The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

12 – Ilia Anies

Ilia Anies was born as the daughter of a count.

The Agnes count family was a merchant family, and they were making money mainly through luxury items and large-scale trading of various minerals for nobles.

Thanks to that, the Agnies family accumulated considerable wealth, but the trend of avoiding extravagance had become stronger since the previous counts, and as quality minerals came in from the north, profits were gradually declining.

In the end, after Ilya came to her father’s age, her expenses exceeded her income, and she ended up consuming her accumulated wealth.

It was Count Agnes who was trying to overcome the current situation somehow, but he became an unwelcome guest due to an accident while overdoing it.

Next, Countess Anies was Ilia’s uncle, but her family’s situation worsened.

It wasn’t that Ilya’s uncle didn’t have the ability, either, but she somehow managed to keep her life at the end.

As much as the circumstances of her family were the circumstances, it was as if there was no talk of an arranged marriage for her young Ilya, and Ilya left her house to find her own way to live.

She and through the connections of her deceased father, she was able to enter the Duke of Ignis as her apprentice maid.

It was quite a difficult life for Ilya, who had lived a well-loved life as the only daughter of a count family.

But the people who worked in her duchy were all kind, and her senior, who was two years older than her, taught her work enthusiastically.

Ilya gradually got used to the ducal family.

Basically, the Ignis family was all about cleaning and managing the mansion.

Duke Ignis was always busy and often vacated the mansion, and his wife and heir son followed his father around.

Her genius but arrogant daughter, who was rumored to be hated because she often bullied her younger sister, vacated her mansion when she entered her academy.

Basically, it was a structure that only had to serve her second daughter, Lady Riel.

Lady Riel, who always has a quiet and well-behaved personality, could be said to belong to a very easy-to-serve owner.

Of course, she is usually in charge of her exclusive handmaid, Ilia’s senior, so I don’t see her often.

Illia’s senior, Phyllis, despite the fact that there is not much difference in age between her and Ilia, she showed a competent appearance in various fields. She

Her age may have been close, but since she became Lady Riel’s exclusive maid, she began to shine even more.

At some point, Ilya began to admire her.

It’s been a year since Ilya entered the Duke of Ignis.

Ilya has gotten quite used to her mansion.

But at the same time, disturbing rumors began to circulate about her.

It was rumored that Phyllis was trying to manipulate Miss Riel from behind her.

In fact, it is also true that there have been several incidents of attempts to manipulate the offspring of nobles who do not know anything in a way close to brainwashing by using the position of an exclusive attendant.

But Ilya didn’t believe it because she knew that Phyllis wasn’t the kind of person to do that, and she admired her.

But at the same time, rumors like this have also been heard.

‘They said they were trying to forcefully separate the lady and Mr. Alan’

‘I heard that Mr. Alan is looking for a way to save the lady from her hands’

Alan-kun…?

Alan Ludwig.

It must have been the son of the knight commander who was chosen to play the role of the lady’s story partner.

Ilya had run into and talked to her a few times, but I remembered that she was a pretty likable and handsome boy.

Alan-kun like that…?

A light of doubt fell over Ilya’s heart.

Then one day, someone spoke to Ilya as she was cleaning the hallways of her mansion as usual.

Quickly tidying up and looking at the other person with good manners, Ilya realized that the other person was a boy from a rumor not long ago.

Boy, Alan’s expression was very desperate.

“I heard that Ms. Ilya is close with Ms. Phyllis.”

Certainly, Ilya thought that since she was her junior right below Phyllis, she learned her work from her and became close to her.

She believes Phyllis, and she doesn’t believe the rumors.

“Maybe Riel is suffering even at this very moment, if she knows anything about Mr. Phyllis, she wants you to teach me!!”

But…

Isn’t this little boy desperately trying to save Miss Riel?

I felt like I heard those words in my head.

She doesn’t know much about Phyllis-senpai, and the rumors might be true when you see such a young boy struggling.

She pretended to be kind in front of her, but behind her back, she might be acting out of black greed.

Her doubts within her Ilia were unstoppable.

And… If Phyllis-senpai disappears.

Senior Phyllis became Lady Riel’s exclusive lady-in-waiting because they are close in age, isn’t it…?

So…

So, if Phyllis-senpai disappears from this mansion…

And along with her suspicions, her black greed also grew within Illia.

“…Hot!”

Ilya opened her eyes.

She dreamed of things in the past. She really wanted to be able to do anything.

It’s an old story that I almost forgot, but I thought dreams don’t cover such things.

When she opened her eyes, she was inside the carriage.

Come to think of it, she herself was on an errand.

For some reason, Lady Riel instructed her to send her letter to her.

The opponent is Riel’s older sister, Eve Ignis, who is stationed in the Orbria Territory.

She asked why I had to go and deliver something that could just be mailed, but the young lady shook her head as usual without saying anything.

…Well, it didn’t matter since it wasn’t that far away from the spirit of Orbria.

She secretly opened the letter to check the contents, just in case, but it was a welcome letter.

Anyway, Lady Eve…

To be honest, I’ve never met Ilya.

When Ilya entered the ducal family, she had already left her mansion to attend the academy, and even after that, she hadn’t returned to her mansion.

Rumors about her were that she was arrogant and a bad sister who bullied her younger sister, but could she deliver the letter from her younger sister?

That’s what she thought, but she asked me to tell me something, so I’ll have to give it to her, she thought.

The territory of Orbria, where I arrived by riding a wagon, was quite crowded.

I saw a lot of fighting ranks like knights and wizards, but I heard that the second princess is leading the army and is stationed there.

She said Eve, a member of the Magic Division, was also stationed here.

I went straight to the quarters where Lady Eve was staying, showed my identity card to prove my business and identity, and passed.

There, she meets Lady Eve’s exclusive lady-in-waiting, who has seen her face several times.

Delivering her own business, she turned her eyes to the letter she herself held in her hand.

Of course, this is a letter from Ilya confirming that there are no problems.

But as usual, she opened her letter and checked the contents.

…Since when, I’ve been secretly tearing open letters passed between people in the duke’s family to check the contents.

Inwardly, I was aware that this was absolutely wrong, but for some reason the duke’s attendants continued to act like that.

…They couldn’t understand what they were looking for.

Why…What the hell are we…

There was a time when I had such a question, but somehow the question was quickly erased from my head.

Illia returned the letter after sealing it in its original form.

As she entered her room, Eve’s exclusive lady-in-waiting entered as if to follow her.

In the room, a beautiful woman with red hair, like Lady Riel, was sitting on the sofa.

‘That person is the eldest daughter of the duchy, Lady Eve Ignis…’

It looked very similar to Lady Riel.

However, with a more mature appearance, her facial expression is as cold as ice, contrary to her fiery hair and eyes.

…Really, I wondered if he was an arrogant person as rumored.

“Who is that person?”

“This is an exclusive handmaid sent by Lady Riel.”

When Eve’s question was answered by the lady-in-waiting behind her, Eve’s red eyes looked straight at Illia.

“You…”

Seeing Eve staring at Ilya as if searching, Ilya shrunk her body and bowed her head in a state of tension.

“This…Is called Ilya!!”

“Oh, you can keep your head up.”

At those words, Ilya raised her head and looked at Eve.

That expression was still cold.

“So, why did you come all the way here?”

“Ri…This is a letter from Lady Riel.”

When Ilia takes out her letter, Eve’s exclusive handmaid takes her letter and hands it to Eve.

Eve took out her letter and seemed to read it for a moment.

‘Eh?’

For a moment, I felt that Eve’s expression softened.

But that expression quickly disappeared and became cold again, so Ilya thought she was wrong.

“Good work, would you like to go home with a cup of tea?”

At those words, Eve’s exclusive lady-in-waiting moved as if she was preparing something, but Eve raised her hand to stop it.

“Chloe, hold still. It’s been a while since I want to get off the car myself.”

That’s how Eve restrained her exclusive lady-in-waiting and left her seat for a while.

After a while, she came in with three glasses and a teapot on a tray.

“It’s been a while since I played. Chloe, you sit down and listen.”

Chloe, the exclusive lady-in-waiting, looked at it with a dazed expression for a moment, then sat down on her seat, and Ilya hurriedly sat next to her.

Eve, sitting across from her, served her tea in a cup.

The tea had a nice scent.

“This is the tea I received from Her Highness Aine. It is said to be a premium tea from the north, and it has a very nice fragrance.”

Eve’s words didn’t enter her head at all, perhaps because of her nervousness.

“So, did you say Ilya?”

“Yes…Yes!!”

I took a sip of the tea, but I felt nervous because I couldn’t feel the taste of the tea at all.

“Actually, I really wanted to meet you”

“I…You mean me?!”

Ilya’s tension was on the verge of reaching its limit.

A deep smile was on Eve’s face.

At that time

Hearing a thud, Ilya involuntarily looked to her side.

… Chloe, Eve’s exclusive handmaid, was lying face down on her table.

“Yes, I heard that our sweet Riel owes a lot to you.”

Eve’s ice-cold smile and voice.

At the same time, Ilya felt her consciousness gradually fade.