Nayla got home safely and went to her room to change clothes.
After changing clothes she checks her laptop and continues to work for the upcoming sale tomorrow, when she's done she suddenly stops and stares at the window.
'Silence is getting louder when I'm alone, past mistakes, loneliness, and regrets are returning.'
'I'm trying to keep my composture every day but sometimes I feel like there's a thread that's gonna loose.'
Nayla is thinking about what happened during the day, her auntie Cecilia and Anna's sudden appearance that made her feel sad but a notification of her favorite manhwa's new episode appears on her phone that distracts her from thinking about them. She suddenly thinks what will happen if she sleeps again.
'What if I sleep I got Isekai again in that world. Should I at least be ready?'
She searches on the internet if someone is also experiencing isekai, but it's mostly anime, manhwa, or novels.
'This is not helping me, but wait. Since I read a lot of manhwa, I'm supposed to be professional at this right?'
While searching for pointers from the manhwa she read, she suddenly fell asleep in front of her laptop.
She woke up in bed wearing a white nightgown, she woke up as Serlina again and noticed the sun was about to go down.
Larissa the maid came to check on her.
"My lady! You're finally awake." Larissa said with a worried face.
"What happened? Did I sleep for a whole week now?" Serlina said with a disappointing look.
"No, but the Invitation that was given to you is wrong. Today is the Banquet, I kept waking you up but you're still sleeping heavily. I was about to call the doctor but thankfully you wake up."
Serlina hurriedly requested her help to get dressed because she had little time to dress up for the party.
She thinks that they purposely gave her the wrong invitation so that they can humiliate her.
'Of course, Abigail will do that. She'll do everything she can to embarrass me in front of people. But I'm different now, I wouldn't let that happen.'
Serlina didn't like the make-up the maids put on her. The color of the eyeshadow and lipstick doesn't match the dress and the blush-on is too thick.
"Thank you for making an effort on putting my makeup, but I'll handle it on my own," Serlina said while wiping off the makeup.
"But My Lady, you don't know how to apply makeup on your own," Maria said.
"Don't worry, I won't take awhile. I would like a moment for myself alone, you may wait outside for me, I'll call you if I need something."
"Alright, My Lady."
The maids went out of her room and Serlina started to see the quality of the makeup before she applied it to her face.
'Thankfully, I learned makeup on Youtube and Practice on my own back then.'
Larissa and Maria are worried because Serlina is taking a while, His brother Connor already went to the Banquet hosted by the Regan's without waiting for her.
"My lady, Lord Connor already went to the Banquet. Are you sure you still want to come?"
Serlina opens the door and everyone around her is astonished by her beauty the dress compliments her skin tone, the design is not overpowering, it's simple but the details are unique. Her makeup is like nothing but it covers a bit of imperfection in her face, the eyeshadow, and the lipstick complement the dress as well.
'As a businesswoman in the other world, I have to expand my horizon on what to sell, I was also interested in the beauty industry. I had to learn to blend my makeup well to convince my customers that our product was the best. I could say, I have a bit of experience in makeup myself.'
"Let's go now, it's better to be late than never," Serlina said.
While they're on the way to the Banquet, Serlina is getting nervous and worried about what will happen in the Banquet since it's her first time attending one, Living as Nayla she doesn't have time to go to the parties and she much prefers to be in her room all day reading. She's trying to remember all the pointers she prepared.
'Why does my mind go blank? I swear I don't remember all of it.'
Arriving at the Banquet, she's the last one to arrive and everyone seems to be inside the hall. She's trying to maintain her composure and control her breath so she gets less nervous.
'I got this.'
An attendant approaches her.
"Excuse me, My lady. May I know your name and can you show me the invitation?"
"I'm Serlina Casidy, My brother Connor Enn Casidy is already inside. And here's my invitation."
She hands him the invitation.
"My lady, it appears here that the date is for next week at 9 pm. I'm afraid you may not enter."
Serlina is flustered and doesn't know what to do.
Seth appeared and said,
"She's with me, allow her to enter."
"Yes, My lord. This way, My Lady."
"Thank you, Sir Seth."
Seth holds the hand of Serlina and kisses it out of courtesy.
"You're welcome, My lady. You look astonishing tonight."
"Ohh, Thank you for the compliment."
"I'm sorry I can't escort you inside because there's an urgent matter, but I'll look for you."
"It's okay, I can handle myself. You may go now."
When Serlina enters the Banquet, everyone is looking at her. She can hear the murmur.
"Is it Serlina?"
"I thought she was not coming due to a recent incident"
"How can she change overnight? She looks beautiful and the dress is so unique."
"How did she achieve the flawless skin? Abigail said that her skin is so bad that it can make you cringe."
Abigail approaches her with her pears.
"Ohh, you're here. I thought you're not gonna make it tonight since you're already late."
"Thank you for inviting me, Abigail. Even though there's a mistake on your part, for giving me the wrong date and time."
"Ohh No, it's not a mistake. I specifically told my servants to send you that invitation."
"I can't believe she has the guts to come tonight."
One of her pears said with a smirking face.
Abigail laughs and her pears as well.
'I want to slit her throat but I should calm down.'
"If you're finished laughing, I'll go on my way now."
Abigail purposely tripped Serlina expecting that she'd fall on the floor but Aizen caught her in perfect timing.