How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

‘…Six.’

There were six children of my age in total. I was the smallest among them.

They wore dresses and jewelry that looked incredibly expensive.

‘They’re all rich.’

One person came up to me while I was thinking about it. A girl with blond hair and doll-like blue eyes.

“Are you the daughter of a Duke?”

“Oh, yes.”

“My name is Lavigne.”

“Hi, nice to meet you.”

I smiled and said. Lavigne didn’t respond in kind. She looked at me cautiously.

“Do you know what this class is?”

“Well, yes.”

“Children from eight to fourteen years old study here. All high-ranking nobles. Well, more than half of the class is from royal ancestry. We are very rich children.”

“…”

Half-half, after all, there are royals, right? Because there are only 6 kids in the class. But I didn’t bother to point it out.

“So?”

“But why is someone like you here?”

Lavigne looked just curious. Without malice, although without good will.

“It’s a matter for adults to decide, so if you’re curious, I’ll ask.”

I smiled. Lavigne’s reaction was odd. Her cheeks turned red. She was confused.

“What’s good. We can’t kick you out since the Вuke brought you here. But in the future, we will be the elite of this kingdom. And we are really noble people, unlike commoners you.”

“…”

Ah, noble children in the back streets are just as toxic as they are. There are some who even surpassed these rich kids.

In fact, I wasn’t too upset. It could be. People from another world will always be wary and frightened by a stranger.

“Yeah. Are you going to be the elite of this kingdom? I would look at it.”

I said impassively.

Oddly enough, Lavigne’s cheeks turned redder.

“Hmm… Okay. Let me tell you something. We all put on the play right at the Royal Palace on New Year’s Eve.”

This is also a story I don’t know, so I didn’t get much interest.

“I see.”

“You don’t understand how important this is, but the children who play the main characters all have very good connections. My mom told it.”

…So it was advice from an aristocratic mother.

“I mean, you would never get an important role.”

“Hmm …”

She shook the script in front of me.

“Of course, you may be able to read letters from your background, but…”

I got the script and glanced over it, then answered.

“Okay, then I won’t play.”

I don’t know, but they must be saying this because they’re worried that I’m going for the lead role?

But really I don’t know anything. I don’t even know what the play is, so what?

“…What?”

Lavigne’s eyes widened.

“So what are you going to do while the other kids practice the play?”

“Can’t I organize the script?”

“Organize… the script?”

The calm brown-haired man next to me asked.

“What is this?”

“Angel! Don’t ask. You look vulnerable!”

You yourself are vulnerable right now, Lavigne.

“Look. Here is the remark. ‘You are a may’s lavender and rose’s goddess’. You have this line, right?”

“…”

“It looks a little weird, doesn’t it? People  don’t like complicated words like this. This could easily replaced with ‘you are more beautiful than flowers, so my heart blossomed’. How about this?”

In fact, this is one of the lines of a novel that I read in a past life.

‘I’m cheating. Sorry.’

I can’t remember exactly where it was.

“Ah, classic reinterpretation…?”

One of the girls muttered as if she had been struck by lightning.

“What is that?”

“I don’t know, but only the scholars of the academy can do this. Fixing the classics and making them modern!”

“Khem.”

I coughed.

“In fact, I was recently tested as ‘gifted’ for my language skills a while ago. I’m not interested in roles. It would be helpful if I supervised the script. In addition, adults would praise me a lot if I said that the kids did it together.”

I am confident of this too. I’m bad at composing poetry, but I’m good with words. So, just add a word or two to the script.

“Then, wouldn’t it be necessary to have someone to watch the acting? I mean watching outside the play. I think that would be helpful.”

“Advice… are you going to consult us?”

“What is advice?”

“Higher than an actor!”

The girls started whispering.

Lavigne’s eyes trembled at that moment. She could hardly control her expression.

“Let’s talk aside.”

And they gathered in a circle in an instant. Then they started talking.

“She’s gifted!”

“This is the first time I’ve seen one.”

“Is she really smart?”

“Yes, that’s really cool. She looks cute.”

“What does it mean? You are such a fool.”

“How dare you call me a fool!”

“It’s all because of you, Lavigne. You said to reject the adopted Duke’s daughter in advance because she was a commoner.”

“Why is it all my fault when you all said that!”

Lavigne shouted back.

…I hear you all.