Chapter 93 (1/2)

Chapter 93

There was still so festival to start

The forest would only be opened in earnest after the eive a short opening speech

Right now, neither hide nor hair of the emperor could be seen anywhere

The nobles, ht refreshe-scale event in the e all across the east, west, north and south ends of the e nobles like the members of the three duchies

There’s no better place than this where people could greet each other face-to-face after such a long while, or expand their connections with new people they were reeted the other household heads

The successors greeted the other successors

Besides the their cost the ladies who had grouped together

Young ladies ould be coic households connected to House Carter

In the group, there was Julie, Pia and Melissa

“Will the ducal ladies of House Valentine come today?”

“We can finally see their faces”

“What haughty ducal ladies they are As far removed as they are from the world, they’ve never even once shown their faces”

Despite those sharp remarks, the lips that uttered those words had soft smiles

It wasn’t very polite of them to speak as such, but the other nobles were each absorbed in their own conversations, so they did not attract anyone’s attention

As busy as they were talking about other people, they couldn’t be bothered about the other groups around them

However, there was one person

In that group of four, there was one person who couldn’t join the conversation She instead smiled aardly

Evelyn Riddle

She was Count Riddle’s only daughter

‘How could they thoughtlessly talk about other people’s business like this…’

Evelyn’s heels tapped the ground in her discomfort

However, the heaviness of her heart could not be alleviated

In fact, it wasn’t the first time that Melissa, Julie and Pia had spoken ill of others

The four of the their childhood, for the sake of their fa connections

Even since that tiht up other people’s business as their conversation topics

Whether or not they knew about how uncomfortable Evelyn was about this

Theladies did not stop

“I heard that a nanny in House Valentine had been executed because of the abuse she had done Did you hear about that?”

“Of course I heard about it What kind of audacity does that nanny have that she dared to do such a thing”

“That’s what I’enerous If I was hi her iht?”

“Yes, I can’t believe that all she faced was execution As expected, the ruers, the end of her long nails touching the surface

She seeht to the point

“What ruh?”

Julie and Pia looked sideways at Evelyn, then hurriedly asked

Melissa looked at their surroundings with a smile

She opened her lips to speak only after confiroes that Duke Valentine isn’t fond of his children Especially his two daughters”

“Truly? Was there a ruly shocked by Melissa’s words, Julie asked back ide eyes

And with a nonchalant nod, Melissa answered

“Indeed The first ducal lady is the daughter of a sinner, isn’t she? She’s not even wanted, how ereed, then Pia responded

“Then perhaps… He knew about the abuse that was going on, but he just let it go?”

“Or maybe the ducal ladies deserve to be beaten”

“Certainly It’s expensivethem, but couldn’t they have been a bit more polite in front of their nanny?”

“If they weren’t, then… It’s only natural that she wanted to hit thehter rang throughout the space around them

It was a scene that would make anyone else smile because their s ladies of the saether

Others would not kno cruel they truly were

Evelyn couldn’t bear to laugh out loud like them All she could do was mumble back in response and force her lips to twist up into a se to step up and disagree with thes behind that smile

However, despite her efforts, people ere good at lying were also good at spotting lies

Even if she sh that half-hearted s for a while, Melissa cocked her head to the side when she noticed Evelyn s, Pia and Julie stopped laughing as well They looked around

Soon, they figured out the situation They also turned their azes towards Evelyn

At the end of three piercing gazes now, Evelyn gulped

She felt her hands going cold, nu that she had becoiant snakes flapping their forked tongues at her, Evelyn froze right in front of them

“Evelyn”

“Y…Yeah?”

At Melissa’s hushed call, Evelyn blinked

The tension and agitation she had been trying to hide now clearly rose above, evident on her rigid expression

Melissa silently stared at her for a long tih

“Why are you so nervous, Evelyn?”

A pale, thin hand stretched out and tapped Evelyn on the shoulder

All four of the drinks in their hands, so every tilass fluctuated dangerously

“Nothing, I’m just a bit nervous”

Evelyn replied with another forced sain, smirks could be seen and silent chuckles could be heard