Side Story 4.1 - DAILY LIFE OF THE DUCAL COUPLE(1) (1/2)
DAILY LIFE OF THE DUCAL COUPLE(1)
“So, there was a party break at Countess Dieter’s tea party a few days ago.”
While they were discussing various things, Katherine brought up the newest hot topic.
“Oh no.”
Lucia clicked her tongue. A party break wasn’t something that happened often. It was close to something of a last resort when the leader of the party break was completely resolved to becoming enemies with the host of the party.
Because a party break was not a common occurrence, it was always at the center of gossip in the social circle when it happened. Lucia’s mind flew back to the party break that happened at her tea party in Roam. It was already 10 years since that incident happened.
“Apparently, Countess Dieter was thoroughly humiliated.”(Katherine)
“Who was the leader?”(T/N: of the party break)
“Countess Ophil.”
Lucia cocked her head to the side. She was familiar with the name Countess Dieter, but she couldn’t recall ever hearing about a Countess Ophil. In other words, Countess Dieter was someone quite famous in the social circle, but the party break instigator was someone in a relatively inferior position. There were very few cases like this.
“It seems no one sided with Countess Dieter. What mistake did the Countess make?”(Lucia)
“Mistake?”
“실수?”
Katherine smiled coldly.
“The person Count Ophil had affair with, was Countess Dieter. What’s more, Count Ophil actually brought Countess Dieter to his mansion and they were caught by Countess Ophil while they were rolling in the sheets. Apparently, Countess Dieter was in such a rush to run away that she forgot her own underwear. Countess Ophil threw the underwear down on the table, on the day of the tea party.”
“…”
Lucia sighed bitterly. Even though she wasn’t at the event, she could see the pandemonium that took place. Since it wasn’t their problem, the noblewomen would have watched the spectacle with excitement, happy for the change of pace, then they would cheerfully spread rumors all over the place.
Although Countess Dieter brought it on herself, and Countess Ophil was argumentatively, the victim, it was a shameful situation. The reason why many affairs in the high society never surfaced, wasn’t because the spouse wasn’t aware of their husband/wife being in an improper relationship. It was because people felt it was very embarrassing to have people know that their spouse was cheating.
Lucia felt really bad when she thought about miserable Countess Ophil must have felt, to the point where she couldn’t bear it unless she exposed Countess Dieter publicly, despite the trend of hiding affairs in the social circle.
‘It’s so terrible.’
Lucia didn’t want to ever imagine herself in Countess Ophil’s shoes.
“Why did Countess Dieter invite Countess Ophil to her tea party? Or is it that Countess Ophil went to the party without being invited?”
“Countess Dieter must have been confident that Countess Ophil wouldn’t do such a thing. Afterall, Countess Dieter’s name is much more highly known, and Countess Ophil is usually the type of quiet person that sort of disappears into the background.”
“When a quiet person gets angry, it’s usually scarier.”
“That’s true. Like you, for example.”