The Ugly Wife of the Shady Duke - Chapter 56.1
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Grace felt a sting for no reason and quickly drew the curtain and leaned against it.
After a while, Sally, who had filled the luggage compartment with gifts, came into the carriage.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere in the carriage, Sally became somewhat puzzled but didn’t ask Grace anything about it.
Instead, she asked something else.
“Shall we leave now?”
“…That would be good.”
As Grace replied in a low voice, Sally tapped the carriage.
The wheels slowly rolled and the carriage moved forward. Grace twisted her fingers for no reason and her face became embarrassed.
‘What kind of feeling is this?’
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“Ah, welcome. I was waiting for you.”
When Grace arrived at the meeting place, the management officer hurriedly came out to greet her.
‘Why does he seem tense?’
The management officer’s face showed a somewhat tense expression.
Moreover, those around were also watching Grace’s complexion closely.
“Hmm…”
As the atmosphere became like this, Grace became cautious.
Grace gestured to Sally and brought out the prepared gifts.
“I didn’t want to come empty-handed. So I brought some gifts.”
“Oh, Madam. You didn’t have to do that.”
The management head said so but still extended his hand.
‘Isn’t your hands too honest…?’
Grace couldn’t figure out what expression to make while watching the person who extended his hand to receive the gift while being nervous at the same time.
So she just slightly lifted the corners of her mouth.
“I collapsed at the gate management office the other day. So I’m sure you all must have been very busy lately. I should have come to see you earlier.”
The gifts Grace brought included not only cookies and premium tea leaves but also tea bags that she was currently selling.
“Work at the management office is busy and tiring. I thought it would be nice If you all can have some tea to drink when you take a break. There are more in the carriage, so please accept them happily.”
Although it might seem like propaganda, Grace prepared a gift that would be enough to make them happy, conveying her apology in her own way.
Some of those who were standing around realized that Grace had even brought gifts for individual employees and exchanged glances with each other.
Not realizing their feelings, Grace pressed her bonnet tightly and said to the office head.
“Can we go inside and sit down now?”
“Oh! Of course. I’m sorry for keeping you standing.”
“…”
Grace felt unnecessarily sorry, thinking that she should have been more aware of their feelings. She swallowed her saliva and followed his guidance.
In this society where there is a class system, the fact that she had to use casual language with someone who was older than her, made her feel uncomfortable and awkward.
‘It seems like Grace was also uncomfortable with it.’
When Grace shifted through her vague memories, she realized that she had always been a sensitive person from the beginning.
Although the Linden Family were nobles they were treated similarly to commoners, and because of that the children of the Linden family grew up mingling with the commoners.
In other words, Grace grew up using honorifics for all the adults she met.
‘And after getting married, She doesn’t seem to have any particularly pleasant memories of interacting with people outside.’
It made her head ache to try to recall any memories that were not pleasant
Grace sat on the sofa in the reception room, trying to calm her headache.
“Come to think of it, today isn’t the day the gate is being operated, right?”
“Yes, we checked the circuit last time, but just in case we’re preparing for any emergencies. Since the management office building was moved, there have been occasional circuit malfunctions.’
“Isn’t it dangerous for the circuit to malfunction?”
“Oh no, don’t worry. It hasn’t malfunctioned like that recently.”
Recently means that it had happened before.
Grace became uneasy.
“However, I think it was because of the quick relocation of the management office.”
“How long ago was it relocated?”
“It’s been about a year. It took some time to settle down.”
“Ah…”
Relocating the gate meant fixing the coordinate magic formula for connecting the gate.
The cost and time required for this could not be ignored. Therefore, it was impossible to install gates in all areas.
During the relocation, the gates couldn’t be used. Therefore, it was easy to anticipate that the cost of living on the island would have risen significantly during that time.
‘So, usually, the location of the gate management office or the gate itself is carefully considered before being decided.’
Grace recalled the original work.
At the current point in time, which was less than a year since Aria had arrived on the island, Aria frequently used the gates in the original work, but such stories had not been mentioned.
It may not be an important event, so it might have not been mentioned in the novel. Grace speculated.
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