Chapter: 29
She belatedly remembered who this lady was.
“Lady Marianne, it’s been a long time.”
Apparently, this lady was the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Croychen.
When Astelle was in the social world, she was a cute adolescent girl who was only about 14 or 15 years old.
It was already 6 years ago……
“Do you know me?”
As Marianne was confused, Vellian, who was next to her, quickly interrupted.
“Lady Marianne, this is the former empress, Lady Astelle.”
“Your Majesty the Empress?”
At the words of the former empress, Marianne observed Astelle with a soft expression.
Her slightly vigilant eyes passed by Astelle’s casually loosened white blonde and a shabby dress without a pattern.
A sneer came from Marianne’s mouth.
“Oh, God…… you were kicked out after that day……”
“La, Lady……!”
Disrespectful remarks by Marianne made Vellian bewildered and tried to stop her.
But Astelle didn’t care at all and laughed instead.
“Yes, I am the empress who was kicked out after a day. I guess you remember me now.”
Perhaps this little girl was one of the emperor’s lovers.
The Croychen was a newly recognized family. Now that the great nobles had fallen, of course, the new noble families accepted Kaizen’s trust. One of them is the Croychen family.
Marianne bit her lip knowing that Astelle wasn’t angry and laughed even though she was mocking her.
Then she found a little boy behind Astelle, and she asked, “Who else is this kid?”
“He is the child of my deceased cousin. I brought him because I am his guardian now.”
Marianne quickly lost interest in Theor, when Astelle said he was her cousin’s child.
On the other hand, Theor couldn’t take his eyes off Marianne.
He seemed to be curious because he had never seen such a beautiful woman.