~The String of Fate~ discontinued... Well, continued on another account ??

Chapter 13:

How does someone manage to keep a carriage bouncing for a whole five minutes straight in the first place?

Also, I could swear I heard a slight snicker escape the coachman's lips as I was dismounting the carriage.

'There's no way that was an accident. Whatever, I can deal with it once I return back to the grand duchy.' I decided to let it be for now and deal with it once I had returned to the duchy.

I already had a long night ahead of me anyway and did not need any additional nuisance to be added to my list. I was already going to get a pretty lengthy warning from the Duke after what I did today.

'Luden probably won't shut up about it either.' I realized at the last minute, as I suddenly heard a familiar voice call out to me.

"Sovine, you're late." I turned to see that it was the duke with the other three brothers eight behind him, Avis, fortunately, made it without getting an acne attack.

"Ah, right. We ran into a bit of trouble on the road." I informed as an exhausted, exasperated, exaggerated sigh escaped Luden's lips.

"Just admit you took an unnecessarily long time to get ready, Sovine. We've already gotten used to it." Luden spoke up, sharing his unwanted opinion on what he thought really happened.

"You. Shut up. That's not the reason I came late, it was because of a bumpy road and a whole five minutes of tumbling, no exaggeration added." I argued before as Luden's brows knitted into a frown.

"And even if that was the reason, you can't blame me cause you only sent me one fucking maid to get me ready." I concluded as the irritated look on Luden's face slowly turned into one of confusion.

"Wait, what the hell are you wearing?" Avis realized the dress that I was currently wearing was the definition of Anartis's dislikes.

"Clothes, of course," I responded as Avis's brows furrowed together into a deep frown, I did not do all that skincare on him just for him to ruin it with wrinkles.

"I know that-" "That's enough. It's time to enter, be on your best behavior, everyone." The duke decided to interfere as he gave us all a firm warning before holding his arm out to you.

'Yeah... Sorry, but that's not happening.' I grabbed hold of the duke's arm as the guards began announcing our names while we stepped into the, what I now knew, was the banquet hall.

I had mistaken this as a ball due to the mindset of a modern-age person who had no idea whatsoever what the difference between a ball and a banquet was. They both had food, no?

"His grace, Grand Duke Divinus and Lady Sovine Divinus have arrived!" The announcements began.

"Young lord, Luden Divinus has arrived!"

"Young masters, Avis Divinus and Vidoro Divinus have arrived!"

Usually, I would have been announced last but since the Grand Duke was escorting me today, my name was announced significantly earlier than it usually wold have been.

But that didn't mean I'd be treated any differently than Sovine usually was. Literally two seconds after we had entered the banquet hall, the duke and all the brothers scrambled off to different corners of the room.

Leaving me alone in the center of the banquet hall while knowing full well how greatly Sovine's infamous reputation served her. Inconsiderate bastards.

Things would have been different if only I had attained the desired results of the tea party. I had expected the ladies to be send many invitations all at once after the tea party.