Vita Nova
Episode 4 "Bowning"

Flashbacks

"Will you marry me, Lady?" he said with a smile.

Everyone in the room was again startled by the familiar young man's cold dispassion without feeling, not least Lily who was completely shocked.

'W-What else now!?I just want to live well!'

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Episode 4

The surprised Lily, just stared at the Devil's face with deep doubt.

"Anu..Young master.are you not wrong people?" lily asked Ian a bit doubtful.

"Are there any other ladies standing here, in front of me besides you?" she said with a sly smile.

He also blinked one of the eyes which might mean 'Please me/Trust me.'

"True, huhaha." I replied while turning my face the other way.

"So?What's your answer Lady?" ask her with a soft tone.Of course it's just acting.

"But I'm only about to turn 1 week old again, is it okay?" ask Lily just for a stale base.

"We can get engaged first, how?" bidding me.

'Male demon!What exactly do you want!?' that's what Lily wanted to say, but she knew her life was precious.

"Yes, I am willing." I replied with a forced smile.

Instantly, all the nobles in the room were shocked, except for Arina, she even broke out in cold sweat and even seemed to be almost crying, but no one noticed her because she was busy watching Lily and Ian.

After a moment of excitement, Ian said goodbye and invited Lily to go home because it was getting dark.

/Skip On Horse Stroller.

"Why did you join my horse carriage?" ask Lily with a smelly face.

"I want to meet the Duke, there's something I have to say" he replied flatly.

"What do you mean you do that?" ask Lily to Ian.

"Do what?" it was like doing nothing.

"Of course proposed to me at the event" Lily replied.

"I'll explain it when I get there." he said.

"Hgp." Lilu simply turned her face in annoyance.

"What the fuck is your face?You look like a rabbit." she said in a mocking tone.

"I'm not a rabbit!" firmly Lily.

"I just said similar."

"As far as you!"

"Bas on a rabbit."

"Don't call me that!"

During the trip, Ian just stared at the silver-white hair lady who was looking outside with my eyes.Sight he was thinking of something that made him sad.

"What are you thinking until you seem to cry?" ian asked the woman.

"I was just thinking if I could survive this 'in the world' with the body of 'other people'." Lily replied slowly.

"Other people?What do you mean by that?" ask Ian.

"No, it's okay." she replied with a smile looking at Ian.Walau smiled, Lily still looked sad.

Ian who did not want to see the forced face, unconsciously approached the woman and hugged her.Lily was surprised by what Ian did.Ian was aware and immediately took off the hug.

"I'm sorry, I did that unconsciously" Ian said, turning his face away.

"N-it's okay!You don't have to apologize!" lily replied with a stutter. At first glance Ian saw the look of Lily's face red extinguished, of course he was embarrassed.Ian did not even know why he hugged Lily like that.

'What the fuck is he?!Suddenly hugged me like that!Is he crazy!?God what am I thinking!' lily thought she was panicking.

Unknowingly, the horse-drawn carriage they were riding on had already reached Everon Castle.

"Please come in, consider it your own home" Lily told Ian.She just nodded and went in to follow Lily.

"Lily why are you so old Young Master Levian!?" The Duke was so shocked to see Lily coming home with Ian.

"I greet Young Master Grand Duke Darvin, May God bless you" the Duke told Ian.

"May God bless you too, Duke." replied Ian.

"What do you need here?" ask dad.

"I want to propose to your daughter." replied Ian flatly.

The Duke seemed petrified.He answered nothing and just gaped at the words of Ian.

"You proposed to me" Lily told Ian.

'Right as well, here still there must be permission from both parties to get engaged.' thought Lily.

Upon awakening, Duke asks Lily to return to the room, and leaves Ian with the Duke to talk.After returning to the room, a servant named Rina enters Lily's room.

"Miss, Mr. Tony has come to give you another gift for Miss" said Rina.

note: Tony is the son of Baron Sitren who is Lily's ex-lover. Lily broke off with the man because she was bored

"He's him again..Rina, please tell her to leave and never get in touch with me or my family again or my family will break.." Lily flatly replied out of laziness.

"Well miss." replied Rina, then she came out.

'I sleepy.Why do I get tired easily like this?..Many things have happened in a week.Hopefully I can survive..'

Without Lily knowing, she had fallen asleep in her bed.

"Sika.." a woman's voice cried out to 'lily's name'.When Lily opened her eyes, she saw the figure of a woman who was very 'Cika' longed for.

"Mother?.." Lily made sure of the woman while crying.

"Come son..Mother here." she replied with a big smile while opening her hands as if she wanted to hug Lily.Lily who could not stand the longing for her mother immediately approached her and was about to hug her..It all turned dark.Seems a woman with the title 'stepmother' came to approach Lily.

"Based on a stupid kid!You think your father remarried me to give love to a child like you?Ahaha!You're just a tool I used to take your father's treasure." he said with a sly and very evil smile.

'i..Tools?'

Lily immediately shouted and woke up in the middle of the night.His body was sweating a lot. Suddenly the Duchess walked into Lily's room with a very worried expression.

"Lilly?!Did you have a bad dream?Why are you screaming?You are also crying.." said her while rubbing Lily's face that turned out to be wet from crying.Duchess also hugged Lily tightly, as if she did not want to take off Lily.

"Mother." I said limp.

"Mother here, just calm my daughter" she said, stroking Lily's head gently.

Lily quietly cried again.He returned the Duchess' embrace tighter and cried on his shoulder.

'She's my mother, my warm and loving mother..I had to protect her, Lily.Ia thought and fell asleep in the Duchess' arms.

/Sooking in the morning at breakfast.

"Lily, my father and mother have thought carefully about your engagement with Young Master Levian" said Duke.

"We thought it was better for you to be engaged to her." continued the father.

"But I'm only 15 years old" Lily replied.

"You will enter 16 years soon.As long as your maturation ceremony is held, you will also make an engagement with Young Master Levian."

"I think it would be better to have an engagement event to coincide with a party at the Palace." continued Duke.

"hmm, what do you think of my wife?" ask the Duke to the Duchess.

"Yes, I think that's a good idea, but that means, your engagement this time will cause a big rumor where." replied the Duchess rather worried.

"It seems that it is true.The imperial devil is engaged to the Northern Flower as well as the Star of the Upper Class Association, rumors must have been many potentially positive.Although some potentially negative could also affect the rise of Lily's reputation in the Grand Duchy region." lucas.

"I don't care what rumors are going to spread, the color I can definitely handle" Lily replied confidently.

"She's Lily, she can definitely handle it quickly" said the father proudly.

"It's the other way around dad." replied lucas.

"Sister!Don't taunt me!" lily was upset.

"HAHAHA!" Duke seemed pleased with the little quarrel between Lily and Lucas.

"Well dad, can I go out for a minute?I want to buy a new bouquet of flowers and some stuff for my room by the fall of this time." asked Lily to the Duke.

"Of course, do as you please while you're still here" the Duke replied with a smile

"Thank you dad!" reply Lily pleased.

"Then ask your pocket money to the Chief Maid" said the Duchess.

"Well Mom, but how much is my pocket money?" lily asked doubtfully.

"Did you forget?Of course 100,000 Gold a month" replied the father innocently

'Se-one-hundred thousand gold?!1 big size bread \= 10 bronze, my world of origin is about 10,000 right?!1 silver \= 10 bronze means 100,000 in my world..1 gold\= 20 silver..means 2,000,000!?.means 100,000 gold \=..200 M!?!?!' thought Lily hard.

"HOW MUCH WEALTH IS THIS FAMILY??!?!?!?" lily shouted at the dinner table.

"Khok-h!" a choking sound came out from the mouth of the Duke who was eating.

The Duchess immediately gave the Duke a drink.Lily felt guilty for making her father choke.

"Dad's okay?." asked Lily somewhat doubtfully.

"Why are you yelling like that!?You are the Duke's noble daughter!How could you shout in such a loud voice!?" said Duke nagging Lily.

"Sorry!I didn't accidentally father!" lily answered the Duke.

After that, Duke continued to nag Lily about her attitude as the daughter of the nobility who was very disrespectful and about the wealth of the Everon family.Lucas could only laugh out loud seeing Lily at her father's care.Duchess also chuckled at the Duke's nagging.

'My ears are about to explode!!someone help me!'

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