Chapter 12: CHP 12

'Time sure flies fast'

Ten days have already passed ,since I met with the Blancia Master.

In the meantime, everything has been very peaceful.(^.^)

Duke Seymour left the capital for a while because of a problem in his land.

Belreck, was stuck at the Wizard Association to see whether there was any setbacks with his research, so he didn't have time to come home.

And, I,in the meantime,was spending time in the shopping district for a market research.

'Market research, it was no different than taking my father's credit card and going around shopping aimlessly.

It is a tour of delicious restaurants disguised as market research.

Haaaaa...

Desserts shops are already so many..'

While eating a piece of cake with plenty of custard, I crossed out the items that were not competitive enough for my business,one by one.

'This alley is to isolated,people won't come here. Out.'

I also checked the passing population while I spaced out like a sloth on a terrace.

'The weather is so good today.'

( 〃▽〃)

The weather was getting warmer day by day,announcing that spring is coming.

'The weather getting warmer means that the opening of the Imperial Academy is just around the corner.

Spring means the beginning of classes in this world too.

Aaaaa....

But the good news is that I don't have to be obsessed with my grades like in my last life,because as an 'Academy', it gives the feeling of a great academic institution, but in reality the Imperial Academy was a place where socialization was prioritized over education.'

The aristocratic children received education from a private tutor at home and only went to the Academy for personal connections,and to find out why the Academy became a social place instead of a place to study, we have to go back to the distant past....

When the Azutea Empire was first established,the local lords had no concept of what a country is supposed to mean,and many disturbances happened all the time in regions that where beyond the control of the Imperial Family.

So in order to control the local lords and the influential aristocrats that were behaving recklessly, the second Emperor made a special Academy and called their children to the capital where he took them as 'hostages' As a wat to keep the empire in order and in that way he was raising the childrens sense of belonging to the Empire.

Even though it was a long time ago and the Empire's reign is in a stable position now, the laws made at that time haven't been revised and remained unchanged.

The daughters and sons of the families appointed by the Imperial Family are required to attend the academy,but the Academy is tolerant tolerant with the high ranking nobles, so they could graduate easily if they just met the number of required  attendance days.

But,for those who were from a poorly ranked family or didn't have much to inherit,in order for them to get in the government services or to get the attention of high ranking officials, they had to get good results and grades.

'My grades don’t matter anymore, my biggest problem is....what if  I accidentally run into the protagonist?

I don't want to get involved with her.(´Д｀)

Mia Vinoche's nickname among the readers was 'Crazy Girl Magnet',of course, one of those crazy girls had to be Deborah.

But,regarding the protagonist, the Blancia Master is the most trustworthy man for me.'

Although the novel wasn't finished, the Blancia Master,didn't flirt with Mia Vinoche in over 100 chapters,he is the person with ,remarkably ,the lowest chance of doing anything stupid for her.

'I should stop by Maisond.

The maid always went to Maisond to buy my desserts,but I haven't visited it so far.

Since ten days have passed, I want to stop by and check the progress of my requests.'

I got up from my seat while fixing my hood,it was very uncomfortable for me to wear a corset while touring delicious restaurants, that is the reason why I was walking around wearing a hooded robe.

When I arrived at the Maisond, I took a seat on the terrace and looked at the menu.

I suppressed a loud laugh when I saw the 'Sold Out' sign next to the cake made by the master artisan from the Imperial Family.

'The Blancia Master's business skills are different from others.'

After I looked around dozens of dessert shops, only the Maisond was doing a modern marketing.

'Limited quantity, marketing.

A method of limiting your product's quantity, even though it can be increased, and pretending to be sold out when it's not.

People are naturally obsessed with items that are scarce and difficult to obtain and the aristocrats that have a sense of privilege must be even worse.'

The Maisond was bound to make it big because it made good use of the psychology of their main target audience.

'Oh?'

I rejoiced when I saw something on the menu,something that I have missed ever since I woke up in this world.

And the item I've been looking for,for my business,was right here.

'COFFEE!'

But it was in a corner at the end of the menu as if it wasn't popular,and there was only one sortiment.

"Bring me this drink."

When I pointed at the coffee, the employee immediately showed me his disapproval.

"My lady, I apologize but this drink has a strong bitter taste and may not suit your palette.

It is a drink made with beans imported from a hot region, but since nobody likes the taste we are going to take it off the menu soon."

"It doesn’t matter.

Bring it along with the whipped cream cake."

After a while, the polite and handsome employee returned and put down on the table,a cup of coffee and a piece of cake.

'Just as I expected,the Blancia Master is onto something here.'

Feeling happy,I picked up the fork and reached for the whipped cream cake.

'Now it's time to neutralize this sweetness with the bitter coffee.'(⌒‐⌒)

"Yuck!"

'Why does it taste so bad?'(　・'ω・´)

The bitterness was to strong and the scent wasn't good at all,I almost spit it out as soon as I drank it.

'What did they do?

Did they carelessly roast the coffee beans?

It is a complete mess!'

It was no different from a bitter medicine,the reason must be because the beans did not go through the proper  process.

'Even the color is black, it must have felt like poison to the people who are used to transparent and fragrant teas.

I understand why it's not popular.'

I put down the coffee, with zero marketability,and fell in deep thoughts.

'I found the product that ruled the 21st century, but it doesn’t seem easy to convince people to taste it,so.....

How could I sell coffee then....?'

All of the sudden my concentration was disturbed by a group of young ladies who came rushing in and settled at another table on the terrace.

'It is really feels like spring over there.'

Four aristocratic ladies wearing beautiful pastel dresses sat around a table and ordered cakes and drinks.

"Have you heard the rumor?"

My ears perked up instinctively when I heard those words.

I was interested because the maids didn't ’t discuss about the high-ranking society's gossip in front of me.

"No,what kind of rumor?"

"Charles Orgo is entering the Academy this year."

"Oh my goodness. That is great news."

'I don't know if you can consider that,great news, but I have heard of the Orgo family before,from the novel.

Like the Seymour, Orgo was one of the country's founding families, and they were well known for their extraordinary swordsmanship.

Most importantly for me,the heir of the Orgo family, Diera, was one of the protagonist's lover.

From my knowledge, Diera Orgo was only 19 years old, but, he was born with a natural talent for swords, it was predicted that, in a short while he would be on the same level as the Crown Prince, who was a swordmaster.'

"When I enter the academy,will I be able to watch the Knights train from a distance?"

A girl with the youngest face among the ladies asked, shyly.

"It seems someone here admires the Knights?"

"Well it is just because it would be nice to see Diera.

I accidentally saw him last Thanksgiving and he was so handsome."（*＾3＾）/～☆

'As expected from one of Mia Vinoche’s lovers,Diera is extremely popular.'

"I really want to talk to Philap at least once. As a warlock he is so amazing."

"I know, right.

That red hair like flames... he is so cool."

They chatted with excited voices.

Gossip related to the high-ranking aristocrats was by far the most favorite topic of conversation among the nobility.

It could be said that they were the idols among the nobles.

If commoners longed for nobles,the nobles longed for the high-ranking nobles and Royal Family.

So,when Mia Vinoche, the daughter of a fallen noble, made an appearance alongside Philap Montez at the academy, wearing the pink diamond on her neck, the impact was even bigger.

'It was an impressive appearance worthy of the protagonist.'

I recalled the first part of the novel and nodded slowly back and forth.

"I wanted to see Belreck Seymour so bad,it is regrettable that I have already graduated."

"Oooo,Belreck is so elegant and intelligent."

'Elegant? Intelligent?

There is only one word you can asociate with Belreck,BASTARD.

He fools everyone with his appearance.'

Only thinking about him,made me lose my appetite so I put down the fork.Then the voices of the young ladies suddenly went up by three octaves.

"Honestly, the one I want to see the most is Isidor Visconti."

"Kyaaa!"

"Isidor! Is the most handsome of them all!!"

That sudden scream pierced my eardrums and made me almoust spit the cake that was in my mouth.

When the name Isidor came from their lips,their faces immediately changed the girls where overwhelmed by emotions.

Just a moment ago, they were talking politely and sweetly joking around, but now the girls looked like an excited herd of fans rather than noble ladies.

"I swear that I am willing to sell my soul and die just to see a glimpse of Isidor's face with my own two eyes."

"Any normal girl thought about it at least once, because you will never forget such a beautiful face.

His face is like an embodiment of the man of your dreams."

"The embodiment of my dream man? Oh my god, I am ready to sleep forever."

"I would even sleep all winter like a bear in hibernation, if it means that I could meet him."

At this point, I couldn’t predict when the vulgar behavior and chatter of the aristocratic ladies would come to an end.

A dazzling handome blond man,with sharp jawline and broad shoulders like an endless sea, as well as other unheard expressions poured from their lips.

'Is he really that attractive?

Why was he not described in the novel?'

The author,conveyed the image of the Golden Visconti very modestly,and he almost never appeared in the novel.

The readers thought that he would play a cliché role,that of the 'Harlequin hero' in a violent story.

'An unimaginable handsome man with golden hair that is able to bewitch everyone's attention,is strange.'

The noble ladies continued to discuss the beauty of Isidor in excited voices for a while.

It was only when the waiter brought their cakes and drinks that they were able to calm down,cooling their blushing faces with their fans.

But their conversation continued with another subject.

"Have you heard of the rumor?"

"Which one?"

"The one that said that Duke Seymour won the pink diamond at the auction house."

"Oooo....Then the owner of the pink diamond is now…"

Everyone became silent, as if they had already guessed that the new owner of that beautiful piece of jewelry was....

'They are thinking about me.'

"Princess Deborah will become even more domineering.Her arrogant behavior will now pierce through the heavens."

"To be honest, just thinking about it is disgusting."

"A diamond necklace around a pig's neck…"

They laughed cynically in unison,everyone of them agreed with the loud statement.

'Their conversation is taking a drastic turn.'

Since I first woked up in this world, I was constantly surrounded by halfhearted flatteries,this was the first time I have heard such a bold and honest conversation about the true owner of this body.

"The Seymour’s Princess character,is so pretentious that her clothes and accessories only consists of the most luxurious and expensive items in the entire empire."

"I heard that Princess Deborah stole Helen,the designer,who was in the middle of designing Lady Selene's dress."

"Because of her selfish behavior, Lady Selene had to hurry and find a new dress from another designer,because her birthday was just around the corner."

'So that is the reason behind their hatred towards Deborah,I had no idea, because Helen came on her own free will to design for me,well with fear in her eyes....'

"I know that it is impossible for Deborah Seymour to consider Lady Selene's circumstances, but I feel that is still a little unfair."

"Yes....she really is ill-mannered."

"If only it was just her behavior.

It doesn't matter that Princess Deborah is the daughter of Duke Seymour, she is just too arrogant and complacent, I can't find even a single drop of noble dignity and good breeding in her."

"She is an uncultured and incompetent person...by the way Princess Deborah is the only one who has the blood of the Seymour family but can't handle mana at all."

Everyone laughed while covering their mouths with their fans,they seem to enjoy the sweet failure of a common enemy, but I couldn't laugh at all.

'Why did they have to poke around Deborah’s inferiority complex!'

"Her family is held responsible and has to bear the consequences of her actions.... Indeed, what a shame to have someone like her part of your family."

"Just the mere sight of her purple hair is enough to make me tremble in disgust."

After I listened to their disgusting conversation I was in a bad mood,but then I heard them touch an even sensitive topic.

"Why would the Seymour family give Princess Deborah the .…"

One noble lady began speaking with the intention of suggesting that she could not understand why Duke Seymour would give to bratty Deborah that precious pink diamond, but she hurriedly closed her mouth and sipped her tea.

They couldn't openly discuss about Duke Seymour, but they could openly condemn Deborah.

Now I had a good look at the two-faced personality of the noble ladies.

"Princess Deborah… maybe she is a good daughter at home?"

"Good?!"

"Impossible!"

"I don't know how to say this, but rumor has it that Belreck has an unspeakable hatred towards Princess Deborah.

She is so ignorant at home that he could not even handle a face-to-face conversation with her."

"No matter how tolerant and generous Belreck is, it is impossible to handle having a younger sister who tarnishes the family name on a regular basis she could never be a filial daughter or sister."

"Sir Rosad must have the same opinion as his twin brother's."

The noble ladies even mentioned the twin brothers in order to defame me more,their conversation had reached to a point where the nobles ladies who pretended to be on the side of justice, began to make loud pointless accusations amidst their heated discussion, in broad daylight.

'This is to irritating. I am going home.'

When I was about to leave,the chair I pushed back,fell.

BANG!!!

In that moment,my table shook and the cup of coffee that was placed perfectly on the corner of the table, fell to the floor and shattered into pieces.

That loud sound managed to grab the attention of the young noble ladies that were busy tarnishing my reputation and their gaze turned towards me.

As luck would have it, a strong gust of wind blew across the terrace, throwing back my hood.

"Aaaa...!!"

"Princess Deborah!"

When my face appeared in all its glory,an awkward silence enveloped the terrace.

The young girls faces turned blue with fright because they were loudly criticizing me with a burning passion before my sudden reveal,not knowing that I was listening to them goasiping about me.

One of the ladies was even trembling so violently that like she was on the verge of fainting.

I too, was embarrassed with this whole situation.

I only wanted to go home but my identity was  involuntarily revealed to everyone in the most awkward of circumstances.

For a moment, I was dumfounded because of the sudden situation but I soon realized that I shouldn't leave after I had to listen to the ferocious insults from this young girls who had a lower social status than me.

'I will look like a pushover,if  I just walk pass silently after hearing they’re slander.

I can’t let that happen.'

Right before my death,I vowed that I would never live in vain in my next life.

'I will no longer give into the cunning tricks of others and I will earn enough money to enjoy any meal I want.'

I stared at them as fiercely as possible.

"Are you done talking?

You have been talking to your heart's content for some time and now you are suddenly so quiet.It is very funny."

I was nervous,so my voice came out  tense and hoarse.Fortunately, my hoarse voice felt rather intimidating and made the pale faces of the young noble ladies even more lifeless.

But I felt that my voice was not enough so I glared in the eyes of each and every one of them.

I took a deep breath and decided that it was worth looking down upon them,arrogantly ,from top to bottom.(ï¿£^ï¿£)

My legs buckled suddenly, from the tension I felt and I staggered,hitting the table while swallowing a cry.

BUM!

The round table, under the weight of my body, feel over to the side where the young noble ladies were sitting. At the same time, everything that was on the table fell to the floor and shattered to smithereens.

"Aaaaaa!!!"

In that moment, chaos and disorder reigned in the terrace,and the astonished glances of the people around us, turned to me.Everyone thought that I had intentionally turned the table over.

'How did this happened even if I was planning all this ,it wouldn’t go so smoothly…'( ・◇・)？

I was confused, but the water was already spilled,I couldn’t do anything, but to continue with this charade.

Someone that is capable of turnig  everything upside down in a fit of anger was a scary enemy.

So I walked very slowly towards the frightened young noble ladies.

I the meantime I thought about about my next line.

I had a lot of different ideas but when I arrived in front of the young ladies,I crossed my arms,tilted my head slowly and gave them a ferocious look. (￣ヘ￣メ)

"Just a moment ago, you were loudly discussing about what kind of pig I am."

A slight humiliation flashed across their faces when I mentioned the word pig.

"Why do you all have that expression on your faces?

You had the courage to dare compare me,the Seymour Princess, to a pig with a diamond necklace hanging around its neck but you feel bad now?"

"

Prin..prin..cess De..Deborah,we..we are…"

"Why are you stuttering all of a sudden.

I rember,not so long ago you were talking so smoothly as if you oiled your mouth.

Did your tongue rotted because of all that oil?"

After my words, the oldest of young ladys put in her two cents.

"I beg your pardon.

We are clearly in the wrong for speaking ignorant words. I am sorry."

"Sorry... it seems that when I mentioned the word 'pig', you lost your courage,I am a little disappointed.

If you cannot express your opinions in front of me, you should also not judge me behind my back.

After all, I perfectly heard your ardent and rude discussion about my insignificant aristocratic dignity."

'Amazing!I managed to give such a wonderful speech....I am more capable than thought.'(^^)d

"I am so sorry.

No words can justify our actions."

The other young noble ladies who where shaking in fear only bowed their heads and stood there quietly.

"Don't talk so lightly."

I wanted to receive a more sincere apology,but after that short pause nobody said anything.

Then one of the young ladys stepped forward,and looked at me with a resentful expression,as if she didn’t like to receive unilateral criticisms from me.

That young lady approached me with insane courage,while she bit her lip.

"But princess, I think it was unfair of you to take away Lady Selene's designer just before her birthday party."

Her words held a hidden meaning, that I am at fault for not following one of the unspoken rules among aristocratic young ladies.

So I picked up a cup of juice from the table.

"And it is your mouth that said that I am going beyond what is permitted."

I splashed the red juice on her mouth.(っ｀Д´)っ･:∴

"From now on, I am going to show you, how I go overboard when I solve my problems."

"Aaaaa!!"

The young lady, who was doused in dark red juice, gasped in shock and burst into tears,then she apologized to me and ran quickly from the terrace.。・゜゜(ノД')

The other young ladies hurriedly followed suit and disappeared from my sight,under the pretext of consolation.

'I didn't cross the line in Deborah's body,If it was the real Deborah, you girls would have been…'

I shook my head to erase that terrible image in my head as I looked at a hot tea pot that was steaming on the table the where that group of young ladies stayed, before running away.( ï¿£-ï¿£)

.................

"Master,how much have you done?"

"Can't you see?"

Isidor gave a blunt response.

Isidor wa drawing a magic circle, sitting on a huge tanned leather seat with oak armrests.

Drawing a magic circle takes a considerably huge amount of time and effort in order to create one.

And the pouch with spatial magic that Isidor gave Deborah to store her gold,was no different.

Many difficult problems aroused when making that pouch, considering that we are talking about

three different and complex types of magic being simultaneously used. The movement magic,space expansion magic and tracking magic.

Even the teleport magic circle was improved by Isidor himself, so nobody can find it anywhere,even with money.

'Perhaps, young master has a better understanding of spatial magic than even  Duke Seymour himself.'

That is what Miguel thought about,while he felt an overwhelming feeling of proud towards his master.

Then, Cookie, while swinging his tail from side to side,bit the oak leather seat with his sharp teeth.

"Cookie!! What the hell are you doing?"

"Grrrrrr…. !!"

"Damn it.!Cookie you can't eat that."

After Princess Deborah's visit,the affectionate Cookie, who was always nothing but gentle, rebelled and behaved as if he reached the peak of puberty.

Refraining from swearing  Isidor put down his pen and turned his head towards Miguel.

"Why did you come here? What is the reason?"

"Princess Deborah has been to Maisond."

Cookie's pricked hid ears and wiggled his tail,when he hearf Deborah's name.

His eyes started to sparkle as if they were longing for something.

"Maybe she came to meet with the informant?"

"Absolutely not.

She turned the table upside down while smashing a vase and the teacups."

Isidor started to cough when he heard Miguel's report of today's unexpected event.

"And that is not all.

She started an argument with four young noble ladies from a lower status than her.Her actions were too exaggerated considering the difference in status."

"Really..."

“In the end, all the ladies were scared and screamed while running away.”

Miguel briefly recalled the report of one of the Maisond's employee who witnessed the incident firsthand.

In the social world, many rumors were already going around about the event that took place between Deborah Seymour and the young noble ladies at the terrace,because the noble society is very fond of gossip, among themselves,especially regarding high-ranking nobles.

And Deborah Seymour is still a subject of unrivaled fear among the  young noble ladies, instilling fear to young children like no other.

'In the noble society where words are used instead of swords,Princess Deborah holds the sharpest sword and is not shy about using it.

Well her support is so strong that she's untouchable.'

Deborah Seymour was nicknamed as the 'Violet Viper',that is why it seems obvious that she was the main instigator of today's incident.

Her mother, Marien Seymour, was known as the' flower of high society',she was the most beautiful and popular woman in the social world, but Deborah is a complete opposite from her.

"Isn't Princess Deborah very inteligent?"

Rubbing his chin, Isidor, who had been silent all this time, suddenly mumbled.

"Intelligent?"

"She proudly told me to do my job properly. I’m sure of that."

"My lord,how did you come to such a conclusion?"

'Isn’t he being too self conscious?'

Miguel swallowed the words he was about to say.

"The simple fact that Princess Deborah,who had,always ordered the servants to buy her the desserts,came to our store in person, means,that she had something to say to me.

She sent me a signal because the requests aren’t progressing to her liking."

"She just thoughtlessly destroyed everything because she was upset, while fighting with the young noble ladies!"

Miguel immediately refuted.

"No,she doesn't seem the type to be swayed by emotions,she was intelligent and cynical when we talked."

"My lord,if you look back at Princess Deborah’s past deeds and her reputation,you can't refute that she is an impulsive person.

Where there is smoke, there is fire. People don’t change that easily."

"Don’t worry,sooner or later, we will find out who is right and who is wrong.

And most importantly,what she did to my Cookie."

Isidor’s emerald eyes sparkled while he gently pated his pet, who was growling in dissatisfaction.

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