Anice sipped on her tea while looking at Marilyn sitting in front of her. The purple-haired girl looked a little giddy. Something was off about her. She looked different like... not the same. The maids glared at the girl who a few weeks ago did try to poison her tea.
The strawberry blond-haired girl couldn't help but wonder what she was doing here. From what she gathered when she woke up from carelessly drinking the poisoned cup given by someone who hated her to the bones. She couldn't help but feel like she was asking for it when she took the cup, willingly at that.
"_So... May I know why you wished to see me, Lady Marilyn?
_Oh, yes! Well, I wanted to apologize for the trouble I've been causing you up until now.
_Are you talking about the poisoning?"
Marilyn looked startled before hiding her face in her teacup. She was completely different from what she remembered, like another person. Both girls were so different, like the sun and the moon, the light and the darkness. Anice always felt like the world was doing everything it could to show they were nemesis and completely apart. If her primary color were light and pastel colors, Marilyn's colors were dark and deep colors. As if it wasn't enough, even their hair differed from each other. Anice had long wavy strawberry blond hair that seemed to catch the light at every movement. Marilyn on the other side had purple hair that reminded her of amethyst.
"_Yes... I'm sorry about what I did, but it's okay now! I promise to not do that ever again. I realized my wrongdoing, so don't worry! I will not stand against your happiness and bother you two anymore!! So go live your full-blown romance where you get bullied by the villainess and then marry as she is left to die."
Anice blinked while putting her cup down. She had a lot of questions right now. Like "why" or...
"_What's wrong with you? Do you even hear yourself? Also, who are you talking about?
_I'm talking about you and the crown prince, of course!"
Marilyn decided to ignore the other questions and happily blabber about how cute they would be together and so on. Anice could only look at her unable to utter a word. That girl had definitely gone mad. Even the maid looked disturbed by her speech. She knows that if we followed her mindset, she would be the first one to die, right?
"_Lady Marilyn, I must remind you that YOU are Prince Nicholas's fiance.
_Not anymore, we broke our engagement when you were in a coma."
The young girl looked horrified at her. Her face was even paler than she used to be. 'Does that mean, now nothing would stop that stalkish prince?' Marilyn acted like it was good news for her.
"_Uh? Lady Anice, are you alright?"
Getting from her sit, the purple-haired girl knocked off the hot tea that spilled on her pale blue dress and burned a little bit. She let out a small surprised yelp as Marilyn hurriedly took out her handkerchief. Right at that moment, the door shot open. Both looked terrified but not for the same reason. The black-haired man gripped the young girl's hand. With his silky black hair and glaring blue eyes, he looked handsome and charming.
"_Get away, from her!!
_Your Highness? This is not what you think.
_Why are you here, Prince Nicholas?"
Marilyn was scared, she could see her life passing in front of her. For Nicholas, she was the problem. The prince turned toward Anice gently before putting his handkerchief on her small burn. He looked at her with love as she looked at him with pure disgust.
"_I heard that girl came, so I came to see if you're alright. And I can see that I made the right choice."
Nicholas drew his sword before swinging the tip at her neck. Both girls were panicked. Anice tried to stop him but to no avail. The situation was so stressful that she could only lose consciousness from the headache.
Anice could only think: 'So much for a normal and peaceful life..."