Chapter 5 - 004:Evnoiokratía as in favouritism...

Asteri dragged herself to the breakfast lounge ignoring the complicated gazes of the servants. She had given Lillith an errand to run and would not be returning any time soon. As she entered the room ignoring the angry roars of her father, pitiful sobs of her sister and worried comforts of her mother, greeted her parents with a slight nod who stared at her in silence, she beckoned a maid present there to serve her breakfast as she seated herself at her usual seat. There was only the sounds of suppressed sobs in the room making the source of the voice look more pitiful than ever and giving Asteri another round of headache.


"Daddy.."a quivering sound came from Margarita as she looked at her father with a wronged look. "Why did you bully your sister with your maids?!!" Marco Della Rovere looked at his eldest daughter fuming at her nonchalant behaviour. Asteri seemed to not have heard as she continued eating without answering. This made the fuming duke even more furious as a result smashing his fist on the table roaring out her name in anger"Asteri Della Rovere!!!" The terrified servants huddled in a corner of the room afraid to be noticed by the fuming duke. She paused her eating as she furrowed her eyebrows, she looked at her father and she softly answered "I did not" and resumed her eating.

Greta Della Rovere looked at her daughter with disappointment in her eyes. "You mean that your sister was lying to us?!" Marco asked her with a cold voice filled with authority. "Yes" Asteri answered softly. Before anyone could say anything Margarita started to question Asteri with a sadness filled look "Sister..I..I am sorry I just wanted to be closer to you bu..but you with that mai..maid*hic*hic I..I.." She looked so pitiful that the people present couldn't help but be heartbroken at her state. "Asteri, apologize to your sister right now or else your maid will be kicked put of the duchy." Greta said looking at Asteri with sterness that promised that she would exactly do what she said if her order was not followed.