"You are so beautiful, Your Grace."
"That's right. How can a dress look so good on you?"
The maids who dressed Adeline up expressed their admiration, but she couldn't hear a single thing.
The yellow Freesias she got from Vanessa had been lingering in her mind for days.
She kept forgetting and remembering about them, over and over again.
'The fact that she sent me the flowers that the real princess gave to the fake princess twice...'
And it wasn't once, but twice. Sending the same flowers twice following the wedding day wasn't a coincidence.
Moreover, what the flower symbolized was all too significant.
She sent the flowers used in the 'warning to the fake princess' when Adeline was experiencing everything that should have belonged to Vanessa, according to the original story.
She couldn't help but think that Vanessa might know the original story.
"Your Grace. Is there anything not to your liking?"
"..."
"Your Grace?"
"Ah, I'm sorry. I was thinking about something for a moment. I like everything. You dressed me up beautifully."
The maids blushed and smiled proudly as Adeline replied with a slight smile.
Adeline was trying hard to degrade her reputation in many ways, but unfortunately, the reaction of the people in the castle was going the opposite of what she wanted.
She was a beautiful woman who was admired and was always kind to her servants, and above all, she was loved and brought to the north by Kael, who was like a god.
The rumors about the curse or whatever it was were eagerly attached to her, but it didn't work for the people in the castle who faced Adeline in person.
"Your Grace. It is time to go down."
"Ah, yes."
Isabel informed her of the time and guided Adeline.
Today was the day of the tea party that invited most of the noblewomen and young ladies of the north.
Dressed in an elegant deep-blue dress, Adeline walked calmly to the party hall.
"Are you going to select the handmaid candidates today?"
"Yes, Isabel. It will be hard to choose right away during the first meeting, but if I look carefully, I'll see a lady who has the right intentions."
She didn't intend to do anything as the grand duchess, but she still had to make some preparations.
The main purpose of Adeline's tea party today was to select a candidate to fill the vacant handmaid position.
"Her Grace, Grand Duchess Inver, has arrived."
As she stood in front of the party hall, the knight guarding it announced Adeline's arrival with a loud voice.
The sapphire-decorated door opened, and when Adeline entered it, all the noblewomen who were filling the hall bent their knees and welcomed the grand duchess.
"It is my first time greeting everyone together like this. It's a pleasure to meet you all."
The tea party began with Adeline's greeting.
The tables were set according to Isabel's arrangement, and Adeline's table was filled with ladies with strong influence in the northern social scene.
Along with the two countesses who had been with the retired priest the moment he talked about the curse when he saw Adeline.
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The Impact Of The Villainess' Fake Marriage On The Ending
RomanceIt's been eight years since she possessed Adeline, the 'villainess' in a book called 〈 Beyond Orange 〉. In order to end this tiresome possession, she tried to create the ending of being killed by the male protagonist- exactly as the book says. Howev...