Returning to the room, Felik handed over two letters. Delina, who had been tilting her head, took one first.
“From the Duke of Roselip?”
Upon seeing the emblem of the Duke of Roselip on the envelope, Delina wore an expression of incomprehension.
The Duke of Roselip. They were certainly known in social circles as an influential family with noble children. In fact, their youngest daughter Sylvia had made her debutante ball recently.
“But how did my letter end up at the Duke’s place?”
“Miss, I arranged for all your letters to be sent to the Duke’s place.”
‘No wonder. I was wondering how the Duke’s family knew and sent it…’
Delina nodded at Felik’s words and opened the letter. It was an invitation.
“They are inviting me to a social gathering…”
Reading it, it seemed that the invitation was sent to all the young nobles who could possibly attend. It made sense. Because Sylvia, who sent the invitation, was…
‘An incredibly animalloving noble. I’ve certainly heard that she even has a separate garden for animals.’
A social gathering with animals. It was truly a gathering befitting her. All the nobles of the Empire coveted the gatherings hosted by the Duke of Roselip. This was a known story even to Delina.
Reading the content, it’s sure to be a largescale event.
“May I go?”
“Of course. As I said, now if you go brawling and sully the Duke’s name, it won’t be a problem. Going to a social gathering is beyond question.”
“……I will say it again, that won’t happen.”
Delina, who seemed horrified even at the thought, drew out the other letter. The very familiar emblem made Delina murmur involuntarily.
“Eily…”
How could she forget? She was speaking the name of her old friend. Since returning to the past, Delina had never met Eily.
She had to come straight to the Duke’s place after returning to the past, and there had been no time to meet due to various things happening.
‘Come to think of it, I have to see her at least once.’
She had been a precious friend who had been by her side for days when she was grieving after losing her parents. A friend who was equally always thankful.
‘She even protested to Niel and Charlotte several times when I was locked in the attic.’
Being locked in the attic, she was still able to get by, much thanks to Eily’s influence. Eily’s connections extended to Gideon as well.
The two were in love with each other.
She didn’t know when they had grown their love, but when she first heard the story, her thought was ‘Why?’ The meeting between her older brother and her close friend. Of course, she wasn’t against it, but the question ‘Why’ kept coming to her.
‘Well, first of all, before that…’
Delina, who had been lost in thought for a moment, came to her senses and spread the letter. The familiar handwriting met her eye.
Such vivid handwriting. The words felt as if spoken right beside her, making Delina’s lips curl up.
Eily too had made her debutante ball at a slightly early age. Unfortunately, she had a fever on the day of her debutante ball and had to return after only entering the palace.
‘I was so jealous back then.’
Eily’s boisterous letter ended there. Delina, who was folding the letter that concluded with the urging to attend the social gathering, was lost in thought for a moment.
‘Right. Come to think of it, Eily is certainly…’
What she wanted to ask was not only about Eily. Delina had something to ask Eily as well. Moreover, if she didn’t attend the social gathering after having made her debutante ball, Eily, who would certainly find this strange, would storm into the Earl’s house.
‘She’d have plenty left over after doing that.’
Delina thought of her friend, who would surely barge in even if she was at the Duke’s house, and looked at Felik.
“But you know, you need to have a pet if you want to go to this social gathering.”
Ailey talked about the puppy that Delina was supposed to receive as a gift, but that puppy had already been with Jane for a long time. Delina had to find another animal.
“Don’t worry about that. I’ll speak to His Majesty.”
“…To His Majesty?”
Delina hesitated, recalling a dress of shock and horror for a moment.
“Uh… is that okay? He won’t suddenly bring a person, saying people are animals too, will he?”
“My goodness, miss…”
“Yes, I spoke too far. Even so, a person, that was excessive.”
“You’ve come to understand His Majesty so well so quickly? It seems like you know him better than me now.”
“No, no. I didn’t want to understand him that quickly either.”
Delina waved her hand quickly at Felik’s sincere admiration.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
