@aiMute that's the thing, they don't know about the rivalry since mielle and aria conceal it well, the only people who knows about this is mielle, aria, emma, and aria's maids. And like you said they are gossip bots, then wouldnt
it be safe to assume that they know rumors
might be baseless? Also, this doesn't look like sucking up to them since aria had already done this with her maids, she has been doing this for a long time already and it's a good assumption that aria is just that nice to the maids. If mielle can be nice to the maids and not look like she's sucking up to them then why can't aria? From an outside perspective, this literally just looks like aria being a nice person. You probably just think that way since you know the plot and aria's motivation.
@aspakrian they don't since the crown prince lays low and doesn't show up at events and parties, lady isis and aria has mentioned this before~ that's why aria didn't even recognize that pinonua was the prince!~