I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 48

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 48

“I didn’t sell this dress to you as a customer, but since you’re wearing my dress, I suppose I should consider you one. What kind of compensation do you want?”

The middle-aged noble woman quickly looked around and her eyes gleamed cunningly. Soon she pointed her finger at the dress displayed on the mannequin.

“Those three dresses. That’s not enough, but I’ll make a special concession.”

“Gasp!”

Julie, who had been holding her breath in the back, let out a scream-like cry.

Idre refused with a stiff expression.

“I’m sorry, but that’s not possible. I’ll refund you the exact price you paid for this dress.”

“You really don’t understand what I’m saying. Do you know who I am?”

The middle-aged noble woman’s face turned red like her hair color.

“Those dresses are custom-made and already have owners. So I can’t give them to you.”

Idre explained with a calm attitude.

“Ha, original owner? I’m Countess Soran Ateck.”

Idre forcibly suppressed her frowning brow. She had guessed from that orange hair, but she really was Countess Ateck.

She was a woman very famous for being difficult in Western Social Circle.

“Countess. I’m sorry, but all I can offer you is the dress price.”

“What did you say?”

The Countess glared at Idre with fierce eyes.

“Mother, we generous people should make concessions. Let’s just take that one dress.”

The young woman who had been standing silently behind pointed to the golden dress with her gloved hand, pretending to be considerate of Idre. Her lips were already full of a victorious smile.

Idre looked at the mother and daughter with an incredulous expression.

Are they some new type of scam artists or what?

“I already told you it’s a reserved dress, so it’s not possible.”

“Hey. Don’t you know who I am? I’m Amanda Ateck. If I say one word in high society, this shop will disappear quickly. You know that?”

Amanda also took after her mother with considerable troublemaking skills.

Marine, who had been watching the situation from behind, whispered to Julie standing next to her.

“Is that dress perhaps mine?”

“Yes, it’s your dress.”

“I see.”

Listening to the mother and daughter’s demands, it seemed the three dresses were just bait, and they had wanted the golden dress from the beginning.

They clearly had no intention of leaving until they got the dress.

But the Duke would be coming soon.

Marine approached behind Idre and whispered softly.

“Just give it to them. I’ll cover the cost.”

Idre turned around with a surprised expression.

“I can’t do that, Marine. I made this dress thinking of you.”

“I’ve dealt with people like that before, and I know it’s better for mental health to just send them away quickly.”

“They really don’t know any manners at all.”

The Countess sneered, looking back and forth at the two whispering women.

Marine swallowed a sigh inwardly.

She wanted to get them out as quickly as possible before the Duke arrived.

“I’m Marine of House Schwentz. Countess.”

Marine slightly lifted her dress skirt and greeted according to Noble Etiquette.

Idre, who had been listening nearby, looked at Marine with an expression that said she had expected this. She hadn’t believed from the beginning that Marine was a commoner.

“Schwentz? Was there such a noble family? Daughter, have you heard of them?”

“Mother. There are so many insignificant noble families like that. Of course we wouldn’t know.”

Amanda sneered with a sweet smile.

Marine shook her skirt with a sharp sound.

She really didn’t want to get involved in a fight. Her intention was to let them take the dress and leave quickly before the Duke arrived.

But that young Noble Lady had lit a fire in her chest. A blazing one at that.

“So why is a baronet family’s daughter suddenly interfering?”

“Because that dress is my dress.”

Amanda looked at Marine intently with interest in her eyes.

“Then you must have heard this whole situation.”

“Yes. I heard everything. And I have no intention of giving up that dress, so just take the refund for the dress you brought and leave.”

“What?!”

The Countess glared at her with a poisonous expression.

“My dress is already paid for. Idre, how much is that light pink dress?”

“5 gold.”

“What about my dress?”

“50 gold.”

Marine asked with her eyes if that was really true, making sure the mother and daughter couldn’t see. Idre quickly nodded as if to confirm.

Marine looked back at the mother and daughter, clenching her fists tighter to avoid showing her surprise.

1 gold was enough money for a family of four to live on for a month.

But 50 gold?

No wonder Oliver told her not to worry about money and didn’t show her the price tag.

“Did you hear that? It’s a 10-fold difference. And you want that dress?”

The mother and daughter seemed surprised by the price too, showing blank expressions for a while before turning spiteful instead.

“What ridiculous pricing. That dress can’t be worth that much.”

“Ha, 50 gold in this low-quality shop?”

Following Amanda’s words, the Countess sneered.

“I already paid 50 gold, so there’s no need for you to say that. If you pay the difference of 45 gold, I’ll give you that dress. How about it? Of course, since you’re a Count-ess, you should have the ability to pay immediately, right?”

Marine smiled leisurely and lifted her chin.

Punishing troublemakers with money – how thrilling!

Money really is the best!

The Countess gritted her teeth, fuming.

“Even if you’re a lower noble, you should have received education. Don’t you know how to treat higher nobles?”

Marine and Idre looked at each other and shook their heads.

Since money didn’t work, now they’re trying to pressure with noble status?

Their troublemaking skills were formidable.

Idre, who was nearby, was also a noble, but she was a Baron’s Daughter.

This is why you need power, I suppose.

And although it was fake, she currently had that power.

Marine clasped her hands in front of her chest and opened her mouth with an expression of having no choice.

“Since you mention noble status, I should say something too.”

The Countess snorted and looked at her as if to say, go ahead and try.

“I am Duke Vines’ fiancée. Is that enough?”

Instantly, silence enveloped the shop.

Idre, who had been listening nearby, clasped both hands together with a moved expression and looked at Marine with shining eyes.

“Marine – no, Lady Schwentz. Congratulations so much.”

“Please call me as before. But those two don’t seem to believe it at all.”

“Well, they don’t know the inside story.”

As she said, the mother and daughter wore sneering expressions.

Should she walk around with a stamp on her face saying “Duke’s fiancée”?

Meanwhile, Julie, who had been holding her breath in the back, whispered with a curious expression.

“What’s the inside story?”

“So now I don’t have to keep it a secret anymore?”

Instead of answering Julie, Idre asked Marine with a delighted expression.

The Duke said he wanted the engagement rumors to spread quickly, so it should be fine.

“Yes.”

When Marine nodded, Idre’s shoulders straightened with confidence.

To think she was designing a dress for the Duke’s fiancée. She felt so elated that even whatever those troublesome mother and daughter did could be forgiven.

“Did you both hear that? This is a dress for the Duke’s fiancée. So…”

“That’s insulting the nobility! How dare you carelessly mention the Duke!”

The Countess raised her voice as if it were absurd.

“We are also nobility.”

Marine straightened her back and faced them confidently.

As expected, ignorance makes one loud. The crime of insulting nobility doesn’t apply between nobles of the same rank.

“I’ll tell the Duke right away and have these people…”

“How noisy.”

Thud. The sound of a cane hitting the floor echoed loudly throughout the shop.

The Countess whirled around to give a piece of her mind to the ruffian who had interrupted her, then instinctively froze.

Amanda, who was beside her, also spotted the Duke and her lips trembled.

The Duke, with his eyes closed, gracefully passed by them.

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