Chapter 177 (1/2)

Chapter 177: Chapter 177

I caught my breath, barely controlling my surging anger. As I was dumbfounded by their provocative actions, I couldn’t even speak easily.

“Why don’t you apologize to her right now?”

“Oh, okay. Sorry, Lady Monique.”

“… That’s fine. As you were surprised, why don’t you take a break?”

“Please do, Lya. Come with me to the lounge. I can’t stay with you for long because the crown prince will be waiting for me, but he will understand my brief absence, I guess.”

“Oh no, Lady Jena. How can I keep the crown prince waiting for you? I’m fine. So, please go and join him.”

“That’s fine. He is not such a narrow-minded man. Come on. Lady Monique, see you next time.”

I stared briefly at Jiun, who was disappearing, supporting the other woman. Then I told a servant and a maid, who came to me hesitantly, to clean up the messy floor and change the tablecloth.

I also had them bring food and drinks again.

When I took a few steps after coping with the situation, this time an old man with gray hair stopped me.

Dang it! Why are they all annoying me like this?

“… Hello, Duke Jena. ”

“What a noisy banquet!”

“… ”

“Why can’t you control this kind of trifling stuff?”

When Duke Jenna clicked his tongue, several members of the noble faction laughed aloud.

Putting up with a swift surge of anger deep down, I left the place after bowing to them slightly.

I thought they were going to make a mockery of me for some time, but they let me go without bothering me. I felt a bit suspicious about it, but I couldn’t figure out their motivation.

I wanted to get some fresh air outside, but I couldn’t because I was the host today.

While I was thinking about going to the balcony instead, a servant came to me carefully and bowed, giving me a glass.

“What is this?”

“It was sent by the crown prince.”

“Really?”

When I looked at the place where the servant kept looking, I noticed the crown prince talking to several nobles suddenly turning toward me. Watching me for a while, he nodded.

‘Oh, I see. This is from the crown prince.’

“Go tell him I’m very grateful for it.”

“Yes, my lady.”

Was it mixed with honey? When I drank a cool drink with a sweet taste, I felt a little better.

But I still felt blue with my spirits sagging.

Why is the banquet so long today? Before my return, I hosted a lot of banquets, but I had never felt stressed out as much as today.

I was literally absent-minded, dealing with the young ladies of the noble faction trying to get on my nerves, checking if the banquet was going on well and trying to appease the young ladies of the pro-emperor faction who seemed to fly off the handle at the very slightest thing.

“Tia, you are here. I’ve been looking for you for a while. ”

“Hi, Sein!”

As I was so tired, even Carsein looked blurred in my vision.

I blinked blankly. I didn’t think my condition was so bad like this, even though I knew I was exhausted from overwork.

When I was trying to stand erect, pulling myself together, Caresein asked seriously, “Ugh? What’s wrong with you?”

“Your face seems to be drained of color. What happened?”

“Well, I’ve been working too hard today. Nothing new to you.”

He suddenly stopped while trying to reach out to my forehead. Conscious of others around him, he went back to his role as my partner and reached out to me.

As soon as he lightly put his hand on mine, he said, surprised, “Why are your hands so cold? I think you have overworked yourself until now. You must be sick, right?”

“Well… You know, Sein. ”

“Yes, tell me.”

“In fact, I’m having a hard time right now. I’ve managed to endure it up to now, but I can’t.