Diamond in the rough.
"Lady Margaret; Lady Joselyn. I'm thankful you could join me today, the mansion can get pretty lonely sometimes", Lilith smiled.
"Thank you miss Lilith and I must say, you are quite cute", Margaret complimented.
"Am I now?" she giggled as she poured tea into her cup. "Lady Margaret, I heard you recently went to visit the capital. Care to share some stories"
"We visited the marquess; mansion and father have set up my marriage with the marquess's eldest son.", she smiled showing how content she was with the arrangement.
"An arranged marriage at such your age", Joselyn asked. "What would happen with the arrangement if one of you found love elsewhere, and if we consider the fact that you live in the east and the marquess is in the capital this is plausible", she explained.
"Lady Joselyn is correct but, I'd like to believe that Lady Margaret and the marquess are meant for each other, like some star-crossed lovers. Like Cinderella and prince charming", Lilith mused. "And just like Cinderella there will be a few step-sisters and stepmothers, don't you think?"
"I do, I just love how you understand me, Miss Lilith", she said with a huge smile across her face.
The tea party continued with them talking about different things from their favorite storybooks, subjects, and fashion. It was easy for Lilith to talk to the girls as she was mentally older and more educated than the two.
Margaret Knox is an only child and heir to the Knox family. She'll end up marrying an older man due to Bella's interference. She's also one of the villains in the novel. An enemy of an enemy is a friend, using Margaret to drive a wedge between Bella and the marquess is not that bad of an idea.
Joselyn's carriage was the first to arrive leaving Lilith some time to have a one-on-one chat with Margaret.
"Lady Margaret don't you feel like", she paused for a moment. "Never mind it's not important", she says as she offers her a smile.
"No what is it Miss Lilith", insisted Margaret.
"Well", Lilith contemplates before she faces Margaret. "I feel like lady Joselyn is a bit jealous of your relationship with the marquess."
" I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed it. Joselyn is an ambitious lady and she may sometimes get jealous when others get ahead of her. It's a trait of hers I've learned to live with"
"Jealousy can be an ugly emotion, imagine your Cinderella and lady Joselyn is the step-sister. The things you might fall victim to, I just worry about your safety Margaret", she explains as she holds Margaret's hands.
"I understand miss Lilith. I'll try to keep my distance from Joselyn".
The carriage finally arrived and Lilith said goodbye to Margaret before going back to the mansion.
"Little girls are so easy to control", she muttered as she got ready to leave. 'I can't let my two puppets be friends or else they might find a way to see through my schemes. That would be less than ideal. I need to make a rift between the two and what better way is there than having the same romantic interest'.
"Sophia prepare a carriage, I need visit the shopping district", she ordered as she walked toward her room, to change into something more appropiate.
The town was bustling with people, both commoners and noblemen. The thing that stood out to Lilith was the number of children turned beggers in the town. Going by her knowledge from her past life one of these begger children can be a diamond in the rough. Her new Joyce and a shield against Bella. She used the system's inspect skill to take a look at the affinities of the children who roamed the street until one caught her attention.
"Inspect"
Name: Clair
Age: 7
Level: 7
HP: 200
MP: 1000
Strength: 10
Agility: 9
Vitality: 4
Intelligence: 2
Sense: 8
Affinity: Water{Healing}; Fire
'Not only does she have a perfect mix of fire as offense and water as defence but she can also heal. That's something even I am unable to do. Coming here wasn't a bad idea at all", she thought as she confidently walks toward the brown haired girl.