A honest and upright guy like him would probably have paid all that money as personal expenses, and while the situation isn’t objectionable, it’s unclear when he prepared such a large sum of money.

“Uh, whatever. Since stopping it is impossible anyway, I should change into some clothes.”

I quietly entered the fitting room with the shop employee who had been silently observing the situation. Next, with the help of the employee, I carefully took off the expensive green dress that I had tried on last, and put on the outfit I had worn when leaving Hwangseong.

“Now, it seems like I can live a bit.”

After preparing to leave like that and coming outside, it felt like the calculations were finished, and Esian and Lilith were holding bags full of clothes. Pobi was lying quietly on one side of the sofa, not moving at all.

“Oh, here’s the only one. I’ll give you this outfit as a service!”

Feeling very pleased after buying dozens of outfits, the shop owner, who gave various instructions to the employee, took out one of the costumes from the mannequin. It was a peculiar outfit with a tail and wings covered with various droplet patterns in pink, purple, sky blue, and white. According to the shop owner, it was a pajama that the young members of a financially well-off household enjoyed wearing, full of various animal motifs.

“Unicorn, with yellow horns in the eyes, nose, and ears, maybe?”

If you like it, I’ll show you various animal pajamas next time, the shop owner said, and I thanked him in my mind. Expressing gratitude to the customer while inducing them to come again when they become interested is a tremendous strategy. Indeed, business is not just done; to survive without going under, such sales tactics are essential.

“This will also look good on my daughter!”

Isn’t it okay if I wear it? I suppressed the urge to retort and picked up Pobi, who was yawning. She was so quiet, like a doll, not making a sound or playing around, and seemed to be dying of boredom.

“We have a lot of luggage. Let’s go back to Hwangseong now.”

Esian and Lilith, who were supposed to be escorts, became funny luggage handlers, and it seemed like Jeff spent an unexpectedly long time at the clothing store, so I hurried before Jeff could say something else.

‘What’s the point of dressing like a commoner when spending money so recklessly?’

At least, we changed everything from head to toe to look like commoners, and intentionally came down to the capital using a backstreet, but it wouldn’t seem like a commoner if he spent money like this.

‘Spending money like this.’

Since spilled water cannot be recovered, all that remained was to quietly and swiftly return to Hwangseong.

Dingling .

Continuing to urge Jeff, when we finally came out, I could breathe again. I looked around and then opened and closed Pobi’s mouth, gently stroking her belly. The sensation was amazing.

‘I don’t fit well with bustling in and out of fitting rooms.’
When I was reincarnated as a noble young lady, how did I endure it for real? It seems like there might have been some secret, but that life has become so distant that it doesn’t come to mind easily.

“Dad, I’m about to… huh?”

Jeff, who was next to me just a moment ago, disappeared, surprising me. He wasn’t light enough to be blown away by the wind and oxidized into thin air.

“When did he go over there?”

So, I looked around, and Esian, who had approached, informed me that there was a familiar figure at the counter in front.

“A street vendor selling skewered meat.”

There was a middle-aged couple, but the man, carrying a large bottle of alcohol, was rolling a horn as if playing a trumpet beside the woman, not helping with anything.

“It’s not a far distance; why couldn’t I smell it?”

Even though I eat all kinds of meat dishes without discrimination, I couldn’t recognize it.

“Moreover, that spot… it seems like the place where Jeff used to buy skewered meat when the emperor came for an inspection. Maybe the old owner passed it down to a relative?”

I belatedly headed towards where Jeff was, sniffing for an unseen scent. Now that Pobi, who had been frozen like a statue, smelled the delicious scent of skewered meat, she made a squeaky sound and, as she had already experienced the taste, I quickly grabbed her mouth with one hand to prevent her from getting hurt and quietly ordered.

“Absolutely don’t drool.”

After whispering so that only Pobi could hear, I swallowed my saliva quietly.

“Dad, when did you come here?”

“Oh, I came.”

Approaching, he turned his head slightly, recognized me, and Jeff, with a bright smile, handed a few coins to the street vendor, completing the transaction.

It wasn’t easy to hold several in one hand, and it wasn’t a skill learned only once or twice, as he maintained perfect balance without dropping any.

“When Dad was young, every time he went up to the capital, he always ate beef skewers. Come on, taste it.”

“Yes.”