“Where? Oh my, it’s true.”
Though I didn’t understand, Yansi and Carlo were considered top groom candidates in the social circle.
Indeed, the ladies blushed as they glanced at Carlo.
Carlo, bothered by their stares, followed me, complaining.
“Summon me to the mansion, why did you come here yourself?”
“There’s a reason.”
“A reason?”
Instead of explaining, I demonstrated with my actions.
As soon as we entered the dress shop, I pointed to the readymade clothes that filled one wall.
“From here to there, all of them.”
“……Hey!”
I turned to look at the astonished Carlo and smiled.
“For this.”
“Cr, cr, crazy?”
“Get used to it, Carl.”
It’s a life’s course that you must go through if you’re Ferdia, my fake younger brother.
Carlo, unaware of the conversation between the Duke and me, mumbled in disgust.
“I’ve heard of spending money without brains, but I didn’t expect this much…….”
Soon Carlo asked with a serious face.
“What if it reaches Father’s ears?”
It’s something commanded by that father.
Ignoring Carlo’s absurd words, I focused again on indulging in luxury.
“Everything on that wall.”
“Yes, Miss.”
Carlo looked over the clothes with a bored expression and then asked me.
“These are men’s formalwear, right? Why are you buying them?”
Indeed, some of them were men’s formalwear.
Since I had carelessly said ‘from here to there,’ I hadn’t looked at those specifically.
Since I was buying without really looking, there was no particular reason to exclude them because they were men’s, so I asked Carlo.
“Ah……. Do you want to wear it?”
“To me, now, a gift…… that sort of thing.”
“Then leave that out, whatever.”
“Hey!”
He asked why I was buying, so when I said I was leaving it out, he suddenly became angry.
A strange fellow.
“If you wanted it, just say so. Fine, I won’t leave it out.”
“That’s not what I mean!”
Ignoring Carlo’s continued rage, I showed the dress shop clerk Ferdia’s seal necklace.
It was one way the high nobles paid.
The magicengraved seal necklace was theftproof, so it was like an ID or a blank check in itself.
If I chose the items and showed the seal, they would bill the amount to the Duke’s house. It was a system like that.
‘No wonder I can’t make personal funds.’
Everything bought, everything spent, all was recorded.
“Send all those to the Ferdia mansion.”
“Yes, Lady.”
There was no time.
After settling the bill, I headed straight to a nearby jeweler.
And I pointed to one counter.
“I’ll buy this whole counter.”
“You really…….”
As usual, Carlo looked at me in disbelief.
“Don’t be so surprised, Carl.”
He hadn’t yet received Ferdia’s financial education.
Behaving like Yun Gaeul from my previous life.
With the startled Carlo beside me, spending money was even easier.
‘With the jewelry bought, that should do it.’
I had roughly reached 140,000 Lariet, so I quickly finished the first task.
Next up was the turn to take care of personal errands.
The destination wasn’t far from Twanette Street, but there was one problem.
“Are we done? Let’s go now.”
I couldn’t simply take Carlott with me.
That’s why I said I didn’t need an escort. It was too inconvenient to move around.
Coming out of the jeweler, I looked up at Carlott.
“I want to eat cake.”
“Cake? Eat it at home.”
Carlott grimaced as if it was bothersome to hear, but I didn’t give in easily either.
“I want the Fondant Chocolat from Patisserie.”
“What? The people there are like ants. If you want to buy, you have to wait for hours among those people.”
I answered with a big smile.
‘That’s why.’
It will be easy to dismiss you.
“You can eat any cake, do you really have to…”
“Have you forgotten the duty of an escort? Should I tell Father.”
“Fine, let’s go, go!”
In the end, Carlott declared surrender, unable to break my stubbornness, and I won.
“Hurry up, Carl.”
“What a waste of time. Really a waste of time…”
Ahead, I saw Carlott’s face, sighing as if annoyed.
was the most famous patisserie in Somnia, a unique feature being that it was started by the royal patissier who retired. It never ceased to have customers.
Thanks to the cranky personality of the patissier who was once favored by the former Emperor, one had to wait in line regardless of their social status.
Usually, if one wanted a cake from this patisserie, they would send a maid to wait and bring it, but I had no such intention.
Upon arriving at the patisserie, as expected, a long line was seen.
Carlott and I stood at the end of it.
“Cakes all taste the same. Do you really need to eat this cake?”
“Carl. Your swords are all the same swords, so why don’t you use a cheap iron sword?”
“How are those the same!”
“They’re the same to me…”
“Forget it, I’m not talking to you.”
Whether he was sulking or not, Carlott turned his head away. I didn’t particularly want to have a private conversation with Carlott, so I quietly waited for the line to shrink.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
