Chapter 41 Liliana's Melancholy (1)
Adelaide also seemed a little strange.
Although Liliana felt that she didn't seem to have any feelings for Alfred.
Rather, it seemed as if Adelaide was somewhat afraid of Alfred, yet for some reason very concerned about his actions.
Anyway, Edward was also staring at Alfred throughout the celebration party, which made Liliana extremely unhappy.
After the celebration banquet, Liliana immediately returned to her room.
"Al you stupid idiot! Big idiot!"
She fell on the bed, pounding the quilt with her pink fists and complaining.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
(Who is that? Could it be the student next door?)
Liliana was very scared because she had complained so loudly that the students living next door heard it.
She walked carefully to the entrance and peeked at the visitors outside through the peephole.
The arrival was unexpected.
The person standing outside the door was Rose, who had already changed into pajamas.
"U-Um, Sister Rose, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Liliana opened the door and asked timidly.
"I'm sorry to bother you so late, Lily. How should I put it? We haven't seen each other for a while, and we didn't talk much at the celebration party just now."
Rose's cheeks flushed slightly, and she continued as if she was embarrassed.
"I have something I want to talk to you about. Can you come in?"
"Oh, of course, of course no problem. I actually miss you, Rose-sister, too."
Liliana awkwardly made way and welcomed Rose into the room.
It was only after Rose entered the room and sat down on the sofa that she realized she should prepare tea and snacks.
"I told you not to bother with that..."
Rose smiled bitterly and elegantly took a sip of the black tea that Liliana had brewed.
"Because I have been learning how to make tea from my etiquette teacher over the years, so I want you to try it, Sister Rose. How does it taste?"
"It's delicious. I can't believe that Lily, who used to brew black tea as black coffee, can actually brew such delicious black tea."
Rose teased with a mischievous smile.
"Wow! Sister Rose, please forget about that! Besides, Al was also wrong that time. He lied to me and said that adding more tea leaves would be the right thing, so he made something like that!"
Liliana blushed and tried her best to explain to Rose.
"Al~"
"Ah! Uh, that's what I just did..."
Liliana understood what Rose meant and tried to find an excuse to explain her previous slip of the tongue.
But after hesitating for a long time, she didn't know what to say.
"Because we all have classes tomorrow, it wouldn't be nice to keep you up late. So I'll get to the point as soon as possible."
Rose put the teacup down and looked at Liliana with a somewhat sad smile.
"Lily, what do you think of Al now?"
"W-what do you think?"
Liliana avoided Rose's gaze in panic, pretending not to understand what she meant.
"It's no use pretending to be stupid with me. At that time, you confessed to Al and he rejected you, so you deliberately acted like you hated him and distanced yourself from Al and me, right?"
"Eh?! Did that idiot Al tell Sister Rose about you?!"
When Liliana heard Rose mention that incident, she screamed in surprise.
More than four years ago, when Liliana was only ten years old, she confessed her love to Alfred.
Of course, that confession also ended in a very tragic way.
Since then, Liliana has never had a proper conversation with Alfred again, and has always kept her distance from him except for necessary greetings.
At the same time, Rose, who was still close to Alfred, also became somewhat distant without him noticing.
"No. It was just that the maid who was nearby at the time accidentally overheard your conversation."
"Ouch! I chose such a secret place..."
"Pfft, so I know what you really think of Al now."
Rose said with a chuckle.
"Lily, I want to know your true feelings. Do you really hate Al? If not, I hope you can get back together."
"So, then Sister Rose, what do you think of Al?"
"What does it mean?"
Rose didn't quite understand Liliana's question and tilted her head in confusion.
"That is, Sister Rose, what do you think of Al? Didn't you two have an engagement when Al was born?"
Liliana said anxiously.
"After that, the Count Lindbergh family was destroyed. In order to protect you, Sister Rose, Duke Elect adopted you as his daughter and brought you under the protection of the Elect family..."
But halfway through her words, Liliana realized that she had said something wrong.
She covered her mouth in panic to stop herself from continuing to speak without restraint.
"Liliana, you don't have to feel guilty. I don't really care about those things. After all, I was still very young when my father and mother were gone.
It may be unkind of me to say this, but I don’t remember much about the Lindberghs.”
"B-but...I'm sorry, Sister Rose."
Although Rose looked like she really didn't mind, Liliana still lowered her head and apologized.
"I've said it doesn't matter, but Lily, you're still the same as before, taking things too seriously in strange ways."
"Oh, well, I'm not in a weird place..."
Liliana pouted and complained in dissatisfaction.
"Pfft, let's just leave it at that. Let's continue with the previous topic and tell me what I think of Al~"
Rose showed a troubled expression, put her finger on her lips and thought seriously.
Looking at her like this, Liliana couldn't help but feel a little inferior.
Rose is really beautiful, she gives people a very cute feeling, and her personality is very gentle and virtuous.
Although people around her often praised Liliana for her beauty and said that she had the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.
But she knew very well that she could never compare to Rose.
Liliana now began to feel that it might have been natural for Alfred to reject her confession at that time.
After all, with a perfect girl like Rose by his side, Alfred would definitely look down on a girl like himself who was inferior to Rose in every aspect, often liked to act out of temper and was a bit willful.