The Troublemaker Daughter of the Grand Duke Wants To Live Alone

Chapter 75

"Mary?"

Astina's eyes were filled with delight and surprise as she looked at me. I wanted to say hello as well, but I wasn't in a position where I could do so. I winked at Astina once to reassure her, then turned to face Sophia. Sophia tried to smile at me.

"How did you get this far?"

"What's the matter, Lady Sophia?"

Sophia's voice trembled with fear. I knew Bruno was the bad guy in the original, but was she a villain as well? Sophia Bruno didn't seem to have much importance in the original, no matter how hard I try to remember. She was mentioned only a few times.

Putting Astina behind me, I stood in front of Sophia.

"You seem to be very close to Lady Astina."

"Yes?"

"I overheard you casually conversing with Lady Astina a little while ago; you seem to be quite friendly."

Astina is now undeniably the daughter of Marquis Borneau; she is equivalent to a noble lady, and it irritates me to see her mistreated in this manner. Sophia spoke briefly and barely uttered a sound, as if baffled by words. I tried to relax, but the hostility that had already been triggered remained. I haven't liked certain things since quite some time ago.

Sophia and I exchanged glances and didn't avoid eye contact. Neither Sophia nor I opened our mouths easily. Astina, who was standing behind me, began to speak quietly.

"We're meeting for the second time..."

"Then why is she speaking to you in that manner?"

"Not even the princess uses honorifics......."

"Oh, really? You must be very close too then."

"I don't believe we're that close......."

"What exactly are you doing now?"

Sophia's nervous voice interrupted Astina's words. This level of emotion indicates that you've given up. I reached behind my back and stretched my palms out for Astina to see. Astina gently patted my hand, perhaps assuming that she had understood me.

"I suppose you weren't aware that Lady Astina came from the same orphanage as me."

Sophia bit her lower lip tightly, as if she was mortified by what I said. There appeared to be no detailed rumor about me at the time.

"You've been using the word orphan for a while; did Lady Astina do something wrong to you to insult her like that?"

"Well, then..."

"Did you do something like that, Astina?"

"Did I wrong you, Lady Sophia?"

Astina asked in a loud voice while looking at Sofia instead of the ground where she had been fixating. Perhaps Astina was the most perplexed. When she first met Sofia, she experienced unprovoked hostility. She wondered what she had done wrong.

"Well, that's..."

"Is it because I bought the dress you were planning to buy?"

Isn't that a little too trivial? Sophia didn't look good; she appeared to be rather flustered.

"......is it because I'm an orphan?"

"Don't say that."

I was taken aback by Astina's self-deprecating comment, so I turned around. Astina turned her forward-facing gaze back to the ground. Why are you so downcast when you have a parent outside of the orphanage?