Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 205

Chapter 205

Carissa laughed softly, her demeanor unruffled.

“I don’t find myself embarrassed at all, but don’t you feel any shame, Lady Jessica?

“You’re the daughter of a princess, and you were given a royal education. Yet, you speak such harsh words. You couldn’t even recognize my senior’s painting, and tore it apart in your ignorance. Such rashness is what will truly invite ridicule.

“As for telling me to leave, are you issuing an eviction order? How amusing. Grand Princess Eleanor invited me here with a formal invitation, and I brought a birthday gift. Now, you want to chase me away? Is this how your family treats its guests? Or was there another intention behind that invitation–to humiliate me in front of these ladies?

“Did

you

think that after my separation from Barrett, I would be too ashamed to show my face, and that I would quietly endure your insults?”

She paused, her gaze sweeping across the room.

“If you expected me to be a laughingstock by inviting me here, you’ll be disappointed. I haven’t done anything wrong. It is not I who should be ashamed. My family is upright and honorable. No matter where I go, I can speak loudly and proudly.

elders. You disregarded the concubines of the late emperor. You said Helen would become a laughingstock, showing neither respect nor devotion. I wonder how your parents raised

eyes turned to Eleanor, her voice

my father and brothers sacrificed their lives for the country–a clear

to her maids, Lulu and

resentment might cling to us? Look–the air above Harmony Palace, Grand Princess Eleanor’s residence, is thick with the spirits of people who

no longer contain her fury, and shouted, Carissa

priest to perform some exorcisms for

who became the topic of conversation among the high society ladies

it well. She wouldn’t dare actually call in the authorities for an investigation–because if they did, the truth would

kill their servants without reporting to the authorities first, and those who had been treated as concubines couldn’t be killed cruelly. Carissa hadn’t known this until earlier, when Frederick mentioned that most of the concubines who had been with

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advising her to be cautious

Carissa walked away, leaving Eleanor fuming in

was no need to look back or stay.

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There was no reason not to fight back. Others

Or rather, she had never truly seen the real Carissa.

and capability ever been content to