Chapter 75 (1/2)

Chapter 75: Chapter 75

When I was about to leave, I ran into my father who had just entered the mansion.

‘Why did he come back home? He should be in charge of security around the Imperial Palace. ‘

“I’m honored to see you, the Little Sun of the empire. I didn’t know you would come here. ”

“It’s been a while, Marquis. I just stopped by as I was free at the moment. I was going to head for the palace now.”

“I see. In fact, I just stopped by my house as I was free. Can I escort you back to the palace right away?’

I smiled gently at my father. I wondered why he stopped by, but it looks like he came because he was worried about me going to the palace alone.

After arriving at the Imperial Palace with him in an awkward atmosphere, I went to the banquet with him, who was still in a cold mood. After barely dancing with him in a choking silence, I left the place with his understanding. He suddenly became cold to me while drinking tea, so I was so nervous about being around him.

‘What the heck is this? Why won’t he tell me the reason?’

When I was grumbling to myself, a group of young ladies approached and greeted me at once as if on cue.

“Hi, Lady Monique!”

I smiled brightly at the blonde woman standing in front of them.

“Oh, Niav. Nice to see you here.”

“Today you are so beautiful. Did you match that dress with the crown prince’s, too? What a good match!” said Catherine.

I briefly looked at the dress I was wearing. My dress that featured a silver ribbon on a black background was obviously designed to match with his robe with black on a white background. I felt good about it this morning, but I didn’t like my dress now.

“By the way, Lady Monique, I’ve found the craftsman you told me about the other day. His skills were very impressive.”

“Really? I’m glad to hear that. ”

“How did you find him? I think I can make a prototype product in the near future. ”

“Well, Entea, everybody has a couple of things that they don’t want to reveal, right?”

Although I gave her the hairpin design, it looked like she could not easily make a hairpin that was very different from the existing models. So, on the day when I met them, I handed Catherine some tips about the original craftsman. She might have not listened to me at first, but when it wasn’t easy to make the hairpin based on the design, she finally found the craftsman. As it was originally the craftsman’s invention, he would make it well.

‘It’s not as good as the reward I gave them in the past, but this is enough for now.’

When we talked about a hairpin, other young ladies’s eyes sparkled. I felt disgusted when I saw the girls trying to curry favor with me, but I chatted with them with a brighter smile.

“Look over there, Lady Monique. Looks like they were quarrelling.”

When I looked at the place Sarah pointed, I saw two groups quarrelling each other. Two ladies were confronting each other with other girls taking side with their leader. The woman with light brown hair on the left side was familiar to me.

“That’s Lady Genoa and Lady Hamel. Here they go again.”

When Entea pointed it out, other ladies followed suit, criticizing the two. I looked at the two quarrelling groups while letting Entea’s words in one ear and out the other.

‘Lady Hamel? I hear the leader of the noble faction ladies is Lady Hamel, the eldest daughter of Earl Hamel. Isn’t she a relative of Duke Jena? ‘

I raised my right hand and hissed down Entea and others around me, then headed toward the arguing women. While they were standing with a blank face, one of them quickly followed me.

‘Entea.’

She acted like a woman with a quick judgement of the situation. Only then did other ladies began to follow me in a hurry.

“What’s going on, Lady Genoa?”

“… Hi, Lady Monique.”

When I spoke with a slight frown, she paused for a moment and bowed her head.

When I asked, pretending that I didn’t know anything, she explained in detail.

“As I was thirsty, I called an attendant holding a tray with soft drinks, but Lady Hamel also called him at the same time…”

“Hmm, which person called the attendant first?”

“Well, we called him almost at the same time…”