In her past life, every wedding ceremony held, they would decorate the wedding hall with full of flowers in every corner of the wedding hall, without exception the high quality white roses. However, the decorative flowers listed on the budget that Cliff brought were white hydrangea flowers. The hydrangea flowers has a huge petals, so even with just a few of the flower arrangements in wedding halls it will looked overfilled, but such 'efficiency' was far from the 'Priority' that Lizzy wanted.
"Please use white roses for the decorations at the wedding halls, as well as the flower petals used for the sprinkles."
"But these days it's hard to find white roses with that huge amount. White hydrangeas are also popular as decorative flowers in wedding halls. . . ."
"Cliff. Don't tell me you're ignoring me now?"
"There's no way i ignored you, Lizzy!"
"Then please do as I said. Can you do that for me?"
Lizzy endured her irritation and smiled.
". . . . Yes, if that's what you want."
Cliff accepted her request, but Lizzy found the small sigh that preceded his answer, it's was clear that he offended by it.
'At some point, you seemed ready to put the empire under my feet.'
All her life, Cliff has longed for handfuls of her affection, and giving her what she wants before she could even say a single words. However, as the conversation about their marriage continued, the amount of disagreement between them increased, so Cliffe's sighed getting even more frequent too. Off cause, that didn't mean Lizzy would give in, and the duchess who manages the family budget came to meet her.
"Lizzy. Let's talk for a moment."
She was a duchess who never turned down Lizzy's words, so Lizzy thought it was better if they talked. She thought the duchess wouldn't never refused her demands. But what came out of her mouth was unexpected.
"Cliff has been planning a wedding, but I don't think it's a good idea."
"Yes? How did he organize the budget?"
"He seems very excited to marry you, he listed all the preparations for the wedding ceremony with all kinds of luxurious things on the budget list."
The Duchess shook her head and showed Lizzy the wedding preparations and the budget list written by Cliff. It written exactly like Lizzy had requested.
"If the ceremony continues like this, it will be rumored that the Duke Ludwig family spend so much money to show off their wealth. I know Cliff loves you, but I don't want this ceremony looked so much different from Killian's wedding . . . ."
She said that all these plans were organized due to Cliff's excessive affection, and she had no doubt that if Lizzy saw it Lizzy would quickly settle it with simple marriage preparations.
'Even if you tell me to stop him, we're must supposed to hold a wedding like this!'
Lizzy answered in a tearful voice, barely swallowing her anger.
"Ma'am, do you think it's a waste if he spends this much money for me?"
"Li-Lizzy. . . . ?"
"I know, I'm an illegitimate woman and a lowly woman. But what about Cliff? It's Cliff's wedding, the duke's heir, and it shouldn't be more shabby than the wedding of other nobles."
The Duchess was speechless, her eyes wide in shock. Eventually, the wedding went the way Lizzy wanted, but Lizzy could not get along with the Duchess as before. However, Lizzy did not regret it at all.
'There's no further benefit flirting with extras.'
In fact, it was Edith's attitude that bothered her more than the Duke and Duchess who distancing themselves from her. She didn't know if she had the guts, or if she already didn't care about Lizzy at all, but Edith clapped her hands with joy and smiled brightly at the wedding of the person who tried to kill her before. Killian and Edith seemed much happier than Cliff and Lizzy, the main characters of the day. Lizzy really hated that sight very much. one of the purposes of this glamorous and fancy wedding is to make Edith feel envious and jealous of her. However, when Edith and Killian left to Ryzen territory, Lizzy's displeased mood subsides a bit.
'Alright, now that Edith is gone. From this moment, I'll create a new narrative for Lizzy!'
Her light of hope seemed to shine. Moreover, there no one dare to stop her, after she became the Duchess. It was a good thing, that she wrote a contract with Cliff before getting married.
[Cliff Ludwig never asks Lizzy Ludwig to divorce.]
[Cliff Ludwig must defends and protects Lizzy Ludwig no matter what.]
With just these two clauses not only Lizzy holds Cliff on the leash, but she also gains immunity from everything.
'Nothing is difficult. After all, I'm the next Duchess of Ludwig family.'
But there was one thing she was missing. Although she has promised herself to create a 'better future than the original story', but what fills her mind is the success and glory of the original story. Rather than created a new path for herself, she felt it was safer to take the path she already knew. Even though the original path that she knew already disappeared. Therefore, she felt uneasy when the episode she knew from the original story, would never happen again.
'Why I didn't get an invitation?'
In the original, Lizzy, who married Cliff, received dozens of invitations every day. Of course, this time too, she received several invitations. However, the number of invitations was less than the original, and what more importantly, she didn't received the invitations she wanted.
'I didn't get an invitations from the person who was supposed to be an extra in the next episode!'
However, it was not possible send a letter asking for an invitation.
'I have to attend a lot of parties and become friends with them.'
Lizzy couldn't let the original episodes disappear. And if she wants to attend the party, she needs to stand out more than everyone else. There were many dresses that the Duchess and Cliff bought for her, but to be honest, there were many of them that doesn't suited Lizzy's taste. This is because, to match Lizzy's kind and humble character, who always apologizes if she gets into trouble, she had to chose a simple and modest dress instead of her taste.
'But from now on, I don't have to wear that anymore.'
Since then Lizzy begun ordering a gorgeous, fancy, and sexy dress. The kind of dress that Edith in original story like to wear.
'In the first place when i created Lizzy character, why i did made her breasts as big as Edith?'
She created a slender and innocent Lizzy to contrast with the villains with sexy bodies with silly head, but now she was a bit dissatisfied with that. She would never forget how different Killian's gaze on her that day, Even though she wears the same shoulder-showing nightgown that Edith always wore. However, Lizzy regained her confidence again when she looked at her beautiful appearance in the mirror. She was still the most beautiful woman in the world.
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'Why isn't it going back to the original?'
Although she knew that her authority as the original author was gone, Lizzy pondered that thought a habit. This is because it was more difficult than she expected to approach the characters needed for the next episode of the original story.
'In the original story, those people sent an invitations first and begged to meet me. . . !'
But my pride did not allow me to approach those people first and pretend to be friendly with them. Although she was successfully manipulated those people around her and making them friends, but her relationship with them never progressed beyond that.
'I shouldn't do this. I have to create a situation where they has to come up to me and say their greetings.'
Lizzy thought about a few options and eventually planned one of her idea that could attract more people attention. She decided to become the host of the annual year-end party.
When the weather started to get chilly and the story of the year-end party began to come out, Lizzy said with a bright smile at the dinner.
"I'd like to prepare for year-end party this year's."
However, contrary to the idea of the words she expressed cheerfully, the Duke, Duchess and Cliff's expressions hardened slightly.
"It might be too early for you to handle it, for now just watch and learn from what Jocelyn does, and then try to host it yourself after about five years."
Duke Ludwig advise him with a gentle face, but Lizzy had to that for this year's. Because the original episode was supposed to take place early next year.
"I have seen and learned a lot from the Madam preparations over the past five years. This years, when I'm married with Cliff, I really want to host it."
"Lizzy."
"You know it Duke, there are still many people who laugh at me and calling me lowly illegitimate child, right? And there are people who laugh at Cliff for marrying me."
A sigh came from the mouth of the Duke and Cliff at the same time. The words 'illegitimate child' was an excuse that Lizzy had used several times. But Lizzy pretended not to hear their sigh.
"If i host the year-end party, that will be an opportunity to prove that I have become a member of the Ludwig family."
Duke Ludwig was about to say another word, but the Duchess stopped him.
"Yes, Lizzy. Do whatever you want."
"Thank you mother."
Unlike Lizzy, who thought she had 'won', Cliff seemed a little disappointed. That evening, Lizzy shouted at Cliff, who raised his voice saying that, 'Mother still correcting it so far!'
"How long do I have to hide behind you guys?"
"You guys?"
"Everything I do is for Duke. Don't treat me like an idiot anymore."
Lizzy turned away from Cliff, who was shocked by the remark that she drew the words 'you guys'.
'I should create that person more loyal to Lizzy.'
As the days went by, she became more irritated toward Cliff. Cliff's appearance was no longer special to Lizzy, who been lived the same life over and over again. No, sometimes she even got tired of it, enough for her to dream have a relationship with another character.
'So at this year-end party, I should meet Count Lieberman's heir, to be introduced to the Crown Prince, and establish a relationship with him!'
In the original story, Count Lieberman's heir is a pathetic extra character, who fallen in love by Lizzy's beauty and invites Lizzy frist to his celebrity club and tries his best to win her heart. However,he was disappointed that he could not win Lizzy's heart even a little, who only thought of Cliff in her heart.
But since he is the main character in one episode, his appearance was set quite good. In addition, the married crown prince is also described as a handsome man and he also attracted by Lizzy's beauty.
In her marriage with Cliff that has been happened same every time, she got boring of it, but this time she feel really disappointed with Cliff. So such a handsome man was enough to attract Lizzy's desire.
'The more men who love me in their sleep, that would better.'
Lizzy began preparing for the end of the year party, imagining all the other men on their knees, excited by every gesture of her move.