Chapter 11: Let the face slapping begin.

When Sigrid looked at her maids, they appeared to be worried. Lama looked like she was ready to faint from the great horror of Oliver Ye visiting the manor.

Obviously, this had something to do with her reputation, after all, an ex-fiance visiting before her wedding would get the tongues of their society wagging.

"My lady, you must not be alone with him." Lama said.

Lanai nodded, "Do not even smile in his direction lest a scandal shall follow."

Scandal! is anything on Eldoria really scandal free for women? Sigrid asked herself.

If you are unmarried and smile at a man in a way that appears intimate: scandal.

If you hold hands with a man in public without a chaperone or good reason: scandal.

If you talk to a man for more than an hour without a chaperone: scandal.

If you walk with a man in the absence of a chaperone: scandal.

If you dare to pick up a sword as a woman: scandal and prison!!!

"Oh for heavens sake!" Sigrid exclaimed and rolled her eyes.

She increased her speed and followed the butler to the great hall. In there, a small number of people had gathered, thirty or forty at least.

They were sitting, the ladies especially, helping themselves to cups of hot tea which was outrageous given how hot it was.

Most of the men were standing in one group, forming a scandal. A few were smoking, others were talking and one was quietly reading a newspaper.

"The lady Sigrid has returned." The butler announced.

Every head in the room turned Sigrid's way, dozens of eyes all pinned on her. Some of the faces bore smiles that were genuine and others not so sincere.

returned." a woman's proud voice

duchess. She gestured for Sigrid to go closer and Sigrid did, walking slowly, as elegantly as she could towards the old

her eyes. Her once dark rich hair was all grey now, but

and felt warmth and care which she had not felt or seen before in her life.

wonder those roses had been set on fire, the love she has for me is clear as day,

curtsied, "Greetings

so polite?" Mila took both

will be wed into the royal family grandma, it's time for me to refine

eyes were on the plate of freshly baked scones sitting

cup of tea." Duchess Mila

but another young

will do it." Miss Rosalind eagerly shoved Lanai aside and took on the

pour tea for Sigrid. However, Rosalind and Sigrid were friends so nobody thought much of it. Some

tea has gone cold, I will fetch

probably hoping to be a lady-in-waiting."

all the whispers, the messages of felicitations did not end which denied Sigrid a moment of rest. She was reciting

trust any of them. Power was like shifting sands, difficult to control

of these people will turn against me for the female lead, I wonder? System, check all of their

her memory of the

a plot has

Publicly bring down Rosalind

about prince Roland, three beauty pills, coffee seeds that

but it was as expected, Rosalind was

informed her that her good friend had come to celebrate her impending nuptials in the company

towards Sigrid and she set the cup down. Smiling, subserviently, she encouraged Sigrid to

reached out slowly and touched the wide brim of the small porcelain cup which would provide no more

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