This Life Will Be My Last

Chapter 30 - The New Year's Day Ball {part 1}

However, the moment I was about to open my mouth to protest about why the maids had entered without a warning…

The pair of maids slowly walked closer, holding a dress

on A hanger.

"Please, wear this dress for the ball, Your Highness!”

One of the maids exclaimed with a sense of glee in her voice as the other just looked at me. Urging me to accept this gift from the Crown Prince

"This… Is it?”

“The gift Of the Crown prince!”

The other Maid exclaimed as she looked at me, as they brought it over to me.

"Nothing looks better on you today than this dress!"

I hesitated when I saw the dress they had brought me. The dark blue gown spread out to the floor, ruffles and frills that brushed against the floor in a ceramic white colour.

There was a silver powder that glistened over it.

The colour that spread out gradually met with the finely embroidered gold thread at the bottom and at the neckline of the dress.

A dress… how can a dress resemble the calm, moonlit sea at night. It was a gift from the Crown Prince. Leonardo… I'm not fond of materialistic things, but this was clearly an act from my husband.

I grimaced a bit when I saw it. It wasn't the style I was used to wearing.

"It's the one and only ceremony where you should shine more than anyone else, Crown Princess!”

"Just this once!”

“You really wouldn't want to disappoint the Crown Prince on such a joyous occasion!”

"That's right, my lady. The things you've often worn in the past are a little dark and simple for a woman of your status”

"But of course The Princess is beautiful in all types of clothes, her beauty Is unmatched as the tabloids proclaim!"

The maids were waiting with an eager expression on both of their faces, yes? They might have wanted the best for me… but it seems they didn't like my modest

look that I wore every time I went out.

'What is this?"

“Is this some sort of joke?”

“The Crown Prince? He knows if wouldn't wear something so vulgar, even if it the style of this part of the empire”

The maids trying to persuade me with all their might, looked a little sad.

“Just this once! Your Highness”

Eventually I nodded slightly as I let out a small sigh. I never thought I'd have been ordered around by the maids in the palace.

"Really? Are you serious, my lady?"

"Well, then you're going to wear accessories with the dress! I believe that the hairpin you have matches it perfectly?"

“My mother’s hairpin?”

“the golden one with ornate blue flowers and gems hiding off it?”

The maid expression, slightly darkened at the mention of the former Grand Duchess of Murcadina, yes? My mother was a well-known woman wasn't she… I didn't mind talking about her, after all? I have very few memories of my time with her.