Chapter 4 - A Land Called Seh (1/2)

Chapter 4 – A Land Called Sehar

‘I know very well what it means by setting a date!’

Everyone was startled by her raised voice and stared at her in disapproval.

‘Oh god… mistake number 2!’

To mend the current situation, she spoke gently and calmly with her head bowed as her face flamed red with embarrassment.

“Well. That is… I don’t have any intention of getting married any time soon. No, to be exact I don’t want to get married. So please pretend that the arrangement with the Marquis…or his son never happened.”

“Amethyst, what are you talking about! Just yesterday morning you were doing all sorts of…ahem, things, asking us to set you up for marriage.”

“Well…I thought about it again and I don’t see the need anymore. So please, just pretend it never happened and reject the proposal. I beg of you.”

“What? What sort of nonsense is this?!”

“Please… I beg of you.” She adopted a desperate and pitiful look which made Count Lohikin glare at her in disbelief.

It was a look that she understood completely as an adult; he was taken aback by the change of attitude in his daughter within such a short time.

Even so, he wanted to hold up his dignity and did not want to reprimand his daughter in front of the servants.

“Ahem, let’s finish our meal first.”

He started to calmly eat his breakfast again, but Amethyst couldn’t, she felt like her head was going to burst.

‘I feel so sorry for the count but it’s been barely an hour since I arrived in this world. And to think, marriage all of a sudden…’

She shuddered from within.

‘Of course, it isn’t Count Lohikin’s fault; how was he to know that I am sick of marriage after 11 years of it?’

‘My ecstasy at having escaped my miserable life has come to an abrupt halt when here, in this alternate world, I am met with the same fate.’

To Amethyst, the only viable alternative, just then, was running away. She excused herself saying she had a headache, quickly vacated her seat, and returned to her bedroom.

After her departure, the countess remarked with concern.

“It seems like her body condition is not too good lately.”

“It seems so. You should pay more attention.”