The Maid's Contract Marriage (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 143

The capital was not so easily accommodating.

To be precise, the people who had come to Julius seeking favor and the ordinary nobles who had gathered in the capital after receiving the Emperor’s invitation to attend social events were not the same.

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The Marquis and Marchioness Julius, along with Antonio and Matilda Julius, sat quietly at the banquet held under the pretense of a religious ceremony, sipping wine in silence as they watched the nobles exchanging greetings.

The ban on social gatherings was effectively coming to an end.

Nobles who had gathered in the capital for the New Year Festival were gradually preparing to resume their social interactions.

Public opinion overwhelmingly held that forbidding noble marriages for five years had been a mistake, so the Imperial Family did not hinder their resumption of social activities.

The nobles laughed and engaged in ordinary exchanges—introducing their children, bringing over other nobles who wished to pay respects, and presenting them to acquaintances.

Yet, few approached the Julius family.

“……”

Although they had shut the doors of their townhouse, declaring they would meet no one until after Arthur’s triumphal return, now that they were out in public like this, shouldn’t people at least approach them discreetly?

Having once received overwhelming attention in Julius, where people had happily screamed with joy, now sitting in the capital amidst unexpected indifference made them feel like frogs in a well.

After all, the Julius family was the center of attention for the upcoming triumphal ceremony and the New Year Festival.

Everyone surely knew by now that Julius had become the Prince-Elector—so why this coldness?

They almost wanted to grab passing nobles and ask, “Don’t you know who I am?”

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