If You Want A Cheeky Seductress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 28

Welcoming guests felt as if it belonged to a time impossibly long ago. When she lived in the Idel Palace, noble ladies and young noblewomen came in endless numbers to visit Roxiana.

Roxiana preferred watching knights train in the drill field or tending to flowers in the garden, so she had never welcomed their visits with pleasure.

Listening with a smile to the women’s covert rivalries over tea or their malicious gossip about those absent made her want to scream.

‘If you dislike it so much, just grab them by the hair!’

But having learned royal etiquette and the patience to conceal her emotions, Roxiana could always gracefully endure those tedious and exhausting hours.

Looking back now, she realized it had all been the complaints of someone who had never known true hardship.

Though those women had come to see her even though Roxiana, who would someday leave Khanta to become Queen of Gania, had no reason to seek their favor, they likely held genuine affection for her.

Now, their faces—once unwelcome—came vividly to mind, one by one.

Were they safe? Were they suffering hardships simply for having served the Franche Royal Family?

As Roxiana combed her hair before the mirror, she realized her expression had twisted horribly and quickly composed herself.

Entering the drawing room, she saw Persy, Dennis, and Jewelry rise abruptly from the sofa.

“We greet Your Highness.”

The children, who had nearly run to Roxiana, paused upon seeing their mother’s respectful bow and bowed their heads in imitation.

“We greet Your Highness.”

“We greet Your Highness.”

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