My Fiancée Hates Me
Chapter 48: Another Lie

The movement of the residents went by surprisingly well. Bero and his men helped with the official moving day. At the same time, new jobs were being made.

It was easy to see the influx of new residences that would follow afterwards. I was surprised by how swiftly he got things done with the widened roads and newly renovated bridge. I suppose this was the result of success from the newly formed Student Council.

I was even more surprised by the fact that almost one year was over. So much has changed from when I first arrived here. Even the first cycle did not have this many improvements. I wonder if I am intervening with this world too much...

"Lady Arielle, I have brought some honey mustard turkey sandwiches," Lady Elsie said.

Lady Grace Elsie was actually Senior Glen's younger sister. We got acquainted the other day when she went we were in line together for lunch. I learned that she received the position of Treasurer from the last meeting and is doing well at her new job.

"They look delicious," I said as I helped carry the sandwiches. "You really shouldn't have..."

"I enjoy cooking and being with you. If you enjoy it, I am all the happier," she said as she twirled her skirt.

She is such a lovely young lady.

I thought that I would introduce her to Charlotte and Garett since we would all be eating together. "Are you a fan of books?" I asked her.

"I like romance stories between Princesses and her Knight or another Prince," Grace answered.

"How feminine of you. I can recommend you some stories if you would like, Lady Elsie" I told her.

"Call me Grace. I prefer it that way," Grace said.

"Grace, you can call me Arielle as well then."

"I refuse," she said with a bright smile. "You are my Lady...I prefer to continue calling you Lady Arielle."

"As you wish, Grace..."

We soon made it to the Library.

"I was not aware that we were able to eat within the Library," Grace said.

"It is not strictly enforced. Foods that make loud noises when chewing need to be eaten on the veranda or somewhere outside. We usually eat our lunches outside on the veranda," I said as I led her outside. Charlotte was pouring some tea for the Garett who was reading quietly.

"That man...he looks like..."

It seems that even Grace can tell Garett's appearance is uncanny to Prince Erik himself except for the hair color and glasses.

"The person reading a book is Garett and the one pouring tea is my friend Charlotte."

"It is good to see you again, Lady Elsie," Charlotte said.

"Likewise," Grace said. "Please call me Grace. I hope to call you by your given name as well."

"I would like nothing more," Charlotte said.

It was a bit of a surprise for them to know of each other. Then again, Charlotte knows almost everyone since she is a social butterfly.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a box of my favorite tea and immediately picked it up.

"This tea is my favorite...I am surprised you found this batch here, Charlotte. You can only buy these in the capital. Even then, you have to order it several weeks beforehand," I said as I placed it back down. "I was not the one who brought it. Garett was," Charlotte said.

"They had a shipment of these near the market. It was not difficult to procure," Garett said.

I withheld my laughter. The tea I liked was especially rare and only sold in a few stores. There was no way that it would somehow appear here in the slightest chances.

"Thank you for bringing it, Garett," I said with a smile.

"... You're welcome."

The summer break went quickly by with how I had to spend most of my time doing charity work or hosting tea parties with other family's daughters alongside my mother. The connections served as a way for my parents to communicate with other parents, but it was all incredibly dull. Charlotte and Grace would often come over to my house to hang out with me, but I always felt something was amiss when Garett was not by my side..

I was finally approaching my second year at the Royal Academy along with Charlotte and Grace and Garett who was in his third and final year.

I do not feel as though anything has really changed other than the fact I had gained a bit of popularity from the Knight section. The spar from my first year solidified my popularity as the Sword Princess. No one bothered in treating me unfairly, rather I only became more popular with the males. It was a bit difficult to refuse the hand of many men coming up to me. Thankfully, I had Garett by my side.

"Lady Arielle has been chosen to take on the dare!" our dorm head said.

It was apparently a tradition for second years to choose one unlucky soul to go to the male dorms to do a random dare. Males and females are forbidden from entering each other's dorms as it would arise not so good gossip. Even if the rules were like that, mostly young Nobles attend here, so it would be expected that no one would follow those rules.

My Erik was definitely not one to follow those rules in the first cycle. He would come and go out of my room as he liked. We would spend a number of scandalous nights during those days. Looking back, I was far from a pure young lady...I want to bury those memories so badly.

"What is the dare?" I asked as I accepted my fate.

I had accidentally drawn the stick for the dare. The one who was supposed to draw it was the girl who went before me.

"Arielle, you must bring a male's tie back here by tomorrow," our dorm head said.

I sighed as I resigned to my fate.[]