A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 222 – Announcement of Engagement

Michelle, the head maid of the Maidern family, gathered all the servants of the Maidern family early in the morning.

The servants of the Maidern family were already busy preparing for a banquet hosted by the imperial family, but the head maid, Michel, was the most senior servant of the family.

The position of head maid gives her the right to interfere in the family’s major and minor affairs, albeit to a limited extent.

Therefore, not just anyone could rise to the position of head maid, and only those recognized by the head of the house and the hostess could become the head maid.

Originally, the next maid was chosen to be Nina.

But she is the one who will become the next mistress of the family.

So Michelle was busy looking for someone new to succeed her.

And she gathered the servants of the Maidern family.

This meant that something serious had come to the Maidern family.

At this time, all of the Maidern family employees were gathered in the vacant lot in front of the mansion.

After a while, Michelle opened the door of her mansion and came out.

She stopped in front of the members of the Maidern family gathered in the clearing and bowed her head slightly to greet them.

“Dear servants of the Maidern family. I know there are some of you who don’t understand why I summoned you this morning.”

Michelle spoke politely to all the people gathered in the vacant lot and began to explain why she had called them out.

“As you all know, the great master returned to the family a few days ago after a long journey.”

Michel mentioned the incident where Alberto returned to the family.

The astute person here thought that the reason Michelle had summoned her had something to do with it.

In fact, she brought them together for reasons related to Alberto.

It was the family members who took charge of the family’s major and small affairs, but it was the job of the head maid and the head of the house to coordinate them on the spot.

“By this point, I think you all know what I’m talking about. You’re right. “The reason I have called you all this time is related to the great master.”

Michelle said that in the past, when she called Alberto, she called him Master Alberto, but now that she was approaching adulthood, she used the title Great Master, which was her position within the family. ＞

And here too, when Michelle referred to Alberto by the title of her her big master her her, her astute person noticed what she was going to say.

“Our great master finally has a fiancé. So, there will be an engagement ceremony at this mansion.”

The story about Alberto’s engagement ceremony came out of Michel’s mouth.

The faces of the employees who heard this news showed surprised reactions and reactions such as ‘But why did the head maid say that first?’

Usually, such stories would come out of the mouth of the head of the family first.

However, there was a reason why she could bring up her story about her engagement ceremony first.

That was because Michelle had received an order to deliver it to the servant on behalf of her head.

“Of course, the head of the family should tell you this good news first, but since the head of the family is busy with a lot of things to take care of both internally and externally to the family, I decided to tell it to you first.”

Only then did the employees nod their heads at Michel’s words and responded that they knew that would happen.

They also knew that Count Meydern had not been able to rest properly recently and was constantly working.

Therefore, it was thought natural that her maid-in-law, Michel, would deliver the news on behalf of the busy Count Meydern.

“Anyway, since the Count is busy, I will be in charge of the engagement ceremony. As it is the engagement ceremony of a great master, everything must be thorough and there must be no shortcomings.”

Michelle asked employees to prepare thoroughly and perfectly for the engagement ceremony.

The engagement ceremony was an event to announce to the public that two people would soon get married.

Commoners often just got married without an engagement ceremony, but people who made some money always had an engagement ceremony.

This is because the purpose of the engagement ceremony was to give the other party some time in advance to prepare for the wedding.

Moreover, Alberto is the eldest son of Count Meidern, who is said to be the best sword of the Bregern Empire.

Moreover, since he returned from a foreign country with great merit, unlike Count Meydern, his title did not stop at count, but he could even aim for marquis or even duke.

In that case, it was obvious that there would be many people who would try to establish connections with the Maidern family in some way.

Of course, these were thoughts that came from the heads of the servant and the head maid, Michelle, and in reality, for different reasons.

The reason Dittorio and Alberto rushed their engagement ceremony was all because of Nina.

Dittorio was someone who liked Nina from the beginning.

If it weren’t for the difference in status and slightly older age, I would have thought it would be a very appropriate choice for her to be my son’s wife.

However, because she made her own merits and became a noblewoman, the problem of the gap in her status was resolved.

Also, the large age difference wasn’t that much of a problem.

This was because arranged marriages were quite common in aristocratic society.

So, there were quite a few marriages with a large age gap.

So the age difference between Nina and Alberto was not that big.

Well, if only there was someone who could say that to Alberto and Dittorio’s faces.

Who would dare say something like that to the Sword Master’s face?

If Alberto and Dittorio feel that the person has tarnished their honor, they will challenge them to a duel for honor.

In that case, that person would have to take the blow from the angry Sword Master.

Who would dare to incur the Sword Master’s wrath?

So there was no one who would say such foolish things in front of Alberto and Dittorio.

Anyway, to sum it up, Ditto Rio was eyeing Nina as the number one bride for his son.

However, as soon as the news spread that her son Alberto, had made a great contribution, marriage proposals started coming in from all over.

From Dittorio’s perspective, it felt like ‘some flies were manipulating his son.’

So, he wanted to sign an engagement ceremony between Nina and Alberto as soon as possible to show that he owns Alberto.

This was the same for Alberto.

It felt bothersome to meet, talk to, and discuss marriage with a woman from another family whom I had never met.

Also, what did other women do for you?

Alberto knew who was there for him when he was at his most difficult.

Aside from her family, Nina was the only one by her side.

Therefore, Alberto had a slight sense of debt to repay Nina.

In this way, both Dittorio and Alberto’s opinions were exactly the same, and the decision on the engagement ceremony proceeded smoothly.

However, the date of the engagement ceremony was set by Alberto, and Dittorio, who heard about it, requested it from his maid, Jean-Michel.

Maid Jean-Michel was also the person who hosted Dittorio’s engagement ceremony, so there was no one better suited to prepare for her engagement ceremony.

“The engagement ceremony is scheduled for about a week from now. So, let’s all work hard to prepare for the engagement ceremony from now on. I will take care of all event preparations. For this purpose, I have been delegated authority by the head of the family.”

Everyone nodded as Michelle took out a sign indicating that her authority had been delegated to her head.

Just like that, preparations for Alberto and Nina’s engagement ceremony were about to begin.

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The story of the engagement ceremony that started with the Maidern family quickly spread throughout the Bregern Empire.

Many people showed interest in this.

Of course, it was because the person who got engaged this time was Alberto.

The youngest sword master.

The eldest son of a famous swordsman.

Heir to the earl’s family.

He was truly a talent coveted by noble families.

Moreover, apart from his eyes, he had a flawless appearance and even his behavior was kind, making him a person who caught the emperor’s eye.

Losing a person like this was something I would regret forever.

So, noble families with daughters of similar or slightly younger ages sent letters to propose marriage.

However, no reply was received, and instead, the reply was that it was an engagement ceremony.

So naturally, people were curious about who Alberto was engaged to.

I wanted to know who had stolen the heart of this nobleman with incredible qualifications.

Because of this, her name Nina Gratias Esselton, once again surfaced.

People who learned about her name and achievements expressed their thoughts about her, but kept quiet about her past activities and status

This is probably because no one wanted to sacrifice their life to the sword of an angry Sword Master.

And Irene, who heard this news, looked disappointed.