“Right, she had no choice but to accept that clinging guy. What’s there to do well? Our Regina is a much better match than that.”

Priscilla grumbled discontentedly here, as Dracoup had requested the escort first, Regina had rejected the Bolonico prince. The Viscount, who didn’t even glance toward his wife, and Regina, who seemed equally displeased, ignored Priscilla, gazing out the window on the opposite side.

“Looking for crows?”

Regina said, clenching her fist and looking straight at her father.

“Seeing you wandering around like someone who came here for the first time in the imperial palace, I thought you might be looking for crows.”

“You. Don’t you dare talk about crows in front of Yuan.”

The Viscount scolded more severely than usual.

This time, Priscilla, standing like a fighter, glared at him. He sternly warned them both, alternating between his daughter and his wife.

“If Yuan ever comes home, don’t ever utter such words again. The moment you do, I won’t tolerate it at all.”

Priscilla, openly watching her husband favor Yuan, first sighed and then started to get angry.

“Come home? With what decency? Nonsense! It’s understandable in the past, but if he comes back, he has to spit out the advance payment! Absolutely not! Don’t even think about it!”

Regina, also momentarily choked up, wanted to shout, “What is that runaway concubine saying?” but soon regained her composure and examined her face with a hand mirror.

Coming back, where would he come back to, while snorting.

Seeing her father favor Yuan, no matter how much, Regina was convinced that he would turn away from his niece in the same way as before when he saw the embarrassing appearance of being ridiculed and pitied by the monster by his side.

“Whoa.”

That was when.

Strange stillness and low sighs erupted one after another from outside.

Regina, leaving behind her parents, who were growling at each other as if they were about to start a fight, finally held Dracoup Treloni’s hand, who unexpectedly appeared at the open carriage door, and went outside.

The sighs gradually intensified, and suddenly the sound of “Oh my god” resonated around like an echo.

Regina, with an eerie gaze as if wondering if even a carriage exaggeratedly adorned would pass by, directed her gaze toward the origin of those sighs.

“Monster? Not at all!”

At the end of the familiar girl’s voice.

In the midst of the oppressive darkness, the supposed to be Yuan Pellecese himself appeared for a moment, accompanying a beautiful man that could make one’s heart flutter.

“What’s that?”

As if he were the protagonist of this ball.

The mask of the Pale Prince Clad Yufreese remained the same. Except for a few decorations added to the half-black mask.

But the parts of the common flesh that couldn’t be covered, and the congested eyes, were nowhere to be found.

“Lady Regina. It’s completely different from Lady Regina’s story?”

“If it’s ‘hideous that must be hidden,’ isn’t it?”
“Besides, a gloomy cousin? Someone so bright and beautiful like that?”

Some of the young nobles who had firmly believed that they were on her side because she had laid plenty of groundwork due to not being able to be Bolonico’s partner whispered with wandering eyes. However, Regina, in her current state, didn’t hear the voices of these insignificant young nobles in her ears.

Yuan, who appeared as the protagonist, receiving attention from numerous people, was wearing a sparkling dress. Cute shoes that peeked out every time he walked. A purplish necklace that neatly covered the exposed collarbone.

Regina quietly watched Yuan, who smiled awkwardly, fulfilling his role as a beautiful and mysterious Pale Prince. And there, even Prince Bolonico, who spread his arms wide from the entrance, welcoming Yuan as if he had been waiting for him.

The Imperial Debutante Ball was what Regina Pellecese had dreamt of since her very young age. Standing at the center, adorned so beautifully, showcasing enviable connections, with people splitting like a sea of ​​crimson and looking at her with wide-open mouths. That was one of the bucket lists Regina Pellecese had most wanted to achieve in her life!

“Regina, what do you have to say?”

“Is it true that you met the Pale Prince before?”

“And that you went to the wedding party where only the Emperor’s close aides attended in Roxenhart?”

The young nobles around Regina started approaching her, following the crowd and trying to get closer to her.

“Because of Miss Regina, I’m also in trouble. Miss Regina said those things at the tea party where the noble ladies gathered. If those ladies see this appearance right now…”

“Me too. I told my family and fiancé. My fiancé will surely think I’m a foolish girl spreading baseless rumors.”

Regina wanted to separate herself from these insignificant young nobles immediately, but she froze as she discovered a group mocking her from a distance, those who hadn’t come with Bolonico.

It was Lady Celestina’s group.

Some of her lackeys, whom Regina had deliberately invited to the tea party last time, would have heard Regina’s statement.