"By the way, who is that beautiful Lady standing behind you? Is she the new Marchioness?" asked Duke Wynnight with a big smile, really looking like a parent looking at his ideal daughter-in-law for his favorite child.
"..."
The atmosphere in the vast and magnificent hall suddenly became completely silent as if someone had secretly cast a magic spell that made everyone in the hall unable to make even the slightest sound.
So with Faerie and Leslie. When the two of them heard that, Faerie and Leslie were both shocked and speechless at the shocking question.
Compared to being surprised, Faerie was more like an emotionless robot. To even feel shocked did not cross her face when she heard the surprising question from none other than the Duke of Wynnight who had come as an Emperor's Envoy.
'...I'm no longer surprised by the mindset of this strange novel world....' thought Faerie already feeling physically and mentally exhausted.
