Selfsufficiency! This wasn’t a good situation for business.
With my eyes wide open, the manager said,
“Shall we look at the goods?”
I quickly opened the basket.
“See. I picked and packed the best parts of the shipment that came in.”
He smiled faintly, and I spoke confidently,
“Whether it’s medicinal herbs or alchemy materials, just ask whenever you need.”
The nature of alchemists, that’s what it is. They are a resilient race, repeating the same mistakes over and over for thousands of years in pursuit of an unachieved task.
So I hope the manager will order from me again and again, and again…
Lost in such delusions, I managed to maintain a calm face and smiled.
He also smiled awkwardly and said,
“Do I have to pay the balance now, or should I write a voucher at the store?”
“I’d prefer to take it directly. I’ve brought the receipt. It’s like a superstition of a first transaction. Of course, a voucher is fine if it’s inconvenient.”
Pure bluffing. I just wanted to touch and enjoy the fruits of my labor directly.
I need that pleasure in my life…
“I’ll bring it if you wait in the waiting room. I’ll respect your superstitions. But the name is…?”
“It’s Lorisha. If you come in the future, please look for Lorisha Roba. Thank you for your first transaction, Manager Loiman!”
I smiled broadly and turned around.
‘Wow, I pulled it off. I totally looked like a skilled herbalist!’
I couldn’t help but get excited thinking about holding the money I had earned in my hands.
I don’t know if this trade will continue, but when I recalled that I had decided to live only for today since I quit the academy entrance exam, I felt okay again.
I walked towards the waiting room, humming. Walking, and continuing…
Shortly afterward, I found myself lost in the palace with an empty basket.
I had come through the courtyard, so I thought if I returned there, I would see the entrance to the waiting room. But following the path, not only did the waiting room not appear, but the thick flowers were becoming more numerous and splendid.
Looking around, there was no sign of the servants who had been busily coming and going just a few minutes ago.
‘I nailed it. But in a different way this time.’
As I thought that, I heard a soft chuckle.
I instinctively knew who the voice belonged to, and a chill ran down my spine.
It was him, Duke Rocard Kaidel.
“What are you doing here? Acting like a commoner again today?”
“Do I ever only act half the part?”
When I replied that I was half commoner, Duke Kaidel moved his eyebrows as if surprised.
Leaning against the building entrance and smiling at me, he gracefully walked into the garden where I was.
“How about taking my good intentions as such, Miss Roar?”
“That’s strange, Duke Kaidel, your good intentions are always hard to see.”
You look like a pickpocket even when you catch a thief, don’t you?
I admit I was on edge, but he was not treating me like other noble ladies anyway.
If he had met Misha here, he would have bowed politely and asked why she was here, if there was anything he could do to help, etc.
Since I had already seen such poise and grace from him, I don’t think it was just my speculation.
Duke Kaidel frowned and stood in front of me, arms crossed over his chest.
“You haven’t answered yet? What are you doing here today? The Earl hasn’t entered the palace, so what are you doing here? Are you looking for me…?”
I wanted to smack my wandering eyes. But before that, his last words sharply focused my eyes.
Me, you? Why?
I shouted back.
“Delivery’s here!”
He repeated, as if mimicking a foreign language he had never heard before.
“Delivery?”
“I’m working at the pharmacy now. In Jebron, you saw my other half, and this is my other half today, Duke.”
I was fully prepared to act nonchalantly, no matter what expression he made.
Whether he regarded me as a nobleman’s disgrace who delivered goods, or as a disgraceful girl who went around trying to earn money outside and tarnishing her father’s name, I tried not to show a wavering expression.
But he opened his eyes wide and spoke, as if something big had happened.
“You can do everything?”
I briefly experienced a mental standstill. There was no such thing among the million or so words I could have expected.
I stammered.
“Why, why the question?”
“Don’t you need considerable knowledge about medicine to work there?”
“That, yes! I know the herbs well.”
“……Wellversed? Ha.”
Duke Rocard couldn’t help but laugh, as if he had heard another interesting word.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
