Chapter 66: Delkarmen’s Recognition?

Time passed quickly.

For a week, I practiced dancing and learned etiquette with Emily. In the morning, I played with Yona and went around the festival a few times.

Thus, the day of the banquet finally arrived.

“Hey! Did you wipe everything there?”

“There isn’t a speck of dust here! How about your side?”

“This side is good too! But we have to be sure! The head of the family is coming soon!”

The butlers and maids were moving like crazy. It’s a sight I’ve never seen in the week I’ve been roaming around the mansion.

Why are they like that?

In fact, today is the day Delkarmen Muelia of Muelia is coming.

Originally, Delkarmen should have come with us a week ago.

But the current situation of the Muelia family was not very good.

The elders who made up the family rebelled.

Delkarmen stayed in the family until today to deal with it.

Then the day of the banquet came and he’s coming.

I went down to the first floor with Emily and Yona.

He’ll be here soon, so we’re going to meet him on the first floor.

After a while, a butler came in in a hurry.

“The Duke is coming in. 5 minutes left!”

The movements of the servants became even more busy.

“Where should I wait?”

“Wait here with us.”

“Hmm? Is that okay? I’m not Muelia.”

“But you’re a vassal family. Father will like it too.”

If Emily says so.

I waited for a while.

Meanwhile, the butlers and maids were lined up long at the door.

Creak.

The door opened and Delkarmen Muelia came in.

The sound of heavy footsteps echoed in the mansion. It was the sound of only one person’s footsteps, but everyone was overwhelmed by the heavy presence.

“Welcome. Head of the family.”

Delkarmen Muelia passed the bowed servants and approached Emily.

“Did you come here comfortably?”

“Yes. Has anything happened in the meantime?”

“No. Nothing special happened. Instead, when I came to the capital, I received a lot of letters. I’m only accepting the important ones for now.”

“I see. Let’s talk about it inside for now.”

Delkarmen Muelia talked briefly with Emily. Meanwhile, Yona hugged Delkarmen Muelia’s leg.

“How is my youngest daughter?”

“Yes! Father! I am fine. I played with Emily and I played a lot with Rachel. Hehe.”

Delkarmen Muelia smiled contentedly and stroked Yona. At the same time, he looked at me.

“Long time no see, Lord. Have you been well?”

“It’s been a while. A week?”

Saying so, Delkarmen Muelia chuckled.

“Let’s go in first. You all haven’t eaten breakfast, have you?”

“Yes. I haven’t eaten.”

“I was waiting to eat with you, Father!”

“What about Rachel?”

“Oh, I, I haven’t eaten yet either.”

“That’s good. Hazen. Prepare the meal.”

The butler nodded and left. Delkarmen Muelia also returned to his room.

“Emily. You mean I’m attending too?”

“Yeah. It seems like you want to eat together.”

What’s going on?

Delkarmen Muelia wouldn’t suggest eating together for no reason.

It’s the first meal after coming to the capital, and it’s his daughters whom he hasn’t seen in a week. From his point of view as a daughter-loving father, he would want to spend that time entirely with his daughters.

Me at such a breakfast time? And I’m just a mere baronet?

Whatever, time passed.

When it was time, I headed to the dining room with Yona and Emily.

Delkarmen Muelia was already sitting in the dining room.

“Sit down.”

When he clapped twice, the maids began to fill the table.

There were so many dishes that it was incomparable to when we ate alone. The quality was also good.

The same dishes were placed in front of me.

As it was breakfast, it consisted of salad, soup, light steak and seafood pasta.

“Let’s eat first. We can talk after that.”

With those words, breakfast began.

I’ve eaten a lot of high-quality food for a week, so I wasn’t so surprised that my eyes widened. Still, it was definitely delicious.

Pasta full of rich seafood flavor, the savory taste of steak, the freshness of salad, etc.

When I finished eating to some extent, Delkarmen Muelia put down his spoon and wiped his mouth.

“First of all, to talk about the current family situation, the elders left remnants of their forces in various places for a posthumous return. All the elder forces have been quelled.”

“What about the first elder? Now that all the elders are gone, the family needs a pillar.”

“So I woke up the first elder. Currently, the first elder is in charge of the family, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

The first elder is the only person who can be trusted, unlike the other elders. Even in the original work, when the Muelia family collapsed, he was the only one who helped Emily.

“Father. By the way, what did you decide to receive from the imperial family this time? When I asked you last time, you said you hadn’t decided yet.”

“For now…”

Suddenly, the conversation between the two becomes strange.

Until just now, it was something I already knew. The elders have already been removed, and it is something that anyone can know that the first elder will be awakened to maintain the family now that Delkarmen Muelia is here.

But the content I’m listening to from now on is not.

The second prince tried to kill Delkarmen Muelia, and the compensation for that cannot leave this table.

So I intervened in the conversation before I got caught up in something strange for no reason. Originally, I can’t do this, but.

“Wa, wait a minute! Shouldn’t you talk about that after I leave? Or should I leave now?”

I got up and pretended to leave.

How urgent I was, I made a body gag while getting up, but even so, I didn’t laugh at all.

You know, in movies, there are people who are killed and silenced after hearing a conversation between high-ranking capitalists by mistake. It’s not for nothing that such a person exists.

But Delkarmen Muelia waved his hand as if he didn’t care.

“Rachel. Are you going to tell someone else what you hear now?”

“No! Of course not! I have to keep my mouth shut and take it to the grave.”

“Yeah. Then what’s the matter?”

“But… I’m an outsider.”

“But you’re not an ordinary outsider. You risked your life to cure Yona’s illness, and you informed me of the second prince’s attack in advance and saved me. And you have a good relationship with my daughters. Am I wrong?”

“…That’s true.”

“And in the first place, you made this opportunity, so you deserve to hear it.”

Delkarmen Muelia nodded.

It’s a strange feeling.

Did I get recognized?

While I was thinking that, the two started talking again.

“First of all, I decided to receive the Great Mine of Erd. I will entrust this matter to the first elder, and what Emily you need to pay attention to is….”

I tried to think of other things as much as possible and let it go.

No matter how much Delkarmen Muelia allowed it, it’s better not to know that. I’m also a human, so I can make a mistake. If I accidentally say this fact, I can’t handle the aftermath.

So, to some extent, the main topic was over, and the two had a casual conversation. Yona, who was listening quietly, also joined in.

‘Still, it would be better for me to stay still.’

I was just stuffing steak into my mouth and waiting for the meal to end.

How much time has passed.

“Ugh. I’m full.”

“Then let’s end breakfast here.”

When he clapped twice, the maids who came in from outside cleared the plates.

“You three should go back and rest. You have to attend the banquet in the evening. Rachel?”

“Yes. Duke.”

“The imperial family is a much darker and fiercer place than you think. To survive there, you have to be careful yourself. We can’t stop everything.”

“I’m practicing hard. Emily is helping me a lot.”

“Hmm. Really?”

Delkarmen Muelia glanced at Emily, then turned his head and left.

I also went back to my room with Emily and Yona.

There will be an imperial banquet this afternoon, so as Delkarmen Muelia said, I need to conserve my strength.

I can’t collapse during the banquet, can I?

“Let’s sleep first.”

I don’t know if I’ll fall asleep because it hasn’t been long since I woke up, but I have to sleep.

Time passed.

Finally, it was one hour before the banquet began.

Designer Prisel came up with three dresses.

“Ladies? The dresses are perfectly finished. Would you like to see them?”

Time was a little tight.

Originally, it should have been completed at least a day in advance. That way, the designer can immediately see the corrections and fix the dress.

But suddenly, the amount of one person was added, so it was inevitable for Prisel.

The three people, who know that fact, spared no words about it.

Still, as if the best designer in the capital was not a designer for nothing, there was no need for any criticism on the dresses she made.

It was made exactly as the three people thought.

“I like it.”

“It’s pretty! I like it! It’s exactly the dress I imagined!”

“Me too.”

Prisel clapped her hands after confirming the reactions of the three. Accordingly, the maids moved in unison.

“Then let’s get ready right away.”