I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 9

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 009

The long-awaited tea party day had arrived.

I wore a black dress according to the dress code written on the invitation and arrived at the Angus Count’s Mansion.

Following a servant, I entered the Count’s Rose Garden.

Soon, I could see young ladies enjoying tea time under a white gazebo.

Vivian, who was drinking tea in the center seat, spotted me and smiled.

“Welcome, Miss Aisha. We thought you weren’t coming, so we started drinking first.”

“But I came on time?”

“That can’t be right? The invitation should say nine o’clock in the morning, shouldn’t it?”

I stared at Vivian quietly.

It was clear she had deliberately written a late time on the invitation to make me look like an impolite person who was tardy, just like before.

Vivian continued with a bright smile.

“But what does that matter? I’m just happy that Miss Aisha came. Please sit next to me.”

When I sat next to Vivian, she smiled gently and began introducing me to the young ladies.

“This is Miss Aisha Emmerbier. She came up from the countryside and doesn’t know much, so please help her out.”

The young ladies in pastel-colored dresses looked me over with stiff expressions.

I asked the young ladies.

“Why do you all look like that?”

“…Your dress is pretty, Miss.”

Despite the complimentary content, the young ladies answered with uncomfortable expressions.

That was understandable, since black dresses were often worn as mourning clothes. Wearing black to an invitation was against etiquette.

Vivian must have written different times and dress codes only on my invitation to mess with me.

From the young ladies’ perspective, who didn’t know the situation, I was just an impolite guest who was late and didn’t dress properly.

I said calmly.

“Thank you. It was worth the effort I put into following the dress code. The young ladies’ dresses are pretty with all those colors, but… they’re quite far from the dress code.”

The young ladies looked at me with bewildered expressions.

“What do you mean by that?”

“We dressed according to the dress code written on the invitation.”

I deliberately placed the invitation I had brought on the table.

“Here’s the invitation Miss Vivian sent me. It says the time is lunch and the dress code is black.”

The young ladies took turns reading my invitation carefully.

“It’s true. The seal is definitely from the Angus Family too.”

“The content is different from the invitations we received.”

At the young ladies’ puzzled expressions, Vivian tried to smooth things over with a flustered tone.

“The, the scribe must have written it down wrong. I’m sorry. I’ll fire that scribe.”

Hmm. So this is how she’s playing it.

Just when I thought she made excuses well, Vivian changed the atmosphere.

“Shall we try some new tea?”

At her gesture, a servant brought out new teacups and tea.

“These are teacups I saved to drink when Miss Aisha arrived. This is precious tea from abroad that father brought through a trading merchant he deals with.”

As new refreshments were served, the chaotic atmosphere began to settle down gradually.

The young ladies chatted while tasting the newly served refreshments.

“Count Romen’s ball last time was truly splendid. The dress code was gold, so I thought I had entered the Imperial Palace.”

“The Marquis family’s social party was amazing too. I’d never seen such handsome young masters gathered in one place.”

Vivian joined in the young ladies’ chatter.

“Shall we stop this topic here? Miss Aisha has never been invited to such places, so she might feel left out.”

I wasn’t surprised by this childish script since I already knew it.

“It’s fine. I’ve been to the Imperial Palace and see young masters every day. I don’t feel left out by such topics.”

The young ladies’ eyes widened at my answer.

“Miss Emmerbier, have you really been to the Imperial Palace?”

“How was it? Is it really covered in gold?”

“There must be many wonderful knights there too, right?”

The Imperial Palace was a place only upper-class nobles invited by the royal family could enter.

So to ordinary young ladies, the Imperial Palace was nothing short of an untouchable fantasy space.

“Yes. All the pillars are made of gold, and the stained glass behind the throne was magnificent. There are many splendid knights too.”

In my previous playthrough, I had seen enough of the Imperial Palace while conquering Prince Calliton.

So I knew the interior of the Imperial Palace inside and out.

The young ladies’ curious questions continued.

“How did you get to see the Imperial Palace?”

“I’m Mr. Chiffrion’s disciple, so I live in the Tower of the Moon.”

The young ladies’ eyes went wide.

“Miss Emmerbier is Lowell Chiffrion’s disciple?”

“Yes. I’m learning magic from him.”

“My goodness!”

“Miss Emmerbier is a mage!”

Before I knew it, the young ladies’ attention was focused on me.

“They say Lowell Chiffrion’s magic is incredibly amazing?”

“He’s supposed to be the best mage in the Empire. Is that really true?”

At this unexpected turn of events, Vivian bit her lip.

To disperse the attention focused on me, she changed the topic.

“Have you heard the rumor that the young master of Duke Miguel’s family changed his fiancée recently?”

The young ladies, who were more interested in love affairs than adventure stories, focused their attention on Vivian.

“My goodness, they seemed so madly in love with each other.”

“I heard the Count’s daughter was caught secretly meeting with a servant.”

“How embarrassing. Her marriage prospects are ruined.”

“Miss Aisha, do you know any news?”

When the young ladies each chimed in, Vivian turned her gaze to me and made a pitying expression.

“Ah, since you just came up from the countryside recently, you probably don’t know about these things…”

I snorted inwardly.

Ridiculous, so ridiculous. She won’t even break even anyway.

I lowered my voice and whispered softly.

“Do you know what the hottest topic in the Imperial Palace is these days? It’s the secret romance between the Captain of the Imperial Guard and a Marquis family’s daughter.”

The young ladies gathered at the table drew in their breath. I could even hear the sound of them gulping.

Secrets, class differences, longing for the Imperial Palace.

Weren’t these the regular themes of romance novels that young ladies went crazy for?

Moreover, such news from the Imperial Palace was content that couldn’t be easily known unless you were part of the Imperial Palace.

I whispered mysteriously while receiving their heated gazes.

“The Captain of the Imperial Guard is the eldest son of a Loyalist Imperial Family, so he’s supposed to marry a young lady chosen by the Imperial Palace. But he’s fallen for the Marquis family’s daughter, so the Imperial Palace won’t stand for it.”

This content was information I had learned through multiple playthroughs of the game.

Information about surrounding extras would sometimes pop up as events. At the time, I didn’t think such information was important, but I never knew I’d use it in a place like this.

At my words, the young ladies exhaled.

“My goodness, that’s crazy!”

“What are they going to do now?”

“What can they do… I hope they’ll be happy together.”

But it was too early to be surprised. The time to show off my information network wasn’t over yet.

I turned my gaze to Vivian.

“Miss Vivian. You’ve heard that His Highness Calliton recently adjusted the noble tax rates, haven’t you?”

“Of… of course.”

Looking at Vivian’s blank face, it was clear she didn’t know. The same was true for the other young ladies.

Most young ladies were usually interested in romance but not in politics.

I continued my explanation based on what Carlton had told me when I conquered his route.

“On the surface it looks like tax reform, but it’s actually a measure to balance the power between old noble families and emerging industrial nobles. If commercial nobles rise, traditional nobles’ positions will diminish.”

“….”

“….”

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

The young ladies gathered there were staring at me with their mouths agape. They seemed surprised that I knew such information.

I continued with an awkward smile.

“I talked too much. Sometimes people think those who come up from the countryside would be ignorant about high society matters, so I shared some of what I know.”

“…Lady Amerbier knows everything.”

“Lady Amerbier knows a lot of interesting information. I hope we can meet often in the future.”

The young ladies looked at me with favorable gazes.

On the other hand, Vivian’s face was pale. Her hands gripping her skirt were trembling.

‘That’s what you get for having bad intentions.’

As I was looking at Vivian with a satisfied heart, our eyes met. Vivian spoke with an awkward smile.

“By the way, Lady Aisha hasn’t taken a single sip of tea since earlier.”

Of course not. My cup has poison in it.

How sinister of her to watch whether I drank it or not.

“It’s really delicious tea. Please try a sip.”

“No, I’m fine.”

“I prepared it specially for Lady Aisha….”

I said to Vivian who was pretending to be disappointed.

“My teacup seems to have a strange smell.”

“Strange? What do the other ladies think?”

At my answer, Vivian tilted her head. The young ladies each smelled the fragrance in their teacups.

“I don’t smell anything strange.”

“It just smells fragrant?”

Vivian looked at me with an expression that said ‘see?’

“This is a bit unpleasant. I feel like my efforts to serve good tea are being denied.”

The young ladies around also nodded as if they agreed with Vivian’s words.

Some of them were even frowning.

“That’s right, Lady Amerbier. There’s nothing wrong with the tea.”

“Right. She must have worked hard preparing the tea party, so you should apologize.”

At the young ladies’ reaction, I shrugged my shoulders.

“Well, never mind then. By the way, I switched Lady Vivian’s teacup with mine earlier.”

“…!”

At that moment, Vivian’s eyes wavered. She suddenly stood up from her seat and began retching with her fingers in her throat.

“Urgh! Urwek!”

“L-Lady?”

“Are you alright, Lady Vivian?!”

The young ladies looked at Vivian with bewildered expressions.

I said cheerfully while watching Vivian who had collapsed on the floor vomiting.

“Oh my, I was just joking.”

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