Chapter 101

The tense atmosphere quickly heated up and calmed down.

“What did the Crown Prince come to…”

“Philip was worried about her, too. I told him to wait until evening, but he crawled in and opened the door.”

“Daniel, you can’t call him by his first name.”

When the Marchioness of Spencer spoke sternly, Daniel gently lowered his eyes.

“Yes.”

He answered. The Crown Prince and Daniel called each other names casually even though they were quite old. They seem to be quite a close friend, Ezet thought.

“Then I’ll leave you alone, Grandma.”

“No, Don’t. Sit here, Daniel.”

“What?”

As Daniel turned around apologizing for interrupting the tea time, the Marquis pointed to an empty chair next to her.

The Marchioness of Spencer sat on the left side of the window, and on the right was an empty seat where Edmond sat. Ezet sat next to him, so when Daniel sits next to the old lady, he faces Ezet.

“Duchess of Jaxen, I seem like I’m asking for permission after death, but may I have my grandson join me?”

“Oh, yes, of course.”

There was no justification to refuse, so Ezet smiled and said yes. Daniel shrugged slightly and sat down.

“Thankfully, Daniel, the Duchess of Jaxen, invited all of our families to the tea party. Say hello.”

“A tea party….. thank you for inviting me, Duchess of Jaxen.”

“Oh, no, it’s not. It’s a little family party in return for being well received by Marquis Spencer. It’s not something to be grateful for at all. ”

“It’s a family party.”

Yeah, the family party was a problem.

Marchioness Spencer, who checked Ezet’s embarrassing expression and Daniel’s expression that he did not understand English, put the fan on the table and tilted her upper body slightly toward Ezet.

“What does Daniel look like to you, Duchess of Jaxen?”

“Yes…”

“I’m embarrassed to ask you this because I’ve only seen him make mistakes in front of the Duchess of Jaxen all the time, but He’s not doing anything that would harm others.”

“Of course. Daniel is a kind and caring person.”

It was natural to be unable to swear at his grandson Daniel in front of the Marquis of Spencer, but Ezet’s words were sincere. Daniel was a really healthy, decent young man. A pure and beautiful appearance like a flower and a clear and clean voice. How can she denigrate him with good manners?

“Daniel had a coming-of-age ceremony this year, but he hasn’t been named Marquis yet because he hasn’t been able to find a suitable marriage.”

“Oh, this year?”

“Yes, three years apart from the Duchess of Jaxen.”

Ezet is two years younger than Erit, so Daniel is a year younger than her.  If Edmond was a handsome man with an outward human feel, like Idea of Beauty, Daniel was simply a beautiful boy who seemed to have popped out of a myth.

No, he’s not a boy because he had an adult ceremony. Anyway, Daniel had to marry to inherit his grandfather’s Marquis title. First of all, he handed over the county, but since he was acting as Marquis of Spencer, there was no separate territory or military.

Even the exact count had a different status from the Countess like Devon, so the Marchioness of Spencer wanted Daniel to marry quickly and inherit the Marquis and rule the territory properly.

But the Marquis had a different Idea.

“When I looked at the Duchess of Jaxen and looked back on my memories with Marianne who died, I thought so.”

“What? What…”

“The woman named Ezet, who Marianne taught everything, would also be as elegant as the Duchess of Jaxen.”

“Well, that’s not true!”

Ezet denied loudly but quickly shut up and bowed her head. If she denies it too vehemently, it’s not polite, and she might think it’s a jealous sister who disparages her sister.

“Isn’t it? Marianne’s letter clearly states that she is an introvert and book lover.”

“Yes, it is, but…”

“Since I haven’t met her in person, it may be different from what I imagined, but seeing the Duchess of Jaxen convinced me. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about if she is to be Daniel’s mate.”

Ezet almost lifted a car that had gone down to camouflage a long time ago.

‘Are you trying to engage Daniel and me?’

The tapering of Jet’s hand on the lap won’t be visible on the table. The Marquis of Spencer smiled gloatingly at the look on her face with her eyes wide open.

“What do you say, Duchess of Jaxen? Did you think that a girl named Ezet would like Daniel?”

Ezet was able to be sure. She hasn’t lived for a long time, but she could bet on tens of thousands of books she had read.

If someone asked her when she was in the most challenging time of her life, she would say this is the moment.

It is a situation in which a grandmother’s friend combines spirit and reason side by side with firecrackers, suggesting to a married woman with a husband whether she will meet her grandson?

(Continued in volume 3 of Undercover Infiltration Duchess)