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Robert opened his mouth as if to refute, but couldn't help but close his mouth. Sauveur's words came unexpectedly, poking at Robert's weakness.
He felt as if his heart had been exposed. Robert's face was dyed red with embarrassment.
“I know how much you care about the Count. Even the Count will not doubt your loyalty. But now your attitude is nothing like that of the Earl's vassal. She is our lady.
“…Just because you're young doesn't mean all immature behavior is acceptable. The Earl has been standing with a sword since the same age as when his wife came to Castle Arno.
“Because the circumstances surrounding the Earl led him to it. The Count was especially strong-willed and in good health, so he put up with it. He is different from the lady.
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"Then don't worry too much. The current lady is different. She deserves the victory flower of a boring tournament.
Sauveur raised his voice optimistically and convinced Robert. If he had asked how he was so sure, he would have tried to laugh and let it go, but thankfully, Robert stayed silent with his head down.
In fact, there was no particular reason for Bianca's improvement with Sauveur. Until now, Sauveur had thought of Bianca as an unlucky young woman. Demanding and antisocial. But how can he know about her if he has never talked to her in the first place?
However, after meeting in the stable, they had a chance to talk a couple of times.
Although she is arrogant, she is quite kind, she was stubborn and made decisions on her own without listening to others, but when asked why she made that decision, she explained why.
He begged her to share a snack, but it was nice that she passed him all the leftover cookies. He looked like he was doing something for the enemy, but somehow he didn't ignore it.
Oh, it doesn't seem like a good thing to list it like that.
Anyway, Sauveur didn't hate Bianca. No, he even liked her a little.
Maybe he'll end up liking that arrogant, cheeky little lady. The corners of Sauveur's lips twitched.
First of all, Sauveur had a soft spot for a woman who bound and wielded him. It seemed like he didn't even care about her, but it would have been better if she wasn't completely out of the question. And Bianca was just right for him.
* * *
Even taking just a walk, it was not easy to look around the vast castle. East of the castle today, south of the castle tomorrow.
Even if he divided it bit by bit, after he finished looking around the territory, the sun would set. She was literally just looking around her, but even though she wasn't doing anything special, her energy was draining.
Still, his body was able to withstand the hardships.
No matter how difficult it was, the place he walked through was on his property. If she is tired, she can stop. That was a blessing!
In the past, Bianca had walked a long path dotted with jagged stones, unable to rest. She shed tears as the terrible torture continued that she could not be stopped. Compared to that, this was nothing.
On the contrary, there was something else that was difficult for Bianca. It was the refusal of the servants. Every time she shows up, they gossip and talk to each other, and if Bianca wants to get close, they run off.
When Bianca beckoned and called to them, they obediently approached and bowed their heads, but Bianca couldn't tell what kind of expression they had on their faces.
Bianca straightened her expression resolutely. Because she wasn't really hurt by it. However, just because she wasn't hurt doesn't mean she can ignore the hostile gaze that stabs her skin.
The hostility of the crowd swirled and turned into a sharp spear, but it soon snapped and turned into a thorny shield. Resentment permeated the voices that spoke here and there. Bianca was obviously a demanding lady, but she had never done anything that deserved such hostility. What did she do to make them so angry?
It was during a conversation between servants that Bianca learned why. Among them was the name of an unexpected person who cursed Bianca without expecting Bianca to be there. It was Before.
Bianca had long ago forgotten who Ante was. She was the servant who insulted her and she even slapped her cheek until her hands swelled up, but in the end she was just a servant.
If Yvonne, who was listening to the conversations of the servants next to her, had not informed her, she would never have known what was happening.
Although Arno Castle was a large estate, it was narrow enough that everyone who lived on the estate knew each other. No wonder they know about Ante, but it's been a couple of months since he left, and what happened to a single maid wasn't unusual enough to keep being mentioned until now.
Wasn't it natural for the lady to kick out the maid who tried to seduce the count? Furthermore, it was the Earl, whom they praised, who expelled Ante.
However, they firmly believed that poor Ante, who was in the same position as them, had been sacrificed to the jealousy of the countess, who was a member of the established elite. It was only then that Bianca realized that the Ante thing had been rumored to have been blown out of proportion.
No. It wasn't because of Ante. The Ante thing was just an opportunity, and it was caused by the actions that Bianca had developed before that.
The funny thing was that while everyone was hostile, there was a lot of favoritism towards Bianca.
This was because Bianca had given the squirrel skin to Yvonne. When it was discovered that Bianca did not save money on her people, those who wanted to look good with Bianca wandered around with rigid and unknown favors.
Of course, even then, there were still many more people who were afraid of Bianca. They seemed to think that they could be expelled like Ante.
As much as the situation at Arno's estate around Bianca was chaotic, she looked out the window and sighed heavily. She wondered if it would be effective in the long run to continue touring the castle.
At the Arno estate today, mainstream public opinion insists that Bianca's actions were simply "showing up and doing nothing."
Actually, they were not wrong. The first time she started touring the estate was to show that she was somewhat interested in the Arno family as a countess. It would be nice to learn the job, but that doesn't mean she wanted to take over the job Vincent was in charge of.
Because all of this was ultimately to give birth to Zachary's child and, at the same time, it was for his own good.
A person with tenacity would have continued with their actions without giving in to the gaze of others, but Bianca was the kind of person who didn't like wasting time on things she couldn't fix anyway.
All you have to do is show your dedication and hard work for the Arno family. This might not be the way to do it. Maybe there is some other way. Bianca walked slowly down the hall, thinking about what would be best.
Bianca was halfway down the hall when she heard the voices of the maids. About five of them were sitting on a vacant lot just off the aisle, embroidering in the sunlight. Judging by the high quality of the fabric, it was the embroidery on Bianca's clothes.
Bianca looked at the maids at work. The embroidery skills of the maid with curly black hair were superb. With such good craftsmanship, she would be good at making lace….
As soon as she remembered, Bianca suddenly came to her senses. Yes, lace.
Bianca, who thought of something, involuntarily leaned over the rail where they were. She was in such a hurry that she couldn't even think of the stairs next to her.
-One moment-.
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