That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

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“Oh my goodness, all of this is for me?!”

“That’s right, my daughter! I prepared everything for you!”

When Aubrey spoke with a bright smile, Sophia threw herself into her arms.

“Kyaa! Thank you, Mother!”

Sophia Frazier.

She opened the gift boxes piled up in the room one by one, letting out exclamations of joy.

They were incredible gifts.

Seven dresses from the latest season, shawls woven as thin as spider webs.

Colorful sparkling jewels and hats adorned with large feathers.

And that wasn’t all?

Glossy satin shoes, a sky blue fan with a white ivory handle, lace decorated with organza, and even large silk ribbons with pearls in the center.

Without exception, they were all tremendously luxurious gifts lined up in a row.

Just opening and checking them one by one was enough to please the eyes and fill one’s heart to bursting.

“Mother! You prepared so many gifts because I returned to the main castle after such a long time, right?”

“That’s part of it, and there’s also something to celebrate.”

“Huh? Something to celebrate?”

Aubrey paused for a moment and spoke with an awkward smile.

“Let’s talk about that later while having formal dinner with His Grace the Grand Duke.”

Sophia quickly became absorbed in the gifts and brushed it off casually.

“Alright!”

‘Phew.’

Aubrey swallowed a sigh of relief inwardly.

She hadn’t yet told Sophia about the fact that she would become the ‘prospective Crown Princess.’

The reason was simple.

She would undoubtedly throw a fit saying she didn’t want to.

Sophia simultaneously possessed both pride as a Frazier and an inferiority complex about not being blood-related, plus she had very large ambitions.

At least a Marquis’s wife.

At most, she was aiming to become a Duke’s wife, which Aubrey, as her mother, knew well.

Though Crown Princess was incomparably higher than those positions, the fact that Crown Prince Ferdinand might remain just a ‘boy’ indefinitely was a serious flaw that could endanger even that power.

Of course, even children from high-ranking families with ‘flaws’ usually succeeded in marriage.

But how could that be considered a proper marriage?

It would be no different from families of low status and no money selling their children for wealth and power.

Viscount Lilius hadn’t muttered ‘what a shame’ for nothing.

Since Sophia was even the party getting married, it was obvious she would throw an even bigger fit saying she didn’t want to.

So she had prepared all these plausible gifts with money borrowed from Tulia to soothe Sophia’s heart for now.

In fact, even after that it was tight, so Aubrey had to dispose of almost all her cherished dresses.

For the time being, no, since her son and husband had ended up that way anyway, Aubrey gritted her teeth inwardly, resolving to absolutely not participate in any external social events for at least three years.

She had always been treated well as the Viscountess who held the real power of ‘Frazier’ wherever she went to social parties.

Hosts always showed her the most interest, asking various things, providing conveniences, and being so busy reading her mood.

The fact that she couldn’t enjoy that luxurious and cozy atmosphere where she felt like the queen of the space for a while made Tulia seem even more terrible.

It was all because of that wench.

“Mother?”

“Oh, yes. Go ahead and try it on.”

After Sophia excitedly changed into a new dress, the mother and daughter went outside.

It was to attend the formal dinner among direct family members before the banquet.

Just then.

‘Huh?’

Suddenly, Aubrey’s face turned pale.

“Mother? What’s wrong?”

“Sophia. You go to the formal dining hall first.”

“Huh? Yes. Alright.”

Though puzzled, Sophia followed Aubrey’s maid and moved ahead first.

But that was only for a moment.

Before long, Sophia stopped walking.

“Oh my!”

It was because she saw a face she had been hoping to see.

“It’s Leon, my older brother!”

“Miss Sophia. You must hurry to the formal dining hall.”

“Be quiet! I just need to greet Leon and ask him to be my escort!”

“B-but…”

Aubrey’s maid couldn’t bring herself to say how badly things had gone between Viscount Lilius’s family and the other side.

She could only bow her head helplessly.

Sophia moved forward in a good mood.

At the Academy, the popularity of the twins Leon Frazier and Lisian reached the sky.

It was natural.

Outstanding status.

Sculptural appearance.

And excellent skills that never missed first and second place.

If Lisian had a neat and gentle charm, Leon had a slightly more wild feeling.

Moreover, unlike Lisian who stuttered, Leon Frazier was truly ‘flawlessly’ perfect.

Though it was regrettable that he was the second son, considering their close relationship, wouldn’t he easily receive a decent title later on?

That was Sophia’s thinking.

It was also what most Academy students thought.

Sophia also received envy from female students for being related to the twins.

“You know? The older brothers are secretly soft-hearted, so when you ask them to dance at Academy banquets, they always dance with you.”

At Sophia’s boastful words, Aubrey’s maid quickly played along with her mood.

“Since Miss Sophia is their only younger sibling at the Academy. It’s natural that they treat you well.”

Sophia laughed triumphantly.

“Of course. I’m the only granddaughter of House Frazier attending the Academy together.”

But contrary to her confident voice, in reality the twins weren’t very friendly toward Sophia.

Even at banquets, they would only dance with her after much pestering, and otherwise she barely received brief greetings.

Even when she deliberately tried to act close to the twins where other female students could see, the twins would barely acknowledge her greeting and quickly leave.

But surely asking for an escort at today’s formal dinner would be acceptable!

It was the moment Sophia hurriedly adjusted her outfit and hair and opened her mouth.

“Leon, older broth… er?”

Her steps faltered.

“What? What is older brother looking at and smiling about?”

Leon Frazier rarely smiled in public.

Lisian smiled much more often, and Leon much more frequently had an expressionless face that matched his large build and dark black hair.

But why is he grinning like that?

What is he looking at and smiling about?

“…Who’s that? Don’t tell me it’s Tulia Frazier?”

“Yes…. That’s correct. Miss Sophia.”

Sophia still didn’t know that Tulia had gained control over the internal household affairs, nor that Tulia’s position in the Grand Duchy had completely changed.

For Sophia, who only remembered Tulia Frazier’s former position, the scene before her eyes was completely incomprehensible.

“What’s with her? She’s even laughing with Brother Lisian?”

Lisian and Tulia were laughing about some joke they had shared, and Leon Frazier was sneaking up to them with a goofy grin.

Sophia scrunched up her face in annoyance.

“They definitely had the worst relationship, so what’s this? What happened in the meantime? And Tulia, what’s with that dress she’s wearing?”

The dress Tulia was wearing was just as beautiful as the one Sophia wore.

“Mother must have given her a gift too?”

Tulia had always chosen tacky and superficially flashy dresses, probably due to her vulgar nature.

And she only had a few of those, so she wore them in rotation.

With Sophia frozen in place, the maid cautiously asked.

“Miss Sophia? To Young Master Leon Frazier….”

“Forget it!”

Sophia ground her teeth quietly and whirled around.

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