I Bought the Villains With Money - Chapter 48

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Chapter 48.
She must be in quite a hurry.
I wanted to see Casion quickly too, so I followed Bella without hesitation.
At last, it was time to see my judgment vindicated.
I watched eagerly as the Royal Palace carriage came to a stop.
Dayson descended first. And Casion followed after him, but…….
“What in the world is he wearing?”
Bella said what I was thinking.
Casion’s clothes were a disaster.
Instead of the outfit I’d bought him, he was wearing something Dayson had handed down to him.
Seeing him in an oversized garment that he’d had to fold over several times, my anger shot through the roof.
“Diana, is the man behind him also a prince?”
I managed only a nod.
“But his attire is rather…….”
Annoyed, I had no patience for Bella’s commentary. I cut her off mid-sentence and stepped ahead of Dayson.
Royal guards surrounded our four figures.
“Lady Diana, wouldn’t you prefer to go inside first?”
Dayson greeted me with an easy smile. I offered him a proper bow, then turned my attention to Casion.
Under normal circumstances, I would have exchanged a few words with Dayson, but seeing Casion in that state, I couldn’t bring myself to smile and chat with him.
“Lady Diana?”
Dayson called out to me.
I wanted to ignore him, but forced myself to remember that he was currently someone I couldn’t afford to dismiss. I turned back, my fists clenched.
“Your Highness, I forgot to mention that I’d introduce you to my cousin. Bella, come here.”
The best way to clear the air with Casion was to foist Dayson off on Bella.
Bella came rushing over as if she’d been waiting for exactly this.
Her face was flushed. During the carriage ride, I’d told her various things about Dayson. With just that explanation, her affection for him had reached its peak.
“The First Prince will be arriving, Bella. You know he’s the Legitimate Son of Queen Julia, don’t you? I won’t bother explaining more about Queen Julia. From what I can tell, His Highness Dayson should get along well with you.”
“And the Third Prince who’s coming with him?”
“A child of the late queen. You should know that much, right?”
It’s rare for someone so young to know the entire royal lineage as thoroughly as we do. But if Kolkos the Count had any say in it, he likely would have already given Bella the information.
As expected, Bella nodded slightly, saying she knew.
And I saw it. The smile playing at the corners of her mouth.
I had once wondered when Bella began to like Dayson.
For a brief moment, I’d even thought—what if Bella had confided in me about her feelings for Dayson beforehand? Would my fate have turned out differently?
But watching Bella’s behavior, I came to a different conclusion.
From the moment Bella learned of Dayson’s existence, she wanted to possess him.
And she would have stopped at nothing to make that happen.
‘It’s his status she covets. The power he’ll wield in the future.’
In my past life, I would have been displeased by how transparently Bella’s intentions were revealed in her actions. But today, oddly enough, I felt nothing but satisfaction.
‘If you’ll take Dayson off my hands, I’m grateful.’
The Bella I’d seen before my death was cunning, but this younger version was merely foolish.
She’d come running at a single word from me, even after being insulted in our household. She didn’t realize I was trying to deliberately throw her together with Dayson, and instead she was just working hard to make a good impression.
‘She has no idea what the future might hold.’
I found myself laughing at how wary I’d been of Bella.
“Your Highness, I heard that some very famous mages are coming to the Festival today. Did you know?”
Bella chattered away at Dayson. His gaze shifted toward her.
I took the opportunity to turn to Casion.
“Your Highness, what exactly are you wearing? Didn’t you see the outfit I sent you?”
Careful not to be overheard by those around us, I spoke without opening my mouth wide, which naturally brought us closer together.
“I saw it.”
Casion answered with his lips pressed firmly shut, jaw tight.
“You didn’t like it? I thought it would suit you very well.”
Casion’s eyes narrowed. So Flak’s account of his reaction when he first saw the outfit was true, then.
‘No matter how much he disliked it, it has to be better than the burlap sack he’s wearing now.’
Even granting a hundred times over for respect of personal taste, the clothes Casion was wearing today were an insult to his appearance.
“You’re not seriously telling me that the outfit I sent is worse than what you’re wearing now?”
“He wouldn’t let me wear it.”
Casion tapped the ground lightly with his left foot, as if kicking at a stone. Deliberately in the direction where Dayson was standing.
“We can’t exactly fight.”
He added this with a face full of apology.
Just as she’d expected.
Though it wasn’t her taste, she didn’t press further—impressed by Casion’s willingness to try.
‘Casion must be even more upset about not wearing it.’
“But I can’t go around in this outfit. People will compare me to you, Your Highness.”
Casion looked back and forth between himself and Dayson, his face twisting. He seemed deeply wounded in his pride.
“I had a feeling he’d do something like this. That’s why I prepared a spare outfit.”
With Dayson around, there was no chance he’d let Casion stand beside him looking fine in good clothes.
‘Though I didn’t expect him to sabotage it from the start.’
She’d thought he might spill food on Casion’s garments or push him into a dirty puddle.
In any case, she’d ordered another outfit of a different design and had it loaded into the carriage.
‘The seamstress said it was impossible, so it took some convincing.’
All that effort to persuade her had left Diana drained, and she’d even regretted it—but now she was glad she’d pushed through.
“Will he stay put?”
“We’ll have to make sure he does. Why don’t you have a look inside the carriage.”
She asked Jennis for help, and together they bundled Casion into the carriage.
“Casion, where are you going?”
Dayson called out when he saw Casion climbing in.
“Your Highness Dayson, I have something to tell you.”
She positioned herself in Dayson’s line of sight. As his gaze shifted toward her, Bella—who had stepped aside—widened her eyes.
When their eyes met, she broke into a smile.
‘She’s already acting like Dayson’s his wife.’
In the past, Bella had always played the part of a good, innocent girl devoted to Diana’s wellbeing. But perhaps because she was still young, Bella lacked emotional discipline now.
“Your Highness Dayson, I’ve prepared a new outfit for Prince Casion.”
“You have, Princess Diana? Why?”
Dayson asked, taken aback.
“I was concerned that Prince Casion might reflect poorly on Your Highness.”
Dayson simply blinked, looking confused.
“I’ve heard that Prince Casion hasn’t been out in public much as a prince. After meeting with him a few times, I found the rumors to be true. As for Prince Casion’s attire……”
She trailed off, glancing toward Bella. Bella, often lacking in tact, seemed to sense the moment and came to her aid.
“I was startled when I saw it earlier. Your Highness shines so brightly, but Prince Casion’s clothes……”
“Were dowdy and unremarkable, you mean to say.”
Dayson cut off Bella’s words and finished them himself.
Bella hesitated, wondering if she’d made a mistake, but soon relaxed when she caught Dayson’s expression.
Though his tone was neutral, his face was full of delight.
“The mages are cooperative with the royal family, but they’re not entirely on our side, are they? So there’s no need to give them ammunition. If Prince Casion continues to dress dowdily as he said, Your Highness’s standing will look better by comparison.”
Dayson pondered her meaning for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter.
“Ha ha ha, Princess Diana, your considerate heart is truly refined. And Miss Bella, your taste is quite exquisite.”
‘Ugh, this Dayson is playing both sides.’
Dayson flashed smiles at both of them equally, then began prattling on about various things.
He went on about how he’d been planning to buy Casion new clothes anyway since his current ones were so unfashionable, and how people often praised his own fashion sense—utterly pointless chatter.
Bella found his dull, useless remarks entertaining enough to applaud along with him.
Neither of them could keep smiles from their faces.
Just thinking about spending even half a day with both of them made her head throb already.
‘I’m more exhausted dealing with these two than I was with Count Kolkos.’
She was searching for a way to separate them when it happened.
“Miss, Prince Casion is coming out.”
Jennis announced.
All eyes turned toward the carriage door.
A sleek shoe appeared in the open doorway as Casion descended from the carriage.
His movements were stiff, like a broken wind-up doll.
“Wow.”
Despite the awkwardness of his gait, he was so striking that an exclamation escaped unbidden.
He wore brilliant Blue Trousers that fit him perfectly, the hem folded to reveal his ankles.
Above that, a Shirt with ruffles around the collar and cuffs, and over it a Vest in the same fabric and color as the Blue Trousers.
The buttons, once again, were a brilliant gold to match his eyes.
The seamstress had worried the colors were too vivid, but her concerns proved baseless—on Casion, the bright blue and luminous gold suited him perfectly.
‘I knew it would suit him well because of his pale skin.’
It was an outfit made for the Festival. The elegant vibrancy of the Blue Fabric made Casion shine all the brighter.
‘No one will guess he’s a sickly boy. Just looking at the clothes, everyone will know Casion is someone of importance.’
Because the Blue Fabric was extraordinarily expensive, and even great wealth couldn’t procure much of it.
The raw materials for dyeing Blue Fabric were exceedingly rare and expensive, so only a limited quantity of fabric was produced each year.
Yet there were quite a few members of the royal family and high nobility in the world.
Everyone wanted to have clothes made from the precious Blue Fabric, so prices skyrocketed with each passing year.
Still, the demand for Blue Fabric continued unabated, and the shortage had persisted for years.
‘If only I could create Blue Fabric artificially. Then I’d have to make all of Casion’s clothes in blue. It suits him so well.’
I felt a quiet pride knowing the clothes I’d chosen looked so fine on him.
“Diana, is something wrong?”
Casion approached hesitantly and asked.
I Bought the Villains with Money (Serialized)
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