Chapter 33: Rhapsody (2)
Seeing the two villainous ladies together rubbed off many people the wrong way, especially when it is known that Edith is betrothed to Richard Marshall and she is supposed to be by his side now that she is here. But what does it mean for her to come with me?
It all started when she came to see me after the second day of the finals and showed courtesy towards me as her senior. That time, I realized I could solve this situation by calling on her as a favor. Knowing how deeply Edith was affected by what happened that day in the Palace, asking her for a favor made it hard for her to refuse.
I only had to send Esmeralda to her dorm room with a letter and I got my reply last night. As the students were permitted to return to their homes at dawn to properly prepare for the party, I spent around 300 SP on today’s attire and added some of Vivian’s wardrobe items to it such as the fur coat, the hat, and the shoes.
In the end, I scrambled together my own spring party dress, and voila, a pretty dress was made before Edith would arrive to pick me up.
This was supposed to be the victory scene for the Heroine, the one currently hiding behind Prince Liam not too far into the large pavilion.
"Senior, let’s find a place to sit away from prying eyes."
"Let’s do that." I gave Edith the lead as we walked arm to arm-together like good friends.
Where Edith chose to sit was a table in the shade of a lovely flower tree، it was way inside the garden so not most of the students would flow there just yet. We were like those quiet kids that get to school parties where everyone is still meeting and saying hello to one another and we just sit far away since we don’t know anyone.
But we know everyone and everyone knows who we are. We just didn’t want to disturb the peace so we took to the corner and assumed a defensive position, chattering and speaking about whatever came to mind.
But we knew well that we were in a situation where we would have to go face-to-face against the merry band of bastards.
And look who’s approaching of all people, if it is not Richard Marshall himself.