Attention Is Highly Expected

In the morning, Celestial walked down the hallway with Odette following behind her towards the dining room. When Odette opened the door to the room there Celestial's family had been waiting for her since a few minutes ago.

They all turned to her, as if welcoming her with smiles in the morning which made Celestial feel happy with the scene before her at the moment.

"Ah my daughter, Celestial. How did you sleep last night? Sit next to your mother, we will start breakfast soon as the food will arrive soon," said her father, Duke Henry.

"Good morning Father, I slept very well last night as usual. Thank you for asking," Celestial replied with a smile and then she sat next to her mother.

She sat between her mother and Eleanor.

"Oh really? It's good that you slept well last night! Because today is hunting day," Roxarion said excitedly because he really liked the hunting events that the royal members and also the Duke's family used to do.

Given that the two families were very close, it was also because of this that Celestial and Prince Moran had known each other since childhood.

"Hunting day?" asked Celestial because this was the first time she had heard about it.

"Yes, as usual our family and the royal family used to spend time together. It has become a tradition of the Damanor family and the royal family." Lexion tried to explain which made Celestial understand about it.

She remembered that in her world, some of the rich people used to go hunting for fun. She did not expect that in this story this was also done. But they only hunted animals that could be consumed and the meat would be distributed to the villagers.

"You don't have to follow if you don't want to. Women rarely want to run around the forest," said Celestial's mother, Vanessa.

Vanessa explained that usually the noble women would sit drinking tea, enjoying the fresh forest air while waiting for the men to return from their hunting activities.

Celestial nodded in understanding, she began to understand some things while she was there. Henry put that aside, then began to ask about the noble school Celestial had attended.

"I hope the teacher who taught you is someone competent and trustworthy to make you look like a much more classy lady. Especially since one day you will hold the title of a princess," Henry said to his daughter.

"Don't worry, father. I learned many things well at that school and I'm sure that Ms. Hailly teaches all her students well. Everyone at school likes me too," Celestial replied with a smile.

"Good then, I also heard that your grades in some fields are very good. I'm very proud to hear that."

That was immediately agreed upon by everyone, including Lexion and Roxarion, her older brothers.

They said that it was no surprise, as Celestial had always been a very talented person.

They all praised and loved the dark blue-haired woman, making her feel very happy as this was something she had always wished for, namely to receive attention from those closest to her.

The painful shadows of the past from her original world made Rosaline, now Celestial, feel that this world was perfect. She would do all sorts of things to keep all this love and attention on her.

Everyone liked her, except for one person who had been silent listening to her step sister who kept getting compliments and smiles from everyone. It was as if the world was only centered on Celestial.

"Oh father, not only did I get a perfect score in school but Eleanor did too." She touched Eleanor's shoulder which made her gasp in surprise and then turn to them.

She had been looking down, wringing her own dress, as if she was desperate for praise from her new family.

Upon hearing that from Celestial, it made the smiles on the family's faces fade as if they did not expect that to be known to them. Like they really didn't care about that fact at all, but since Celestial mentioned it, they were forced to talk about it.

"So you also get good grades like Celestial in school?" asked Henry in a tone of voice that was very different from when he spoke to Celestial.

This voice sounded so cold and flat, which made Eleanor feel tense to answer the question from her stepfather.

"That's right father, I got good grades in the nobility school although not as good and perfect as Celestial's," she replied in a soft voice. Hoping that she would get the same praise and the same treatment as Celestial one day.

But Vanessa's next response made Eleanor feel that they still did not like her.

"Good then, that's what we expect from you since you haven't learned anything about nobility. You should be able to get good and perfect grades, since you now have the Damanor surname behind your name. You must understand the basics of being a noble," Vanessa said quite coldly to her.

None of them seemed to be smiling, instead looking at her with a serious and more than a little cold gaze.

"Do you understand what mother and father are trying to tell you?" asked Lexion, who was still acting as usual.

"Yes, I understand."

The praise she expected to get from them was not there, making Celestial feel a little sorry but she also felt victorious because the story where Eleanor should have gotten all the praise, now she was the one who got it.

The attention and love that Celestial had always read about in the novels, where Eleanor was the female lead that everyone loved, now switched to Celestial where she was the one who was currently the female lead.

'I knew from the beginning that all of this was supposed to be mine, to belong to Celestial. But it was taken away because Eleanor was the female lead. But now things have turned around, I am the female lead in this story and I will not let Eleanor take Celestial's place again.'

She then asked her family not to act like that towards Eleanor, just to show that she had compassion for the woman.

"It's okay Eleanor, i know you did your best," she said.

Just as a small smile began to appear on the woman's face, it faded again when Roxarion said a sentence that left her speechless.

"What does she get credit for? Because what she did was an obligation if she wanted to be part of our family. I do not want anyone to disgrace the Damanor family name."