Chapter 88: Another Way to Help
Arabella smiled at the siblings to assure them it was alright.
[Benedict must have also felt the same way as I did.] Odette surmised.
’I remind them of their mother? It must be because I’m actually forty inside.’
From their thoughts, she learned that Benedict and Odette’s mother died when Odette was ten. It was five years ago.
"Your Majesty, this is Gwyneth. She’s thirteen."
Odette introduced her younger siblings next to save Benedict from embarrassment.
Gwyneth was Odette’s first younger sibling. She was the first daughter of the late King’s second wife.
Gwyneth looked up to Odette and was set on following in her older sister’s footsteps. She’s studying to take the Imperial Civil Service Exam so she could also become a government official in Riva.
Frances was introduced next. She was the first daughter of the third wife of Odette’s father. She was ten years old and she usually takes care of her younger siblings while Gwyneth was studying.
Frances and Gwyneth were teaching their younger siblings how to read and write ever since Marquess Gulliver prohibited them from meeting their tutors.
Meanwhile, Claire was the youngest of the sisters and the second youngest among the siblings. She was eight and the second daughter of the second wife.