Chapter 61: Dress (2)

“Wow! Did you choose this, sister?!”

“Haha. I-is it a bit much?”

“No?! It’s completely beautiful! Right?”

“Yeah. I’ll try it on.”

The two snatched the clothes and started to change.

I sat on the sofa in front and waited. Honestly, I was nervous. Personally, I hope the two of them like it.

Prisell came and sat down.

“You seem to be very close. It’s the first time I’ve seen Miss Emily smile like that.”

“Emily always smiled, though?”

“Well. She always had a bright smile, but today it’s like she’s returned to being a teenager.”

“Well…that’s true.”

Before I met her, Emily was always smiling. But as someone who has read the original, I knew that all of those smiles were fake.

A means to easily show off and make the other person let their guard down, and then gain a politically advantageous point. Nothing more, nothing less.

But now she’s really showing a smile that suits her age.

There’s a saying, “Even falling leaves make you laugh.” I feel like I understand it now.

“How are the dresses? Will they suit them?”

“Yes. Honestly, I think they’ll suit them nicely. After all, there are no dresses that the two can’t pull off, and white and black always go well together.”

“Hmm. I’m worried it might be too plain.”

“Don’t worry about that. From here on, it’s the designer’s domain. I will make it beautiful.”

As she talked with her, the two slowly came out.

The first one to come out was Yona.

“Sister. How is it?”

“!!!”

I was so cute that my heart skipped a beat. A white dress that came down to below the knee with white frills. It was like looking at a baby angel.

I want to hug her right away, but I stayed still because the dress might get wrinkled.

Yona knew my heart and came up to me and hugged me.

“Ugh. So cute.”

“Hehehe. Designer! I like this dress!”

“It looks good on you. Then, I’ll share the details later.”

“Yes!”

How can a person be so cute?

While I was hugging Yona for a long time, Emily carefully walked out.

“Um, Rachel?”

“!”

I turned around indifferently, and the moment I saw Emily, my body stiffened.

There was light.

There was clearly no lighting, yet it was brilliant.

White hair that came down to her waist. A face without a speck of dust. Strangely enchanting white eyes, and a black dress that emphasized it while also exuding another charm.

Gulp.

The visual is truly admirable.

She made even me, who had seen many illustrations, fall in love.

Celebrities who were the epitome of beauty in my past life? Idols? It was incomparable to them, as if the goddess of beauty had descended.

“Rachel? Is there something wrong?”

“Ah, no. You’re so pretty.”

“Huhu. I’m glad.”

Even the smiling face was enchanting.

If I keep looking at her, I feel like I’ll be sucked in. So I quickly turned my gaze away.

“Then, is it my turn now?”

“Yes. Here you go!”

I went inside with the dress Yona gave me. I took off my existing clothes and put on the dress.

‘How do I wear this?’

The way to wear a dress was more complicated than I thought. I thought I could just wear it, but it wasn’t.

“Shall I help you?”

“No!”

Emily knocked lightly on the door and asked. I naturally refused, and somehow managed to put on the dress.

“Hmm. I think it’s okay?”

I stood in front of the mirror and examined the dress.

I hid my pounding heart and opened the door.

“H-how is it?”

“Wow. It’s pretty!”

“I’m glad.”

Yona clapped and said. It doesn’t seem to be a lie, so it seems to be sincere.

Then, now I have to see Emily’s reaction.

Emily was staring blankly at me.

“Emily?”

“Huh? Ah, uh, yes, yes. It’s pretty. Wait a minute.”

She came up to me and started to adjust my attire. Her face is a little red, did she catch a cold?

“Done.”

“If you’re all done choosing, let’s start with the simple design. Patterns, patterns, accessories, etc. If you have anything you want, please tell me. I’ll design it. I’m a little short on time to make three people’s dresses in a week, so I’ll hurry.”

Prisell clapped her hands and focused her attention.

When she clapped again, the maids brought in display stands with rings, necklaces, and other accessories.

We started to look at them and examine the accessories we wanted.

“Sister. How about this?”

Yona wore a blue earring. The jewel that seemed to contain the sea matched quite well.

“Good. Pretty.”

“Then what about this?”

Next is a purple necklace. But since the points are already matched with blue and white, purple didn’t match.

Instead.

“How about this?”

I handed her a necklace with a similar tone to the earrings. Yona nodded as if she liked it.

“Rachel. What suits me?”

“Hmm. I don’t know.”

I looked at Emily’s face and accessories.

There were plenty of accessories that looked expensive at a glance, and the display stand shone. I found accessories that would suit Emily among them.

‘The concept itself is enchanting, so should I go with a strong red color? Or should I keep the enchanting feeling and go with purple?’

Since it’s not me who will wear it, I took out both.

“Which of the two colors do you want?”

“You?”

“I think purple would suit you a little better, but you’re the one wearing it.”

“Then I’ll go with that.”

I handed Emily purple earrings.

I wondered if it would suit her because her eyes and hair were too white, but it suited her much better than I thought.

“Pretty, right?”

So I chose accessories for the two.

The more money you have and the higher your position, the more glamorous you have to be.

So the two chose necklaces, earrings, and rings.

I don’t understand the saying that splendor represents the scale of authority, but if you think that it attracts people’s attention, it makes sense to some extent.

‘In that sense, I’m a baronet.’

I shouldn’t choose something glamorous.

Honestly, I was reluctant to wear it, but the jewels in the display case were so pretty that I wanted to wear one.

‘What should I do?’

I’ve never been to a banquet before, so I was a little hesitant.

Is what I’m choosing right? What if the accessory I chose is glamorous? Will it suit me? And so on.

Emily came to my side as if she felt my dilemma.

“Can’t you choose?”

“Yeah.”

“Then shall I choose for you?”

“I’d appreciate that.”

Emily grabbed my shoulder and turned me to the front. Then she stared at my face.

I was a little embarrassed, so I avoided her gaze.

“How about this?”

What Emily chose was a small necklace with a transparent diamond.

It’s small in size, so it doesn’t stand out, and it’s a necklace, so it has even less presence.

“Good.”

“Wait a minute.”

“Huh?”

Emily came up to me. She held the necklace and put it around my neck. She showed me the mirror.

“How is it?”

I looked in the mirror.

Certainly, the necklace Emily chose suited me well. As she said, it was good because I could cover it with clothes.

“It’s pretty.”

“I know, right.”

Yona came up to me with a hairpin. That figure was so cute. Yona smiled brightly as she looked at my necklace.

“It suits you!”

I’m glad. I stroked her head, and we told each other the dress design we wanted.

I roughly said what I saw in the illustration.

“Um. I understand. I’ll do that.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Prisell is one of the best designers. After listening to the designs of the three, she sketched them on paper.

“Is this okay?”

“Yes. It’s exactly the design I want.”

As expected of one of the best designers. Prisell hurried back, saying that the schedule was tight.

I was also tired, so I went back to my room.

“It’s more tiring than I thought.”

There were too many dresses, and I was burdened to find a dress that would suit the two. And walking around the wide mansion also consumed a lot of energy.

I lay down on the bed.

Sleep came pouring in on the soft mattress.

“Shall I sleep for a bit?”

I checked the clock and it was 5 o’clock. If I sleep from now on, I’ll wake up at night, so I’m going to sleep until dinner.

Beep beep beep.

I set the alarm and slept.

“Come to think of it, I also have to teach her Imperial etiquette, but she probably doesn’t know, right?”

Emily murmured, covering the book she was reading.

Unlike other banquets, the Imperial banquet especially values etiquette.

So much so that they sometimes scold other nobles for their etiquette.

And this banquet will be attended by many high-ranking nobles, so we have to be even more careful.

Even if the name of Muelia blocks the pressure, it cannot block the basic etiquette violations. Because that’s like the culture that nobles should basically have.

Usually, nobles have tutors to avoid making such mistakes. But Rachel didn’t have such a tutor. So she has to teach her herself.

Emily looked at the clock and knocked on Rachel’s door.

Knock, knock.

“Rachel?”