While Countess Alt was comforting Arianthe outside, Maiana changed her clothes with the help of Rosana and two other maids.

“Oh no! Wait, just… please, the underwear… it’s not going to be visible anyway, right?”

As Maiana, stripped down to her undergarments, covered her chest and blushed, Rosana, skillfully maneuvering around the narrow room, grabbed the back of Maiana’s dress.

“No, Maiana. The dress looks more perfect when you wear the underwear too. Come on, quickly take it off.”

Rosana swiftly untied the ribbon at the back of the waist and, like folding underwear forward, removed it.

In an instant, Maiana was left standing bare, only rolling her eyes awkwardly. Meanwhile, under Rosana’s direction, the maids skillfully dressed her body, starting from the most basic underwear.

To be honest, Maiana just needed to stand with her arms slightly apart.

‘It feels like I’ve become a doll…’

Maiana thought.

“Now, bend your waist a little. No, not that much. That’s right, just like that. Now, stand up straight. Oh my, the shoulder line is crooked.”

Rosana’s instructions continued without a break, and Maiana, following her orders like a well-oiled doll, was busy moving stiffly.

Raise the arms when told to raise, straighten the waist when told to straighten, lower the shoulders when told to lower… How many times did this process repeat? Maiana, who had firmly raised her head, was suddenly surprised by the feeling of her tightly tied-up hair suddenly coming loose.

“Wait, my hair…!”

“Oh, don’t worry. I untied it. Well, this is fine too, but it seems a bit too much like you’re trying too hard… You’re not even seventeen yet, and looking too mature is not good either. Hey, bring that stool over there.”

One of the maids standing in the corner of the small room handed a small stool over Maiana’s shoulder.

Rosana climbed up the stool, gathered Maiana’s hair again, pulled some to the side, and deftly braided it. Then, she opened one of the boxes filling the room—there wasn’t enough space, so some were even placed on the bed— and fixed it with a decorated comb adorned with gold and emeralds.

“Now, it’s done.”

Maiana tried to turn her head to look in the mirror, but with Rosana standing behind her and the room filled with boxes, she couldn’t reach the window where the mirror was.

Rosana said,

“Why do you want to see it with that small mirror? Come on, let’s go out. It’s better to see it in a big mirror since you’ve put on a new dress.”

“No, wait. I…”

Maiana’s feeble objection had no chance against Rosana. When the maids opened the door and went out first, Arianthe, who had been sitting on the sofa with excitement and anticipation, immediately stood up. Unable to hold back their curiosity, Veinti and Bridgit, who had been peering into the room, quietly followed inside.

Rosana said,

“Well, Lady. This is Maiana.”
It was a tone resembling a circus ringmaster. Wasn’t it as if she had to leap over a blazing hoop when she went outside? Meianna, lost in her whimsical imagination, cautiously stepped outside.

However, what awaited Meianna was not a blazing hoop. Instead…

“Wow—!”

A dinosaur. Meianna thought. There’s a baby dinosaur here. No, is it a whale? Whatever.

Arianthe, who suddenly shouted three times in a row, ran towards Meianna as if rolling towards her, intending to embrace her as usual. However, upon seeing the sparkling new dress, she abruptly stopped with her foot raised. But in her blue eyes, enthusiasm and affection were dripping with fervor.

“Meianna, you look like a princess! No, like the queen in a fairy tale!”

Blushing, Meianna glanced around. Countess Alt wore a pleased smile, and Veinti and Bridgit, who had been gaping with their mouths wide open, blushed and mumbled to each other.

“Not a princess or a queen! Lady…”

“No! It’s like a princess! A real princess! Or maybe a queen! The dress is sparkling! It’s like a star! It looks green like this, but from this side, it looks blue!”

Upon hearing this, Rosana said with a proud tone,

“Indeed, you are a lady of the Valterminster family. Even though you are still young, your vision is exceptional. The sparkle comes from diamonds and top-quality gems. Also, this silk is a very rare import from the South. It has a unique shine, and, as you mentioned, it changes color depending on the light.”

Arianthe rushed outside. It seemed she was trying to call Swan and Cedrois. The busy footsteps echoing in the corridor, the surprised moans of the employees who almost collided with Arianthe, were heard one after another.

Countess Alt said,

“Take a walk, Meianna.”

Walk, she said. Meianna tried to stand as upright as possible, but she couldn’t help feeling ridiculous.

Rosana said,

“You don’t have to shrug your shoulders like that. Relax your shoulders a bit, and instead, straighten your neck. Lift the tip of your chin a little more, that’s right… Lower your gaze slightly.”

“Is it too… complicated?”

At that moment, Veinti, who had been watching this scene from a distance with amusing and curious eyes, spoke.