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The next day, Heinrich von Schwartz, who had obviously been drunk, claimed not to remember anything from the night before.
He was the only one who blacked out, so everyone else remembered the scenes from yesterday.
Ellen’s feelings toward Heinrich were clear: “disdain”. Harriet seemed to think he was “pitiful”. Adelia initially felt “a bit of dislike”, but after his tirade against commoners the night before, her true sentiment was now “utter disgust”.
Most importantly, there was Riana de Granz.
“… Why should I apologize to him?”
“Just listen to me and do it.”
“… I don’t remember anything.”
“Then just apologize for not remembering.”
Riana de Granz was showing considerable generosity toward him, the same as the night before. She was instructing Heinrich to apologize to give him one last chance to atone for his mistakes yesterday. However, Heinrich was clearly unwilling to do so.
The most important person’s opinion—Riana de Granz—on Heinrich was definite: “complete vermin”.
Not only that, but he woke up around lunchtime, long past morning. All of us skipped breakfast because we felt too queasy in the morning.
One of the servants seemed to have noticed something was up and was speaking to Riana. The strong smell of alcohol was impossible to miss.
Heinrich was arguing over lunch about how unfair it was to be told to apologize without knowing what he did wrong. He insisted that he shouldn’t have to apologize for something he didn’t remember.
“Forget it. What’s the point of receiving that kind of apology? There’s no way an apology for something you don’t remember could be sincere,” I said.
“…”
Heinrich frowned at my comment.
It was easy to get under his skin. The more he...
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