v5 Chapter 36

A Woman That is Dania (2)
"Why is it not possible!"

I was supposed to attend the prestigious academy in the Capital and be noticed by my prince.
But I was told that attending the academy and making a debut in the Capital's social scene were both difficult.

"Don't make unreasonable demands. It's challenging given the current economic situation."

"It's because of you, Mother! Why did you get sick… It's your fault that my dreams got ruined! How could you!"

"Why are you saying such things!"

The hypocritical Anita shamelessly defended our mother.
She never had any intention of going to school in the first place.

"Because of you... it would have been better if you had just died back then!"

"Dania!"

"Then, we wouldn't have had medical expenses, and Father could have married someone better. In the first place, you are a stain on our family!"

Isn't that the truth?
A poor Baroness, a disgrace to the name of nobility.

Why did he marry such a woman?

"Get out right now! It would have been better if you were dead...!"

"Enough already!"

"Ahh!"

I didn't do anything wrong, yet my father struck me.
What a violent person!

"How could you hit me..."

"Why are you like this? How can you say such things to your own mother!"

What mother?
She never did anything for me.

She destroyed my dreams.

"I won't forgive you."

"Dania..."

"I will never forgive you for stealing my dreams."

Perhaps my mother felt guilty for ruining my dreams and life, as she started to act as if she was trying to please me after that.

But every time she did, I felt uncomfortable, and Anita, acting like a self-righteous ally of justice, stood in my way.

Yet...

One year later, Anita started attending a women's academy in the neighboring territory.
It was significantly inferior to the Royal academy in the Capital, but it was a well-known school.

"How come Anita is going to school!"

"Anita is using a scholarship. It doesn't cost anything."

"Even so!"

"You probably won't study properly. If you want to go to school, study more."

Women don't need education.
I just want to be loved, but at this rate...

I studied hard to enter a school for nobles, but I hadn't been studying properly until now.

So passing the entrance exam would be too difficult for me.

That's what they told me.

So, I used a certain method.
If I couldn't pass, I just had to make others fail more.

I really wanted to get into the Royal academy, but it was tough.
So, I schemed to drug other candidates, ensuring they failed on the exam day, and tampered with the carriage of a merchant's daughter from the same territory who was taking the exam.

Thanks to that, I passed as a substitute.

Since there were several substitute candidates, I used similar methods to eliminate rivals and finally entered the academy.