Ignis's mother wasn't a noble but a maid. She's the one exception for many things.
But what I want to hear from the Marchioness is about Juliet's friends. Who are the people she talks with? Does she have public correspondence with her birth family? I'm interested in the people around her right now.
«I've heard that the Princess, given the situation she was in, had many friends in the past,» I say. «But then, one day, she stopped being a social butterfly and only met with selected figures. I find it curious.»
«You've heard it from lady Malia Quarto, haven't you? She's a little too chatty for her own good.»
«How could she avoid replying to her Queen?»
«Oh, but I don't think your Majesty asked her that,» the Marchioness points out, chuckling. «You won't need to follow her Highness's path. Am I wrong, perhaps? You're rational and are working hard on avoiding it instead of fighting without a real motive.»
«Without motive?»
