Chapter 56

The situation became even more interesting when I entered the banquet hall with people's eyes following us.

The people who filled the great hall walked away like a split sea and looked at the three of us with puzzled faces.

"This is the Lombardy family...."

The inside of the banquet hall was quiet enough to hear someone mutter clearly in my ears.

But it was weird.

Even though so many people were watching us, no one really came.

Everyone was a few steps away and chatted among themselves.

Grandfather even looked around the center with a relaxed expression as if this situation was familiar.

And all those who have eye contact with my grandfather either avoid their eyes or bow their heads.

Like the reaction when they met a beast.

Meanwhile, the female nobles couldn't take their eyes off my father.4

I looked up at my father holding my right hand.

Taller than other men, a thin body, white skin, and fine brown hair that reach down to the shoulders are tied together in one form.7

In particular, his gentle green eyes with long eyelashes sparkled in the banquet lights.

In a word, it would be a handsome man with a warm atmosphere.

My father looked at me like he felt my gaze looking at him.

And he showed a comfortable smile.

Perhaps it seemed to mean that I didn't have to be nervous.

However, his smile that was meant to relieve my nervous affected the woman who was looking at my father, not at me.

Here and there, I saw the girls with shaky legs staggered by my father's smiling face.19

And surprisingly, there was 'me' that caught as much attention as my father and grandfather did.

"Is that kid, the daughter of Gallahan Lombardy?"

"Oh, so cute. After all, she is a Lombardy's children……."

"She looks like her father!"

Fortunately, the first impression is good.

But immediately, other words were heard.

“She is the only daughter, right?”

“So she is the only heir right now.”2

That's what will comes to mind when my father becomes a tremendous asset in the ready-to-wear business.

And when I passed a group of old women, I heard these words too.

"Gallahan's daughter is so smart that she received privileges from the Lord itself."

"Are there any successors from Lombardy whom he accompanied to the banquet?"

“She must have been around ten years now. She's just the same age as my grandson."

And there were reactions I was waiting for.

"Who's work is that dress? It's a design I've never seen before..."

"I'll find out later. It's so cute……."

"Look at the jewels that hangover there. My God, these days, all the money in the Empire is Lombardy and Gallahan clothing stores..."

However, sometimes it is good to be the object of someone's jealousy and envy.

This is the best feeling, it's thrilling.

As we continued along the path that was divided like the Red Sea, a woman was standing at the end of the road.

It was Empress Rabini, wearing a blue dress with gorgeous blonde hair.

It seemed like she enjoyed being the center of social attention, she arrived separately from the Emperor and had already enjoyed the banquet.

The closer we approached the Empress, the heavier the surrounding air felt.

No one doesn't know.

That the relationship between Lombardy and Angenas is not very good.

After my grandfather publicly became Perez' guardian, for a while, the Empress was so upset about it.

At a banquet where people gathered like this, what would happen if the Empress from Angenas and the house of Lombardy meet, and everyone is swallowing their saliva.

But then, something happened that surprised everyone.

“The main character of today's banquet has come."

It was because the Empress came to us first with a beautiful and harmless smile.

Those who were expecting even a sharp cold war between the two families became awkward.

However, my grandfather greeted the Empress with a friendly smile, as if he had expected that Rabini would come out like that.

"Thank you for preparing such a beautiful and magnificent banquet, Empress."

"The Lord Gallahan of Lombardy has received His Majesty's medal, and I have to do this. Isn't it?"

With just a glance, it seemed like a neighbor who gets along well.

“Long time no see, her Majesty the Empress”

My father said hello first.

The last time my father faced the Empress, the situation wasn't very good.

The Empress used knights to break the oath to check our carriage, and my father even formally protested the Empress's actions to the Emperor.

However, I couldn't feel that feeling at all in the appearance of the Empress who smiled gently and was greeted by my father.

Then the Empress looked at me standing my father and greeted me.

"You've grown a lot while I haven't seen you, Florentia. In a few more years, the social world will be thrilled by the beautiful Lombardy lady."

Rabini, who said so, asked her grandfather.

“The children of Lombardy have decided to marry quickly since ancient times, right? What about Florentia?"

For a moment, I saw the laughing grandfather's eyes turn cold.

The Empress's remarks were just political remarks using the crowd around him.

It was meant to make the Empress appear interested in me as Astana's partner.2

"……That's an old story too. My granddaughters don't have to."

This time, the face of the Empress was hardened.

Since I heard the word 'I don't need your son' in front of me, it's okay.4

It seemed like a giggling and laughter would burst out, but the conversation with an invisible blade ended there.

It was because the Emperor arrived at the banquet hall.