Rehabilitate the Villainess

88 – Social Church

Shael keeps demanding to leave the dressing room. In response, I pointed to the dress in the center of the dressing room.

It was the most striking wedding dress. Even though it didn’t look like it was finished yet, the wedding dress felt perfect.

“⋯⋯.”

After checking the dress, Shael removed the complaints from her mouth. Even I thought that dress was beautiful enough to calm Sael’s displeasure.

With the light blue frills on it, it was a dress that seemed to suit Shael really well.

So, I wanted to see that dress unconditionally at her wedding with Shael.

“⋯It’s pretty.”

“I think so too. I really want to buy it…”

The key was whether the owner would sell us the dress. It was because the host had listened to Shael’s rude comments.

When I’m thinking about what to do. It was Shael who acted first.

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Knock-tock-

It was the sound of Shael carefully knocking on her door. Feeling the presence inside her, Shael opened her mouth.

“Please sell it.”

I wonder if Shael was polite in his own way.

Of course, it was a failure. No answer came from the door either.

It was natural. If you’ve done something rude, apologize first. Not asking to get what you want to get.

I took Shael away from the door and said.

“First of all, it would be good to ask for forgiveness for what you said earlier.”

I wanted to wait for Sael to think for himself and ask for her forgiveness, but it was impossible right now.

So this was the best. Shael, who has never properly apologized to me, I don’t know if she can do that.

Shael approached the door. And she said that before Shael opened her mouth, the first thing she opened was the door.

The owner looked at Shael and me and said.

“There is no nuisance like this. Haven’t you gone yet?”

“⋯Sorry for my mistake earlier…”

Those were the words of Shael, who had no choice but to wipe her face. It’s a ‘true word’. It was a word that seemed to evade her own fault.

The owner showed a fiery personality just before. So I thought there would be a small shout out this time as well.

“⋯⋯ Hmm.”

But contrary to my thoughts, the owner was making a face as if he was thinking about something. The host, who had nodded his head, opened his mouth.

“Then, can I help you with something?”

Are you really getting an apology like this?

Anyway, it was a good thing for me.

If the owner is feeling better, he can ask for a dress that was lying in his dressing room while it was still unfinished.

However, that happy expectation was soon to be shattered.

The owner said as he put down the huge box that made me wonder how he was holding it.

“If you get this all sewn up, I will accept your apology.”

“⋯.”

All I could see were clothes with torn parts. The clothes were stacked and piled up to form a mountain.

Before he could say anything, the owner left the dressing room, saying he would go somewhere.

‘⋯⋯You did it to pass on the chores.”

Anyway, it was rumored that he had an eccentric personality. There is no law that bad rumors are not heard.

Me and Sael had no choice but to sit down on chairs. Didn’t even complain. Because Sael and I wanted to buy a dress.

I just looked at the piles of clothes and asked Shael.

“For now, watch what I do and follow me.”

I used all kinds of magic as an aid to sew the torn clothes.

It was a bonus to sew as slowly as possible for Shael, who didn’t know anything about these things.

The clothes were sloppily sewn. Next, I asked Shael.

“Can you do this by yourself?”

No answer came. When I turned my gaze, I saw Shael, who was tilting her head.

I saw clothes that were already nicely sewn.

“⋯⋯?”

“Why?”

Shael notices my gaze and asks. He was so embarrassed that he couldn’t even open his mouth. That Shael can sew?

“When did you start learning?”

“⋯⋯I have been able to do it since I was little.”

It was a surprise. Then, a thought suddenly came to mind.

“Why didn’t you sew the teddy bear I gave you?”

A teddy bear that was handed over at the Banquet Hall of the Magic Tower. I was referring to the teddy bear I gave him with one eye sewn up.

“⋯Are you sick? It was a doll I didn’t pay much attention to…”

Shael said dumbfounded. Didn’t you sleep with a doll that you didn’t pay much attention to every night?

Isn’t it possible that he gave meaning to the teddy bear I handed him?

With that thought in mind, Sael next to her kept feeling lovable. She even had thoughts of wanting to express her affection to Shael.

I opened my mouth, determined not to deny that desire.

“I have to hit you.”

“⋯!”

She said this while hugging Shael, who was working hard at sewing. I should enjoy hugging Sael while selfishly leaving her work to him.

I felt like the hostess would become more angry if I did the sewing.

In the past, Sael would have shouted at her to work immediately. However, now Sael, rather silent, she only drew close to me.

It was a bonus that she steadfastly continued her sewing with her shoulders stretched as if to leave it to herself.

Then a pile of clothes gradually shows its end. And when the bottom of the box containing the pile of clothes was visible, the owner returned with the sound of the door opening.

“⋯⋯ Finished?”

A word from the owner. In fact, I also sympathized. Because that many piles of clothes were perfectly sewn up in just a few actions by Shael.

My plan to make fun of him if he can’t sew was broken because of this.

As if he didn’t like it, the owner walked over with his hands behind his back. In the meantime.

“⋯⋯ Cough!”

He held her mouth and stretched out his cough.

“⋯Are you okay?”

I approached in surprise. As I got older, my worries increased even more.

But after seeing the open eyes, I was sure.

I was coughing on purpose.

“Your body is strange. For now, I can’t do it today.”

Did you hate selling dresses so much?

But since Shael did something wrong, she decided to understand. I was happy with the time I spent sewing her.

However, the owner couldn’t help but be taken aback by Shael’s words.

“You’d better go see a doctor right away.”

“⋯⋯No. That’s fine.”

The owner shook his head and denied Shael’s words. However, Shael’s words continued.

“Then drink some water. Hurry up and get some sweet fruit and eat it.”

“⋯Is that so?”

“Enjoy a warm bath today. Try drinking warm steam. ⋯⋯Oh, I heard that tea made from a flower famous for growing in the Viscount Amell’s house has an excellent effect on coughing.”

That wasn’t the end.

“And again…”

Shael’s advice continued. To be honest, she was scared.

⋯⋯ Why the hell do you know so well?

I don’t know. There’s no way Sael would be interested in anything medical.

Shael’s words continued. In fact, Shael stopped only after receiving the owner’s confession that the coughing was smoke.

She finally managed to buy her a dress. She was able to get a confirmation that she would send it to the Azbel family as soon as the dress that caught the attention of Shael and me was finished.

* * *

A social church held in the Imperial Palace. It was an event in which nobles first gathered to strengthen friendship before the imperial festival, in which commoners also participated.

Actually, social churches were not important. Because the meeting for the Imperial Festival is going on in the Imperial Court at the same time.

But that didn’t apply to me.

A vassal of the Baslet family attended the meeting on my behalf, and the Azbel family had Duke Jespen and Rayel Tarden.

Me and Sael came to the front of the imperial palace solely for the sake of the private church.

I was able to come because it was a place where other nobles gathered, so I didn’t have to worry about fighting. But the problem was different.

A bad rumor about Sael.

Despite the efforts of Duke Ezran and Duke Jespen, the rumors did not die down.

The starting point is the crown prince and the mage tower owner. And since they were aristocratic families that Clie would have built up friendship with, it was only natural.

Duke Ezran and Duke Jespen had high social status, but their feet were not very wide.

The rumors grew bigger by feeding on the gossips of all kinds of noble ladies.

It wasn’t all about Sael’s personality.

Among them were rumors about my relationship with Shael.

In fact, it is a ridiculous rumor that I will not be able to break off the engagement because I am caught by Shael’s weakness.

There have been rumors in the past that Sael and I have a daughter. There were even rumors that Shael had deliberately spread the rumor to block my marriage.

A social church where many aristocrats will gather. I wanted to take this opportunity to dispel the rumors floating around about Shael.

There is still some time left before the social church.

She put Shael, who must have been tired from kissing him over and over again, in her carriage, and was wasting time in front of her carriage.

Then, someone’s voice was heard.

“Oh, isn’t it Prince Eran?”

A woman approaches with an unusual look. Just by looking at her attire, one could tell that she was a woman who had come to attend a social church.

It was a turning point from the start.