I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 169

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During the Harvest Festival period, the Imperial Palace holds a total of three parties.

To commemorate the successful opening of the Harvest Festival, to hold a celebration party after offering prayers for a bountiful year.

And finally, to celebrate safely completing this year’s Harvest Festival.

Today was the first party day.

“It’s absolutely perfect. You’re so beautiful, Lady Ordel!”

“You’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen.”

Olga, who helped me put on the dress, shed tears while clapping frantically.

Karen was also smiling contentedly.

Honestly, even I think it’s perfect, so I can’t deny it.

My long, flowing pink hair looked particularly pure, and the lines of the apricot-colored dress that revealed my neck and shoulders emphasized elegance.

But the real highlight of this dress was something else.

“Thank you, Miss Olga. Thanks to you, I get to wear such a wonderful dress.”

“If anything, I’m more honored! Ah, to think I have to send such a magnificent person off with that Duke.”

Olga covered her cheeks and sighed.

“But Miss Olga made that Duke’s clothes too.”

“That’s right. If it weren’t for that, I would have been absolutely against it.”

Olga snorted loudly.

She said if Rute hadn’t paid so much money, she would have quit the job long ago.

Right, when someone pays well, does personality really matter?

If money couldn’t handle it, Yuri and Jun would have been the first to run away.

“Lady Ordel. The Duke has arrived.”

Just then, a maid announced Rute’s visit.

Soon the door opened and Rute appeared.

Upon seeing each other, we both widened our eyes simultaneously.

Perhaps to match my apricot-colored dress, Rute was wearing a bright beige suit, unlike his usual attire.

Indeed, the face completes the fashion.

Even bright colors suit him amazingly well.

“The clothes suit you well.”

“…Not as much as you.”

Looking at his dazed expression, he seems sincere.

I smiled and looked in the mirror again.

The party dress I was wearing for the first time was heavy, uncomfortable to walk in, and difficult to move around in alone.

But still, dressing up like this occasionally for a change of mood didn’t seem too bad.

My reflection in the mirror was truly beautiful.

“Why are you blocking the door? Move aside.”

Just then, Trisha hit the dazed Rute and barged in.

Rute, who had been half out of it, immediately frowned.

“Mother, where did you sell your manners of knocking?”

“Oh, our daughter-in-law, no, Miss Ordel. You look very pretty.”

Trisha completely ignored Rute’s words and smiled brightly at me.

Somehow she seems to care more about me than her own son.

“Lady Trisha looks very elegant too. Anyone would fall for you at first sight.”

Wow, look at that charismatic beauty.

Especially seeing her in the dress design I suggested made me admire it naturally.

Olga, you really worked hard.

“Haha. That would be troublesome. I have a husband who wouldn’t hurt even if I put him in my eyes, so I can’t accept those feelings.”

I burst into laughter at Trisha’s words.

Right, when she has such a handsome husband, there’s no way I’d catch her eye.

“What about me? Am I not enough to fall for?”

Just then, Rute suddenly stuck his face in front of mine.

“You’re still far from it.”

Trisha answered for me.

Rute gritted his teeth as if it was humiliating.

“Wait. I’ll keep improving myself and show you a better version of me.”

Is it even possible to become more handsome than this…?

He’s already overflowing with good looks.

“Now, let’s depart.”

At Trisha’s words, Rute immediately extended his hand to me as if he had never been sulking.

“Let’s go.”

I quietly gazed at his prettily smiling face, then placed my hand on his outstretched hand.

It was time to go to the Imperial Palace.

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Imperial Banquet Hall.

“Her Excellency Trisha Siery and Lord Mikhail Siery are entering!”

People who had been gathered in small groups having their usual boring conversations all turned their heads at once.

The imposing Trisha and the overwhelmingly beautiful Mikhail were making their entrance.

“My goodness, do those two not age? They become more beautiful with each passing day.”

“I heard they’re devoted to beauty care, but I’d like to ask what their secret is.”

“The former Duke looks truly magnificent today as well.”

“Just looking at them makes the surrounding air feel different.”

The entire banquet hall stirred at the appearance of the two.

But that stirring would soon change to a different meaning.

“Oh my, look at the former Duchess’s dress.”

Usually at Harvest Festival parties, people wear bright-colored clothes.

But when has anything ordinary ever applied to the Sierys?

Trisha always wore whatever she wanted to wear.

Today as well, she was wearing a black dress that was rarely seen at parties.

But the important thing wasn’t this.

“A black dress with gold lace.”

A black dress so deep it seemed to gleam.

Over it, incomparably gorgeous golden lace covered it densely.

Like the Milky Way embroidered across the night sky.

Every time Trisha took a step, the delicate lace like spider webs shone beautifully.

Though they thought black dresses absolutely didn’t suit parties, what was this shining beauty?

It was a dress that completely shattered common sense.

“As expected of the Sierys. How did she think to wear such a dress…”

“Who on earth made that dress? Could it be Madam Karso?”

“I heard Madam Karso is exclusively handling Her Imperial Highness the Princess’s Harvest Festival dress.”

Then who on earth made that groundbreaking dress?

“His Excellency Duke Rute Siery is entering!”

However, people’s curiosity quickly shifted to the following announcement.

No matter how popular the couple Trisha and Mikhail were, they couldn’t compare to Rute, the current Duke.

The top marriage prospect second only to the Crown Prince.

Though his temperament was somewhat burdensome, his dazzling beauty more than made up for it.

And wealth that might even exceed that of the Imperial family.

It was time for the person who had everything to make his appearance.

“…Huh?”

“What, what am I looking at right now?”

And the moment that very person appeared, people received an even greater shock.

Lute, that fierce Lute, was not only wearing a bright-colored formal suit…

“…His Grace has a partner?”

He was entering with an incredibly beautiful woman of unknown identity!

People’s jaws dropped.

What, what on earth is happening?

“Isn’t this the first time His Grace has attended a party with a partner?”

“That’s right. There has never, never been a single time…”

Even Lute had never entered with his mother Trisha due to his father’s presence.

And yet here he was, appearing with some woman.

People stared blankly at the woman being escorted by Lute.

Her bewitching beauty that somehow didn’t seem approachable despite her smile, her rare pink hair, her white neck and shoulders sparkling under the chandelier light.

And an elegant apricot-colored dress that made her snow-white skin stand out even more.

The mermaid-style dress that revealed her perfect figure spread out gracefully from mid-thigh, creating an elegant yet enchanting atmosphere.

However, that wasn’t what caught the most attention.

Lace.

Pure white lace covered the chest line and spread widely across the back.

Like the robe dresses that were once fashionable.

A robe made of lace instead of silk or chiffon!

“…How beautiful.”

Someone whispered in a daze.

Yes, she was truly beautiful.

Beautiful enough to instantly understand why Lute Sieri had chosen her as his partner.

“Can you even see how the lace is sparkling? It’s decorated with actual diamonds.”

“Could it be a dress that Duke Sieri personally gifted her?”

“Both the former Duke’s dress and that lady’s dress. I had no idea lace could be used in such diverse ways.”

People couldn’t take their eyes off Trisha and Lute’s partner.

Ordel’s plan was an absolute success.

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The Imperial Capital I was seeing for the first time was incredibly splendid and glittering.

With people who had deliberately dressed up everywhere, it was even more luxurious.

“Still, since I’ve seen something amazing first, it’s not too overwhelming.”

Like Duke Sieri’s Mansion or Sieri’s Capital Townhouse, for example.

“Our house is more impressive, right?”

Lute looked at me with a bright smile.

Like a seven-year-old kid bragging that his toy is cooler.

The problem is that what he’s bragging about isn’t just some toy.

“We’re certainly drawing a lot of attention.”

Trisha said with an amused voice.

“We usually get twice as much anyway.”

“Of course. Shasha and Miss Ordel are so beautiful.”

Mikhail’s blue eyes looking at Trisha were completely relaxed and happy.

“Thank you, Miss Ordel. Thanks to you, I got to see Shasha’s wonderful appearance.”

“It’s because Lady Trisha is amazing.”

Well, Trisha’s black dress is Olga’s masterpiece after all.

Usually lace emphasizes elegance with its pure white color, it doesn’t provide intensity like Trisha’s dress.

But Trisha pulled it off magnificently.

Ha, I really made the right choice asking Trisha to be a model.

“Thanks to Miss Ordel, I feel excited like a young girl again after so long. Not just the party, but this entire Harvest Festival is very exciting.”

“I’ll have to work even harder so Lady Trisha won’t be disappointed.”

Yes. Really hard, with all my might, I will protect Trisha and Mikhail from death.

“The Holy Maiden and Holy Sage from the Temple of the Sea God have arrived!”

Just then, a rather unwelcome cry from a servant was heard.

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