Chapter 141 - Expensive sights
The sounds of silverware clinking against porcelain echoed throughout the dining hall as Scarlett and the other members of her household dined together. This included Evelyne, with Garside standing silently by the wall, wearing a calm but bland expression on his face.
Engaged in their conversations, the individuals at the table occupied themselves with talking while Scarlett focused on eating her food and occasionally listened in on their exchanges. Evelyne and Rosa were discussing the fashion choices of certain nobles for some reason, while Allyssa and Shin engaged in a lighthearted argument on a topic that had escaped Scarlett’s attention. Meanwhile, Fynn devoured his food without paying much regard to anything else.
It had become a familiar scene whenever they gathered like this.
A snippet of Rosa and Evelyne’s conversation caught Scarlett’s interest.
“You know, I bet one hundred solars that Scarlett will cause a ruckus of some kind during this ball of yours,” the bard said, partially hiding her mouth with her hand as she leaned closer to Evelyne. Her words were still perfectly audible across the table, though, and the woman almost certainly intended that.
Evelyne glanced at Scarlett briefly before turning back to Rosa. “I don’t think anything can surpass what she did at the Elysian Proclamation, honestly.”
“Oh?” Rosa’s voice brimmed with curious interest, as if she had just stumbled upon a clue to a great treasure. “And what did she do there, if I might ask?”
Evelyne gave her a surprised look. “You haven’t heard?”
“No, but now I’m dying to.”
“You are not, Miss Hale.” Scarlett decided it was time to interject. “And take my word when I say that it is not something you need to know, either. It is for the greater good of all those around you that you never do.”
She had intentionally never mentioned it to the bard because she knew what the woman could do with that information.
“You have to know that’s just going to make me even more curious.” Rosa gave her a wounded look, as if Scarlett had just informed her that her pay was getting docked. “Are you trying to deprive me of my sleep at night?”