When they left the territory of the viscount where their hats lived, Amy had entrusted a letter with detailed explanations to the mercenary in charge. Seeing that, Lady Weber must have come to the Duke’s territory.

Lady Weber quickly nodded.

“No. What I mean is, are you okay with hiring me without knowing anything about me?”

Amy felt the need to explain more. So, she spoke with a straight face.

“The reason I marked you as the Duchess’s lady-in-waiting is because you know how to stand up to the master.”

“…Me?”

Lady Weber was bewildered, unable to understand what Amy was talking about.

“You said you couldn’t commit misconduct against the viscount’s wife, right?”

“Oh…”

Her face, which seemed to be pondering whether the rumor had already spread, turned contemplative. But Amy was satisfied and smiled.

“That’s why I brought you here, hoping you’d do the same.”

“…”

“So, I hope you don’t change that disposition.”

Lady Weber was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. She had pinched herself throughout the journey, thinking it was too good to be true.

Yet, on the other hand, she wondered if the Duke’s side knew the reason for her lack of a recommendation letter from her previous workplace or if Vernon’s words welcoming her with open arms were false.

But to hire her for that reason, which she considered disadvantageous…

Her heart lightened in an instant.

“I will serve with all my heart.”

When she bowed sincerely, Amy replied casually.

“That’s something you should say to the Duke, not me.”

Then she waved her hand lightly.

“Now go. You must be tired, so you should rest.”

“Yes…”

With skillful concealment of her elation, Lady Weber stepped back. As she watched her retreating figure, Amy also turned around.

But then someone suddenly appeared and blocked her way. It was Sally.

Amy frowned upon hearing Sally’s words.

“Why are you here? Didn’t you have dinner?”

Sally didn’t even pretend to hear Amy’s words and muttered something else.

“I… I also…”

“Yes?”

“I also want to be here, next to you.”

With eager hope in her eyes, Sally looked up. Amy couldn’t help but turn away from her gaze.

“…That’s impossible.”

In an instant, Sally’s eyes widened in disbelief. She was already pointing to where Lady Weber had disappeared and scolded angrily.

“Why? Why can she, and I can’t? Why?”

“Sally.”

A sigh escaped from Amy’s lips involuntarily. Due to her stubborn nature, Sally had no friends even when she was in the Prince’s palace.

But she wasn’t a bad person by nature, and thanks to Amy, who genuinely liked her, she had become close friends. However, whenever she saw her being so persistent, Amy couldn’t help but feel frustrated.

“Stop saying that and think again. If I help you, you might get along well with His Highness and the others, right?”

“Sally.”

Even though Amy frowned, Sally continued to talk without paying attention.

“I can do well. I made a mistake before and got caught by the Empress, but… I’ve changed now. I can really do well.”

“Sally. That has nothing to do with it. I don’t like His Highness.”

When Amy firmly stated this, Sally, shocked, soon burst into tears and said.

“…Why?”

“What did you say?”

“Why don’t you… like him? He still likes you. So, maybe you can think about it again. Right?”
Here is the verbatim English translation of the Korean paragraph you provided, keeping the names and genders of the characters consistent:

There was no reasoning with her. Amy found it frustrating that she had to convince her even though it was not good. She had always enjoyed intertwining Amy and the prince. It was where she found solace in life and felt a surrogate happiness.

“But it wasn’t this severe before…”

Perhaps it was because Amy had disappeared right in front of her, she seemed to be more fixated on her empty heart. Amy knew it was because of her affection for herself rather than the prince, so she didn’t really get angry at her.

Amy sighed and said, “Sally, I can’t take responsibility for you.”

“… ”

Sally’s face turned pale in an instant. Until now, Amy had gently comforted her, and she had never cut her off like this. Well, there was that one time when she threw a tantrum when she was taken to the Empress by Sally’s slip of the tongue.

“Now that we’ve gone our separate ways, we should go our separate paths.”

At Amy’s blunt words, Sally frowned and choked up.

“You… You’ll be okay without me?”

Familiar tears streamed down her face. Amy felt a sense of pity for her even though she was fed up with the situation.

“It’s okay, really. And you’ll be okay without me too.”

“How can you say that?”

“… ”

Amy closed her mouth and looked at her friend with a stern gaze. In her past life, she had spent years in prison, starving and struggling for survival. At that time, things like this friendship were nothing but a luxury.