#8. In Search of a Fateful Encounter

#8. In Search of a Fateful Encounter

Now that the farewell ball for the Margrave and Margravine was over.

The time to truly say goodbye had drawn close, right outside House Béarn’s townhouse.

Beneath the warm sunlight, which had grown quite strong.

During a peaceful, slightly bustling morning.

Eleonore sat comfortably with her back against the sofa, reaching for her teacup as she watched her mother busily bustling around the mansion in the distance.

Since the ball, her mother had been having an extremely busy day.

It wasn’t as if there had ever been days when she wasn’t busy, of course, but these days her mother was different.

She had even given up on keeping Eleonore at her side to teach her the duties of a noble household’s mistress.

The sight of her mother like that reminded Eleonore of her own mother visiting her studio apartment back when she was still Seo Juha...