My Sisters are Strange

“What?”

 

Iris questioned me again, doubting her ears.

 

At her expression of bewilderment, I spoke my mind calmly.

 

“I thought at least Iris would apologize to me.”

 

“What did I do wrong? You guys weren’t even officially engaged yet, right? Above all, Daisy….”

 

Iris took a sip of the new tea and said in a confident voice.

 

“You didn’t want to be engaged to him.”

 

The words that flowed out as if she had prepared them made me speechless.

 

‘Is this what betrayal is?’

 

Somehow, I felt like I could understand Sisters’ feelings that I saw in my dream.

 

It’d been only half a year since I’d known my friend, but it was such a big blow, so how hurt Sisters must have gotten?

 

Even so, the reason I couldn’t say anything harsh to Iris must be because I was an idiot.

 

“You must have thought about what to say to me. I’m a little embarrassed by the words that you said without hesitation.”

 

I sighed loudly as if to make her listen.

 

“I guess I was the only one who thought of us as friends.”

 

I wanted to believe her because she was my first friend.

 

‘Yes, it was just me.’

 

I didn’t have to trust her now that she was no longer a friend.

 

“If you don’t intend to apologize, there’s no more conversation we can have.”

 

I was dispirited by the fact that all my worries were useless.

 

I said in a calm voice, looking at the steam rising from the teacup in front of me.

 

“Congratulations on your engagement.”

 

On the contrary, Iris’s eyes shook violently at my words.

 

“I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to say this now, but….”

 

After a moment of consideration, I opened my mouth thinking that this would be the last time.

 

“Don’t trust the First Prince too much. He’s not a very nice person.”

 

I spoke out and put on a sad expression.

 

“Oh. You’ve seen what he’s done to me, so you already know that he’s not a good person.”

 

I didn’t erase the smile on my lips, saying that I said something too obvious.

 

“And if he wants to have a parade in front of everyone after the engagement, refuse it.”

 

“How did you know that?”

 

Iris frowned and looked at me with doubtful eyes.

 

She seemed to think that the conversation between them had leaked out so I just smiled quietly.

 

“I won’t tell you where I heard it. Find it out on your own.”

 

It wouldn’t be bad for her if these words distanced her from Ronald a little more.

 

“I’m giving you one last advice because you were a friend. Don’t have a parade.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“I’m worried that your good day will be ruined. There won’t be only people who welcome you.”

 

I spoke as much as I could about the sudden attack of the heretical group, but it must have offended Iris.

 

“Ha! Daisy is no different from any other aristocrats in the social world.”

 

She threw off her pretense and raised the corners of her mouth crookedly.

 

“If you want to curse, just do it openly. That would be better.”

 

“It’s not a curse….”

 

Frustrated, I tried to say something else, but she only laughed even more.

 

“Yes. You must be angry because you lost your position of fiancee to me. You don’t want to have it and you don’t want to give it to others. That’s why you’re jealous, right?”

 

“That’s not it.”

 

Iris openly ignored my words sarcastically.

 

“In the end, you’re showing your real personality because you’re losing your place. Well, I understand. I also showed up with the intention of getting tea in my face.”

 

“I sincerely brought it up because I was worried about Iris.”

 

Iris twisted her hair and didn’t stop talking as if she wanted me to listen to her story.

 

“That’s what everyone said. In the end, they talked for their own benefit.”

 

She seemed a little agitated.

 

“I took Daisy’s mask off too, so it must have been a no-brainer. Are all Liviatans like this? To be honest, I was very disappointed in Lady Liliana.”

 

“I don’t know why you’re talking about Sister now.”

 

“Isn’t it pathetic that everyone got the seat they wanted so easily and threw it away?”

 

“Iris, watch your words.”

 

She was crossing the line, insulting Liliana after me.

 

“Since she had never worked hard to get a position like that, she could have given up so easily. But I’m different. I always work hard to get to where I want to be, and I get it in the end.”

 

Even if it was the position of her close friend.

 

The words she muttered in a low voice contained the pride she had in herself.

 

“Iris, you said you would inherit the count. Did you change your mind?”

 

“I didn’t know you’d take that word seriously. Are you stupid or naive? Unlike Daisy, I enjoy achieving things.”

 

I felt it was a waste to listen more, so I turned my head with a tired face and found a familiar person outside the window.

 

“The same is true of the social world. The position of being the flower of society was no big deal. I got it so easily.”

 

I was surprised to see that person outside, but I shook my head, telling him not to pay attention.

 

Then I turned to Iris’s words, which I could hear again.

 

Iris’ eyes didn’t show any sympathy.

 

The apparent vigilance left me speechless.

 

“Daisy, if you hadn’t been stupidly stuck in the mansion and looked around the social world a little bit, you wouldn’t have been thrown away right before the engagement.”

 

“I don’t know if you’re really the Iris I know.”

 

How could she easily say the fact that I got thrown out?

 

Iris’ selfish thoughts and words angered me to the point that I had to clench my teeth.

 

Did I have to be treated that way just because of these people, or did I have to worry about my whole family?

 

‘No.’

 

Even if I was useless, at least Iris shouldn’t treat me like this.

 

Insulting my precious people was also something I shouldn’t let go of.

 

I answered her words with a firm look on my face.

 

“Sister Liliana worked harder than anyone else to get to the position she wanted, not the position assigned to her by others. It’s very rude to ignore someone else’s dream just because your goals are different.”

 

I confirmed that the steam in front of me had inadvertently cooled down.

 

“The position of the flower of the social world wasn’t a big deal? I guess so. Because Liliana isn’t there. It’s a little funny to think that a rabbit becomes a king in a mountain without a lion.”

 

“Daisy.”

 

“I’m not done talking.”

 

I cut Iris’s words neatly and continued.

 

“I was genuinely concerned about you. I’m afraid that what the harsh words said to me will be directed at you. I’m afraid that when you become useless, you will be thrown away the same way.”

 

“That can’t be.”

 

At Iris’s firm words, I got up from my seat and looked down at her and said.

 

“Think as you please. I won’t stop you anymore either. Whatever happens to Iris, it’s no longer relevant to me.”

 

I spilled cold tea on her clothes.

 

“Ah! What are you doing?”

 

“I heard you were already determined.”

 

As I brushed off every drop left in the teacup, she frowned at the splashing water droplets.

 

“And curse? jealousy? I’ve never had such low feelings for a friend because I’m not you.”

 

“Are you saying that I cursed you?”

 

“That’s what it sounded like, at least to me. You must have felt that way naturally because you were jealous of me and cursed me.”

 

“Daisy!”

 

“Don’t call my name casually. What kind of manner is this, Lady Iris? We are not even friends.”

 

I put down the teacup finely and smiled.

 

“Thanks to you, I have realized something new. Don’t trust people recklessly. Everything is not the same as seen in the eyes.”

 

“Lady Daisy!”

 

“It feels a bit offensive to be called that when you’re not even a noble lady yet. Is it okay for the daughter of the count to talk to a noble lady so easily?”

 

A smile formed on my lips as I imitated Liliana’s speech that I had seen the other day.

 

“I won’t say it twice.”

 

“Are you sure you won’t regret doing this to me? Are you prepared for what will happen to you in the social world?”

 

Iris lost her composure and shouted regardless of the gazes around her.

 

At that, I shook my head and laughed as she did.

 

“I wonder, too. Do you really think you’ll be safe after insulting the Liviatan like this?”

 

“…I’m really worried about which young master will take Daisy. I don’t know if someone like that exists.”

 

The voice she muttered lowly, probably intended to echo Ronald’s words, felt like a final struggle.

 

She seemed to have lost her voice of reason to the point where I could clearly see that she was trying to undermine my self-esteem.

 

Just then, at just the right time, I heard a welcome voice next to me.

 

“Daisy. What’s wrong?”

 

Iris’ eyes widened as she turned her head to the arrival of a worried voice.

 

“Good afternoon, Theodore.”

 

It was Theodore who looked at the window a moment ago.

 

Perhaps my complexion wasn’t looking good, he asked if I was alright with a surprised look on his face, and I shook my head and faced Iris again.

 

I wanted him to leave without caring, but this good friend came all the way here because he was worried about me.

 

The appearance of Theodore had already stirred the surroundings, but Iris, who had lost her composure at my words, couldn’t see it.

 

I moved gently away from Iris.

 

I paid no attention to her as if she wasn’t there and focused on Theodore.

 

“What are you doing here?”

 

“I was passing by and your expression looked so bad. I was wondering if something was going on.”

 

Theodore looked at me and Iris alternately, and then turned his head coldly from her, and said.

 

“I’m glad I came.”