The Villainess Is Changing Her Role to a BroCon

right.

“There was a reason I was wanted for adoption, though it was sort of orchestrated by Lord Sergei.
Do you know why, Young Lady?”

“A reason, like the one Grandfather gave you?”

Well, I wonder.

Was it because Laiza was considered a favorite of Grandfather’s? If they were often talking in the garden, people would have seen them, even if they didn’t tell anyone.
It was strange for the heir of a ducal family to repeatedly meet with a laundry girl.

If Laiza was older, she might have been rumored to be a lover of different status, but at eight years old, that would be impossible….

Ah.

“I wonder if Grandfather… adored Laiza [as if you were his younger sister].”

“I suppose Lord Sergei hinted that I might be the illegitimate offspring of his father.
Of course, there was no such possibility, but it was a convenient excuse for him to contact me, who was someone of a different status.”

Grandfather… Well, that was probably just a lie, but… Grandfather, you did it the wrong way!

But, Great-Uncle Isaac was thought of as a bastard, and my great-grandfather did have a mistress.
I guess there were some people who remembered that, or at least interpreted it that way…

“When Lord Sergei proposed that I be adopted, my parents-in-law wondered if there was some secret about my birth, given the fact that he was willing to do so given our different social standing.
I was surprised when I learned of the misunderstanding.
I clearly denied it to my adoptive parents, but they kept me as their adopted daughter.
They said that my personality was similar to that of their deceased sons.”

Grandfather…you knew your knights very well.
If they were not yet married, they must have been quite young.
Maybe they were close to Grandfather’s age.
If her father was also a knight, he knew their personalities, so he thought that as long as they could manage to meet Laiza, who resembled their sons, they would be able to work things out.

I was uncertain if he had it all planned out from the beginning… but he was quite a schemer!