Arabella also attended four more events with Raymond and maximized them for socialization and building connections as she got to meet more nobles from the other ruling houses in Valeria.
As her main guard, Rendell could have been Arabella's date on those events if Raymond was not available. However, Clarisse was not feeling well to attend the said events so Raymond escorted Arabella the whole time.
Thus, instead of Clarisse, it was Raymond who helped her build connections with the nobles. Arabella was very much grateful for his help. Both in this life and in the past, Raymond had been a great help to her.
And since Clarisse's pregnancy was more sensitive than her previous ones, Arabella was the one who visited their residence.
Clarisse indeed didn't look well. She lost a lot of weight since she throws up most of what she eats. Sometimes she also didn't want to eat most of the foods served to her.
