Celebrity Lady

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

[T/N: Explanations within () are provided by the author themselves. Some sentences in italic are written in English in the original script, like the word ‘celebrity’.]

“The young lady of Diollus Duchy is entering the hall!”

The door to the imperial ballroom, where the debutante ball (*the young ladies of noble families’ debut stage in the social world) was in full swing, was opened.

The dazzling lights pouring down the ornate chandeliers, the windows adorned with gold and jewels, the luxurious tapestries...

Everyone’s eyes gathered on me as I proudly entered the luxurious venue.

“Oh, my...”

“What? Who is that?”

As expected, everyone was surprised.

“The Diollus Duchy has two young ladies. Which of the two are they talking about?”

“Look over there. Lillia Diollus is already here, so they must be talking about Rubetria Diollus.”

“No, I think the servant has made a mistake. Rubetria Diollus is an incredibly fat red-haired girl.”

“But that is a red-haired girl, isn’t it?”

“That beautiful person?”

“Is that Rubetria Diollus?”

I could hear voices whispering from all over the place from the people who could not recognize me.

As soon as I smiled at the noble boys who were looking at me while blushing blatantly, they immediately started arguing with each other, asking if I was smiling at them.

Oh, it feels great.

I took a deep breath and looked further into the ballroom, at the people whose expressions soon changed the moment they recognized me.

‘Their faces in particular are a spectacle.’

Lillia Diollus and her group opened their eyes so wide it wouldn’t be strange if the eyeballs fell as they were.

Ricky Diollus, with his mouth wide open as if in amazement, among his few cold-hearted friends who were blushing stupidly at me.

Even Lisbeth, the fifth princess, looked at me with curious eyes and greeted me by raising the wine glass she was holding...

These eyes stared at me stiffly as if time had stopped... I really like them.

This is the life of a celeb (*short for celebrity)!

“Li-Lillia. Is that really Rubetria?”

“C-come on... That’s impossible, right?”

“No way.”

Lillia and her group whispered on and on.

Click, click, click.

I was the first to walk deliberately towards them. The sound of high heels, which I couldn’t even think of wearing when I was fat because I was afraid of spraining my feet, sounded pleasing to my ears.

“Hello, Lillia.”

Standing in front of the trembling Lillia, I smiled as brightly as possible.

‘You’re annoyed, aren’t you? You must be very upset, right?’

The ugly duckling of the duchy, who had been tormented freely by everyone, has returned with a complete metamorphosis.

I raised my chin arrogantly with a proud heart, spread the fan I was holding, covered my mouth, and smiled with only my eyes.

“A-are you really Princess Rubette?”

“That’s right, Lady Pelkan. I am Rubetria. Was the last time I saw you last year? What did you say again when I bought macarons at the dessert shop?”

The daughter of Count Pelkan, who was standing next to Lillia, blushed in anger as she vaguely remembered what happened last year.

“Oh my, the princess is at the dessert shop every time I see her. She eats so many sweets, enough to make one’s cheeks burst, no wonder she gets fat.”

She was a girl who dared to criticize me, the daughter of the Duke, so rudely behind my back, because of her relationship with Lillia.

The timid Rubette couldn’t even say a word at the time...

‘But I am different.’

Young Lady Pelkan who was listening quickly asked.

“Ah, according to the imperial etiquette, the party organizer is not allowed to enter from the hall entrance where guests come and go.”

“The party organizer?”

“What?”

There was a curious light on the faces of the girls who each tilted their heads.

Lillia, who had been brooding over my words, narrowed her eyes and muttered.

“Are you talking about the organizer of the debutante ball? Then it’s...”

“His Highness, Crown Prince Lark van Rashmagh Descarde!”

At the same time, the servant loudly announced the appearance of someone.

Then, the splendid door opposite the entrance of the noble guests opened.

In principle, this door is only for the organizers of parties held in the imperial court, in other words, members of the imperial family of the Descarde Empire.

Lillia’s face was contemplative.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

“I see the little sun of the empire!”

As soon as the crown prince of this country, the most influential figure in the current Descarde Empire, Lark van Rashmagh Descarde, entered, he waved his hand to the nobles who greeted him in a rush, then turned his head to find someone.

Lark, who found me soon after, smiled brightly and began to approach me.

Like the miracle of Moses, the nobles who blocked Lark opened the way, and he came and stood in front of me.

All the noble girls, who saw the crown prince’s face closely, which was usually hard to see, looked at Lark in fascination.

‘Of course you have to be at this level to be recognized as the man of that body.’

A strong-looking face under neatly combed silver hair. His sharp eyes were overflowing with elegance, and his high nose bridge and lip line were as if they were deliberately carved.

The handsome man, as if painted, was smiling while looking straight at me with his golden eyes.

The gaze acting as if looking at his lovely lover is truly outstanding!

‘The perfect sense, perfect timing, perfect acting skills. My perfect business partner as well.’

“I see Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

“Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

The noble girls and Kedrick, who had been silently appreciating Lark’s beauty, bowed their heads in bewilderment to him.

I was the only one standing there with my head stiffly raised. It was very rude, but Lark smiled sweetly and extended his hand to me, as if he didn’t care.

“I’m sorry to let you enter alone despite being your partner.”

“It’s okay. Sometimes we have to be understanding.”

Putting my hand on top of the outstretched hand, I grumbled out of my lips and said.

Everyone was shocked when Lark smiled and kissed the back of my hand.

‘Aah...’

Lillia, who had tormented me to the point of death my whole life.

The noble girls who mocked me cheekily with Lillia on their back.

Kedrickk Reiger, who played with my poor innocence.

Besides that, the rest of the people who chewed, tasted, and enjoyed my sufferings, the ugly duckling of Diollus Duchy...

They were all looking at me at this moment, with eyes full of jealousy, envy, or desire.

‘I’m telling you...’

The main character here was me, no one else.

As of today, I am the celeb of the Descarde Empire!

Rubetria Diollus!

I, who became a beautiful swan at last, smiled brightly at the stunned idiots.

‘This feels great!’