The welcoming party starts smoothly at first, but suddenly my fiancé barging into the dining hall where the party held and create ruckus there. With his rude behavior, he starts insulting people in the dining hall while looking for me as well. Ugh! I suddenly feel my body shivers and unable to control anymore. I'm so afraid if he found me and pulls me out from the dining hall and takes me somewhere else. I don't know what he would to me if he sees the current me right now. Henry said I already change much, no longer an ugly skinny girl. He even drags me in front of the mirror just to show me I already changed. With this condition, I can't do my previous role as the host of this welcoming party. Fortunately, Henry is not angry with that and can handle this party by himself.
Roland, my fiancé seems not to notice that I was there. He kept his act rude and arrogant despite Earl Stamfort and his families were there. He starts to insult us by mocking the food served during the party. Ha! He doesn't know my brother's cooking is superb and one by one his insult throw back to him by my brother. Well done, Henry! Like never learn from his lesson, Roland still arrogantly show off his education background but once again my brother Henry humiliating him with his knowledge. I never expected my brother was so smart like this. Using this chance, Henry starts executing his plan to break up my engagement with Roland. He already told me about this before and I agree with his plan.
His plan goes well by using my dowry as an excuse to break the engagement, but when Roland still able to pull some money from his pouch although only a little, this plan shows its flaw. Dowry is still a dowry even though it's only a little. Roland even challenges us to state how much dowry we want from him and he will deliver it later. Not enough with that, he accused my brother as money lecher. He suspects my brother Henry will take the dowry money for himself and that makes me really angry. My brother is not that kind of man, he only wants to help me break my engagement with you Roland!
I can't stand anymore when he accused my dearest brother like that. My anger suppressed my fear and I shouting at Roland that my brother is not the kind of man he accused of. I come forward and confront him face to face. Although there's slight fear in my heart, I know my brother Henry will not stand still and always support me. And in that critical moment, suddenly Sir Anthony goes to my father and proposed me as his wife. This make I had two marriage proposals on me. My father decides it's my choice to pick which man will be my husband in the future. It's beyond my expectation because actually I just want to be free from that rude Roland and maybe like Henry's suggestion, make a business on my own as my way of living. But Henry suggests me to accept Sir Anthony proposal since he comes from the same family as his fiancé. That will make us still in the same family even after we married our spouse.
Because I decide to accept sir Anthony proposal, Roland getting furious and start insulting Harvard people as money lecher. He even goes too far by insulting my brother's fiancé which make Henry upset and challenge him in a duel. If Henry fights Roland, there's no worry about that, but Roland uses his strongest guard who comes with him as Henry's opponent. He's a big man with muscles all around his body and his height about 2 meters which makes Henry look small. Once again Henry proved he's a reliable man. He defeats that big man and even when that man tries to kill him, he easily throws him toward Roland which makes them both faint on site. Served your right!
MY father decides to banish Roland from his territory and prohibits him to enter again. This makes me feel relieved because I will never see him again. The welcoming party is over and I decide to talk with Henry's fiancé about his brother. I know absolutely nothing about him, and I also curious why he suddenly proposes me as his wife. Talking with Celes, Henry's fiancé is really fun and interesting. She's a good girl like what I thought before. From her, I get much information about her brother. This girlish talk is getting more fun when Henry sends a new dish, Pancake, as a snack. Carina who bring the snack, being an object of questioning by Celes related about Henry, and after she left, the object of conversation change to Sir Anthony.
This girls talk ended when Henry shows up. It's almost bath time already and I also have something to talk with Henry about my engagement with Sir Anthony. So I take Henry to my room so we can speak freely there. Of course, the first thing I should do is to apologize to him because I can't do my duty as the host for the welcoming party. Well, it's not entirely my fault since the bastard Roland suddenly barging into the dining hall and make me scared and unable to do my job properly.
Oh, when I remember about my ex-fiance's rude and scary behavior, my body unconsciously shivers again, I still can feel fears about him. And at that time, my brother takes my hands and hugs me gently. Amazingly, when he hugs me, I feel calm and comfortable, my fear suddenly vanishes without a trace. I only can lean my head in his chest, feeling the warmth of his body, and let him caressing my hairs. I even wish the time stops and I can in this state forever. I know it sounds selfish and impossible to become true. All I can do is enjoy this moment and remember it on my mind.
Without I realize, my little brother already becomes a splendid man. He looks more mature despite his age is younger than me. I feel a bit envious with his fiancé, Celes. Just because my ex-fiance insults her, Henry makes a duel challenge to him. I wonder if someone insults me, will Sir Anthony also do the same as Henry did.
Speaking about Sir Anthony, I also surprised when he suddenly proposes me to be his wife. My first time I see him is when he arrived at Harvard castle this noon, yet with such a short time to know each other, he still gives that proposal. It's not that I dislike him or whatsoever, I'm just afraid that he turns out like my ex-fiance who also make a sudden proposal to me. But again, Henry comes with his login, reason, and comfort. He said that Sir Anthony is his fiancé brother, which makes me still be a family when I married off from Harvard family. That's true, compared if I'd married off with somebody from a faraway place like my ex-fiance, our chance to meet each other will higher. Henry also promised if Sir Anthony makes me unhappy, he will come and give Sir Anthony some beating. My dear brother still thinks about my happiness, that makes me willing to accept Sir Anthony's proposal.
The dowry from Sir Anthony is quite much. I never see money in such amount. I don't know what I should do with that money. Ah, right, Henry must need money for his salt project, so I offer him the dowry money to use for his salt project. But he rejects it, and he said:
"This money is yours, sis. Use it for your own happiness. If you see something nice, go buy it for you. Or if you want to make your own wedding dress, you can use that money to buy the material. I don't want your dowry money even a copper coin. Don't worry about me, sis, I will have more money than you just get from Sir Anthony later"
Ah, what a manly word from him but I believe his words are not just empty talks. Henry is a man of his words if he says he'll get more than the dowry from Sir Anthony, and then he will get it.
Something regrettable from my new engagement is Henry become reluctant to kiss me in the lips again. Too bad, I start to enjoy his kissing even more and he stops it when it starts to become something enjoyable with the excuse that my lips now belong to my new fiancé. But by put sad face, I finally managed to get his kiss eventually. Well, I know it's wrong but until Sir Anthony get close to me and able to give me a kiss like what Henry give to me, I can't help but expecting Henry to kiss me again.
Another thing that gets into my thought is after this engagement, our parent surely will discuss our wedding day. It's obvious because our age is mature enough for married. Our peerage maybe already has one or two kids already. And Earl Stamfort must be impatient to hug his grandchild already. Ah, I hope it would not happen in the near future, at least not until I know Sir Anthony better and get close enough with him. Henry suggesting a picnic for us so we can know each other better in the next day. I'm touched with his concern because despite his busy time to preparing the banquet he still tries to take his precious time for his sister.
Ah….Too many things happened since Henry's accident. My relationship and my feeling to him also change so much. Too bad the paper price is relatively expensive right now. If it was cheaper, I will write my feeling to my brother in those papers. Maybe I will make it as a book. A book which is contains my true feeling about him. And when we all going old and I passed away before him, I want him to have this book. So he can know my feeling for him. A feeling which never forgotten never fades as time goes by.