Chapter 15
"You don't need to beat around the bush, just tell the truth. You really like the King! What's wrong with that?"
"B-but-"
"Listen, Emily! I'm not interested in that man or any man. So you like the King, go ahead, you don't need to hide it from me. Besides-"
"Besides what?"
"I'm only interested in pretty girls."
"What? Are you kidding me?" Emily looked so shocked even though she had heard this from me before. Maybe when I told her about my sexual orientation, she still didn't believe it. Of course it's not because I'm a lesbian, I'm just a man trapped in a woman's body and it makes me still want a woman too, instead of a man.
I sighed, honestly I hated having to say something unnecessary like this. I don't believe it, why do I have to be reborn and trapped in this woman's body? What actually happened to me?
"Emily, listen! Maybe this seems strange and unnatural to you. But this is how I am. I'm not interested in the King and Duke Aiden, I'm not interested in either of them. Therefore, I won't compete with you or the other girls."
Emily chuckled, I don't know what she thinks of me now. Right now I just need someone who can understand my situation.
"Okay Ella, I understand. You don't need to try hard to convince me like that. If you really aren't interested in men, I will try to understand it. But you know that it's absolutely impossible for you to tell everyone about that? Especially father and mother, you can't tell them because it will only make them very angry. That's why it's best for you to keep it in for now."
"You're right, it seems like people nowadays are still too rigid, right?"
"In this day and age?"
"No, I mean people still find it difficult to accept change.
"I think so! Alright, I'll go back to my room. See you later?" Emily said as she left.
"See you later, Emily?" I waved at her like a strange man. I really still can't adapt to all this.
"Damn it, am I going to be trapped in this body forever?"
***Damn it, I have to go to trial like this again. It seems like this is the third time the witch has asked me to meet her in this room and I hate it every time she looks at me with her cruel eyes.***
***She even looks much scarier than my mother, even though in this world I have to accept the fact that she is my mother.***
***I sat quietly, looking down in resignation, while my mother was still sitting in her favorite chair, taking many deep breaths. I don't know what this woman was really thinking, but when I thought back to what happened yesterday, I seemed to be able to guess that that incident was the reason why I was in court today.***
***"Is it true that you stole clothes from the Von Savelion Family's house?" Mom asked. She got straight to the point and it was impossible for me to divert the conversation. Not only clothes, but I also stole a bicycle, does she know that?***
***"I didn't steal, I just borrowed the clothes for a while!"***
***"Borrowing? By directly taking the clothes from someone else's clothesline? Is that how you borrow other people's things?"***
***"No, Madam! I mean, Mother. I tried calling someone but no one answered, so I-"***
***"So you decided to take the clothes whether you were allowed to or not?"***
***"I just-"***
***"And that bike, you also stole someone else's bike, right? What were you really thinking, Ella? You really didn't-"***
***"Listen to me! It's not what you think, I can explain everything-"***
***"Explaining what? You're trying to avoid it even though you know you're guilty? Oh my God, you make me feel so embarrassed, Ella! What you've done has tarnished our family's good name!"***
***"I'm sorry about that, but I-"***
***"What was your real reason? What was your real purpose for you to do something so shameful like that?" She asked.***
***I was really annoyed, she didn't even give me a chance to defend myself. I know this is my fault, I stole clothes and a bicycle, but I have a reason and that reason I can't possibly tell her.***
***"I-I just wanted to-"***
***"What do you want?"***
***"I only-"***
***"She just wants to meet Duke Aiden De Velgmegeur, isn't that right Ella?" That damn woman Jannet who came out of nowhere immediately said something that cornered me.***
***She came after opening the door to this room which I didn't even notice, then stepped in with her hands on het hips, just like an antagonist in a drama.***
She smiled brightly and it was clear that her face was very scary. Damn, as a former man, a woman like her is the most impossible for me to date. Cunning, annoying and spiteful, no matter what, Emily is the best.
"Jannet, who let you in?" Asked the witch. This time, I supported her because it seemed like she didn't really like it if anyone tried to intervene in what she was talking about.
"I'm sorry I was so impudent, Mother! But I just couldn't stand it if Ella affected you again like before."
"What do you mean?"
"Mother, I'm sure you haven't forgotten how Ella once managed to influence you to forgive her after she left the house at night to go partying without your know. At that time you forgave her, even though her mistake was very fatal." Jannet said. This woman is really damn, I have absolutely no idea what incident she said because I obviously don't remember and don't know anything.
"Hey wait a minute! What are you saying?" I said irritably. She reacted even more annoyingly after she found out I was starting to feel pressured.
"Come on, Ella! I know you secretly went to see Duke Aiden. Oh my God, I can't imagine that the daughter of a respectable noble family is no longer a virgin."
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