About the book: 2020 / Did the Duke of Woodstock know that insulting a pretty girl during a ball in the imperial palace would meet with a worthy rebuff, after which he would have to wash it off for a long time your name from gossip? Hardly. How did the artifactor’s young niece not know that the emperor’s cousin never forgives ridicule, and what if the whole aristocratic society laughs? It looks like Alitara has acquired a worthy opponent, but real ladies never give up.