My Fiancée Hates Me

My etiquette classes began once again and three days a week with a private tutor at my aunt Bernadette's home as requested of my parents. Lady Bernadette would always appear before the library to take me to her home. I thought it was a bit odd since I would never call her. I accepted her kind gesture for three days so far. It was only until I asked Maura for a map that I found out that it was a mere fifteen-minute walk from the library to her house.

When I questioned Lady Bernadette about it, she quickly admitted that she had been escorting me from and to with a detour to make it seem like the distance was further than I thought all because she was worried about me walking outside by myself.

The tendency I have to surround myself with people that adore me to a fault has still not changed...

I began walking from Lady Bernadette's home to the Exurbia Library after my lessons. It was a good chance for me to get familiar with the nearby shops and scenery.

Nariel is a truly beautiful country with its unique architecture and emphasis on greenery plants all around. It is said that the architectural designs of most buildings and roads are based off of the picture records from Asmaria.

Everyone in this country is a fanatic about a lost country other than me.

Still, the nostalgia I feel from seeing this country as if I had been here before. In my first life, I never even stepped out of Arundel even once before...

"Welcome back, Arielle," Maura said as she greeted me after I changed into my uniform.

"Good afternoon, Maura," I told her.

"Garett said that you have been doing well in remembering the library sections. You will be placing the books back," she said as she pointed towards a large stack of books. "You will be fine since it is all sorted by section. You will be in one aisle for the most part."

Carrying all these by hand...There should be at least seventy books.

"Where is Garett? I have not seen him all day."

"Garett attends Nariel Preparatory five days a week. He will be here later in the afternoon."

If I remember right, Nariel royalty and the young Prince Erik currently go there.

"I see."

"I thought that you might attend there as well."

"No, I will be attending the Royal Academy within Arundel in a few years..."

"That's still going to be about five years from now...How making some friends? That's what school is all about."

"Friends?"

I only had Charlotte who I considered a true friend. If I were to look back on my first life and second life, I only remembered classmates' names and faces and only exchanged a few pleasantries. Other than Charlotte, I never felt a really strong connection between anyone.

I thought it was enough to only have one person understand me and only one person who could love me as a woman.

"More importantly, have you ever really lived for yourself?"

"Huh?"

"You have lived your life as a Duke's Daughter for how long? All these etiquette and socializing classes were done with the intent of serving your husband, am I right? You requested to come over here of your own will, but still have not changed your way of pleasing your parents. What about yourself? What have you done to make yourself happy? Do you really not have any desires?"

There was only one time that I ever asked for something. Erik denied me of it, and my heart ended up being broken because I lost something very important that day...

What was it?

I suddenly snapped back to reality.

It was not as if I completely remembered my past life. There were some parts that were still fuzzy...

myself with the scent of ink and lovely

is not what you want, Arielle. Like you, him, and I...we are all escaping from something," Maura said as she took a stack of books onto her hands and carried them out. "I just hope

her usual professional smile, she left

to not be taken

cut

to come by my home eventually. Constantly avoiding

we are to fate, even he cannot force himself

loud trumpet rang throughout

Prince is here!" a booming man's voice

I spoke too soon...

was on

just hearing the word Prince, I quickly lunged myself towards the ground and crawled to

noble children in black uniforms had entered the

bravely went up the

a place for you soldiers in heavy

is here! How can we

Nariel royalty...That makes sense.

37, under subsection 12, militarized personnel are not allowed intrusion upon public facilities or businesses or homes at in times when the country is not at war. If you lot

library

people are happy residents of this country... To ask them to leave while they are here for business

guard grabbed Maura by

quickly got to

to

"Who are you to..."

golden circular badge to

said as she grabbed the soldier by his collar. The soldier was then lifted into the air and thrown outside of the large double doorway. She went back to smiling professionally. "Anyone else like to be escorted out the

the Nobles shook their head incredibly fast

to have that much strength, the world truly is

One was a boy with spiky crimson red

moment, I felt his

again to see if he was still staring over here. His attention had turned towards the people around

is

hair and long bangs. When

Erik...

with my back to the shelves and sighed. Of course, he would

is always unkind

fourth floor and quickly made my way up there. It was an unpopular section, so I could hide away from others if I wanted to. I never thought that I would use this

What am I doing?

going to

vibrant red hair pop

and

scare you?" a voice

A boy?

around the shelves and revealed

the popular boy I saw earlier!

as I quickly fixed my sitting

me closely as if he was witnessing a

awkward around boys that I did

a fairy?" he asked as he sat down

Fairy?