Behind The Castle's

**DUCHY ROSS**

After the guards announced their arrival, with a high chin and arms coiled around Fredrick's arm. Victoria floated forward with her distinctive face. The tail of his eyes glanced around which instantly gave all their focus to him? her dress? or to Fredrick?, for the umpteenth time, Victoria didn't care.

Victoria widened her perspective to look for all her family and complete. Four pairs of husband and wife are complete. At a distance not too far away, their daughter's son was there too. Victoria's warm smile rose and refocused the direction of the field on the party owner. Uncle Thomas.

With a definite step and warm smiling lips Victoria followed Fredrick's steps until arriving in front of Duke Thomas and his Duchess Jasmine.

Thomas and Jasmine bow deeply to Fredrick

"I've been listening to Your Highness"

"Happy birthday, Duke Thomas, may you live long"

Thomas and Jasmine smiled diplomatically and immediately looked at Victoria who had already released her hand from Fredrick to prepare for her gesture. Victoria's voice sounded

"Happy Birthday Your Grace.Thank you for the invitation, may your long life and good health always"

After Victoria straightened her back and head again, Thomas's one eye blinked with a warm smile. Victoria replied with a smile no less warm and immediately prepared her gesture in front of Jasmine.

"Good night Your Grace"

"Good night, my son, thank you for coming"

Jasmine's two hazel eyes began to glaze over which made Victoria smile.

"Please enjoy the party Your Highness and my daughter Lady Victoria"

Thomas's sound made Victoria feel so bad that her eyes began to glaze over.

"Then we went there first Duke Thomas"

After leaving Thomas, Fredrick led Victoria to a table containing various drinks. Fredrick quickly snatched the champagne glass that Victoria was following but, as soon as a glass was reached, Fredrick's hand pulled the glass. Victoria glared at Frederick. Fredrick nonchalantly and casually grabbed another glass to put in Victoria's hand that was still floating on the table. Victoria rolled her eyeballs because she knew the glass contained lemonade.

"I've grown up Your Highness"

Flashing his shoulders nonchalantly, Fredrick continued to put a glass in his hand that had not been welcomed by Victoria.

"You're not old enough yet"

Puckered her rancid lips with a lump, Victoria grabbed the glass with a little energy. Fredrick chuckles.

Not long after, some nobles immediately approached them to greet and start a chat. Quite a long time their chat continued which made Victoria start to care. Victoria straightened her neck, which was immediately caught by Fredrick, to immediately lower her head slightly so that her ears were closer to Victoria's lips.

"Can I say hello to my cousins? it's boring Your Highness"

Frederick looked at Victoria for a moment until his head nodded briefly with a warm smile. Feeling permission, with a big smile Victoria released the circle of their hands.

"Thank you"

Back Frederick nodded briefly with his still faithful warm smile imprinted on his lips. An enthusiastic face with sparkling eyes Victoria made him happy too.

After bidding farewell to Fredrick and the nobles in front of him earlier, with their chins held high and walking gracefully, Victoria approached her cousins who were chatting in the circle of their families.

"Oh my God.. Look who this is..."

The voices of Theodore, Earl of Canbury, the eldest son of Thomas and Jasmine immediately made the heads in the circle spin and smile warmly.

"Good night Lord Theo"

Theodore immediately chuckled in amusement as the voice of Victoria's greeting sounded

"Good night, bad girl"

Victoria clucked inelegantly which made the laughter in the circle sound.

"Hey Lady, give a proper greeting to a bad girl"

This time the voice of another man in the circle was heard which made Victoria scowl her head while greeting her gracefully. Greetings to Albert and Tatiana's eldest son.

"Good night Lord Samuel"

"Good night Lady Naughty Arathorn"

After his words were finished, Samuel again chuckled who made a circle there along with giggle.

"Do I also greet you Lord Vincent?"

Vincent, the youngest son of Charles and Elis immediately scrunched up sucks

"Tumben our bad brother knows the rules"

An annoying ticklish rang out again in Victoria's ears, feeling annoyed, Victoria immediately moved her gaze to the other man beside Vincent

"Good night Lord Peter"

With an amused smile, Peter, the eldest son Philip and Ivon nodded briefly and replied

"You're finally becoming a Vic girl"

"Stop teasing her, she's this 'fiancee' of the crown prince"

And sure enough, after the 'savior' spoke, Victoria's resentment grew to land a pinch on the 'savior' arm'

"You're a bitch to Rebecka"

Rebecka, Charles and Elis' firstborn, is a bitch

"You learn from my bad brother"

"Have..don't tease him anymore"

Juliet's calm and graceful voice made their naughtiness stop immediately. Victoria looked at Juliet with a grateful look. Juliet just nodded briefly.

The chatter, chatter and temptation in the family circle continued, occasionally their naughtiness was heard until Theodore's speech made the circle a state of silence

"He keeps looking here, Vic"

Distraught, Victoria wanted to turn her head to follow Theodore's point of view but,

"Don't look, stay in your position"

Vincent's voice standing beside him, made Victoria undo all her movements.

"It seems like the news is blowing"

The men in the circle nodded confidently as Samuel's words sounded

"Well.the eyes can't lie"

With a puzzled look on her face, Victoria looked at the voiced Rebecka and asked

"Who?"

Calmly twirling her glass with grace Juliet dries full of charm.

"Your betrothed"

"Huh?"

Victoria's stupid face made the men chuckle, Rebecka twirled her eyeballs unceremoniously, Juliet returned to her voice

"The news that blew was quite shocking to Vic, but what seemed to be true" Juliet glanced at all the faces in front of her. "He's interested in you"

"Even though his eyes look honest, but still could be, it's just a plan made to convince the public if the rumor of his desecration who still has a prostitute when his prospective fiancee has been selected is saved. Don't trust Vic"

Rebecka chimes in on Juliet's words but, Juliet immediately shakes her head and looks at Victoria.

"No. I'm sure he's really interested"

Victoria's mouth will be open to Juliet's table but, soon, it closes back when Theodore's voice is heard first

"True Beck, he's interested. The way he looks at it is the way he looks at a man who is very interested in a woman"

Ignoring Theodore's words, Rebecka again blinked her shoulders indifferently and went back to sipping the contents of her glass. The real Victoria did not care to look at the men who nodded confidently for her

"I guess, if you don't care about Vic"

Samuel's words made the situation in the circle somehow more serious. Victoria answered casually

"really"

"But you have to care"

Peter's words made Victoria cringe. Peter continued.

"We have a message from our parents that is always limited to their movements, even just to talk to you"

Peter's very serious speech made Victoria look at all the faces in her circle, the faces that had also become very serious.

With a calm face, full of charisma and high honor, Theodore's voice sounded

"You gotta play Vic"

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