"Miss Ana, care to introduce yourself fully to us?" Ana, who was looking at the passing scenery outside that was of lush green and mountainous, had her attention grabbed by a boy's voice.
Ana turned her head and saw that the boy opposite her was looking at her with a smile. She remembered she had only said her name earlier when they both met each other in this carriage. From her memory, she remembered this boy's name being Marley.
She looked to her side and saw the rest of the people carefully. One of them was a girl who was sitting beside her, having the same hair color as the boy before her, which was black. She then shifted her focus to the remaining boy who was sitting beside Marley.
This one had a noticeable feature that caught her interest. The boy had silver, messy hair, and he was wearing a black, royal outfit, which didn't match with his hair, as all royals were very serious about their appearance. In addition to that, the royal outfit he was wearing wasn't fully buttoned, which showed the white shirt under it that wasn't properly tucked in the pants either. The way he was sleeping, with his arms crossed and his head hanging down, indicated to Ana that this boy would be troublesome.
After finishing the survey of her surroundings, Ana properly introduced herself. "Greetings everyone, I am Ana Silveria, daughter of Arash Silveria and Vienna Silveria. I am from Migotanie City."
"Oh, you are from Migotanie City? I am from the city next to it, Galagar City." The girl beside Ana suddenly spoke, right after her introduction. Ana glanced at her with interest in finding someone who was closer to her.
The girl could feel Ana's emotion, despite her trying her hardest to hide it. She said it with a smile. "Oh, I forgot to properly introduce who I am. I am Lily Tarakov, daughter of Fiarta Tarakov."
"Really? I didn't expect to meet Uncle Fiarta's daughter. It's nice to meet you. You should have told me who you were earlier." Light appeared in Ana's eyes.
Lily became a bit embarrassed and said. "I am shy around strangers, so I don't talk much."
"Uh…You are the same as me, I also stay quiet around strangers." Ana spoke with a slight pout, trying to express her pain.
Then they started talking to each other about other stuff, quickly becoming close friends. They totally ignored Marley, who wanted to know Ana's information first.
Marley quickly got out of his dumbfoundedness and asked them. "Cough, excuse me. You should not hang people when you are in the middle of a conversation with them."
Ana, who was about to ask Lily how her uncle Fiarta was but got cut off by Marley.
Ana looked at Marley and said, feeling a slight shame. "Sorry, I got carried away, but I don't think I was talking to you. It was you who wanted to know about me, and I already said it."
In the first half, Marley nodded in satisfaction upon seeing a beautiful girl apologize to him, but in the second half, he became dumbfounded once again. He screamed inside his head. 'Then why did you even apologize!?'
Calming himself down, Marley asked what he thought was most important to him. "Care to tell what noble rank your fathers are?"
Ana and Lily looked at each other, feeling the question rather odd. But still, they decided to answer, which Lily did on behalf of Ana. "Both of our fathers are barons."
Just as she said that, Marley's face contorted into hideousness as if he was disgusted by something.
'From her looks and attire, I thought she would be at least the daughter of an earl, but she is just a daughter of a lowly baron.' Marley's face then turned into arrogance, and he said while looking down at Ana and Lily. "You two are daughters of barons; that explains your behavior, don't know how to act before others. As expected of country bumkins."
Ana frowned deeply while Lily looked down in shame.
The ones who were selected to enroll in the royal academy were told to gather at a certain place, where the carriages sent by the academy would take them away. From marquesses to barons, daughters, and sons would have to gather at their nearby earl's place. Only exceptions being the dukes and kings offsprings. They could go directly to the academy at any moment.
So, it was expected that something like this skirmish could happen.
Ana and Lily had both heard of their fathers' warnings about the class discrimination, but they didn't expect it to be like this.
Ana looked at Marley and didn't say anything, as she hated unnecessary troubles. Instead, she turned her face away and chatted with Lily about some personal stuff and what she was doing, diverting Lily's emotions too and letting her ignore such things.
"Tsk," Marley sneered silently, seeing them not even fight back.
Meanwhile, the boy beside him was still sleeping, without any care for the world.
Marley also showed his disgust toward this unknown boy, seeing his messy attire. 'This guy is more country bumpkin than these two girls. What did I do that I had to be in the same carriage as them? I want to make a connection with those beautiful daughters of earls and marquesses.'
Marley brooded over his trash luck in his mind, feeling like his life was close to ending.
At that moment, Ana's eyes widened, and the boy who was sleeping had his shot open. They both stood up simultaneously and looked at their surroundings with a frown.
Lily and Marley were both stumped by their sudden action.
"What happened, Ana?" Lily asked curiously, as she was very confused.
"What is wrong with you? Didn't your parents teach you a single shred of anything? Why are you acting like animals that just sensed danger?" Marley blew himself out.
Ana and the boy then looked down at Marley, glaring at him as they were both mad at him for insulting their parents.
Ana said with an icy-cold voice. "Shut up, you no-brain chicken."
Ana's insult might have come off as civilized, as she didn't have the habit of cursing, but that wasn't the case with the boy.
The boy looked down at Marley with the veins on his forehead twitching, looking like he was really annoyed and might do anything to remove it."You donkey fucker, if I hear a single thing coming out of your mouth, I might shove an eggplant of a horse in that shitty mouth to fix your brain."
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