Randell seemed to think of Fiona as an ‘a woman who barks annoyance’.
Tired of this gap of thought, Nina tried to say a word to Randell, but he didn’t budge.
“I think I should go back to the tower.”
“To the tower?”
“They say it’s almost finished, so I’ll have to go and check it out. We have to hire new people.”
“You mean, apprentice wizards?”
“Yes.”
Saying so, Randell lightly flicked Nina’s bangs, then smiled.
“Don’t do anything reckless in my absence.”
“I will not.”
Randell’s blue eyes narrowed, but nagging was not in his aptitude, nor was it what he wanted to say.
“I hope that the ‘Strange Girl’ plan succeeds.”
“It’s the ‘Girl of mysterious power’ plan.”
When Nina retorted, Randell held back what he wanted to ridicule to the fullest.
“Call me if you need me.”
“Are you going to jump over the orbit of the stars?”
Randell answered Nina’s playful remarks seriously.
“Anytime.”
Leaving those words behind, Randell opened the portal and went away. When Randell disappeared, Fiona had a flabby face as if it was a pity.
Resting her arms around her waist, she said.
“Because we couldn’t decide the winner.”
“I see.”
Randell would think he had won, but Nina only nodded her head.
‘A girl with mysterious powers’.
The name of the plan was funny, but the preparations were thorough.
“The art director for this plan is me, Mimina.”
Mimina greeted with a smile, and Nina also greeted her back with a bright smile.
“Mimina, it’s been a while.”
“It’s been a while, Da-Nina.”
Mimina said hello, blushing at Nina. Then she looked at Fiona.
“My name is Mimina, the owner of <Romie Merchant Guild>.”
Fiona opened her eyes wide because she has never seen a Blecca before.
The light sky blue and dark sky blue eye colors that stand out on Mimina’s smooth brown skin were clear at first glance. Fiona stammered to apologize for staring too openly.
“S-Sorry. Because your eyes are so pretty. Excuse me for my rudeness.”
Mimina smiled brightly.
“It’s fine. May we start then?”
“What? Ah, yes.”
Fiona unexpectedly nodded in a frozen movement. While Nina watched the situation, eating butter cookies next to them, Mimina took out the merchandise of Romie Merchant Guild.
“From now on, I will decorate you from your head to your toes.”
Even the messiness of a strand of hair should be staged with intention.
Mimina continued by saying that her skin should be moist and shiny, without any scars or blemishes, and making sure that all nails were rounded and smooth, just like a person who has never worked before.
Tormented by the maids, Fiona said.
“Do I have to do this? Wouldn’t people think it’s weird if a volunteer dressed up like this?
Mimina said with a smirk.
“I love gardening. The Silver Lake Mansion was decorated with my heart and soul.”
Nina nodded her head.
“Everyone says it’s really beautiful, but it also seems to have embodied nature intact.”
Smiling, Mimina continued.
“I didn’t leave a single pebble unturned in vain. Nature? Real nature opposes humans. We fight with each other. A garden filled with nature should not be naturally beautiful for humans standard.”
She continued, asking the maids to put the clothes one by one.
“Nevertheless, people who have seen my garden and appreciated the beauty of nature they have never seen before. Because I imitated it. The Nature that humans think they know.”
Her voice lowered as if telling a secret.
“I cut off everything that goes against humans, and I decorated it with only the parts that I thought were pretty.”
Fiona was silent and she listened to Mimina’s story.
“You wouldn’t ever think it was weird.”
Fiona sighed and replied to Mimina’s words.
“It’s best to leave it to the experts.” (Fiona)
“That’s right.” (Nina)
Nina nodded her head. After Mimina shyly smiled at Nina, she continued to say to Fiona.
“People see but they don’t even notice that what they saw is something different from what is in front of them because the eyes are weak.”
Mimina pointed to her eyes.
“Miss Fiona is a girl with mysterious powers, not a being with strange or ominous powers. A bright and positive person.”
So, even if the outfit looks simple, everything should be high-end. Although it was a dress made of cotton, if you look closely, it was a dress made of an expensive and shiny fabric with woven threads as fine as silk. It might look loose at first glance, but the foundation was tailored.
The clothes must be of bright colors, and the rich apron must be white.
“It’s okay to get dirty. No, it’s even better if the dirt is noticeable.”
It’s proof of hard work.
Mimina continued.
Low-heeled boots, reaching the ankles would look sturdy as do men’s, but they should be polished well and the leather should be flawless.
Her hair should be loose and untied. But, wearing a headband would show activity, but do not overdo it should be simple but embroidered with silk.
“Well, people often praise how elegant someone is, right? That is something that could be crafted. You just need to make it.”
She is an ordinary girl, a commoner girl, but a child loved by God, showing her nobleness.
Saying so, Mimina straightened Fiona’s posture.
“Actually, this is Mrs.Vivian’s area of expertise.”
Nina laughed softly at those words as she remembered that Mimina was crying while learning manners.
“If it’s too much, it’ll just pop out.”
A good posture attracts attention.
At Nina’s words, Mimina taught Fiona how to walk and said.
“You still have to do the basics.” (Mimina)
“Then I will do it.” (Nina)
“Can you please?” (Mimina)
“Of course.” (Nina)
Nina nodded her head.
How to walk, how to sit, how to stand. Even if it’s only these three simple things, she decided to teach them to a certain degree of familiarity.
Mimina also struggled with Nina’s attire.
“Can’t I just wear my uniform?”
“No. You can’t be authoritarian.”
“Then just a tunic?”
“You can’t do that either. You’re escorting a mysterious girl, right? You shouldn’t be too ordinary, it has to be moderately heavy.”
Nina smirked while saying it was quite hard to grasp the concept. It was Adrian who solved the problem.
“Use the uniform cloth.”
At his words, Mimina expressed disapproval.
“But a jacket or a long coat-.”
“It’s about making a shirt.”
“A shirt?”
Mimina opened her eyes wide. The tension up until now was blown away in an instant. She always had difficulty talking with the Duke.
He could be seen as perfect as a boss, who always had a smile on his face, and there were no distractions under any circumstances. He did not show any violent anger or emotional ups and downs. The documents were perfect with no typos, and there were no visible ink stains.
The elegant handwriting was beautiful as if it was printed. All the conditions and contents presented were reasonable and fair, and there were no excessive parts.
But even more so, it meant how fake it was.
Just as imitation pearls were white, beautiful, and shiny, she also felt as if there was a real figure behind the perfect mask of the Duke.
She was afraid of it.
The scariest thing about a person is not knowing their real core.
When she told Lorocomo about that he replied with an ‘It’s okay as long as we don’t make mistakes.’.
Yes, it was.
Except that, the criterion of where and how far something is considered a mistake depends purely on the opponent.
Not only does Mimina not like meeting Adrian, she always felt like walking on thin ice in front of him.
Compared to that, how comfortable Da-Nina is.
There is no gap between her thoughts and words, she was always honest, and her candor was never rude.
Mimina was often astonished when Adrian and Da-Nina were together.
Only then was the Duke real.
His words, his actions, and the emotions he expresses.
They were real in front of Da-Nina.
Seeing it reassures her to some extent, but still, she used to be overly nervous when they were alone.
But now, she instantly forgot her fear because of Adrian’s words. A new idea came into her mind as if a flash of light had descended upon her.
The shirt is white.
That has been the official so far. But now, Adrian is telling her to make a black shirt.
“Black shirt……”
“It can be blue, too”
For Nina’s formal clothes, blue dye was also created. In battle, it is all black, but some blue is included in more formal clothes.
‘A dark shirt.’
Mimina’s head was spinning.
“You can use a bola-tie or a ribbon or something.”
“Bola-tie?”
“I thought I’d give it a try because a cravat was annoying. It was tied with a string and decorated with a pendant.”
“!!”
Mimi Naga jumped up from her seat.
“Thank you, sir.”
Randell seemed to think of Fiona as an ‘a woman who barks annoyance’.
Tired of this gap of thought, Nina tried to say a word to Randell, but he didn’t budge.
“I think I should go back to the tower.”
“To the tower?”
“They say it’s almost finished, so I’ll have to go and check it out. We have to hire new people.”
“You mean, apprentice wizards?”
“Yes.”
Saying so, Randell lightly flicked Nina’s bangs, then smiled.
“Don’t do anything reckless in my absence.”
“I will not.”
Randell’s blue eyes narrowed, but nagging was not in his aptitude, nor was it what he wanted to say.
“I hope that the ‘Strange Girl’ plan succeeds.”
“It’s the ‘Girl of mysterious power’ plan.”
When Nina retorted, Randell held back what he wanted to ridicule to the fullest.
“Call me if you need me.”
“Are you going to jump over the orbit of the stars?”
Randell answered Nina’s playful remarks seriously.
“Anytime.”
Leaving those words behind, Randell opened the portal and went away. When Randell disappeared, Fiona had a flabby face as if it was a pity.
Resting her arms around her waist, she said.
“Because we couldn’t decide the winner.”
“I see.”
Randell would think he had won, but Nina only nodded her head.
‘A girl with mysterious powers’.
The name of the plan was funny, but the preparations were thorough.
“The art director for this plan is me, Mimina.”
Mimina greeted with a smile, and Nina also greeted her back with a bright smile.
“Mimina, it’s been a while.”
“It’s been a while, Da-Nina.”
Mimina said hello, blushing at Nina. Then she looked at Fiona.
“My name is Mimina, the owner of <Romie Merchant Guild>.”
Fiona opened her eyes wide because she has never seen a Blecca before.
The light sky blue and dark sky blue eye colors that stand out on Mimina’s smooth brown skin were clear at first glance. Fiona stammered to apologize for staring too openly.
“S-Sorry. Because your eyes are so pretty. Excuse me for my rudeness.”
Mimina smiled brightly.
“It’s fine. May we start then?”
“What? Ah, yes.”
Fiona unexpectedly nodded in a frozen movement. While Nina watched the situation, eating butter cookies next to them, Mimina took out the merchandise of Romie Merchant Guild.
“From now on, I will decorate you from your head to your toes.”
Even the messiness of a strand of hair should be staged with intention.
Mimina continued by saying that her skin should be moist and shiny, without any scars or blemishes, and making sure that all nails were rounded and smooth, just like a person who has never worked before.
Tormented by the maids, Fiona said.
“Do I have to do this? Wouldn’t people think it’s weird if a volunteer dressed up like this?
Mimina said with a smirk.
“I love gardening. The Silver Lake Mansion was decorated with my heart and soul.”
Nina nodded her head.
“Everyone says it’s really beautiful, but it also seems to have embodied nature intact.”
Smiling, Mimina continued.
“I didn’t leave a single pebble unturned in vain. Nature? Real nature opposes humans. We fight with each other. A garden filled with nature should not be naturally beautiful for humans standard.”
She continued, asking the maids to put the clothes one by one.
“Nevertheless, people who have seen my garden and appreciated the beauty of nature they have never seen before. Because I imitated it. The Nature that humans think they know.”
Her voice lowered as if telling a secret.
“I cut off everything that goes against humans, and I decorated it with only the parts that I thought were pretty.”
Fiona was silent and she listened to Mimina’s story.
“You wouldn’t ever think it was weird.”
Fiona sighed and replied to Mimina’s words.
“It’s best to leave it to the experts.” (Fiona)
“That’s right.” (Nina)
Nina nodded her head. After Mimina shyly smiled at Nina, she continued to say to Fiona.
“People see but they don’t even notice that what they saw is something different from what is in front of them because the eyes are weak.”
Mimina pointed to her eyes.
“Miss Fiona is a girl with mysterious powers, not a being with strange or ominous powers. A bright and positive person.”
So, even if the outfit looks simple, everything should be high-end. Although it was a dress made of cotton, if you look closely, it was a dress made of an expensive and shiny fabric with woven threads as fine as silk. It might look loose at first glance, but the foundation was tailored.
The clothes must be of bright colors, and the rich apron must be white.
“It’s okay to get dirty. No, it’s even better if the dirt is noticeable.”
It’s proof of hard work.
Mimina continued.
Low-heeled boots, reaching the ankles would look sturdy as do men’s, but they should be polished well and the leather should be flawless.
Her hair should be loose and untied. But, wearing a headband would show activity, but do not overdo it should be simple but embroidered with silk.
“Well, people often praise how elegant someone is, right? That is something that could be crafted. You just need to make it.”
She is an ordinary girl, a commoner girl, but a child loved by God, showing her nobleness.
Saying so, Mimina straightened Fiona’s posture.
“Actually, this is Mrs.Vivian’s area of expertise.”
Nina laughed softly at those words as she remembered that Mimina was crying while learning manners.
“If it’s too much, it’ll just pop out.”
A good posture attracts attention.
At Nina’s words, Mimina taught Fiona how to walk and said.
“You still have to do the basics.” (Mimina)
“Then I will do it.” (Nina)
“Can you please?” (Mimina)
“Of course.” (Nina)
Nina nodded her head.
How to walk, how to sit, how to stand. Even if it’s only these three simple things, she decided to teach them to a certain degree of familiarity.
Mimina also struggled with Nina’s attire.
“Can’t I just wear my uniform?”
“No. You can’t be authoritarian.”
“Then just a tunic?”
“You can’t do that either. You’re escorting a mysterious girl, right? You shouldn’t be too ordinary, it has to be moderately heavy.”
Nina smirked while saying it was quite hard to grasp the concept. It was Adrian who solved the problem.
“Use the uniform cloth.”
At his words, Mimina expressed disapproval.
“But a jacket or a long coat-.”
“It’s about making a shirt.”
“A shirt?”
Mimina opened her eyes wide. The tension up until now was blown away in an instant. She always had difficulty talking with the Duke.
He could be seen as perfect as a boss, who always had a smile on his face, and there were no distractions under any circumstances. He did not show any violent anger or emotional ups and downs. The documents were perfect with no typos, and there were no visible ink stains.
The elegant handwriting was beautiful as if it was printed. All the conditions and contents presented were reasonable and fair, and there were no excessive parts.
But even more so, it meant how fake it was.
Just as imitation pearls were white, beautiful, and shiny, she also felt as if there was a real figure behind the perfect mask of the Duke.
She was afraid of it.
The scariest thing about a person is not knowing their real core.
When she told Lorocomo about that he replied with an ‘It’s okay as long as we don’t make mistakes.’.
Yes, it was.
Except that, the criterion of where and how far something is considered a mistake depends purely on the opponent.
Not only does Mimina not like meeting Adrian, she always felt like walking on thin ice in front of him.
Compared to that, how comfortable Da-Nina is.
There is no gap between her thoughts and words, she was always honest, and her candor was never rude.
Mimina was often astonished when Adrian and Da-Nina were together.
Only then was the Duke real.
His words, his actions, and the emotions he expresses.
They were real in front of Da-Nina.
Seeing it reassures her to some extent, but still, she used to be overly nervous when they were alone.
But now, she instantly forgot her fear because of Adrian’s words. A new idea came into her mind as if a flash of light had descended upon her.
The shirt is white.
That has been the official so far. But now, Adrian is telling her to make a black shirt.
“Black shirt……”
“It can be blue, too”
For Nina’s formal clothes, blue dye was also created. In battle, it is all black, but some blue is included in more formal clothes.
‘A dark shirt.’
Mimina’s head was spinning.
“You can use a bola-tie or a ribbon or something.”
“Bola-tie?”
“I thought I’d give it a try because a cravat was annoying. It was tied with a string and decorated with a pendant.”
“!!”
Mimi Naga jumped up from her seat.
“Thank you, sir.”
