I Will Be The New Me
CHAPTRE 12

Penelope that afternoon went on a walk alone down the city. She had already prepared a lot of money to buy the most fashionable and elegant best dress. The first impression must not fail especially what he will face is the royal family.

The best boutique in the city of Helldelune is two meters from Bastien's painting studio. Real close. But at that time Penelope did not pay attention to him— rather she had not realized there was an oddity there.

"Well, isn't this Lady Penelope?"

Penelope does not open the boutique door when someone comes to say hello. The young man wearing the robe then smiled kindly while waving softly, "Over time do not meet."

Penelope returned the smile gently. "Lord Rupert? what kind of good coincidence is this? I didn't expect to see you here. I heard you were on a long journey."

"I plan to go home and rest for a few days. I didn't know you were in town."

"Well, I'm also staying at my cousin's house." Penelope replied as she slipped her hair into her earlobes, being graceful in front of men is a must. Actually it's not a principle of Penelope, all the nobles do the same. But for Penelope, maintaining a graceful attitude as a woman is mandatory.

"If you're down, can we enjoy a cup of tea for a bit?"

Penelope seemed hesitant, but attracting the attention of the interlocutor was not difficult. "Sure, but before that, may I ask for help?"

"What's that?"

"I want to buy a new dress. Can you help me choose it?"

The long red-haired young man who was ponytailed gasped. If until a man is invited to help choose a dress, it means that the girl considers the man she is invited to be a special person. The young man who was often called Rupert scratched his temple, "Aren't you too original to choose men? I'm also not good at judging the beauty of a dress."

Penelope didn't listen to Rupert's excuses. She clasped Rupert's hand and dragged him into the boutique where he was only a woman. "Lady Penelope, I better wait outside. They looked at me like I was wrong into the ladies' room." Rupert whispered.

"Hahaha you are so ridiculous. Sit here while I try on the dress, yeah."

Rupert was sweating nervously, they did not take their eyes off him. The young man with the face of the sangar smiled as he gave a small nod to add a friendly impression. Whispers are heard immediately. I don't know, Rupert does not want to waste time hearing it, he just hopes Penelope immediately steadied the heart in choosing a dress.

"Lord Rupert, what about this dress? does it suit me?"

Penelope came out wearing a lacy sky blue dress and a large ribbon behind her waist. Rupert was flabbergasted to see Penelope's beauty in a lavish party dress. "Pretty."

"...only that? can't you give me another opinion?"

I should look prettier than Quinn.

Seeing Penelope's expression change that seemed less than satisfied with her answer, Rupert finally gave a follow-up. "No words can describe your beauty, Lady. I lost tens of thousands of words myself to say you were perfect."

All the girls who were in the boutique were amazed and immediately blushed to hear the sweet nagging blood red-haired young man. Penelope smiled timidly, "You don't have to praise me, Lord Rupert."

"That's the truth."

In total there were three dresses that Penelope tried. Each has a soft pastel color, matching Penelope's graceful and sweet personality.

In order to get the attention of some girls who were also buying dresses, Penelope asked Rupert who chose the most suitable dress for her. "Eh? but the one who wants to wear it, isn't it you, why did you let you choose it?"

"I'm so happy to hear what other people think of me, I feel like I'm appreciated."

In line with his heart's original desire, Rupert then chose a pastel purple dress with an elegant model but still showed a soft and sweet side in her (though not really there).

After completion, the two gender-different humans covered to a tavern to enjoy afternoon snacks. They chatted coolly.

Penelope knew Rupert from a mailing company.Yes, Rupert was the company's manager. Because their work is not so complicated, all his men can work even without his supervision.

Honestly, the job was just a distraction. Rupert's original job was the head of the illegal information bureau. Only a few people know about it, including Penelope. However, Penelope never bought Rupert's services and pretended to be an innocent girl who did not understand how they worked. Penelope is just using Rupert's kindness to get free information.

For those of you who do not understand, the illegal information bureau provides dark secret search services for every human being throughout the city, but most of the secrets targeted are from the elite, the elite, especially the nobles. They provide all of that in exchange for money which is certainly quite expensive. Rupert's clients are mostly those who compete with each other in business or complete a public vendetta.

"You bought a really nice dress, are you going to attend a party?" the dress that Penelope bought was clearly different from the type of daily dress that the noble women wore. That's more fancy. Penelope chuckled softly as she covered her mouth with a palm, "Actually I was only invited to an ordinary meal with the Crown Prince."

The young man's cherry-red iris trembled, "You mean, that Prince Raiden?" the question was met with a small nod from the charming blonde-crowned girl. "Ah isn't the Lady of the Shuvillian family always with her? I'm sure you can't eat alone." Rupert pityed Penelope's fate later.

The only daughter of Viscount Marchetti gave a gentle smile. "Yes, that's right. Raiden— ah I mean, Prince Raiden also invited me, so I have to leave because it would be disrespectful to be rejected."

Rupert glared in disbelief, "Should you just call his name? have you become close?" this is really interesting news. During this time only Quinn was allowed to call Raiden without having to include his noble status. Suddenly, Penelope who was only a Viscount princess and had no connection whatsoever with the royal family immediately mentioned the name of the Crown Prince just like that. "Don't tell me you're friends with the future Ethereum King?"

Penelope asked Rupert to turn down his voice. "I also did not expect that His Majesty himself would have me call by his first name." a red tinge adorned his smooth cheeks.

Rupert was astonished to see Penelope's luck in expanding the friendship. He was like a child blessed by a god.

"That's an amazingly fast development."

"Is that so? this is the second time we've met and he's already asked me to familiarize myself."

Rupert chuckled amusedly. Imagining Quinn sticking like glue to Raiden to get the attention of his girlfriend is now defeated by his newly-emerged cousin.

"I don't mind if you'll be the one holding the status of Crown Princess. You deserve to be the mother of this country. If Lady Shuvillian were to become Queen, I'm not sure she could support the future King in politics. A Queen should at least have all the basic knowledge about the politics of the country, but look at her. Just busy walking around while playing with the common folk. He's not trying to add to the relationship or anything like that. In essence, the complaints of the public will be the same and you're one of the candidates who needs to be taken into account by King Kaisen." Rupert praised as he emphasized the ginger tea order.

Whose heart does not flower when it receives praise that is in harmony with the dreams and hopes we have? I feel like I'm one step closer to achieving that dream. Rupert's praise ignited Penelope's ambition. "Hey, you're overestimating too much, Lord. My cousin's sister is childish, but her heart is kind and sincere. He never suspected anyone because of his holy heart."

Yeah, he didn't even know Penelope and Raiden were having an affair behind him. Quinn's head is like a flower garden.

Everything that the muscular youth conveyed made sense. But that only applies to the old Quinn. Quinn, who now cared nothing for position or power, wanted his own wealth and life to isolate himself from the rottenness of the Ethereal kingdom which he believed would be even more terrible under the leadership of Raiden Vill de Sorrentine.

"Lady Penelope, why do you look so upset? if there's something you want to get out of here, I'm ready to listen."

Penelope put on a worried face. "Actually I doubt what you say. Quinn isn't as simple as it looks, her personality might be but I feel like there's a tiger lurking inside her."

Penelope's story provoked a sense of curiosity of young people who basically worked to find information in detail from the elite. "What do you mean?" ruther was confused. Want to be seen from any point of view Quinn still looks innocent and stupid, not only on the looks of it, but really stupid.

"Yes, just check it out for yourself. He has been like a real adult since yesterday. I mean, his actions have also started to change. I'm happy because he's not whiny, so he's not often harassed by many people. I'm sad to see him smile all the while making fun of him." Penelope took the time to bandage her suspicions with false attention, as well as subtly ask Rupert for help.

"Oh, so." Rupert held onto his chin as he looked down, trying to think of something. "Maybe he wants to copy you."

"Copy me?" the beautiful girl did not understand.

"Well, sort of wants to look mature and graceful too. Especially after the Crown Prince showed a different reaction to you. He's obsessed with the Prince. That's what I heard from the people around here." Rupert moved from the chair. He rewired the hood of his robe, "I don't know what your heart is made of until it's as good as it is for your cousin. But you better be careful, who knows Lady Shuvillian managed to get what she wanted by imitating you."

"I go first, yeah. I forgot to tell my men about the letter to send today."

Rupert left after paying for an afternoon tea set. The young man snorted softly, "I can't get close to Lady Shuvillian easily if there's that person."

Penelope smiled bitterly as soon as Rupert left her, "Imitate me huh? hahahaha this is so funny. Whatever you do, I'll still win Raiden's heart."

Penelope too considers the tea party as a war. Quinn himself planned to give up from the beginning. Princess Savero has decided which dress she will wear when attending a party. Still no one was aware of Quinn's style change.

At the Shuvillian residence, Killian had already climbed all of his belongings. This afternoon he will be heading back to the academy and will only be back in time for spring break.

Killian saw no sign of Penelope already at home. He was a little disappointed because he had to leave in ten minutes.

"Sister looks like it's going to be a long time, he's on foot. Is he okay."

Another on the other lips in the heart. Perhaps that proverb was enough to describe Killian's current state. Although he continued to mutter Penelope, but his heart bluntly felt empty after Quinn left.

{Killian, a-anu..you'll soon be back at the academy, right? this year I learned from Aunt Kennedy about making cinnamon tonic, it can help you recover if you're tired. Take this with you, right? I hope you had a wonderful time there. Don't get sick, I can't take care of you because we're far apart.}

She recalled her brother's words whenever he had to leave the house to return to the dormitory. Quinn never got tired of bringing all the useful stuff to her, though Killian was reluctant to admit it.

Fearfully, Quinn would force Killian to accept him. That attention was always poured out Quinn and Killian felt uncomfortable at once disturbed.

{Killian, see you later~! I'll wait for you to come home! I will prepare a gift that can make you happy!}

The girl would also smile cheerfully, waving excitedly as she saw the carriage Killian was riding on had moved away from the courtyard of the mansion.

Killian bowed, contemplating something she had never done before for her own biological brother.

Now her brother really chose to live with their grandfather. Before that he stared at Killian coldly, retorted his sharp words, and did not even hesitate to raise his voice. "It's all his fault. I never asked him to look at me. If she's hurt by my behavior, it's her own fault." Killian continued to deny what her heart was feeling.

"Why are you staring at the door like this? go awayl. If you're late the gate might be closed."

Killian. He did not hear his father's footsteps because he was too focused on his daydreams. "Yes, here I go."

"You can go tomorrow afternoon because the day off is still until tomorrow. Why did you choose to leave now?"

"I just want to focus on getting myself ready."

Savero let out a long sigh, "You didn't hear what I said this afternoon? Quinn wants the three of us to come near the town square."

Killian was busy thinking about Raiden who was now approaching his older cousin as well to the point of not listening to Savero's words. "For what?".

"To paint a family photo. Come to think of it, the painting in the house was also only one." In the large painting hanging in the house only features a small Quinn and Killian.

"..."

"Tomorrow morning we'll leave. That's if you want to."

"I'm coming along." replied Killian quickly. The big-eyed man recalled something after his father discussed Quinn. "Dad, what did Quinn discuss with Dad? is that important?" Savero glanced at his son. The same confusion as him.

"Yes. He asked for his share of the land that I have provided for you both."

"W-what do you mean? what did he ask for it for? is he out of his mind?!"

Savero himself has resigned. Although Quinn was his flesh and blood, he never knew what Quinn was thinking and feeling. "Eitherway. I've already asked the Grand Duke to watch over her."

"But why did Dad just give it away?! He's Quinn, Dad. Aren't you afraid he's shaming the family name?"

Savero himself had repeatedly thought the same thing. "Your grandfather will definitely stop him if it's a big risk. I can't control Quinn anymore, without me knowing she's developed a lot."

Killian saw a look of regret and distrust from Savero, a cold man who had been focused on working without remembering his children.

"What really happened to Quinn?" killian muttered alone.

Is it true that sleep disorders can make someone like turning into another human being?