I Became an Extra Who Died Instead of the Main Character

37 – Side) Adele Listonia(1)

Adele Listonia first met Ryan Kindred when he was not even in the double digits.

Although she was usually the one who got up early due to her busy work schedule. She woke up earlier than usual that day.

“······Haam.”

“My dear? Why did you get up so early?”

Her exclusive servant, Emma, seemed surprised to see her waking up much earlier than usual.

“It just… Opened my eyes.”

“Perhaps the lady is also looking forward to it? She is meeting the man she will marry!”

“I see…”

Her Emma told her it was because of her expectations, but she wasn’t quite convinced by that.

Because she wasn’t expecting much from her fiancé, who didn’t even know her face until then.

None of the children Adele had met so far had a real relationship with her.

Of course, there were many people approaching. She too has followed her mother to many of her social circles. It was true that I had seen many of her children her age.

But not a single one of them really became friends with Adele.

Her Because they didn’t come to her because they really wanted to get to know her.

I only approached her after seeing her pretty appearance and her background as the Duke of Listonia.

Since she is very shy, approaching her other children first was something she couldn’t even dream of, and the children who approached her first were ordered by their parents.

All the nobles wanted to somehow connect with the most powerful family in her empire, the Ristonia family, and ordered her own children to approach her, the only daughter of the Ristonia family.

The children approaching like that must have just obeyed their parents, but it was unavoidable that they felt repulsive.

Because there is a clear difference between approaching with your own will and doing it because someone ordered you to.

Not knowing at all that her own lady had these thoughts in her head, Emma made a fuss about her fiancé.

“I heard that her fiancé is very handsome!”

“······Really?”

Even when she was told that her fiancé was handsome, she was not very impressed. She had a handful of good-looking people among those who came to be her friends.

But, as if Emma had misunderstood her reaction, she started talking even more excitedly.

“Yes! They say that the girls from other families I met fell in love at first sight!”

“I see…”

It was clear that she said that because Emma wanted to make her like her fiancé.

‘······Something like that.’

When she heard that, she didn’t like her fiancé. She didn’t like her fiance.

If the ladies of other noble families fell in love with her at first sight, her face would have been good-looking, but it was clear that there would be problems in relationships with women.

Although it’s funny that she’s not even 10 years old and thinks like this. It was a possible idea because she had met many people and had grown up early as she got to know their true intentions.

“So, let’s get ready, too! She’ll make you the prettiest in the world today!”

“······That, yes.”

Her head was full of worries, but she couldn’t resist Emma approaching her with her eyes shining with various clothes on.

“As expected, my lady! Whatever you wear, you look good!”

“····.”

So Adele became Emma’s doll for two hours.

***

After Emma’s doll play (?) Was over, she went down from her room to the drawing room after she was all ready to welcome her guests.

In the parlor, her mother, the Duchess of Listonia, was sitting drinking her tea. Upon discovering her descendant, she was greeted brightly.

“My daughter, it seems that Emma paid a lot of attention today. She was pretty as usual, but she is much prettier than usual.”

The two-hour doll play must have been quite effective, and her mother also praised her appearance.

“Thank you, Mom.”

She was a little embarrassed by her mother’s sincere praise.

Even in her opinion, Emma’s decorated appearance was much prettier than usual.

Again, I think Emma is the best at this, and I ask her mother about her guests.

“Who are you?”

“Are you referring to Countess and Countess Kindred? Or to your fiancé, Prince Lian Kindred.”

“····.”

There was no way that her mother, who was trained in the society of aristocrats, would not understand her question. It was clear that she wanted to make fun of her.

She seemed to expect her mouth to ask what kind of person her fiancé was.

Sensing her mother’s wicked (?) Ulterior motive, she looked at her mother with her eyes wide open.

Then her mother waved her hands in defeat.

“I’ll tell you, stop. I was curious about your reaction.”

“Please tell me, Mom.”

No matter how much I thought about it, it was hard to understand why I was curious about her reaction.

“First of all, please understand that I have never met Prince Kindred. So it may be a little different from the real one.”

“Yes.”

Her mother, who had bought her insurance in case something went wrong, started talking about her fiancé.

“I heard from Countess Kindred that I am more handsome than the average person.”

At this point, I began to wonder just how handsome her fiancé was.

So is Emma, so is her mother. Everyone who talks about their fiancé says the first thing they say is that they are handsome. How good-looking is everyone doing this?

“And I hear you like spending time alone rather than going out like my daughter.”

“Really?”

She likes spending time alone like she does. This was a bit surprising.

When I heard the explanation from Emma earlier, she had the image of a prostitute who steals the hearts of other young girls by going out to public places a lot. Listening to her mother like this, doesn’t she have the image of a timid schoolboy who likes to be quiet and alone?

I looked at Emma for a moment at her mother’s description, giving her a different feeling than Emma’s description.

“I wanted the lady to be interested in her fiancé, so she mixed up some lies. hehehe.”

“····.”

She was Emma who very proudly confessed that she had lied.

Thinking it was a good thing to hear her fiancé’s explanation back to her mother, she asked her mother, who looked at her and her Emma amusedly.

“What’s different?”

“Ummm… I don’t have any special features that I remember right now… Why don’t we meet and ask for details?”

“Direct…?”

She couldn’t help but mumble when her mother told her to ask.

As I said before, she was quite shy, so it wasn’t easy for her to approach people she was seeing for the first time.

But her mother encouraged her as if she knew what she was thinking and that she was fine.

“Don’t worry. I heard from the Countess that she’s a very nice girl, so she’ll be fine. Besides, isn’t she the person you’re going to marry?”

“Marriage…”

At the word marriage, the fact that she was meeting her fiancé suddenly began to feel real.

Until a while ago, I had a strong feeling of meeting a new friend of my age, but now I feel like I am meeting someone with whom I will go into the future.

“There are times when you have to work hard to meet a good person.”

“Yes, mother.”

With the lessons her mother had told her deeply imprinted on her heart, she sat in her drawing room and waited for her guests to arrive.

After a while, her father, the Duke of Listonia, came into the drawing room and informed them that guests had arrived.

“They say Count Kindred has arrived.”

“Really? Let’s go meet him.”

“You and Adele are waiting here for a bit. I’ll bring the guests here.”

With that said, her father went to pick up the Kindred family through the door of the parlor, and her body began to tremble at the thought of meeting her soon-to-be fiancé.

‘Why… So nervous.’

She must have thought that in her head she was not very nervous, but in her heart it was clear that she was nervous without her knowledge.

I wouldn’t have been so nervous otherwise.

Her mother also seems to have noticed her trembling, so she came to talk to her.

“Adele, are you nervous?”

“I think so.”

“It’s natural to be nervous. He’s someone who will somehow create a relationship with you in the future, so who wouldn’t be nervous when meeting someone like that?”

“······Really?”

“Yes. So let’s relax a bit and welcome you well.

“Yes.”

With that answer, Adele decided to make up her mind.

Without shivering any more, I decided to proudly greet the guests with the appearance of a charismatic princess.

“Welcome to the residence of the Duke of Listonia.”

“Long time no see, Duchess!”

“It’s been a while for me too, Countess.”

Such a promise disappeared as soon as her guests arrived, leaving her hiding behind her mother.

She, of course, didn’t mean she wasn’t looking at the customers, just because she was hiding behind her, she just poked her head out to check.

Two adults who appear to be a married couple and a boy who appear to be their son.

‘It must be that person…’

From the moment I saw it, I was sure that the boy was her fiancé.

As Emma and her mother said, first of all, they are very handsome.

With black hair that doesn’t seem to allow for any other color, and red eyes, a color very uncommon in the Empire, the boy has three fingers among the other handsome aristocratic youngsies she’s been following around society. I was confident that I would be inside.

Since you think about your fiance’s first impression like that.

“Rian, you should say hello too.”

“Hello. My name is Lian Kindred.”

Her fiancée, a boy, was pushed back by the Countess and began to introduce himself.

“You must be Lian. The Countess has heard a lot about me.”

“Thank you..?”

I don’t think it’s true that I don’t like going out, I haven’t been through situations like this many times.

She wouldn’t have said thanks out of the blue if she had been through a lot of situations like her.

Her mother looked at the boy like he was cute and said.

“My little gentleman greeted me, and so should my lady. Adele, stop being shy and come out and say hello.”

“····.”

She also thought in her head that she should go out and say hello to her in this situation. Perhaps because she was so tense, her feet couldn’t move.

Her mother also found her like that, she told her in her whisper.

“Adele, do you remember what your mother told you earlier?”

“There are times when I have to work hard to meet a good person…?”

Her mother nodded her head as if that was it.

“Yes. Sometimes it’s important to be confident.”

“······Okay.”

Whoa. Taking a few deep breaths, she made up her mind once more and stepped forward.

“Hello… My name is Adele Listonia…”

Contrary to her intentions, her voice trembled a little, but she seemed to have finished her greeting not badly, as she looked at her happily as if her parents had done well.

So she was relieved for a while, but it was then that her boy’s closed mouth opened, as he was staring blankly at her as she greeted her.

“······Mom, why is the fairy here?”

That was her first meeting with Ryan.