At first, Ophelia didn't know who the Duke was pertaining to. It was evident on her mouth that was agape and her eyebrows that were fully furrowed.
She said the name in her head repeatedly to an extent that it was the only thing in her mind.
'The name's familiar. Ilya… Ilya von Bisma--'
Right at that moment, she found her answer. The surname was one that she had been cursing from the day she started living in the Dukedom.
Her mother, Sorsiana Hamlin, was always compared to Hevelia von Bismarck. Of course, Helvetia had won the hearts of the nobles. Thus and so, Sorsiana never failed to receive the lowest of ridicules to her name.
It became Ophelia's insecurity more so than Sorsiana. Being her daughter, Ophelia couldn't help but feel that the ridicule was also pointed at her. There were times when the nobles would bring up the matter about Hevelia's daughter who went missing, and soon assumed to be dead.
