Chapter 88

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I wonder if the nobles eat sweets as sweet and delicious as a dream every day.

After finishing the last bite of the exquisite-looking and tasting sweets that had been served, and taking a moment to rest, the girl in front of her smiled.

A situation where a commoner like Hanna and a noble girl have tea together would normally be impossible. Yet, the girl listened to Hanna's story with great joy, and they exchanged a bite of the sweets, looking very satisfied. It was far from what Hanna knew about nobles.

"Shall we go then?"

Just as Hanna was thinking about what to do next after everyone had finished their tea, the girl called out to her. Where are we going? I don't have a place to be anymore.

"H-Hanna!!"

The place they were brought to was the tailor's shop where she had been working just a few hours ago. The shop owner hurried over.

"I was worried! Hanna! Are you okay?"

"Shop owner... um... well..."

Looking at the workshop, it was more cluttered than when she had rushed out, as if the shop owner had tried to manage on his own.

"Heh... I always relied on Hanna, and I'm sorry. If I had been more capable..."

The shop owner's hands were more scratched and bruised than Hanna's, who had fallen and scraped her hand. It made her wonder what had happened in the past hour and feel guilty.

"I'm going to go and turn down the orders now. Hanna, you rest. I think I was a bit out of it. There's no way I can make five dresses."

If he turned down an order from a noble, not only the shop but even the shop owner's life could be in danger. If he could have turned it down, he wouldn't have ended up in this predicament.

"Shop owner! If you do that!"

"No... I've reached my limit... I'll make sure not to cause any trouble for Hanna, so please don't worry."

The shop owner placed his hand gently on Hanna's shoulder, his serious gaze fixed on her.

"No! Shop owner! If you do this, you'll—"

"Hanna..."

The two of them looked at each other...

"..."

"..."

"..."

From the moment they entered the shop, it was their world...

Huh? What is this?

From far away in Tibet, it felt like the Tibetan Fox would appear again... A strong sense of déjà vu hit the three brothers.

Hanna had always said the shop owner wasn't bad... Is this what she meant? Hmm?

"Um... Excuse me... May I have a word?"

In an atmosphere where it didn't seem like they could enter, Georg made a special effort to approach.

"Ah! Who are you?"

The shop owner, who had finally noticed the three brothers who were clearly out of his mind, was surprised.

"Shop owner, I bumped into these people... They treated my injuries and took me here for tea!"

"Injuries!? Are you okay, Hanna? Let me see..."

Cough, cough... He interrupted the two of them who were about to enter their own world again with a very obvious cough.

"Sorry... Thank you for taking care of Hanna."

The shop owner quickly removed his hand from Hanna's waist and faced the three brothers.

... Emma, who had read the situation, asked the shop owner.

"By the way, do you usually deliver the finished dresses?"

"Yes. I handle the orders, deliveries, and management, while Hanna makes the dresses. As you can see, it's a small shop, and we're already swamped. I'm afraid I can't take on the young lady's order."

The shop owner bowed his head. It seems that in their school uniforms, they looked like proper nobles. If they didn't dress properly, they wouldn't be allowed through the school gates, as her mother had said.

"No, it's not an order for a dress... It's a job offer."

"Huh? A job offer?"

Emma smiled and answered. Georg and William exchanged glances and sighed.

"First, tell us the progress on the dresses. If possible, let's finish all the designs today. I'll handle the patterns and fittings. The decorations will be done by my brother, and William will run to the slums to bring back Harold and some other kids who can help. The embroidery... Since Father is out today, Hanna, can you do it?"

"Eh? What? Eh?"

"Before that, the shop owner and Hanna should go to the church and the town hall to get the marriage permit and registration."

"Wha!? What are you saying?"

"Emma-sama!?"

The moment they agreed to hire the three brothers, Emma started directing them with incredible speed. She reminded him a bit of Mersa.

Hiring noble children as part-time workers... The shop owner mumbled, but if he had the ability to refuse, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation. Georg was already working on the decorations for the first dress, and William was running to the slums at full speed.

"Hurry up and go!"

Emma urged the shop owner while looking at the orders for the three dresses that still needed patterns.

"But... Marriage... It's so sudden... What about Hanna's feelings...?"

The shop owner mumbled in a barely audible voice... What was he saying after forcing the Tibetan Fox to come back?

"It's fine! They both like each other. No problem. After we leave, you can do whatever you want. The tailor and the seamstress... I think the church will give you permission. If you're worried, you can ask Joshua to come with you. The Rothschild Company makes large donations to the church every year, so most things are approved."

No one cared about the emotional aspect. Today, no one played with her, but Hanna had tea with her. It was almost like a girls' get-together, and beneath the work talk, there was a hidden love story.

This is so much like a girls' get-together! Now, let's solve the problem quickly and make it a topic for when we have tea with the embroidery class friends.

"Emma-sama?? That's not what I meant... Why... marriage???"

Both the shop owner and Hanna turned red and asked Emma for an explanation.

"First of all, even nobles don't usually make such unreasonable requests. The royal ball was just a trigger."

Rather, they were used as a means... Emma explained to the shop owner and Hanna. In the end, the cause was the shop owner.

"Shop owner... Isn't it that... He's handsome?"

"Huh?"

In this world, everyone is pretty much good-looking. Among them, the shop owner stands out. In a dating game, he would definitely be a target. Probably, he's at the level where he would be a rumor in the capital and the school. His charisma is on par with William.

The three young ladies who added the three additional dress orders all had their own tailors.

It's unusual for a small shop like this to make dresses for such wealthy young ladies. They just want to see the handsome shop owner bring the dresses. It's a typical teenage girl's obsession.

"Basically, the young ladies used the royal ball to place dress orders just to see the shop owner..."

It's a ridiculous story, but teenage girls' obsession with handsome guys is abnormal and extreme.

"Such... nonsense..."

The shop owner shook his head, not understanding.

"As proof, the sizes on this order form don't match any of the young ladies I know! This... this perfect body size only exists in this world for Lady Rose!"

Even Kei Cosugi would be surprised.

If there were a girl with this B-C-B figure in the school, Emma's beauty sensor would have gone off. There are no three students with this figure.

A girl with a figure like Lady Rose wouldn't have trouble with men. There's no need to go to such lengths just to see the shop owner's face.

... And Laila, Matilda, and Hayley... How can you tell such blatant lies? Don't you feel sad saying them? Does seeing a handsome guy come at a cost?

If they finish the dresses, no one will be able to wear them. It would be a waste.

Ah, they'll probably call the shop owner back with a return... I see...

"Indeed, I didn't notice because of the many orders, but these sizes..."

Hanna was surprised by how quickly Emma could imagine the body types from the order forms. None of the patterns matched these sizes. Just a few days ago, she had complained about how busy they were...

"But, what does that have to do with marriage??"

The shop owner asked Emma, looking like he understood but didn't.

"Well, if the shop owner is single and girls can fantasize about a chance, getting married would make him less popular, right? It's the same with idols who can't easily get married."

"?? One chance?? Idol??"

For a noble young lady and a tailor, marriage is impossible due to their different social statuses. In her previous life, idols were distant figures who couldn't easily get married. That's why the marital status of her favorite idol was an important factor.

For now, go to the church before it closes, Emma urged the shop owner. It's a defense against more orders.

"Um... Um... Is Hanna... Is it okay... with me?"

"Eh!? Well... If the shop owner... is okay with it..."

"Really? Is it okay?"

"Hurry up and go!"

There's no time, Emma pushed them out physically. It was embarrassing to see grown adults acting so awkwardly.

As Emma watched the two walk away, Georg spoke up.

"... Maybe you should be a bit more considerate..."

Emma felt she had been a bit too forceful, but seeing the two of them, she lost any sense of regret.

"Because, brother... They're holding hands as they walk."

The shop owner, who had been so awkward, was now walking naturally, holding Hanna's hand, as if he had forgotten about work.

"Wow, it's true..."

Georg stopped his work and came to see them from behind Emma.

"Explosive real-life couple..."

The siblings, who couldn't get married in their previous life, said in unison.