The First Female Duke

Chapter 9

Companions are not servants in the sense that they can be future subordinates or friends.

So as Polina said, it would be best for the companion to be chosen from a subordinate family that was dependent on Willey, so that the ties of interest between the two would be close enough and the companion would be more heartfelt.

Edith had a phobia of choosing, and couldn't find a few familiar people in the long list given to her by her mother, for this reason Edith had a big headache, she twisted her head to look at her best friend who didn't seem to be in high spirits lately, and asked:

"Did your family tell you about the chaperone?"

Elena responded breathlessly, "Told me."

"What do you do?"

"What else can I do, I don't know any of the people my family let me pick, but I think they're pretty much the same anyway, so I'll just let my mom pick someone at random when the time comes." She didn't have the heart to care about the companion now.

Edith nodded and didn't say anything else, and made up her mind that the Awakening Day wasn't for a few days anyway, so she would go and take a look then, and if she didn't have a favorite, she would just let her mother make the decision for her, just like Elena had said.

Just before Edith went to ask Polina, an unexpected person came to the door.

"Auntie, what do you want to see me about?" Edith asked politely, but in her heart she was puzzled, how did this good-for-nothing come to find her, this aunt was Uncle Prandy's wife, compared to how Uncle Prandy looked at her, her aunt's attitude was a lot better in comparison, but of course that was only in comparison, her aunt's attitude towards her in the past was far less than what it seems to be now - the Enthusiasm.

Edith phrased the word enthusiastic in her head for half a day and came up with the word enthusiastic.

Indeed, Mrs. Prandy, who looked to be in her mid-thirties, with a stern brow and eyes that usually looked a bit intimidating, was piling on a full smile for Edith at the moment.

"Oh, good girl~" Edith shivered imperceptibly, "I hear your mother's been looking for a chaperone for you lately..."

It looked like that was the point of today's topic, Edith nodded without moving, "Actually, my mother just gave me some suggestions, ultimately it's my own decision."

Mrs. Prandy seemed satisfied with the answer, which showed in her even wider smile.

"Of course, this is your chaperone after all." Mrs. Prandy affirmed.

After a pause, she added, "Don't you have any ideas, I mean, about a chaperone, what kind do you like?"

Feeling Mrs. Prandy's eager gaze, Edith was keenly aware that this aunt didn't really seem to want her to really list specific ideas, so Edith thoughtfully shook her head.

Sure enough, the upward curve of Mrs. Prandy's mouth became larger, and the crow's feet by her eyes gained an extra one.

Impatient to beat around the bush with her, Edith took the initiative and said, "Auntie, is there something you're asking about?"

Mrs. Prandy finally said what she had come for, and clearing her throat, she said, "It's this, I have a niece ......"

After listening briefly for a moment, Edith understood that this aunt had come to try to slip her niece in as a companion.

It wasn't a big deal, but it wasn't something to be agreed upon, and Edith wasn't curious if this was Mrs. Prandy's intention or their family's.

As far as she knew, Aunt Prendi's mother's family wasn't prominent, just an upstart aristocrat, dependent on Willey. Sticking the family's child as a companion and following her to Sofia in the future was really a good deal that couldn't be more cost-effective.

Edith was single-handedly taught by Polina, and had already been able to figure out the hidden secrets, and she could also see that Aunt Prendi was probably looking at her as young and easy to fool, and was trying to coax her into agreeing in one breath!

Mrs. Prandy did think so, but the truth didn't seem to go as well as she thought it would.

Only to see the uncharacteristically pretty little girl in front of her smile slightly at her and say politely:

"The main thing is that even if I agree on my side, it won t work, Auntie, you know, Sophia's enrollment conditions ......"

What Edith is saying is, I don't have much of a problem here, but the question is, can your niece meet Sophia's enrollment requirements? If she can't, I can't even let her be a chaperone!

Of course, from a certain point of view, with Willey's power, it's true that you can stuff a less qualified person into Sofia, but the point is, is your niece worth it?

Edith's subtext Mrs. Prandy was hearing it, her face stiffened, she couldn't vouch for the fact that her niece would definitely be okay!

Honestly, it was because it wasn't very good that the family had sought out her door to beg.

The most called Plenty unbelievable, is that this usually looks obedient and coquettish little girl is so powerful, not at all good at fooling around. Another thought, I guess it was taught by Polina, that woman can give birth to such a child is not surprising.

"It's fine, in a few days it will be the day of awakening, just keep an eye out for it then, find a time to bring her over to play someday, maybe you two can even make a friend!" Mrs. Prandy wasn't one to give up so easily.

The words had been said like this, it would be bad to refuse again, Edith's eyes flashed, and she finally smiled and nodded her head.

After Mrs. Prandy left, Edith thought about it and decided to tell her mother about it.

Polina's face didn't change much after hearing this, she nodded her head and affirmed Edith's approach, "Since she asked you, of course we can't just turn it down, it's not a big deal, on the day of the awakening day you can keep your eyes peeled to see if you like it, and if that child meets the standard, we can naturally do the Prandi family this favor."

Edith understood her mother's meaning: it mainly depends on whether you like it or not, if you like it let her be your companion, don't worry too much.

Edith nodded her head, indicating that she remembered.

All the students who participated in the Awakening arrived at the academy auditorium early that day, the white marble statue was erected in front of the auditorium, it was the founder of Violet, a great magician, all the students were solemn enough to face this founder of the Awakening.

According to reason, like Edith, who has already awakened beforehand cannot enter the auditorium on this day, but in Estara, a country that plays the significance of privilege to the extreme, this problem is nothing at all, and even Violet has set up a room at the back of the auditorium just for Edith's "privileged class! "

Now in this room, together with Edith Elena, there were a total of four people. Edith knew that aside from watching the spectacle, perhaps all of them had the same purpose, which was to examine the companion readers on the day of Awakening.

The room had been specially designed so that those outside could not see what was going on in the room, while those inside could see everything outside clearly. Thinking of Aunt Prendi's request that day, Edith paused and reached out to tug on Elena's sleeve next to her:

"Do you know which one is the Hall family's young lady?"

Elena froze and twisted her head to look at Edith oddly twice, meaning, Hall isn't an affiliated family of yours in Willey, and you're asking me about this?

Edith coughed dryly and urged her, "Do you know?"

"I might not know if you ask anyone else, but the Miss Hall's, I think I've heard of her."

Edith raised an eyebrow, "What, there's a story here?"

Elena held her chin, staring at her eyebrows recalling, "I'm not too clear about the specifics, it seems that two years ago, oh, at that time you haven't come to Violet yet, the Hall family's young lady seemed to have a serious illness, after she recovered from the illness, her character changed a lot, originally because of cowardice was often bullied, and then I don't know why, the person was suddenly powerful, and gave those who had previously bullied her back severely. revenge back."

Sounds pretty inspirational! It's just - there's something about it that just doesn't add up.

Curiosity really got the better of Edith, and she glanced out towards the auditorium and asked Elena:

"Which one is it, point it out to me!"

Elena stared for a moment looking for it, then her eyes stopped in one direction, "Here, over there, standing with a couple of girls, the one who's quite tall and thin."

Edith's eyes looked over -

Penny. Hall was unaware at the moment that anyone was looking at her; she was talking to the person next to her in one way or another, and looked as if she was overly chipper than the people around her, who were more or less tense.

"When does the awakening start?"

"It should be soon!"

"God forbid, let me awaken a better talent!"

Penny listened to her companion's chatter, "What's considered a better talent - for you?"

"I guess, uh, fire wizard? It would be nice to have a higher innate magic value."

"Oh, that's a bit much to ask!"

"Right!" The man got frustrated, "So I'm just thinking about it."

The conversation somehow turned to the companion reading, "Miss Willey Ms. Green and the others have all awakened, right, and I don't know what talent they've awakened?"

Penny's eyes twitched imperceptibly when she heard the word "Willey".

Her companion continued, "It must be better than ours, anyway; the great nobles like these never have to worry about getting to Sofia."

"Oh, then what's the point of mentioning it, just to discourage us?"

"Are you stupid, according to the practice of previous years, these big nobles' children to go to Sofia can bring a companion, companion ah! If they are recognized, they can be related to those big nobles, and then follow them to Sofia ...... future still need to worry about the future!"

"Sounds very wonderful ...... But, can such a good thing as being an escort come to us?" She said deflatedly, "In all my years in Violet, I've never spoken to Willey or Miss Green ......"

The atmosphere fell silent.

Penny, however, was lost in thought at these words, and she thought of the day when her mother had told her gaily that she was likely to be chosen by Miss Willey as a companion.

Penny didn't aspire much to the Taggermatt-topped dignified young lady, but she did know that it was considered a great piece of good news for their family.

It was just, "Why would Miss Willey pick me for a good reason?" Penny asked.

Although it was said that the Hall family was subordinate to Villey, but there were so many nobles under Villey that this reason obviously didn't hold water.

Mother pursed her lips and smiled, "Have you forgotten that your aunt married into the Villey family, I can specially entrust her this time, with her as a lobbyist, nine times out of ten, the matter will be accomplished."

Penny suddenly, for this body too long ago memory, she is not too familiar, but forgot that her mother also has a good fortune sister married into the Willey family, although said that only the old marquis's step-wife's son, and did not inherit the title, but in any case, for their Hall family, it is absolutely high climbing.

"But, even if it's an aunt, you can't ask Miss Villey directly, can you?" Penny said soberly.

She wasn't as optimistic as her family, although her aunt said that she was considered that Miss Villey's elder, but when it really came down to it, her right to speak in Tagmart was definitely not as big as Miss Villey's, after all, the person in charge of the Villey family right now was this Miss Villey's mother.

Mrs. Hall's agitated mood calmed down a little, and she nodded her head, affirming Penny's statement:

"Yes, but we must always look on the bright side, mustn't we? Suppose you get God's favor!"

Penny was silent.

--If she had indeed been chosen as Miss Willey's chaperon, it showed that the Lord had favored her, and she should feel honored and ecstatic about it.

Penny interpreted such a message from her mother's words. She had found out when she first arrived here that the solidification of class was etched in the bones for the people of this world, so her mother's thoughts were logical and not the least bit problematic.

The problem was that she was not a native of this world.

She was self-conscious that she wasn't inferior to anyone in every way, so did that Ms. Willey have to be superior to her? Why should she be inferior, and perhaps even never cross the class gap?

She was not convinced. Nor was she resigned.