How to Get My Husband on My Side

After visiting the temple, I met the duke’s exclusive tailor, who Ellenia had called, and spent four days fitting new clothes, writing letters to the Romagna family, and preparing for the banquet.

In the meantime, even Izek’s nose could not be found, and according to Ellenia, the summer season was surprisingly the busiest with various preparations.

Anyway, that was how my first Elendaleian social event arrived.

The jade silk dress I wore during the Eucharist was the plainest dress I had ever brought.

Cream-coloured leather shoes studded with pearls and summer gloves. Other accessories were only aquamarine earrings.

My hair was also long braided downward without any accessories attached.

My modest attire was quite unexpected, and the blunt-faced maids looked a little suspicious, but they asked no questions.

“Ruby.”

I’m grateful for having an ice sculpture-like face call me by my nickname.

Standing under the hall stairs in a red dress with long sleeves, Ellenia was like a mythical goddess herself. Phew, I can’t believe she almost married Enzo. But, the person next to her…

“Ruby, say hello. This is an old friend of mine, Freya Van Furiana.”

(T/N: I believe the previous translator had called her Flaya(mentioned once in chapter 3) but to me, Freya sounded more natural, so I’ll be using that ^^)
“Good morning, Lady Rudbeckia. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” A cool smile that revealed her white teeth. A sparkling smile unique to a person who had lived surrounded by love made the viewer feel cheerful. She was a beauty with a style that naturally attracted people’s hearts regardless of gender and age.

Her crescent-like eyes were violet-colored. The dress she donned, wrapped around her long, slender body like a glove, and her blond hair hanging around her face, seemed lustrous.

It wasn’t dark blonde, flax coloured, like mine, but paler; a cold platinum.

She was that childhood friend.

Why are you all so pretty?

My whole life was filled with beautiful people, but I feel like I’m still normal compared to some of the people from this world.

And of course, a childhood friend would be treated differently from a humble bride from a foreign country.

I could tell by looking at the maid’s eyes full of kindness.

Tch.

“Nice to meet you, too, Lady Furiana.” I said shyly, and Freya’s eyes turned wide for a moment before she turned back with a cheerful smile.

“Ellen, you didn’t tell me she was such a lovely person.”

(T/N: The word used to refer Ruby here was  부인 = wife, the missus of a household, but that would sound awkward so I just went for she.)

“You might have thought of me as a hawk-nosed witch.”

Ellenia still had a perfect poker face on.

The way she looked at me while tapping her fan was a bit strange.

Was something wrong with my clothes?

for your understanding in advance that my brother’s arrival might be delayed

that was what you’ve

to come anyway. But I hoped he would show up later

keep a close watch to create an image. That was my

***

wagon with a colorful insignia ran through the city

my previous life; a luxury vehicle that took you to parties on a

Or so I thought.

wished it was more

be furious if you

As far as I remember,

and deep understanding of each

sense

that only people who had known each

little worried that the banquet here will look too tacky to your eyes. As you know, compared to Romagna, it’s an

happen. I

I responded as humbly as I could, so it was a

her kindness and curiosity, she was also

was an old friend of Izek and Ellenia, so it was natural to worry because a

taking care of me,

side of me. Especially since those two

is

toward the sky. The scenery of the moon tower and the crowd of

dressed in thin dresses with long sleeves and men in dark

knights dressed in

were the important members along with priests in the neighborhood where monsters were prevalent, they did

who had the best knight as her brother,

family, the advantage of being the queen of the king, her

siblings’ best friend

I thought, but somehow it

of favors to me, or to my father’s mistress, Lady Julia, for making connections with my father

what the rumors or public criticism were, Cesare had a huge fandom following,

everyone think of me if my miserable innermost thoughts were revealed? How would it all tumble down? Funnily enough,

I felt like a

short was the same

“Oh my…”

“That’s…”

I approached to greet Ellenia and Freya, I replied with a smile to

was suffocated by all the curiosity, contempt, hostility, envy, and other vibes flowing from this large crowd, but

facial muscles are

robes, whom I encountered occasionally, came up and greeted me to ask about my father and

healthy these days, or Cardinal Valentino planned to visit Elendale, and so on.

back at the place where