Julietta nodded as she looked at herself in the mirror. She thought Manny's blessing had been quite annoying before this, but it was very satisfying to have such a relaxed setting.

"Can I be the main character of today's party with this much?"

They praised her for being pretty, but she still felt uneasy. She bravely made her own dress and wore it as she thought it was pretty, so she thought she shouldn't worry too much, but she was still nervous.

"Of course, my lady. I'm sure you'll be the lady of today's party."

When she was ready, Simone entered Julietta's room and said affectionately, "That's so pretty. You don't have to be the main character of today's party. All you have to do is show the health of Princess Kiellini and let them know that there is no big problem with your succession to the t.i.tle."

She scrutinized the dressed-up Julietta, then nodded and gestured to the maids to step aside.

"I was worried the first time I saw the dress, but it's okay to wear it. But what did you do with your chest?"

Julietta, who had been struggling to deal with her chest rising due to the pressure, had covered the upper part of her chest with a simple ribbon made of the same fabric of the upper part, on top of the tube. Thanks to it, her chest was only slightly protruding to match her slender figure.

"I made a corset that came up to my chest." As Julietta pretended to press on her chest and explained, Simone's eyes rose.

"You're acting carelessly again. Now you're going to be looking at every move you make, what the h.e.l.l are you trying to do?"

Simone's att.i.tude had changed a lot in the meantime, just shown by her expression changing from the initial "reckless behavior" to "careless behavior." Julietta smiled at the thought.

"I'll be careful. I'll be nervous when I go to the party and probably do better. Whew."

Julietta said so and chose to take a breath for a moment. Wearing a corset put pressure on the chest, it was hard to breathe naturally. When she saw that, Simone sighed.

"I don't know if you can dance properly. But it doesn't matter if you don't dance as much as you can at your debut party."

Most of the first dances with a lady who would debut in the winter or summer social seasons were done with close friends of family members and future-promoting partners. As Julietta was playing the role of Lady Kiellini, it would be difficult if the rumors got wild, so dancing with someone was not very wise.

Simone was furious with the Duke, who once again had not come up from Tilia Territory. Julietta had no other family and no one to dance for the first time at the party today. Simone shook her head thinking of Marquis Anais, Regina's uncle. It was unclear whether he would attend the party or not, and he had not shown any interest in Regina, who had been born to his sister.

No matter that she was a subst.i.tute, it was only natural that she would want to wear pretty clothes and dance the dance she had learned for the party she would attend. Simone quickly turned around, feeling heartbroken at the sight of Julietta whose eyes were bright enough to light up the room.

"Let's go now that we're ready."

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The continent's social seasons were the winter season held in November, December, and January, and the summer season held in June, July and August. On Friday of the first week of every season's last month, they held an official debut party in the Imperial Castle for the ladies and gentlemen that had made their debuts in society. Except for the royal family's birthday and anniversary, it was the only party where all n.o.bles could attend freely.

After February, when the winter season ended, all the aristocratic children became adults to mark their seventeenth birthday. The long-looking imperial party was splendid and majestic, showing the dignity of Austern, the center of culture and art. Some people from other kingdoms or the Vicern Empire attended to enjoy the sight.

Christine also attended to meet Killian, as it was a rare royal party. As it was a party held in the Imperial Castle, the order of admission had been arranged in order of t.i.tles, so she was waiting in the a.s.signed lounge for the order to enter. Thanks to the position of the first Queen, the ranking of the family of Marquis Anais was the second among the ten families of the Marquis families, following the imperial family, the Marquis of Rhodius.

There was a long time left before she could enter, in accordance with the custom of entering from the lower ranks, but her father Robert himself seemed unwilling to be with her mother, Ivana. As soon as he arrived at the lounge, he left early on the pretext of feeling heavy, leaving only Ivana and Christine alone in the private restroom representing the family of the Marquis.

"You still haven't given up on Prince Killian?" Christine's eyebrows were distorted at the cold words of her mother. "As the marriage prospects with the Princess Haint were broken, you are the best match for Francis. So, stop dreaming in vain."