CHAPTER 4

I Will Change My Fate From Being Executed

4. Even if I become a crazy young lady in this district (2)

My mother will be foaming at the mouth when she receives the bill for the clothes, but by then the selection ceremony will be over.

After returning home with a poor heart, there was already an invitation to attend the selection ceremony, as expected.

Seeing the family rejoicing at the invitation, I made a quiet resolution.

I'm going to go and get eliminated.

I'm not going to live as a Karzan woman in this life.

And I will surely find out who was behind the ruins of my family and correct everything at the request of the princess.

* * * *

"Princess! Did you look outside? The Imperial Family sent a carriage! It's the first time I've seen a carriage with the imperial emblem."

Today is the day that the fiancee candidates are set to gather. A carriage was sent to this mansion from the imperial family. It was an imperial carriage with dragon skin and wings engraved. Tasha had the same reaction as in the past and said that it was the first imperial carriage she had ever seen.

"How does it feel to be in an imperial carriage? I'm sure it will be a pleasant ride, right?"

But I was not at all pleased with the carriage that made me suffocate in loneliness.

"You like it that much?"

"Of course! Look how many maids are here just to catch a glimpse of the carriage."

Right. They like it that much, so let's let them enjoy it to the fullest. After all, there will be no such misfortunes as before.

"Tasha, you're coming with me."

"What? Can I come with you?"

"You have to come with me to serve me. You want me to go around alone without you?"

"No. I'll be right next to you, Princess. It's my first time going to the imperial palace. I'm so excited. I was wondering what the royal family would be like."

Yeah, I'll protect your fantasy, Tasha.

Tasha's eyes began to sparkle. Those eyes expressed both thrill and joy of riding the imperial carriage. It’s nice to have at least one of us to enjoy this experience.

In the past, the first time I rode the imperial carriage I remember feeling so excited. Even when entering the imperial family, Tasha and I looked around excitedly as if we had just moved from the village to the city.

However, today is not going to be as beautiful as back then.

"Tasha. Choose the most shabby-looking clothes you have and come out.”

Tasha's forehead wrinkled as if she had misheard something.

"You want me to wear shabby clothes instead of the prettiest and neatest clothes I own?"

"Yeah, wear very shabby, vintage clothes."

Tasha's eyes looked at me with a puzzled expression that seemed to ask if I was in my right mind, but I didn't take my eyes off Tasha.

I wasn't pushed back in the snowball fight, and Tasha shook her head with her eyes tightly closed as if determined.

"I don't think so, Princess."

Tasha's voice was so determined.

"What?"

"Then the other maids will look down on me. To be ignored is an insult to the princess."

I tried to make Tasha look shabby as possible and go to the Imperial palace instead of dressing her up as fancy as I could. That way other people might see me as weird.

If my maid looked like a beggar while I’m dressed luxuriously, I would look like a princess without a concept.

Of course, my mother would be criticized too.

“Everything has a reason, so listen to me.”

"No, Princess. There will be other maids and Heiney will come too. She is going to hate it! If that happens, even you may not be able to enjoy it! You have to become the Crown Princess at all costs!"

Heiney was Rosalie's maid.

Right. I guess you guys have a secret war of nerves too.

I've had a throbbing headache all day, but I decided to respect Tasha's war of nerves.

"Fine then, you can wear whatever you want."

Tasha quickly smiled as if she had never done that.

"Thank you, Princess."

Seeing the instant change in her expression, Tasha might be a real fox.

Tasha wore clothes that fit the royal etiquette. It was a luxurious, neat and elegant dress.

Thanks to Tasha's personality and eye, who likes dress, formal attire, and dress up, she had a sense of coordination even at a young age.

I picked out whatever dress that looked normal in the closet and handed it over to Tasha along with a suitcase containing a dress that would freak people out.

"I'm going to take that with me, so pack your bags."

Curious, Tasha looked puzzled as she received a suitcase.

"Princess. Why are you carrying another dress?"

"I've prepared a surprise show."

Tasha, who took it unexpectedly, gave me a quizzical look, but did not ask any further.

I got on the carriage only after I checked that Tasha was following me with her suitcase.

"Venity, are you sure you don’t need your mother to come with you?"

"Mom, I'm already 17 years old. I'm a lady now."

My mother couldn't hide her worries as I sat in the carriage. Even though I said I was okay, she still came to see me off.

In the past, I had gone to see the royal family with my mother, but this time, it was time to get out of my mother's arms and said that I was going alone. My mother looked proud and anxious at the same time.

"Don't worry about me, Mother."

I'll go and humiliate the family a little.

"You have to be careful. Don't lose your dignity, my daughter."

"Yes, mother."

I'll be running my dignity to the ground today!

When I got on the carriage leaving my mother, who looked as if she was sending her daughter to a distant place. Behind me, I saw Tasha bouncing her hips in the carriage.

"Princess, look at this! The cushion on the floor is really soft!"

Not knowing my troubled heart, I couldn't rejoice together with Tasha, who looked excited. In my eyes, Tasha was like a calf running around who didn't even realize she was being led to the slaughterhouse.

"All right, I understand, so stop. You look so tacky right now."

Perhaps because one of the most words she hated was tacky, Tasha quickly began to act like a gentle noble girl, as if playing a noble game.

Most carriages don’t rattle because of the well paved path in the Royal Capital, but the royal carriage chair cushion was definitely soft. Come to think of it, I remember being so excited that I was shaking my hips like Tasha.

* * * *

"Oh my God!"

Tasha's eyes and mouth widened as she entered the palace.

You're opening your mouth several times today, Tasha.

"Princess. The Imperial Palace… I didn't know it was this extravagant. I thought our mansion was pretty extravagant too, but it pales in comparison, right?"

In addition to the Main Palace in the center, the Imperial Palace had other palaces on the south, west and east. The emperor's palace is located in the south, the Empress’ Palace, where the Empress resides, in the west and the Ruby Palace, where the Crown Prince stays, in the east.

Before entering the main palace, there was a huge fountain large enough to hold a thousand people in the plaza, so people who came to the palace for the first time were looking at it.

In particular, Tasha was completely out there.

"I've never seen such a large fountain."

"Yes, Tasha. I don't think people have ever seen a maid like you. Let's go in now."

I walked into the main palace with Tasha, who was tangled up in front of the fountain.

"Princess, don't you know the way too well? It's as if you’ve been here before."

"Shuush, Tasha. Could you please be quiet?"

I led Tasha to the 5th library in the main palace to change my clothes secretly. It was the least visited place because it contained tons of boring philosophical books.

"Princess, what are you doing there?"

"Tasha, I'm waiting here. Scream when someone approaches you, okay?"

"Scream?"

"I don't have time to explain. Anyway, if someone approaches you, scream as loudly as if you've seen a ghost. Okay?"

"I…. Understand."

Tasha had an unwilling expression on her face, but I needed someone to check the surroundings, so I parked Tasha in front of a bookshelf, and I hid behind a huge bookshelf and changed into the clothes that I had brought from home.

"Princess, your dress is so strange."

When Tasha saw my dress that I had brought from home, she once again looked at me as if asking if I was sane.

In one word, she opened her mouth wide again.

"What? What's wrong with this?"

"It's a preliminary fiancee selection, and what's with your clothes. If the Duchess finds out, I'll be the only one to get scolded. Please change your clothes again, Princess."

The clothes I changed into were clothes that no sane person would ever wear in front of the Empress.

Because of that, Tasha's expression was telling me that it was absurd, without having to tell me that with words.

Extremely luxurious clothing with jewels attached to each hem of the dress.

If my mother had seen it, she would never have sent me here. So I secretly brought it and wore it here.

"Are you really going to wear that?"

"Yeah."

That's why I brought it.

The dress is not suitable to wear at a fiancee selection ceremony, and it is perfect for giving people the image of a princess without a concept.

I chose this dress without hesitation because I was going to show off what a luxurious and ignorant princess is like and proudly drop out after a week.

"Princess, you can never wear that dress! Never!"

No, that's why it has to be this dress.

It's the perfect outfit to show how crazy I am.

-to be continued

Translated by Aria

Not 100% correct

Credit to the Author

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