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.

a woman's proud voice buzzed through

She gestured for Sigrid to go closer and Sigrid did, walking slowly, as elegantly

the wrinkles which had eaten away at the corners of her eyes. Her once dark rich hair was all grey now, but

In her eyes, Sigrid saw a sparkle and felt warmth and care which she had not felt or seen before in her life. It was like she was

fire, the love she has

"Greetings your

you so polite?" Mila took both

royal family grandma, it's time for me to refine some of my less than

on the plate of freshly baked scones sitting on the table in a perfectly untouched

mistress a cup of

do her job but another

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

to pour tea for Sigrid. However, Rosalind and Sigrid were friends so nobody thought much of it. Some of the ladies assumed that

I will fetch a fresh

probably hoping to be a

which denied Sigrid a moment of rest. She was reciting thank you, over and over while her maids accepted gifts on

them. Power was like shifting sands, difficult to control forever. The moment they detected

female lead, I wonder? System, check all of

her memory of

plot

Publicly bring down Rosalind

prince Roland, three beauty pills, coffee seeds that can ripen in 2

expand, but it was as expected, Rosalind was

had figured this out the moment the butler informed her that her good friend had come

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

brim of the small porcelain cup which would provide no more than three small unsatisfactory

"Drink something dear, you must be quite parched. When you are finished, I would like to hear all about your conversation with the

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