This Three Year Old Is a Villainess-Chapter 248

Blossom was babbling about how specially Erilot treated that commoner.

“The commoner was given a house beyond imagination, got a job, and she even said to take good care of her.”

“That’s definitely strange.”

“Masa even thinks she’s special herself.”

“Yeah, that’s highly likely.”

“Should I go meet Masa?”

“Do you think you can appease her?”

“She’s stupid, so she’ll come around quickly.”

Blossom giggled, and Bella also wore a satisfied smile.

‘That actually works out well.’

It was a perfect chance to prove that Blossom was truly Beltree’s daughter.

‘Now that she said she’d officially register her into the family, Rochefinn isn’t scary anymore.’

Devon was not a man to say one thing and do another.

“Miss Rochefinn, or rather, if things go well, the Duchess Astra.”

“It feels like a dream!”

Blossom clasped her hands together and giggled.

The Eshiron Duke family.

Masa, clutching laundry, nervously looked around.

The nearby servants scowled and quickly turned their heads away.

Awkwardly smiling, Masa approached the maids.

“Um... there’s a lot of laundry, so it might take a while. Could someone please sweep at the entrance...?”

“It’s already lunchtime! What’s the menu today?”

“Stew.”

“Let’s hurry. Popular dishes disappear quickly.”

The maids giggled and disappeared.

Masa bit her lip hard.

‘What the hell... really...’

The Eshiron Duke family’s servants no longer dealt with Masa.

The inner servants ignored her like a worn-out rag.

The outer servants despised her for causing trouble.

Senior employees viewed her with resentment, blaming the head maid for a revolt.

Because of this, no one mediated the situation.

“This is just too much...”

Despite her hardships, her older sister Mari hadn’t contacted her.

She had written repeatedly asking for a place at the Astra Second Marquis residence.

“Now even my letters are being returned...”

Masa, clutching the laundry, choked back tears.

“Masa, how long are you going to dawdle! The young master’s carriage is here, but the entrance is still messy!”

“I’m coming...”

“Hurry!”

Especially the outer servants bullied her harshly.

Sniffling, Masa grabbed a broom.

‘Lady Erilot is too much.’

Suddenly acting cold to her.

She was the one who called her to the capital.

If she had stayed in her hometown, she wouldn’t have suffered like this.

‘If you called me to the capital, you should take responsibility.’

Her tears kept falling from her sorrow.

Rubbing her eyes with her palm, she gripped ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ the broom tighter.

At that moment—

Thud!

She bumped into someone.

“Oh my, young master!”

The outer servants were startled and rushed over.

Masa raised her head in surprise.

A handsome-looking boy was quietly staring at her.

“Y-young master...”

“Oh, I’m terribly sorry! Masa, you should apologize quickly!”

A tall peer-aged servant roughly pressed down on Masa’s head.

“Ugh...!”

Masa let out a faint groan as her neck was suddenly twisted.

“That’s enough. Let him go.”

“Huh?”

“Let go of her hand.”

“Oh... yes...”

The servant sheepishly withdrew his hand.

Alexis glanced at Masa.

“You’re the girl Erilot recommended, right?”

“Huh?”

When Masa could only widen her eyes and couldn’t answer, the servant snapped.

“He’s asking! Can’t you answer?”

“Ah... y-yes, that’s right...”

Alexis’s gaze lingered on Masa’s tear-stained face.

“You.”

“Is that what you mean, young master?”

The servant bowed hastily in response.

“Yes. Tell the butler that I ordered this girl’s assigned area to be changed.”

“Huh? Ah, yes. Understood.”

Finishing his words, Alexis entered the outer servants’ quarters with an indifferent expression.

The servants whispered, glancing at Alexis.

“What’s this? The man who usually ignores others suddenly cares about Masa?”

“Who knows... maybe he’s a man after all. Masa is quite pretty, after all.”

One servant grinned, and the others chuckled.

“Talking nonsense.”

“It’s not impossible.”

“Well, it seems he thinks well of Masa. He got involved in servant matters.”

Hearing this, Masa looked after Alexis’s retreating figure.

‘He thinks well of me?’

Someone that cool... thinking about me?

Masa’s expression became dazed.

A few days later, at the Astra Second Marquis residence.

I yawned and slammed a thick book shut.

Resting my face on the book cover, I heard a familiar voice.

“If you don’t want to do that, then take a break.”

“Alexis? When did you come?”

Raising my head, the book cover stuck to my cheek lifted up. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Alexis peeled off the book cover and sat opposite me.

“Just now.”

“How’s Duke Eshiron?”

“I didn’t see him today.”

As we chatted quietly, Mari entered.

Startled because she didn’t know Alexis was here, she stopped in her tracks.

“I’m sorry.”

“No, I was just about to ask for some tea. Two glasses of iced tea, please.”

“Yes.”

Mari hurriedly left the room.

Alexis silently stared at where Mari had gone.

“Why didn’t you bring your sister?”

“Sister? Masa?”

“Yeah. She was crying, looks like work was hard.”

“I see.”

“You used to tell me to care about her, but now you’re indifferent.”

“Well, something happened. By the way, when will you finish that book?”

“What’s that book?”

“Something like the Laontra registry, a record of the royals and nobles. Written by Astra’s spies.”

Alexis opened the book and said.

“Do you want to know what kind of person Beltree was originally?”

“Yeah. Maybe I have maternal relatives too?”

I said teasingly, grabbing the book.

“There must be. Considering the Laontra empress personally took her out to our country, Beltree must be a noble or royal.”

“Probably. The empress’s daughter... maybe a princess?”

“They say the empress has no children. The princess is the child of a court lady.”

“Any similar people in the empress’s family?”

“No. No one Beltree’s age. Probably someone from the empress’s close circle...”

“Probably?”

“They all fell from grace and scattered.”

“That makes it hard to find.”

“Exactly.”

I frowned and flipped the book open.

“Should I try visiting the orphanage teacher, the empress’s knight?”

“That’s the only way.”

I sighed deeply.

‘Even if I go, would they tell me? Such a loyal person.’

Even if they found out I’m Beltree’s daughter, they’d probably keep silent.

Masa was excited.

Thanks to Alexis, she was transferred to a less tough part.

She was managing tableware, just sitting and washing plates.

‘Since it’s inner servant work, I don’t have to deal with the outer servants. That’s great.’

Humming, Masa moved the washed plates.

“Um, this side’s all done...!”

“Really? Then go home.”

“Yes!”

Masa quickly put the plates into the cupboard and left her workplace.

She felt good.

The work was easy and she didn’t have to see the unfriendly faces.

‘This is all thanks to the young master.’

Masa stopped smiling.

“Shouldn’t I repay him somehow?”

He was usually indifferent but cared this time.

It was very special, so she wanted to thank him especially.

‘Since work ended early today, I’ll go buy a gift.’

She had paid off all her debts with the money Mari gave her.

Her transfer to the inner servants meant her salary would rise, so this month she was comfortable.

Masa stopped by the dorm, quickly changed, and left the mansion.

As she headed toward the shopping district, a familiar voice called out from afar.

“Masa! Miss Masa!”

Masa flinched and turned around.

“B-Blossom?”

“I’m glad I found you. I was worried I wouldn’t see you today either.”

“...Why me?”

Masa looked at Blossom warily.

‘What does she want to do to me now?’

She was done with pretending to be friends only to dump debts on her.

Blossom grabbed Masa’s hand firmly.

“I came to apologize.”

“Apologize...?”

“It was the surrounding young ladies who caused trouble for you. The debt, you know. You had a hard time, right?”

“...Yes.”

Blossom sighed deeply.

“Because of Lady Erilot, they treated you harshly, but honestly, in their hearts... ah.”

Blossom lightly covered her mouth as if she had made a mistake.

‘What? Is there something I don’t know?’

Masa furrowed her brows and stared at Blossom.

“Why, miss?”

“No. Oh dear, I took your time when you must be busy. I should be going—”

“Wait! How can you leave like that!”

Masa quickly grabbed Blossom and asked.

“Do you have a problem with me? Is that it?”

“This isn’t the place to talk. Someone might hear and I’d be in trouble... Would you come to my carriage for a moment?”

“...Alright.”

Blossom smiled happily and held Masa’s hand.

“Let’s go.”

Masa followed Blossom with a displeased look.

‘What’s with the sudden change...’

Blossom, who had been mean before, was now very kind.

Even sitting in the carriage, she held Masa’s hand.

“The truth is... my situation is a bit... difficult.”

“The daughter of a count having difficulties...?”

“My mother is getting divorced from my father soon.”

“Huh?”

“Actually... I’m not my father’s daughter. My mother only has a minor noble title, so soon I’ll be a commoner too.”

Blossom’s eyes welled up with tears.

“So, I’ve been worried about you, Masa.”

“Why me?”

“Though I seem noble, I’m a commoner like you.”

“Oh...”

“When we first met at the palace, I was rude, right? Seeing you in a similar situation made me sad...”

Blossom’s tears fell freely.

Masa gently stroked Blossom’s arm, unsure what to do.

“I didn’t know you had such a situation...”

“That’s why I wanted to treat you well.”

“Then why were you so mean?”

“Lady Erilot disliked it...”

“You, miss?!”

“Yes. She told me, ‘Masa is just my toy.’”

“W-what?”

Blossom sighed.

“Remember when we first met at the palace?”

“The palace...?”

“You and the Wonhwa were getting along so well.”

“Yes.”

“She hated that. She thought it was absurd that noble people paid attention to her toy.”

“N-no way... That can’t be...”

But now that she thought about it, it was strange.

‘The miss suddenly became cold to me.’

Could it be she got jealous after hearing about the Wonhwa and me?

So she only took my sister to the marquis residence and left me...

“My goodness.”

Blossom quickly grabbed Masa’s hand.

“We can’t leave Lady Erilot like this. People don’t know, but she’s truly vicious.”

“Is the young master marrying someone like that...?”

Masa murmured in disbelief.

Then Blossom’s eyes sparkled.

“The young master?”

“Alexis, young master Eshiron.”

“Oh.”

“He’s really a good person. Kind, attentive to his subordinates... so beautiful... Ah!”

Masa muttered in a daze, quickly covering her mouth.

Blossom sneered inside.

‘Look at that. That little thing likes Young Master Eshiron.’

That was good for me.

Jealousy easily makes people believe slanders.

“Young Master Eshiron is also pitiful...”

“W-why, young master?”

“He’s smart, so he must know Lady Erilot’s cruel personality. Yet he still got engaged.”

“Engaged?”

“Maybe he’s being threatened by Astra.”

“That can’t be!”

Masa sprang up.

Blossom frowned and looked up at her.

“My mother and I are trying to protect the Astra Marquis family from Lady Erilot’s evil schemes.”

“Huh?”

“My mother and the Astra Second Marquis are long-time acquaintances. A special relationship, you might say.”

“My goodness... that’s amazing!”

“I knew Masa would support us. Oh, I’ll introduce you to my mother. Want to come?”

“Sure!”

Masa smiled shyly and sat back down.

Blossom quickly opened the window and told the coachman.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes, miss.”

Blossom looked kindly at Masa.

Then remembered Bella’s words.

“If you bring her to me, I’ll give an excuse to cut her hair.”

“She’s going to dye it and give it to the marquis residence, right?”

“Yes.”

“My mother’s a genius!”

“You make that girl hostile toward Erilot Astra. Don’t let her confess today.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

‘This fool will just be dealt with after I register her with one of my uncles.’

Masa, unaware of Blossom’s thoughts, smiled quietly and looked out the window.

A few days later.

I returned to the mansion after leaving the palace.

The maids Heidi and Betty approached me with bright smiles.

“Why did you come back so early today?”

“It rained, so the joint training was canceled.”

“Will you have lunch at the mansion?”

“Yes. Prepare something light and bring it to my room.”

Heidi and Betty were thrilled.

They loved waiting on me.

They said my cheeks puffed up adorably when I was fed bread.

‘They still think I’m a baby.’

Well, they raised me like their own child.

I laughed quietly watching them wag their hips happily.

Then I went straight up to my room.

Opening the door, I saw someone crouched by the fireplace.

“Mari?”

“...”

“Mari!”

“Ah...!”

Mari startled and stood up.

“What are you doing by the fireplace?”

“I was cleaning up the ashes of the letters you burned.”

“I was deep in thought.”

“...I lost contact with Masa. Seems like she’s not even contacting Aquila.”