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“But doing this while wearing such a trailing dress is quite uncomfortable. I really ought to buy a new one.”
“That is why I bought a new one as well. The dress released by White Rose this time is very comfortable and nice.”
“Pardon? Do you mean that nightgown dress? How could I wear that? It is so embarrassing….”
“Oh, there is no need to be embarrassed. Even the Countess of Queensberry enjoys wearing that dress the most, doesn’t she?”
Fashion trends in high society are simple. When a famous figure does something new, everyone else begins to follow suit.
In that sense, White Rose’s ‘nightgown dress’ was riding the wave of the trend perfectly.
From the picnic tea party to the nightgown dress.
It was the moment the brand ‘White Rose’ established itself as a leader of trends.
Hehe.
“Young lady, please sign here too!”
“On my flyer as well!”
Hehehe.
“My goodness, you even drew a smile! This is my treasure!”
“Go get a frame immediately! This is our chance to preserve the young lady’s smile!!”
Hehehehe.
Rowena’s shoulders puffed up with pride. After White Rose achieved great success, Seymour’s company raked in an enormous amount of money.
However, the person enjoying this situation the most was not Seymour.
‘Being a model is the best!’
Rowena, 10 years old.
The girl was thoroughly enjoying the life of a celebrity.
In fact, Rowena had not deeply considered the fact that her face was being spread across the entire capital.
Deciding to vastly increase the number of flyers and agreeing to be the model were choices she made herself, but she hadn’t realized just how much impact they would have.
Thus, the first time Rowena felt that impact was when she went out with Airi to buy stationery.
“Airi, look at this. It says it’s sparkling ink. If I write with ink like this, I feel like I could write ten pages!”
“Fufu, your arm would hurt quite a lot if you wrote ten pages, wouldn’t it?”
“Then I’ll only write five pages….”
I don’t like my arm hurting.
When Rowena replied gloomily, Airi laughed joyfully and placed the ink into the basket. The basket had already been full for a long time.
For Rowena, who had never been to a stationery store like this, everything displayed here looked amazing.
‘I’ll give these pastels to brother Dante, and I’ll fold flowers with this colored paper to give to Airi.’
Actually, there weren’t many things Rowena had picked out for her own selfish desires.
Stiff pearl-colored paper, five-color pastels, and the sparkling ink she just added were all.
‘The Duke might not like it if I buy too much.’
The teachers at Townsend always preached frugality.
Rowena thought Seymour wouldn’t be much different.
However, since the shop was filled with things that made her head spin, she couldn’t help but feel a lingering attachment to various items.
It was while Rowena was eyeing a quill pen next to the counter.
Suddenly, she heard whispering behind her back.
Children around Rowena’s age were glancing at Rowena and whispering among themselves.
“I think it’s her, I think it’s her!”
“Wow, amazing….”
“Gasp! We made eye contact. What do I do!”
Rowena blinked her eyes rapidly. She couldn’t quite understand what those children were saying.
‘Are they talking to me right now?’
When Rowena tilted her head, one of the children who had been whispering stepped forward hesitantly.
Then, they suddenly held something out.
“Um, this is you, right?”
“Huh?”
It was a flyer. A White Rose flyer that vividly depicted Rowena smiling brightly.
After confirming that the girl on the flyer was indeed Rowena, the children were overjoyed, received her signature, and left.
Coincidentally, from that day on, the popularity of White Rose began to skyrocket.
Derrick, who visited the mansion to report, was overjoyed as soon as he saw Rowena—he actually skipped a little—and after asking if he could hug her just once, he was flatly rejected; Axel smiled warmly whenever he saw Rowena and said, “Isn’t our young lady truly a genius?”
For the record, Hugo and Derrick said this upon seeing his expression:
“Even if his own child became self-made and established a family, he wouldn’t be able to make such a warm expression.”
“Anyone would think he gave birth to her himself.”
But this wasn’t limited to just Axel.
Anyone related to White Rose was looking at Rowena as if she were a treasure chest coated in honey.
“I believe the brand became a huge hit because the young lady acted as the model.”
“Every person who comes to the store takes a flyer, you know? Saying it’s too cute.”
“I brought a flyer too. Please sign it, young lady!”
After such things kept repeating, Rowena had no choice but to realize. Now, everyone in the entire capital knew her face!
Therefore, ‘giving signatures’ was added to Rowena’s daily routine. Of course, the recipients were the servants of the Duke of Somerset’s mansion.
Rowena gripped the pen and wrote in crooked handwriting.
[Rowena Whitfield. Please be happy!]
“Kyaa! So cute! Thank you!!”
The maid, who let out a joyful scream, left while clutching the signature to her chest.
Rowena’s shoulders, which had been high in the sky, rose even further. Rowena was unmistakably enjoying the life of a celebrity.
“If you’re done playing, come quickly, Rowena. You have to study vocabulary.”
……At least until Dante said those words just now.
Even celebrities have to study. Rowena hopped up from her seat and ran over.
When Dante, who was holding a book in his arms, reached out his hand, Rowena naturally took it and chattered away as they climbed the stairs.
“You know, Dante. I hate words that start with H. They are too difficult.”
“But ‘happy’ and ‘hope’ both start with H.”
“……Then maybe I like them a little bit.”
Just a tiny bit. When Rowena added that, Dante chuckled.
“I like words that start with L.”
“Why you?”
Dante’s golden eyes, sporting a faint smile, turned toward Rowena. As if he were asking something obvious.
“Because your name starts with L.”
Dante had become considerably kinder to Rowena since the day they stole the apples.
No, it would be more accurate to say he had started to like Rowena exceptionally well.
Before, he wouldn’t answer well even when spoken to and was blunt, but now even his way of speaking was soft.
Moreover, the time they spent together had increased significantly. He would come to find Rowena during snack time, when she was reading, and even said he would study with her.
Today alone, Rowena sat side-by-side with Dante after finishing their vocabulary study, reading books or chatting and playing.
Just like they had truly become friends.
‘I think I’ve become very close with Dante!’
In a way, it felt like she had finally befriended a wary cat.
She felt proud and deeply moved.
Rowena laughed “hihi” and hurried down the stairs.
‘Everything is working out well now.’
Her relationship with Dante had improved, and making Seymour happy was progressing step by step.
The fact that Rowena had become a celebrity meant that White Rose was a huge success, and White Rose’s success meant there was no reason for Seymour’s company to falter due to financial difficulties.
If so, the company would be operated successfully.
‘Obtaining the cure is only a matter of time!’
Of course, it was hard to say the problem was perfectly solved just by making the clothing brand successful.
Regardless, it was important for Seymour to return to a normal state to find the cure quickly.
‘But things have turned out well.’
So, Seymour was bound to be happy too. Just like Derrick or Axel, beaming widely….
……Wait.
Beaming?
Rowena, who had been moving quickly, stopped right where she was.
The place where Rowena stopped was in front of Seymour’s office. Through the slightly ajar door, she saw Seymour talking to someone.
The problem was that Seymour’s expression did not look happy at all.
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