Rumors Spread Quickly

During the carriage ride back to Marquess Falzen's residence, Arabella and Orchidia kept talking about Felix who was seen observing Arabella's every move during their meeting. Arabella also expressed her curiosity about the figure of the Grand Duke, because even his subordinates are annoying, let alone his Master, right?

When the carriage that Arabella was riding in arrived home, it was almost dark. Visible Vivaldi, servants, and ranks of knights who welcomed their return.

"Arabella, I heard from some of our underlings, said Felix Conlander who is the Grand Duke's trusted assistant meet you. Even all of your groceries are billed to the Grand Duke's Mansion, is that correct?" Vivaldi asked when Arabella and Orchidia got off the horse carriage.

Arabella grit her teeth, she even just arrived. And Vivaldi, the greedy man, had bombarded her with questions about the Grand Duke.

'Crazy, I even just got home now. But the rumors spread faster than my return?' thought Arabella.

The power of the gossip that spread in the capital was indeed unbelievable, exceeding the speed at which the main character of the incident arrived at his own house the gossip had already been heard.

"That's right, Father. Mr. Felix Conlander met me as a representative for the Grand Duke Malven and paid for all my groceries on behalf of the Grand Duke because he wanted my preparations to go to his residence tomorrow to be paid for as a gift," Arabella replied explaining what happened.

"But, how come you already know about this? I even just arrived home, but rumors seem to be spreading faster than the speed I got home," continued Arabella with a somewhat confused expression.

Vivaldi chuckled, "there happened to be one of my friend's wives at the Madam Lilis Boutique, so after seeing Felix Conlander come and pay for your groceries, she spread it to many people. Including me," explained Vivaldi. His heart was very happy because of the rumor that Arabella was being treated specially by Grand Duke Malven. This earned Vivaldi the praises of his noble friends and capped off yesterday's incident where he was made a joke for wearing two jeweled brooches at the same time.

'Rose's actions that embarrassed me were easily covered up by rumors of Arabella, it's not in vain that I gave her quite a lot of extra money today to shop ' thought Vivaldi happily.

"Oh, I see," Arabella replied casually.

They were currently standing at the front door of the Falzen residence, only because Vivaldi was curious about it. Arabella pursed her lips to stop herself from swearing at Vivaldi, who now looked very greedy, Arabella could already guess what her father was thinking at the moment. Certainly about Arabella being able to make her rank even higher, the point is that Arabella will be used so that Vivaldi is increasingly appreciated by other nobles. Well, it's not hard to guess what's going on in the head of a greedy, evil, and empty-minded man like Vivaldi.

"Ah, I kept you guys outside for too long. Even though you must be tired after shopping outside all day," said Vivaldi as he invited Arabella and Orchidia inside. Servants and knights entered following their master.

In the living room, Rose and her children were already sitting with a cynical look when Arabella entered.

'Arabella, that self-proclaimed girl must be happy that rumors about her are spreading this fast. She was praised by many people because of her beauty and grace,' thought Rose annoyed.

'Look at that, her smug look made that damn girl look even more uglier. You blind people! Where do you see that you can call her beautiful like an angel? Even though she looks like a cheap girl!' grumbled Riana to herself.

Arabella pressed her lips together, from the disliked faces of Rose and her three daughters, she could already read what they were thinking at the moment. Especially? If not insults. The four of them, mother and daughter must have been very upset that Arabella had become famous, even to the point where Vivaldi had been praising her since she arrived earlier.

Vivaldi kept on chattering about all the compliments his friends, the heads of families, and the Marchionesses who had seen Arabella in person earlier. Vivaldi also said that many ordinary people were fascinated and continued to make Arabella a topic of conversation. Arabella's impact was that big, even though she was only out for a few hours.

Not only Arabella but Orchidia was also praised by Vivaldi for accompanying Arabella today. He said Orchidia was even predicted as a very suitable mother for Arabella. The reply that Orchidia gave was in accordance with Arabella's expectations, the beautiful woman who she considered like her mother only replied as needed and did not use Arabella to make Vivaldi like her even more.

" Dad! Why do you keep praising Arabella anyway? We can make people talk about us too and make you proud, so let us come out and introduce ourselves as the children of Marquess Falzen!" interjected Welia in an unhappy tone. Her ears were already sick of hearing all the praise Vivaldi gave Arabella. Welia also wanted to be praised.

Vivaldi glared at Welia, while Rose and Riana cursed Welia's actions in their hearts. They should all have kept quiet, fussing over this with Vivaldi would only make the man hate them. Moreover, Welia called Arabella by her first name, not as a brother or Miss. Even though Vivaldi had warned them all to respect Arabella.

"SHUT UP!" snapped Vivaldi.

Arabella's face remained relaxed and expressionless, even though inside she was cheering with joy. Welia is still Welia, be it in her past life or now. Rose's second daughter was indeed the most openly jealous of Arabella and was often careless because she was unable to hold herself back in front of Vivaldi.

'You're just looking for trouble for yourself, Welia,' Arabella thought.