Chapter 05

I finally finished reading the thick Empire's history book. I feel glad that I learn a speed reading method in my past life. There is some strange part in the book but thinking about the fact that history is written by the winner, there might be a fake part in it.

Looking at history, discrimination against the people without blessing seems only to happen in some territories, especially in the Eastern part of the Empire. The Eastern part of the Empire is the most religious part of the Empire because it was the place where the Temple of Light was born.

The religion teaches believers to discriminate against people without the Goddess's blessings. But even though it was the doctrine of the religion, how the people in this mansion treated me and my mother showed how rotten they were. As for how rotten this family is it's hard for me to explain it with words.

Who cares about it? I only need to ensure that they will kick me (Renneshia) and my mother out without killing us. Although they might plot something that will kill us, it'll be better if they do that because I can plan to trick them to think that we've already died. I thought about those plans while looking at the other books.

After finishing reading the history book, I realize that I have overcome my previous life weakness in learning history as I often fell asleep when learning history in my past life. Even if I love to learn and read, there's also something that I am bad at because I'm still a normal human.

Maybe because this world history is similar to the fantasy novels in my previous life, it doesn't make me feel bored when reading it.

I look at the remaining four books that I need to read. I reach for the nearest book and open it. The next one is the book about etiquette. The book describes how to speak politely, how to act as a noble, table manners, what I need to do in some conditions like how to interact with the opposite gender, how to act as a man or lady, what kinds of things that nobles should have, etc.

I found some useless things too in this book. Still, I was able to understand and remember it because I have learned similar things in my previous life. Most of the etiquette in this world are mostly similar to the medieval etiquette in my previous life.

Although I am more fluent in Eastern culture in my previous life, I still know about Western culture because of my sister-in-law. She taught me for my good. And my niece loves it when I pretend to act like a noble in front of a princess. There is no harm in having more knowledge so I just gladly learn it all.

I never know that it would be useful for me. It lessens my burden to learn. Something that I've known before is easier to do. I quickly took a look at the content and close the book.

Growl.

Suddenly I feel hungry. As I look at the small window in my room, I just realized that the sky is already dark.

Dang, I think I missed the dinner time. Why did no one remind me?

This crazy household, just how rotten they could be?

Not only the Viscount family but also every single servant of this household.

Should I try to steal some food from the kitchen?

I tried to move my leg. It seems to be healed but there is still some pain when I walked. I look at the long corridor, and I feel depressed. My walking speed is like a snail and I feel scared. After those experiences with supernatural beings in my past life, I started to fear this horror movie-like environment. What should I do if the dimed candlelight suddenly being blow off and something scary appears?

As I think about the reason I missed my dinner time, I started to get angry at that unreasonable person.

That crazy tutor. No, it's more correct I call him a psycho. What kind of teacher asks a two years old child who is unable to read fluently read to read all of these thick encyclopedia books?

Not only he, but most people in this place are the same. Does every single person in this territory are a psycho too?

Should I move to another territory when I was kicked out of this place?

I should revise my plans again.

My only goal is to save my (Renneshia's) mother and Renneshia (myself) from this crazy place. As I thought about the revision of my plans while walking towards the kitchen while hiding myself and looking around. After thinking about the treatment of this mansion's inhabitants, it lessens my fear of the supernatural being. In this mansion, human is more terrifying than ghost or demon. I don't know what they will do to me if they found out that I want to take something to eat from the kitchen.

"Ghosts are better than those psychos. Ghosts are better than those psychos." I keep repeating that sentence to surprise my fear like some kind of spell.

Finally, I arrived at the kitchen. I carefully try opened the door but it was too heavy for my small and weak two years old body. I look around and found a small door for the dog that the young master was raising. Luckily my small body was able to pass.

At last, I arrived in the kitchen. When I raise my body from my crawling position,

"W-Who are you?"

Someone asked with a terrified tone.

I thought my heart would stop because of how surprised and terrified I was. Then, I look at the source of the voice.

A young boy with a chef's uniform with his calming light blue hair and eyes that reminds you of the colour of the sky. He had a terrified expression as if he met with a ghost…It's not because of me, right? How could a (maybe) cute child like me be scary?

Ba-Bump.

For some reason, I feel a little bit strange but I try to ignore this feeling because there was a more important thing I need to do.

"Shhh…, please don't shout." I try to stop him from shouting.

"Then tell me, who are you?" he keeps vigilant and glaring at me.

"Please to meet you, my name is Renneshia Ventus Ruach." I introduced myself with a curtsy. It's something I copy from the movie so I think it's crude and only looks similar to the real one.

"!!! You're the Viscount's daughter?" He seems to be surprised by my name but he calmed himself and started to look or scan my appearance.

"You're lying, right? Can't you tell a better lie? How can the Viscount daughter use a rag like that? Besides, I never heard that the Viscount have any daughter." He said with doubtful tones.

I forget that I am using the rags-like clothes that I use when I still living with my mother. But the two dresses the Viscountess give me were only slightly better. It was an old dress that have been used and washed continuously until it lose its colour. Just remember that it makes me feel angry.

Oh no! He is staring at me and seems to get more doubtful about my identity. I don't make any strange expressions, right? I need to say something.

"Haa…, I also wish that's not the truth. But unfortunately, I was his illegitimate child which they decided to raise as political tools." I sighed and told him. I wish that I wasn't part of this psycho family or it would be better if everything is just a dream. What a terrible fate.

The boy was looking at my full of despair expression and asked, "How old are you?"

"I am two years old." I answer with a straight face.

"…" he became silent.

"You're kidding me, right? How can you talk like that when you are just a two-year-old child?" He asked me.

Oops, I forgot to act like an idiot. After reading the etiquette book, I remembered how I learned to curtsy because my niece likes it. I often curtsy to make my niece happy as I treated her like a princess. And I just do it when I introduced myself like that. My stupid habit.

It couldn't be helped, I think, with my current appearance, I will be able to do that. It was something that I read in some books before. I could only silence him with my last resort. It was a secret technique that was usually extremely effective when a loli like my (current) self do it seriously.

I hope there is still some common sense in this world as I pray to any Gods that will help me for my success.

"Can you please don't let anyone know about it, Please!" I beg him while showing him how desperate I am with my teary-eyed.