2. Charlotte
When Charlotte was five, she was brought into the Martino Family. At that time, Claire was six years old.
Charlotte was the lovechild between Benjamin and his mistress, who lived modestly with her mother in a village far from the royal capital. After Charlotte’s mother died of illness, she was taken in by the Martino family as the second daughter.
It wasn’t a rare occurrence amongst the aristocratic class, but rumor seemed to have spread in the social circle considering the fact that Charlotte was only a year younger than Claire—the daughter of the Duke Martino’s real wife.
Claire’s mother had died in an unforeseen accident the previous year, as such, there was no welcoming atmosphere for Charlotte—be it at home or in the social circle … despite so,
Gradually, everyone in the family was taken by Charlotte’s charming, smart, and cute personality. The mansion became lively again.
Charlotte’s maternal blood seemed to be more dominant as she possessed fluffy blond hair different from that of Claire’s brothers. She was also delicate, and her eyes were big and round—truly the epitome of a lovely maiden.
“So, Elder sister Claire is going to marry Prince Asbert!? You’ll become this kingdom’s princess, then~! What a dream come true~!”
Charlotte said to Claire in a high-pitched, silvery voice that sounded like the chime of a bell. It was kind of uplifting how Charlotte always spoke out her thoughts.
Charlotte was undeniably a precious little sister for Claire.
However, since Charlotte’s mother was a commoner, other noble ladies weren’t too fond of her. It was precisely because some of her manners were still considered unladylike.
At the tea parties where all the noble ladies gathered, Charlotte often started crying when her mistakes were pointed out. Every time, Claire would stand up to protect Charlotte.
By the time Charlotte turned 15, no one regarded her presence as a scandal anymore.
What a relief… let’s live my life like the usual while protecting my adorable little sister for the rest of my life…
…but she wasn’t granted even that.
The change in Claire’s relationship with her little sister happened at Charlotte’s baptism two months ago.
Even though two months had passed, Claire could still vividly recall that day.
The christening that was held at the Fountain of Baptism in the church of Charotte’s mother’s birthplace.
Charlotte’s mother was born in the neighboring Kingdom of Paft, as such, her baptism was held in the church of Paft.
As soon as Charlotte stepped into the fountain, the entire vicinity was dyed white. One side of the fountain shone white—it glittered baptism to the point that Claire couldn’t open her eyes. At the same time, there were cheers from the aristocrats.
“…It’s white! Well done, Charlotte!”
Her father, Benjamin, ran towards Charlotte and embraced her.
Charlotte’s magical color was the color that should only be possessed by the eldest daughter of the Martino family. …it was white, which proved her amazing pedigree.
Among the royalty and aristocrats who ran towards Charlotte, Claire caught a glimpse of the first prince, Asbert, who accompanied her as a witness.
Claire could only stare at Charlotte, who smiled happily amidst the crowd—such a scene didn’t happen to her a year ago.
“It seems that Prince Asbert will annul his engagement with Lady Claire in favor of Lady Charlotte—don’t be too loud about it, though. I heard that the first prince is getting intimate with Lady Charlotte.”
“It’s no secret that Prince Asbert is infatuated with Lady Charlotte. That’s why he purposely attended the baptism of Lady Charlotte. In his defense, he probably came along to accompany his fiancé.”
The people whom had long lost sight of Claire’s existence spoke such heartless words.
After Charlotte’s baptism, the number of homecomings from school, which was once a month, increased to once a week. Her father and brothers would introduce Charlotte to their superiors and aristocrats. Every week, evening and tea parties were held.
Claire was ordered to accompany her every time.
Everyone her father introduced to Charlotte was originally an acquaintance of Claire’s—a lady considered the fiancée of the First Prince.
However, now was different.
Whenever Claire accompanied Charlotte to an evening party, Charlotte would receive the envious gazes of everyone, while Claire, their pity.
Not long after that, Benjamin began suggesting that he wanted to put Charlotte—not Claire—beside the first prince Asbert. The talk had already surfaced at Charlotte’s baptism.
Asbert wasn’t against the idea, either. He admitted that he had always thought of Charlotte as his dear little sister.
“He said that, even though he is Elder sister’s fiancé… why, why would he? That’s cruel of him.”
Charlotte seemed uncomfortable at first, but, after two months, she and Asbert were like pair of shoes.
Claire was now a wall flower—despite so, she kept smiling like always.
…Someone, someone please liberate me…
She sincerely wished that day would come.
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Claire killed time at the academy so when she returned, she wouldn’t happen to pass by Asbert’s entourage and Charlotte. By that time, the sky was already pitch-black.
She picked the clothes that were easy to move in from the closet and arranged them on the bed. She purposely avoided dresses and chose functional outfits.
…knock, knock.
There was a guest.
“Yes, who is it?”
If possible, she didn’t want to see anyone at the moment. While masking her true emotions, she approached the door and gave a cheerful greeting.
“Elder sister, it’s me, Charlotte. There’s something I would like to talk about, …um, may I enter?”
The visitor turned out to be her half-sister, Charlotte.
***T/N: Yeah, choke on that family and prince who would readily cast aside one of their own just cause of pedigree, Charthot! Godspeed!
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Claire should be grateful with this broken engagement. There is no point marrying a man who only cares about pedigree and genetics. If Charlotte can’t produce an heir with the same level of magic skills for the Prince, he will most likely get himself another concubine to do so anyway.
I want Claire to be an adventurer and go out to have alllllll the freedom she can have! ❤️
I got their reason for picking this up. This novel currently placed top rank in syosetsu, japanese web novel site.
………..now dont place too high of a hope on that rank cuz here is a plot twist:
LAST MONTH
TIARIZE
SCORED
THE FIRST
PLACE
Gabe.exe has recieved too much shock and crashed. Reboot required.
Rebooting………….
How the fuck did Tiarize get first place????…….don’t tell me this kind of overly complicated borderline dumb plot is popular to the Japanese or were they reading it for the sake of roasting it or perhaps they got click-baited given the nice sounding chapter titles?????? Did they had a system error???
Worry not though. The rank system has it so that the story with more vote can replace top rank in an instant..
Tiarize drowned to rank 10 in a day.
BUT TO RANK 10 INTERNATIONALLY WORDWIDE IS STILL TOO HIGH DAMMIT
How about Roze and Dia do they get in the ranks????
Yuuuup Roze placed the first rank FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH HOW GREAT IS THAT. while dia got rank 7.
Its okay at the very least Dia can occupy rank no. 3 in my heart. Roze and Eliza (of I reincarnated as a noble girl villainess but why did it turn out this way) are contending for rank no. 1 and 2 in my heart.
Gabe.exe has recieved too much shock and crashed. Reboot required.
Rebooting………….
How the fuck did Tiarize get first place????…….don’t tell me this kind of overly complicated borderline dumb plot is popular to the Japanese or were they reading it for the sake of roasting it or perhaps they got click-baited given the nice sounding chapter titles?????? Did they had a system error???
GABE STOP IT WITH YOUR PET STORIES I CANT DEAL WITH THIS REALITY BULLSHIT
HAHAHA…… Sorry sorry, I’ll stop. Please don’t hit me…..HAHAHA
BTW, I have finished catching up with Astraea (IDK how to pronounce her name, good thing I can spell) and Eos’ latest chapter and they remind me of Roze and Harij. Both are about a Witch and a Knight, both MLs are knights who try to lure a witch with food, and both MCs are witches who live in secluded area and are very secretive. But the way the MLs woo their witches differ, Harij is the ‘marry me so I can date you’ type while Eos is the ‘date me so I can marry you (though I don’t know the name of the woman I am pursuing) type.
Once I finish watching Mushishi and had recuperated properly I’ll challenge A thousand perverts……..I mean A thousand year of separation.
MUSHISHI DAMN, WHAT SEASON ARE YOU LETS TALK ABOUT IT. IM A HUGE FAN.
I have already finished watching it when I was in college. I am currently rewatching Zoku Shou the second part and then I’ll be watching the specials I have missed. And damn, I was reminded of that episode about the mountain lord where I hated the kid Ginko for a moment (zoku shou part 2 ep. 13 if you count including part 1).
One that rly create a great impression in me is that root plant that would grow on corpse and devour them so they would return to the mountain. And also the story about a woman whose head could be placed on other woman’s headless torso so she could keep on living.
That one about the root plant gave me nightmares but still one of my fave episodes and that one where they switch the torso is also good. But I also love that episode in the first season about the couple who finds albino kids below their house and the one about the mother and child where the mom has a mushi that eats memories inside her (I think this one is in Zoku shou). I ship Ginko with Karibusa Tanyuu, BTW (Tanyuu is the girl who writes tales about mushis to seal the mushi in her leg)
P. S.
I tried watching the live action film starring Odagiri Joe and didn’t really like how Ginko looked at the film but for a 2007 film the graphics were fairly good.
Until now I wonder what kind of skin care Ginko does to himself to have that white skin despite walking around under the sun all year round. Is his white skin an effect of the tokoyami????
I WILL REWATCH THEM
YES!!! LET’S HAVE A MUSHISHI REWATCHING PARTY!!!!!
I didn’t expect Commander to also be a fan of Mushishi. Wooh!!!!! So happy you are also a fan!!!!!!!!
Lmao i also rmb about that girl who is stalked by a water mushi who wants to replace her and all it needs to kill said mushi is a clear mirror.
Then she be like, “my ur actually handsome eyyy” to ginko
HAHAHA…….I remember that girl, that girl falls in love as fast if not faster than Arthur the mopey prince. I wanted to smack her in the head but I have to agree Ginko is quite handsome.
Oh! There was also another girl who looks smitten with Ginko in that episode about the Harumagai. (The girl whose brother sleeps the whole winter)
I have read the manga and it seems not all episodes were from the manga and they also did not follow the same order of the chapters for the anime episodes.
Ugh another asshole prince lolz
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The one above is the only Charlotte I would ever acknowledge. Even named one of my former pets after her. (No, Charlotte did not end up in someone’s stomach but she got hit by a truck and died. Who knows she may have reincarnated into an isekai genre story as a noble villainess lady…)
P. S.
I thought Instadoses was already translating this one or did they just do some chapters as teasers???