A Painting of the Villainess as a Young Lady

Violet.

The fourteen-year-old Aileen had expressed her willingness to stay by her older sister’s side no matter what.
And because the duke cared more about the lovely second ducal lady more than anyone else, he respected Aileen’s wishes.

Although the girl didn’t officially make her debut, she had been invited to join the capital’s high society, and despite proper etiquette, Aileen had followed Violet everywhere she went.

“Everyone is so kind.
I thought this was a scary place…”

If she thought this was a scary place, then she just shouldn’t have followed Violet.

Nevertheless, whether Violet was suppressing her boiling anger from within, Aileen remained bright.

The young lords of the duchy had come to the capital as well to escort the ducal lady in her debutante, however they also cared only about Aileen.
It was natural that Violet’s hysterics had reached its peak.

“She’s the one from the rumors…”

“Shh, be quiet.
You’ll be targeted, too!”

Some incidents flashed through her mind, but overall, she had a lot of repressed memories of that time.
She didn’t want to remember them.

Violet quickly buried the memories of three years ago.

Those in the capital simultaneously mocked and feared Violet, the villainess.
But at the same time, they envied her as she was a high aristocrat.

On the other hand, they praised treated Aileen preciously as she acted as if she was living in a flower garden.
But at the same time, they mocked and laughed at her.

‘That’s why she whined so much about wanting to go back home early.’

From what Violet could recall, Aileen had cried every single day about wanting to return home as soon as Violet’s debutante was over.

Aileen was no fool—it’s impossible for her not to notice that she was a topic of ridicule to the people of the capital.

And when Aileen was finally given permission to go back to the Everett Duchy, she cried and cried about how she wanted to go back with Violet.
So, regardless of Violet’s will, she also went back to the estate.

There were some things that became clearer as she recalled them.
Violet stopped lingering on those memories.

They were all unpleasant anyway.

The luggage they brought with them through the servants were only few as it was judged that it’s better to bring their necessary belongings separately each time.

The employees of the townhouse quickly carried their luggage inside.

Roen offered a hand to Violet as a sign of wanting to escort her.
Violet smirked and immediately rejected him.

t/n: as it was scheduled, there will be a one-week hiatus~ updates will resume by next week.
i’ll try to resume updates earlier if possible, but as luck would have it, my laptop died on me just today T-T i translated the newest chapter through just my ipad, so it was a grueling process, hence why it took a while to finish.
hopefully i’ll get my laptop back from the service center by the time updates are scheduled to be back.

hope you guys have a wonderful week ahead~!