Roel didn’t want to ruin a good day over such trivial matters, so she decided to think of what just happened as a small mishap and let it go.

However, it was true that she felt a bit tired unlike when she first entered the shopping center. So, she changed her plan to purchase any decent item and return to her room.

‘What should I buy…?’

Roel pondered deeply to purchase an item that was as practical as possible, long-lasting, and could fill up the value of one luggage bag at once.

Just when she thought her shopping time was becoming a bit peaceful, that moment when Roel was about to pick up clothes in another store, it happened.

That child who snatched her clothes earlier appeared again and started interfering with her shopping!

At first, the child only snatched the items Roel was about to touch, but now she purchased everything that Roel showed even the slightest interest in or had her eyes on for a while.

Even with her mild personality, Roel’s mood gradually worsened due to the blatant provocation.

‘I wasn’t even going to buy those items… But it feels so unpleasant.’

The child didn’t actually cause harm or say harsh words. But what part of it ruins a person’s mood to this extent?

Just like at the Evelle estate, Roel still failed to recognize that the act of taking away opportunities from others, regardless of what they are, is a terrible thing to do.

However, apart from that, Roel’s patience was gradually reaching its limit.

* * *

While Roel was feeling that way, a woman not too far away chuckled inwardly.

‘What a trivial thing.’

It would be a lie to say that the entire population of the Asilith Empire knows Roel’s face, but it could be confidently stated that among the middle class and nobility, there is no one who doesn’t know her.

However, coincidentally, Rose Asenri did pass through the Pillaren Port in the Asilith Empire, but she was not an imperial citizen.

Rose Asenri was from the Monzetto Kingdom.

She was the only daughter of Asenri, who started from a very low position and became a tycoon in the Monzetto Kingdom, and the sole heiress who would inherit all the wealth.

With such an impressive background, the names Rose was called by were also extraordinary.

‘The Thorny Rose of the Monzetto Kingdom.’

‘The arrogant princess of the Asenri Company… who pretends to have a ruined personality.’

‘The only failure of the Osenri couple.’

Simply put, she was the official troublemaker of the Monzetto Kingdom.

The decisive reason why people talked about her was partly due to her background as the kingdom’s largest heiress, but her eccentric personality played a bigger role.

Rose Asenri was born with a diamond spoon in her mouth and had never heard anyone, even jokingly, say no to her in her life.

Moreover, her parents treated her like a princess, and the servants revered her like the sky, so she didn’t even know where manners were used.

No, to Rose Asenri, manners were something that those without had to bow their heads to those with.

So, she greatly despised and abhorred the nobles who lagged behind the times.

In fact, that was just an excuse. At the dinner table, whenever the praise about her ended, her parents always spoke as if the nobility was the root of all evil in society, so it was a natural course of action.

In that sense, Roel was the type that Rose Asenri disliked the most just by existing.

A noble who seemed to have grown up receiving plenty of love and never experienced hardship.

Of course, she herself had never experienced even the slightest bit of hardship, but anyway, if a noble was like that, it somehow looked even more annoying.

However, the reason why Roel unintentionally gained the troublemaker’s attention today was not because of that reason, but because of the reaction of the employees at the first store she visited earlier.

When she first entered the store, the attention of all the employees was clearly focused only on her.

Rose Asenri was very satisfied with the way they looked at her every moment, wondering if she would make any mistake or if she would call them.

The employees, who had been carefully guarding their eyes like that, suddenly had their gazes drawn to a woman as soon as she entered the store.

The employee who was exclusively serving her was still focused on her, but such a thing was not important to Rose Asenri.

‘Are they all crazy when I’m here?’

How dare you let me, a VIP of Verdik Cruise, experience such poor treatment? How dare you?

Rose stared intently at Roel.

She was a woman wearing a dress that didn’t look very expensive. She had a pretty face, but judging by her plain attire and the fact that she was accompanied by only one servant without any escort, she didn’t seem to have a lot of money.

Still, there could only be one reason why the employees were paying attention to the woman.

‘That mere noble, what the hell does she have…!’

Until then, even though her irritation was building up, her hostility towards Roel wasn’t that great. Having her maid snatch the clothes was more of a warning to the employees to come to their senses.

But Roel’s reaction after that made the head of the Monzetto troublemaker spin.

The woman with platinum blonde hair showed no reaction other than being surprised for a moment.

Surely, when nobles faced such a situation, they would look at her with eyes overflowing with a sense of humiliation and defeat, and sometimes with arrogant eyes as if they would impose punishment right away.

However, the woman just blinked her eyes for a moment and then left the store with her maid.

‘How dare she… How dare she ignore me…?’

If they were to argue, the troublemaker was the one who committed the wrongdoing, so she should have been grateful that Roel ended it with ignorance. However, if that were the case, she would no longer be a troublemaker.

As expected, Rose Asenri didn’t disappoint and finished preparing to unleash her troublemaking power.

* * *

Rose, who had experienced complete ignorance for the first time in her life, forgot about the store employees from earlier and now focused solely on the unnecessarily noble-looking noblewoman.

She bought things that Roel was interested in, looked at, and the best or most expensive items in the store before Roel could.

However, Roel didn’t budge at all.

But to be upset by such absurd provocations, Roel had experienced all sorts of trials and tribulations. Moreover, she believed that children, especially those who had not reached adulthood, should be given at least one chance to make up for their mistakes.

So, the only thing reflected in Roel’s eyes as she looked at Rose Asenri was unwavering sympathy.

‘Why is that child so angry?’

This time, Rose Asenri directly snatched Roel’s hanger, but the only thing that came back was that look in her eyes, which clearly showed her thoughts, not irritation.

Roel looked at Rose Asenri for a very brief moment and then abruptly left the store.

“That…! Is she trying to challenge me now?”

Rose didn’t seem to know, but Roel’s action just now was her last warning in a way.

However, as she was a self-proclaimed troublemaker princess who had never set foot in the noble world, she took it as a clear disregard, not a warning.

At that time, Roel stopped buying her own things and moved to the men’s clothing section.

‘This is the first time I’ve met someone weirder than Feria and Briella.’

In fact, Roel also wanted to get angry inwardly. But unfortunately, Roel still didn’t know how to express anger.

Come to think of it, even when Verodica’s group committed rudeness, even when she realized that Elia was blatantly disregarding her, and even when Casien was babbling nonsense as if it were human language, she never raised her voice.

So, as always, she chose to suppress her anger this time as well.

‘Right. She wouldn’t follow me all the way here, would she?’

Although Rose Asenri was very bothering, Roel didn’t come here with the thought of running away.

When she was taking a big round of the shopping center with Millie earlier, something caught her eye at a glance, and she came back here because it kept lingering in her mind.

Roel entered Rendolv, a premium watch brand.

For reference, this was a place where the lowest price started at 60 million won and the highest price could exceed 2 billion won.

‘Since it’s a gift for Reus, I should buy it with my own money.’

Of course, Roel had no idea and was in a slightly better mood at the thought of giving Reus a suitable watch as a gift.

“Can I take a look at this watch?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The watch was placed on top of the display case.

It was a high-end watch with an ocean blue dial and silver hands that had a slight lavender hue depending on the angle. The appropriately embedded gemstones were also to her liking, and above all, the sleek design without any extras was the most appealing.

“This watch was meticulously crafted by the founder and renowned watchmaker, Mr. Clerivan. It is a very rare product, with only 7 pieces produced worldwide, including two in our store.”

Roel vaguely felt that something was wrong here.

“In particular, it is a product that has been strictly selected by the Rendolv headquarters, so I can confidently say that the quality is exceptional.”

“But what is the price range for something like this?”

“Yes, ma’am, in the case of this product, the price is…”

At that moment, Rose barged in as if she had been waiting.

“You there.”

The employee who was serving Roel flinched at Rose Asenri’s finger-pointing.

“Me, me…?”

Although she widened her eyes and pretended not to know, in fact, this employee knew Rose Asenri very well.

‘Ah, why did she have to come to our store of all places!’

Since it was the employees, not the ancestors, who had to deal with the customers’ misbehavior, it was impossible for someone working at Verdik to not know Rose Asenri in the first place.

Then, the troublemaker spoke.

“Give me this one.”

Her finger accurately pointed to the watch Roel was about to order.

‘As if she wasn’t causing enough trouble today, she had to…’

Out of all people, why did the person Rose Asenri target have to be Roel Rocheter!

In order not to offend customers sensitive to their status, like Rose Asenri, they referred to all boarding passengers as ‘valued customer’ or ‘guest.’

However, that didn’t mean that the list of customers who required extra attention before boarding changed.

For example, the only Grand Duke of the Asilith Empire. Or, Reus Rocheter. Or, the one Reus Rocheter loves endlessly…

‘So, the person in front of me right now…’

The shrimp, who was about to have its back broken in a whale fight, looked at the important customer in front of them.

And there was a man watching them.