48 - I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke
I got engaged to the blind duke, Chapter 48
"I didn’t sell this dress to you, but you’re wearing my dress, so I should consider you a customer." What compensation do you want?”
The middle-aged noblewoman glanced around and her eyes gleamed cunningly. Soon, she pointed to the dresses on the mannequins.
“Those three dresses. It’s not enough, but I’ll make an exception.”
“Gasp!”
Juri, who had been holding her breath behind them, let out a small scream.
Idre refused with a stiff face.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t do that. I’ll return the price you paid for this dress.”
“You really don’t understand. Do you know who I am?”
The middle-aged noblewoman’s face flushed red like her hair.
“Those dresses are custom-made and have owners. So I can’t give them to you.”
Idre explained calmly.
“Ha, the original owner? I am Countess Soran Atech.”
Idre forcibly suppressed a frown. She had suspected it from the orange hair, but she didn’t expect it to be the real Countess Atech.
She was a woman very famous for being a troublemaker in Western society.
“Countess. I’m sorry, but all I can give you is the price of the dress.”
“What?”
The Countess glared at Idre with a fierce look.
“Mother, we should be generous and concede. Just take that one dress.”
The young woman, who had been standing silently behind her, pointed to the golden dress with a gloved hand, pretending to care for Idre. Her lips were already full of a victorious smile.
Idre stared at the mother and daughter with a dumbfounded expression.
Is this some kind of new fraud?
“I told you, it’s a reserved dress.”
“Listen. Do you know who I am? I’m Amanda Atech. If I say one word in society, this shop will disappear quickly. Do you understand?”
Amanda, like her mother, was no less of a troublemaker.
Marin, who had been watching the situation from behind, whispered to Juri, who was standing next to her.
“Is that dress mine?”
“Yes, it’s your dress.”
“I see.”
Listening to the demands of the mother and daughter, it seemed that the three dresses were just bait, and they had been coveting the golden dress from the beginning.
It was obvious that they had no intention of leaving this place until they got the dress.
The Duke would be arriving soon.
Marin approached Idre from behind and whispered softly.
“Just give it to them. I’ll pay for it.”
Idre turned around with a surprised look.
“I can’t do that, Marin. I made that dress thinking of you.”
“I know how to deal with people like that, and it’s better for your mental health to get them out quickly.”
“They really don’t know any manners.”
The Countess, who had been watching the two whispering, sneered.
Marin sighed inwardly.
She wanted to get them out as quickly as possible before the Duke arrived.
“I am Marin from the Schwentz barony, Countess.”
Marin lifted the hem of her dress slightly and greeted her according to noble etiquette.
Idre, who was listening from the side, looked at Marin with an expected look. She had never believed that Marin was a commoner from the beginning.
“Schwentz? Was there such a noble? Daughter, have you ever heard of it?”
“Mother. How many insignificant nobles are there? Of course, I don’t know.”
Amanda sneered with a sweet smile.
Marin shook off the hem of her dress with a snap.
She really didn’t want to get involved in a fight. She just wanted to give them the dress and get them out before the Duke arrived.
But that young noble lady set her heart on fire. A blazing fire.
“So why is the daughter of a baronial family suddenly interfering?”
“Because that dress is mine.”
Amanda stared intently at Marin with a glint in her eyes.
“Then you must have heard everything that’s been said.”
“Yes. I heard everything. And I have no intention of giving up that dress, so just take the price of the dress you brought and leave.”
“What?!”
The Countess glared at her with a venomous face.
“My dress has already been paid for. Idre, how much is that pink dress?”
“It’s 5 gold.”
“And my dress?”
“It’s 50 gold.”
Marin asked the question with her eyes, so that the mother and daughter couldn’t see. Idre nodded quickly as if it was correct.
Marin clenched her fists even tighter to avoid showing her surprise as she turned back to the mother and daughter.
1 gold was enough for a family of four to live on for a month.
But 50 gold?
Olive didn’t show her the price tag because she didn’t want her to think about the money.
“Did you hear that? It’s a 10 times difference. And you want that dress?”
The mother and daughter were stunned for a moment after hearing the price, but then their expressions turned vicious.
“What an absurd price. There’s no way that dress is worth that much.”
“Ha, 50 gold in this low-quality shop?”
The Countess sneered, following Amanda’s words.
“50 gold has already been paid, so you don’t need to say that. If you give me the difference of 45 gold, I’ll give you the dress. How about it? Of course, as a Countess, you have the ability to pay right away, right?”
Marin raised her chin with a relaxed smile.
Punishing troublemakers with money was thrilling.
Money is the best!
The Countess gritted her teeth, panting.
“Even a lower noble would have received an education. Don’t you even know how to treat a high-ranking noble?”
Marin and Idre looked at each other and shook their heads.
They couldn’t do it with money, so they were trying to suppress them with their noble status?
Their troublemaking power was no joke.
Idre, who was next to her, was also a noble, but she was the daughter of a Baron.
This is why you need power.
And although it was fake, she had that power now.
Marin put her hands together in front of her chest and opened her mouth with a helpless expression.
“Since you mentioned the status of a noble, I should say something too.”
The Countess snorted and looked at her as if to say, go ahead and say it.
“I am Duke Vines’s fiancée. Is that enough?”
A silence swept through the store for a moment.
Idre, who was listening from the side, clasped her hands together with a moved expression and shone her eyes towards Marin.
“Marin—no, Miss Schwentz. Congratulations.”
“Please call me as before. But they don’t seem to believe it at all.”
“Well, they don’t know the inside story.”
As she said, the mother and daughter were wearing sneers.
Should she have a Duke’s fiancée stamp on her face?
Meanwhile, Juri, who had been holding her breath behind her, whispered with a curious expression.
“What’s the inside story?”
“Does that mean I don’t have to keep the secret anymore?”
Instead of answering Juri, Idre asked Marin with a happy face.
The Duke wanted the engagement rumors to spread quickly, so it would be okay.
“Yes.”
As Marin nodded, Idre’s shoulders straightened proudly.
She was designing a dress for the Duke’s fiancée. She felt so happy that she could forgive the troublemaking mother and daughter for whatever they did.
“Did you two hear that? It’s the Duke’s fiancée’s dress. So……”
“It’s noble insult! How dare you mention the Duke’s name so carelessly?”
The Countess raised her voice as if she was dumbfounded.
“We are nobles too.”
Marin straightened her back and stood up to her confidently.
As expected, the more ignorant you are, the louder you are. Insulting a noble does not apply between nobles.
“I’ll tell the Duke right away, and these people……”
“Noisy.”
Thud. The sound of a cane hitting the floor echoed loudly throughout the store.
The Countess turned around to say something to the rude person who had interrupted her, but froze instinctively.
Amanda, who was next to her, also discovered the Duke and her lips moved.
The Duke, with his eyes closed, passed them gracefully.
