I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 137
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Chapter 137
Count Robert.
He was the person who had served as a jury member during Isabel’s divorce trial.
The Count smiled brightly at Isabel and me.
“This is the first time we’ve met since the divorce trial, isn’t it? Oh, Count Delainey is here as well.”
“Indeed, I was truly grateful back then.”
“Not at all. I was simply fulfilling my role as a jury member.”
Count Robert shrugged his shoulders lightly.
I carefully posed a question.
“By any chance, are you here to attend the Noble Council meeting, Count?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Ah.
For a moment, my heart swelled with emotion.
Honestly, I had been preparing myself for it.
That I might have to attend the Noble Council meeting alone, or at best just Isabel and myself.
But there was another female head of house who had voluntarily come to attend besides us.
However, the miracle wasn’t over yet.
“It’s been such a long time since a Noble Council meeting.”
“Indeed. I don’t even know how many years it’s been since I’ve come up to the imperial palace myself.”
“Still, occasionally doing things like this doesn’t seem too bad.”
I could hear the sound of casual conversation coming from far away.
They were all women’s voices.
Isabel’s and my expressions brightened considerably.
‘Could it be?’
* * *
From far down the corridor, hearty laughter echoed loudly.
“Haha, you must have been quite surprised!”
“Posters, I have no idea how you came up with such a thought.”
A group of male nobles was walking toward us in a crowd.
Moreover, at the very front of the nobles, David and Marquis Bartsen were striding forward majestically.
“She’s nothing more than a foolish little girl who knows nothing anyway.”
David mercilessly slandered his own younger sister.
“Well, I wonder if she might just run away crying.”
Marquis Bartsen, who had been listening to the malicious gossip with a satisfied smile, answered with a pretense of magnanimity.
“Still, she might have learned a great lesson from this incident. Let’s think generously.”
“Ha, generous indeed! Just thinking about all the things that girl has done so far, I could immediately…”
But just then.
David’s mouth, which had been chattering excitedly, snapped shut.
At the same time, the faces of the two people who had just entered the conference room hardened stiffly.
‘What on earth…’
‘How did this happen?’
The spacious conference hall was filled with numerous female nobles.
Moreover, some of the female nobles were dressed in formal attire similar to what Isabel had worn during her divorce proceedings.
This meant they were showing solidarity with Elodie and Isabel.
There were even prominent nobles like Marquis Christansen, who resided in the provinces and rarely came to the capital.
‘This can’t be right?’
‘She always sent representatives. Why now…’
Even the male nobles who followed behind couldn’t hide their bewildered expressions.
Marquis Christansen glanced back in their direction.
Her gaze was quite cold.
“Why do you look so surprised? It’s not as if we’ve come somewhere we shouldn’t be.”
“No, that’s not what I meant…”
“Please take your seats. His Highness the Crown Prince will arrive shortly.”
Her attitude was so chilling that even the seasoned central nobles flinched.
‘Damn it!’
‘How did they manage to persuade them?’
David and Marquis Bartsen gritted their teeth and turned their gaze.
In the distance, they could see Elodie and Isabel sitting side by side.
The four people’s eyes met.
Then Elodie seemed to smile brightly for a moment.
“…Ugh.”
Suddenly, she hunched her shoulders and put on a frightened expression, lowering her head.
As if the very act of facing those two people was terrifying.
From any angle, she looked like a pitiful victim.
‘What’s this? Why is she suddenly acting like that?’
Just as David was subtly furrowing his brow.
“Speaking of which, about those posters that Marquis Bartsen distributed this time.”
Marquis Christansen, who had been watching that scene, spoke in an icy voice.
“It was truly disappointing.”
What?
Marquis Bartsen turned his head in shock.
Marquis Christansen lifted her chin slightly and continued speaking.
“Although I’ve sent representatives to the Noble Council meetings due to circumstances until now, that doesn’t mean female heads of houses lack qualifications.”
“Marquis Christansen. I…”
“Attending the Noble Council meetings is both a right and a duty of house heads. I thought we had fulfilled our duty by sending representatives… but it seems that wasn’t quite enough.”
The Marquis’s gaze turned toward Elodie and Isabel.
The voice that had been standing me up all along softened for the first time.
“I feel sorry that a young Head of Family who just entered society seems to have been persecuted because of our complacency.”
“Pardon? Persecution, you say? That was simply artistic activity.”
Marquis Bartsen, startled, raised his voice.
However, Marquis Christansen’s stern face didn’t waver at all.
“Well, if that’s how you think, then I have nothing more to say. However, I intend to attend the Noble Council meetings as faithfully as possible from now on.”
Having concluded his words, Marquis Christansen glanced sideways at the female heads of families sitting around him.
“I’m sure the other heads of families share the same thoughts as I do.”
At those words, the female heads of families also nodded their heads.
That was it.
The poster that had targeted Elodie had returned as a butterfly effect.
‘Damn it!’
Just as the shocked Marquis Bartsen widened his eyes.
“His Highness the Crown Prince enters!”
The attendant called out in a clear voice.
The meeting room door opened, and the Crown Prince entered the room.
The nobles rose from their seats one after another and paid their respects.
“We greet His Highness the Crown Prince.”
“We greet His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Joshua lightly nodded his head and exchanged eye greetings with the nobles.
His violet gaze swept over the seated female heads of families one by one, finally reaching Elodie.
At the same time, his eyes curved gently.
“Please, everyone sit.”
With that permission, the nobles sat back down.
Joshua continued speaking with a gentle expression.
“Thank you all for attending the Noble Council meeting despite your busy schedules. Thanks to all of you who are concerned about the Empire’s future, the Empire’s prospects will remain bright.”
Joshua calmly made his declaration.
“Now, let us begin the Noble Council meeting.”
The purpose of the Noble Council meeting was for the members to discuss pressing current issues.
Of course, there were times when nobles directly voiced opinions on policies.
However, since realistically nobles couldn’t grasp every problem in the Empire, it usually ended with discussing current issues.
“Marquis Lucerno.”
Therefore, this question was quite malicious.
“This is your first time attending the Noble Council meeting. Do you have any agenda items to present?”
“…”
Elodie calmly met the other person’s gaze.
It was a middle-aged noble who usually associated frequently with David and Marquis Bartsen.
She was a newcomer attending the Noble Council meeting for the first time, and moreover, she hadn’t been Head of Family for very long. Realistically, it would be difficult for her to grasp all the meeting agenda items and respond with composure.
The intention to deliberately put her in an awkward position was clear.
However.
“Yes, I do.”
At that calm answer, the nobles who had been sitting huddled in one corner of the conference room all frowned in unison.
On the other hand, Joshua and the female heads of houses looked at Elodie with eyes filled with interest.
Receiving the gazes of countless people upon herself, she rose from her seat.
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