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, I stumbled backwards.

It was just a pair of scissors that came to cut my long hair, but my whole body felt stiff.

“No, I don’t like it.”

“Huh? Ah…”

I was stabbed to death.
I was also beaten to death.

I’ve been threatened with scissors dozens of times.
I got whipped, and I got hit with anything they could hit on me.

Maybe it was just that.
Just looking at the scissors made my eyes dim.

“No… I don’t want my hair to be cut.”

Cecilia came to me with the scissors from the table near the entrance door.

“Ah… I was thoughtless.”

She hugged me with a sharp, apologetic look.

“Instead, I’ll tie your hair because it’s long.”

I nodded heavily at her words.
Only then did Cecilia put me in a chair and tucked my long bangs together.

“Wouldn’t this be uncomfortable?”

“Ah… yeah.”

“Now you’re calm.”

“No, I’m not.
It’s just- it’s just-”

“All right, okay.”

Cecilia, like a man with no malice, had a face that might seem a little more friendly than before.

“I’d rather have the medic listen.
Your mother still hasn’t gotten up.”

“It’s okay.
My mom always slept a long time.
She just sleeps.”

“Is it okay?”

“Don’t worry.
She’s… I know better.”

Cecilia nodded due to my loud phrase.

“I see.
I see.”

“…You know…”

“Yes?”

“If I’m gonna survive, I’m gonna have to learn manners here, right?”

With a very slight look of surprise, her face quickly stiffened again.

“Is it because I’m forcing you too much?”

Bowing down in front of me, she made eye contact with me.

“No, it’s not like that, but…”

“The Grand Duchy is not well-known, but it’s not such a bad place.
It’s not the kind of place to threaten a little girl’s life.”

Cecilia’s voice trembled unusually, perhaps paying attention to my words of survival.

“Cecilia is…”

“Yes.”

“Why did you change all of a sudden? You’ve been very mean to me.”

“…Well, as you may not know, there are many children in this family.
You said you were blood-related to the Grand Duke.
Dark haired, and blue-eyed children…”

“Ah…”

“They’re the token of the Grand Duchy.”

I suddenly remembered what Lexit said.

He said I didn’t look like the Grand Duke at all.

“That’s why there are children who have a token of the Grand Duchy.”

I sat still and looked at her.
It was the first time someone tried to answer my question with all of their heart, and it made me feel ticklish.