To the Love Born in the Lowest Place-Chapter 163

"It’s important to have a sufficiently repentant heart for the things you’ve done. That would be the same for my spouse."

Liv’s words had two meanings. One, don’t ostracize Olivia from now on. Two, don’t mention the issue between Emmett and the Wolfe family like that, as they will handle it themselves. As if understanding her words, the other maids nodded.

"So I’d like you all to get along well from now on."

"We’ll keep that in mind, Your Majesty."

* * *

However, unfortunately, Liv soon realized that it was impossible for the maids to get along well.

"Your Majesty, shouldn’t we reinstate the Zibel family now?"

She didn’t expect to hear those words in the government affairs meeting.

"The Zibel family was unjustly targeted by the traitor. If Your Majesty forgives them, it will help in correcting the things the traitor did."

Yes, that wasn’t wrong. Recently, Liv had been working on rescuing victims who had been unjustly harmed by August. But...

’Why today of all days?’

It was just yesterday that Liv had talked to the maids about the Zibel family. The fact that the Zibel family was mentioned again in today’s meeting didn’t seem like much of a coincidence.

Liv quietly looked into the eyes of Marquis Hendel, who had spoken to her. Somehow, his smiling eyes were unpleasant. Yes, like someone who knew that Liv had used August to get rid of Zibel...

If Liv didn’t accept his opinion, Marquis Hendel might really reveal that story. As Liv was pondering what to do, it was Walter, now Marquis Hamelsvoort, who raised his hand.

"It’s true that the Zibel Marquis family was harmed by the traitor. But... I wonder if the Zibel family really wants to return to the capital."

That was pointing out how Zibel’s daughter had bullied Liv in the past. Given how much she had tormented the current Emperor, could she really enjoy the same life as before if she returned to the capital? That’s what Walter was saying.

Following Walter, Count Schulze, Hayden, also spoke leisurely while resting his chin on his hand.

"Haha, Your Majesty isn’t some charity worker, why should you worry about the Zibel Marquis family?"

It was a rude remark, but because he was a meritorious subject and one of Liv’s closest confidants, the nobles couldn’t say anything. In the end, Marquis Hendel, who had mentioned the Zibel family, backed down with his tail between his legs.

Liv quietly watched this scene. No matter how they tried to attack Liv, her power wouldn’t crumble now. However...

’It might be good to loosen up a bit.’

Finally, Liv made a decision.

"Come to think of it, St. Louis’ Day is coming up soon."

"That’s right."

"It would be good to hold an imperial banquet on that day. I’ll tell Grand Duke Lartman to resume banquets from now on."

At those words, the nobles’ eyes widened. It also indicated that Liv had compromised with them a little. Hayden looked displeased, but he shrugged lightly as if to say he would follow Liv’s words anyway. Liv pondered as she watched the nobles exchanging glances.

’In the case of the maids... did I loosen up too much?’

No matter how she thought about it, in this case, there must be a traitor among the maids who had relayed what Liv said yesterday to the nobles. Of course, it wasn’t that important, but the possibility that Liv’s secrets could leak out like this in the future was a very dangerous thing. The maids were Liv’s closest people, and it was their job to assist Liv in any situation.

’I’ll have to keep an eye on them for now.’

She intended to watch for any more suspicious incidents. And if someone was really caught red-handed, then she could throw them out at that time.

* * *

"Your Majesty, here are the banquet plans sent by the Grand Duke."

"You all review it."

Liv, who was looking over urgent matters, passed it to the maids. They gathered around Greta and began to check the banquet plans.

"Hmm... orchestra, food, invitations, decorations... everything seems fine."

"It’s really extravagant."

"Well, it is the first banquet since Her Majesty’s ascension."

Indeed, considering that Emmett had said he spent a large amount of the budget on the banquet, it seemed this banquet would be held grandly.

"Couldn’t we... emphasize Her Majesty’s symbols a bit more?"

"Ah, we should have the orchestra confirm the list of songs to be played in advance. There was one Steinberg family song included, but we need to replace it with a Gracia family song."

"As expected of the head maid."

While they were chattering and conversing, Olivia was still watching their reactions.

’It’s still too early.’

The words Liv had spoken to the maids had spread outside. Greta, who had heard about it from Marquis Meisner, had relayed this to the maids as a warning to keep their mouths shut, so there was tension among them. Since Liv had no intention of intervening anymore, she decided to just observe for now. At that moment, Elena noticed a maid fidgeting outside the door and walked out.

"What’s the matter?"

"Ah, a guest has come to see Her Majesty..."

"To see Her Majesty? One can’t meet her without requesting an audience."

"Well... it’s the Saintess."

Hearing those words, Liv immediately gestured to the maid. Liv had a few ’exceptions’, and of course, Hildegard was one of them.

"Tell her I’ll come to the reception room soon."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Elena tried to tidy up Liv’s attire, but Liv waved her hand, saying it was fine.

"It’s just Hildegard anyway. She and I are like real family."

Since she had seen worse, it was fine for Hildegard to visit anytime. Walking towards the reception room where Hildegard would be, Liv pondered the reason for her visit. Hopefully, nothing bad had happened?

A moment later, when the door of the reception room opened and Liv saw Hildegard’s face beyond it, she was relieved.

Fortunately, Hildegard’s expression as she came to see Liv wasn’t bad. Wearing a light pink dress made of fine fabric, she looked full of vitality, and she was wearing jewels that Liv had previously bestowed upon the meritorious subjects in various places on her clothes. Just from that, it was possible to guess that she was living a sufficiently good life.

"Hilda, it’s been a while."

"Your Majesty, have you been well?"

"Yes, now I really have nothing to worry about. How about you?"

Feeling like she was talking to a trustworthy person after a long time, Liv sat comfortably on the sofa.

"I’m doing well too. I’ve recruited all the servants for the Hamelsvoort family, and there are no problems in social circles. Rather, the problem is that there are too many invitations."

Hearing that Hildegard was doing well, Liv felt satisfied. She owed a lot to Hildegard, so Liv always wished for her happiness. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

However, there was one part of Hildegard’s words that bothered her.

"Then how about the temple?"

When Liv asked that, noticing that Hildegard hadn’t mentioned anything about the temple, Hildegard opened her mouth with a slightly surprised face.

"How did you know I was going to talk about the temple?"

"Well, I thought if there were any problems for you right now, it would only be there."

"Wow, as expected of Your Majesty..."

Hildegard marveled for a moment, then opened her mouth in a small voice.

"Well, actually, I didn’t come to complain about the temple... It’s just that if I were to report on my situation, that’s the only thing I could mention."

"What’s happening?"

"These days, the temple has split into factions, you could say. Of course, everyone is loyal to Your Majesty, but they’re focusing on weeding out the informants who cooperated with the traitor August in the past. Ah, what I heard from the priests during that process..."

Hildegard made an expression as if recalling something, then slowly continued speaking.

"It seems there’s a force among the nobles trying to check Your Majesty’s power recently..."

"Ah, I know about that."

For example, Marquis Hendel could be mentioned. He was subtly testing Liv by asking questions at every meeting.

"But it can’t be helped. I can’t enjoy absolute power forever. We need forces to check me too."

Liv didn’t view this phenomenon too negatively. To avoid becoming a dictator like August, there should be people to hold her back when she goes astray.

"Well, that’s true. I’m just worried they might take Your Majesty lightly."

At Liv’s words, Hildegard shrugged lightly.

"After all, since Your Majesty is quite different from the previous traitor, they might think their time has come."

"Well, I guess I’ll have to pay some attention to it."

Fortunately, apart from that, the reason Hildegard had come to see Liv seemed to be really just to chat about everyday life.

"By the way, do you know? There are so many nobles trying to approach Brother Walter these days."

Walter and Hayden were Liv’s representative loyal subjects and meritorious subjects, and they were even of marriageable age, so there probably weren’t any men more popular in social circles now than them.

However, because Hayden hadn’t lived as a noble in his childhood, he had somewhat inscrutable and rough aspects, which seemed to be a barrier for young ladies approaching him. He himself didn’t like dealing with other nobles.

On the other hand, Walter appeared kind on the outside regardless of what he was like inside, so he was monopolizing the popularity in social circles currently.

’If they talked to him a bit, they’d find him so kind it’s rather frightening.’

Just like a transcendent being rather than a human, Walter had aspects that were excessively kind and perfect. But well, young noble ladies might not think that way yet.

"So does Marquis Hamelsvoort have someone he’s interested in?"

Liv asked in a half-mischievous tone.