Chapter 69 Cute Little Sister (Part 1)
Early in the morning, before Aillenne could even have a breakfast, the voice of a person that had constantly bothered her can be heard from the end of the hallway.
"Sister! Sister! Wait for me!"
Aillenne saw her sister Adele running towards her in full speed until they bumped with each other. Her head bumped on the floor while the girl sat in her stomach seemingly unaware of the stomach retching situation.
"Miss!"
"Are you alright, Lady Adele?"
"I'm fine! Quiet down your mouths you know that I'm playing with my sister. You're disturbing us!"
The maids went quiet but their eyes held inexplicable joy at Aillenne's body being trampled on the ground.
"Uhh... get off..."
"Oh... I'm sorry sister."
"Yes, so please get off."
"I don't want to, though."
The girl kept sitting on her until her own nanny, nanny Beth took her away.
The maids that followed Adele only mind her situation without paying mind to Aillenne who were still lying on the ground.
"Sister! Accompany me to buy a cute designer dress. I need your opinion because I'm going to meet with the fifth princess in the next five days."
"Ohh... but I'm still busy."
"You cannot?"
"..."
Adele's tears began to fall.
"You cannot."
She repeatedly said until she gained a lot of attention.
"Hik! Hik! My elder sister hates me! She hated me so much! Waaahh!"
"...!"
"Sister Aillenne doesn't like me! She hated me! She hates me!"
Aillenne panicked.
Adele's maids continued to glare daggers as if blaming the situation entirely on her.
Seeing that Aillenne's alone and the Master of the house grew tired of her, they became bold and scolded her.
"Young lady, lady Adele is still a child and wanted to spend a good time with her sister. Can you not give at least a little time you had? Besides you don't have anything to be busy with."
"Yes. Can't you just comply? You're her elder sister, it is your duty to play with her."
"..."
Aillenne cannot voice her opinion as they continued to barrage her words. She felt small at their intimidation.
This scene has been so common in the orphanage where the senior children would bully the much younger ones.
"Mother said--- mother said I could just go with my sister and have fun. How can I have fun when my sister hated me? Waaaahh! I don't want to live anymore! Sister hates me!"
Adele continued.
Her twelve year old sister began to cry beads of tears and some servants began to whisper with each other.
"Did Lady Aillenne bully her sister?"
"Must be. She might have been jealous of her parents' attention."
Since they were standing in the main house towards the library, many new servants doesn't seem to know anything. They shot a piercing look at her blaming for her sister's sorrowful look.
"Cough! Cough!"
"Oh my! Are you alright, my lady?"
"She's just recovered from her cold. How can she receive stress right away?"
"If not for someone who doesn't have conscience."
"Hmm... no consideration at all. Who would have thought that blood ties doesn't work?"
"Oh... perhaps..."
The maid didn't continue her words and shot a mocking glance towards her.
She sighed in resignation.
"Alright. I'll go with you."
Both Adele and her party smiled in proudly at the success of making her submit to their whims.
"Yippie! Yes! Yes! Let's go, right now!"
"Wait! I'm still in my indoor---"
"Don't mind that. Get the carriage prepared and in a minute we'll depart."
Adele fired the orders and only gave Aillenne an old shoal to cover herself then she was dragged into the carriage without any preparations.
"My lady? My lady!"
Nanny Sabbie shouted in surprise after seeing her mistress getting dragged by her sister.
The scene wasn't new to her as Aillenne was subjected to the smae treatment over and over again ever since the Young Master Derrick went to the west for the monster subjugation.
Her sister would indifferently drag her and forced her mistress to be a playmate.
Nanny Sabbie didn't even had a time to contemplate but her head blanked when she remembered Aillenne wearing a plain indoor clothes.
It would be alright if she's not a noble-- in addition, the lady's body is developing. She haven't even worn a chemise!
"Daisy, hurry! Get me Lady Aillenne's outdoor dress. Give me whatever is available. Let's follow right after them. It's against noble etiquette to go out without wearing anything in proper. Goodness! She even rode in a carriage with the family emblem."
The nanny shrieked in fright and worry of the upcoming reaction of the people.
'She was already well known for being a shame of the family, what more can the lady hear if she went out like this?'
All of the preparations were made however, the nanny and a maid was stopped in the gate by the Marchioness' order and was forced to go back.
Almost all day long, the nanny almost turned bald, worried for her mistress' sake.
"I hope she'll be alright."
Aillenne was dragged by her sister into different shops. The scene may look cute because sisters came together to try and check out a new dress, if not for a simple problem but cannot be overlooked.
Many onlookers gasped at her outfit.
"Indoor clothes?"
"Goodness! She must have been crazy!"
"Can she cover herself with just a cheap shoal?"
"What's gotten into her? Where's her manners?"
Murmurs resounded the entire shop as they were choosing a new dress for Adele. Some mother's even covered their children's eyes saying it's a shameful scene that can tarnish their children's eyes.
Aillenne didn't do anything in particular and just sat in one corner to look over the dresses.
Wearing a cheap indoor dress, Aillenne felt small standing beside the expensive looking designer clothes.
'If only I have the time to grab my purse...'
Aillenne felt resentful but she was always overpowered by her sister. She looked at her wrists that were held harshly by Adele.
It is red and looked swollen. Her hand that were still small despite eating a lot looked so frail and could easily snap like a dry twig.
She sighed and looked at the 20th dress her sister wore. Only at this time did Adele asked for her opinion.
"Oh! I forgot that I've brought my sister with me. Haha! I'm sorryyyyyy (prolonged in cutesy way)... Sister, take a look... does this gown looked beautiful on me?"
"Yes, it looked good on you. The blue colored ribbon fits just right on the clothes."
Adele smiled briefly at her answer.
"My sister's taste is so bland. I know she doesn't know about styling and trends, because she doesn't have friends and doesn't go out---(gasp) oops! My bad. But because I'm generous I'm going to choose this."
"Pffttt--"
The maids and the shop keeper find hard to control their expression.
The nanny even harshly slapped the back of one of Adele's maids just to control her laughter.
Aillenne felt bitter at her sister's words. She felt like laughing when she was told to be ignorant in styling and trends when she's the one who changed the old style clothing.
She just smiled in understanding her sister's playful words.
"Yes, I'm sorry Sister Adele. This sister of yours fall short on uour expectations. I'll learn more to be able to shorten our differences."
"What are you talking about, sister? You'll learn for Adele? Thank you. But I cannot agree with your words that you can shorten out difference by just learning the trends."
"..."
The maids couldn't help but burst out laughing. The onlookers also laughed at the scene.
"Truly. She can't even fight back against her little sister."
"I heard that the little lady is the crown princess representative and not her."
"Pwahahaha!"
The maids continued.
Adele felt her nose raised high at the attention directed towards her. She felt proud that her beautiful sister is nothing compared to her.
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