Neran’s expression twisted strangely at Rose’s attitude. She swept her messy hair back about six times. After hearing Neran’s mention of having a fiancée, Rose thought it might be better to keep some distance from the Duke. They weren’t particularly close before, but being cautious to avoid misunderstandings wouldn’t hurt. Rose awkwardly fiddled with the corner of her mouth and reached out towards the parchment again.
“Um, how about this one?”
However, once again, the Duke’s response was not very positive.
“It might be faster than before, but it will still take a long time.”
With those words, he raised the parchment on the far left.
“If you want a shorter construction period, this design might be better.”
“Uh…”
It happened to be the least favorite design.
The most simple and ordinary design.
It was quite similar to the one she had drawn for Gwen before.
“How long will this take?”
Rose asked about the construction period, unable to accept defeat.
“If we use magic stones, about half a year should be sufficient.”
“Half a year?”
“Yes.”
Rose, who had been hunched over, opened her eyes wide at the Duke’s words.
Her eyes, which had been dull like frozen pollack, were now filled with vitality.
“Yeah, instead of pouring thirty years into architectural design, it’s better to do this.”
The saying ‘Simple is the best’ must have some truth to it.
“In that case, let’s go with this one.”
Although the exterior was a bit disappointing, it could be splendidly decorated on the inside.
Since there was plenty of money, Rose intended to invest generously in the interior.
“Gwen said she would introduce an architectural designer, but if I write down what I want in advance, the process will be faster.”
“What about making it a 6-story building, including the underground stable? Two basement floors and four above ground.”
“Four floors might be off-putting for everyone. How about starting from L floor to 3rd floor?”
At the Duke’s words, Rose’s eyes narrowed.
‘Even here, the number ‘4’ seems ominous.’
Rose nodded her head with a bewildered expression.
“Yes, that’s fine.”
Then, she began to contemplate what was needed on each floor.
“First… we’ll need an information desk on the lobby floor. Also, a stroller rental station. Let’s place the most expensive brand in the lobby. On the 2nd floor, we’ll have a personal shopper room for VIPs to shop exclusively, along with accessories and cosmetics… Oh! Let’s have restrooms on each floor.”
In a busy department store, restrooms on each floor were a given.
As Rose spoke, both the Duke and Neran stiffened their expressions.
“I don’t know if putting smelly restrooms on each floor is a good idea.”
Neran, as if imagining it was dreadful, turned his head horizontally.
The Duke also nodded in agreement with Neran’s words.
“If the smell of sewage vibrates in a high-end shopping center, no one would want to come.”
Rose understood the reactions of the Duke and Neran well enough. This place… was still a world without flush toilets.
“A writer is truly funny. What nonsense is a traditional toilet doing in a splendid magical world?”
The worldview felt somewhat ironically amusing.
Rose confidently spoke as if there were no issues.
“We just need to introduce flush toilets.”
Rose picked up a fountain pen on the table. Then, she flipped the parchment with the unused department store exterior design.
She drew a modern toilet picture and an S-shaped pipe beneath it, indicating where the water goes.
“This is a flush toilet. Water is stored here and here.”
Rose marked the water tank and inside the toilet, explaining, “After urinating or defecating, you just press this button, and the waste goes down the pipe. Then, the toilet is filled with new water.”
The Duke and Neran were fascinated by the unfamiliar flush toilet system.
“What happens to the waste that goes down the pipe? Do they bury it in the ground?”
“No.”
“Surely you’re not thinking of letting it flow into the river?”
The Duke’s expression was quite serious.
As innovative as the flush toilet was, it was unacceptable to dispose of sewage by letting it flow into the river.
“If sewage is discharged into the river, various diseases will definitely arise. Trying to eliminate odor may lead to bigger problems.”
Rose understood the Duke’s concerns well. However, there was a solution to this problem.
“Um, we can use a sewage treatment system…”
The problem was that Rose didn’t have precise knowledge of this system.
After contemplating for a while, Rose opened her mouth.
“We can build a comprehensive sewage treatment plant and purify it step by step.”
“How do you build that?”
What groundbreaking invention would Rose come up with this time?
The Duke looked at Rose with expectant eyes. However, Rose said something unexpected compared to the Duke’s expectations.
“Um. We need to research that from now on…”
I can’t do it.
Rose’s attitude of admitting she didn’t know was confidently shameless.
“The statement ‘we need to research it’ means that even the effectiveness of Rose’s plan has not been verified.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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