"On to more important things, have you ladies heard about the new Dress shop that opened up in the noble's district?"
"Ah. The one owned by that Merchant group, right?"
"Yes. I dropped by a few days ago. Their prices were very high."
As the young ladies jumped onto the new topic that Laurene had brought up, Suzanne tapped the arm of the princess seated beside her and passed over a sealed envelope.
"From Sir Eris."
Hearing this, a look of surprise flashed across Laurene's eyes. This then quickly changed to realization as she spoke."
"I see. So that's why."
Laurene chuckled lightly as she accepted the letter and offered her thanks before flicking her fingers and causing it to disappear. She then stood up and walked over to her assigned seat, saying a few words of thanks to all the ladies present as the tea party officially began.
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Inter-City Freeway
Unnamed Abandoned Village Outskirts
Hobha
March 14th
Year 1052