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“Of course, Miss Tullia. What generosity of our young lady. To achieve such a deep, mysterious color using organza silk, Raus artisans would need to dye it for three months.”
“It is very bright and unusual in color.”
correct? If you wear the precious pure gold necklace that Mr. Lilius gave you last time, you will stand out more than anyone else!
Okay, I'll stand out.
I'll go to a place full of servants and dress like a ballroom.
Tullia has not yet been able to reverse her reputation, so she still has a luxurious and sinister image, and this is clearly a plan to enhance that image.
“I prefer a more modest dress. Fair?”
Yes, miss, I've prepared one.
“Miss Tulia.”
Rilda said with a slight frown on her forehead.
“This shabby outfit does not befit your dignity, miss. And if you will allow me to speak out of turn...”
“Are you allowed to speak out of turn?”
Most of the Fraser's followers are of high rank. So they look down on the border areas.
In other words, she was saying that the dress chosen by Adel, who was from the border areas, was not even worthy of being worn.
Some of the maids who understood this laughed softly. Adel's expression has not changed.
I smiled cheerfully.
"Really? So maybe the sparkly dress my aunt gave me would be better?"
“Of course, Miss Tulia!”
“My aunt is really the only one for me.”
correct. What a kind-hearted young lady.
Since they are planning such in front of me, I have no choice but to plan a response.
But I don't have matching shoes, so I think it's better to wear this next time. What a pity! I really wanted to show it to my grandfather.
When she mumbled in a frustrated voice, Rilda's eyes lit up with interest.
And I took my bait.
Miss, there are a lot of shoes in the dressing room. They must have matching shoes.
“Really? Then bring all our shoes.”
For a while, Rilda, who did not understand my words, pointed to the maids late.
The maids hurriedly took out the shoes.
With the normalization of living expenses this time, she also received the dignity maintenance fee.
I first learned that the dignity maintenance fee includes proper daily clothing, shoes, gloves, underwear, hats, ribbons, etc.
So, I had a lot more shoes than I did when I lived in the warehouse. At least a dozen pairs.
“Moreover, when I appointed Adel as the head maid this time, my food, clothing, and housing were further improved.”
Rock Kilfausher must be secretly taking care of things behind the scenes, right?
It was as if he was subtly pulling the strings from behind so that his sister, who had become the head maid in the Fraser's direct line, would not get into unnecessary trouble.
anyway.
I deliberately put on the dress, sat down, and ordered them to arrange all the shoes in a row
The important point here is that I was changing “shoes”, not “dresses.”
Changing clothes quickly exhausted even the wearer, no matter how many people were there to help her dress and take care of her.
But the shoes were different.
After sitting on a soft chair so the dress wouldn't wrinkle, I just had to stretch my feet.
What do you do? You have to change it for me.
Upon saying this, the maids began changing my shoes in unison.
Thanks to the large mirror that was usually used to reflect dresses being placed directly in front of my seat, I only had to put on the shoes and look at them once with my eyes.
"the next."
Gray strappy Mary Jane shoes.
"the next."
Flat heel with black attached sole
“Next.”
Dark blue heeled shoes with small pearls.
Mary Jane Shoes, Open Toe, Low Heel Shoes, Open Toe Shoes, High Heel Shoes, High Heel Shoes, Flat Shoes, High Heel Shoes, High Heel Shoes, High Heel Shoes, High Heel Shoes, High Heel Shoes. Each is available in four or five different colors.
Although I tried on thirty pairs of new shoes, I maintained the expression of a selective, dissatisfied lady.
When I tried on all the shoes that were neatly organized in the dressing room, the maids' faces became pale as lead and they were all dripping with cold sweat.
The shoes I wore ranged from simple mules that were easy to slip on to ones that required complex strings of ribbons.
Naturally, the number of the latter is much greater.
Their necks and shoulders must be pretty stiff from tying the ribbons, right?
But this was not a concern of mine.
relda. What do we do?
Meanwhile, Rilda, who was standing upright as befits an old maid, looked at me with a pale complexion.
You said there would be matching shoes. I don't like any of it, so I make the girls suffer in vain.
Rilda immediately straightened her back.
“…In my opinion, those gray strappy shoes from before would go well with the dress you are wearing now, Miss. In addition, those shoes were also fashionable in imperial high society.”
She must be saying this because Tullia never went to Imperial High Society.
No, maybe she's just throwing out random words.
Even if noble blood flows in Rilda's veins, after all, she is just a servant, right?
How could such a rilda know about the trends of imperial high society?
When I saw Rilda lying boldly, she also lied boldly.
What? Grandpa hates grey, doesn't he?
"…Sorry?"
Immediately, Rilda's expression hardened with confusion.
“Rilda...”
I gathered as much inner sadness as I could and asked with a sad look in my eyes.
“Don’t tell me that you are trying to put me in a difficult situation now… and make the maids suffer too… Did you do this on purpose?”
Sorry? No no! Ms! This is unfair!
“You say no?”
Of course not.
Honestly, I don't know what colors Grand Duke Assis Fraser likes or dislikes either
I don't even know if this cold Grand Duke had preferences regarding colors in the first place.
But when his granddaughter Tullia said so, how could a maid like her deny it so vehemently?
“Relda.”
“Yes, yes. Miss...”
Let me say again, Tullia is the official villain of...
When she stared with her cold gaze, her fox-like face, cold and evil, anyone who did not have great courage would avoid looking at her.
Relda, who was just a maid despite being a senior maid, was no different.
Especially since Viscountess Aubrey, who could protect her immediately, was not here.
I suddenly got up from my seat and took off my shoes. It was completely illogical.
The maids immediately gasped.
“Play with the master, play with the maids.”
“…”
“There is a limit to the amount of disobedience I will tolerate.”
As I gritted my teeth, cold sweat began to form on Rilda's face
"M-Miss. That's not what…"
“Fair!”
I screamed loudly.
“I'm going to change into a new dress, so bring it now!”
“I'll get him right away, Miss Tulia.”
The dress Adel brought was a muted dress, the color of a parsythia flower.
I stared at Rilda as I put on the dress. Her expression remained tense, but she could find no fault.
Unlike before, she said she was impressed by the shoes Adel chose and wore them immediately.
The maids seemed to find it very difficult to bend down all the time to help change shoes. The looks they were stealing from Rilda also seemed to contain displeasure.
“These girls won't be around for long either, but it would be better to get them to listen to Adil more while we're together.”
I didn't know what Rilda was up to behind the scenes. There was a high probability that Aubrey had just asked her to monitor the situation right now.
So before she could make any moves, it was helpful for me to narrow down Rilda's position as much as possible.
“Fair. My basket.”
“Yes, Miss Tullia. There it is.”
Adel said as she extended the basket
“I will organize all the shoes properly.”
She definitely smiled at me, even if only briefly.
“Please be careful on your way, miss.”
It seems that Adil clearly understood why I was organizing this shoe show.
“Okay, should I go see Grandpa?”
I also gave Adel a short smile and walked away with light steps.
The Yellow Winged Star was following me closely.
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