Unexpectedly, seeing his new appearance made me feel better.
It was because I was a little used to being hurt by his words.
….
There was no conversation after that, and we arrived in front of a salon that was said to be popular with noble ladies.
Because the spring flower ball was just around the corner, the front of the salon was crowded with women.
‘Oh, my God.’
I glanced at Edlade.
It was clear that all those women would look at him when he gets off the carriage.
He hated other people and hated touching other people even more.
“Ahh, shall we go somewhere else?”
“……”
After hearing my words, Edlade looked out the window and looked at me.
“Would you like to get your outfit here?”
“Yes? Ah… Yes. But, just because I want to have Engel’s clothes doesn’t mean I can easily get them……”
“How could the Philemon hostess say such pathetic things?”
“……”
With that said, Edlade opened the carriage door and got off before I could say anything.
The eyes were focused on the carriage that was stamped with the Philemon family’s crest.
“Ugh.”
“Hey!”
“Oh my, my!”
Duke Philemon, who was said to be difficult to see at a banquet came down from the carriage, so the reaction was great.
“Your Excellency the Duke.”
“Oh my… how…”
When women ogled Edlade, they looked at his wide shoulders and tight muscles, they pretended to have a perfect body that kept their clothes fit.
The women who had gathered to enter the salon blushed.
The soft, dark gray hair swaying in the spring breeze, and his eyes gently lowered made me swallow my saliva.
That’s what a walking monster is.’
Perhaps this is what the devil entices a woman to recover her soul is like.
I narrowed my eyes at Edlade and stared blankly at the hand that was out in front of me.
“… Are you going to escort me?”
“Then shall I throw you away?”
There was a possibility.
It was a suspicious move, but I carefully placed my hand on his. He hated touching other people and reaching out my hand to escort me came as a bit of a shock.
But soon, realizing that he was doing this for the family, I bitterly pushed my emotion away.
Thanks to his dedication to his family, he escorted me outside where it was filled with terrified eyes.
“That woman is…”
“Duchess Philemon.”
“Didn’t you say they had a simple first night?”
“She is rumored to be ignored by Your Excellency……”
Occasionally I could hear the words of people.
How could such accurate rumors spread?
In admiration, I looked at Edlade holding my hand.
He walked in front of the salon with me as if he didn’t care about the surrounding gaze and noise at all.
“Your Excellency!”
The door to the salon the women wanted so much to enter swung open.
“Since you’re here, I’m so inspired! Oh! I didn’t know Your Excellency would come to see us! Ah, is this what happiness is?”
It was a little embarrassing to see the owner’s face blushing and trembling.
Edlade looked at him with indifferent eyes and said.
“This woman… bu……”
“Yes?”
“I’m looking for an outfit for the Duchess.”
He can’t say ‘this woman’ in front of people. ‘My wife.’ I guess I didn’t fit the word.
The owner of the salon, Engel, opened his mouth awkwardly as Edlade called me by my position.
“Oh, you’re the duchess and Your Excellency’s wife!”
“I’ve heard a lot of rumors, Engel. I want to entrust you with a dress for the upcoming spring flower ball.”
I smiled softly and said.
Envy was heard around us, but Engel kept his mouth shut and hurriedly opened the door to the salon to guide us.
The power of Duke Philemon was great.
The atmosphere in the salon that followed Engel’s guidance was quite different from the outside.
The elegant and antique interior and the costumes hung on the hanger were all beautiful.
‘I’ve been scolded for not wearing a proper dress since I became a duchess.’
It was because of a small commotion at the tea party of a noble girl.
The esteemed daughters who wore Engel’s dress openly ignored me in a dress made by a designer they had never heard of.
Halbert, who heard the news, said that the dress was like a woman’s armor.
‘I should’ve worn it before.’
The Rayburns always gave me shabby and worn-out clothes.
When there was a hole, a new patch was added, and it looked awful.
Because I lived such a life, I was often ignored in the beginning after marrying Edlade.
Of course, after the tea party incident, Edlade invited Engel to her mansion to match her outfit without a shortage.
Engel was a designer who reached the pinnacle of noble women’s costumes with a man’s body.
Even the imperial family said that it was not easy to obtain the clothes he designed.
At the banquets and parties I went to after the tea party incident, everyone was envious and I was no more disregarded.
‘Above all, Engel’s outfit is expensive.’
I looked at Edlade, who was sitting with his legs crossed proudly on the sofa in the center of the dressing room with a nonchalant attitude.
It was an attitude of arrogance, but he was behaving as such so that I wouldn’t be ignored by people.
‘Don’t come to my sight.’ He didn’t say anything like that.
Even though he had no memory of me, he recognized me as the hostess of the Philemon family.
‘It’s probably because of Halbert.’
I thought I should say thank you by all means to Halbert who suffered so much that his eyes were full of dark circles.
He’s been paying careful attention up to this point, so I should pay more attention too.
Edlade was annoyed the whole time. If I sit next to him for no reason, he might explode.
I took a seat on the edge of the sofa, far away from him.
It’s the distance, it won’t be noticeable even if I secretly spy on his face.
Then his fierce gaze turned to me.
As I flinched at the terrifying gaze, he let out a smirk as if it was very absurd.