Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 882

At first, Violet tried to keep things relaxed with her apprentices. After all, it was the New Year-what was the point of acting all high and mighty as their mentor?

But when she saw the three couples treating her with such reverence, and when Max's wife, Esther, personally took a cup of coffee from a servant and handed it to her, she realized that the role of a mentor had to be taken seriously. The other two women stood by Violet's side attentively, as if she was their mother-in-law.

At that point, even Violet had no choice but to play her role. Still, she couldn't help but wonder-did it really have to be this way?

Back at the Inferno Guild, she wasn't treated like this. Most of the time, it was her mentor who pampered her. As for serving refreshments, that was usually left to the new apprentices. What business did she, a senior apprentice, have doing that? But when she first joined, no one had treated her that way either.

A sense of guilt stirred within Violet, and she found herself missing her mentor a little.

The next day, Travis packed up large bundles and headed off for Meadow Ridge. This time, he took Leah and Alana along, as it had been a while and it was time to visit their mentor.

The two women had insisted they wouldn't accept any monthly stipends, but Leona had bought them many gifts- mostly fabric and some daily necessities for women, along with plenty of warm clothing.

planned to ride horses back. But now, they were taking two horse-drawn carriages, both

Carissa had given Travis extra funds, which he gladly accepted without

He had his reasons-women had the right to beautify themselves. Whether or not they actually used the makeup was their business, but they couldn't be without it. What if they wanted to

didn't care. If it meant

as ever, with new invitations arriving every day-either formal invitations to pay respects or requests for Carissa to visit others. Rafael had his own

The bustle at Willowbrook Estate was all for Chaya. Hayden's son was now a county duke and couldn't retum to

the quiet atmosphere in Willowbrook Estate during New Year was largely due to his own preference for keeping to himself. The only exceptions were Rafael and Carissa, to whom he had extended his

they had finished their meal and spent some time conversing with the elderly man, Rafael finally asked, "At the palace banquet, you mentioned Uncle Yuvan's devotion to his mother. After that, everyone knew it was just a front he had put on. Why did you get involved

than he let on-Rafael had been aware of this for some time. But Hayden had never involved himself because his family was at their fief. Whether it was offending Yuvan or angering the king, it could endanger his

up at the banquet had

believe me if I said I acted

a surprised