Chapter 61
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Then she spoke to another clerk who was with me.
"I'll order that one. In red."
"I picked it up first..."
All the dresses on display here were prototypes made only to show the designs.
You couldn't buy them right away because you had to choose the design, add the dye color, fabric, and decorations to create the finished product.
But usually, if someone already had a dress, it was polite to choose something else.
The girl frowned and said.
"I told you I was going to order it first. I hate overlapping designs, so you pick something else."
Just then, a middle-aged noblewoman approached.
"Eugenie?"
"Mother!"
"What's wrong?"
"I was going to order it first, but that girl is protesting because I picked it up first."
The middle-aged noblewoman carefully looked at my face and clothes.
"Why don't you give way? Our Eugenie has been invited to the Sowing Festival this year. It would be better for the dress to be shown off in a more glamorous place, wouldn't it?"
She must have thought that my face was unfamiliar and the dress was plain, so I wasn't from a family that could attend the Sowing Festival.
"I'm going to the Sowing Festival too."
"Yes, I understand you want to say that. But you shouldn't lie."
"No, I really-"
"Hey, is it okay to talk back when an adult is talking? You have no family education at all. How did your parents teach you?"
When the noblewoman made a stern face, the girl called Eugenie let out a snort.
"LeBlaine."
"Shorty."
Just then, Henri and Isaac approached. Melbein was with them.
Melbein greeted the noblewoman and Eugenie.
"Madam Lyon, isn't it? Have you come to buy a dress for the Young Lady?"
"That's right. Our Eugenie will be playing the pipe organ at the Sowing Festival this time."
The noblewoman's face was full of pride. She put her arm around her daughter's shoulder and said to Melbein with a chuckle.
"Please take good care of us this time too. I'll pay the bill in installments until summer-"
"Hey, why does our shorty look like that?"
Isaac, cutting off the noblewoman's words, looked at my face.
My face had stiffened because the noblewoman had just mentioned family education and parents.
Henri lifted my bangs and stared at my face.
"You don't look good. What's wrong?"
The two frowned and looked at the Lyon mother and daughter, and the clerk who was with Eugenie.
The clerk, who hadn't seen Melbein welcoming us because she was with Eugenie, stammered.
Melbein asked.
"I'm asking what's wrong."
"Well, that's... The Young Ladies' dresses overlapped."
The clerk pointed at me with both hands and continued.
"The Young Lady in the yellow dress over there picked up the prototype first, and Madam Lyon's Young Lady ordered it first. Madam Lyon told that Young Lady to give way..."
Melbein was startled and looked at her brothers. Then she began to scold the clerk exaggeratedly.
"You were just watching!"
"No, it's just that I was embarrassed to move because there was talk about family education and parents..."
As soon as he heard the story, Isaac's face turned fierce in an instant. I quickly clung to his waist because I thought he was going to jump out.
"No, no! She's a lady!"
I was angry about what happened earlier, but I couldn't watch Isaac become trash who threatened women.
As I desperately clung to him, Henri said.
"Isaac."
Isaac, who saw Henri's low voice and me clinging to him, gritted his teeth and calmed down.
"Isaac? I've heard that name a lot... Oh my!"
The noblewoman, who had been muttering, was startled and covered her mouth with both hands.
"You're Dubled's Young Master! Then that child is... Ah, that..."
The reaction was the same as Melbein's.
Even after repeated regressions, the reaction of the imperial people was always the same when I was introduced.
'That, fake.'
Even though the Divine Power had increased, since the prejudice that I was fake was already ingrained, they seemed to think, 'The Temple wanted to make me the Child of Destiny at all costs.'
The noblewoman said with an awkward smile.
"I've been rude. Please forgive me for making a mistake because I didn't know. I'll have my child choose another dress."
"Mother!"
Eugenie shouted, but the noblewoman made a "shh" sound and pulled her daughter's arm.
"I see."
Henri nodded readily.
'Thank goodness. Henri is rational.'
I was honestly a little worried that he would jump out like Isaac.
He just stood still with his arms crossed, watching the mother and daughter choose a new dress.
"Isn't this one okay too? Our daughter has fair skin, so it would look great if we made it with dark indigo fabric."
"......Yes."
It was then that the mother and daughter were about to choose a design and call the clerk.
"We'll buy that one."
Henri said.
The noblewoman looked at Henri again and pulled her daughter's hand.
"Then we'll take something else... Ah, this dress with ribbons on both sides is also very cute."
"We'll buy that one too."
"......!"
I was embarrassed and glanced at him, but Henri just smiled.
"Let's choose the dress next to it."
"I'll buy that one too."
"Then the dress in the back..."
"That one too."
The noblewoman turned to Henri with a bluish face.
"Well, Young Master..."
"Choose. But you won't be able to buy anything again."
"What, what do you mean?"
"Of course, this is not limited to silk dresses. Anything from houses to live in, food to eat, clothes to wear, medicine to daily necessities."
As the noblewoman stiffened, Henri folded his eyes and said.
"How long does a person have to starve to die?"
I froze.
'That's right, Henri was much scarier than Isaac when he was angry.'
Only then did Madam Lyon cling to Henri.
"I'm sorry, Young Master. We really didn't know that this child was Dubled's Young Lady...!"
She must have been very scared because Henri came out like this when she was trying to get away without apologizing because there were only children without guardians.
Her hands were trembling, and her face was like a corpse.
Henri stared at Madam Lyon with a dry gaze.
"You're apologizing to the wrong person."
Needless to say, I received a proper apology from Madam Lyon and Eugenie.
We sat on the sofa in Melbein's dress shop and returned after receiving apologies from dozens of Lyon family members, including Madam Lyon, the Viscount, Eugenie's grandfathers, grandmothers, maternal grandfathers, maternal grandmothers, Aunt, uncles, aunts, and aunts.
Melbein and the clerks watched the scene tremble.
Melbein's dress arrived a few days later.
It was much more gorgeous than the prototype, and there were several luxurious dresses.
Melbein must have been terrified by what happened last time and worked desperately.
The clothes with Melbein's enthusiasm were really beautiful.
My brothers chuckled as they watched me walk around in the clothes.
"Turn around one more time, LeBlaine."
Henri said kindly, so I turned around to the left, and the sound of the Video stone turning like crazy was heard from around me.
"Don't miss a single eyelash."
Isaac sternly warned the employees, and they swallowed dry saliva and held up the Video stone again.
'Oh my...'
I was starting to worry about the banquet.
Not because I was afraid of making mistakes at the banquet, but because I was afraid that someone would die at the banquet hall.
I reached out to my brothers' sleeves as I thought about it.
And I looked at them with a serious face.
"Why is our sister looking at us with such cute eyes?"
"Why?"
Henri and Isaac spoke in turn, so I said in a stern voice.
"You can't hit people at the banquet."
"......"
"......"
The two were silent.
I said again, "No." firmly.
"But in case of emergency..."
"You can't predict what will happen in a place where High nobles gather, so for now, I can't give you a definite answer..."
As expected, one word doesn't work.
But I know what to say to get an answer quickly in this case.
"I'm going to kick the blanket and sleep well."
"That's...!"
"It's cowardly!"
Isaac and Henri shouted in order and jumped up.
I had the flu a few years ago after kicking the blanket and sleeping. I was on the verge of life and death when I was young, and at that time, my family's souls were half gone and then came back.
If I think about how much I did "Dad, I love you, brothers!" to give up human dignity to save the doctors because of that, tears come to my eyes.
Anyway, after that, this became a very effective threat.
"I know! I just won't hit you!"
"......Okay."
Eventually, the two answered obediently, and I nodded with satisfaction.
Henri and Isaac gave LeBlaine, who emphasized 'Never! Never hit anyone,' a firm answer.
Only then did the child feel relieved and went up to her room to prepare for the banquet.
Isaac said with a sullen face.
"How can I protect you if I can't hit anyone?"
He had succumbed to LeBlaine's threat, but Isaac and Henri were good brothers who kept their promises to their sister well.
Henri said in a gloomy voice.
"She told us not to hit them, but she didn't tell us not to kill them."
"Aha!"
Only then did Isaac's face brighten.
"If I kill them in one shot, I won't have to hit them."
Seeing Isaac nodding, Henri smiled evilly, saying, "That's right."
The employees who were watching the scene swallowed dry saliva.
