I’m tired. Really tired. I don’t need all this now. I don’t understand anything.

I screamed, tearing at my hair.

“Ah! Forget it all! Just throw it all away!”

Cecil and Ellina, familiar with my scream, and even the tailors helping with the fittings burst into laughter.

“Oh my, Marian, I can’t tell if you have strong patience or if it’s lacking.”

“It’s lacking. It’s definitely lacking.”

Why are you laughing! I’m serious!

I was in the Queen’s Palace now. Since I lived in another palace before getting married, I had never been to the Queen’s Palace at all.

But why am I in the Queen’s Palace today?

It’s to choose a wedding dress!

‘Rather than making a new one, I thought it would be less troublesome to fix an old one!’

Indeed, fixing the wedding dress worn by grandmothers or great-grandmothers at royal princess weddings is common. Since royal dresses are symbolic, they are carefully preserved to prevent discoloration.

Still, I didn’t know there were so many!

‘Wow, there are so many wedding dresses. It’s truly amazing.’

There were wedding dresses of all styles. And the attendants who brought them here were eagerly watching me with sparkling eyes.

It meant I should try them all on.

At first, I tried on about five of them that seemed to go well together, but… seeing the piled-up wedding dresses, I became despondent. It was unusual because depending on the style, even the undergarments worn underneath changed, making it not an ordinary task.

In the end, I declared a strike.

“I, I’ll just walk around without wearing anything. Let’s just go back to primitive times. Huh?”

It seems more comfortable to be a naked mole-rat, just walking around without wearing anything.

In response to my sincere complaint, Cecil lightly furrowed her eyebrows and replied.

“You say that, but can you live without clothes? You have to face bugs with your bare body, you know?”

“I feel like I’ve become friends with bugs now.”

“Please discard such useless friendship.”

Useless friendship! Since I entered the palace, the only interesting thing was that. Today, what kind of bug should I catch to surprise others?

“There haven’t been many intruders lately. It’s boring.”

“What are you talking about?”

“No, really. Catching intruders diligently is a double-edged sword. If you discard the intrusion route, the possibility of intrusion decreases, and then the opportunity to enjoy my only hobby life decreases…”

“Don’t make that a hobby.”

“Marian, you’re being absurd.”

While laughing, Ellina signaled to the attendants who approached me with new dresses.

I tried to negotiate.

“Wearing all of these is impossible. Anyway, it’s just a difference in detail. If the design is similar, I don’t have to wear it.”

“What? Still, there’s sincerity in coming all the way here. And it’s not just a difference in detail. The veil length and skirt length are different.”

“In my eyes, it’s all the same. People who see it will also think it’s all the same.”
After fiercely arguing, we could barely compromise on the number of clothes we had to wear. Of course, even that number was enough to discourage me.

“I have to wear thirty outfits or more…….”

“It’s fortunate that the clothes are well-preserved.”

Cecil was Cecil, but Ellina seemed unusually excited. She carefully touched the spread-out fabric and said,

“How could they create such delicate lace in the past? Can’t you feel the artisans’ efforts?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Well, there must have been efforts. As a princess, I also diligently learned lace and embroidery. I’ve mostly forgotten now, but still, there were lace pieces I wove with unskilled hands among the collection that Aspen had gathered. Knowing that, Cecil narrowed her eyes and looked at me, as if she was asking,

“You know how to weave lace! You know how difficult it is to make such a large veil, right?”

Naturally, I pretended not to know.

After reluctantly wearing five outfits, my enthusiasm hit rock bottom, and Cecil pushed me forward.

“Choose more diligently. You were enthusiastic about proposing, too.”

“Proposing was much easier.”

While grumbling, I obediently put on the dress that was offered. Since I had reduced the number of outfits to wear as I pleased, I couldn’t complain any longer.

I tried on a total of thirty-five dresses, but it wasn’t easy to choose. It was more challenging because the designs were very different.

“This dress with a large ribbon here is unique. The design with puffed-up shoulders is also pretty.”

“Considering how delicate Lady Marian is, I think this snug design suits her well. What do you think?”

“Hmm.”

The extravagant dress with puffed-up shoulders was worn by our great-grandmother when she got married and was said to be the most expensive among the dresses here, containing 10,000 pearls.

‘It made a rustling sound every time I walked; it was fascinating.’

Next recommended was the dress worn by a cousin who married into another kingdom, decorated with several flower ornaments on the chest and transparent lace sleeves.