Chapter 131: Lilien
Never thought the truth would be so cruel, Liliam ran hard, but didn't know where to go, at this moment, the place she had lived in for sixteen years, she had always called home, it seemed that there was no place for her.
Along the way, they met many servants and guests, who greeted Liliane, who looked at their friendly faces and couldn't help but wonder what these people would be like if they knew what they really were.
The more she thought about it, the more unbearable she felt, so she had to pretend to be in a hurry and run away.
Finally, she came to the study, her father's study.
For the past dozen years, Adam has come here whenever he has free time. This is the room that belongs only to Adam and Lilien, where father and daughter have spent countless days and nights talking, drinking, drinking tea, and enjoying each other's time, and this was once the only place where Liliam could take off her eldest lady's disguise.
In the depths of the study, two chairs, one high and one low, were facing each other at a forty-five-degree angle, and the square table where refreshments used to be placed had added a little dust, and on the wall in the center of the inner room was a portrait of Adam, whose face was solemn and his lips pursed meticulously, completely different from the appearance of Lilian's father.
In one corner of the room, there is a life-size mirror, and Liliam comes to the mirror and carefully examines herself in the mirror, or "she" in the mirror.
With blonde hair and blue eyes, Lilian felt a little strange.
She gently stroked the face of the person in the mirror with her hand.
"Mom, are you here?" Lilian whispered into the mirror, "Are you in my body?" โ
I waited for a long time, but I didn't get a response.
"Mom, I remember it all, you're in my body, right?" Lilian said in an almost pleading tone, "Come out, I want to talk to you." โ
Lilien stared hard at the mirror.
At this time, the person in the mirror gradually changed a little, pieces of silver scale armor slowly grew on the white skin, the blue pupils gradually narrowed into a sharp black line, and a round of majestic golden light spread out around the pupils - this was clearly a humanoid monster.
But the monster had a smile on its face, and it didn't look scary at all.
At this moment, Lilian was happy, she thought, my mother smiled, it turned out that my mother was also happy to see me.
"Mom!" The man in the mirror exclaimed happily.
Lilien's smile froze, and she realized something.
The smile of the man in the mirror slowly faded, and she stroked the scales from her face with her hand, then looked down at her own hands that were also covered in scales.
(It's not Mom, it's ...... Myself. ๏ผ
Lilion looked up again at the monster in the mirror, and the monster looked so sad and ugly.
"Don't-"
She screamed and threw her fist at the mirror, shattering it to pieces, a powerful blow that didn't feel anything real in her hand.
As if all her strength had been drained, Lilion collapsed to her knees, shaking and gasping for breath.
The world seemed to have lost its color, and the sunlight tried to squeeze in through the study window, but it could only fall lily at Lilian's feet.
Lilian looked up in despair at the portrait of her father hanging on the wall.
"Father, why...... Why didn't you tell me? โ
There were a few years when Lilion was convinced that she had the blood of the Wink family in her veins, and that was when she was very young.
In recent years, in the eyes of everyone, Lilian is a very approachable, kind and humble eldest lady, but this is not the case since childhood, Lilian has also had very rebellious times - this is something that only housekeepers and maids who have worked in the manor for more than ten years will know.
Adam Wink was very fond of his only daughter, and when Lilian was a child, he always did his best to fulfill all Lilien's desires, except going out, eating, wearing, and interesting toys, as long as she wanted, and she could always get them, even if they were expensive and luxurious, and she could always get them if she couldn't get them for a while.
As a result, when she was a child, Lilien was arrogant, unreasonable, and full of princess spirit, which was a nightmare for all servants.
When Liliam was seven years old, a maid carelessly served a glass of overheated milk and burned Lilian's mouthโthe second time the maid had made such a mistake, and Lilion made a fuss about her father to fire the careless maid.
This was a common occurrence in the manor at the time, but before leaving, the maid scolded Liliam in front of many servants.
"How much have I worked day and night for this manor, how can you fire me for a glass of milk?! You unreasonable stinky little ghost, why are you? You're just a wild seed that Master Adam picked up outside! Is the blood in your body nobler than ours? You're just a little lucky, and I'm telling you, no one in this manor looks up to you! I don't want to serve you yet! โ
That was the first time Lilian knew her "life experience", and the maid's words were also the words of many servants at that time, so some young maids and housekeepers who were not in difficult economic conditions submitted their resignations proudly.
Liliam was frightened, and she asked Adam for confirmation, but Adam only said "You are my daughter, don't listen to their nonsense, a group of subordinates, we can recruit new ones when they leave", and did not want to explain more.
This incident hit Lilien hard, and she didn't believe it at first, but after she deliberately eavesdropped on the servants' conversations, and couldn't explain that she didn't have a mother, she finally "understood" that she was really just a child picked up by her father.
After that, Lilian grew up rapidly, she began to restrain herself, no longer too willful, because she didn't know how to face the servants, so she pretended not to know anything in front of the servants, from the eldest lady, to the one who played the eldest lady.
Like a truly noble lady, Lilien studied manners, horsemanship, dancing and sewing, and treated her servants humbly and equally, but even so, she could still feel the strange gaze of the servants from time to time, and hear their sarcastic remarks.
Adam was distressed by his daughter's change, but there was nothing he could do.
Lilion has finally become a well-behaved child, and she still spoils her father, but only when she is alone with her father. The pleasure of her life is almost nothing but watching adventures, which she can't go out and can't give up her hobby.
just endured like this, and after nearly ten years, if it weren't for her father's consistent love, she might not have been able to hold on for a long time.
When Lilian knew that she was subhuman, although she was sad, she was not very surprised, since she was not her father's biological daughter, then who she was, and what did it matter?
But she was in great pain now, and last night's memories revealed some truths, and although there were still a lot of mysteries, the parts that could be revealed were enough to make Liliam collapse.
"Father, it turns out that I am really your daughter...... But why, why did you become an earl on a keel...... Then I don't have a mother...... Can't go out...... Is it because my mother is a dragon and I am also subhuman? โ
"Father, do you really love me?"