I Shall Break Off Our Engagement For You
[Chapter 36]
Translated by: ME
From around the time they finished dancing several songs, the number of people changing partners to dance increased.
Maisie wanted to dance more but Silas was invited by other young ladies and left Maisie.
Leaning against the wall, she vaguely watched the people dancing.
Silas, who was invited to dance by many young ladies was a member of the Royal Knights, the heir of a Marquis family and reasonably handsome.
It's understandable that he's popular.
That Silas is Maisie's fiancé.
Everyone must be envious.
Thinking that, even though she wasn't invited to dance by anyone, Maisie's small eyes shone proudly.
In her expressionless face, her nostrils twitched.
After a while, she noticed that Felicia was dancing with an incredibly handsome man, attracting everyone's attention.
She wondered who that was but Maisie didn't know the names of any male nobles other than Silas's friends.
She hadn't heard that Felicia was engaged yet, so she assumed that Barney or someone else had arranged a partner for her just for today.
Even so, he's quite a beauty.
As she involuntarily turned her gaze, her mother, with her nostrils flared wide, approached as if to block her view.
[Maisie, it seems the dance is almost over. The moment is finally here.]
The critiques of music and poetry will be held immediately after the dance. After that will be the critiques of swordsmanship and horsemanship.
For those who want to gain a position near the royal family, attracting attention there is far more important than the dance.
Looking closely at the heavily decorated, gaudy dress from top to bottom, her mother nodded in satisfaction, saying, [It's more splendid than anyone else's.]
[Father-in-law was frowning, though, I wonder what that was about.]
Her mother complained about her father-in-law, saying, [I can't even shop to my heart's content without having to ask him about everything.]
It seemed her father-in-law had some opinions about the design, but her mother wouldn't listen. Even so, since it was a dress for the graduation ball, he readily provided the money.
Maisie was satisfied with her life since moving to the Baron's family. Her mother didn't seem to be, often complaining that [money isn't as freely available as I thought.]
Recently, she's also started grumbling about the Erhardt family, saying, [Even though we're relatives now, they're cold.]
Even now, her father-in-law and her sister-in-law Agnes are gathered with Mr. and Mrs. Erhardt and Rosemary, talking about something fun, but Maisie and her mother aren't invited, and her mother doesn't seem to intend to join them.
[Aren't you going to join them?]
Before, if her mother saw someone talking happily, she would immediately interrupt, asking, [What are you talking about?]
But now, she says things like, [I don't want to be friendly if they're going to make unpleasant faces behind my back.]
She laughed, saying that they would have a new powerful relative soon, and they could rely on them from now on.
[The Erhardt family hasn't lent us any strength at all. There's no need to associate with them if it means feeling inferior. It's ridiculous. I'll be glad when this kind of life is over soon.]
Her mother is in quite a good mood.
[Isn't it amazing that you, who were born to a commoner mother and a nominally poor noble father, are going to be a court poet? And eventually, a Marchioness.]
Looking around excitedly, her mother continued to talk without lowering her voice.
Maisie smiled modestly.
No one will bully or make fun of Maisie anymore.
Thinking that made her happy.
[But the reason you've become like this is all thanks to me getting on the good side of your current father-in-law. You'd better make sure I have an easy life in the future.]
[Yes... But, Mother, what should I do from now on... ?]
They've promised to marry, but it doesn't feel like anything concrete has been decided.
It might be because her mother is keeping her father-in-law out of the loop, saying that it might be disadvantageous if they find out Maisie is a stepchild.
She's also concerned that what the Haymer family is saying is subtly different from what her mother is saying.
Maisie only had a vague understanding of those things.
Silas says it's okay for her to join the Goddard family.
Because the Goddard family only has daughters, and the Haymer family has three sons.
It seems her mother hasn't given a clear answer to that.
She thinks that's why the conversation isn't progressing.
Her mother tells Maisie, [Agnes is the one who will inherit the property, so it would be troublesome if he became an adopted son. You're going to marry into the Haymer family.]
Somehow, she thinks it would be better to tell Silas or the Marquis of Haymer directly, but she's threatened by her mother that if she says anything unnecessary, the engagement might be called off, so Maisie couldn't say anything.
Maisie doesn't seem to have the right to inherit even a single jewel.
Her mother says that if they find that out, the engagement might be called off.
(That can't be true, right...? Silas said he likes me better than Felicia...)
Besides, her father-in-law is a very good person, so he should give her some dowry.
In any case, she feels like it's about time to get her father-in-law involved in the conversation.
Maisie mustered her courage and told her mother that.
[Well... If we've gotten this far, it might not matter that you're a stepchild... After all, I hear that court poets often have the opportunity to speak directly with members of the royal family. They shouldn't be able to treat such a person badly.]
Before long, the music stopped, and the people who had been dancing began to move to their respective families.
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