Chapter 67

Chapter 67

I nodded nervously and went to my seat, and Lucas followed me to the seat opposite me.

“Oh, Lady Selina. You must try on the dress!”

The fitting time, which was interrupted by Lucas knocking, resumed. Hearing a dress getting mentioned, Lucas raised his head and glanced at the dresses Madame and Jane were carrying.

“Are you going to try on that dress?”

“Yes! Do you think it’ll suit her really well?”

Vivian answered Lucas’ question. The pride that she had chosen the dress was overflowing through her body.

“Yes, that would be a good fit.”

His eyes were still on the dress. He looked at it so keenly that I wondered if he wanted this dress instead.

Leaving his stubborn gaze behind, I went into the closet in my room and put on a dress with the help of Jane and Madame. The dress was made as a sample, so the size was a little big, so they had to fix it here and there with a needle pin.

I went to the room, moving my body stiffly to avoid getting stabbed at the pins in the hole in my back.

“Oh, my goodness!”

With an exaggerated exclamation, Vivian jumped up from her seat and clapped. Then, Madame slowly clapped her hands, and even Jane, who was in the mood, started to applaud.

…Oh my god, what is this?

While applause was heard from all directions, Lucas’s eyes met mine. He sat on the sofa and gazed at me. Seeing that the corners of his smiling lips were slightly stiff, it seemed that even Lucas was embarrassed by this great applause show.

“As expected… Princess Selina. The fit, color and design… think you’re going to turn the ballroom upside down.”

When Vivian said so in a reverent tone, Jane and Madame also added.

“She is. She is the best princess of this era.”

“Really, Princess. You are so beautiful.”

After the applause show was over, this time, it was a praise relay. Slowly, I began to wonder if these people were making fun of me with all their might. In this embarrassing situation, I glanced at Lucas for help.

Still, in spite of my gaze, he kept his mouth shut, and his eyes twitched. Was he even sending Morse code with his eyes?

…Sorry, I didn’t know Morse code.

In the end, Lucas didn’t help either.

There were five people in this space, but it felt like no one was in their right mind. I was forced to adapt to this situation because life was less cumbersome when you follow the opinions of the majority. In that sense, I twirled around once…

At that moment, surprisingly, the room was filled with silence.

Wow, you’re doing this to me now? In the sudden silence, as everyone awkwardly found their seats and sat down, someone’s voice resounded through the room.

“It’s beautiful. Selina.”

It was Lucas who had kept his mouth shut until now.

Gulp.

There was a sound of swallowing breath, which I did not know who it was.

Soon, I felt the other three glances at me and Lucas. A celebrity caught up in a scandal must feel this way.

“Yes. I know. And Lady Vivian is beautiful too.”

Vivian whose name was suddenly called, asked, ‘Me?’

I nodded and continued.

“Madam is beautiful, Jane is beautiful, and Sir Lucas is beautiful. This chair, table, and dress are all beautiful. There is nothing in this world that is not beautiful.”

At first glance, it may sound like a wise saying, but it was just a word that I said randomly. Although it was something to appreciate the beauty of all things, except for Lucas, the three people looked at me with moving eyes.

I couldn’t understand the standard of emotion in this world.

I went back to the closet to change into my original clothes. While Madame and Jane removed the pin, I glanced at myself in the mirror.

Yes. It was pretty.

When I returned to my seat after changing into my original clothes, Lucas was looking at the menswear catalog.

“Did you decide on the dress earlier?”

“Yes. I don’t want to try on multiple dresses.”

As I sat down and answered, Lucas handed out the menswear catalog.

“Which one do you think is better, the bottom left one or the third one from the right?”

Bottom left, and third from right… I glanced at Lucas and then looked at the catalog. I thought Vivian would pick this up better than me… The design choices selected by Lucas were all blue. A white tailcoat with blue accents and gold embroidery on a dark blue background.

“Blue?”

“Yes. I like blue.”

…Why did Lucas like blue? Wouldn’t this look like he matched it with my dress?

Of course, there was no guarantee that Lucas and I would enter together.

“Brother and the Princess wear matching clothes, but if Sir Lucas and I have similar clothes, wouldn’t it be misunderstood?”

Lucas’s voice stopped as if thinking about something when I asked. When I lifted my gaze from the catalog, I saw Lucas’s smiling face with curved eyes.

“It would be fun.”

Of course.

He shrugged his shoulders with a sly look and turned the catalog page once. The front one was red and the back one was yellow, so it looked like they were sorted by color. Of all the blues, the two that Lucas chose seemed the best.

After careful consideration, I pointed to a black tailcoat.

Black was also good for villains.

After picking out all the clothes, Lucas and I each got our body measurements. After that, I enjoyed refreshments with Lucas, who naturally chatted with Vivian and Mamade more than I did without it turning strangely.

Some time passed, and it was time to end this meeting. I only met these two people, but I was exhausted because they were full of energy.

“Now, I’ll get going. Lady Selina, it was a great time thanks to you.”

As time passed, Madame, who seemed more relaxed, greeted me with a friendly smile. As I was about to greet her, the tailcoat catalog caught my eye on the tea table. The moment she reached out to put the catalog in her bag, one thing I had forgotten about came to mind.

“Wait.”

Madame stopped and looked at me when I called.

“Yes, Lady. Please tell me.”

Lucas and Vivian were also looking at me with interest, probably because I rarely hold onto people.

I pointed my finger at the tailcoat catalog that Madame was trying to put in her bag. She glanced in the direction my fingers were pointing and tilted her head before picking up the catalog, and handing it to me.

“This is for men, Lady?”

I knew, that was why I asked for it.

Nodding my head, I opened the book. From colorful designs to simple designs… I opened my eyes to various kinds of pictures and stopped at one page.

It was a page of green tailcoats.

“Oh my, Sir Lucas already said that he will wear blue…”

Vivian trailed her words and glanced at Lucas once. Yes, it was. The clothes Lucas would wear have already been decided.

“What I’m seeing now is someone else’s.”

“Then… The Duke?”

As Vivian asked carefully, Madame’s eyes lit up. Haha, if even the Duke’s clothes were tailored in her dressing room, it would be really impressive. Though unfortunately, it was wrong.

I shook my head.

“No, this is for the escort wizard.”

“Aiden?”

It was Lucas who answered me. It felt very unfamiliar for Lucas to call him ‘Aiden.’

“Yes, Aiden.”

“If it’s Aiden… Is it Lady Selina’s handsome servant?”

‘Lady Selina’s handsome servant’… It sounds a bit dangerous. However, it was true, so I nodded my head.

“Yes, but he is no longer a servant.”

“Oh, my goodness!”

“Selina.”

As Vivian noisily covered her mouth with his hand to exclaim what she was imagining, Lucas called my name quietly and concisely. It was like a warning not to talk too much.

What? Anyway, I didn’t mean to say anymore.

As I quietly moved my hand, I pointed to a tailcoat. It was a design with green points in a cream-colored tailcoat that seemed to go well with Aiden.

“I will hand over the clothes Aiden is wearing to the coachman. The size is just that.”

“Yes, Lady.”

After checking out the design I picked, Madame is now really ready to leave.

“Well then, Lady Selina. When the clothes are finished, I will send them to you.”

“Yes. Please.”

“Lady Selina, see you at the foundation ball!”

“Yes, it is. Be careful.”

After a brief goodbye, I stumbled across my legs. Meanwhile, Lucas, who was standing next to me, supported me.

“Are you okay, Selina?”

“Yes. I’m okay, except that I’m a little bit out of breath.”

I straightened my body that had been supported by Lucas, and walked. Lucas ambled behind my back. It looked like he was going to take me to my room, staggering.

“Are you going to ask Aiden to escort you to the foundation ball?”

As only our steps quietly echoed in the hallway, he asked quietly.

“Well, if Aiden comes before that.”

At my answer, Lucas was speechless. The quiet tapping sound was a little louder than before.

“There is no better place to announce his promotion to an escort wizard than the foundation ball.”

In the silence that followed, he added one more word.

“…Is that all?”

I stopped walking to his next question. I paused, and Lucas paused as well.

Was that all…?

What else is there other than that? I wondered what he was thinking, so I stared at Lucas, who had a stiff face. He also felt like a very thirsty man. Nevertheless, I had no water. Even if I had, I had no intention of giving it.

“What else could there be?”

* * *

The date of the foundation ball was fast approaching. There were only five days left. It was a big event of the Empire and, at the same time, a ball hosted by the imperial family, so a lot of people would come.

Thinking of a ballroom that would be crowded with people, my stomach churned, so I poured cool lemon tea down my throat.

Jane, who was holding the cookie-topped cake right in front of me, lamented playfully.

“Other people must have been on a diet by now… You always make time for snacks.”

I took a large bite of the cake in front of me with a fork. In response to the protest, Jane spat out something like “Miss is really,” and pressed the corner of her mouth to wipe it off. I feel like I was nine instead of nineteen?

Oh, I had to make my bed myself when I was nine years old.

“But, why did you order a chocolate cake again this time?”

Jane, who was wiping her lips, pointed to the chocolate cake with a gaze. My gaze naturally turned to the chocolate cake.

A chocolate cake that stands tall without a trace of a hand touching it.

“…I know.”

I didn’t even know why I did this. Well, life is sometimes a feast of the unknown. I ate the chocolate cake with a.

Of course, it was sweet.