episode_0159

Her Highness the Princess, dressed in a maid outfit, didn’t take it off right away, but wiggled her body this way and that while wearing it, checking how it looked.

She checked it so meticulously that I momentarily mistook it for a top-class dress worth several gold coins.

“It was less impressive than I expected.”

“Yes…?”

“This outfit, I actually had some expectations for it.”

“…?”

I tilted my head slightly.

A baggy and plain outfit that would hide even feminine curves if it weren’t for a voluptuous figure like Her Highness or myself.

It’s so ordinary that it can be described as plain and bland, and that’s why it was chosen as an outfit to hide Her Highness’s status and antique atmosphere.

A noble who wants to show off her beauty and dignity would be disappointed, but she had expectations.

I can’t understand.

“What do you mean?”

“Isn’t your maid outfit the first outfit William made himself? And the first outfit he had you wear.”

“Yes…”

“So, I was expecting something hidden, but there’s nothing, rather, only the clumsiness unique to the first work stands out.”

“Could it be that you asked for my clothes because of that?”

“Yes.”

“……”

She is someone with great momentum in a strange direction.

I can’t deny that she’s incomparably better than a young master who does nothing, but I can’t help but feel a creepy and eerie feeling.

“Is the secret to getting William’s attention just Emily…”

Unable to find words to say, I quietly lowered my gaze while tightly shutting my mouth. Her Highness looked at her slightly loose chest with sad eyes and gently pulled down the hem of her clothes.

I’m sorry to Her Highness, but.

I felt a little smug that I had something, even if only a little, that I was superior in.

The fact that I’m slightly ahead in ‘a woman’s pride,’ of all things, tickles my heart in particular.

“It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen clothes that are too big for Her Highness.”

“For William to have Emily next to him…”

As I desperately hardened the corners of my mouth to avoid showing a smile on my face, the jealous gazes of Her Highness and Sera-nim are fixed on my chest.

“Emily-yang, do you have any secrets?”

“Secrets…?”

“There’s no way you achieved that femininity naturally, didn’t you make an effort for Howard-gong? If not everything, could you tell me just a little bit?”

“… I’m curious about that too.”

“Ehem…”

Overwhelmed by the desperate and almost stinging eyes of the two, I made a troubled expression and stepped back.

If I had made any effort, I would have told them in as much detail as possible, but unfortunately, I didn’t do anything to become voluptuous.

Rather, during my growing period, it was too much of a hindrance to work, so there were times when I suppressed it with cloth.

“I didn’t particularly make an effort…”

“If you’re going to say the horrible thing that you didn’t make an effort, don’t say anything more.”

“……”

I hurriedly closed my mouth and avoided Sera-nim’s gaze.

Sera-nim, who stared blankly at this, distorted her face, grabbed her chest, and staggered to sit on the chair.

“Keu… such irrationality… it can’t be…”

“Such superiority cannot be achieved through effort…”

“Your Highness, if you honestly have a conscience, please be quiet…!”

“… Suddenly?”

“Your Highness is also a deceiver enough…! Except for Rachel-kyung, no one here is qualified to speak!”

“W, why me all of a sudden…”

The uncomfortable and shocking truth tore Sera-nim’s heart to pieces. Sera-nim blindly slandered those around her while groping her chest in vain.

I think it’s possible to feel sadness about a part that is lacking compared to others, but that’s a bit…

Too pathetic.

“Are men all about breasts after all…? Keueut…”

“… Just ignore that.”

“Yes…”

I thought the situation would worsen if I paid attention to Sera-nim, so we averted our gaze from Sera-nim, who was mumbling something.

“Then, let’s stop chatting and talk about the plans for the day before Saint’s Day?”

“Yes.”

Then, as if promised, we sat down and returned the flow of the story, which had briefly strayed, to its original place.

“But, what advice do you want from me, a commoner? Until last year, I spent most of the year in the lord’s territory, so I don’t know the capital well, and I don’t know which places the nobles mainly frequent.”

“Sera knows the capital well, so you don’t have to worry about that. What I want from you is William’s taste.

Originally, men should lead this kind of plan, but to be honest, I don’t think that man William will come up with a proper plan. The plan went awry, and it seems like I got involved in your and William’s outing even more.”

“That’s… might be true.”

I wondered if even a young master would be so irresponsible when meeting a woman, but it was because he was a young master that I didn’t know.

It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s fortunate if the young master can come up with even a shoddy plan.

“So, I think we should make plans on our side to feel at ease.”

“I understand.”

I nodded and gently rubbed the teacup in front of me with my finger, organizing my thoughts for a moment.

“First of all… you can ignore the young master’s opinion and decide on the location in the direction that Her Highness wants. The young master prefers quiet and secluded places, but if you push hard, he will follow obediently.”

“Really? William is more stubborn than I thought. Isn’t he going to go around bookstores or antique shops even at this time?”

“When he wanders around alone, he does, but around this time every year, he is caught by Heiss-agassi and dragged around the capital. It was like an event. Even while grumbling, he obediently followed wherever Heiss-agassi went.”

“But Heiss-gongnyeo is family, ordinary people are generally a bit weaker to family.”

“That’s… true.”

Certainly, that part was a weak point.

I can’t say that he always did that because the young master doesn’t interact with people other than his family, so there’s almost no information on how he would react to people outside the fence.

“Still, considering the time of year, it doesn’t matter where you choose. Wherever you go in the capital, there will be swarms of people.”

“Hmm… okay, I’ll keep that in mind.”

“Yes.”

She said she would keep it in mind, but it seems like the first piece of advice didn’t please Her Highness.

But there’s nothing I can do about it, if you want to find a place that suits the young master’s taste at this time, there’s nothing but ‘having tea time at home.’

“Next question, is William a bit conservative?”

“… Are you asking that sincerely?”

I barely swallowed the words ‘Are you crazy?’ and asked the most refined question possible, looking at Her Highness with very trembling eyes.

The period that Her Highness and the young master have been together isn’t that long, but even in that short period, I think the young master clearly revealed his open-minded tendencies.

But conservative?

If the world where the young master is conservative, I can guarantee that this place has already become a living hell that has fallen into debauchery.

“I know he’s not, but he’s a man whose relationship with women is stagnant, right? So, I was wondering if the reason is in his tendencies…”

“He is very, very tolerant of exposure and contact.

He’s just very conscious of the people around him, but if there’s no need to be conscious, he’ll accept it more generously than you can imagine.”

“What’s the specific upper limit…?”

Her Highness shyly sparkled her eyes at the word ‘more than you can imagine.’

“Hmm…”

I frowned and slightly raised my pupils.

I want to tell you this much coolly, but the standard is the young master.

“It’s okay to show your legs or hug, but he’ll be uncomfortable with interlacing fingers or kissing the back of your hand.”

“It’s more than I imagined… what’s with that strange standard?”

“I know, right?”

I’m speechless even though I said it.

It’s absurd that he’s uncomfortable with greetings but allows more than that.

“Then, should I be a bit more proactive this time? It’s been about 5 months since we’ve met, so I think it’s a good time to move forward.”

“Hmm…”

As Her Highness said, it’s not bad in terms of timing.

If they were ordinary people, they would be preparing to move forward a little more.

“I recommend not doing anything this time.”

But I shook my head and showed a negative opinion to Her Highness’s opinion.

“Why? Are you saying to let an opportunity pass by?”

“It seems like the young master is trying to become proactive in his own way, but fundamentally, he’s like a sensitive hedgehog. Especially since it seems like Her Highness has broken in this time, the young master is bound to be very wary, thinking, ‘What is she trying to do this time?’”

“Indeed…”

He didn’t say these thoughts directly, but when I recall what I’ve seen from the side, the only thing that fills my mind is the image of the young master always giving an awkward smile as if he’s burdened by Her Highness’s suggestions.

“It’s obvious that he won’t accept anything properly even if you try to do something proactively, so don’t do anything this time.

Exclude such calculated actions, and do what Her Highness likes purely, and spend a day where you can smile brightly at the end and say, ‘I had fun thanks to you.’ That will probably be the most effective.”

“Not doing anything…”

Her Highness muttered in a small voice, crossing her arms and falling into thought.

“……”

I felt like I had given Her Highness everything I could tell her, so I didn’t add any more words and quietly waited for Her Highness’s contemplation.

After all, whether she takes my advice seriously or not is up to Her Highness.