The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 77

Neris’s wardrobe was mostly simple. She usually wore clothes that felt the best, staying subtly understated—but to Diane’s eyes, that would never be enough.

Thus, when Diane suggested they go shopping for jewels, Neris eventually agreed. She knew from experience that Diane would never give up until she got her way.

It was pointless to lie about not having money for jewels. Diane intended to drag Neris along under the pretense of shopping together, then casually insist on ordering something for Neris as well.

Though Neris saw right through that scheme, she simply threw up both hands in surrender.

“Over here!”

By now, retracing their steps through Karton City—stripped bare of ribbons and jewels due to graduation ball preparations—was futile. Diane and Neris had come to a grand new shop just outside Karton Station.

The sign boldly displayed the name “Morier” in gleaming letters.

“Here it is! Remember the Miss Morier you helped? She runs this place now. Isn’t it incredible? Back when she lived with us, I only thought she was pitiful because of her misfortune—but she’s actually an extraordinary person. Even my brother praised her.”

That the siblings could genuinely admire someone who’d once worked in their household and had now become a wildly successful rival in the industry spoke volumes about their character.

Neris felt slightly embarrassed. After all, it was partly due to the sales of the quiver pouches that she’d quickly reclaimed Joan from House MacKinnon—whom they’d sheltered only because she had nowhere else to go at the time.

But Diane’s admiration wasn’t exaggerated.

Morier’s three-story emporium was revolutionary: each floor sold an entirely different category of goods.

Considering that most shops typically carried only a single type of merchandise per building, this was remarkably clever.

It was even more groundbreaking that Morier’s store stocked not only its own products but also items from rival houses.

After all, customers entering to browse another house’s goods would inevitably end up seeing Morier’s as well.

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