That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first to break the silence was Duchess Alsron.

 

“It’s truly… truly beautiful. I’ve never seen such a color before.”

 

“I only received the finished version last night myself. Do you like it?”

 

Duchess Alsron touched the fabric with enchanted eyes.

 

Even the other Noble Ladies were staring at the fabric with dazed gazes. They all seemed collectively mesmerized.

 

“Is this a newly released color?”

 

“Yes. The Empire considers roses the most beautiful flowers. So this is a color researched with rose quartz as the motif.”

 

“Rose quartz is a gemstone, isn’t it?”

 

“That’s right, my lady. The color name is also called rose quartz, just as it is.”

 

Rose quartz.

 

The tulle (a light, fine netting fabric with a mesh-like form) sprinkled with pale pink, white, and mysterious golden pearls like the Milky Way displayed wondrous beauty truly like a goddess’s garment.

 

“My goodness, wearing gemstones is so fantastical.”

 

“When do you plan to sell this?”

 

“This is even rarer than the lapis lazuli dye I presented earlier… I think it will take at least half a year before we can start selling it.”

 

“Ah…”

 

“My daughter really loves roses too, preparing this as wedding trousseau would make her so happy.”

 

“My son loves roses too. If I made him a cravat in that color, he’d wear it every single day…”

 

Everyone was busy praising that beautiful color.

 

In other words, they were busy currying favor with me.

 

The desire gleaming in the Noble Ladies’ eyes and some amount of envy.

 

And Duchess Alsron.

 

She was half-dazed like a traveler who had mistakenly stepped into a banquet of gods. Duchess Alsron kept stroking only that new and beautiful color with her hand.

 

“Then will Lady Tulia also come out wearing a rose quartz colored dress on her debutante day?”

 

“You and Lady Alsron would look just like sisters!”

 

‘Ah. Finally this question!’

 

It was a question I had been desperately hoping someone would ask.

 

I felt Duchess Alsron’s hand pause slightly. A subtly wary look in her eyes.

 

I immediately put on a regretful expression.

 

“No. As I mentioned earlier, it’s truly such a precious color… I barely managed to create enough fabric to make a dress for just one person.”

 

“Oh my! So you’re giving such a precious thing as a gift to Lady Alsron!”

 

“How can your heart be so kind.”

 

I smiled shyly.

 

“Both I and Lady Alsron are having meaningful ‘debutantes.’ On the Summer Continent, they give wonderful gifts to partners like this.”

 

“Ah. That’s right. The late Grand Duchess was from Summer Continent royalty.”

 

Everyone appropriately avoided talking about Tulia’s Mother and only spoke about Grandmother.

 

‘Of course. It’s all lies anyway.’

 

I had no idea what customs existed on the Summer Continent.

 

I was just making excuses.

 

I responded appropriately to the chattering Noble Ladies while placing my teaspoon straight across my teacup.

 

Then a Court Attendant quickly discarded the cold tea and replaced it with warm tea.

 

‘Mm. Imperial Family items are indeed good.’

 

The gently blowing spring breeze.

 

The not-too-hot sunlight.

 

Lilacs, blue verbena, light-colored hydrangeas, iris, geraniums, freesias, daisies planted aggressively to match the dignity of the Empress’s ‘official Garden.’ Even Bengal rose trees.

 

With each breath, dreamlike floral scents washed over me.

 

I drank the hot tea while subtly glancing at Empress Carmi.

 

She had only offered perfunctory praise for the fabric I gifted to Duchess Alsron, not showing the passionate reaction like the other Noble Ladies.

 

‘An Empress is an Empress after all.’

 

But doesn’t it also appear in Greek mythology?

 

Why discord arose among the three goddesses.

 

Because of the golden apple dedicated to the most beautiful goddess, right?

 

“I’m so looking forward to Lady Francoise Alsron’s dress that day.”

 

From now on, I’m temporarily changing jobs from villain boss to goddess of discord!

 

“That rose quartz dye is the result of work at my salon, imagining the goddesses of beauty worshipped in ancient times… for example, Ishtar, Venus, Freya, and others.”

 

I smiled while mentioning the goddesses that Schulz Schmidt, who had now risen to vice-chairman position at the White Tower, had told me about.

 

“When Lady Alsron appears wearing that color, other Nobles will be desperate to have it too, won’t they?”

 

Some of the Noble Ladies present would think I was feeling somewhat sorry about taking the ‘first entrance’ position and compensating Lady Alsron accordingly.

 

The smarter ones would think I was trying to expand Baektul Salon’s business scale through Lady Alsron.

 

And those truly astute enough to see the undercurrents of power would have noticed what kind of spark I had just ignited in this gathering.

 

‘How about it, Empress Carmi.’

 

Don’t you want it? Don’t you want it?

 

An Empress should not be the head of High Society, but an existence that looks down upon High Society.

 

She must not follow trends, but be the first to display a unique style.

 

Empress Carmi was wearing the intense and solemn purple dress she had favored since before.

 

It was worlds apart from other Nobles who had dyed their clothing with all sorts of brilliant Baektul dyes.

 

‘But she pre-ordered hundreds of winter dresses with gradations from Baektul Salon.’

 

Having lost the lead in spring, she maintained her style like a lofty queen.

 

So that when winter High Society opened, she could display beautiful colors before anyone else in the Empire.

 

Would such Empress Carmi truly.

 

The most original.

 

The most beautiful.

 

That I said was inspired by the three goddesses of beauty.

 

Want that beautiful colored fabric, or not?

 

Would she naturally think she should be the one to wear it, or not?

 

‘The Noble Ladies here will immediately spread rumors everywhere once they return.’

 

That Lady Francoise Alsron received as a gift a tremendous color that even the Empire’s mother doesn’t possess.

 

Duchess Alsron was blushing rose-colored cheeks and focusing all her attention on the beautiful pink fabric.

 

Now then.

 

Between her daughter Francoise and her Older Sister Empress Carmi, who does Duchess Alsron value more?

 

To whom will she give that beautiful fabric?

 

Most importantly, Empress Carmi and Duchess Alsron are half-sisters with different mothers, and the Duchess originally had a different fiancé.

 

And recalling that one line from setting that Duchess Alsron’s original fiancé coincidentally died in an Imperial Palace carriage accident just days before their wedding…

 

I attacked and annihilated the moist cookies neatly arranged on the silver tray like a venomous villain.

 

 

 

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The day of the Imperial Palace debutante.

 

Thinking how quickly time passes, I smiled.

 

“Lady Alsron? The dress suits you really well.”

 

“…Thank you. I heard from Mother. That you specially gave it as a gift for me. If it wouldn’t be rude, would you call me ‘Lady Francoise’?”

 

“You can call me Lady Tulia too.”

 

“Oh my! What an honor!”

 

Lady Alsron, Francoise, couldn’t hide her very joyful expression.

 

‘She must have been angry about me taking the first entrance from her.’

 

It seemed that fabric I gifted had transformed all that anger and envy into love.

 

Indeed, material possessed such versatile qualities.

 

“Well then. Please take care of me for the first dance, Lady Francoise.”

 

“Likewise, Lady Tulia!”

 

Following the debutante customs of the Briyang Empire, young ladies of appropriate age entered in order.

 

I entered first, keeping my shoulders straight as I had learned.

 

Normally, any noble lady or young lord would be nervous enough to vomit at this massive ballroom called a debutante, but I wasn’t.

 

What came first to my eyes was figuring out how many nobles were wearing clothes made with white tulip dyes.

 

‘Hmm.’

 

I nodded inwardly.

 

‘Ha. This is serious.’

 

And I thought sincerely.

 

‘Am I really going to become a tycoon who surpasses Grandfather?’

 

The massive Grand Banquet Hall I glanced around seemed like a great spring wave was rippling through it.

 

Not only the Ladies’ dresses, but even the Young Lords’ suits were bright, beautiful, and soft pastel tones.

 

The Noble Ladies and Knights were no different.

 

Everyone was either wearing fabric with pastel tone accents, or dressed entirely in gradient-dyed materials.

 

‘Long live colors! Long live!’

 

The debutante was successfully completed.

 

“Blessings upon your future, my lady.”

 

“Blessings upon your future, my lady.”

 

After dancing the partner dance with Lady Francoise, I greeted her according to etiquette.

 

This was the debutante custom of the Briyang Empire.

 

Dancing the first dance with someone of the same gender, and blessing each other’s future.

 

After parting with Lady Francoise, I leaned against the wall and sat on one of the chairs lined up in a row to rest briefly.

 

Then a Palace Maid who had been waiting quickly approached and handed me ‘that thing.’

 

“Thank you.”

 

“Not at all, Lady Tulia Frazier. Please call me anytime if you need anything else.”

 

The maid, who had the dignity befitting someone from the Imperial Palace, blushed slightly.

 

“The puppy was really cute, my lady.”

 

“Hmm hmm… thank you.”

 

“Then I shall take my leave now, Lady Tulia.”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

I hugged Klaus Rosevar, whom I had gotten back from the maid, and ground my teeth quietly.

 

“Hey, did you really have to follow me all the way here?”

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