Chapter 822 – 822. Magic School Strauss (6)
I muttered as I looked at the front door.
“It’s late…”
The sun, which had been cut in half by the peak of the mountain earlier, was ascending into the sky in a perfect circle.
What I’ve been waiting for since early morning is none other than…
“Ah! Senior! Here it is!”
It was Milena.
Milena started running toward me waving her hand as soon as she stepped out of her front door.
I was relieved to see Milena running from afar.
‘I’m glad I’m not later than Hanelone.’
Today was Saturday, the day Hanelone went out and was bribed by the leaders of her club.
And to catch the bribery scene, I decided to apply for a sleepover with Milena.
Since accepting bribes takes place over two days, Saturday and Sunday, he suggested Milena stay out the night.
‘Because you listen to me well these days. I wouldn’t have changed it to going out just in case. Where to dress for a date… What? That one?’
My expression hardened as I saw Milena getting closer and closer.
The reason I hardened my expression was not because of variables such as Hanelone appearing or Edgar appearing.
“Mi, sorry! Are you late? I’m really sorry!”
“Divination… Are you okay.”
The reason I was embarrassed was because of the dress Milena was wearing.
Milena was wearing a dress that looked like it contained a rainbow.
Not a good reference.
It would be more accurate to say that she had a rainbow in it rather than a rainbow in it.
The clothes Milena was wearing were beyond tacky and contained a grotesqueness that could not be described in words.
‘You couldn’t have bought such rubbish with money, right?’
If Milena bought that dress with money, the person who sold that dress should be put to death.
Fraud, defamation, defamation, etc… It was to the point where it felt like it wasn’t enough to cram all the sins into.
“Where did you get the dress from?”
“Oh, this dress? These are clothes from the clothing store in her hometown where I used to live.”
Milena fervently prayed for the death penalty in her hometown.
Milena didn’t even know what I was thinking, and she fluttered her dress in front of me and showed off.
“How is it? She said she was going to be enrolled in Stra, so the villagers saved money to buy it.”
Trying to turn all the people in the neighborhood into the dew of the executioner.
Milena… She is a scary woman
I shook my head at her and sighed.
“Senior. Come this way at once.”
“Huh?”
I dragged Milena into her carriage, which was parked near her.
As soon as Milena got into her carriage, she began questioning her gibberish with a look of surprise.
“What is this wagon?”
“I prepared it in advance. I plan to carefully follow them in this wagon today.”
Since there are more people in the city of Stra than most kingdom capitals, tailing will not be easily discovered.
But the world doesn’t know.
The moment I get unlucky, my plan to eat Hanelone will be postponed for a long time.
When Milena heard what I said, she was stunned and roared.
“Eh, wagons are expensive!? And if you rent it for the whole day, the price…”
“Senior, don’t worry about money. Because I already paid for everything.”
“If you go alone…”
Milena stretched her shoulders and began to feel intimidated.
Looking at Milena like that, I said urgently.
“Because it’s the plan I proposed. I just spent that much money. And in times like these, I say thank you.”
“Oh, thank you! And… Sorry. I’ve never ridden such a nice carriage in my life…”
“That’s enough.”
“Whoa…”
Looking at Milena, I began to realize how close we had become to her.
At first, she was a difficult woman to have a conversation with, but after a week of arranging the order properly, she became a woman who answered every single word of my words before she knew it.
But she didn’t come close enough to be relieved.
In our current state, if Edgar gets in between us, Milena will run straight to Edgar.
‘It can’t be helped since the two of them met every year.’
But today I will erase all the affection that I created during that time.
While I was thinking that, Milena called me with her urgent voice.
“Ah! Gee, now Hanelone is out the front door!”
“… !”
As soon as I heard Milena’s words, I hurriedly joined her and checked out her window together.
As Milena said, Hanelone was just leaving the front door.
Hanelone was wearing a dress with green and gold threads.
Unlike Milena’s dress, Hanelone’s dress was so well-suited and beautiful that I wondered if the seller should be given a reward instead.
Hanelone then looked around her, then she gave our carriage a moment’s attention.
But she didn’t hold that gaze for long.
Hanelone withdrew her gaze from her carriage and began to head toward her city center.
Seeing her like that, I ordered her coachman to follow her.
As the wagon slowly began to move, I campaigned as if I was bragging to Milena.
“How is it? Were you good at riding carriages? If I didn’t have a carriage, I might have gotten caught.”
“That… Uh… That…”
“… ?”
I wondered if I was being arrogant and intimidated again.
But looking down at her, I could see that that wasn’t the case.
I unknowingly clung to Milena’s side to watch the scene with Hanelone.
But in the process, I took a posture as if I was hugging Milena without knowing it.
Looking at Milena, who was shy but unable to speak properly, she laughed inwardly.
‘Hanello, how pissed off are you that this woman is mad at?’
And even funnier, it wasn’t just her relationship with her sister, Nelone.
‘You can’t even seduce a woman like this, Louis… You’re really out of date, too.’
In fact, the reason Louis couldn’t seduce Milena wasn’t because Louis couldn’t do it.
It was simply because Louis’ personality and Milena’s personality were difficult to harmonize.
I opened my mouth a little closer to Milena, who couldn’t even make eye contact and looked out of her window.
“Senior, don’t look out the window too much. After that, Hanelone senior will find out.”
“Uh!? Mi-I’m sorry!”
Milena became more flustered and began to shrink her body even more.
I laughed at Milena.
“Just joke. Hanello, even if your senior had good eyesight, she wouldn’t be able to see inside the carriage.”
“Oh, is that so? Haha…”
“And don’t be too nervous. The horseman will take care of it.”
There were a total of two coachmen leading the wagon we rode in now.
The two coachmen had worked as coachmen in Stra for nearly 20 years, and they knew the geography of Strata completely in their heads.
I paid a lot of money for these two coachmen and hired them.
On the condition that you follow my orders for two days and keep quiet about what happened today…
Besides, we weren’t the only ones following Hanelone.
[The Shiho stuck well. You won’t miss anything.]
Shiho was also summoned in preparation for an unexpected situation.
In this way, missing Hanelone will never happen.
‘Thank you.’
[Don’t say thank you to me, thank Shiho later.]
I smiled and looked down at Milena.
“Senior Hanelone will be well followed by the horsemen. All we have to do is check the trading floor for the evening. Until then we…”
“… ?”
Milena was looking up at me as if in my arms.
“Let’s follow Hanelone-senpai and enjoy a date.”
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The first place Hanelone heard of was a clothing store.
In Stra, the expression shop was a bit ambiguous.
Most of Stra’s cities had huge merchant houses.
And the clothing store run by such a huge trading house was like running an entire building.
The clothing store Hanelone now entered was a huge stone building with seven floors.
To go shopping early in the morning without eating… It was really Hanelone.
Milena and I cautiously stepped into the building Hanelone was in.
Milena was worried that she might get caught, but I forced her into her clothing store.
“Eh, if she goes in and gets caught…”
“I have good eyesight, so don’t worry too much.”
In addition, the building we entered now was full of people.
If Hanelo approaches us, she will notify me via Shiho via her communication.
There won’t be any way to get caught.
No matter what…
“Senior… If you don’t want to get caught, I think you should change your clothes first.”
“Uh!? Why? Are you too flashy?”
In that case, the word splendid is not used, but the word bizarre is used.
But I didn’t say anything like that.
“Yes. It jumps too much. And a dress with too many colors like this is honestly not good.”
“Ugh… Sorry.”
“No, I didn’t mean to apologize…”
I sighed and called the clerk.
“Hey.”
“Yes, customer!”
The clerk I called was somewhat inferior in appearance to Milena.
Still, the lively dress she was wearing made her look much prettier than Milena.
She seemed to have a very high sense of fashion as she is a person who sells clothes.
And as the clerk of her clothing store was equipped with a high fashion sense, as soon as she saw Milena’s dress, she trembled in fear.
“De… The dress is very… Wow, you look gorgeous!”
“Whoops, thank you.”
Not a compliment…
I shook my head again and asked the clerk.
“Please recommend a dress that suits the woman best.”
“If it suits you best… ?”
“As I said, the one that suits you best.”
“I will guide you this way, customer!”
The clerk smiled brightly and started guiding Milena and me.
I could guess why she smiled brightly.
Most of the time, when inquiring about clothes at these stores, the order is to first ask the price range you want to buy.
This is because these places will sell ready-made clothes and expensive custom-made clothes at the same time.
But since I was bluffing, as if I didn’t consider the price point at all, I would have thought I could sell a custom dress.
As she moved her steps, guided by a friendly clerk, Milena told me, breathing hard as if her panic attacks had kicked in.
“Nana… I don’t have enough money to buy clothes in a place like this. Hey, let’s go back now.”
“Can I really give money to my senior? Just be quiet and follow me.”
“Ughhhhh…”
Milena bowed her head again at my words and began to follow me.
The place where I arrived after being guided by the clerk was not an ordinary shelf.
Dozens of dazzlingly gorgeous dresses were on display, and five female employees similar to the one who guided us were waiting.
“Choose a dress you like. One piece is fine, multiple pieces are fine. We will combine the designs of the dresses you have chosen to create a one-of-a-kind dress.”
As the staff snapped their fingers, the waiting female staff clung to Milena’s side and began to help her choose a dress while showering her with compliments.
“Customer, you are really beautiful.”
“You are the most beautiful of all the customers I have ever seen.”
“Which dress color do you like?”
“Now this design is popular these days…”
Milena muttered as if she were drunk, surrounded by five employees.
“I… I am… That is…”
“Whoops, don’t be too nervous. Catch your breath…”
“Whoa… Yes.”
I admired the responsiveness of the staff who calmed Milena down.
After the staff calmed Milena down, they began to calmly give advice.
Above all, they weren’t just giving advice or flattery by Milena’s side.
He talked to her, picked out her clothes, and carefully measured Milena, who was fascinated by her dress.
And he started trimming the messy Milena’s hair and trimming her appearance.
I laughed bitterly at the wonderful work spirit of such employees.
‘I’m sure I’ll lose a lot of money.’
It wasn’t worth the money.
You can ask Karin, or if you have to, warp with Levin and get it from the prince.
But I wasn’t sure yet if Milena’s dress was worth her money.
I just wanted to take off the crappy dress that contained rainbow power.
As I stared blankly at Milena and her staff, the clerk who guided her came up to me and spoke cautiously.
“I will take you to the waiting room.”
“Yes.”
In order to fit a dress, it had to be measured accurately, and above all, it was not good for a man to see you change.
If the opponent had been Luna or Karin, I would have left my seat.
After being guided by the clerk to the waiting room, I sipped my tea and waited for Milena.
And when the time to feel hungry arrived, the door was opened and a number of employees came in.
Milena, who appeared on both sides of her while being seen off by the staff…
“Uh, how… ?”
“And…”
It was so beautiful that I thought it would not be a waste to rob all of my current possessions.
