Chapter: 386

Astelle smiled, then turned to Florin’s mother.

“The Marchioness will understand. Because she had three daughters. The eldest daughter, Lady Marianne, resembles her mother a lot.”

“What did you just say?”

The Marchioness, who was watching beside her daughter, raised her eyebrows.

When she heard the name Marianne from Astelle, her anger seemed to increase.

Astelle asked innocently, “What’s wrong? I thought you’d be proud of your beautiful daughter for resembling you.”

The marchioness looked like she wanted to slap Astelle immediately, but she couldn’t do it in the public park.

She glared at Astelle as if to kill her.

“Yes, unlike anyone else, my daughters are born with a clear bloodline.”

At a time like this, I wondered what a bloodline was.

The marchioness looked a lot like Marianne, but she did not resemble Florin even from the eyes of an ant.

“Right. Thanks to the great lineage of the Croychen family, your daughters are outstanding.”

Astelle affirmed the marchioness’ words with a relaxed smile.

When her humiliation didn’t work, the marchioness turned around in anger.

“I’ll go back now.”

“Goodbye, Marchioness.”

Astelle stepped aside to tell her to hurry up and go away.

Even after the marchioness had walked quite far, Florin did not leave her place.

“They say that the late Duchess’ charity ball is being held at the imperial palace. Lady Astelle will be attending as an organizer, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The smile on Florin’s pretty face grew deeper.

“I hope to see you again at the ball.”

The marchioness walked towards the entrance to the park, and she shouted at Florin, who was not following her,

“Florin! What are you doing?”

Florin looked at Astelle with sparkly eyes and then gracefully bent her knees.