Prolog

"Lilyana, sooner or later dad will find and bring home a surrogate mother. When the time comes, make a condition for him that you will be a boy before the girl comes. Tell Father to keep everything a secret about you, including from the servants. Make sure no one dares to open their mouths at strangers, even if they look like angels. You understand?"

Shortly after the departure of Lady Sophia Livoich Bronka, Duke Darius Bronka announced the arrival of a new mistress at the Bronka residence. This announcement naturally broke Lilyana Aldsorius Bronka's heart. The reason is, only a month after her mother died, her father seemed so easy to replace his mother's position with another woman.

Thinking that her sister's message some time ago could cancel the arrival of the new mistress in the Bronka family, in the middle of the announcement, Lilyana loudly conveyed the conditions put forward by her older sister. However, she suspected that this was wrong because Duke Darius immediately accepted the condition without asking Lilyana's reason for asking this.

Without even being asked, Duke Darius warned the servants and guards at his residence to keep Lilyana's true identity a secret.

"From now on, Lilyana Aldsorius Bronka is gone. The child standing before you right now is the only boy who is Lilyana's twin brother, who has returned after a long absence. And he is Linone Aldsorius Bronka. For anyone who leaked fake news or talked about this moment, that person would lose his tongue right then and there!"

As if receiving a similar message from the same person, before Lilyana even had a chance to ask, Duke Darius immediately gave a warning to the servants and guards in his residence. This made Lilyana think hard about the true meaning of her sister's last message.

A week after the announcement was announced, and Lilyana's role as Linone began, it was when Duke Darius brought home a beautiful woman with bright red hair of unknown origin. What amazed Lilyana was that the woman looked the same age as her mother. She even brought 3 small children who were the same age as Lilyana. Two girls, and one boy who seemed to be older than the two girls.

"I thought father would bring a single woman who is younger than mother, but… father instead brought a woman who already had three children? But why?"

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Duke Darius Bronka was originally a Marquees who ruled over the border areas in the eastern region of the war-torn kingdom of Xeranthemum. However, Princess Hestia who is the younger sister of the crown prince falls in love with him and insists on marrying Marquees Darius. The king, who at that time loved his daughter too much, could no longer refuse Princess Hestia's wish, who at that time threatened to end her life.

So the marriage was still carried out even though Marquees Darius admitted that he already had another woman he loved. However, Princess Hestia turned a blind eye to that and went ahead with the wedding. Later, the peerage of Marquees Darius rose to become Duke Darius Bronka with a prosperous territory and abundant natural wealth.

From this marriage, the Bronka family was blessed with two daughters aged around seven years.

Sophia Livoich Bronka, the eldest daughter of the Bronka family who is now married to the prince of the Arbajaz kingdom.

Lilyana Aldsorius Bronka who has now switched roles to become a son and become Linone Aldsorius Bronka.