"Your brother has been trying to find you for a decade, your grace"
"My brother… My brother is alive?"
Charlotte's confusion was reaching its peak. His brother wasn't only alive, he has been trying to find her all this time?
But…
"I do not know any Duke Erik", Charlotte shook her head in disappointment. She was confused as to why Beatrice was suddenly respectful to her all of a sudden when she clearly stated that her brother's name was Charles, not Erik.
Beatrice, as well, had a look of confusion on her face as she stared at Charlotte with her eyes squinted. But after a few seconds, her eyebrows raised as she realized the reason for Charlotte's uncertainty.
"Ah!", she said as she quietly clapped her hands, "Since you've been in the Eastern Continent all this time, you probably did not know that your brother became a Duke"
"...What?", Charlotte furrowed her eyebrows even further.
