Anyway, the important thing now was that Solty was just a small kingdom.

Reneb was a grace of the empire.

Countess Seiren had almost the status of a duke, and the empire’s dukes were treated similarly to the kings of small kingdoms.

In terms of international status, Solty’s king and Countess Seiren were on par, and the status of their daughters, Esika and Reneb, was hard to judge in terms of high and low.

The respectful attitude Reneb showed to Princess Rachel of Raina was not because her status was higher than Reneb’s.

It was just because of past ties and that she liked her character.

“And our father, Count Seiren, has a status equivalent to the empire’s duke internationally.”

Continuing Reneb’s words, Esika narrowed her brows. She seemed to understand Reneb’s intention now.

“Is that the reason for your disrespectful attitude towards me?”

Esika, who quickly concealed her displeasure, smiled. Nevertheless, her tightly clenched fists were trembling.

Reneb withdrew her gaze from that direction and answered.

“Yes. If the princess’s status was the same as the imperial princess, I would have treated you accordingly.”

With those words, Reneb turned to the maid.

“It would be good to eat before the utensils.”

A maid who had been holding her breath and quietly waiting for a while had brought Reneb’s meal.

“Yes.”

At Reneb’s urging, the maid carefully set the plate in front of Reneb.

Reneb, who had taken her eyes off Esika, who was still standing there with a faint smile on her lips, gracefully picked up her utensils.

With narrowed eyes, Esika, who had been staring at Reneb like that, abruptly turned her body and left the reception room.

Reneb let out a soft sigh and put the utensils back on the table.

Her appetite had completely gone.

Afterwards, Reneb nibbled at her food here and there before rising from her seat.

Reneb, who was moving to the garden, reflected on the incident earlier.

Then she remembered Esika’s rough hands, contrasting her pure and delicate white face.

‘Why the princess’s hands…….’

It was strange.

Reneb, who looked at her own hand once, shook her head for a moment and moved on.

(This is a time divider.)

With footsteps thumping heavily, Adriana, who had stormed out of the dining room, had her brows deeply furrowed.

She had caught everyone’s attention and made a splendid debutante at the Bashuker imperial palace ball.

Naturally, after that day, invitations from Bashuker nobles poured in.

The invitations they sent contained praises for her attractive beauty as a basic, and all the nobles she met in person showed her extreme courtesy.
Located in the northeast of Bashuker, the kingdom of Solti was buried with a considerable amount of magic stones.

Because of this, it was no less prosperous than any neighboring nations, and the princess of that place, Adria, exuded a beautiful and pure atmosphere.

Everyone seemed to be deeply infatuated with her charm.

Not only the unmarried young nobles but also the noble ladies seemed to be fascinated by her charm.

For her, who had been spending such dreamlike days, the situation in the dining room a little while ago was extremely unpleasant.

‘Ah, I’m hungry…….’

Rubbing her thin belly, Adria looked around the palace.

As she thought of the luxurious and meticulous dishes that used to fill the table at every meal, she felt regretful.

But she didn’t want to eat in the place where that arrogant woman was.

‘How dare she to me, a princess…….’

Esika, posing as Adria, wandered the palace garden, biting her lips.

Some time ago, the kingdom of Solti secretly inquired about young ladies. The condition was a woman in her late teens with pink hair and blue eyes.

Fortunately, Esika perfectly met those conditions.

Thanks to that, she was able to quit her tedious servant life, but as the compensation was good, it was entirely possible to assume that it was a dangerous job.

However, there was no doubt that it was an opportunity she couldn’t miss.

The king of Solti offered Esika an enormous amount that a commoner wouldn’t be able to touch in a lifetime, three years later.

Not only that, he even said he would arrange a marriage with a noble family.

If his words were true, it meant that she could become a noblewoman as well.

But Esika was not so foolish as to be enchanted by such words.

‘That can’t be true.’

If she recalled the work at the Douglich viscount’s house where she had stayed until now, it was a simple matter.

For example, a servant who had become pregnant with the child of the Douglich viscount suddenly disappeared one day.

Moreover, once she accepted the king of Solti’s proposal, Esika had no choice.

Because the king of Solti would not leave Esika, who knew the secret, alive.

Thus, halfforced into becoming the standin for Solti’s Princess Adria, Esika had to study nobility etiquette and culture as if she was being indoctrinated before leaving for Bashuker.

Fortunately, she remembered some content of the original work she had read in her past life, so pretending to be the princess was not too hard.

Of course, even thinking about it now, when she first entered Esika’s body, it was shockingly disconcerting.

The original was a sweet romance in which a delicate noble young lady and a young emperor nurtured love despite the difference in status.

But around the time she possessed Esika, she was working as a servant in a Bashuker noble family.

The original work hadn’t even started.

For a while, denying reality, the only thing that came to her mind was one thing.

‘If side story!’