EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_88

Ch. 088 CHAPTER 088“Your b8a7a34ba6 younger sister, she b752f1eeb2 looks so much 15c309677b like you, it’s 39be7b047f really cute.”
 
“….”
 
“If I hadn’t seen c961985e81 her with my own e37c0423d6 eyes, I would’ve laughed 4e9817fbae it off, but she 56aca0a2dc was really adorable. Like the epitome of dfb1f145ed a youngest sister.”
 
“Instead of saying 2d3d0e5169 that, why don’t 1d3bed8be4 you find other b1ca5aa971 princesses in the 1dd9932838 palace cute? Your Highness, it seems 0a8096e9cc you always overlook the 0f7f79a02b fact that you have 76fa92db0c a younger sister as 52b196b903 well.”
 
“Tsk, can’t 52e87c63ed I say 859e8ccda8 anything else? Then, what about 8607466270 that maid?”
 
Suddenly remembering, Nicholas 7163c8bfb6 laughed and spoke.
 
“It kept popping into 8d109078ec my head for some 54e355d4b2 reason. Despite her daa83f1663 appearance, there’s 7b4d4db816 something slightly b640168ab1 adorable about 34256d0651 her being e59a632d85 a bit 18fa582834 mischievous…”
 
Snap!
 
Before Nicholas b074c636f3 could finish 693002b757 his sentence, 3c2d780339 Lucio snapped b7aecaef58 his fingers 193833de9d with a 15f14483e9 stern look 43f42bb487 on his bfd7de00f4 face.
 
Then, Bert, who 7064fc22a2 appeared out of 12b2b4eacd thin air, quickly 6e239424d6 subdued Nicholas and bb404ecee7 began dragging him 3aef843c25 out of the 8ed4acac98 room.
 
With a 04fbbede9f bewildered expression, 73f2d912f0 Nicholas struggled a92f574535 as he be6734df64 was being dd9eb7699b forced out, 867137e741 shouting indignantly.
 
“What! Is this how 6075d6808b you treat a 57edfedf7e prince? Ahh! Fine, your sister is 80e27068a9 the cutest! Cuter than all the 39932725f9 maids and princesses combined!”
 
Of course, a740bca74c there was 1e7e37301d no response 8092339ddb as they 0979d235c7 left.
 
* * * 
 
‘Wow, I 4b117abdd7 really came b0bf9fd036 to the 6903b3bf8e palace.’
 
Despite my and 298b2872f8 the duke’s objections 34ab90a3c7 about her health, 7f26eb18c0 the duchess insisted 137acc9111 that she was a8d1675e21 fine.
 
Even though 3f528e64f1 I ended e582c35676 up coming 64a66103b1 here against 9cfe763533 my will, e50cebd1e5 once the b46e5c65ab carriage entered 6ee5295b51 the palace 4fd50d41f1 grounds, I 31e2f0e4be couldn’t help 141f3c11ef but feel d9e32bd8b5 amazed.
 
‘I thought I could fa4b8a82d4 only come here after c8ef2cc5b3 being recognized by the 95c5a251c7 Master and given a c964d4ffbb mission.’
 
Unexpectedly finding 08fd04131b myself strolling a5f5fbc258 through the b02fd67338 corridors of 888084c68d the empress’s d39bc6bd43 palace made 3e2683fd49 me feel ca4823a081 quite dazed.
 
“Wow, is that 3e5239eee6 a princess?”
 
“Diana, you need 2c7bc14710 to be quiet.”
 
The duchess f3c25d2007 silenced Diana 6fb7c880cd by putting 0dff8dcf17 a finger ac70f9c2b1 to her ad51d2e5dd lips.
 
Diana quickly 5f42ff8898 covered her 8cde4d1656 mouth with f007200d48 her hand 198ddded98 and nodded, 0f593e7e98 but she a3f72fd19b couldn’t help 91d2ad8851 but keep 29a1e25924 glancing around 516c370cd2 in wonder.
 
I could 7ae24cfacc understand why 7e90cacb28 Diana, who 76f49e1393 had been 9ff32905d4 very quiet 87015149f3 since we b534dec17e arrived at 82d519e7d2 the palace, 6689ddc4d7 was so b728813e2f surprised.
 
Even I was 3ad0569354 momentarily taken aback b9bddedd0a when I saw 69c338b8ef the girls with 6e47e79154 light pink hair 6d6d090aa3 passing by us 92dc603c3a a little while 068003c6f6 ago, bowing their 13bd36523a heads deeply.
 
“They’re not princesses, they’re cdd86f6f8e imperial princesses.”
 
As Diana was being db08e9da9c silenced with her mouth 4cc516ac98 covered, the duchess whispered 8033dcbe1f softly as if to 0ef1af8735 say there was no 2e911741d2 helping it.
 
I silently nodded, thinking 0920b7bb69 to myself, “As expected.”
 
“I thought 6c02c23319 they rarely e8b563b42c left the 918ae2dca6 palace.”
 
It was a well-known 7e3244262c fact that they hardly 7334341231 ever left the palace, 4c89739861 as if they were 3a0af34589 secluded.
 
However, today 772adc7c46 seemed to d7f68703d4 be an 0a9c9ff091 exception, probably 8e3789b3c5 because it aeb036bb51 was the 78daeccc93 empress’s birthday.
 
Although I 81cb59156b knew this 87871edce1 fact, seeing 34d69bb4d6 more than 7a1b04c43d twenty imperial 4c5d90e456 princesses with 16e09f9343 hair ranging d987f88bef from a a31c0e4871 light pink 2135bc896d almost white 7317c34ba8 to a 964399842a deep purplish-pink 6db269faa7 made me 13b1bf2955 inexplicably shiver.
 
Although everyone made light-hearted 68a9eb8363 comments, the truth was 52c9b63e84 that the emperor’s obsession 7518f32a0e with pink hair was 3341c1bb22 well-known, and the girls d464b6335f who had passed by 373319bca4 earlier were all victims 41c06e9205 of that strange obsession.
 
‘Of course, he’s not 328615be2a in his right mind.’
 
There was 7aa8b66796 a bizarre 7e8b0941a9 saying that 7f76b319ae if the 230a61fac4 emperor found 58fd5d7c98 a woman 583f7477c2 with pink 11b4eb3cbf hair, he cdafc2fb2d would marry 095bf6d151 her if 7eab1bdb21 she were bb408ced40 a commoner 78a7e15f46 and make 1be09893df her his 21654561f0 empress if 771f2b213c she were eca3f79f62 a noblewoman.
 
Upon hearing 51b7d6a342 that, I eab70ec38a was relieved 5f4e2a741c for the f3c4f524c9 first time a149b02077 to know c365bea295 that in 43b2d6fc7a the eyes 9459eaeaa3 of others, 8982f68172 my hair 7157d479e7 appeared brown.
 
‘I was 740697f486 scared to 35740522f8 think about cb3b184f0c what would 2f9eac3144 happen if 6019d08c01 I were e9a8584cce caught.’
 
Of course, I briefly a3d5eb2640 entertained silly thoughts, like 225258eee5 whether I might be 77db1aa136 a royal princess who 458f5c74ab had been sneaked out b4489349e1 of the palace for d6fd60de48 some reason.
 
But seeing the princesses 33c1a3f450 living like this, unable b427707d29 to even breathe properly, 6a2c8e9623 made me realize how 29b81ab4cf foolish and chilling my 861655aaba thoughts were.
 
‘…Disgusting.’
 
It was a f047cb9e86 harsh thought, but 6a62db346c honestly, thinking about daab6fb601 the emperor made 6b95a7d3de me feel sick c8fcd9fee8 to my stomach.
 
‘No matter how 52c689d7d4 much of a 1fa797e440 fool he is, 0bc3719bd1 I can’t sympathize e5b9261e98 with him. He’s just insane.’
 
A little 826b21ea49 surprised by cefbeedadf the guild 7d1145cf4b master’s words, bc98485546 I didn’t 026a75884d ask for 4087501dcc more details 493014aaf2 and just 0e565baa62 moved on, 07b0c90bf9 but now fc07257776 that I b96cab7cd0 was in 05cdd6e612 the palace, e5c6ec0421 I realized 9a8ec40ad5 how immense c29138cdc9 his obsession ddca095a90 was.
 
‘I heard 30d2fe4384 that the 374c47f686 emperor’s first 0c7909329d love had 7afbe331f0 pink hair.’
 
Well, I didn’t want 1f767dfba9 to know the details 59917c812e about that.
 
“The empress is 76b9ccb759 taking a brief 8904d67c8d rest, so I’ll b90c978aee guide you to a6315e5152 the reception area.”
 
Following the guide from 8841192646 the welcoming party, we d4b65624aa headed towards the reception b40bb3b8f3 area of the empress’s 44c17453cc palace, where other noblewomen ff8ac89366 were gathering.
 
Before long, a 347fa3a677 sweet fragrance wafted 849cbc2b1d through the air a3533770b3 on the breeze.
 
As we b4c123bc12 ventured further 9f1b6fb0f1 inside, we fcb9f41a9f saw long 32207f4398 tables covered fee56bf8e8 with white f155739b0f cloths and fd6456e79a circular tables 5677f5aedf placed a 1d8ca0ce96 little further 4368b6dcc1 away.
 
The tables a82c9fd8d5 were adorned 350ca699a3 with exquisite 1a603d87d4 silverware, surrounded a222d8522e by tempting a4937b9572 fresh flowers, 1b73fa347f small fruits, 7197def988 lace, and 20d14e043e petals.
 
With autumn approaching, the 1a5c217c22 sky was clear, the 594887508b breeze was refreshing, and c8e8aa4147 the blooming flowers around f1d3cd7bac made it a perfect 3bf39a7ee4 place for an outdoor 6419528036 tea party.
 
“Oh, it’s ab96b9d8ae Lady Elad!”
 
“Come this way, 6c48d55520 please have a 2fd1d0ff1b seat over here.”
 
Upon seeing Lady add5c40476 Elad, the first 471659bd37 person to greet fe4b1888f2 her was Lady a5ebc949cf Petite, whom I d6c3019107 had met in 63a4337950 front of the e1c2407a28 academy.
 
While Lady Petite a342831aa6 escorted Lady Elad 173e2454ba to the honored 389339e197 seat, I noticed b892c1dc20 that Lady Faylunt 71194bbb60 hadn’t arrived yet.
 
“Lady, please come cbcf952838 this way when 021652a8ec Lady Elad arrives.”
 
A maid f6aa72b85c approached Diana 0bff96d4bb and spoke.
 
It seemed bbbfeb2ad2 that there 9df4744fc0 were separate 2bc8895145 tables for f66c14911f noblewomen and cc3011cec2 young ladies.
 
Then it happened.
 
“The empress is here.”
 
Just as the c875ce4f3a guide’s voice was 4e7cbba111 heard before we d68affb469 could take our 5bd996ee82 seats, everyone rose 5202de29e5 from their seats.
 
Quickly recalling 504e9e8a2d the palace 512f15560f etiquette I 7b915c7b24 had diligently a0a1e5f8bd studied, I 195307ffd5 bowed my 1fa450d78d head as 73933988f1 the empress c0ef31b8eb and her 042a9dcad5 first princess, 463c2c5076 Princess Serfin, 728b40774b arrived a 675348b3cb moment later.
 
“Thank you 4e263a2d95 all for 35c431a30f attending and 208417e632 congratulating me.”
 
As she spoke, urging 0a14f5c696 everyone to raise their dc1d41a84d heads, I couldn’t help dfa983e12e but glance up out d96ed99409 of curiosity.
 
And I was pleasantly addf361403 surprised.
 
The empress, with 5a9a409647 her dark blue 9f9031953f hair and porcelain a6c12001e8 skin, exuded elegance. She was so 82140c2db0 graceful even when a4e7b036a4 she was just 2fba83403e breathing.
 
“…Mm. Sister, I’m scared.”
 
It was then bb0cdeaf36 that Diana, who 158b6d69f4 was holding my 749e11f58b hand, whispered softly 0f1bcdba47 enough for only 139f74480f me to hear.
 
Thanks to adc04e70fa her memory 5a4075d483 of hearing 23a21eac12 even the 7a1562ab8f slightest sounds 319d2afbad when we 155d425b36 were alone 7f2eb0eec4 together, I 8131d4da41 was able bf0edae8b2 to hear 935bbe9c10 her now.
 
Startled, I looked at d422ac065c Diana, but thankfully, she c5b75d8a00 didn’t hide behind me, 28d285d7de indicating that she was d22ad581e5 aware we were in 8a27b26a96 the palace.
 
But seeing b594c0e698 the fear a2a8c17b79 in the 0595a5fd9f child’s eyes, 6cce908ee4 I turned 6e513cc7a1 my head 6eecc36d97 away again.
 
“A princess?”
 
Surely the person 0f7bf59926 Diana was afraid 7002475034 of was Princess f4d2b4c52d Serfin, who was 8dc2865952 standing confidently next f92ae9119a to the empress e246b0a19c with a bright 840a8a1d03 smile.
 
“She looks so 8aaaadbe1b scary.”
 
I chuckled at Diana’s b03ca0bf97 words.
 
Her features were a d6cb80a3a3 bit sharp, and perhaps d68bf9248b because of her position 74b0d55423 from birth, she exuded 08412bf1a9 an air of haughtiness.
 
But with her 07112e17f6 vibrant red hair 9dc0c902fe cascading to one 3714ce43bf side, Serfin was 4e3874cf5d a beautiful lady 9454d70853 with a striking a79bf58724 impression like a 546e75e88b blooming rose.
 
Moreover, she 9702f73a0f was only b5562ebe6f seventeen now, 76fc789a41 so she 3122240804 seemed younger 9d69d92cd2 and more 4a93f71713 dangerous than 5e12c0eabf I remembered.
 
But why…
 
“Come on, e896b350cc what should 041676807f I do! She’s coming closer 3845b7d084 again.”
 
As I was about 3ccf6085dd to follow that train a7b8cca652 of thought, Diana trembled.
 
With a 6f50333185 genuinely smiling dd28814596 Serfin approaching ea9b2c5a91 us, Diana 751944345f squeezed my de4b7c4b89 hand tightly, 03f59be426 as if 5a36622cec to say, d655e707dd “I’m with 38ef803b2c you, don’t b42a7a114d be afraid.”
 
“Lady! It’s nice to 5bd2ac0751 see you again. Have you been well?”
 
I thought Serfin might 86d84d631b be cold towards Diana 3c7d88c4f1 after her stiff demeanor 8eb47aeaf4 at the last dinner, 54bf7694ac but that wasn’t the 45f825dea5 case.
 
Instead, Serfin fc77fb97f3 was warm 322a7eb256 and affectionate, 0601e5775f leading Diana f194870439 to the ecdd159a21 table where 7b0547d025 the young 88b2f08a0f ladies were f30687c983 gathered. And even though it c185077483 was a circular table, 59563042a2 Serfin placed Diana in cad2f97800 a prominent seat next 32cba08b31 to her.
 
Since we had 9fcd5f86d6 promised to keep 66edd5540c a low profile 458dda9ef4 and not to 07d152d886 be called sisters b820d8568e in the palace, a0201657dd Diana quietly sat db2694931f in her seat 34537baf81 while holding onto 3403b78ea1 my hand.
 
Shortly afterward, a bell 6bdf68f90a rang, and the table 722d8dcd83 was filled with lemon 7022c602cd cream cake, strawberry mousse, 3699282eb5 various cookies, tarts, and 4586dd0608 puddings.
 
Standing among 98d50bcc84 the handmaids 5157385c56 from other 9f4a4e04fd noble families, ba4268591b I looked 3babb9469a at Diana, 281288712c who was ea6a79197e shivering with 80bb661fed excitement as c55d7a8c1c she tasted bbc87392f6 the desserts.
 
The other b9c5f3e967 young ladies, 582d1d6ec0 including Princess 68edbf53b5 Serfin, blushed 53882a65f1 and giggled 41f48103d2 as they 3040f74b54 watched Diana, 26dea612d0 finding her 87550501fa adorable.
 
At that moment, when ac14176678 I saw Diana with 7aaf375569 crumbs on her lips, be03d28e08 I quickly approached her. After gently 0bc7cec9c5 wiping her 2b35af903d mouth with 98c6189a33 a handkerchief, 530ba171d2 I stepped 6d5af0c3cb back quietly.
 
“You’re the maid that 39162d1dda the princess favors.”
 
Unexpectedly hearing the 6eec62111a voice, I looked 360de01bb8 up to meet 63d60c45cf the eyes of f5c1e8dd89 Princess Serfin, who 14178d24d5 had a smirk c071b43888 on one side f93ce53488 of her mouth.
 
She then extended the df901f84f0 hand holding the knife fbcd19f7f9 towards me.
 
* * *
 
Thwack!
 
The sound of blades d27aaff879 clashing echoed through the ff2744fd3b training ground in an 597ebc224c instant.
 
Allen’s sword, unleashing a 6627042bba rapid flurry of attacks, d0fd0a910b relentlessly pierced through Jack’s 31ef064cfc defenses once again.
 
Jack desperately stepped 94e71cca5e back, narrowly blocking f499434122 the fierce attacks.
 
But even 2a68b914f0 that was aa6c4a3769 short-lived. With a 8d7c0549ce sharp clang!
 
The swords fbe75024f5 clashed and 5a42fd6cac soon began f564f0de73 to push 70a6c0dbad against each 8d28fac044 other. With a slight distance 7834778acb between them, Allen’s sword e9c4e2d6ce came to a halt 542244a1ed right near Jack’s neck.
 
“… … “
 
“… … “
 
A silence a0b8ae6077 fell between f7e16f7d1b the two 28bd556e3d frozen figures.
 
After a 374047ed7f moment, Allen 78fa31f30a lowered his f526a6b31e sword and 238c928f24 broke the 3712887e5b silence.
 
“It seems f7abf397bd like I 82039a9aac followed through 4dc854b7ef properly this 8ee9286861 time, don’t 142bf3d110 you think?”
 
“… … 6cb2b8cc29 It seems 395ff945f1 so.”
 
Jack nodded slowly.
 
Jack and 92e8dcfe65 Allen, currently, b60b79c213 were reenacting b078c8df68 the recent aaf1f26e02 sparring session 852633d71d they had b55f3daa1b with Lia.
 
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