Chapter 264 (1/2)

“Hello, Duchess Lars. Have you been in peace? ”

“I’m hanging in there, thank you. By the way, if you’re not busy, I hope you can take time out for me.”

I didn’t feel good as she abruptly interrupted and asked me to take time out for her, but she was Carsein’s mother anyway. So I asked why, smiling at her politely.

“I’m not so busy, but can I ask you how you want to see me?”

“Well, it looks like you are hanging out with young ladies. Of course, I don’t want to blame you for that, but isn’t it time you made friends with married women, too? As it happened, most of the women from rival factions are here at the banquet, so why don’t you use this occasion to get acquainted with them? They keep coming to me, asking me to introduce them to you. ”

Although I was curious why she suddenly warmed up to me when she was cold to me usually,

I now knew the reason. I nodded at her meekly because chatting with the ladies was also part of my duty as the hostess of today’s banquet,

“Okay, let me follow your advice. Hey, can you escort Baroness Feden to the break room? ”

I told a maid passing by to escort Beatrice to the lounge, then followed the duchess. Then, after chatting with several women for a long time, I left the place.

When I looked around, I saw young men and women dancing and people chatting together in small groups of two and three. I also noticed the emperor talking with some of the foreign dignitaries and his aide next to him, as well as government officials.

When I looked at the emperor, I felt jammed up on the inside. I sighed and tried to turn his gaze from him when I noticed that the special envoy from the Lisa kingdom was not there.

Where is he now? No matter how bad the Lisa kingdom’s relationship with other kingdoms was, it was not wise for the special envoy to be away from the diplomatic place like this.

When I looked around again with a heavy heart, somebody suddenly shouted from my behind.

Turning back, stunned, I noticed an old nobleman talking down to a servant bowing deeply to him.

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“Sorry, sir. I’ll bring it right away …”

“Shut up! How come a mere servant like you are talking back to me?”

“Sir, would you lower your voice? Why are you raising your voice in the presence of foreign dignitaries and distinguished guests? Please don’t make a scene in front of them.”

When I stopped him with a frown, Duke Jena turned around and said in a stern voice, “What did you say? Did I make a scene before them?”

“Please calm down. Why are you so upset?”

“How can you denounce me when you don’t know how to manage the servants serving drinks? I don’t like anything about you. Well, who can help you with vulgar blood?”

‘What? Vulgar blood? ‘ The moment I heard it, I felt a surge of anger coming up, but I barely calmed down. I wanted to refute him right away, but I would attract many of the banquet guests’ attention, which was the last thing I wanted.

“As there are many people around us, why don’t we move? We can talk calmly in a quiet place.”

“Are you now going to give me a lecture…”

When I frowned at his annoying voice, someone suddenly interrupted, calling him, “Duke Jena! I’ve been looking for you for long.”

The man who elbowed his way through the guests and came to the duke.

“Oy, you’re with him, Lady Monique. How have you been? ”

“… Hi, Marquis Mirwa.”

He already must have noticed a bad atmosphere surrounding me and the duke, but he smiled casually as if nothing had happened. When I saw him, my raging anger suddenly disappeared.

I felt empty somehow.

“It seems like you were so excited to see your distant relative after a long time. Please understand him generously, Lady Monique.”

“What did you say, Marquis Mirwa? Who is the distant relative of that vulgar woman …?”

“By the way, I’m sorry to bother the amicable meeting between you and your distant relative, but the emperor seems to want to see you.”