The Pereshina Viscount family.

It was one of the families that frequently appeared when progressing the story as the main character in Luminor Academy.

One peculiar point was that it wasn’t actually a family that existed within the worldview but rather a fictional family created by someone with personal intentions to make it seem as if it existed.

If you progressed mainly through Seraphine’s route, it became a family name you would see even more. Once you dig deeper, you’ll be able to unveil the truth.

Because the name Pereshina Viscount family was essentially Seraphine’s pseudonym for the entire family.

It was common sense that it could be easily figured out by simply analyzing the anagrams of Seraphine and Pereshina. The word Pereshina was created by rearranging the letters of Seraphine.

A few players questioned why an anagram was created in Hangul despite it being a medieval fantasy. Still, in the first place, “Luminor Academy” was a domestically produced game.

And if you really wanted to nitpick, it wasn’t impossible to do it in English, either. It was a matter of changing Seraphin to Peshinar, although the players somewhat forced it to work.

More people understood and moved on rather than complaining about the lack of immersion.

In any case, it was true that it was much better in terms of accessibility compared to following an anagram in English.

Princess Seraphine deliberately created the fictional sender instead of using her real name to contact others while avoiding prying eyes.

If Seraphine, who had the status of royalty, had directly written her name on the letter, it would have become mail that couldn’t be carelessly sent anywhere.

On the other hand, she couldn’t impersonate the name of another family either.

If she had sent a letter pretending not to be a noble, there would have been nobles who wouldn’t recognize it as Seraphine’s letter and would discard or neglect it.

It was a second identity used for private contact or secret communication, not official business from the palace.

Of course, this private contact is why you would see it a lot if you progressed mainly through Seraphine’s route.

She couldn’t directly send a letter with her name on it to the commoner protagonist, so if you followed her route, she would contact the protagonist by sending love letters under “Viscount Pereshina.”

…Wait a minute, if we’re talking about love letters…

“…Could it be?”

Seraphine’s personal letter was sent to Ethan using a pseudonym.

Most of the personal letters sent by Seraphine to the protagonist using a pseudonym during the playthrough of “Luminor Academy” were love letters.

In other words, it meant that there was a possibility that this letter sent by Seraphine might also be a letter containing personal feelings towards Ethan.

…To be honest, it seemed like a moment where it was considered to have a very high possibility.

Ethan’s appearance on the day he single-handedly defended the western gate of the palace against the boss monster was quite cool, even from my perspective as a male.

Originally, not only Ethan from Luminor Academy but any character brought to this point in time would have found it to be a considerably difficult feat.

If not for him, the only person who could face the King Serpent even for a moment at this point would be “Full Moon Seraphine” at best.

Anyway, it goes without saying that Ethan’s hard work reduced the number of personnel who lost their lives.

And for Seraphine, who values human life above all, his actions would have been quite attractive.

In the first place, the trigger for her falling for the protagonist was also the description of her heart being gradually drawn to his righteous actions, her feelings growing stronger over time.

Now that the protagonist has yet to appear, it wouldn’t be strange for those feelings to be directed towards Ethan.

‘… That sounds good…?’

Although it couldn’t be hastily concluded, the thought that Seraphine would be quite good as Ethan’s partner flashed through my mind.

Needless to say, as she had the status of the Third Princess, her family was comparable to the Blackwood Ducal family.

In terms of appearance, she was described as a peerless beauty in the game’s official setting. When I met her last time, she showcased a beauty that seemed to emanate an aura.

Her personality was a bit meddlesome, which was a very slight flaw, but not to the extent it became overbearing. Having a slight flaw or two adds to her human charm.

In the first place, her other strengths compensated for the flaw that didn’t even seem like one.

‘…Realizing it anew, Lilith and the likes are no match for her at all.’

Lilith had no room to compete with her in terms of status or appearance.

At best, if judged based on personality, the original Lilith might have a slightly better personality than Seraphine, but the problem was that in this world, the content that was the subject of that personality had already been replaced by me.

Rather, Lilith’s only advantage, her personality, had now been completely taken away from her.

At least Ethan and Lilith had been together for a long time and were familiar with each other, but honestly, I wasn’t sure if this was an advantage.

It can’t be helped. If Seraphine was really interested in Ethan, I would have to acknowledge it and support their relationship.

A marriage proposal with someone like Seraphine was not only rare but also an exceptional case. Even if the other party was Ethan Richard Blackwood, the noble son of the Blackwoods.

Ethan also outwardly said he had no interest in her. Still, if a proper marriage proposal came in, he wouldn’t…

‘No, what am I thinking right now?’

For a moment, I felt chills at the sight of myself not only evaluating Seraphine as good or bad as Ethan’s partner but even calculating to what extent she was compared to me.

In the first place, I had no right to comment on his fiancée, and being involved with someone like Seraphine was a miracle in itself.

I momentarily forgot my place after getting too involved with the main characters of Luminor Academy at the recent masquerade ball.

Or maybe I had a stupid delusion because of the nonsense I temporarily did, pretending to be his fiancée.

I need to restrain myself. I’m just a debt-ridden maid whose head could be cut off or sold off at any time… at least for the next three years.

“Since this is Princess Seraphine’s letter, I should separate it and have Ethan read it directly…”

…No, wait a minute.

Wouldn’t it be worse if I handed this letter directly to Ethan?

That’s because this letter didn’t feel like it came from “Seraphine,” no matter where you looked.

No other symbol or writing was attached to prove that she was “royalty.”

From the beginning, Seraphine had sent the letter to Ethan as Viscount Pereshina, so I also had to treat it as such.

In my job of reading and sorting the letters that came to Ethan, the rank of viscount was among the letters I had to check first.

If I handed this over to Ethan without even opening it, it would rather cause a commotion in a different sense.

Not only ordinary people but even among high-ranking nobles, very few knew that “Viscount Pereshina” was Seraphine. Of course, Ethan didn’t realize this fact yet, either.

In such a situation, would I deliver the letter that came without checking it?

And if it said something like, “It’s a letter from Princess Seraphine, so it would be better for you to read it directly…”

No matter how much it was Ethan, he would have no choice but to be 200% suspicious if he saw such a stupid act.

‘I almost got screwed.’

I had already been suspected by unnecessarily reviving my memories of my previous life, walking through the palace with ease.

If I were to be seen doing suspicious things this time as well… I would probably be in a lot of trouble.

…But it’s also somehow daunting for me to read a letter from a member of the royal family first.

Still, since the sender was sent as Viscount Pereshina on the outside, they probably wouldn’t say anything like charging me with insulting the royal family later.

‘…Oh, I don’t know.’

Well, what can I do? It wasn’t a problem that would be solved even if I thought about it anyway.

Above all, if Seraphine had sent the letter under her pseudonym in the first place, she should have already considered the possibility of it being read by a servant.

The other young ladies have already been caught by me reading all sorts of embarrassing love letters without their knowledge, so even if it was Seraphine, it would be a bit much for her just to let it slide.

It was absolutely not because I was curious about the contents of Seraphine’s love letter. I was just acting this way because it was what I had to do as Ethan’s exclusive maid, Lilith.

With that thought, I took the silver letter opener I was using to open the envelope to Seraphine’s secret love letter (presumed).

I carefully peeled off the sealing wax that sealed the envelope with the knife.

Tok.

With the sound of the seal being removed, the envelope opened, revealing two letters.

The first thing that caught my eye was that the front and back pages were slightly attached with another sealing wax.

Even if someone’s seal came off and they read the contents on the front, it was designed to prevent them from reading the back page of the first and the front of the second.

Seeing this suspicious trace of sealing for no reason, I started to feel like it was getting closer and closer to a love letter.

I wondered what the contents of the Princess’s love letter, which I had never directly read even in Luminor Academy, would be like.

With a slightly pounding feeling, I started reading the letter from the first sentence of the front page.

…As soon as I read the first sentence of the first paragraph on the first page, I was engulfed in a sense of horror that seemed to give me goosebumps all over my body.

“To Miss Lilith Rosewood.”

“……!!!”

…This crazy girl.

How far ahead has she calculated things?

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Author’s Notes

None. Sadge. My Author-nim is the goat.

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