#I just made Ayame and Shinji a royalty AU and I think they're... Earl/Countess. Lower on the pole but they're lower nobility.

[apocalypta-secundus]

"I'm not, but I'm gonna keep correcting them. Even if they don't like it." She let out a sigh and scratched the back of her head. Of course, she couldn't change anything, she was just… a lady? A dame? One of the two.

Mizumi rolled her eyes at the thought of people asking. "Ugh." She didn't care what they thought, but did at the same time. Keeping up appearances was… difficult, why couldn't she just become a knight like her father? Stay in the background, defend the others…

"Can I at least change into something not…" She lifted her arms and pointed to the dress, "not this? Pants would be nice." Of course this wasn't the way of the world, going against the norm wasn't always the best either.

He wouldn't necessarily say he regretted taking the kid in. But god were kids a handful- especially on top of caring for his own siblings as well. And the clear difference in their upbringing. (Perhaps keeping her separate from his siblings was a good idea.) (On the other hand, maybe it would help bring her up to speed.) (Decisions, decisions...)

"That's just how everyone's been raised to refer to those of higher status- you're not going to break that habit in one go." Jūshirō had just learned to think little of it, given he had grown up hearing it. "They're just trying to be polite." He rubbed at the back of his neck, glanced down the hall- in the general direction of the ballroom. The guests should be arriving soon, but- "... I won't make you attend the party, but people will ask." He didn't like the gossip, but unfortunately that was the upper class's favored way of sharing news.