The Lady Only Deals With the Real Ones - Chapter 75

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“What the hell is this…!”

 

Rosaline’s neck turned bright red with anger.

 

I could say with certainty.

 

Though Rosaline had committed countless acts of tyranny until now, this was probably the first time she’d been so openly restrained.

 

Especially in such a direct way, grabbing and twisting her arm like that.

 

“You wretched thing, let go this instant! Do you even know who you’re being so rude to right now!”

 

“Rude.”

 

Though Rosaline shouted loud enough to burst a blood vessel, the customer remained expressionless.

 

“So you do know that touching someone else’s body is rude?”

 

“What…!”

 

“Then why were you trying to grab the owner by the collar first? Like someone who’s ‘wretched.'”

 

Rosaline’s face turned red and blue alternately.

 

She struggled desperately to pull her captured arm free, but the customer’s grip strength was tremendous.

 

The customer glanced at her wrist, which had turned from pale to dark blue from lack of blood circulation, and whispered low.

 

“If you’re going to cause trouble in the future.”

 

Thud!

 

The customer suddenly released her grip and brushed off her hands with a pat, pat.

 

“At least check who’s around before you do it. Got it?”

 

Rosaline fell backward ungracefully with a crash, breathing heavily with rage.

 

However, the customer didn’t even glance at Rosaline.

 

She just waited for her tea with a bored expression, chin propped up, as if she’d simply disposed of some trash.

 

‘What if Rosaline grabs the customer’s hair or something?’

 

Though I felt satisfied inside, a fight breaking out was a different matter.

 

I couldn’t just stand by and watch the customer who took my side suffer trouble!

 

I hurriedly tried to get between the two, but the loud noise from Rosaline’s fall startled her attendants, who came rushing in one after another.

 

“M-My lady! Are you alright?”

 

Right, there’s no way Rosaline came alone! She had attendants with her!

 

In that case?

 

Quickly thinking, I put on a troubled smile.

 

“Are they with you? Please help her up, she seems to be having trouble getting up after falling. Her dress is so frilly and all.”

 

“She, fell?”

 

“Yes. Maybe I cleaned the floor too enthusiastically today…? She slipped ‘by herself,’ you see.”

 

Pfft.

 

The customer who heard my words laughed.

 

‘Of course Rosaline can’t say anything.’

 

She has her dignity as a viscountess – how could she say she was pushed over by a customer while trying to bully a girl young enough to be her daughter?

 

However, Rosaline seemed to be a much more thick-skinned person than I thought.

 

Or perhaps she was so blinded by rage she couldn’t see anything.

 

Far from managing her expression, she glared at me and the customer with even more vicious intensity.

 

Just as she was about to shout something after being helped up by her attendant.

 

“Yes, hurry up and escort her away. Your superior seems to have hurt not just her tailbone but her wrist as well.”

 

The customer clenched and unclenched her fist with a crack, then slightly lowered her sunglasses and whispered.

 

But then.

 

‘Huh?’

 

Rosaline, who had been ready to throw something at any moment, froze solid upon seeing the customer’s eyes.

 

‘…What? Do they know each other?’

 

As I looked back and forth between the two in confusion.

 

Rosaline gritted her teeth and steadied her breathing.

 

“Hah… Tell Uncle this. That hiding is coming to an end. That eventually, he will kneel before me.”

 

Rosaline spat out the words in a voice that seemed to forcibly suppress her anger, then swept out of the pawnshop.

 

Left behind, I felt completely bewildered.

 

It was fortunate that it didn’t escalate into a big commotion, but what on earth was this situation…?

 

“Ah, damn. I didn’t intend for this to happen.”

 

The customer’s voice, still watching out the window even after Rosaline left, cut through my thoughts.

 

I cleared my throat and started with thanks first.

 

“Thank you for helping me, customer. And I’m sorry for making you worry unnecessarily.”

 

“Hm? Oh, no. That’s not something you did wrong, is it?”

 

“Then…?”

 

“I’m just worried you might think of me as someone who uses violence. I’m not a violent person – I just don’t hesitate to pay people back.”

 

The customer seemed to be subtly gauging my reaction as she said this, so I smiled a little.

 

“No, I didn’t think that at all.”

 

“I’m actually a very refined person. Though you might not believe it.”

 

“Yes, I know that without you having to say it. I have good judgment.”

 

The customer raised the corner of her mouth and looked out the window once more.

 

Suddenly her brow furrowed sharply.

 

“Damn, looks like they noticed already.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Unfortunately, let’s have tea next time. See you again?”

 

The customer lowered her sunglasses and winked at me, then disappeared in an instant.

 

Left alone with only the vigorously boiling teapot, I blinked.

 

‘What an interesting customer…’

 

I recalled the situation from just before.

 

The fact that Rosaline hesitated probably meant that customer was a noble.

 

‘But Rosaline’s reaction was strange.’

 

If it were the Rosaline I knew, surely…

 

‘If it had been a noble of lower status than Rosaline, she would have tried to crush them, and if it had been a noble of higher status, she would have acted cultured and apologized, but it was neither?’

 

Was she uncertain?

 

And even if she wasn’t sure who the other person was, did it mean they were someone with enough power that she had to be careful just in case?

 

‘But is there anyone in the Empire so high-ranking that Rosaline would flinch…?’

 

As I pondered this, I jumped at a voice that suddenly reached my ears.

 

“Who was just here?”

 

“What? Oh, you startled me. It was Alter.”

 

Alter, who looked somewhat urgent, was standing by the window.

 

When I made a gesture of patting my chest in relief, he frowned.

 

“Why are you so startled by something like this? What, is your heart smaller than others or something…”

 

Alter, who had been grumbling, suddenly closed his mouth.

 

Wondering what was wrong, I saw him shake his head and continue in a slightly lower voice.

 

“Anyway, who was the person who just left?”

 

Did he see the group of Rosaline’s attendants coming in and leaving?

 

Tilting my head in confusion, I chose words that would sound as neutral as possible.

 

“They said they were Grandfather’s relative.”

 

“What? …Why the hell would they tell such a lie?”

 

I had no way of knowing why Alter was angry.

 

More than that, a lie?

 

“It’s not a lie though?”

 

“I wasn’t talking to you.”

 

Then why are you saying it out loud…

 

As I stood there dumbfounded, Alter strode inside.

 

Then he crossed his arms and looked me over.

 

“Did they cause you any harm?”

 

“Well, I guess you could say I tried but failed. I almost got grabbed by the collar.”

 

“What? Grabbed by the collar?”

 

Alter muttered, “Really, what a troublesome person.”

 

I didn’t quite understand why Alter was getting angry, but since I had something to ask anyway, this worked out well.

 

“Since you’re here, how about having some tea, Alter? The person I was supposed to drink with left.”

 

“Why would you offer tea to someone who tried to grab you by the collar?”

 

“Oh, of course it wasn’t tea for that person. There was someone who helped me.”

 

“Someone who helped you?”

 

“Yes, she was a bit strange but incredibly cool woman. Thanks to her help, I didn’t get grabbed by the collar.”

 

“…Ah.”

 

Alter let out a deflated sigh.

 

“So there were two visitors?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“That strange but cool woman you mentioned. Was she wearing sunglasses by any chance?”

 

“Yes, that’s right. Do you know her?”

 

“…No. I have no idea.”

 

Alter muttered this and accepted the tea with a rather complicated expression.

 

‘Ah, now that I think about it…’

 

That customer’s atmosphere seemed somewhat similar to Alter’s.

 

Was the reason I felt déjà vu because of Alter?

 

‘It seems like he knows that woman… but maybe he doesn’t know her well since they’re just acquaintances?’

 

Or perhaps they met through work?

 

If that were the case, it would be confidential, so asking wouldn’t get me an answer anyway.

 

‘Well, setting that aside.’

 

I shrugged my shoulders and drew the dagger I had strapped to my thigh.

 

“Alter, about this dagger you gave me. Does it have any special functions?”

 

Cough.

 

It was a casual question, but Alter choked on his tea.

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