“Yeah……That’s definitely a gooney dress.”
“An A-line type dress from olden days with garish decorations, furthermore it’s evening yet she brings a parasol.”
Spontaneously Mary and Addie were thunderstruck.
Even though it’s A-line dress, there’s alternative practice of wearing it………moreover, she was terrifically skittish she couldn’t calm down, her jittery movements reverberated in the vicinity.
Those gestures spurred her coa.r.s.eness; nonetheless without realizing it, spotting Mary and Addie forms as if she was reprieve, her face loosened its contractions.
“Good evening, Mary-sama. For inviting me today, uhm, thank you very much.”
Alicia bowed while gingerly ruffled her skirt’s hem.
It should be an elegant poise yet it exuded ungainliness, Mary automatically sighed.
Hearing it, Alicia hastily raised her head.
“U, uhm, do I look outlandish? I could only obtain an old dress…..”
“It’s not about an old dress or not!”
Whoosh! A resounding noise, Mary with her great momentum pointed out her forefinger.
Luckily, there were merely three people in the vicinity so flinging harsh criticisms as a villain wouldn’t pose any problem.
Above all, she wouldn’t be appeased unless she complained. Alicia’s dress was that tawdry.
If her dress designer was here, she’d beat him into a pulp.
“Why’s it so meretricious, it’s a pain in the eyes! And what’s with that parasol, its nighttime you know!? What’d shine upon you!”
“No, uhm…….This is my first time wearing it, I don’t know what’s good or not……….”
“A hefty ribbon on your head, a corsage on your chest, and a ribbon again on your stomach! One focal point isn’t enough for you!? Do you want to be a shooting target!?”
“I, I didn’t know what I’ve to do…….!”
Since Mary repet.i.tively indicated them with rapid succession, Alicia spluttered so in doleful voice.
Judging from the girl’s prospect being ‘uncouth’ was reasonable, contrarily; it’s coherent for the n.o.bility upbringing Mary to not allow such ‘tastelessness’ as well.
That’s why Mary shot a meaningful gaze on Addie and lightly cracked1 her finger. Getting her signal, Addie without being told off, heedfully nodded and approached Alicia.
“Alicia-chan excuses me for a bit.”
“Eh………..eh?”
W-what? (Alicia) while Alicia was gaping at Addie and Marie respectively, Addie gently touched her hair.
Thence to avoid destroying her golden hair, he softly removed her ribbon and skillfully uncoiled her abdomen’s ribbon.
“It’s better to loosely knot this. If it’s too tightfitting it’ll just cause you some pain, all right.”
“I-is that so?”
“Don’t tie it on the middle; I endorsed to tilt it a little.”
With proficient hands he fixed the waist ribbon and nodded contentedly.
But he added “Please remove the corsage by yourself” at the end, inasmuch as he’ll involuntary brush her chest by their juxtaposition. Twigging it, Alicia went cherry, she promptly detached the corsage.
“Ojou, what about her hairstyle?”
“Try to braid it”
“I understand”
Towards Mary’s unhesitant direction, Addie obeyed.
Their coordination was impeccably comparable to a master-slave had, nevertheless the piteous Alicia was still slow in the uptake.
It ashamed her to feel comfortable as Addie started to entwine her hair, when she turned up, she found Mary’s thrilled gaze discomfited her as well……………
Thereafter as everything had been done, Alicia’s A-line dress which in few minutes ago had been stinking of hinterland was transformed into a cla.s.sy2 apparel.
From the beginning Alicia had had excellent features.
Her mop which shimmered and swayed as light waft blew into it, and a proof of royalties —— it’s mystifying n.o.body haven’t noticed (Author) ———- was her purplish jewel-like eyes.
Her healthful limbs were slurry3 and long, modestly plumped and enraptured many eyes. A fascinating appeal between a girl and woman. Her ingenuous beam was lovely, her matured aspects brought people smile, and her casual gait stunned anyone with colorful4 ambience.
Most of all, Alicia and the Queen’s teenage version were as alike as peas in a pod5.
Eggheaded, radiating a sublime aura, even so she was a saint-like queen. She was the embodiment of all women’ idealism on earth, Mary who had been in her presence until now remembered how she gave her heartfelt respect as she bowed down before her.
Alicia was a mirror image of the Queen’s younger self. Albeit, considering her heredity its commonsensical.
That’s why, if Alicia pulled the right make-up notwithstanding it’s A-line dress, they’d a topnotch mishmash. No matter what brand or designer, at length it was but a dress to be garb………… just, how you wear it mattered.
“Uhm, is it okay now?”
Lacking of confidence, Alicia who has been remodeled by Mari and Addie queried timidly.
Seeing that Mary and Addie nodded ecstatically, of course it’s because Alicia has been refashioned flawlessly. On Addie’s case, he sp.a.w.ned a ‘completing one’s job’ sunny expression.
“Yes, it’s fine. You’ve became cute.”
As for Addie’s reply, like a dress-up child being praised, Alicia’s cheeks were tinted cerise, “Thank you.” She smiled.
“You even did my hair……..Addie-san got a skilled hand I see.”
“Although I’m like this, I’m Ojou’s personal attendant you know, If something is to happen, I’ve to at least able to execute a ‘spruce up’………well, that aside”
Prevaricating, Addie misdirected his line of sight.
Alicia followed his line of sight, the one was there was obviously Mary.
Leaning on the handrail, the girl exchanged glances with them, the afterglow breeze whiffed her silvery locks…….or not. Mary’s stubborn vertical rolls were relatively not stirred by the draft; they stayed motionless on both side of her face.
“Since those are alloy drills, I’ve not once tempered with Ojou’s hair……”
“I’m as well not ecstatic to be equipped with these alloy drills.”
“Eh, is not because you like that hairstyle!?”
“………Let’s stop this conversation, less I’ll cry”
Ha…….Mary exhaled and Alicia smiled wryly.
And as though she had remembered something; she racked her hand-bag and procured a small banquet.
“This…..for Mary-sama’s father”
“Oh my, you purposely prepared this?”
“Yes. However, I’m not rich, I don’t know what thing I should prepare for Albert House’s Master……….”
Biting her lip, ostensibly was embarra.s.sed Alicia curled her head.
Looking around, various majestic embellishments were present. Obviously, copious flower bouquets bejeweled the residence hither and thither, needless to say their brilliances weren’t comparable to the one Alicia held.
In the first place Albert House owned a garden; specialist gardener had always raised seasonal flowers to bloom beautifully. Right now forget about receiving a small bouquet, there’s no place to be decorated anymore in this residence.
Against Alicia’s conduct, Mary snorted.
“That’s obvious, there’s no way a plebian girl can possibly buy something which can make dear father happy.”
She pompously puffed her chest.
In addition, she inserted a villainous-like sarcasm.
“Well, now that you’ve brought it, why not deliver it by yourself?”
She continued thus
Her displayed sneer was unerringly belonged to a villainous lady; she who hitherto had given fashion advices was no longer there. What a splendid switch in personality.
Alicia, who didn’t grasped Mary’s cynicism, desperately shook her head sideways.
“N-no way! To directly deliver this to the family head, I’m too afraid to do it! And besides, I don’t know what to talk about………”
“My father is a generous personage. Even if you are clueless and talk brashly, he will laugh it off.”
“But, the present is this small bouquet……”
Looking down at the bouquet in her hands, Alicia muttered softly.
Casting a side glance, Mary took a glimpse of the girl’s bouquet.
It’s a lovely bouquet.
Abundant of tiny pink and white flowers were on its’ center, not just lovely, one could feel the meek comeliness of it. The thing which was sandwiched between red ribbon and the handle was probably a message card.
Setting those trifling matter aside, somehow the bouquet Alice’s held closely resembled her.
Alicia for sure chose it unknowingly. Mary imagined her figure pondering and choosing flower in front of the florist shop.
Nonetheless, that lovely bouquet was overshadowed by the resplendence of this place.
The one who foremost comprehended this was Alicia, to the point she wants to toss the bouquet away and scram.
Perceiving it, Addie gently tapped the girl’s shoulder.
“Danna-sama was a benevolent person; he certainly will appreciatively receive it.”
“Addie-san, but……”
“Don’t worry. Furthermore, Danna-sama previously………”
“Previously?”
“’For young girls to exist is already an award itself’, he a.s.serted so”
………….
Consequently, silence dwelled.
The one who broke it were ‘while lowering one’s head’ Alicia’s footsteps inside the resident and Mary who gripped her forehead
“I don’t want hear such story about my relative…….”
Said those agonizing words
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1 You know, when your hands/fingers are crammed and you stretch/knock them until your fingers’ bones make creaking noises.
2 In English, the original text was ‘cla.s.sic’
3 This was in katakana, “スラリ” I don’t know what that supposed to mean, searched it on in the internet and they gave me the word “slurry’, I’ve complicated feeling about praising someone’s limbs with the word slurry, oh well XP
4 色香 colourful fragrance
5 ‘若い頃に瓜二つである’It’s an idiom in j.a.panese, ‘a spitting melon’ so I added a similar idiom
Mary was an “alloy” cla.s.s adventurer, pfffttttsss and the image of Mary’s dear father just crumbled inside my mind. LMAO