I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 78

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 40.1

Moreover, there was a mistake in Mrs. Danvers’ statement. Although ‘April Renoen’ was neglected by the Renoen family, she still received the education appropriate for a noblewoman. The memories of that time were still in her mind.

She knew that it wasn’t typical to overwork a child to this extent.

However, she couldn’t determine whether ‘April’ was neglected and thus experienced a lax education or if this was simply how noble education was conducted. Therefore, she couldn’t judge whether Mrs. Danvers’ teaching methods were justified.

While April remained silent for a moment, Mrs. Danvers smiled with satisfaction, thinking she had won.

“If you have nothing more to say, I’ll take my leave now.”

As if she had no intention of engaging with her any further, she waved her hand dismissively and then went into the room. April had no chance to offer a rebuttal.

She clicked her tongue as she looked at the firmly closed door.

‘I’ll have to wait and see.’

April glared at the closed door as if it were Mrs. Danvers before heading back to her room.

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After finishing her conversation with April, Mrs. Danvers was in a bad mood.

‘How dare she criticize my teaching methods?’

She was a highly skilled tutor, well-regarded enough to teach the heir of the Duke of Winterville.

Many families sought her out for education, which made her quite proud and arrogant. In fact, she had been dissatisfied since she was assigned to educate Asher at the request of the Duke of Winterville. Despite the fact that Asher was a member of the Duchy of Winterville, he was still born in the womb of a commoner.

Mrs. Danvers believed that a person’s worth was already predetermined from birth. To her, the only people who were worthy in her mind were, of course, the high-ranking nobles.

For someone like her, Asher was merely a ‘half-blood noble,’ even though he was the child of the late Duke of Winterville.

Still, she accepted Claude’s offer because Asher was Winterville’s successor. Moreover, while blood couldn’t be changed, she had confidence that she could change his mind.

However, Asher was even worse than she had expected. Not being able to learn letters or even properly greet people by that age was unacceptable. In addition, she disliked the idea of the child mingling with April, who was a commoner. That was unbearable enough, but then April came to her and admonished her.

But this was her own mistake. She hadn’t even realized that she had been focusing on teaching Asher harshly that he had blisters.

It was fortunate that April discovered it. If the Duke of Winterville had found out…

She shuddered at the thought. Mrs. Danvers decided to discipline Asher more subtly in the future without anyone noticing.

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After meeting with Mrs. Danvers, the first thing April did was to find out how a typical aristocratic family’s lessons were conducted. However, it wasn’t easy.

‘Who should I ask?’

It was quite embarrassing to admit that she was from a noble family, but she didn’t know any nobles.

This was because she hadn’t attended any tea times or parties when she was at the Renoen estate. After leaving the Renoen, she had even fewer opportunities to meet nobles. The only person she could turn to was Claude, though it wasn’t appropriate to ask him, ‘How was your education when you were young?’ Even if she did ask, she wouldn’t get the answer she was looking for.

‘…If it were Claude, he would probably have made the tutors cry.’

As she quietly suffered in silence, unable to talk to anyone, someone suddenly crossed her mind.

‘What about Hannah?’

Since Hannah was skilled enough to work as the Duke of Winterville’s personal alchemist, she might have come from a noble background. Even if not, she would have at least received an equivalent education. So, on the day April met Hannah, she cautiously asked her about it.

“Excuse me, Hannah. This might be an impertinent question, but do you happen to have a title?”

Fortunately, Hannah didn’t show any sign of displeasure.

“Not yet. My father is a baron, so I’ll inherit it when he passes away.”

A baron?

April leaned in closer to her with interest. On the other hand, feeling pressured, Hannah pressed her back against the sofa’s backrest.

“W-Why are you looking at me like that? Is there a problem?”

“Then, as a child of a nobleman, you received an education to become an heir when you were young, right?”

“Yes. Our family isn’t as prestigious, so it wasn’t as systematic as it might have been in other families, though we did receive some education.”

That was enough.

“May I ask a few questions?”

“Of course.”

“Is there any physical punishment during the lessons?”

“Physical punishment?”

“Yes, physical punishment.”

Hannah chuckled and shook her head.

“Such physical punishment is almost nonexistent. Occasionally, there might be cases where it happens with the parents’ tacit approval, but it’s rare.”

“What about secretly, without the parents knowing…?”

Before April could finish her question, Hannah answered.

“Then, there would be a huge uproar. Noble families raise their successors with such care. If a tutor were to engage in such unilateral actions, they wouldn’t only be dismissed immediately but also have a bad reputation spread about them.”

“I see.”

Through her conversation with Hannah, April realized that Mrs. Danvers’ teaching methods weren’t typical.

‘Moreover, there’s no way Claude would’ve condoned it.’

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