The plain and unnoticed me is no more
6. Family reactions
I didn't want to worry about my parents, I unraveled my disturbed hair in a carriage on my way home, brushed it with my hands, and shaped myself. However, on closer look, the dress in light color was dirtier than I thought, and it didn't look as clean as I paid for it by hand. You'll have to explain what happened. I have to change before I see my family.
"Ah, I left your jacket on. How do I give it back?"
The butler, who noticed me coming home earlier than planned, almost like a dragonfly, hurried out to pick me up. She wore the prince's jacket and felt uncomfortable with the different hairstyle when she went out. She quickly looked at the whole thing and waved her eyebrows.
"Welcome home, Miss Elaine. What happened at the party? It looks like the food is dirty... will you get dressed and come back soon?
"No, I'm not going back. Where are your father and mother? I need to talk to you right away."
"Milord is in the study. My wife was sleeping with Amy."
"Okay, thank you. Excuse me, can you get us both in the living room? I'll be right there when I get dressed."
I will go to my room to change first. When I was hurrying up the stairs, I met my grandfather only at this time. My grandfather looked at my outfit and narrowed his eyes in a mood.
"What's with that shameful outfit? You're still in the middle of an inaugural party, why are you dressed like that when you should be next door as Your Highness's partner? I don't suppose he did something crude. Get dressed and get back to the venue!
The old man asked a question and tried to go down the stairs without waiting for the reply.
"Grandpa, the party is cancelled. I need to talk to you, can you come to the living room? It's a very important story."
"Don't waste it. Say it now."
"... I can't talk here. I'm going to get dressed, so please turn to the living room first."
I bowed lightly and went up the stairs to the room without waiting for my grandfather's reaction.
Then my brother came out of the room. I wonder where I'm going to go from here, wearing my cape and walking towards me.
"Lana, you're home early. You came out of a boring party?
"Luke, oniisama... if you're going out, please stop. I think it is better not to answer today. I'll talk to oniisama right now, but my engagement has been abandoned by His Highness. There are other women who want to marry....."
"Ah? You forced me to sign up for an engagement from over there? Then whose jacket is it? The decoration belongs to the royal family."
"I owe this to His Highness Wilfred. I accidentally came home wearing it."
My brother became a real face, and this time he looked at my whole body carefully. Somehow they all stop at the same place. Most of the red stains should be hidden in my jacket.
"Did you fall? Why are you so dirty?"
"The longer we talk, the longer. If you want to ask, I will talk with your father in the living room, so please let me change first. I don't want my mother to look like this."
My brother gently stroked my head and headed towards the living room.
I hurried into the room and began to change clothes with a side service. When I checked the injured part, the bruises on my knees were clean, but the buttocks and elbows that I hit when I was first knocked down had blue bruises. It was strange and I didn't feel anything until now, but as soon as I saw it, I started to feel pain.
"Lady, what's wrong? I have a mole on my buttocks. The dress is dirty too, and if it fell?
I regretted that I should have worn drawers, which are common underwear in this country.
I felt like I wasn't wearing anything, so I didn't get used to it. That's why I made and used a type of shorts with strings tied to the side, but I can see the whole part that became a mole because of that.
"Well, that's the place. Thank you for your help. This jacket belongs to His Highness Wilfred. If it gets dirty, will you keep it clean?
"Well, the First Prince... that's a serious responsibility. I understand."
I was dropped off by the servants who looked at me worriedly, and with a feeling of climbing the truncation platform, I exhaled and went to the living room. Down the stairs and down the hallway, my brother waited in front of the door without going inside.
"What a face. Nothing wrong with you, Your Highness Frederick cheating on your fiancée. Remember, I'm on Lana's side, and my father and mother are on my side."
"He's not cheating, he's really in love. That's why the quality is bad."
I walked through the door my brother opened, swallowed cockroaches and spit, and bowed to my father, mother, and uncle.
"I'm sorry to call you. I need to talk to you as soon as I can."
"Looks like he came home a long time ago, but he didn't pick you up today, so he went to the venue alone, and maybe something happened with His Highness?
Yes, His Highness usually only came to pick me up. And as they entered the venue, their behavior pattern for the past year was that they would go to Sandra, who had been waiting for them as a matter of course. Evan, Aaron, Hubert. It was delivered obligatorily with a rotation that made me want to ask if it was even a watchdog.
"... yes, that's right."
My brother urged me to go to the sofa where everyone would relax. Then I saw my brother sitting in the chair, corrected his posture, and took a deep breath.
"Today, His Highness Frederick told me to abandon my engagement."
Hearing this word, my father and mother rounded their eyes. The reaction was as expected, but my grandfather was unexpectedly unresponsive.
"What are you talking about? It was a forced engagement from the other side! What did His Highness think when he refused to let us go?"
"Lana, have you come home silently accepting it? Did you hear why?
My father and mother asked me questions in dismay, while my grandfather squeezed his staff and stared at me silently. I wonder what you're thinking right now, and maybe that's why my brother led me the farthest away from my grandfather.
"Your Highness is in love with a girl named Sandra and wants to marry her, even if she is dropped by civilians."
"Sandra? You mean the fake Virgin? That would be a civilian, haha, no way, but you really think the prince can live as a civilian? For those who have lived in luxury in the palace since their birth, there is no way that they can live in a room that is narrower than their own bathroom and have no side service or chamberlain to take care of them. Where are you going to get your first income, ex-Prince? I have no idea. This is ridiculous, now it's just a fever of love and I can't see around. You'll soon change your mind and withdraw your statement."
"Absolutely not. Because... in the middle of the party hall, a lot of students and guests watched and declared. Perhaps everyone who comes home from the party that took place after that is reporting it to the people at home. And I met Lord Wilfred when I was leaving the venue. His Highness was very angry to hear about it and told him to report it to His Majesty immediately. I think it will be in His Majesty's ear by now."
My father held his head when he heard it, and my mother looked at me worriedly. I thought you had been listening in silence for a long time, so my grandfather asked me about the dress I dared not explain.
"So when did you ruin your dress and have to undo your hair and go home? You don't have an explanation, so just follow the sequence and tell us everything."
My mother leaned her neck and felt anxious to notice something. I feel uncomfortable that I have just returned home and come here to change my clothes. It was the same for my father, who stood up smoothly and thought he had walked towards me, and he grabbed me by the elbow.
"Were they attacked by those who believed in the Virgin? You didn't get assaulted?
I was touched where the mole was, and my body jumped. My father thought he had lifted my arm and wobbled his sleeve and exposed his bruised elbow.
"What is this? I wonder if there are other such a mole. Luke, get someone here to help her get dressed! Right now!