I was woken up rather early that day. There was a new excitement in the air. Well, it was an important day after all.

The ball where the Prince will meet Seanna for the first time. And....... I'm excited to be a bystander and witness this historic moment.

But my maids had a different sort of excitement. They wanted their lady to be the prettiest (even though they don't like me). I read it in the novel that the maids of different noble houses would gather around once a month and talk about their workplace. And since this was a grand ball they are probably going to talk about who was going to be the prettiest. So it's like an unannounced competition among the maids to see who dresses up their lady the best.

I don't get the point as to why they would take so may efforts. Cause Adailia would still win even if she decided to go in her pyjamas with bed hair. She was the beautiful villainess after all, those background characters and sidekicks won't stand a chance against a main character. For all the time I've been here I've noticed the more important character you are, the more pretty or handsome you will be. That's a law of the novel world.

After I came out of the bathroom, the maids insisted that I wore a face pack even though I said it wasn't needed. Then started my manicure, pedicure, hair styling and whatnot. The maids were starting to become a bit more stubborn these days, guess it was because of Adailia's mild change in attitude. I was not as rude as Adailia but I didn't let them doubt that someone else is in their lady's body.

After what seemed like hours, the maids finally removed the face pack.

"Bring me my lunch." I ordered. It was around noon and I already skipped my breakfast. The ball was around 5 in the evening.

The maids looked at each other doubtfully, giving each other, 'you tell her' eyes.

Finally one of them spoke, "I apologise to my lady, but we cannot bring you your lunch."

What?

"Why?" I asked.

"The lady's dress is very tight, we don't wish to see our lady sad after we fail in our duty to dress the lady properly." The maid explained.

What the fuck does that even mean?

I scratched my head trying to decipher what she said and then I understood.

She is basically saying that, ' If you eat, you'll become fat and then won't fit in your tight dress. We are not paid enough to deal with your tantrums so shut up'.

Yeah, that's basically it.

"A little bread won't make me fat. Now bring it." I said sternly.

They still looked reluctant.

I opened my mouth to say 'that's an order' but the knock on the door stopped me.

"May I come in Lady Adailia?" Asked someone from outside the door.

"You may." I replied nonchalantly.

The door opened and I saw Seanna with a goblet in her hand.

"I thought Lady Adailia would be hungry, so I brought this." She said timidly.

Seanna, my saviour!!! I'll never forget this act of kindness!!

She handed me the goblet and I looked inside it.

Plain water.

What?

I gave her a quizzical look and she returned it with a 'yes?' look.

"And what is this again?" I asked as if I couldn't remember what it was.

"Ah- This is cibum aqua. It will satiate your hunger.Lady Adailia said it was effective last time so I brought it."

"Ohh! Now I remember. Th-" I was gonna say thanks but remembered that Adailia doesn't say thank you. So I faked a cough to cover it up.

She bowed and asked if she could take her leave and I nodded.

I drank the liquid and felt full all of a sudden.

This will do for now.

At around 3 I was forced into a very tight body fitting blue off-shoulder dress. It was super tight and I could understand why they didn't give me any food. They gave me some ornaments that would match with the dress.

My makeup and hair was done and with a high matching heels, I was ready at exact 4:30.

I took a glance at the mirror and almost fell from the shock.

Beautiful was not even a word to describe what I was seeing.

If I had half of these good looks in my previous life, I would've at least had dated five boys.

But sadly I was a potato and a nerd, though I had a few flings (by few I mean 2) but they both cheated on me.

Sad life.

I made my way out of the room and was greeted by Seanna. "You look very beautiful, lady Adailia."

I stared at her with a surprised look.

"Are you going like that?" I asked her.

She looked so.... Plain.

All her beauty was hidden. If she goes like that, the Prince won't fall for her.

I thought about it all night. The Prince feels protective of Seanna because she was bullied by Adailia and later this protectiveness and pity turned to love. But since I have no intention of bullying anyone, that means I need to find another way to make Prince fall in love with her. She has a nice personality, if we add a bit of her good looks, she would be irresistible.

"Come with me." I motioned her to follow me.

We both entered my room and then my closet.

I searched through the clothes while my maids gave me a confused look.

Finally, I found a perfect dress.

"When was the last time wore this?" I asked the maid who kept the account of which dress I wear so I won't wear the same dress twice.

"Two years before on a -", " Okay, wear this." I cut her off and handed Seanna the dress.

She gave me a confused look and I sighed, "See, this our final year and I do not wish it to be plain. If you're going to wear that, you better not come. It will be my last time attending this ball, so I want it to be grand and pretty and you'll be such an eyesore if you wear that." I tried to sound like I'm irritated and she bought it.

She nodded and everyone left the closet.

After 5 minutes she came out, her face was all red. The dress was very revealing. But she looked pretty in it. I quickly ordered the maids to style her hair and gave her one of Adailia's jewellery.

She looked reluctant but went with the flow. In the end, she looked more pretty than I did.

And that's exactly what I wanted.

We left for the ball in my pink carriage with Seanna.

"Seanna." I said once we were seated.

"Yes?" She replied.

"Do you know all the people who are in the last year of the Royal Academy."

"Most of them." She replied timidly.

"Then I'll test you." I said. I am pretty sure I wouldn't know anyone and I don't wanna be all blank when someone approaches me. Though I think nobody in their right mind would.

At the word 'test', her face went pale and she started trembling.

Oh! This poor kid!

"You just need to tell me the name of the person when I ask you. And if you see someone approaching me, tell me their name and position in the society. If you get it all correct I'll give you a reward." I made it sound like a game.

Seen a took few seconds to answer, "A-and if I f-fail?"

"Hmmm... I'll think about it later." I said. If she can't recognize a character, then it wouldn't be that important.

"And always be by my side during the ball. Do not leave without permission." I added sternly.

Seanna nodded.

The rest of the ride was pretty quiet.

After around 15 minutes the carriage came to a halt.

The door opened and a knight extended his hand for me to take.

"We are here, Lady Adailia."