my drowning heart

: Young lady, how could you leave without telling me anything, I was so worried about you. Please be more careful in the future.

_I never liked the attitude of this maid, she always looks down on me and behaves arrogantly, although she serves me, she constantly commands me, I just want to fire her.._

: Therefore, please, the head maid will be punished if something happens to you.

: Maybe that's enough already?

: Sorry..?

:Although you follow the rules of decency, there isn't a drop of respect for my person in your tone. I don't think that such an attitude is worth paying a salary for.

:You can't fire me, the head maid is behind me.

:Why? Are you threatening me? A pathetic commoner dares to talk to an aristocrat like that.

Although I can't fire the chief sales agent since my mother is responsible for her, you think I can't change my maid? You think too much of yourself.

Lifting the hem of her dress, she ran to the front door, entering, heading to the Viscountess, leaving her maid behind.

:Oh lady, are you leaving already?

: Yes, thank you for your hospitality and..

: I'll call the knights to hitch up your carriage and escort you.

: No need, mine will be here soon, I just wanted to say farewell .

:Then goodbye future marquise..

Sitting in her carriage, she sighed heavily.

: Milady, are you okay?

:Yes, everything is fine, Hans...would you like to take a vacation?

: Did I make some mistake?!

Are you pushing me away quietly like that?

:Did you make a mistake? I don't remember you bothering me in any way..

I just decided to clean up the staff in the mansion, and you, take a week off, I don't want some people to start being indignant..

And also, you haven't returned to your homeland for a long time? Don't take it too seriously, and... unwind.. and become stronger..!  I still count on your protection in the future... so don't you dare lose your temper.

:Then, I will train with all my might so I won't let you down.

Having reached her residence, Vienna decided to begin implementing her plan... but first let the sun rise.

_it's best to do such defenses with a fresh mind... in order to recognize where the truth is and where the lie is.

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Every dawn is a canvas of the sky painted with gold.

White completely enveloping the sky and light blue shimmer.

A bright pearl rises and illuminates the sky with different colors.

Ruby red;

Orange sapphire

And yellow heliodor

Start of the day

It's early dusk outside the windows

It looks like light and darkness,—

_this is the impression I get when I look at the view from the window early in the morning._

Ugh, today I was tormented by insomnia, and all because of that impudent handsome man, I wonder if we will meet again in private..?

Hmhm_

While the lady was thinking about her plans for the future, Nanny burst into her room.

:Good morning my lady!

Today you will have a very busy day, so don't curse me..!

:What's going on? Why did you come to wake me up so early?

Looking at her lady's face, she was horrified.

: God have mercy! What's wrong with your eyes? They're so swollen... they urgently need to be cooled! You can't appear in front of your fiance like this!

:What... fiance?? Since when did I have one?

:His Majesty the Emperor has given his approval for your wedding to the Duke of Livendell.

:With who?from the south?

:Yes, Archduke Reinhard Phil Livendell, nephew of the Empress.

:But...why didn't anyone discuss this with me??

The emperor didn't force my father, he could have at least warned me, or is my opinion so second-rated?

: Excuse me, my lady, but we must start preparing you, you have an audience with the king at noon, where he will announce your engagement to milord.

:I...

:First we will take an aromatic bath, then we will have a massage...

:I can have breakfast, right?

: Sorry, but...you better refrain.

:To that extent? It's just an announcement..

:But there will be many high-ranking aristocrats, and especially your father's vassals, as well as officials, the crown prince, and ... the second prince Deutsch von Malch.

_deych, we didn't part ways on the best note, because of that, my relationship with my father worsened, and my mother returned to her place, afraid of falling under the hot hand...

It's lucky that at least the crown prince (Matild von Malch) has a wife whom he loves._

: My lady, is it true that you were engaged to the second heir of the throne? looked at the curious young maid who seemed to be a newly arrived maid.

:Yes i was..

:Who broke the engagement?

:I...I broke off my engagement with this ladies' man.

He didn't deserve me and I left him.

:But...

:What?

The young lady became sad.

:His Highness deceived me, ngh...kmngh..

She started shedding tears...

And mutter quietly to herself

:He promised so... ghh

:What?!Did he really promise you a fairytale life too?

:How did you know?

: You just said it yourself...

_so, another one of his mistresses... they are Scattered all over the capital, I was lucky that I immediately noticed that he was a scoundrel and broke up with him..._

She cried out in a stern voice...

: Tell me what did he tell you..?

:He said that he loves me very much..

:That's it?!

_I thought she was naive, but it turns out she's just a naive fool... her life... will be hard.._

: No! not everything...

The girl became embarrassed and began to smile awkwardly and dreaming in seventh heaven, forgetting that she had recently been sobbing in three streams.

: He promised me that... that he would leave you, even if he went against his father's instructions, and would make me an aristocrat...

: you mean it? How can he raise you from a commoner to the bourgeoisie..?

:He...said that high-ranking officials would adopt me and say that I was a long-lost daughter, so no one would consider me a stranger...

:And?What was his condition?

_this cunning fox never does something for free.._

:So that I start working for you...and..

She fell silent and began to hesitate

_I think I know what she will say next_

Having said at the same time "followed"

:Me

: you

Oh, that was so obvious...?

_hmm, you seemed suspicious to me for a long time, so you simply couldn't give him anything useful._

:let me guess...he broke his promise?

:No, but..

I found out that it was you who left him and not the other way around, which means everything he promised me was a lie... you caught him with his mistress, and if it wasn't me, then my guesses about the lie were confirmed.

_she's not such a simpleton, I can use her to annoy him, this will be her punishment_

:Well...since you've already guessed, then...shouldn't we do something?

Don't show that you found out about his deception, and just provide him with the information that I will pass on to you.

_after all, I started a change of personnel as it came in handy._

:Agreed?

:Um...

: If you don't do this, then he will find out that you betrayed him, and you will be fired, I don't think that he will take you back when you have become useless to him.

:A..

:We need to hurry, Hilda will skin me.

First, you must convey the news to him soon, before society finds out about it.

:Are you talking about your engagement to the Archduke?

:Yes

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:Young lady!are you ready?

Shouting from the first floor and seeing Vienna leaving the room, Hilda was surprised.

The corners of the lips rose to the ears, and the eyes sparkled like a crow looking at a sparkle.

:did you overdress me just for an audience with the emperor?

: How can you say that, this isn't just an audience with the ruler, but a direct announcement of an engagement where you are engaged in hoops with the Duke of Livendell.

Raising the hem of her outfit and shaking her hair off her face, Vienna got into the carriage with her nanny and headed towards the palace.

:Is my father already there?

: Yes, my lady, His Majesty the Emperor has called the heads of families for an urgent meeting in the morning .

Therefore, His Excellency the Marquis is waiting for you in the audience hall.

_urgent meeting? I wonder what they were talking about..._

Having reached the palace gates, she heard all sorts of gossip and each of them shocked more than the other...

" you heard?

"What a news

"I didn't expect this

"My condolences

"He was still in the prime of his life

"I don't know what happened, but they say it's has something to do with the Duke's family...