Volume 2, Chapter 66 – Tea Party Turmoil

Inside the gardens of Count Hektor’s estate in the western part of Windward City, the noble ladies and young misses of the Northern Frontier had come to this blue rose garden at the invitation of Count Hektor’s wife to begin their monthly tea party.

As the lady of the Duke Family, the lords of the Northern Frontier, Afnora naturally received an invitation. To help her granddaughter open up, Afnora felt that bringing Yumo here to participate in activities and make some new friends might be a good choice, which would also help her adapt to life in the Northern Frontier as quickly as possible. Thus, while Afnora chatted with the other noble ladies, she let Yumo go play with the children from the other families.

This idea should be good, right?

But Miss Yumo didn’t really like it. It was true that after coming to this world, she had thought about making some friends, but Miss Yumo had no intention of making friends with these little kids because the gap in their way of thinking was too large to even hold a conversation. Moreover, these children didn’t seem very friendly to her either.

At that moment, by the pond in the garden, Miss Yumo, who had wanted to take a walk alone to look at the fish, was inexplicably surrounded by a group of little girls.

‘Hm, what the heck?’

Looking at the several children around her, all about 1.2 meters tall, Yumo couldn’t help but show a confused expression. She had already distanced herself from the crowd to walk here, so why did these children specifically come looking for her?

“Um, is there something you need?” Miss Yumo asked with a puzzled expression, trying to use a polite tone.

Upon hearing Yumo’s words, a girl stepped out from the crowd with a crisp, young voice. “Hehe, I’m here to see Miss Xia’er, of course. We haven’t seen each other in years~”

Her water-blue hair drifted randomly over her shoulders, and a pink bow on her head fluttered in the wind. She wore a blue and white noble dress with intricate and beautiful gold patterns on the hem. The style was elegant and the embroidery was exquisite. She wore a pair of white embroidered shoes adorned with pearls, and a piece of pink soft silk was tied into a beautiful bow around her waist.

Her beautiful attire combined with her decent looks made her quite adorable. However, this cute little girl’s expression was not so likable now as her brown eyes were filled with mockery.

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Under the protection of several other little girls, this little one, who was clearly the leader, trotted up to Yumo and gave a ‘respectful’ salute. “Long time no see, Miss Xia’er? I wonder how you have been lately?”

Hearing these words full of irony, Yumo couldn’t help but frown. But before she could say anything, the several noble children around her immediately chimed in with mocking faces.

“How could she be doing well? Wasn’t she recently taken away to be a slave?”

“Yeah, yeah, she didn’t eat well and didn’t sleep well, so how could she be doing well?”

“No, I think Miss Xia’er’s skin is very good? She doesn’t look like she was mistreated. Oh? Could it be that she became someone’s bed-warming girl and that’s why she was treated a little better?”

“Ah? If you put it that way, Miss Xia’er, you couldn’t have already been…”

“Ah? That happened? Hmm, as a slave, it seems normal. But even after all that, she still has the nerve to be the heir to the Marquis family?”

Although they didn’t curse her out loud, the contempt and mockery in these girls’ words were blatant, causing Yumo to frown slightly. Yumo was actually always very tolerant of children. She didn’t care much about these little girls’ nonsense and only felt a trace of confusion.

‘Strange…’

The Ashurmos Church members involved in her pretending to be a ‘slave’ had been forced by Mengxi to take an oath, so it was impossible for them to speak out. As for the Duke Family, those who knew the inside story had been strictly warned by the Marchioness, so they shouldn’t have revealed anything. The Duke Family had also been working hard to block any news lately.

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So how did these people know? Did it leak out before? Sigh, forget it. Yumo didn’t care too much about what others said about her because back when she was in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, she had been insulted far worse than this.

However, Yumo slowly raised her head to glance at the noble misses before her and sighed in disappointment. ‘Is this supposed to be bullying? Kids these days are really naughty…’

Seriously, they couldn’t even compare to those ‘obedient’ good children of her own. Seeing that Yumo not only failed to show shame or anger but even showed a look of disdain, the blue-haired girl suddenly felt extremely displeased.

“You, what are you sighing for?!”

“Nothing.”

“Nothing? Is that all you have to say? As expected, Miss Xia’er, you’ve been a slave for so long that you’ve forgotten noble etiquette, haven’t you? I specifically came to greet you, and you actually didn’t return the gesture?”

“Return the gesture?” Ah, it seemed there was such an etiquette. “But, who are you?”

“You! You actually forgot my name!!” Seeing that her childhood ‘arch-rival’ had actually forgotten her name, the blue-haired girl’s face immediately flushed with rage as she pointed at Yumo in frustration. “I am Xingya Hektor! The eldest daughter of Count Hektor’s family! Your greatest rival! I have never forgotten you during the years you were missing! And yet, you… you… actually forgot me! Do you think my name isn’t worth remembering?! Are you looking down on me that much?! How excessive!!”

‘Huh?’ Looking at the little girl throwing a fit by herself, Yumo’s eyes were full of speechlessness. This girl really had a vivid imagination.

However, it seemed they didn’t know about her ‘amnesia’. They knew she was a slave but didn’t know she had amnesia. It felt like someone was deliberately spreading information. Yumo made a judgment in her heart.

But Yumo’s silence was taken as disdain by the child named Xingya. After she had said so much, the girl in front of her still didn’t reply and even looked into the distance! This was too much!

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The displeased Xingya pulled a chain and led over a red hound about half a meter tall. It was the spirit beast she raised, a Crimson Wind Hound! Clearly, the angry little girl intended to let her dog step forward to scare the girl in front of her and regain some face.

Soon, under Xingya’s instructions, the Crimson Wind Hound stepped forward with its teeth bared. However, in the next instant, Yumo turned her head and gave the Crimson Wind Hound a casual glance.

The moment the sturdy hound met Yumo’s deep blue eyes and saw the faint crimson light flashing within them, it felt an unspeakable pressure. A terrifying weight descended from the sky and pressed down directly onto its soul, even threatening to crush it entirely!

Whine, whine, whine?!

In an instant, the Crimson Wind Hound, which had been fierce and aggressive, lost all its momentum and let out a series of panicked cries like a beaten dog.

“Xiao Ji?! You, what’s wrong with you!!” Xingya cried out in alarm.

But before she could figure out why her beloved dog had suddenly gone mad, the Crimson Wind Hound turned and fled into the distance without looking back!

“Eh?!” Being pulled by the Crimson Wind Hound, Xingya accidentally fell into the pond.

Splash! In an instant, under the startled gazes of the noble misses, water splashed everywhere.

The pond was not deep, and Xingya quickly stood up from it. However, she had now turned into a drowned rat, soaked through and covered in mud. Seeing her plan to teach someone a lesson fail and becoming so pathetic in front of everyone, the highly prideful Xingya couldn’t control the grievance in her heart and burst out crying.

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Yumo: …Ah, this…

The child’s crying naturally attracted the nearby guards and the noble ladies who were drinking tea not far away. Everyone rushed to the edge of the pond. Xingya’s mother, Lady Delina, also jumped into the pond regardless of her dress and hugged her daughter.

“What’s wrong? Xingya, why did you suddenly start crying?”

The sobbing Xingya didn’t answer Lady Delina’s question. However, a child from a Baron’s family nearby, who was Xingya’s follower, didn’t hesitate to make a false accusation and pointed directly at the innocent-looking Miss Yumo. “It was her! This slave girl pushed Miss Xingya into the lake!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell so silent that a pin could be heard dropping, save for Xingya’s crying. Everyone seemed shocked by the girl’s words. The girl’s mother couldn’t help but press a hand to her forehead. Although it was a fact that the Marquis’s daughter had become a slave, such things could only be said in private! How could it be brought up in public?

And especially in front of someone from the Duke Family?!

Sure enough, in the next instant, Afnora, who had heard these words, walked slowly to the edge of the pond. Her sharp gaze locked onto the daughter of the Baron. A chilling battle aura slowly seeped out from Afnora’s body, making everyone around her except Yumo feel a sense of dread.

“Slave?! What nonsense are you talking about!!” Afnora stepped forward without hesitation to protect her granddaughter’s reputation.

However, the moment she spoke, an ill-timed deep male voice came from behind the crowd. “Madam, there’s no need to be so angry. After all, that young lady didn’t say anything wrong. The heir to our Duke Family is indeed a slave, isn’t she?”

Hearing these words full of mockery, Afnora clenched her fists and slowly turned her head to look angrily at the uninvited guest. “Benjamin?! What nonsense are you spouting?!”