I Was A Supporting Character

The next day, I woke up with surprisingly no pain in my shoulders and arms, probably because I had been working hard for a long time and got used to it! Seriously, it’s even more amazing that I’ve peeled all those potatoes and I’m still in good shape with no pain!

Usually, it was difficult to lift a spoon for breakfast as one of my arms felt like it was weighed down. As a result, I had to rest at home all day.

The wind was very warm because the blooming spring and March had almost passed. 

I left the windows open as I laid down in my bed, enjoying the spring breeze.

Considering the time I have left, I think I will have to go around and meet people. 

Oh, but I need to rest too, what should I do?

I think it’ll be fine if I laze around for a day. 

Ares and Leah’s love still hasn’t bloomed, so I have plenty of time.

But then, a public carriage rattled in front of the mansion.

What? Why is the public carriage coming all the way here?

Because the window was open, I could see the unusual scenario at the mansion’s entrance.

“They seemed to be a visitor, but they used a public carriage all the way to the front door, so it seems like they didn’t have good etiquette.”

I clicked my tongue and watched the communal carriage stop to drop off the visitor.

The driver of that carriage or the gatekeeper at the main gate did not have mastery of the noble’s etiquette, so they probably let them pass.

Even so, among the commoners, there were those who were good at noble etiquette. Mimas, who often visits noble families to ask for donations, was one of them.

According to the noble’s etiquette, it was the norm to get off the main gate and walk to the front door when coming in a public carriage rather than a private carriage or a family carriage.

If they ride a public carriage, especially if they are invited, they must reveal their identity to the gatekeeper and wait for the attendant who will guide them to the mansion. 

It is disrespectful for an outsider, whose identity is difficult to identify at a glance, to wander around the mansion recklessly.

I opened my eyes wide and watched who was coming down.

Who is that ignorant and rude visitor? With my eyes wide open and looking at the person getting off the carriage, I wanted to hide somewhere.

Oh my God, it’s Leah Saturnos!

There was almost a 90% chance of her being my guest! I’m the only one she’d come to meet in this mansion, so of course, she’s looking for me!

But she didn’t give me any message beforehand. What would have happened if I had gone out somewhere?

It’s really hard to withstand her behavior.

Even if they live in a rural area and have just debuted in high society, they need to master the etiquette, especially the female lead!

……No, maybe that was also the setting of the ‘author’. 

Couldn’t she have been deliberately made to be clumsy in etiquette? 

If I had to dig through the romance novels piled up on my desk and pick up anything, such a female lead would appear.

Indeed, it seems that the ‘author’ is also a typical romance novel author. 

How could she create such a cliche female protagonist?

The ‘author’ said ‘gosam*’ endlessly when I asked her age. It was clear that she wasn’t in her right mind.

*TL/N: As mentioned in the previous note, gosam is an abbreviation of 3rd year of high school, but Bianca mistook it as bitter tea since gosam is a type of bitter tea.

Surely, Leah Saturnos wouldn’t need to learn etiquette and have a happy ending, right?

However, that setting will give her a hard time mingling in high society! 

What’s more, her husband is the heir to the Duke of Jupiter!

Hey, let’s stop thinking about it.

I took a deep breath and quickly checked my clothes. Anyways, I’m sure she has come as my guest, so why not prepare for it? 

Fortunately, I wasn’t in such a mess that I had to change clothes, so I only roughly combed my hair.

At that moment, the butler’s voice was heard along with a knock.

“My lady, someone is looking for you. What should I do?”

It was not rude to reject meeting a guest who did not inform us of their visit in advance. 

Because they were the one being disrespectful.

But it doesn’t seem like Leah Saturnos was doing this with malice, so I decided to forgive her by meeting her. I informed the butler that I would meet her in the drawing room.

After deliberately taking a little time, I slowly left the room and walked silently through the hallway.

As I knocked on the drawing room door, I heard an innocent voice inside with the sound of a chair being pulled.

“Bianca?”

Ha. Where should I start? I’m sorry, but I really don’t want to play the role of her nanny.

I wanted to send a good etiquette teacher to Baron Saturnos even at my own expense.

I quietly opened the door and entered. Leah almost ran to me as soon as she saw me.

“Just stay there.”

I raised my hand and firmly restrained her. 

Maybe my tone was a little cold, so Leah just stopped moving.

“Ah…Yes…”

She was like a pitiful puppy, but she’s the one who will become the hostess of the Jupiter family in the future. She’ll have to bear with it.

I quietly pulled out a chair across from her and sat down.

Then I said to her with a gentle smile.

“Come on, sit down. I’ll bring you tea.”

Leah sat back down a little awkwardly.

“I……. Are you not happy that I have visited?”

Oh my, she talked to me before I finished brewing the tea and even gave her a teacup. 

Unless it’s a very urgent business, they shouldn’t be like that.

I served her tea without answering her question. 

After carefully setting the teacup in front of her, I opened her mouth to answer.

“First of all, let me answer your question, I must say that I am surprised, not displeased.”

“Why?”

“When visiting a noble, it is customary to notify the visit in advance. What would you have done if I had been out today?”

“Oh, I just……. I just wanted to meet Bianca. I didn’t mean to break the rules on purpose.”

I sighed briefly. I knew there was no malice in her rudeness.

I decided to stop nagging at this point. No, just one more word!

“It’s not that Baron Saturno is having a financial difficulty, is it?”

“My family? As far as I know, there is no such a thing…”

Well, I don’t really care about that.

“Then I will write you a letter of introduction, so please make sure to welcome the person as your etiquette teacher. It will be necessary to survive in high society.”