Chapter 156 (2/2)

I folded the red stationery, blushing with embarrassment. Of course, Carsein might not be embarrassed at all, but I was surprised and very embarrassed.

‘Dang it! You really make me embarrassed with this stuff.’

I took out the nicely folded dress, pouting. The muslin dress on a white background had several layers of red ruffles to reduce monotony, and the enclosed white underskirt was decorated with red roses everywhere.

It’s definitely beautiful, but it’s very different from what I would normally wear. I sighed for a moment while looking at the white dress.

‘What should I do? Should I return it? ‘

However, I felt it was strange to return it to him because he didn’t send it for a romantic reason.

‘I don’t know. Let me wear it.”

I shrugged. Others wouldn’t know unless I told them I received it as a gift. I didn’t have to care about it so much because Carsein didn’t send it in that sense anyway. Like he said, I didn’t prepare a dress as I was too busy.

I folded the white dress nicely into a box and turned off the light. I had to stop here and hit the sack to handle the backlog of work tomorrow.

The rain, which had been pouring down for a whole week, seemed to stop finally.

Standing in front of the window that I threw open, I looked out at the drizzling rain and put my hands out the window.

The feeling of cold water dropping on the palms of my hands and the unique scent of soil on a rainy day.

‘What a relief!’

I was really worried that if it rained too much, though it was a welcome rain after the drought, there would be flooding.

I suddenly remembered what I heard at the Imperial Palace yesterday. It was about Jiun.

The noble faction argued that it was clear that Jiun was the true child of God’s prophecy because the rain came down to ease such a severe drought after she was accepted as Duke Jena’s daughter. On the other hand, the pro-emperor faction argued that because Jiun appeared in the middle of the extreme heat and drought, she was very ominous.

I sighed to hear that. Since I was born as a member of a great noble family, I could not help but get involved in politics, but I was frustrated that I was forced to be taken hostage to the interests of the pro-emperor faction regardless of my will.

I made a debut in social circles at the crown prince’s coming-of-age ceremony, so I was supposed to be his partner at parties and banquets. Because of that, I would be under severe pressure today when the crown prince would appear with Jiun, not me, at an official ball for the first time. The noble faction would make utmost efforts to look down on me as much as possible, while the pro-emperor faction would want me to deal with her and at the same time hold on to the crown prince’s love.

I had a headache just thinking about it. If I could, I didn’t want to attend the ball. In that case, it was obvious that there would spread bad rumors about me, something like ‘she was jealous’ or ‘she was narrow-minded.’

So, I had to attend it even though I hated it. I couldn’t allow them to find fault with me because of my impulsive mood.

‘By the way, when is Carsein coming? As he has promised to escort me, it’s about time he arrived.’

“My lady, Sir Carsein is here.”

I smiled lightly when Lisa came to me timely. As they say, the wolf appears when you think about it. Carsein arrived at the perfect timing.

I broke into laughter unconsciously. Is Carsein a wolf? A red-haired wolf? That would be amazing. He might look like a flame if he ran around.

“Okay, let me go down now.”

“Wait a minute, lady. Your hair ornament is a bit crooked. Let me fix it. ”

“Really?”

After letting her fix it, I looked at a strange girl in the full-length mirror. The silver-haired girl in the mirror wore a white muslin dress, featuring red frills and roses, with ruby ornaments on a silver string.