Do Your Best and Regret

Chapter 15

It was her first time attending an official tea party.

Ethella lifted her lips from the cup of rose tea. The strong scent of roses was burdensome. The conversations flowing on the table were equally burdensome.

"You are still beautiful today, Your Royal Highness."

"Look at the pink diamond necklace you're wearing right now. It was sent by your suitor, the Prince of Welton Kingdom, right?"

"It suits you so well, Your Highness."

"Is that so?"

The Princess smiled and touched the necklace as if satisfied with the excessive praise. The same conversation was repeated for an hour already.

Ethella recalled the invitation. At the tea party, where she was worried about the letter asking her to attend the banquet so she could show her pictures of her sister, there was no mention of her sister. On the contrary, when she tried to bring up the story about her sister, the conversation was cut off along with subtle looks.

It was a tea party that came at the risk of being scolded by her family. Rather, she felt tired.

'Should I go now?'

It was a time for Ethella to worry.

"I didn't know you were that pretty. What do you think, Princess Madeleine?"

"Yes. You are beautiful."

That was the simple answer. The Princess lifted her cup, hiding her embarrassment.

The Young Ladies followed the Princess and laughed awkwardly. The Princess glared at Ethella with her evil eyes.

She grew up receiving only the Duke's love, but Ethella Madeline paid no attention. Earlier, she disparaged Olivia's dress and ruined the atmosphere she had naturally created.

"You are mistaken. My sister looks good in all colors, so she's beautiful no matter what she wears."

That wasn't all.

"Currently, my sister organizes not only the Duke's house budget but also the budget of the duchy's territory. On top of that, financial documents from the Crown Princess's palace come to my house every day. If my sister was really an official, would she have been such an honest and good-working official?"

Ethella took Olivia's side and the illegitimate child in every conversation. She cut off every time the conversation turned to negative things about Olivia, and now she wasn't even motivated to participate in the conversation. Are all the blood mixed with Madeleine's family like that?

"By the way, Your Highness."

Suddenly, Ethella looked at Reyna.

"When can I see the photos of the banquet you mentioned in the invitation?"

"It's a banquet photo, but... The Princess's purpose was to take pictures, right?"

While Reyna was winking at the daughter of the Marquis of Libeorn, Ethella spoke lightly.

"Thankfully, Her Majesty the Princess suggested that I come to see my sister's photo first."

With those words written in the postscript of the invitation, Ethella left her mother's home, the Marquis Helquin, and came to the imperial palace. She was even prepared to get scolded by her family. But she really wanted to see a picture of her older sister.

The article was all about her sister and the Grand Duke who said he had sworn an oath to her sister, but Ethella couldn't see any pictures.

Ethella, thinking of Olivia, smiled. Did her sister wear the jewelry pin she gave her?