Chapter 156 (1/2)

Chapter 156: Chapter 156

“Let me come in, my lady.”

I raised my head at someone’s voice. The butler who appeared with a handful of something in both hands was standing at the door of my office. When I nodded, he approached the desk, putting down what he had in his hands one by one.

“These are the documents you mentioned this morning. Are you going to review all these?”

“Yes. As you know, I was so busy these days that I didn’t pay much attention to my family matters. Let me take a look.”

“I am worried that you might suffer great fatigue from hard work. So, please take it easy, my lady.”

“Thanks.”

I was about to turn my head with a smile when a large box placed on one side of the desk caught my eye. Did the butler bring it, too?

“By the way, what’s this box?”

“It was sent by Sir Carsein to you. Would you like to open it? ”

“No, let me open it a little later. I think I had better check the documents first. ”

I was curious what was inside the box, but I first took my gaze out of the box and checked the stacked documents.

While I was away in the summer palace, and for the past three days since I had tea time with Frincia, I was backed up on paperwork. As I had to learn the basics of becoming the successor of my family, unlike an ordinary noble woman in charge of housework or a young lady, I was really busy.

Suddenly, I let out a sigh.

‘I was preoccupied with work before my return.’

Come to think of it, I had less work back then. At the time, I took care of housework while handling the women affairs of the palace. But now I had to do three jobs, namely attending to household duties while mastering how to be the successor of my family and the next captain of the 2nd knights division.

Besides, I had a more important task than anything else. It was for me to become a full-fledged knight by improving my fencing skills.

No matter how well I managed the household duties of my family, I could not be a formal successor of the Monique family unless I became a full-fledged knight. No matter how much my father loved me, he couldn’t make any exception for me because the head of the Monique family was supposed to be the captain of the knights division in every generation. I had to become a full-fledged knight in order to carry on my family tradition.

“By the way, where is my father?”

“He hasn’t yet come back.”

“Oh, I see. Thanks. Then go back to work.”

After sending the butler back, I reviewed the documents for a long time. My eyes dried out then began to sting, so I slowly closed and opened my eyes. Suddenly, I became tired.

In fact, I had training in the rain in the morning, I reviewed the documents of the 1st Knights all afternoon, and even after coming back home, I sat in my office and worked until late at night.

‘I can’t overwork myself like this. Let me stop here today.’

I stood up and picked up the silver box. When I untied a red ribbon, I saw something wrapped in thin paper and a red envelope with the seal of the Duke Lars family.

‘What the hell is this?’

When I removed the thin paper, a white dress caught my eye.

‘Oh my! Dress? Hope it doesn’t mean what I think it means.’

I was very much surprised, so I hurriedly opened the sealed letter. As I opened it, I noticed Carsein’s unique cursive handwriting.