"Wow~." Annelie clicked her tongue.
She could already guess what Aurora did and wanted to give a thumbs up secretly.
Even though she had never actually experienced it yet, Annelie had heard from her mother about the pressure of the high society. There were many people who could kill other people without using any sharp weapons.
They only needed their mouth and also the etiquette that had been engrained deeply into their bones.
It was more than enough to push people down.
Annelie had heard it from her mother, but this was the first time she watched it happen in front of her eyes.
Aurora was helping Adela.
That was true.
But when she was helping, she was also exerting invisible pressure to Adela. With her only focusing on Adela, the other’s attention was also put on Adela. This made Adela felt that she shouldn’t make a mistake but the more she thought so, the more mistakes she would make.
And the vicious circle continued.
For people with strong mentality, they would not feel much when being stared at by others.
But people with weaker mentality would feel this invisible pressure.
This would eventually affect their subsequent performances, making it much worse than usual.
Annelie felt that Aurora’s move had already showed the things that they would eventually face when they grew up later. Of course, she hoped that she would not have to face Aurora like that.
It was a bit scary.
"I didn’t expect Miss Adela to be unable to perform the tea etiquette," one of the noble ladies muttered to herself.
The others also nodded.
Some of them noticed the invisible pressure that Aurora exerted but some others didn’t realize it. After all, if it was not directed to themselves, not everyone would realize that Adela was actually put on the stage by Aurora.
This would make it difficult for them to know what Adela was actually feeling.
"She’s still young and will eventually learn," Aurora said with the same smile on her face.
Her tone was gentle and her demeanor was elegant, but she had caused Adela so much pressure from her action alone. It was just that people wouldn’t be able to fault her in the slightest bit.
It was truly killing invisibly.
"Does the high society will be harder than this?" Annelie suddenly asked.
Aurora glanced at Annelie, not surprised that Annelie noticed this little trick. After all, Annelie’s mother was extremely active in the high society and had already encountered much more profound tactics.
What she did could only be considered child play compared to those people who were already proficient.
"It’ll be even crueler," Aurora said calmly.
Annelie nodded and sighed. "I really didn’t want to make my debut now."
Young ladies from noble families would eventually make their debut into the high society, which would introduce their faces to them. Before they made their debut, they could only be considered as children.
For children of higher nobility, their debuts would usually be a bit later when they were 16 to 18 years old. Some of them could be a bit older, but it was usually not more than 20 years old.
And once they have made their debut, they would officially step onto the high society and faced with many other girls who were also in the high society. That was their real battlefield.
Even if this battlefield was different from others, they were basically fighting against each other invisibly.
"Is high society really that bad?" Lucy clearly didn’t understand what had happened just now. She only thought that Aurora was kind enough to teach Adela.
"It’s really bad because any wrong step can cause you your lives," Aurora replied unhurriedly.
Even if it would not kill them immediately, but if one’s reputation and many other things were affected... how would they survive eventually?
Aurora knew this very well and it was also because of this that she tried to remain careful in what she was doing. She couldn’t afford to make any mistake because there were too many people who wanted to see her fall down.
Her high rank was because of her birth.
And how many people wished they were born in her place?
The number was uncountable.
So Aurora had to make a good use of her position and her own abilities to keep herself safe.
"But we have to make our debut eventually." Lucy frowned.
"Debut is essentially for us to introduce ourselves and also to be able to get married," one of the noble ladies said. "My mother always told me to be prepared when I enter the high society."
The others nodded.
Their mother also told them that they have to be prepared. There were many eyes watching them when they entered the high society and it was also a very cruel battle.
It was just that they haven’t truly entered the high society, so the atmosphere between them was mostly child’s play. It couldn’t be compared to the tense situation when one truly confront the other party in the high society.
Aurora sipped the tea.
She was thinking about the negotiation that was done by her.
Technically speaking, she has not debuted yet, but she has already taken work that belonged to adult.
It was not that she minded.
With these works, she would be able to gain more experience and progress much faster than others.
Aurora’s eyes flickered.
Then again, she had experienced the high society in a different way.
And it was indeed not very comfortable.
But Aurora was not afraid. She knew that if she wanted to survive in this world, this was something that she had to do eventually.
"Let’s not talk about it and enjoy our tea party?" Lucy asked.
She didn’t want to think about the high society at all. Her father didn’t want to ask her to get married so quickly either, so her debut should be after she was 16 years old.
At that time, what should come will come.
"Yes~."