Duke's Daughter Margarita Frost Reporting for Duty

Friend 2

Margarita looks at X and Miguelito in the receiving area.

Miguelito is sitting while cross legged while his eyes are close.
One elbow is in the sofa edge and supporting his head.

X is standing straight as always. While his eyes are wandering somewhere. Maybe he is memorizing the painting on the wall?

Margarita sighs.

"Let's go?"

"Sis!"

"Young Miss."

Margarita raised a brow.

"What's wrong?"
She asks.

"Besty." A girl with a green hair just make her presence known.
She is wearing a soft smile and waving happily.

Margarita already heard she will come so she didn't have much of a reaction.
It's just amazing how a woman can smile so sincerely that even her eyes are smiling.

"You should not come too early, have eaten breakfast yet?"she asks with a hint of genuine concern.

Emely blushes.
"I am actually a bit hungry."

"You," Margarita smiles.
"It's fine. Join us for breakfast. Miguelito, let's go."

Emely thanks Margarita as she clings to her arms like a baby.
"Last night you know, I saw this huge bug.You see.."

Miguelito is left shock.

"How...How can they act like that only after a night? This ...This is so unreal!" He said shaking his head.

X looks down and pat his head.
"Learn."

"Eh?" Miguelito raised his head.

"There are times that feelings can't answer your expectations. Even nobles has to act sneakily and can't openly show hostility. This is the real world. Being friendly, being enemies, they are the same. You should learn how to do it right. The first to peel their mask will lose."

Miguel stops shaking his head and nod. He stand straight,the same as X and walk to their location.

He has to learn how this society works.
Hypocrites are the norms.
He have to be able to smile and hug the person he loath the most if it is mean winning in the end.
With that, Miguelito has a new found respect toward Emely.

That doesn't make Margarita happy but she knows that Miguelito should learn the hard way in order to fill the gap of his understanding about the noble circle.

Duke Miguel looks at the two ladies happily giggling in the corner while eating.

Though Margarita barely smiles, he likes it better than this.

He just look away and eat with his straight face.

"Margarita, did you invite Prince Dwayn to the farm?"

"Why did you ask?" Margarita asks.

"Um...If...If you invite him...Can you also invite Prince Diego?"
She said blushing.

Margarita smiles but slowly shakes her head.
"I don't have any right to invite him. And besides our engagement just annulled. What kind of woman I am to ask him?"

"Oh. I see...It's just...It'll be fun to have double dates." She said giggling.

"Oh. But you are not yet his fiancee. Should you really be going out with him?" Margarita asks.

Emely froze a bit but she continue smiling.
"It'll happen eventually."

Margarita nods.
"Then we will invite him eventually."

Emely looks at her  plate and eat then compliment the food.
She is not letting even a small crack in her facade..
She will endure everything.

Miguelito is watching Emely closely.

'This girl is not as stupid as I thought.'

To be insulted but yet not let anyone find out how she is feeling, truly, a noble woman.

Margarita smiles more tenderly.
The more Emely struggles. The more fun she feels.

'Truly, a first class entertainment.'