Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 27

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“Well, I suppose it’s not that there’s nothing to it. But after everything with Matilda, I’ve been thinking about so many things. It occurred to me that there might be quite a few relationships I’m holding onto alone, when perhaps I shouldn’t be…….”
Bianca spoke with a sad smile.
“Truth is, I knew all along. That Daniel didn’t care for me. I was the one who asked for the engagement first, but the things he did were never the actions of someone who truly liked me.”
“…….”
“But I just kept clinging to it. It wasn’t until after what happened with Matilda that I realized this wasn’t the right choice.”
Thanks to what Diana had done, Bianca’s heart had undergone a change. Diana blinked and asked carefully.
“Why did you come to that conclusion?”
“Which part?”
“Why you thought Daniel didn’t care for you.”
Bianca clenched the letter in her hand tightly as she spoke.
“Because of this. More precisely, because of who sent this letter……. The young lady of the Ediltum Marquis Family sent this to me. And she doesn’t particularly like me.”
Bianca added with a bitter smile.
“But when she does reach out, she says she’d like to visit our estate. This letter too—it’s asking me to host a tea party and extend an invitation.”
Bianca’s face twisted as she recalled the events of that party.
“And then, during the party, they just talk amongst themselves and never say a word to me. Instead, they keep bored expressions the whole time. I kept wondering what I’d done wrong. So I tried even harder to improve myself, to avoid being dismissed…….”
“…….”
“I suppose they look down on me because I come from a baron’s family. And besides that…… because I’m non-gifted.”
Diana’s expression grew increasingly twisted as she listened to Bianca’s words.
It was because Bianca’s situation aligned perfectly with her own past.
Diana recalled the words Romie had spoken to her.
“Diana, that dessert looks delicious, doesn’t it? But oh dear, you can’t have any. Non-gifted people don’t earn their keep through eating. We have to economize in places like this.”
“Shouldn’t you be a bit thinner so you don’t look so un-noble? If you have no gift, at least you should look noble, shouldn’t you? Say, Young Lady Essila—if Diana became just a bit prettier, would you consider being her friend?”
“Oh, curious about what we were discussing? We were talking about who’s more useful—the household servants or you. The servants at least do their work well…… but you? Hmm. Where exactly would you be useful?”
Yes, it was best not to think about such things. Every word, crude enough to make one wonder how they ever managed to speak them.
“Actually, I wanted to get close to the young lady of the Ediltum Family. Everyone likes her, after all. So I tried to approach her, but it wasn’t easy. Matilda said it was because I wasn’t trying hard enough. She said if I just made a bit more effort, I could become friends with the young lady of the Ediltum Family too. If I just became a bit more refined, learned etiquette better, then it would work.”
“And Daniel agreed with that?”
“Yes, Daniel said it was all my fault too. Since no one liked me, I believed what he said was true…….”
“…….”
“Thinking about it now, there’s no way someone like that could have liked me. No, that’s not right. I knew it all along—I just wouldn’t accept it.”
The letter crumpled in Bianca’s hands as she spoke.
“When we hold the next tea party, the same thing will happen again, just like always.”
Diana found herself at a loss for words. Her own troubles were simply too similar to Bianca’s.
And because of that, her affection for Bianca deepened.
After her regression, she’d thought of nothing but suspicion and how to use others. Yet her heart was opening to someone so quickly it felt almost natural.
The reason they were so openly dismissive of Bianca was—
‘Because she’s non-gifted, most of all.’
Just as Bianca had suspected.
“But this is already an old promise, so I can’t postpone it. Daniel will be there too. He’ll probably hold a grudge about what happened today and simply pretend not to notice if I’m being mistreated. He might even join in and be spiteful.”
Diana bit her lip hard, anger flashing across her face.
“No one will take my side. And rightly so. I’m…… deficient, and no one wants to be my friend.”
“That’s not your fault, Miss.”
It was then that Diana spoke to Bianca with a firm voice.
“……What?”
“You shouldn’t look for the reason in yourself. There is such a thing in this world as malice without cause. They are exactly that sort of people.”
“…….”
“You only did your best, Miss. So you can act with confidence.”
These were not words of comfort—they were genuine. Words she wished she could have heard herself, in the past.
Bianca lifted her head sharply. Diana’s words—that she shouldn’t look for reasons in herself—struck deep into her heart.
But soon her shoulders slumped again, and she spoke hesitantly.
“But what if, even so, no one will fit with me?”
Diana looked at Bianca with heartfelt concern. She knew that no matter how hard Bianca tried, they would not accept her.
‘Because I lived it.’
Being non-gifted was, by itself alone, reason enough to become a permanent outcast in their society. No one knew this better than Diana.
But she chose not to speak that reality aloud to Bianca.
Instead, she answered with a smile.
“Then I’ll be on your side, Miss.”
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As Diana stepped out of Bianca’s room, she started in surprise. The moment she closed the door, Hasen was standing right in front of it.
“Hasen? What’s the matter?”
“Master Varcan is waiting for you. He said there’s something he very much wants to tell you.”
“Oh, how convenient. I was just about to go find Master Varcan myself. I have something I need to ask of him.”
“A request?”
Hasen and Diana walked slowly together. Hasen opened his mouth cautiously as they went.
“May I ask what you’re planning to discuss with him?”
“Oh, there’s something I must tell him, which is why I’m going.”
“……Must tell him?”
“Yes, and I also need approval on some matters concerning Miss Bianca.”
Diana nodded. While she’d kept things brief in front of Bianca, she had no intention of holding back with Varcan. She planned to report everything that Daniel had done.
‘This timing works out perfectly.’
Bianca had said the tea party was to be held just a week away. That was a tight schedule for organizing a flawless event.
The young lady of the Ediltum Marquis Family had probably anticipated this too, which is why she’d asked for the tea party.
‘She’ll criticize Bianca, saying things are falling apart without Matilda.’
Which meant there was a strong possibility that both the Roché Count family and the Ediltum Marquis family were connected to Rothwell.
Diana was determined to hold the party perfectly. The tight timeline was challenging, but not impossible. Diana pulled out the small notebook she carried and began writing down tasks earnestly.
Before long, they arrived at Varcan’s office.

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