Episode 29

Time passed quickly. News of the battlefield flew in every day through newspapers and telegrams. The war took longer than expected.

It has already been two weeks since Elisha came to her mansion. In the meantime, she lived diligently as a hostess. She focused on talking to the soldiers, cleaning out her mansion and improving her food.

Her reason was simple. It was because of a lesson Elisha had learned through her past life.

'Living people's hearts is directly related to survival.'

The head of the Cartier family, the old man was called by people as insidious, wicked, and fearful.

Later, people saw and said three grandchildren, including Lucerne, an illegitimate son. Darkness was inherited by Jacob, wickedness was inherited by Marco, and fear was inherited by Lucerne.

'The insidious Jacob was a dark-hearted guy.'

Jacob looked at his entourage convulsively. Does he have other feelings or is he stealing money? ….

Elisha in her previous life was a woman who was looked down upon by everyone. But even within that she had people who did her favor. An old lady-in-waiting who had served Jacob for a long time, she said when Elisha was given the job of keeping her first ledger.

'Jacob-nim often looks at people. Never fall for the test.'

Soon the moment of testing came. A young knight approached, claiming that he had a crush on Elisha. He was talking nonsense about how he fell in love with Elisha on the inside, not on the outside.

'Let's run away with me. Huh? I know how to get rid of the pattern on the nape of your neck. There's an amazing wizard……. Instead, you just have to give me some information I want.'

The article was a trap of sorts.

Does Elisha complain to Jacob, or does Elisha have the heart to run away? Doesn't she flirt with someone? It was a male agent sent to dig up those things.

Her lonely Elisha almost fell for him. She immediately took hold of her heart and cut it off. She later realizes her truth and she shudders.

'If it hadn't been for the help of that lady-in-waiting……. I may have made a mistake.'

Then she might not have lived even five years.

So, no matter what the circumstances, there was nothing bad about buying good feelings from those around you. She, like the maid, may have someone who will do her unexpected favors to Elisha.

Besides, things went wrong, what if Lucerne tried to get rid of him? The job of killing her was most likely taken up by Sid, her entourage in Lucerne.

'If I'm buying their favor at that time, they'll at least soften my hands.'

Moreover, compared to Jacob's men, who were like thugs who would often criticize Elisha's appearance and spit on her, Lucerne's men were truly exemplary knights.

'A hostess of an aristocratic family must win the hearts of her vassals with her friendly disposition and charm.'

When he was very young, he also read a book about the education of women in monasteries. That's what came out of that book. Elisha got up from her seat and walked to the mirror. She in the mirror, her expression was missing and her face was lifeless.

When she was young, she was told that she had a pretty face, but at that time, she was distant. It was the years when she was so busy doing all sorts of labor, including doing the laundry, that she didn't even have time to look in the mirror.

Furthermore, after she turned back time, Elisha said that whenever she looked in the mirror she would find in it a woman with ugly burns on her face.

She said, 'I don't have the confidence to win favor with her looks or attitude.'

What normal people expect from a lady. Gentleness, tenderness, sweetness.

Play with men anxiously like Carola, or elegant and arrogant like Arien. Such an attitude was not Elisha's weapon.

She was the only one she was good at.

'The job of the general's wife is……. She said it was to take good care of her entourage and keep the soldiers in the best condition.'

So even in this life, she just did her best in silence. As if that were her only worth, she said.

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The first two weeks were extremely busy, but now I have a lot of free time at night. Elisha decided to use her spare time to do her sewing.

The day after she arrived, the butler called someone from a high-end store to help Elisha buy a few things. Elisha knew exactly where she was and she didn't want to spend a lot of money.

Elisha carefully selected only four of her dresses. She didn't wear clothes that were too expensive, but clothes that didn't look cheap at a reasonable price.

One was a deep pink dress that could be worn even at a prom, and the other two were gray and beige casual wear and dresses. It could have been to receive guests at the mansion.

And the other was a blue evening dress that could be worn on picnics and other outdoor events. Even though she chose sparingly and sparingly, she secretly spent money.

'If I wear it too cheaply, it will embarrass her husband.'

She thought that would be fine. Unexpectedly, I matched my underwear a lot.

'Too……. Did you guess a lot?'

She didn't even need a lot of underwear. You can use it after washing it well, but when she first met Lucerne, she wore shabby underwear. She was fortunate that at least she could do the fitting and embroidering of her basic undergarments herself.

'Still, I'm glad I have a dress to fix.'

Still, four dresses were far from enough. Fortunately, there were a few dresses in the mansion that no one wore. These were the clothes the butler had brought from the storage room.

'It might be spoils. Or is she one of the bounty from the imperial family?'

The butler didn't let her enter the treasure house, so Elisha couldn't figure it out. If she was a gift from the imperial family, maybe she was a gift for Lucerne's future wife.

One of them was a dazzlingly beautiful garment. The dress was made of beautiful green silk, with elegant decorations on the chest.

'My mom had a dress like this too.'

Elisha had few memories of her birth mother. Her mother had few belongings, the least of which were a few old dresses.

She had inherited one such elegant green dress.

She said, 'If she had the opportunity to debut in the social world, she would have liked to debut in that green dress…….'

It was also stolen by Jacob. She later found it in a storage shed while sorting out Carola's clothes. Carola glanced at the dress, she said.

'What is that rubbish? Burn it right now Don't think about stealing it, do it right!'

In the end, Elisha lost her tears and burned the dress herself. At the time, she was very upset about it. She was overjoyed when she found a similar dress. Besides, the dress in Lucerne's warehouse was of a similar color and design, but of a much higher quality.

Elisha had a rough idea of ​​the future dress fashion. So she was fixing her dress from memory, only slightly out of fashion in her design.

'Really pretty.'

She had never had such nice things, so she was unfamiliar and curious. She did, even though she knew that overnight she might not be her own.

For in her previous life, she saw the Cartier family's overflowing wealth every day, but she had never acquired a single one.

'Am I lucky this time? I eat well and I get things like this…….'

Besides, people were surprisingly polite. If possible, she did well here, without being blamed or hated, and until the moment she left the house, she didn't want to be hated by anyone.

It was then. She's smart There was a knock on her door.

“Come in.”

Elisha was puzzled. The door opened and it was the butler who entered.

“What are you doing at this hour?”

Besides, the butler had a very uncomfortable face. The butler called “Madam” For a while, then she looked at Elisha.

“Yeah…….”

“Please speak.”

“The General will be returning soon. Before that, he told me to take this medicine.”

Elisha watched the medicine for a while. She was a pink potion in a bottle.

“It's not poison, is it?”

“That is absolutely not the case. It's not a bad medicine for the body, it's a kind of nutritional supplement. If the general returns soon, you'll be very busy. I brought it because I thought it would be better to eat it beforehand.”

Elisha looked at the medicine for a moment.

“It is a precious medicine. I'll eat it a week before the general returns. I should be able to eat it by next month.”

“The Great General will soon…….”

“I'll have enough time to eat.”

The butler noticed that he couldn't say anything more.

“Butler, it is enough to take this contraceptive pill one week before sexual intercourse.”

Elisha said to put him at ease. The butler's face turned red and he cleared his throat.

“Did you know? That is…….”

“I'd like you to keep your mouth shut. If the general's wife takes birth control pills, rumors will circulate about her.”

The butler nodded his head.

“Sleep well.”

Elisha said that first. It was like a congratulatory order. The butler, feeling embarrassed, quietly closed the door and left.

'By the way…….'

It was also surprising that she was very quick-witted. However, there was something strange about it.

'I'm going to eat it a week ago. Do you know when the general is coming?'

It was as if he knew roughly when Lucerne would return.

'I heard that the war, which is supposed to be concluded within two weeks, is getting longer as the monsters grow stronger.'

She was a truly strange woman, assuming that she was not the one Lucerne had brought. The butler tilted his head several times.