11. I Think it’s Important to run Away
Eh, …eeeeeh—!?
I never wanted to meet her again! I didn’t know what I was going to say if I met her! What if she burst into tears again—!?
I, I don’t want to meet youuuuuuu—!!!
From the bottom of my heart, I bemoaned so. However, I was also the Duchess, as such, there was no way for me to act it out in reality.
Why!? Why would you come here—!? For what reason—!?
What about the basic manner of first sending a messenger to inform that you’re going to visit—?! What about the arrangement to visit—!? The letter—!? Isn’t she too insane—!?
No, I couldn’t go on like this. It was beyond my scope of understanding. I now understood my Mother’s ‘Well, well…’ coping mechanism.
I definitely didn’t want to end up like that.
The situation was insane. Why would a Baroness suddenly visit a Duchess? Was she playing some kind of punishment game—!? This was too much—!!
Afbad called out to me. “Lady Tiarize?”
Stay strong, Tiarize.
The fact remained the same, despite how utterly senseless she was, despite how utterly stupid she was—she was just a Baroness, while I was the Duchess. Yes, I was the Duchess…
As if I can agree with this—!!
Now that I thought about it, unpleasant things kept happening to me one after another after I had met her.
Why would she come visit me without her brother, or mother, or father?!
I swallowed my sigh and answered curtly.
“…I’ll be there shortly, Afbad. Prepare the guestroom.”
I don’t want to meet you—!!
I truly, truly don’t want to see you—!!
I truly felt sick now.
Vioris returned just in time.
“Sir Vioris…”
“Tiarize, what happened?”
“…”
How was I supposed to answer to that?
Should I treat her with hospitability? When she came without an announcement? When she was below my rank? Nope, that was too extreme…
Should I act calm and graceful in her presence? In this kind of situation!?
That would only put my position in peril…
Ugh, I can’t do it!
“A, a person wants to meet me.”
I wasn’t wrong, she was indeed a person—however, she wasn’t a friend of mine.
In my mind, I no longer felt fed-up towards Baroness Schmia because the feeling had evolved to hate.
“A person?”
“Would Milady be okay? I’ve only ever heard bad things regarding her. Madam seems to think so, too.”
Not okay. There was no way I would be okay. But if I left her to stay at the front gate, it would become even more troublesome. First, I needed to know the reason behind her visit.
If she came here to see if Stupid Highness was here, then she was just wasting her time.
Well, I didn’t do anything wrong.
But I was afraid of the consequences of leaving her there at the front gate.
“…Tiarize, there’s no one else in this house with the title of dukedom but you right?”
“Eh, yes…?”
“Since the Duke has entrusted you to me, will you let me attend the discussion with your friend? It’s okay, I’ll be by your side as your escort.”
What was with this guy—!?
My heart almost leaped out of my chest.
How could this person say such a thing so easily? At this rate, I would end up falling for Vioris!
“But, Sir Vioris is my guest…”
“Tiarize, I’m your guest, indeed. But before that, I’ve been tasked by the Duke. If anything were to happen to you, how am I supposed to face the Duke?”
“…”
Afbad urged me.
“Lady Tiarize, should I just tell her to go home after all?”
“Sir Vioris, will you come with me?”
I changed my attire while Marie combed my hair. Then, I went to the guestroom alongside Vioris.
Afbad should be preparing the tea. What has she doing up to now, that Baroness?
What happened to her promise with His Highness in the first place?
While thinking silently, I headed towards the guestroom. Before entering the room, I inhaled.
She’s just an incomprehensible girl!
I can’t back down now…! It will be fine. After all, I’m the Duke’s daughter…! Recently, I realized my dream of becoming an adventurer…! Yes…! Everything will be okay…!
I opened the door, feeling really unsure. Vioris casually escorted me. It helped ease my tension a little.
In the guestroom I was familiar with, sat an unfamiliar guest.
Baroness Schmia stood up with great vigor the moment she saw me. She looked overjoyed—
—why, though?
On the contrary, I wasn’t happy at all.
I would rather she returned home in all haste.
“Tia!”
She had successfully shortened my name from Lady Tiarize to Tia…
Nonono, wait! When did we become friends!? Only Mia and Amilia are allowed to call me by name!
Of course, I didn’t recall ever giving her a permission to call me that.
A Baroness calling a Duchess without honorific… not to mention, shortening my name as she pleased…
Calling her uncouth would be too kind!
I started feeling dizzy.
“…Baroness Schmia, good day to you. So, for what purpose have you come today?”
My response totally sounded cold, but it wasn’t like I cared. I truly disliked her. In short—this little…! Thinking about derogatory terms I could use to slam her in my head, a lot came up at once. Such was the result of frequenting the downtown.
“H-hiii…! I’m s-sorry, did I do something…? Tia, you sound angry.”
Obviously? You call my name as you please.
My headache grew terrible within seconds. I held my breath.
“W, well, umm, Baroness Schmia? First, there’s something I would like to ask you… why are you addressing me so familiarly like that?”
Why are you acting so close! I wanted to blurt that out, but at the last second, I managed to rephrase it to a gentler line…
There were beautiful colored cups of tea on the table, but of course, I wasn’t in the mood to drink.
Some modest teacakes had also been prepared, and it seemed that Baroness Schmia had treated herself to some. I wondered if this girl knew what ‘courtesy’ meant…
“Eh? Eh? Because, am I not Tia’s friend?”
Haaa—?
From when—!? Me—!? Your friend—!? Stop joking—!!
I laughed and uttered.
“Well, is that so? I wasn’t aware of that, as such, I found it surprising… this may sounds strange, but it feels like we’ve only have a proper conversation like this about twice?”
“Tia sure is forgetful~!”
I’ll kill this wretch!!!!
Wha—!? Huh—!?
Forgetful!? When our meetings really could be counted by hand—!? Was the flower field in your brain too vast it caused you to develop dementia—!?
To muffle my scream, I sipped tea instead. Keep calm, and drink tea—!!!
“I… I’m forgetful, you say? What an interesting thing you, a Baroness, says regarding me, His Imperial Highness’ fiancée…”
This girl only remembered the part that she liked—!!! I was discovering more and more of her disgusting skills—!!!
“Haha, you’re basically saying that I’m special, right?”
…this woman!
I’ll absolutely kill her! Must. Definitely. Kill. Her!!!
In my mind, I already punched her face for the tenth time and struck a victory pose.
“Uh… yes, right. You’re indeed different than most, I’ll give you that. …So, why have you come?”
It was useless to speak to her. I realized so.
***T/N: ///suffered brain anneurysm due to the Thot’s obnoxiousness/// I left her… to you guys…
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Wow, this thot really only hears what she wants to hear.
“I now understood my Mother’s ‘Well, well…’ coping mechanism.
I definitely didn’t want to end up like that.” Slaps, she needs slapped the thot does, in which her name is Schemia, right? I can’t remember her really name. Meh, she a Thot with some special, weird skills. No wait that is an insult to special and weird skills that are nice and cool. ? R.I.P Tiarez we love you, I feel bad to call her just Tia, but I don’t remember her spelling, could look up lol though. HAHAhaha.
I’ll absolutely kill her! Must. Definitely. Kill. Her!!!
This is for today’s mantra and now everyone let us all repeat it for a million times………
I’ll absolutely kill her! Must. Definitely. Kill. Her!!!
I’ll absolutely kill her! Must. Definitely. Kill. Her!!!
I’ll absolutely kill her! Must. Definitely. Kill. Her!!!
IS THE SCHMIA BARONY POOR??????? CAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOMEONE DID NOT GET ENOUGH NUTRIENTS TO GROW A PROPER BRAIN WHEN THEY WHERE IN THEIR MOTHER’S WOMB….!!!!!!
COMMANDER ANTOINETTE VANESSA THIS SUBORDINATE SHALL START PREPARING THE STAKES AND THE BONFIRE WE ARE GOING TO USE TO IMPALE AND ROAST A THOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WE SHALL HOPE THAT THIS OFFERING SHALL APPEASE THE GODS OF GOOGLE AND HELP US IN RESOLVING THE ADS PROBLEM
I AM SCARED AS TO WHAT THIS IS TURNING INTO
A CULT?
THOT PATROL TRANSLATION?
A cult that has THOT patrol translations….
Made this for you…….
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AHAHAHA OH GEEEZ GABBBEEE I LOVE ITTT. GONNA PUT IT IN AMERICAN FAUX HALL OF FAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH ZOMG
Wait until I learn how to use photoshop and your gonna get a lot better posters a.k.a. self made memes from me…hahaha
I have a project for college to draw a 100 pages manga. The storyline can be adapted or made by urself. I plan on adapting sharina, and if next month the issue persists, I’ll just upload that as a post. I sincerely hope u ll be there hahaha.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
I would definitely look forward to your manga adaptation of Sharina…… I may not be able to read it on the same day you uploaded it but I’ll do my best to find time to read it……and wish for you to get high grades for that project…..if you don’t I am going to look for your college professor and might also use them as an offering….
HAHAHA OUR HUNT LIST BROADENS THEN?
Currently compiling the names on my free time which is pretty scarce…….if Santa got the naughty and nice list we the THOT Patrol Cult have the TO KILL AND TO PROTECT LIST
College starting and lotsa projectsss alreaaady. Gabe Gabe how busy are u back then in college
I wasn’t really that busy during college considering that most of our projects are done by group and how I don’t really study during exam period but just read webnovels and sleep….as for assignments my major subjects rarely gave one and the ones for my minor subjects people volunteer to either let me borrow their books or give me links for references or let me copy their assignment or just do it for me in exchange for me teaching them for the exam period………
My advice for you is to enjoy the busy periods during college cause busy periods at work is different and will definitely make you wang to vomit blood and when ghat time comes you might realize you are missing your college days……. and most importantly try to find someone who is relatively young, good looking, has good personality and is good at teaching as your professor, it will at least motivate you to go to class even if you hate the subject. Trust me it works……had that kind of professor in college and people who aren’t even enrolled in that subject attends just to see that professor which usually surprises me cause there is always a new stranger sitting on the class even though they are from the other department and not in our department(and the fact that he usually orders pizza for the class to eat while listening to his discussions was a big plus)
T-the busy period at college is actually enjoyable!?
Who is that angelic professor could he be Harij
Some aspects may be close to Harij, like in his wealth maybe????(always wondering how can he just treat the class for pizza on a monthly basis…..like where the hell did you get your money????? Damn it made me believe you get huge income for teaching work….tsk…..) But his caring personality might be closer to Riol’s and his brains (dude is just 3 to 4 years older than me and already a frickin college professor) their name also starts with R……..
And YESSS…..BUSY PERIODS DURING COLLEGE CAN BE ENJOYABLE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU SPEND THOSE PERIODS…….as for me I enjoyed it by earning a lot of money selling food to those students who are so busy studying and doing their projects that they cannot go to the cafeteria to buy their food……You just have to find your own way on how to enjoy it or avoid being busy all together by doing your projects as soon as it is given or by procrastinating or not doing it at all.
Gabe you sounds like a queen… Earning money while also having others do ur assignments….
So he is 95% tsun and 5% dere?
AND GABE, THATS NOT ENJOYING BUSY PERIODS, THATS EXPLOITING IT!!!!
Well you can just think of me as an Empress rather than a queen……..but this Empress is willing to follow you Commander Antoinette Vanessa for life…..hahaha…lol
And the prof. only have Riol’s brain and caring personality but actually acts more like Roze (yes…..he gets embarassed that easily and even becomes beet red when he is) so around 90% dere and 10% tsun…….
P. S.
EXPLOITING PEOPLE, THINGS AND SITUATIONS IS ONE OF MY HOBBIES!!!! AND HOBBIES ARE ENJOYABLE!!!!!! GOING BY THIS LOGIC EXPLOITING PEOPLE, THINGS AND SITUATIONS IS ENJOYABLE!!!!!!
Ughh gabe stahp
Hahahha i never regretted becoming a translator and one of the major reasons r uuu Gabe.
IDK gabe, i just have a very different approach altogether in college. Basically, I m under so much pressure cuz I never allowed myself to fail. Because of that, everything is pressuring AF I almost never enjoyed a single thing. I placed too much importance in assignment and college gpa I guess? If I fail, it feels like I’ve just discovered how worthless I am and I don’t want that.
Well worry not, I am at year 2 now and learning to be chill
Hmmmm………..I am very much nonchalant during my college days but I guess that kind of thoughts would really make enjoying College difficult……..
Even though as a teacher I can tell you not to be afraid of failing or make mistakes since the purpose of school is to teach you how to correct mistakes and failing is part of learning experience…..but in reality if people fail many look down on them just to boost their own confidence and there are also professors or teachers who would even put you down but don’t worry even if you fail or don’t get the gpa you expect I am here shouting “GOOD JOB!!!!!” for your efforts. Heck, translating while going to school is difficult and this reader here is proud of you for being able to balance it and you deserve a praise for that……..I may not be able to support your translations thru donations but I can give you some morale support…..
This is for you:
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Thanksss Gabe… I am also wondering why some teacher turn into ppl like that you know. There’s this lecturer here. He is famous for being kind and fatherly and harij-ly, but after a few years, he began turning cold and merciless to his students. All seniors noticed this about him. Do you think he got fed up with his students
Uhuh thanks so muuuch Gabe. It’s just, deep down I know I put effort to it, but sometimes all ppl see r ur failure and ur failure only. It would hurt me a lot if i hear ppl say i didnt work hard enough hence i failed after everything i put up with.
Thanks Gabe 🙂
Notification:
Now that you are on your second year….you can now unlock some pre- requisite skills for the “more chill than ice” badge……once you acquire that badge you can proceed to get the title “Chill Empress”. The title “Chill Empress” gives you the ability to remain calm despite not doing any of your college projects or assignments (not even a bit, not even a word or dot in your essays….) even though the deadline for them is on the next day. It will also give you the ability to confidently circle or shade random letters or numbers for multiple choice exams or quizzes without caring if that is the correct answer among many others…
DISCLAIMER: THE ABILITIES INCLUDED FOR THE TITLE “CHILL EMPRESS” IS NOT APPLICABLE WHEN FACING ONE WHO HOLDS THE TITLE “EMPRESS OF THE HOUSE” A.K.A. “MOM”
Maybe he did get fed up…….teaching is very tiring even more so if the compensation you get for your hardwork is very meager and the school administration doesn’t treat you well enough (ex. Instead of helping you out, they give you more work and problems without proper compensation then threaten to suspend or fire you if they you don’t do as they say). Aside from that it is also difficult when your students don’t even want to give you respect……And there are some who are just not that good at handling stress hence they get fed up easily and may even lash out at the students by giving super difficult projects, assignments or exams……..that is why people who are in the teaching profession when it come to their stress should have the same level of forgetfulness as Baroness Schmia (yes….even though I hate to say it).
Ugh the head of my major idk what’s the English for that, is exactly that. Like, everyone legit hate him bcs all he did is exert his utter dominance on class and purposefully make things hard for us so we legit fail.
How bout the place u teach RN Gabe? Do they treat u well?
GABE YOU ARE LIKE, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Well……technically I am also a boss since I am the head of the department and I don’t know how my co-teachers/ subordinates view me as their boss but the one who is higher than me (let’s just call them the manager) sucks…….like big time. I have been requesting materials for our classroom which are necessary cause my students use it during class activity but they keep on rejecting it saying it is out of budget so I have no other choice but to use recycled materials for their activities and when I make the teaching materials for the class. Aside from that they do not know how to take good care of their employees……just knows how to scold but not to praise or reward……..They refuse to hire another teacher even though I keep telling her we cannot handle the number of students with just our current number of teachers………….haaaaahhhhh……..I get so tired trying to make them understand my requests………hence I sometimes just read WN or play games on my phone even if it is not break as long as I don’t have students just to relieve my stress…….cause if I keep worrying about their stupidity I may end up having stress induced sickness…….add to that stupid manager of mine those demanding parents who keeps on saying that I am difficult to find…….even though they did not even try looking for me…….like hello I am inside the classroom for the whole day you can just knock!!!!! Luckily the pay is good enough for a lazy bum like me so it is still bearable and my students despite being hyperactive they are so cute so I can still get by………their cuteness heals me and purifies the evil brought by stress………
Aww.. You have it hard huh… I will remember this so i wont be so judgemental towards my teachers next time….
Honestly whats popular in my uni is “revenge custom”
All the lecturers here r alumnis. They make us go through the same hell they went just for shit and giggles.
Whats the busiest time for teachers?
Is there a problematic parent that tries to make problem for u?
Ikh those ppl who uses others’ failures as a way to boost their own confident r super disgusting.
Oh yeah one of my lecturer is sexist as well.
It was an animating class and he be like.
“Make an animation of falling snow”
Then a second later he made an off hand remark about
“It should be easy for BOYS, boys love to watch cartoon after all, unlike girls…. It must be hard for u girls to picture falling snow huh. Thats why girls’ childhood are lacking happiness. ”
I AM SORRY WHAT
Or just find a friend who you can get along with in your classes to motivate you in going to classes or help you for your assignments or projects or exams by giving you advice or pointers……
There are some pronlematic parents who tries to tell me how I should teach in class……..they don’t believe that I studied to become a teacher and is a licensed teacher……there are also some parents who’s child is going to other class that keeps o asking me if I am an intern or if I am really qualified……the busiest time is mostly when my students have school programs and the week before the exam and after the exam…..since I am the one who make the program, exams and plans the lessons…..
If your teachers in college are making things difficult for you just for the sake of making you experience the hardships they experienced as form of revenge you don’t have to be that respectful of them cause those kind of teachers are assholes……..if they are giving you tasks that don’t really have anything to do about what you should learn and is just given for the sake of making things difficult for the students then they are nothing but a bunch of incompetent people who should not be teaching, putting their personal grudges over their responsibilities……a bunch of idiots who don’t deserve Commander’s consideration…..
As for those who makes unpleasant comments gather evidence against them then submit it to your dean along with your complains if you are feeling afraid to do that you can try finding some allies against them or just make their life miserable without them knowing that it was you……..even giving them tiny daily problems would work and it would help in piling up their stress levels
Gabe Gabe if you see an introverted child who prefer to be alone would u try to make her make more friends anyway ???
ahhhhhhh I wanna punch this girl too Lady Tia
OMG, I basicly can see the context of this story, but man, never in my life did I have the urge to knock some sences to a MC like that AND want escape and screem my lungs out about that Thot’s obnoxiousness. Hang in the translator san we can feel your pain.