Lord Henry didn't even pause to think of his betrothed for one second and went on and set up a date?
After Lily left my room in a rush, I wrote a note to Lady Farah with sprawled handwriting so that it could not be traced back to me. That night I sneaked out again. When I reached Lady Farah's estate, I realized a huge problem. How could I send this note to Farah without waking up anyone?
Now I miss snow, my cat familiar I kept in my second life. If snow was here, the note could be sent out easily. In my third and fourth lives, I had thought of raising snow again, but decided against it. I couldn't bear separating from something I liked dearly and then losing it when I had to start over again. I only remembered past memories, but not one of them. They were no longer the ones I met in my previous life. Adding to the fact, I would not cross the path of snow with the current path I was taking. I smiled bitterly. I hope snow meets a nice owner this life.
Now I had to sort out the current problem. How could I place this note in Farah's room without alerting anyone? Using magic was kind of risky. Estates usually had spells placed around the premise to detect unfamiliar magic.
"You can come out," a voice rang out in front of me. "I can feel you there. I mean you no harm."
It's Farah. She was out alone with just a cloak over her nightgown.
"I am a priestess for the goddess of hope. I can feel your intense despair and wish for hope."
So that's what gave me away. I was careless. But now that she was here, all I had to do was to give her the note.
I flung the note out like a dart. It landed a few inches from her feet. Then I turned around, melting into the darkness.
Intense despair and a wish for hope? Could she feel my intense wish for death? I nearly laughed at my own joke.
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