"So, don''t you think I am cool?"
"Saving someone is justme, try to stop it from happening if you want to be cool."
***
I sat in thedy''s room on a couch while she gracefully leaned against her bed.
"Did you meet Luther," she asked.
The sun had already risen, and the effects of whatever was happening were revealing themselves. The most obvious and sure of it was rather very close to us.
"Eugy, seriously, who is this woman?"
Titania, with her hands on her waist, closely inspected thedy who was peacefully chilling out. She had changed into a different yellow dress and was matching her veil with it. I wonder why she hid her face away even after no one could remember her.
"Is she another of your romp-mates—"
"Enough."
I trapped Titania in my palms and pulled her back. Thedy raised her head slightly and smirked.
"Romp mates, huh?"
Titania struggled in my hold but I ignored her. This wasn''t a good topic.
"That aside, mydy. How can you hear and see Titania?"
"I can see everything," she said, crossing her legs.
Now that she wasn''t treating me as just a guard and likely seemed to have epted her situation to some degree, she was much more pleasant than before. I thought she was a naturally taciturn person, but she was quite shaken up by things as well.
Maybe she saw me as a pir of support now?
"That aside, answer my question, guard."
We were still on the basis of titles though, so that was a bummer.
"I met him," I said. "He''s a waste as an aide."
"I should probably smack his head with a chair..." thedy said something crazy with a hand on her chin, almost spectively.
How cool.
"So that means everyone has forgotten about me."
"You don''t seem to mind it that much now."
"Well, I do. It has thrown me in a pit."
"A pit?"
"Yes. How will I make you learn about me if no one remembers anything."
Thedy suddenly pped her hands and got off the bed. She dusted her clothes as I watched before turning to me.
"Guess I''ll have to teach you personally."
I watched in anticipation as thedy pulled open a few drawers and took out the seal of her family from inside.
"People can still see me if I force them to notice me. And I still am the scion of Acacia, so there is not much worry about."
Thedy suddenly pped her hands and got off the bed. She dusted her clothes as I watched before turning to me.
"Guess I''ll have to teach you personally."
I watched in anticipation as thedy pulled open a few drawers and took out the seal of her family from inside.
"People can still see me if I force them to notice me. And I still am the scion of Acacia, so there is not much worry about."
"What''s the n?"
"Let''s go and be true wastrels."
Thedy moved toward the closet and opened it up in one go. The closet wasn''t a closet but a different wardrobe room probably bigger than the one she was in currently.
With a yful gait, she hopped over the door. Her head slightly tilted back and she leaned to the side.
"I''ll change and be back. Wait here."
"Got it."
Thedy moved in and the door closed.
Not long after, she came back out with apletely different attire than before. Wearing a red dress that stuck to her chest and highlighted her curves without seeming the least bit sultry. The fabric slightly dragging against the ground was lifted up with one hand in ck gloves while she held a paper fan in another.
Her white hair was covered from the top by a simr red veil that matched with her dress.
"You look gorgeous, mydy."
"Say what you truly want to."
"How many veils do you have?"
She saw through me in an instant. Does she truly see everything?
I held in augh and looked at thedy as she put on her high-heeled shoes. The clothes fell off her legs and showed off her calves as she put on her shoes.
Both Titania and I werepletely captivated by her actions.
How she exuded grace enough to make even me stop in my tracks, I was curious about that too.
"You don''t want to see my face," she said. "It''ll ruin our objective."
Not like I can see faces anyway.
I simply shrugged at her words.
She snapped her fingers and urged me to get up. With the fan pressed against her chin, she looked me up and down.
"Alright, let''s go."
"Should I score a carriage?"
"No need."
With that, thedy and I set off.
No one in the mansion noticed us moving anywhere.
***
I found myself standing in front of an enormous store in the third district of the city.
Named Jasmine, this was the most luxurious store in the entire empire that personally made the clothes that the emperor and the royal family put on.
Did she want to go shopping?
You are dying for the world, and you decide to go shopping?
I looked at thedy with a gaze that didn''t hide my sentiment, but she only smiled and shook her head.
"I can''t go anywhere with you looking like that."
I looked at my clothes.
"I look my part?" I said. It was the perfect clothing that an adventurer should wear.
A ck tunic and trousers, it created a great contrast between my hair and eyes as well.
"You wish to apany me as an adventurer?" thedy asked. "The clothes make the man, I wouldn''t find an adventurer to be worth moving around and telling about ''myself'' to."
"Hey, I am a lord, alright? I am from a Marquis family."
"Really now?" thedy looked surprised. "I bet you are disowned."
She wasn''t wrong, damn it. I was practically disowned after all.
Thedy and I moved inside the establishment at her insistence. At first, the employee did not say anything only looked at me as if I wasn''t supposed to step in.
Then, thedy pushed her shoulders and brought the girl to her senses.
"Here," thedy said, mming the crest of the Acacia''s on the table.
The receptionist watched with widened jaws, looking shocked at the crest.
"Right away! Please follow me! I''ll call the manager."
She didn''t seem to have recognized thedy, but acknowledged her nheless.
It was good enough for us for now.
The manager came over to us not long after and led us to the top floor in a VIP room for us to rest at.
A bunch of clothes were disyed.
"What can I bring you today, mydy?" the manager asked.
"Not for me, I am here for him."
"Him? Ah, what a handsome young man! Surely! I''ll get him right away."
A male employee came over and then I was dragged away.
Thedy sat idly on the couch while I was taken over to the backroom to change my clothes.
Over and over.
From red zers and suits with my hair pulled back to brown long coats and turtlenecks with braided hair. From sses to shirts to jewellery, Iw as subjected try all kinds of different things on.
Each time, as if I was a doll being dressed up for their master, I was taken out to thedy who grew increasinglyfortable in her position. Drinking some wine and snacking on some freshly baked cookies, she assessed my clothes with a stoic smile and either hummed nor shook her head,
It took almost an hour, and I had tried on over 30binations of clothes and essories.
In the end, thedy smiled as I wore a red suit that matched her clothes. Itplimented my eye color well and there was also a ck shirt inside under the zer that was to my taste.
I was given simrly ck cufflinks and a locket with an Acacia flower that was made especially for the family.
"Great, we''ll take this."
I smiled.
"I''ll pay for it," I said as I snapped my finger and summoned a bunch of money when thedy cut me off.
"And everything else he tried on."
"Yes?" I asked.
Thedy got up and waved her hand from one end to the other.
"From here to here, give us everything."
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The manager rushed while I watched, stunned.
"All the jewellery too. I''ll doll him upter."
"As youmand, mydy."
What the fuck?
"I-I don''t have that kind of money."
"You don''t need to." thedy looked at me. Even under the veil, I could tell she was looking the coolest she had done yet.
"It''s all a gift, from me."
Wow.
Seriously.
I felt like I was losing all of a sudden.
I had to show her my cool side, asap.