The carriage stops in a flower shop café, which is known for its beautiful pond in the backyard. The couch man announced their arrival at the café.

“My lady, we arrived at the location you mentioned,” the coachman knocked at the door two times, before opening the carriage door.

“Alright, thank you for taking us here, Mr. Wallter,” Zenniah said to the coachman.

“Always at your service my lady,” he bows a little bit and smiles at her.

“What time should I pick you up here, my lady?” He asked.

“Same as before, Mr. Wallter”.

“I understand, my lady”.

Zenniah went inside the café, with Gaile behind her. One of the attendants inside the café greeted them.

“Good day, to you my lady, this way please...” the attendant knew them already.

“Thank you”.

The attendant guides them, to where the marquess's daughter is waiting.

“The location will be outside, my lady, near the pond,” the attendant said and open the door to go outside to where the pond is located.

“I thought it was still renovated?” Gaile asked.

“Yes, you're right, but the renovation was done yesterday. So, the very first customer today was the marquess's daughter, that is my lady Dellaney,” the attendant responds to Gaile.

“I see...” Gaile takes a look at her milady, and she asks.

“My lady, you’ll be alright, right?” Gaile is worried.

“Yes, it has always been,” she replied with a calm face and she gave a smile to her.

“Liar, I know you’re not,” Gaile thought, and she spoke.

“Please, call me right away my lady, if you feel something is not right. Please... My lady.”

“You worry too much, for me Gaile, and I’m so grateful for that”.

They stop talking to each other when they heard laughing in the near area where they going.

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“We are here, my lady,” the attendant says.

“Thank you for guiding us,” Zenniah said.

“It was my pleasure to do so, my lady,” the attendant bowed and went back inside.

“Gaile, I will be alright,” she smiles.

“My lady”.

“Just wait here,” Zenniah walked alone to go where the five ladies sitting at one table.

The five ladies, including marquess Ares Bane's daughter, lady Dellaney, daughter of earl Elmoh, lady Olga. Daughter earl Mintta, lady Wegeeh. Daughter of viscount Pruddence, lady Pinah, and daughter of viscount Grogden, lady Peggie.

“Oh... Whose here?” Lady Wegeeh says when she saw Zenniah is coming.

“Ooh... My financial friend is coming,” lady Dellaney said when she turned around to see Zenniah is coming.

“Really? So great to have a wealthy friend, right my lady Dellaney?”

“I envy you my lady Dellaney,” lady Peggie spoke.

“Don’t be. I always share what I got from her, right ladies?” She replied.

They look at each other, hiding their smiles with fans and giggles.

Zenniah heard all of their conversations, but she pretends she didn’t hear them. She came to a halt when she reached the table and greeted them.

“Good day to all of you ladies”.

They just look at her, and no one responds to her greetings. She waits for them to respond, but instead, they started talking to each other, like they didn’t hear or saw her.

“Miss Dellaney, I want the new designs of bracelets that are popular nowadays,” lady Olga spoke.

“Well, I have the sealezo with me, that my close friend lets me use, until I’m satisfied with it, right Zenniah?” She turned back again to look at her.

“You forced me to give it to you,” she said in her thought. “Yes, you're right, but I want to take it back”. She replied.

Theirs two kinds of stamps in the empire of Lappezo, one of them is only stamping for legal businesses, partnerships, or papers that need the approval of the king, it's called seallap. The other one is for a minor, like when you buy clothes, dresses, or for material things or for groceries, if you didn’t bring money, you just stamp the receipt, it’s called sealezo. Only royalties have it or some high businesses. Commoners can’t easily have it, if you want to have a stamp, you need the approval of the king, and a lot of process and money will be involved, to show to the king you are wealthy enough to have it.

Duke Wharlton is enough to have two stamps. He is the treasury of the empire, so it’s natural he has two stamps. He entrusted the saelezo to her older daughter and now it’s in the hand of the daughter of a marquess, lady Dellaney. Each stamp has a symbol of the owner.

“Oh my... My friend I’m not still satisfied using it,” Dellaney smirked at her.

“Well, we still have a lot to buy from it right, right ladies?” lady Olga says looking for other ladies at the table.

They giggled, hiding their mouth using the fan.

“Yes... Your right”. They were in sync when they replied to lady Olga.

“Don’t be like that Zenniah, you and lady Dellaney are childhood friends, you should be kinder to her, right?” lady Peggie, looking at her with pity in her eyes.

“...”

Zenniah clasps tightly, her hands with a calm expression. Looking at the five ladies sitting at the table, only one person didn’t look at her and kept silent in her chair. Lady Pinah is quiet, even Zenniah arrived.