How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

A few years ago, one winter in the capital. 

“A teddy bear in soldier’s clothes? Would you really like to receive something like this?”

“Because it’s important that you chose everything yourself. In fact, you have all the other things. Give the boy a normal present from time to time,” Zion said softly.

However, he could already tell that Jade didn’t really want this bear, dressed in soldier’s clothes. Duke had a problem with that. The duke’s sense for choosing his son’s gift was the worst.

Although it was probably better than Aunt Marianne’s lace shirts with ribbons?

When Collen opened the door of the toy store, the children crowded in front of the window urgently retreated into the alley.

“What’s with them?”

“Looks like these are the kids living in that back alley. I think they were looking at the toys in the window.”

“Why are they running from me?”

“Usually when these kids come in, they expect the store owner to jump out and scold them, maybe even beat them up.”

“Really? It’s sad.”

At this time, the owner of the store went out to turn off the light in the window. And Collen met eyes with a child. She was a sad-eyed child is about to cry.

The girl had pinkish hair sticking out in all directions. Even so, she was cute because she looked like a puppy and couldn’t take her eyes off the cute toy.

The carriage stopped in front of Collen. Collen sat down inside. And when Zion wanted to follow him, Duke stopped him.

“Give this gold coin to the shopkeeper. And tell him not to turn off the window lights tonight.”

“Yes?”

“Jade received his gift and will eventually throw it away. So why not give it to other children?”

Zion nodded, smiling.

“Yes, master.”

That night, the light in the show window didn’t go out all night. A girl with strawberry hair shyly approached the window in her rags.

“Wow, it’s pretty.”

The child’s happy open mouth and sparkling eyes were full of dreams.

case closed.

* * *

“This man is dead.”

A body lay in the bushes of blue roses. I checked the man’s face completely frozen.

He must have been lying for a long time.

The blood that flowed from the man’s body dyed the roses red. I screamed, covering my mouth.

“Leticia, don’t look.”

Jade covered my eyes and whispered. I didn’t even know until then. What will happen to the picnic filled with anticipation?

* * *

A month has passed since I became ‘Leticia’. For a month, I stayed at the estate all the time.

These days I’ve been immersed in studying writing with my teacher. The dresses that Marianne bought filled my entire wardrobe.

Even though I was receiving treatment, my weight rose little by little.

“You’re so cute. Leticia, how beautiful you are. Do you remember how you were when you first came to this house?”

Marianne exclaimed, admiring the new clothes the maids had changed me. She said she was going to stop at the estate for a little while for me.

“Will you go on a boat for the first time?”

“Yes. This is my first time in my life.”

“You will like it.”

Marianne stroked my hair.

While I was in my hospital room, Jade again suggested that I go boating.

I was wearing a dress with three-quarter sleeves, with a pink print, and a hat with a ribbon.

“Flowers on clothes are a way to create a fresh atmosphere.”

Marianne pulled a flower out of a vase and adorned my hat. Then she asked about my body condition.

“How do you feel?”

“Very good.”

“If you feel bad, tell them to bring you back immediately.”

I nodded shyly.

Marianne took great care of me. I’ve already lost track of how many times she came to visit me. It annoyed Collen, but I loved it every time she came.

Marianne straightened the slumped hat on my head.

“You will be a very beautiful lady. Oh, I can’t wait to see what it will be like in the future. Is it going to be like raising my own daughter?”

Marianne is a saintess and she couldn’t get married. Maybe that’s why I often see her a little lonely.

I smiled brightly.

“I want to grow faster. I want to be like Lady Marianne.”

“Like me?”

“You are so kind, pretty and sweet! It’s not just your appearance that shines, it’s just that Marianne herself shines.”

It was sincere.

Marianne was one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met, and one of the most beautiful women in the world. She’s there, she’s bright and kind, and she sometimes makes my heart pound.