That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 97
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Chapter 97
“Y-Your Majesty the Empress!”
Even though her dress was completely soaked in blood, Carmi looked up at Olivia, who had clearly rushed out upon hearing her terrible news, and wailed pitifully.
“If it would appease Your Majesty the Empress’s anger, what would this mere child’s life matter? It wasn’t even worth being born. So please, I beg you to calm your anger…”
The face of Olivia, the Ice Empress and her former master, had turned deathly pale for the first time.
“How dare you in this sacred place! Your Majesty the Empress, please do not look!”
“Take this woman away!”
It didn’t matter that the ladies-in-waiting were shouting with fierce expressions.
Only one thing entered Carmi’s eyes.
Empress Olivia’s ashen face.
Carmi fainted on the spot, but afterward she heard news that Empress Olivia’s health had noticeably deteriorated.
Empress Olivia barely gave birth to Ferdinand with the help of Divine Power, but she became cold as if she would never meet Emperor Alessandro again.
It was Carmi who filled that empty space.
Thanks to her efforts that never missed a single moment, Carmi even gave birth to the Second Prince, Dave, a few years later.
Later, when Empress Olivia passed away, that position became hers.
This place was hers for eternity.
And Ferdinand’s position as well…
“Should become my son’s…”
Carmi’s murmuring voice.
The ladies-in-waiting pretended not to hear anything and focused intently only on her grooming.
Carmi glanced at that pretty court lady reflected in the mirror.
“Your hands are quite clumsy.”
“I-I’m terribly sorry, Your Majesty the Empress.”
If the Head Maid had been here, a court lady with such looks would never have been allowed into the Empress Palace.
Right now, the Head Maid had been specially sent to the Crown Prince Palace.
It was because Ferdinand had finally gone mad and said he was going directly to the battlefield.
Whatever scheme he had, she was using various means to ensure he could never return once he left.
Thanks to that, there was a personnel shortage, which was how such a pretty court lady had entered her palace.
“Do you know how many of my hairs you’ve pulled out? You’re a child who doesn’t belong in the Empress Palace.”
At Empress Carmi’s words, the court lady’s face turned pale.
“Leave.”
“Y-Your Majesty the Empress! I was wrong!”
But at Empress Carmi’s gesture, the other ladies-in-waiting tactfully rushed forward.
That court lady was dragged away screaming.
Carmi once again looked at the sunlight-like beauty reflected in the mirror.
The north wind ultimately could not remove the traveler’s clothes.
In the end, it was the warm sunlight that removed the traveler’s clothes, so Emperor Alessandro would never be able to look at any woman other than herself.
Of course, she also planned to appropriately dispose of that son whom Emperor Alessandro despised.
Empress Carmi smiled.
“Bring new stationery. I must reply to Grand Duke Assis Frazier.”
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“You’re really a crazy star. You know that?”
I gritted my teeth and looked up at the sky.
A mysterious golden star gently sprinkling stardust.
‘Ha. It’s annoyingly pretty though.’
At first I thought that star looked like a fairy, but lately it looked like a demon to me.
I crossed my arms and glared at the text floating in the air.
[System] Emergency Quest Activated!
[System] Emergency Quest: Accept ‘Empress Carmi’s’ letter
Success: ???
Failure: ‘Character’ stat reset, ‘Wealth’ stat reset
(!Special Condition) Stats cannot be changed until Quest completion.
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(☆Tip: The riper the grain, the lower it bows its head!)
How could every single word turn my insides upside down like this.
Especially that damn tip was driving me crazy.
‘You bastard, you’re definitely messing with me. Right. Aren’t you?’
It’s quiet today.
It’s peaceful today.
Just like how such words are taboo for office workers, I shouldn’t have thought things like “I’ll easily achieve A-grade” either!
I took a deep breath.
It’s not even meeting the Male Leads, but I have to meet the Empress.
And she’s someone who would harbor hostility toward me if anything, with absolutely no goodwill whatsoever.
Knock knock.
“Lady Tulia. We’ll reach the Imperial Capital soon.”
“Is the carriage comfortable?”
The knights and advisors took turns knocking on the carriage window and asking. It seemed like they asked almost every 10 minutes.
“Yes, yes.”
When I answered like this, they would retreat with relieved expressions.
‘Why does Grandfather attach so many knights every time I go out?’
When he said he’d attach a whole division, I even had a slight suspicion that he was telling me to invade the Imperial Palace.
Anyway.
[Then I would like to invite the renowned Lady Tulia to my tea party.]
I don’t know what Empress Carmi was thinking when she invited me to the Imperial Palace after being refused a visit to the Grand Duchy.
Was her intention to come to the Grand Duchy actually for me, not Sophia?
A tea party…
‘Right. I know. This is an event I’ve experienced several times as Coriko too.’
The Empress designating and inviting a noble lady before her debutante ball.
It was the unique privilege of the Briyang Empire’s Empress, and a tremendous honor.
That’s why it wasn’t an event I experienced often when playing either.
As the letter stated, you could only be invited to the Empress’s tea party before your debutante ball if you met the prerequisite of being “renowned.”
This was supposedly a rare event that could only be seen by giving Coriko intense education from the very beginning.
‘I’m not happy about this at all….’
It would be one thing if he were the type to shout and rage while slapping the Crown Prince’s cheek.
But isn’t someone who smiles kindly while hitting a young boy’s cheek until it bleeds far more sinister and disturbing?
Grandfather didn’t seem too keen on it either.
“But what are you doing, Grandfather?”
“I’m planning to accompany you as well.”
“What? But… only young ladies under twenty were invited…?”
Among the ladies who would enjoy a tea party like playing house.
I broke out in a cold sweat wondering what a gentleman twice their age would do there.
‘I thought up to this point… that Grandfather was just worried about me.’
So like a doting grandfather’s overprotective antics, worrying about his frightened granddaughter?
Well, half of it was probably that kind of worry, but half was my misunderstanding.
‘Grandfather was worried about something else.’
Leon was one thing, but I didn’t expect Lisian to also ask Grandfather several times to let him come along.
Anyone watching would think I was a dearly beloved youngest child.
But I know….
What they’re truly worried about is.
“Ah, well, the Imperial Palace is, strict about etiquette, so Tulia might get angry. Right, Grandfather.”
“Hmm….”
“What if Tulia grabs the Imperial Palace nobles by their hair and shakes them?”
“Your words aren’t entirely without possibility, Leon.”
Leon spoke with determination.
“Yes. If such a thing happens, I’d rather offer my own hair to Tulia instead, Grandfather.”
Right.
They’re worried that Tulia’s old nature might emerge when she goes to the Imperial Palace.
Unlike the Grand Duchy, the nobles residing in the Imperial Capital had a different level of submission.
It was natural. The nobles of the Grand Duchy were all Grandfather’s retainers anyway.
Unlike how they would make some allowances for being the Grand Duke’s granddaughter, the Imperial Capital’s nobles had a much higher possibility of opposing Tulia.
‘Actually, in the original story, Tulia did grab all the Imperial Capital nobles by their hair.’
Especially Leon was worried that if I lost my mind, I would definitely climb barefoot onto the Emperor’s throne and perform some dance of rage.
The fact that he was serious and not joking made me quietly furious.
‘Of course, if it were the old Tulia, that possibility would be overflowing.’
But I’m a common citizen.
Rather, I’m a common citizen who’s scared stiff because I don’t know the Empress’s true intentions!
Regardless, the carriage ran without rest and finally….
“Lady Tulia Frazier. We sincerely welcome you to the Imperial Palace.”
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Carmi is just like Camilla in real life. Once a maid always a maid hmph