The news of Mireyu’s broken engagement spread all over the world in one day. This was because the miraculous love story between Mireyu and the Crown Prince of Hesse was famous in the empire.
“But why did they break off the engagement? They had almost completed the wedding preparations.”
“I heard that King Royam’s intentions were strong. He said he would soon prepare a separate event to announce the break-up of the engagement.”
“Still, they wouldn’t do this for no reason.”
Neither the Kingdom of Royam nor Baron Juti revealed a clear reason for breaking off the engagement. So most nobles wondered which side was at fault for the breakup of the engagement. Of course, it was Baron Juti who had the biggest doubts about that fact.
“Mireyu, what on earth did you do?”
Baron Jutti, who saw the break up of this engagement overnight, was devastated. Baron Juti’s shock was even greater because she was conducting business as a future in-law of the Kingdom of Royam.
“Because you behaved in such a way, the Royal Family of Royam suddenly announced the break-off of your engagement!”
Baron Juti shouted at Mireyu in anger.
However, Mireyu was suddenly kicked out of the Royam Mansion, so she was just as shocked as Baron Juti. Mireyu, who was sitting in front of Baron Juti, muttered irritably.
“…I haven’t broken off the engagement yet.”
“You can say that even after looking at this letter of engagement!”
Baron Juti roughly threw the notice of breakup of the engagement in Mireyu’s face.
[-Mireyu reveals that she broke off her engagement due to reasons attributable to Miss Juti. I believe you will be able to hear the detailed circumstances from Ms. Mireyu Juti.]
Mireyu looked at her break-up notice expressionlessly.
‘No.’
The notice of divorce seemed to say that everything that had happened so far was in vain.
‘There is no way Hessen will abandon me.’
She didn’t know about Queen Isabella and Princess Diana, but Hesse alone shouldn’t have done that. Hessen had promised his eternal love to Mireyu.
Mireyu lifted her head stiffly and tore up the notice of break-up of her engagement.
“With this notice of break-up of engagement, I’m just going to pretend it doesn’t exist and just sit still. The marriage will happen as it should.”
“Do you think that makes sense? The news of your broken engagement has already spread throughout the social world.”
“I didn’t break off the engagement!”
Mireyu shouted angrily. Baron Juti was even more enraged by Mireyu’s arrogant attitude.
“How dare you shame the family so shamelessly!”
“Honey, calm down!”
Baroness Juty, who had been watching her father and daughter next to her, came forward. The Baroness stopped her excited Baroness from exerting herself as she approached Mireyu’s side.
“I guess Mireyu did it because she wanted to, she must have had some reason.”
“What kind of person’s circumstances are these! But then you ruin the wedding you’ve prepared for!”
“It’s not something that can be solved by you getting angry like this. Right now, my priority is to hear everything about the situation from Mireyu and resolve the anger of the Royam royal family.”
Baroness Juti tried to suppress her anger by turning her head away from Mireyu. Meanwhile, the Baroness held Mireyu’s hand and spoke carefully.
“Mireyu, I know you must be having a hard time. But if you don’t tell us what happened, Baron Juti won’t be able to help you.”
“When did you help me?”
Mireyu slapped the Baroness’s hand in annoyance.
“Don’t act like you care about me.”
The Baroness hesitantly grabbed her hand, which was thrown out in embarrassment.
“No, I-”
“I’ll take care of everything anyway. There is nothing that can be solved even if someone like the Baron finds out.”
Mireyu’s arrogant attitude barely made the Baron’s anger grow.
“Why did you hit me after the accident? She can play with her mouth like that!”
“Where did I say something wrong? I seduced Prince Royam and didn’t give him anything during our engagement! If there’s nothing I can do for you, just stay still. I will take care of everything.”
Clink-!
“It’s presumptuous to talk about an illegitimate child now!”
The Baron threw the pottery next to her at Mireyu. But Mireyu left his office, blatantly ignoring the Baron.
“Hey, Mireyu. You shouldn’t do that to your father.”
The Baroness stopped the Baron and quickly followed Mireyu out. she said, glancing in the direction where her Baroness was, holding the excited Mireyu.
“If you’re afraid that your father is too excited, just be honest with me. Still, one of the adults in the family should know what happened.”
Mireyu’s hazelnut eyes glared hatefully at the Baroness.
“Why, why are you doing that?”
In the first place, the weak Baroness was more terrible to Mireyu than the Baron, who implicitly looked down on her as his illegitimate daughter.
‘On the inside, you’re probably having the most fun right now.’
Originally, Baroness Juti was barren for a long time. Thatwais why she secretly registered Mireyu, whom Baron Juti had created by mistake with a courtesan, as her biological daughter. However, as if by a twist of fate, as soon as the Baroness adopted Mireyu, she became pregnant with one child after another.
To be honest, Mireyu thought that the Baroness was acting like an obnoxious good mother for her own sake. So she always found it annoying that her baroness treated her like her own daughter.
“Take care of your own daughter, not me. I couldn’t find a wife as big as the Kingdom of Royam.”
“Hey, where are those words? No matter what, we are one family…”
“I’m already angry, so don’t make me more annoyed!”
Mireyu roughly pushed the Baroness away and entered her own room. The room was so cramped and poor that it couldn’t be compared to the room she stayed in at the Royam mansion.
She couldn’t live like this for the rest of her life.
‘When will the saintess reply?’
Upset, Mireyu buried herself under her blanket and anxiously waited for the saintly lady’s answer.
‘If time passes like this, I can’t turn it back…’
Knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the door from outside. She would also be that annoying Baroness Juty. Mireyu shot back angrily.
“Don’t come in.”
Knock, knock.
“I told you not to come in!”
Mireyu stood up abruptly. Then she heard an unexpected voice through the door.
“Mireyu, I’m flying.”
“Heh, Hessen?”
“Yes, may I come in?”
“…Come in.”
She heard the door opening. But she was lying on her bed, pretending to be sick, and she was not looking back at Hessen.
Hessen said nothing. She was upset, Mireyu said in her moist voice.
“Why, why did you even send a notice of break-up of engagement?”
“I’m sorry.”
Only then did Mireyu raise her body toward Hessen with tears in her eyes. Hessen saw Mireyu’s past as a reflection of her past.
It was the moment when Hessen confessed to Mireyu. At one time, they had no relationship. Everything changed when Hessen found Mireyu crying at the prom.
‘That young lady, I feel so sorry. The Libertan Lady calls me and harasses me often.’
Hessen loved the weak and pitiful since he was young. Those around him did not allow Hessen to become weak, so Hessen wanted to become strong and take care of the weak. There was a lot of talk about Mireyu in social circles saying that her situation was pitiful.
Then came shocking news.
‘Did you hear? Just because Libertan’s adopted daughter was annoyed, she cut off Lady Juty’s neck with a weapon-‘
Hessen found Mireyu without realizing it.
‘…Don’t look. It’s so ugly.’
‘Lady Juti.’
‘If you don’t want to propose to me, then just go ahead. I know it’s ugly too.’
Mireyu was crying pitifully, hiding her scars with bandages.
‘Crown Prince, I am not an ordinary Baroness. Do you still love me?’
‘No matter who you are, I want to protect you. What on earth are you doing this for?’
‘Actually, I am being abused by my family. So it was abandoned like a sacrifice to Libertan. That’s why I didn’t treat this scar either.’
Hessen could no longer let go of Mireyu, who was crying and pushing him away.
‘How could he take her own daughter…?’
‘It could be even more terrible because it’s her biological family. The Crown Prince won’t be able to handle me like this. I’m an ugly woman, even with scars.’
Because Mireyu was a person who felt like she wouldn’t be able to live unless she lived in Hesse. She shed tears, holding her breath like Mireyu did then.
“Now the Crown Prince will abandon me. Because your mother hates me…”
“…”
“If that’s the case, why did you propose to me? You promised to take responsibility for me.”
“…Mireyu.”
“You said you would give me a warm family full of love for the first time.”
Hessen could not be as cold to Mireyu as he was then.
* * *
She was about to make her social debut.
So now, she tried to show her face little by little, not only at small tea parties where she had made friends, but also at other banquets and events of noble women. That was why she attended the summer charity event for orphans.
‘Well, it’s not easy.’
Of course, her notoriety had not disappeared, and her name was involved in the news of Mireyu’s broken engagement, so she was still being secretly ostracized in social circles.
‘If she wasn’t Diana, she wouldn’t be here.’
Diana approached her after delivering the donated items on behalf of the Kingdom of Royam.
“People are really great.”
Diana seemed upset by the ladies glancing at Estelle and whispering.
“Still, Estelle is Duchess Blanchett. How can they not even say hello and pretend not to know?”
“I haven’t debuted in the social world yet. So they think it will work as long as they don’t ignore me openly.”
“But still.”
This was a problem that would be resolved soon when she debuted in the social world.
‘Just by attending today’s charity event, we will gain ground.’
Above all, she really liked the fact that it was an event for orphans, perhaps because she came from an orphanage.
‘I hope they like the things I brought.’
+Baroness Lettu, director of charity events, concluded the donation and paid tribute.
“Thanks to those who participated in today’s charity event, I feel that the future of the empire has become brighter-”
In accordance with charity event procedures, a light banquet was held for the participating nobles. Diana waited for some time to pass and she spoke to me.
“By the way, Estelle, do you know about the anonymous noble who recently appeared in the empire and donated a huge amount of money?”
“An anonymous noblewoman?”
“Usually when you make a donation, your name is revealed for the honor of the family, but this person has hidden his identity and is supporting orphans in the empire through a foundation called ‘Small Goodwill.’ Isn’t it amazing?”
As she was quietly listening to that story, she stopped.
‘…That’s me.’
The name Little Goodwill was literally a name that came to mind because Betty asked her to name it. But she had no intention of revealing it in a shameful way. So she pretended not to know.
“That’s really interesting.”
“But the true identity of the sponsor is almost certain.”
‘What?!’
“Well, really? Who is it?”
“They say it’s the saint.”
“…Who?”
“The saint who reappeared in the empire some time ago. She hasn’t shown up yet, but I heard she came forward because she couldn’t care for the orphans of the empire.”
She blinked at the completely unexpected story about the saint. Diana was leaving her side for a moment at Baroness Lettu’s call.
As she was left alone, a middle-aged woman with silver hair led a group of people and approached her gracefully.
“Hello, Duchess Blanchett. Is this your first time seeing a charity event?”
She was the woman who had been staring at her in the center of the ladies from earlier.
‘Who is it?’
As she was blinking, the lady opened her mouth arrogantly, as if she knew that would happen.
“You have never been to a charity event so I thought you didn’t know me,” she said. “My name is Teresa Felsis of the Marquis Felsis.”
She was Leandro’s mother, the Marchioness Felsis.
‘Ah, I ended up meeting a problematic person here too.’
However, after learning the identity, she began to understand the other person’s strangely aggressive attitude.
“I have been hoping that the Duchess would stop by the charity club for a long time, and I am very sorry to see her now.”
Marquis Felsis spoke with an elegant face filled with strange hostility.
“Especially for the Duchess, she is in a position where she needs to pay a lot of attention to charity.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“That’s literally it. Since you are in the position of a wife, you need to show your good will in order to imitate the dignity of a nobleman.”
The ladies around the Marquis also nodded their heads in agreement.
“That’s right, as nobles enjoy privileges, they have a duty to take care of those around them. Especially Duchess Blanchett, you know.”
“If you pay more attention to your surroundings in the future, you will be able to become a little more noble.”
To be honest, she found the ladies’ attitude a bit funny.
‘When Diana was there, she didn’t even come.’
So even though she was surrounded by a lot of people, she wasn’t really scared. As she remained still, the Marchioness Felsis nodded her head in satisfaction.
“We hope you will take our words to heart and not take offense. Even though it may be difficult to be noble, a lady has a duty to try not to be vulgar.”
She said, gently raising the corner of her mouth.
“Marchioness Felsis, do you think my attitude is vulgar?”
“I didn’t necessarily say that, but…”
Marchioness Felsis looked down at her.
“The Duchess’ attitude is not very noble.”
“How dare you compare me to someone who is just passing her words about someone she doesn’t even know?”
The noble ladies around her stopped as if they were surprised by her words. Marchioness Felsis slapped her fan in her hand expressionlessly.
“Duchess Blanchett, you have to be careful about saying things that are unclear in social circles.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know much because I didn’t officially debut. Please let those with experience treat me well.”
She turned around and thought, ‘You guys are bullying someone who hasn’t even debuted.’
Then the Marchioness Felsis answered elegantly.
“You may not know this, but you should be seeking our guidance, so you must behave appropriately. Aren’t you interested in learning some more manners?”
“Well, now that I think about it, I don’t think I need to learn manners.”
“Oh. Why?”
“I know that I shouldn’t play tricks on a married woman.”
Marchioness Felsis’ face hardened.
“Are you mocking my son now?”
“No, it’s a misunderstanding!”
She waved her hand at the Marchioness as if she was upset.
“I was mocking the Marchioness.”
The Marchioness’s face hardened as she heard those unexpected words.
“What now…”
“If you didn’t educate your son about infidelity, I don’t think you have much talent for teaching any lady.”
“Huh, how could you say that!”
“Oh my, Marchioness Felsis.”
She held her hands together and blinked prettily.
“Even though it is difficult to be noble, please try not to be vulgar. No matter how humble the son may be, we are noble ladies, right?”
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