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It's been a long time since she has been in front of the crowd, so she was nervous.

Of course, there were some who were friendly to Lelia, but there were more who were not.

Superion's retainers were thoroughly united people centered around the duke.

All the relatives of each other are connected.

[Basically, loyalty to the lord is tremendous.]

That's why stories about Lelia's existence have not spread to the capital.

Basically, the vassals were both awe-inspired and fearful of the Duke of Superion.

The Duke made some achievements when he was young, but the main reason was that the Duke of Superion was a genius in politics.

He knows how to use carrots and sticks.

While terrorizing the household lords, he showed great, unexpected consideration and generosity to make them loyal.

However, in the original story when the family lost power due to the death of her grandfather and her uncles and aunts, they were confused. The main spindle that always gathered them has disappeared.

As a result, their always-consistent views began to diverge. Everything from small to big.

They were starting to disagree. That was the biggest problem.

So Lelia was nervous.

Currently, the vassals are divided over the existence of "Lelia."

So far there has been no problem because Lelia is young.

But now she is of age, and there will be vassals who develop anxiety one by one.

Grandfather, grandmother, uncles and aunt were trusting her.

[... It may be only a matter of time before it is known to the capital.]

You never know when any of the vassals will betray you. Of course, it's not a betrayal.

All they do is leave this estate, since that's all they could do.

Lelia also instinctively knew that she could never hide it.

[Still, everything has to be done after solving the magic of golden words.]

"Lady, it's done."

At Becky's words, Lelia stood up with her determined fist relaxed.

And she stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself.

***

Meanwhile, the atmosphere of the vassals was a little different from what Lelia had expected. The household vassals, who were not friendly to Lelia, appeared to think that it should not be like this.

Lelia would have been confused by this.

The vassals exchanged information in their conversations with each other while smiling.

There was a strange rumor going around among them today.

"Lady Lelia may marry one of the guests of Sir Carius? They're all precious heroes who saved the continent!"

"I told you so. Sir Carius mentioned it himself."

"Really?"

"He left Lady Lelia's partner to someone else today. I'm sure it's one of the guests. What does that mean?"

"It's before the coming-of-age banquet, and if you have a partner in advance... It means they have already been set up as a marriage partner."

"That's what it is!"