Chapter: 1009
“Yes, yes, I’m fine. My hand slipped.”
“Why don’t you attend too and have some fun?” Astelle asked as she helped Gretel clean up the medicine.
“Yes?”
Gretel blushed in embarrassment. “Oh, no. I’ve never been to a place like that……. I don’t even know how to dance.”
“It’s fine to go just to have a look. Gretel is the benefactor who saved His Majesty the Emperor, so no one will say anything.”
Of course, saving Kaizen’s life was not officially announced, but Gretel was still known as a close assistant to the empress.
It’s a place to hide one’s identity and have fun, so it doesn’t matter if Gretel is attending.
Gretel, however, refused without hesitation.
“No, I’m okay.”
“I see. I guess I said something wrong. Never mind.”
Astelle felt sorry for making her uncomfortable.
“No, Your Majesty. Thank you for inviting me. It’s just that I can’t dance,” said Gretel with an awkward smile.
That’s how the conversation with Gretel ended.
Astelle started inviting people in earnest.
“You’re both going to attend, aren’t you?”
“Of course, Your Majesty.”
Fritz and Seibel answered so obediently.
But the next day, Seibel came to Astelle with an apologetic expression.
“I apologize, Your Majesty. I’m going to be dispatched to the North for a while.”
Astelle was very sorry, but there was nothing she could do since it was about his work.
“Are you? I can’t help it.”
She wondered why the dispatch mission had suddenly been sent down.
“Hannah, Miss Naen, please attend as guests.”
Astella also invited Naen who couldn’t go to the summer palace with her because she went to her relative’s house alone.
“Alright, Your Majesty.”