Heroine On Strike

Act 12. One Who Holds the Secret Will Rise Above All Else!

“Milady! Milady!”

Marie ran into Ella’s room, where she was preparing to go outside. Unlike when Ella snuck out alone, she got permission this time and had to request a knight escort, so she sent Marie to request it. Marie, who ran inside full of breath, forgot why she ran over as soon as she saw Ella and stared at her with a dazed look.

“Milady, you look so beautiful today.”

It seemed that that was more important to her than the news she brought. Ella understood how she felt while watching herself in the mirror. She was astonishingly beautiful today as well.

‘My ever so pretty Luciella,’ thought Ella. Just dressing up and watching this beautiful self every day was enough to lessen her ever-growing stress a bit. At least at this moment, she tried hard to enjoy it without thinking about other things.

Ella today had on a light-yellow corset beneath a fluffy baby pink-colored dress with a cute baby pink cape that had a light-yellow hat hanging on it. Unlike the usual days when she tried to look as mature as possible, there was a 17-year-old, very cute girl inside the mirror.

Her hair was tied up thanks to Joanne’s hard work, using a lace ribbon that had colorful embroideries. It was one of the special goods of the Constance estate, and it added to her beauty. With a satisfied look on herself, Ella felt the stress she got yesterday was taken away by a handful.

‘Alright! Let’s do it!’ Ella then called Marie, who was still mesmerized by her beauty. “Thank you, Marie. So why did you run all the way here?”

“Oh, Milady! I went to request an escort per your order, but they said there’s no need to request for a knight anymore.”

“What do you mean?” No need to request a knight? But before Ella could even be curious, the answer came from behind Marie.

“It means that you’ll always have a personal knight by your side from now on, so you don’t need to ask anymore.” Vylun was proudly standing by the entrance to the room, fully dressed in outerwear. Even without listening to the details, it was easy to see who the escort was. However, the details didn’t follow him.

“Vylun?” asked Ella.

“You’ve become even more beautiful overnight.”

‘Who is this man?!’

The knight Vylun was a blunt man who could casually speak the most cringy phrases without even a blink of an eye. It would shock those from the beau monde with many women shouting in astonishment. But Ella was the type who couldn’t resist cringing from hearing such words.

“Where did you learn those kinds of words?”

“Your brother, Eric, always said to me, ‘My Ella had become even more beautiful overnight,’ almost every single day.” After Vylun’s confident words, the room fell silent. Ella was alright because she heard that last night. However, it wasn’t the same for the others.

In some way, it was more shocking to hear this than Vylun saying Ella had become more beautiful overnight. That Prince Eric did what every day? Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and turned to Vylun. It was actually Vylun who became startled by the women watching him in disbelief.

“What? Was there something wrong with what I said?” Vylun asked.

“My brother Eric has done a great job of hiding himself. Everyone is shocked to find the calm and collected, cold prince turning out to be different. Please understand.”