Chapter 116

Chapter 116

While Mary was happily eating her dessert and while Cairn was just poking at the cake with his fork—he didn’t even like sweets—Violet was deep in thought.

And the main subject of those thoughts was a certain man who shone like gold despite being seriously troublesome to interact with. There’s nothing else Violet could do but sigh.

Rajaden and Violet’s meeting was quite obviously contrived. If Violet had not visited the exhibit, then it’s no question that Rajaden wouldn’t have gone there either.

However, while thinking about whether he really wanted to meet her or not, Violet thought that this part was ambiguous, too. If the crown prince truly wanted to meet her, he could just make an imperial order to summon her to him. Even if she was a member of the Everett Duchy, she wouldn’t be able to refuse an imperial family member’s invitation.

She recalled the conversation she had with the crown prince as they were walking through the exhibition hall.

“You paint as well, don’t you?”

“I enjoy it as a hobby even though I’m not very good at it.”

“Haha, from what I heard, it’s not enough to use just the label of a ‘hobby’ for what you do. The Duke seems to have told Father many stories.”

While the crown prince informed her of this indifferently, Violet recalled the stoic duke. Somehow, the images didn’t match in her head.

“Sooner or later, an invitation will be sent to you, Ducal Lady.”

“Pardon—?”

“It’s just, I’m telling you in advance so that you won’t be taken by surprise. And, just in case.”

In the end, the crown prince kept it vague. Violet waited calmly, thinking about what kind of bombshell would explode next from his words.

“If you happen to meet my younger sister, don’t hate that child too much.”

“......?”

What followed was quite out of the blue. However, since the crown prince had an expression that looked somewhat bitter, Violet nearly replied, ‘Of course’.

“How vulgar. As I thought, uneducated.”

With thoughts of Rajaden completely erased from her thoughts, Violet glanced sideways by moving only her eyes. She soon caught a glimpse of some young ladies wearing extravagant clothes, chatting and drinking tea together.

“Lady Meriel, it’s quite rude to say that.”

“Ahh, how can you have such a kind heart, Lady Tolofia? Huu. I heard that the desserts in this place are very delicious, that’s why I chose it as our meeting place today. I truly do apologize, everyone.”

If Mary didn’t care about the things those people were saying, then Violet was also willing to ignore it. However, a certain name unexpectedly popped up.

Violet slightly raised her head.

“I’m fine with it, really. It’s not a crime to want to eat delicious food, yes?”

“Oh, speaking of which, I just remembered my maid. I’ll have to buy some dessert for her today as well.”

The young lady of the Tolofia County.

The fox who was reigning like the queen of high society, re-popularizing the corset that had disappeared from fashion trends centuries ago.

The woman who was called the flower of high society.

Violet glanced over that way furtively. Her bonnet was blocking half of her view, but at the same time, it was preventing others from realizing who she was.

Deep strawberry blond hair, turquoise eyes. That was all that Violet could confirm, but it was enough to put her in a terrible mood.

‘She looks like that girl.’

Reminded of the person she loathed, Violet let out a deep sigh. She made a mental note to remember this young lady as someone to watch out for.

In the meantime, Mary just smiled brightly, savoring the sweet cream without knowing that there were people talking behind her back.