(MTL)For some reason, the villainess who went backwards lost her magical

chapter 9

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When we arrived at the royal palace, we were first taken to the waiting room with an escort in order to have an audience with His Majesty and the Queen. For that reason, I parted ways with her mother and went to the waiting room with her father.

In front of the waiting room, two knights stand in front of the door and open it when we approach. And the room was filled with 15- and 16-year-old girls in white dresses, creating a gorgeous atmosphere.

As soon as I entered the room, everyone's gaze turned to us all at once, and the commotion that had been going on just now stopped in an instant.

You seem to be getting a lot of attention...
When I looked around without showing an expression, my father's face approached my ear and he muttered, "Everyone seems to be impressed by Rachel's beauty," and gave me a wink. I did it.

When I looked around the room after being told that, it was true that I could not see any emotion such as disgust from the gaze, and if anything, it seemed that I was paying attention to the dress. It seems that it is taken favorably from the murmurs and sighs that say "nice" and "well" can be heard.

"Rachel-san!"

A voice that blows away such air in an instant echoes in the room.
When I turned around at the voice calling me, there was Anna-san dressed in the same white dress.
She wears a dress made of many layers of fluffy white cloth that matches her petite and cute atmosphere.

I'm laughing with a smile like always, but now it's bad.
This is not a school. There are many nobles such as fathers, brothers, and fiancées for escorts, so it's a proper social place.
In fact, Anna-san, who casually stopped me now,
There are people frowning and people looking at me and whispering something to each other.
Our house's title is too far to call them casually.

"Good evening, Miss Carol."
"Ah... Good afternoon, Marcel-sama."

When I dared to keep my distance and reply, Anna-san also guessed what was going on around her and gave me a wry smile as if to say "It's not good", and after hastily rephrasing, she gave a beautiful thank you.

“Is it Rachel’s school friend?”
"Ah, yes. My name is Anna, the eldest daughter of Baron Carol."
“Hmm, Baron Carol.
"Yes, I'm out of my seat now..."

The father standing next to me urged Anna to say hello with a smile. When she glances at her father, she feels a certain kind of coldness behind her gentle smile. Maybe only her family knows the other side of it.

As expected, Anna-san was also uncomfortable with her father near me, and quickly disappeared into the back of the room, saying, "See you later."

"Father, please stop looking at me as if you were trying to determine."
"Did you look like that?"
"Eh, firmly"

Father laughed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," with his eyes lowered, but he may have evaluated her in that instant.

When I was greeting a young lady I knew with my father for a while, I was guided to the audience room.
Since I am from the highest rank among the debutantes this time, I will be the first one and everyone will enter the room in order. Then, His Majesty and the Queen sat on a chair one step higher, waited for everyone to line up, and then said their blessings.

This flow is the same as last time, and it feels like it ended in a blink of an eye this time without any impression of deep emotion.

And when I left the audience room and was about to return to the waiting room, my father turned to the right aisle separately from the others.
Even though I felt suspicious, when I silently arrived, there was Cyril.