That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 101
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Chapter 101
“That…?”
“Don’t you think you can do it…? Huh?”
Sandra hesitantly stepped back. Her face had been pale for quite some time.
“Tsk.”
I clicked my tongue and moved forward.
How utterly arrogant.
Just because I’ve been nice and agreeable, she’s trying to climb all over me.
In this world, the only thing that can bully and ignore Tulia is the Status Window!
Shortly after I took my seat.
“Her Majesty the Empress enters!”
Empress Carmi made her entrance.
As soon as she entered, she greeted everyone with deer-like gentle eyes, thanking them for coming.
Then she pointed directly at me and called my name.
“Lady Tulia Frazier. I’m delighted that you came as well.”
“The honor is mine, Your Majesty the Empress.”
I lifted the hem of my dress according to proper etiquette and curtsied, then continued with a fake smile.
“I’ve prepared a small gift to express my gratitude for Your Majesty’s invitation.”
“Oh my. A gift prepared by the granddaughter of House Frazier – I’m so excited to see what it is. What might it be?”
When I gave a signal, the court attendant who had been briefed beforehand clapped his hands.
Then.
“Oh my!”
“Look at all those flowers!”
“They’re all tulips!”
“They must have been difficult to obtain in winter.”
“You can see flowers year-round in the Magic Tower’s greenhouse! It’s just expensive!”
Thousands of tulips that had been procured by sending people from the main castle to the Imperial Capital in advance came streaming in.
Soft pink, white, pale yellow, purple, orange.
The fresh-colored tulips were even more vibrant and fragrant as they still held droplets of water.
In an instant, the atmosphere became bright as if spring had descended upon the entire space.
“Oh my. This is such an unexpected gift, and it’s absolutely perfect.”
Praise echoed from here and there, as if in agreement with Empress Carmi’s compliment.
‘Good. The formalities were perfect.’
Procuring flowers of this caliber cost an enormous amount of money. Non-eternal jewels. Fresh flowers were something nobles invested as much money in as food when holding banquets.
With this much, I won’t have to hear things like “the motherless young lady” or “the fatherless young lady” anywhere.
[System] Your reputation among those around you is rising!
‘Good, good.’
While I was feeling satisfied, Empress Carmi gracefully gestured with her hand.
“Head Maid. Have these tulips arranged at once.”
“Yes, Your Majesty the Empress.”
The ladies-in-waiting moved in perfect coordination, and in an instant, tulips were arranged in vases on every table.
Fragrant tea and refreshments so beautiful they made your eyes pop were also served.
That’s when it happened.
“Your Majesty the Empress. Won’t Prince Dave be showing his face today?”
At one noble lady’s words, Empress Carmi’s face stiffened slightly, though only for a moment.
‘What’s this?’
If I noticed it, there was no way the seasoned noble ladies wouldn’t have noticed.
I could feel them quickly exchanging glances with each other.
But that was brief.
Empress Carmi said with a smile.
“Dave isn’t feeling well today, so unfortunately he won’t be able to attend the party.”
“Oh dear!”
“We should send some good medicine to His Highness.”
“Still, the Second Prince takes after His Majesty the Emperor with such a strong constitution. He’ll bounce back in no time.”
“Of course, Your Majesty the Empress.”
“Thank you all.”
‘That bastard Dave, did he collapse somewhere after causing trouble again?’
Well, that’s good for me.
Having come this far, I’d been steeling myself to face Dave.
‘I hope I can complete the Quest safely without running into him at all.’
The Quest was still incomplete.
It seemed like it would only be “completed” once this party ended and I completely left the Imperial Palace, or safely returned home.
“The reason I called you all here today is to mourn the late Countess Charlotte Orquidin, who passed away three months ago.”
Empress Carmi began to address the main business.
“And to introduce the new Countess Orquidin to all of you.”
Unlike the relatively quiet noble ladies, the still-young ladies chattered like chicks.
“Oh my.”
“A new Countess Orquidin. Who could it be?”
“The title of Countess Orquidin is one of the titles Her Majesty the Empress can bestow.”
“That’s right! By custom, even a commoner can become ‘Countess Orquidin’ by Her Majesty the Empress’s command!”
Empress Carmi looked in my direction.
More precisely, at me and the Fraziers sitting around me.
“Lady Belladonna Mertung.”
Like a theater actor who had been preparing, Belladonna Mertung rose from her seat very naturally and confidently.
And she bowed deeply toward the Empress.
“She is the new Countess Orquidin. Please welcome the new member of high society.”
Instantly, numerous ladies made gasping sounds.
‘Wow. So this is why they brought that woman.’
Amazing.
Belladonna Mertung was a mistress.
While there were many mistresses of noble birth, Belladonna Mertung’s origins were unclear.
‘Everyone probably suspects she’s a commoner.’
Nigella went around saying she was the daughter of some distant rural baron, but hardly anyone believed it.
‘Well, I know that woman’s real origins thanks to Honey Bread.’
Coriko, the protagonist of , was of orphan origins.
So she easily became friends with Belladonna Mertung, who was of low status.
When you max out the affection level with her, you learn Belladonna’s real origins.
‘That’s how I know too.’
Probably even Nigella doesn’t know Belladonna Mertung’s real origins right now.
“Uncle Nigella.”
I applauded like the other nobles while whispering quietly to Nigella, who was sitting next to me.
“Congratulations.”
“Hmm hmm. Thank you.”
‘What on earth did he offer to Empress Carmi?’
Empress Carmi was already from a humble family, so her position wasn’t particularly solid when it came to her origins.
And yet, she was giving one of the Empress’s close positions, the Countess Orquin seat, to a mistress of unclear origins.
In exchange for placing Belladonna in the Countess Orquin position, it seemed Nigella had promised to give Empress Carmi something significant.
‘This side is also having quite the affair of the century.’
Contrary to my inner thoughts, I smiled outwardly and asked Nigella.
“But Uncle, does Grandfather know about today’s matter?”
For a moment, Nigella’s expression stiffened slightly. He spoke in a quiet but stern voice.
“I’ll speak to Father separately about this, so don’t worry. What business does a child have meddling in adult affairs?”
‘As expected, he hasn’t told Grandfather.’
It seemed he called me because it would look bad if none of the Frazier direct line attended Belladonna Mertung’s title ceremony.
‘Well then, that’s rather fortunate.’
I had been worried that the Empress had really gone mad and was trying to pair me with Dave.
Of course, Belladonna Mertung being appointed as Countess Orquin with the status of ‘Grand Duke Frazier’s mistress’ was also a big problem.
But that was something Nigella would have to resolve at home.
Whether he gets kicked out or not, if he’s fallen in love, he’ll have to deal with it himself, right?
Once my anxiety about when Dave would appear and whether he might be paired with me subsided, I could be much more generous.
Go ahead and die on your own.
* * *
“Agh! It hurts! I said it hurts!”
Second Prince Dave screamed and practically rolled around on the bed, throwing a fit.
He roughly swatted away the Palace Physician’s hand that was applying cotton with medicine to his face and shouted.
“Damn it! Are you trying to set my face on fire?!”
“If you don’t want scars on your face, you must endure it.”
“Ugh.”
Scars on his face.
Those were things only lowly mercenaries or knights with poor skills had!
Occasionally there were veteran knights with sword marks across their eyes, but Dave had neither outstanding swordsmanship like them nor any military achievements.
His smooth face was the pride of his noble blood, so he had no choice but to stop screaming and endure the stinging treatment pain.
“Prince Dave, Your Highness. Her Majesty the Empress says to come to the banquet hall quickly…”
To the Empress’s Head Maid who came to urge him, Dave finally exploded in anger.
“You want me to go outside with this face?! If you have eyes, look for yourself!”
“…”
“Tell Mother! That I can’t possibly appear before others in such a state! That this is all because of that damn Crown Prince bastard!”
“…Please rest comfortably for now, Your Highness.”
There were few servants in the Imperial Palace who could handle Dave’s personality. That was the same even for the Empress’s Head Maid.
Dave fumed and looked at his face in the mirror.
His entire face was covered in wounds that looked like they’d been clawed. It was humiliating.
“Damn Ferdinand bastard!”
Eventually, harsh profanity burst out. Of course, everyone in the Second Prince’s Palace pretended not to hear.
“I wondered what wind was blowing that made him respond to my words… Damn it, damn it.”
Dave’s treasured sword was already broken in half.
The person who broke this artistic treasured sword embedded with emeralds was, of course, Crown Prince Ferdinand.
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Shushu
lol I wanna know how Ferdi rocked Dave’s shit😆