Common Sense of a Duke's Daughter

CHAPTER 107-108

CHAPTER 107: Tanya's concern

"Phew..."

Combing through the hair I'd let down, I sighed.

It was almost at the time when the calendar was about to flip over, signifying the end of a day.

After I finished preparing all the small things milady needed to finish before going to sleep, I was also about to go to bed.

Although a lot of people ask, "Do you really ever sleep?" in a half-joking way, I'm human too. Of course, sleep is necessary.

Plus, this seemed like a more suitable question for Mr. Sebastian rather than me. He looked as if he would never tire, always with a gentle expression on his face. How admirable.

I needed to treat him as my role model, and continuously improve myself to that end.

As I mulled over one thing after another, I suddenly picked up the ribbon on the table. The one that was in a set with Merida, milady, and Rehme.

...When was it? I recall it was back when I was still practicing as a servant girl.

When milady's father invited a merchant friend over, and milady was asked if there was anything she wanted, she picked out these hair ribbons.

"That's all? What about these gemstones?"

Seeing milady pick the ribbon among a collection of luxurious and expensive items, her father seemed somewhat incredulous...her mother also tried to convince her to pick something else.

"Yes, this is enough. May I please have four of them?"

And then, milady brought the ribbons to us three.

"Everyone is the same."

Saying this, she smiled.

Although it was quite a high-price artifact for us...but for milady, who was the daughter of a duke's family, it should have been something cheap.

But to her, they were treasures.

"If you don't like them, I'm sorry. But I was thinking that it would be great if we could get them all in a set. If you'd be willing to take them I would be very happy."

I felt that that day, I was so happy. Happy that I was picked up in that place, on that day, by milady.

If she hadn't, I probably would have died somewhere.

I don't remember when I started living there. But I was probably abandoned by my parents.

What I do remember is that I was there, alone–in the slums of the capital.

Young and clueless as I was, I went hungry every day and gradually began to deteriorate.

Every day, I sat in the alleyway, and stared up at the sky.

Occasionally, I'd see children hand in hand with their parents. I didn't know why, but it made me cry.

So this was my fate, to die alone...yes, before long, even I lost the will to live. In fact, I wanted to disappear as quickly as possible.

And then one day, two men that I didn't know started speaking to me.

What they said was unclear. I don't remember anymore.

But their dirty smiles made me understand instinctively that these were not good people.

Although I had already given up hope for survival, my body still reacted to the danger out of instinct. I wanted to escape, so I started to run.