Upon noticing Seira’s uneasiness, Fersen inquired with a touch of perplexity:

“Why do you appear like that?”

“It’s simply… if we undergo with this contract, I fear that one thing dangerous would possibly occur to you in a while.”

And such a contract may additionally hurt the Marquis’s household who organized it. Fersen frowned as if he couldn’t perceive why she’d really feel that manner.

“What sort of contract are you speaking about? I don’t perceive. I intend to stick to all of the stipulations within the contract, and the place it’s missing, I’ve devised methods to achieve some profit,” he defined.

That means that the contract was very delicate and deceitful. Nonetheless, Fersen insisted that he had negotiated the contract pretty and squarely.

“I’ll fulfill the contract in accordance to what’s written. If there have been unpleasant phrases, they need to have been scrutinized earlier than agreeing.”

And so, vindicating himself once more, Fersen argued that he was in the proper, whereas those that didn’t examine the contract have been at fault.

Seira’s eyes trembled like a storm. One thing was undoubtedly incorrect, and it wanted to be rectified, however she didn’t know what went incorrect and the place.

“There’s no want to fret. My father additionally praised it as a superb technique. I believe so too. If the Antares Service provider Guild falters by this contract, I’ll seize the chance and take over the remainder of the buying and selling companions.”

Having completed explaining, Fersen flippantly kissed Seira’s brow in appreciation.

Because of her, they might easily execute this enterprise.

Seira, who had been endlessly shaken, steadied her coronary heart. As Fersen mentioned, I believed it was their fault for signing the contract carelessly.

In addition to, the buying and selling companions who switched to Fersen this time have been households of no vital energy or status, so she thought it’d be fantastic so long as they saved them underneath management, and suppressed her anxiousness.

* * *

As all the time, after ending her each day duties on the Duke’s workplace, Seira returned to the Marquis’s residence solely after sundown.

Ever since she began managing Fersen’s risky state, her days revolved round him.

Being single nonetheless, her dad and mom naturally fearful, however the topic of her consideration was the inheritor of a Duke’s household.

Quite the opposite, the Marquis and Marchioness of Granada weren’t happy with Seira’s actions.

After dinner, pondering on what else she may do for Fersen earlier than retiring to mattress. After which, upon waking, she needed to meet Fersen once more.

Such have been Seira’s ideas when she stepped out of the carriage upon arriving on the Duke’s residence.

“Woman Seira!”

“Flory?”

Flory Flora had come searching for her. It was fairly late to be visiting another person’s residence.

Upon inquiring, Flory, with reddened eyes, complained.

“I attempted to see you many instances, however you weren’t there, so I waited! I’ve one thing essential to inform Woman Seira, however you have been all the time away…!”

“Oh, I’m sorry, I used to be busy.”

“I even left a word…!”

Recalling the word Flory left, it requested for contact as there was one thing necessary to debate. Twice at that.

‘…Annoying.’

Seira’s expression turned chilly. Simply because she was visited, didn’t imply she wanted to fulfill. Nor did she want to answer a word.

She barely had time to fulfill Fersen, not to mention spare time for Flory.

Furthermore, Flory, who all the time whined at any time when they met, drained Seira’s vitality each time.

“I apologize. I’m a bit drained. Can we discuss it later?”

After all, later meant by no means. It was a delicate manner of expressing her disinterest. Catching the drift, Flory was fairly flustered and clung to Seira.

“It’s a should, a must-hear story! It’s about that lady!”

“That lady?”

Luna Peils? The title of the girl who turned Fersen this fashion made Seira, who was ignoring Flory and heading inside, cease in her tracks.

“Sure…! It appears that evidently lady is meaning to torment me this time!”

“Is it due to the incident on the final gathering?”

Although unrelated, Flory nodded, fearing that Seira wouldn’t pay attention in any other case.

“Nicely, sure, sure! It appears so.”

She was intent on asserting her innocence when it got here to the gold mine situation. Utilizing a letter she tricked Fersen into receiving, she pushed him into the abyss, persevering with to torment not solely him but in addition these round him.

Certainly, she was a depraved lady filled with lies, Seira concurred and accepted Flory’s dialog.

After all, her acceptance wasn’t purely for Flory’s sake.

If that depraved lady had began her nefarious acts once more, she supposed to show these acts broadly to alleviate Fersen’s injustices, even when barely.

“Alright. Let’s go to the reception room. Sorry, nevertheless it’s late, so please get to the purpose.”

Flory, with a change of expression, hurriedly adopted Seira.

Earlier than the servant may even deliver out the tea, Flory, who was seated on the lounge couch, poured out her state of affairs.

“I met her at a coming-of-age ceremony get together, and nicely~ there was this lady appearing otherwise round him, dancing and laughing with him! Identical to what occurred to Seira, indisputably, she tried to drive a wedge between him and me!”

Flory forcefully matched the state of affairs to what Seira had skilled, hoping she would sympathize and get offended.

Furthermore, it was half true. The person who caught her eye at first sight was snatched away by Luna Peils they usually danced collectively. It wasn’t a lie.

So, she thought Seira would instantly take her aspect, however Seira frowned as if she couldn’t perceive, and retorted.

“However wasn’t that lady courting younger lord Vincent? I’ve heard such rumors. They danced collectively on the get together and left after having a protracted dialog.”

That had additionally triggered a rift between Fersen and Seira. Since listening to that Luna was assembly with Antes, Fersen began to crumble.

Including the query whether or not that man is perhaps Antes, Flory vehemently denied.

“No! He was very type, tender, and well mannered! He undoubtedly wasn’t the loopy particular person from the rumors!”

“So that you’re saying, whereas she was courting younger lord Vincent, she additionally reached out to woman Flory’s man?”

“Sure! It’s clear! It occurred earlier than the get together began, in all probability to torment me earlier than the loopy man from the rumors got here!”

With Flory confidently blaming Luna, Seira, who had been doubting the state of affairs, started to take her aspect.

“…Doing such issues once more. So, the phrases denying it have been all lies. She enjoys seeing others in agony.”

Seira couldn’t cover her anger, overlaying her personal previous onto Flory’s demeanor.

“Which household’s younger man is he? It appears he doesn’t know the way depraved that lady is, so how about paying a go to and informing him? If he wants a witness, I’ll step up.”

It was lifelike recommendation, however Flory was perplexed. She didn’t know which household’s the younger man was.

They’d parted earlier than even exchanging full names, so it wasn’t applicable to precise such anger in the direction of him.

She simply couldn’t bear the considered the person who made her coronary heart race for the primary time in her life being snatched away by Luna.

So, after a second of contemplation, Flory blended reality and falsehood in her clarification.

“The reality is, earlier than having such a dialog, that lady snatched him away from me… As quickly as I used to be attempting to get together with him! She had been watching!”

Flory pulled a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped her eyes. Figuring out her phrases lacked persuasiveness, she resorted to tears.

Even when the whole lot Flory mentioned was true, the blame wasn’t on Luna however that man.

If he had moved on to a different lady whereas issues have been going nicely with Flory, it was him not holding his courtesy.

However Seira, who had been laid low with Luna earlier than, thought otherwise. She accepted it as if Luna had snatched that man away whereas actually watching over Flory.

“Subsequent time you meet him, expose that depraved lady’s true colours and drive her away. If he got here to the coming-of-age ceremony get together, he would come to the New Yr get together. I’ll allow you to. Nobody has been laid low with her greater than me.”

“However what if that lady comes alongside too? As I discussed final time, I’ve made a vow, so I can’t act recklessly in the direction of her… I don’t know what want she would possibly make.”

Flory shed tears once more. It was very unfair and unhappy, and he or she felt depressing for not with the ability to say a single phrase.

Seira comforted Flory, telling her to not fear.

“Don’t fear. I’ll speak to him. If the state of affairs isn’t good, we are able to simply name him individually and speak.”

“Actually? Thanks!”

Upon that, Flory held Seira’s hand. Certainly, there was nobody however Seira. She appeared fragile, however she was assertive when it got here to Luna.

It might be simpler to speak to different younger women now that Seira, who had a superb picture in society, was on her aspect.

Now, she may additionally clarify the end result of the trial being because of the letter Luna tricked Fersen into receiving.

By doing so, if many sided along with her, she may actually drive Luna Peils away.

She aimed for a time to change full names with the younger man, construct a superb relationship, and take issues additional.

With out even assembly Antes but, Flory, who already imagined having a detailed relationship and strolling by the lakeside with him, left the Marquis’s residence with a happy expression.