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n“Don’t worry, Noel. It was helpful. To me.”

n“……”

n“Do you want to see?

nRieta leant down on the window frame and began to write each and every name tag she and Noel had spent all day making.

nOriginally, she doubted she could have memorized anything while playing like that, but now she knew.

nThis was a very good way to study.

n“Look, I memorized it right?”

nRieta smiled softly, sticking out the paper.

nHer golden hair shook prettily along with the slight movement of the shoulder.

n“…You really.”

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nWhy do you always smile like that?

nNoel thought that it was truly a waste for such beauty to be possessed by someone like Rieta.

nHe didn’t understand exactly what’s causing that feeling, but anyway.

n“Huh?”

n“Please behave more like a Princess. Have some dignity!”

n“Dignity?”

n“Dignity! At least act solemn and gentle!”

n“What?”

n“How come you don’t understand me when I’m at a disadvantage?!”

n“That’s- Noel!”

nAs the two were about to start arguing again, a serious voice was heard over the thick curtain.

n“Dignity is an attitude that commands respect. Princess.”

nIt was the voice of the Duke.

nThe two went pale as they looked at each other, listening to the voice on the other side.

n“And it is a virtue that every living person, more so any Princess or Young Master, should possess.”

nThe red curtains were slowly pulled.

nFinally, the Duke and the two children came face to face.

nHis eyes seemed to reproach them for their “lack of dignity.”

nNoel and Rieta couldn’t resist.

nSinning, concealing the truth and hiding behind a curtain were the actions of those who had no dignity.

n“Follow me.”

nThe Duke led the two back to the portrait they had just stuck the notes on.

nThe portrait of the two elders looked as terrible as they had imagined.

nThe bizarre marks were indeed on the forehead and nose, respectively.

n“I’m sorry.”

n“……forgive me.”

nNoel and Rieta finally bowed in front of the Duke and the portrait.

nOf course, the two were punished for this incident.

nIt consisted of walking around all day, taking off all the notes and scratching all the remaining glue off the surface.

nFortunately, the gentle servants helped, so they were able to take them all down before midnight.

nBy the end, Noel was completely exhausted and retired to his room.

nWow, it had been really hard.

nCome to think of it, These types of situations seemed to happen more often after Rieta had arrived.

n‘It’s fun but also annoying.’

nHe muttered, and took off his dusty clothes.

nBut as he began removing them he heard a rustling sound coming from his back.

nIt seemed that one of the papers that they had taken off got stuck to his clothes.

n“I’m sick and tired of this paper!”

nHe roughly got the paper off.

nIn the memo, he saw Rieta’s handwriting. There was also a slight mark on it.

n‘Nice Noel, thank you.’

n….What is this.

nHe looked behind the memo.

nWhen did she write this behind his ‘wonderful genius gentleman’?

nHe began laughing so hard.

nIt’s true that there had been a lot of trouble since Rieta came.

nStill, he thought, It was better with the Princess living there.

nThe next day, Noel woke up early in the morning and wrote “not a guest” on a piece of paper, before attaching it to Rieta’s back

nFortunately, Rieta carried that small piece of paper he had attached all day.

nAll passing servants nodded as they saw Noel’s writing on her back.

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nAfter a week, the evening of Rieta’s ‘Imperial language Class’ arrived.

nNoel found Rieta hesitating in front of the Duke’s office.

nSeeing how many times she debated whether it was okay to knock, while crumpling the test paper —she seemed to have ruined it before even knowing if she had failed.

nPoor thing.

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nMaybe she had forgotten everything once she removed the notes.

n“Is father that scary?”

nHe crept up behind Rieta and asked.

nStartled, Rieta looked back at him with a slight scream.

n“You surprised me—!”

nAs she hurriedly hugged the test paper, Noel smiled devilishly.

n“Why don’t you let me see it? Was it that bad?”

n“Uh, it’s not that bad.”

n“Don’t worry. Do you think my father would have expected you to do a great job?”

nHe quickly shut up when he saw the test paper Rieta confidently gave him.

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