I Will Be The New Me
CHAPTRE 6

Just this time Quinn saw a very unethical sighting— at least for the nobility who were taught more strict manners than anyone.

Five noble girls whom Quinn did not recognize were standing before Iryssa de Sylvestria, Izeqiel's only brother. Judging from the performance, they were busy bulldozing Iryssa.

"It turns out he's here," Quinn's inner heart.

If listened to from the debate, the five of them are envious of the quality of Iryssa who managed to master more rules of being a dignified woman and always became the pride of Madam Suzette herself. Her name has always been mentioned by Madam Suzette at every turn.

Iryssa is a girl who has a gluttonous and indifferent nature. He could have ignored all the girl sniffles if he wanted to. As far as Quinn knew, Iryssa was not very approachable. He easily dislikes someone and does not hesitate to judge others that he does not like.

There is something that makes Iryssa can not just go away even though she had preferred to keep quiet enjoying the unfounded babble of the girls who tried to corner her.

"A loud empty barrel sounded," Iryssa grinned after voicing a proverb that was indeed appropriate to describe them now.

"What did you say?!"

"sorry. Shouldn't we all go back to the dorms soon? My brother must be waiting for me now. I don't have time to respond to you." Iryssa turned her hand forward "return that photo now."

"Why? This isn't an important photo, is it?"

"Actually what are you aiming for? I'm not bothering you one bit." Iryssa still looks arrogant and it makes five noble girls who attend the same school with her even more upset.

"You're a real bitch. You're getting more and more arrogant every day."

Iryssa raised one eyebrow "It's really a problem? as long as my arrogance is balanced with my qualities, there is no harm."

"Hey, you're only helped by your status as the Marquess' son!"

"There's no way a child of a Beautiful Phoenix like this, you think so? is he just an adopted son?"

"That's possible."

"Pff! it was a pity that he became arrogant for something that was actually not the result of his own efforts."

Iryssa's jaws hardened when they started talking about her mother. Beautiful Phoenix is the nickname of the late mother of Izeqiel and Iryssa. Given such a nickname because Odessa was a beautiful woman of great dignity, she almost mastered everything in the social life of the nobles. Dancing is one of the many talents of Odessa that many people love, that is why she is called the Beautiful Phoenix.

Apparently the item that Iryssa took was a photo of Odessa with her, the only one Iryssa had because she did not remember the face of Odessa because the memories she made with her mother were still fairly short.

One of the girls who appeared to be the pioneer of the bullying act picked up a piece of photographic paper and started making small tears.

Iryssa glared angrily "Since then I tried to hold back because I didn't want to make that face get uglier." both of her hands clenched tightly. If the photo is damaged, Iryssa no longer cares even though Madam Suzette took him out of school for having been violent against her schoolmates.

Quinn knew Iryssa disliked her very much. Quinn's nature is quite the opposite of Iryssa's. But the conscience of the long black unraveling girl was moved, unable to see Iryssa in trouble.

"Oh Iryssa~ what are you doing here? hanging out with your friends?"

Quinn walked over to Iryssa and the horde of bullies with cheerful smiles while waving their friendly greetings. "Tck. That crazy guy again." they're pissed.

Iryssa did not confirm Quinn's arrival. His eyes continued to center on the photo that was still in the girl's hands.

"What are you doing in a place like this? Can I have a chat?" none of them responded to Quinn's question, they continued to put on a sour face.

"Lady, don't you feel like you're interrupting our time?" ask one of the five girls.

"Is that so? I'm sorry, I'm just glad to see you guys here. You're students from Madam Suzette's school, right?" Iryssa stared cynically at Quinn's extremely useless appearance and only extended her time. "What the hell does he want?" iryssa asked in her heart, she was annoyed that more time was wasted and she was eager to reclaim her beloved photo.

"I've just read a newspaper that she says soon Madam Suzette will be sharing awards for her five best students and will be taking her on a march around the city."

Not only were the five bully girls who were envious of Izeqiel's younger sister who gawked in shock, but Iryssa was as astonished as they were. Madam Suzette never mentioned the selection of the five best candidates in her school.

"Lady, you're not lying, are you?"

Quinn shook her head as she touched her chin with her index finger, her eyes glancing to the left of "She will also give a badge as a female marker of honor. Isn't that amazing? I heard whoever has that badge will soon be dubbed a social flower once they graduate."

The five girls became a nightmarish, uneasy, anxious not to immediately see and read for themselves the news that Quinn delivered.

"Hey, hey, we better go check the paper ourselves right away."

"Yes. This is our chance."

"We have to see it now so we can prepare for tomorrow."

"Yes already. Let's go."

They tore into each other's skirts and ran away from the place in a hurry. Quinn immediately grabbed the foot of the girl carrying the photo of Iryssa until she fell down and shocked her friends, "Hey, are you okay? why did you fall?"

The girl complained of pain, she looked up at Quinn "Sorry, I was getting out of your way. Can you stand up? I'll help you."

The girl brushed off Quinn's rude helping hand, "No need!" he got up with the help of his friend, "Let's go!"

Iryssa flipped Quinn's shoulder and forced the sweet girl to face her "You're this shit?! he's gone! you're blocking my chance!" Irysa's snapping is unmitigated. He almost managed to slap Quinn's face if not held back by the owner's face.

Iryssa honestly felt surprised because she did not see the frightened look of the item just a second from Quinn's eyes, the girl who was famous for being very gentle and full of cheerfulness. Now Quinn returned his gaze with incredible courage.

Iryssa pleaded not expecting Quinn to thrust the photo in front of her face until it touched her nose that was as dark as a slide. "He dropped this. Keep it well, you should not carelessly carry photos like this everywhere."

Quinn used to be completely useless, she only knew how to smile all day. Now he looks more charismatic.

Because Quinn's shocking hoax made the girls forget everything, all they had to do was read the paper themselves and prepare.

Quinn accidentally stumbles on the girl's leg so she drops a photo of Iryssa and forgets it after hearing Quinn's lies.

"I'm not here to take care of other people's problems. I accidentally passed by. Hurry back, Izeqiel has been confused looking for you everywhere."

Not a single bit Quinn commented on the smile. He looked at Iryssa flat as if showing her how Quinn really did not care about Iryssa and also her problem. "Have a good time."

Iryssa stood dumbly looking at Quinn's departure. "What happened to her? he's like everyone else, is he really the Quinn I know?" he murmured, asking himself. A few seconds later Iryssa shook her head dismissing all the insignificant thoughts from her head, "I must warn big brother not to get close to her anymore."

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"Mom, I'm coming. Sorry I came later than usual."

Quinn placed the flower on the stone of Sirena's tomb.

Despite Quinn's weight trying to pull both corners of her lips, "Mother, how are you? I miss you so much. I just ended my miserable life. Mommy, can you give me some support?"

This is the routine Quinn does every visit Sirena's final resting place, she always tells everything she's experienced in life to her mother's tombstone. Sometimes Quinn wished for Sirena to say a sentence to him.

"I've always been the kind girl I expected, but what I found was abuse and betrayal. Mom, I can't make your wish come true."

A single tear managed to slide free from the crackers of his eyes soaking his smooth cheeks, "I'm sorry, I'm going to live my life my way. I will not be good to those who do not deserve my kindness. Mom, I'm gonna build my peaceful life without the need to hang out with trashy humans like them."

A few minutes after Quinn had finished pouring out all her heart, a drizzle began to descend soaking the surface of the ground on which her "I will visit you often. See you soon."

Meanwhile Izeqiel looked puzzled to see Iryssa continue to frown her forehead while daydreaming at the photo of Odessa and herself, "Had something happened to you, Iryssa?"

"Sister."

"Hm?"

"I just met Quinn."

Izeqiel flinched, and asked "So Quinn said I was looking for you?" her brother's question was immediately answered with a quick nod, "That's not what I want to discuss with you. Don't you think she's a little weird?"

Izeqiel blinked her eyes "How weird?"

"I feel a little different."

Izeqiel was silent not to reply to his sister's words. Apparently the feeling he had was not entirely wrong, the proof that Iryssa who had not liked Quinn had also felt the difference.

"She's the kind of petty girl who can fool anyone. Brother, you better keep your distance from him. I've guessed she's not a nice girl who can be that easy to make as a friend."

In the Shuvillian mansion, Killian continued circling her own room while waiting for the drizzle to subside. He didn't usually take the time to think about Quinn.

"Tck, dammit! what exactly is Quinn's purpose for doing this? why did he involve Grandpa?"

"No, there's no way she's stressed because of me and dad. We didn't interact with him much. Did we make a mistake? he's always overrated in everything."

Undeniably, there is a disturbing feeling that Killian began to feel since knowing that her biological brother would not live in the house with her again.

"Killian, are you inside?"

"Oh, brother Penelope? come in brother."

The girl had changed into a dress with a simpler and simpler tassel. She clamped next to her bangs with sweet cherry blossom clasps combined with her hair color. "How do I look? is this too flashy?"

"You're always pretty wearing anything, brother." Killian looked at the green iris of her cousin's sister, "You're not mad at me?"

That's not true. Penelope still harbored resentment towards Killian, but if she continued to maintain that then her plan would fail.

"Not~" he said in a soft tone that courteously chanted, "What am I going to keep getting angry for? I stayed here because I wanted to spend some time having fun with my cousin."

They also went to the port once the drizzle subsided. "It's a pity we can't go along with Quinn enjoying this sight."

"Don't ruin the mood by discussing that person, sis. Let's enjoy both."

"Killian, you're too hard on your own brother."

The wind in the harbor is always strong, the view of the afternoon sky makes the heart peaceful. The sound of some ships preparing to sail or leaning does not interfere at all, it makes them more enjoy the beauty of the sea.

"Oh I forgot to say, I really want to ride that boat."

"Suddenly?"

"I want to keep sailing until the moon appears higher, Killian. Do you want to accompany me?"

"...."