Chapter 18
Leonia didn’t dislike her private lessons.
In fact, she enjoyed the process of learning something new.
It was a joy she had never once considered in the other world she remembered.
Ardea was an eccentric old man, but he was kind and intelligent.
Kerena, however, was not.
‘My lady takes after His Grace greatly, which is why you are so dignified and beautiful. But that means you must work even harder to make up for what you lack within.’
On the first day, she mocked her, calling her a bastard and implying her blood was lowly.
‘You must put in even more effort to repay the Duke for his generosity in taking you in.’
On the next, she sneered at her, calling her lucky to have been picked up by the Duke.
That time, she had even deliberately turned her head as if she were looking away, only to cast a disdainful glance up and down Leonia.
‘It must be difficult to rid yourself of habits that have clung to you for so long.’
And on their last meeting, she scoffed at her, saying that no matter how hard she tried, she would always be of lowly birth.