Oh! My Empress

"What do you mean a kid with his uncle visited you claiming to teach you business?" Isaac Laurent raised his eyebrow as soon as he heard the absurd claim by Emmeline. He had no such person on the list! Why would he bring in a 12-13 year old kid for Emmeline anyway? Even Alex was not qualified to be her teacher. They needed to be the best.

"That is what I am saying. How could they sneak in when you were the one who made the list? Sir Laurent, I am sensing a heavy breach in our security!" Kim Su Won almost yelled at this man. He did not even know!

She had actually recalled seeing those two during her exam too, in the crowd. But she had not questioned it then because she was not sure if they had been invited by the earl or not. Plus, it was too minor at that time to think about it.

"I know what you mean, let me look into it," Isaac Laurent immediately called the butler of the house and gave him a few instructions.

"So, have you decided on your teachers?" he asked after he was done with that.

"Majority of them, yes," she replied.

"Majority? Do you need more time or more people?"

It was great that she was being given a choice. She had never been given one in her past life. Even if her soul was twenty four years old, she had not had exercised her freedom to choose much. So, she was grateful to this man. But she was feeling unsettles.

If this man were to ask for outrageous things in return, she was going to be devastated.

Weren't all adults like this? They could only exercise absolute influence on young kids and that's what they all did.

"No, I have chosen the people. Here is the list. Please proceed," Kim Su Won finished the document o her table and handed it over to Isaac Laurent.

She could trace the slow movement of his red eyes as he went through the list. Gosh, his eyes looked marbles in sunlight. Would Alex's eyes look the same? She was so curious about it but he had not visited her after the exam, even once. Hmph! So much for friendship and such.

"This looks good. Most of them are my first choices too. Good job my lady," Isaac Laurent patted the girls head and left in excitement at once.

Kim Su Won was too stunned to speak. When was the last time her dad had patted her head or praised her? What was this sense of pride and giddiness in her heart? Was she lacking appreciation in her life so much that it was feeling as if thousands of sunflowers had bloomed in her heart?

"Anna, any information?" she asked later in the day.

"Miss, it's terrible. It's exactly same incident as yours. This news was not released to common folks, but in high society, there is a rumor going on saying that the third prince had been pushed into a lake by accident on the same day as you. He woke up within two days but his behavior has changed too," Anna told as she heard from different people on the streets.

She had made friends with servants of other prominent households as instructed by her miss. There was a pub where a few of the servants gathered every night to drink and chat. The culture was rather relaxed in that sense in this era.

"Heh! Exact accident like me and a change in behavior like me? Did they not link us two just yet?" Kim Su Won was both exasperated and worried. The guy woke up four days before her. What were people going to say? Why was there no commotion in the high society just yet?

"Well, give your previous reputation…," Ana hesitated a bit. Kim Su Won threw a glance towards the maid and nodded for her to continue.

"… It seems not a lot of people know what happened to you. They just know that you suddenly wanted to study and got interested what the duke's youngest daughter was upto," the maid shrugged.

"Huh? Given her mouth, my elder sister must have herself spread rumors about me and the third prince. Why is she quiet? She sits among the noble children."

"But no one wants to talk about you anyway. They don't know you personally and you are indeed famous for being a brat. Once you start achieving success in your endeavors, the story might be different though," Anna replied.

The maid could be quite insightful sometimes, and Kim Su Won had no idea Anna was this intelligent. She knew how the world functioned and this was hell of a skill anyone could possess.

"So you are saying I have given a leverage unknowingly to my sister? That's sad," Kim Su Won replied nonchalantly, startling Anna. Why was her miss always so relaxed, as if she could peek into the future?

For Kim Su Won, her elder sister was not a problem. She was going to achieve so much success that all these rumors about her would be nothing before them.

The problem was the third prince. He had become a variable to her plans rather than an asset, something she did not want to deal with. From what she had observed last time, that guy was hellbent on continuing the story as is.

Was it because he felt threatened about losing his winning chip, her? Or did he want something more than running her businesses. She had to find out at any cost!