Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 62: Rumors

Chapter 62: Rumors

Few days after the grand ball.

Hamon had captured the most attention after the grand ball, it was only natural, as it was his first appearance in public. Prince Cassius had been treated as if he were the crown Prince before Hamon showed up in public, but now there has been a new wind blowing talks among the elites in Findara about the crown Prince.

Moreover, since he was extremely handsome, all the ladies in the kingdom has been talking about him. And people had been curious about the relationship between the crown Prince and the Boxton eldest daughter, the attention on Ara also burned, her beauty and fashion were so exceptional for her to be chosen as the most beautiful maiden in the kingdom.

Ara who had paid no attention to the south social circle before, was now the most talked about everywhere. There had been a lot of changes in her daily life since after the grand ball, which she couldn’t take.

"My lady, another invitation arrived from the Walton’s household." Informed the butler.

The butler had delivered a lot of letters and invitations to her already. People had been inviting her to different events, some were charity event, some were banquet and some were social gatherings. All of them were seeking for Ara’s presence.

"..."

Ara had been to the battlefield many times in her last life, but this was the first time she had received so much attention. Everything was unfamiliar to her, she couldn’t imagine how many more invitations she would receive if this was just loot from a single day.

When Anne walked into her sister’s room, she was stunned at the scene she met, "Oh Lord! A-are all these invitations for you alone?" She questioned as she stepped into the room and took one of the invitation cards.

Ara hummed, "Hmm. I don’t know what to do with all these."

"Wow! I must say, being crowned the most beautiful really comes with a lot of responsibilities." Remarked Anne.

Ara smiled as her sister began to look through all the invitation cards with furrowed brows. Ara was still trying to sort out what to do with all the inventions, she couldn’t attend every single event she was invited to. But she knew it was important to attend some of the gatherings.

Hamon had warned her of the queen, and she knew this would be a good opportunity to establish herself within society as much as possible before she becomes crown princess. However, she couldn’t tell which of the invitation was more important.

’Which one should I attend?’

She could maybe ask Merek to get her some more information about the elites in the south, but she also wished she had some sort of helper to give her advice, but since she had no such helper, she’d worry over the invitations by herself.

After few minutes of thinking through everything, Ara decided to decline some of the invitations.

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A week later, more invitations had poured in everyday to the Boxton mansion, it couldn’t even fit on Ara’s desk anymore. And she hadn’t bothered to look through them anymore, just as she was thinking of what to do with them.

KNOCK KNOCK

She heard a knock on her door, then called out, "Come in."

The butler came in to inform her, "My lady, Lady Cabrera has come and requested to meet you. She said it’s urgent."

Ara frowned, ’Why did Mary want to meet me all of a sudden?’

Ara had a bad feeling about the sudden visit, because Mary was Anne’s friend. Why would she suddenly want to meet her urgently?

When Ara didn’t say anything, the butler spoke again, "I told lady Cabrera to wait for you in the study room."

"Alright, I’ll be there in a minute." She said.

Ara made her way to the study room to meet Mary despite the sudden visit, she knew Mary wouldn’t ask to meet her if it wasn’t important. Lady Cabrera, had grown so close to Anne, and Ara was interested in maintaining a good relationship with the dark young lady.

Ara opened the door to the study room and saw Mary seated in front of the table in the room.

"Lady Cabrera, what brings you here this early?"

Ara put on a welcome expression as she walked in, but when she looked closely, Mary’s expression was somehow dark.

Mary quickly stood up when she heard Ara’s voice, she rushed to her and spoke in a hurry, "Something you don’t know about is happening, Lady Ara, it’s very bad!"

Ara’s brows knitted together, "What’s happening that I don’t know about?"

"There has been some bad rumors spreading about you around the kingdom for the past few days."

Ara was taken aback, "Bad rumors about me?"

Ara was astonished, because it had not been long since they had arrived to the south and attended the ball. Moreover, she hadn’t done anything bad to give rise to any such bad rumors.

Mary continued breathlessly, "As soon as I heard the rumors, I didn’t believe it. So I came here to let you know..."

"What’s the rumor about?"

"There’s a rumor that...that...you...I...it’s so bad that I don’t even know how to start."

Mary’s hesitance only made Ara even more curious about what the rumor was about.

"Tell me slowly. What have you heard?"

"I heard everybody calling you different names...They say you’re a whore who goes around at night to sleep with different men, and you don’t deserve the position of the most beautiful maiden in Findara..."

"Huh?"

"But, I don’t believe a word they say about you either, but the rumors are really spreading wild. And they’re all saying all sort of bad things about you."

Ara was stunned beyond belief, she had never even had any kind of relation with a man before. The rumors made her feel somehow embarrassed,

"Where did the rumors started from? It’s not possible that these kind of words could spread without any evidence. Who the hell stared all of these baseless rumors?"

Mary scratched her neck awkwardly, "Well...The source of the rumor is already obvious..."

Claire Tudor!

Ara had an ominous feelings since the grand ball, and now she knew why, because Claire had started to spread the rumors since then.

"Was it lady Tudor who started all the rumors?" Ara questioned even though she knew it was Claire.

"Yes...Claire have been going around with a lady to all social gatherings to throw foul words about you."

Ara massaged her temple, there had already been a thorn in her mind since the day their dresses were stolen, but now Claire had made the situation even worse.

Mary continued, "I think she had been spreading the rumors from the grand ball, and now it’s a wind spreading talk to everybody."

"..."

Claire Tudor! She had sent her men to tail her since after the Morrison banquet. However, it was unknown to Ara how much she’d been followed by Claire’s men. She hadn’t thought much of it since they weren’t after her life then, and left the matter.

Ara took a deep breath to calm her mind, then gestured for Mary to sit down, "Lady Cabrera, please sit down...can you tell me the rest of the things she said?"

"Yes. I’ll tell you everything."

The two had been standing since Ara had entered the study room. They both settled down, then Ara rang the bell to call a maid.

Maya the maid came into the room, she bowed, "My lady, you called?"

Ara turned to Mary, "What will you like to have?"

"I’m ok with tea..."

"You heard her, get us two cups of tea."

"Yes, My lady."

Mary watched as Ara acted calm even with such bad words spreading about her. Mary was astonished, because few people could handle such matter this calmly as Ara. She had never had real friends, because of her dark skin, but ever since she met Anne, she had became more confident in herself. Mary didn’t believe any of the ill words said about the eldest daughter of the Boxton.

Soon the maid walked in with the tea and some snacks at Ara’s request. Ara poured Mary a cup, then took a sip from hers.

Ara looked calm as if she wasn’t bothered by the rumors. Mary stared at her in astonishment, ’ How could she be this calm?’

Ara then spoke, "Can you now tell me everything you’ve heard and seen in details?"

Mary nodded slowly and started to tell Ara everything.

After listening to Mary’s words, Ara was livid. The rumors were incredibly defined as if someone made every effort into it. Perhaps, she had been followed for quite some time now, as the story was perfectly crafted to her every movement. Even to Ara’s ears, the rumors sounded believable.

In reality, she had only left once to meet Hamon in the middle of the night, but now she was branded as a whore who went to sleep with different men every night.

Claire had even gathered a lot of fake witnesses. That wasn’t all,

"And there was a man who attended the gathering...he claimed he had bedded you countless times..." Mary informed with an embarrassed expression.

"W-what?"

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