As if to exude the richness of Akshire, the champagne burst with an exquisite sound.
“Oh….”
As soon as Evelyn put her lips on the champagne, she spat out burning sensation. This was what freedom tastes like.
“Rebecca, this champagne is like a festival.”
“I selected it carefully while I was waiting for you.”
Rebecca laughed and took a glass of champagne. It wasn’t long before Evelyn’s pretty cheeks soon turned red.
The two women kept emptying their glasses even though no one asked each other.
“Come on, toast to Lady Daisy!”
“I don’t know who she is, but cheers!”
For a moment, Evelyn forgot the focus of their talk and fell in love with champagne’s exhilarating taste.
At first, there was a refreshing carbonated persimmon taste and a sweet fruity aroma. Then the bitterness vanished, making it truly delicious. Evelyn didn’t understand why she forgot about this good thing.
“Lady Daisy is the brave lady who sat next to Lady Satine and Countess Hernia and told it all.”
Come and think about it, they were the main point of this story. The two had been her mortal enemies ever since Evelyn had lived in the imperial family. Evelyn was single-one-sidedly humiliated by them and was unable to fight back. So their rivalry was extremely unfair.
“By the way, it’s just the two of them?”
“It was supposed to be an ugly trio but sadly the other one was sick.”
After hearing what Rebecca had said, Evelyn nearly threw up the champagne. But even though her heart was racing, she tried to look calm.
“So, the ugly trio of the Empire.”
Evelyn was thrilled every time Rebecca spoke. It seemed that her resentment was blown away.
“It seemed like they were still trying to make fun of us as usual but the atmosphere that day …… you were the main character, yeah…. until the Wyvern appeared.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, I heard it clearly. Lady Daisy said their ugly faces turned black when everyone praised your beauty, and they even said that the Emperor would be sorry. It must have been more difficult for them to speak ill-gossip!”
“Oh, my. That’s a little too much.”
Evelyn said so, but the corner of her lips went up.
“Their hand holding the fan, shook!”
“Oh, did they still carry the ugly blue feather hand-fan?”
“Why not? There are even rumors that the main part of the body of Marchioness Satine is that blue hand fan.”
Pum, she sure spat out the champagne this time. Before Evelyn even felt embarrassed, Rebecca was overjoyed and started talking again.
“Lady Daisy saw that her hands were not only shaking, but her eyes were twitching. She muttered until the end, and kept saying, ‘Isn’t she divorced?’”
“Ah, I should have seen it.”
“I also regret that.”
Rebecca and Evelyn were one heart and one mind at this moment.
“So! I’ve decided to hold a special ball hosted by the Duke of Akshire. Of course, we should invite that ugly trio too.”
“Would they come here?”
“I’m going to throw a party that everyone can’t help but come. Princess, don’t you know me?
Indeed, Rebecca was very convincing about things like this.
Akshire was one of the most respected and influential families, and Rebecca was also the top social star. The divorce didn’t hurt Rebecca at all. Instead, It gave Rebecca wings to fly freely.
“There are rumors that Lady Satine’s husband has an affair with an opera singer, and Countess Hernia’s son is deaf and still can’t write. How nice is it to be the main character in the social circle they love?”
“Ah, I should have seen it,” Evelyn kept on making the same reply.
The funny thing was, they felt so shabby and worthless now. Their eyes watched Evelyn’s every step. As they always did at every imperial party, tea time, even while watching the orchestra, they were still looking forward to the moment Evelyn made a mistake.
“It’s like turning a light on and trying to find a little stain on someone else’s shirt, and what are they going to do?”
“I can’t give up my society’s life, so I’m going to take a special seat and watch it myself.”
It was definitely worth holding a ball.
“You’re coming too, aren’t you?”
“Of course!”
Evelyn was so happy to have a friend like Rebecca, she didn’t know how excited she was.
“That’s what people call me, a mad-tempered pony who got divorced.”
“I’m not surprised if people say that. I told them that I had to walk on my own feet because I didn’t fit into the Imperial Family.”
The fighting spirit of the two women burned silently.
“I look forward to seeing how the noble wives who keep their high-profile marriage look at us.”
“Me too. I’ll be there, no matter what.”
“Of course. Princess, do you know that?”
Evelyn opened her eyes wide.
“Everyone was busy running away during the Wyvern raid, so they had a bad experience. The blue hand-fan fell to the ground and was trampled on like a quill.”
“Ah…”
Lady Satine always looked so graceful, always boasted about it, and often insulted everything that Evelyn had done.
“I should have seen it!” Evelyn shouted out happily and gulped down the champagne.
“Don’t worry, I’m going to ban the hand-fan from the ball.”
“Really?” Evelyn looked at Rebecca as a hero with her sparkling eyes.
“Yeah, I’m a woman who does what I do.” Rebecca said so arrogantly, but she was confident.
“I believe you, too, I have no doubt about that.”
“And I wasn’t divorced, but I voluntarily requested a divorce!”
“So am I!”
Evelyn and Rebecca, these two women, had a strong bond of sympathy.
“The damn ex-husband. Would he know if I shaved my head right away?”
“When I was an Empress, my ex-husband wouldn’t know even if I had an affair with someone else.”
Only
“I’m really sick of it, those guys!”
Evelyn nodded with strong approval. She didn’t know why she kept everything to herself when talking about it turned out to be so refreshing.
“I, even the Emperor has taken over our royal palace. That’s why I came all the way here.”
“He’s really, really, really shameless.”
“What’s more ridiculous is, he called me.”
“What?”
This time, Rebecca’s eyes were getting bigger. Evelyn drank champagne like a sushi bar and let down her glass.
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