Emmelyn's Regret

"Are you saying you are not from an affluent family?" Maxim looked at Emmelyn intently while he turned his meat over to get it evenly roasted. "That sounds weird. You speak really well, you can read, and you know so much. You also had a teacher with you."

"Can't girls from the lower class speak really well, have the ability to read, and know so much?" Emmelyn challenged the man.

She was saying that because she was annoyed he could guess her affluent background easily. She wanted to mingle with many people who were mostly from the lower class, but it looked like she failed in her mission.

Maxim rubbed his chin and then shook his head. "I doubt it. Even in the high-class families who could afford whatever they want, girls are not prioritized to get educations, let alone girls from the lower class. At least not in my country.