Living a Scheming Marriage with a Mad Villain - Chapter 77

Loelle did not want to ruin a good day over something trivial, so she decided to think of the earlier incident as a small misunderstanding and let it go peacefully.

However, it was true that she felt a little tired, unlike when she first entered the shopping center. So, she changed her plan to just buy any decent item and head back to her room.

“What should I buy…?”

Loelle thought hard to find something practical, durable, and enough to fill the space of a single suitcase.

Just when the shopping time seemed to be calming down, Loelle was about to pick up clothes at another store.

The child who had snatched her clothes earlier appeared again, interrupting her shopping once more!

At first, the child only took the items Loelle tried to touch, but now she bought everything Loelle showed the slightest interest in or looked at for even a moment.

Despite her usually soft nature, Loelle grew increasingly annoyed by such blatant trouble.

“That wasn’t even something I wanted to buy… but I still feel so bad.”

She hadn’t done anything harmful or said harsh words. So why did it feel so upsetting?

Just like at Count Ivelle’s place, Loelle still didn’t understand that taking away someone’s chance was a terrible thing.

But separate from that, Loelle’s patience was reaching its limit.

While Loelle was feeling this way, a woman nearby snorted inwardly.

“Such a small thing.”

It would be a lie to say every citizen of the Ashelit Empire knew Loelle’s face, but among the middle and noble classes, it was safe to say no one was unaware of her.

But Rose Asenry was not a citizen of the empire, even though she had passed through the Pillaren port in Ashelit.

Rose Asenry was from the Monzeto Kingdom.

She was the only daughter and sole heir of the wealthy Asenry family, who had risen from humble beginnings to become the greatest landowners in the kingdom.

Because of her strong background, Rose’s nickname was also unusual.

“The Rose Thorn of the Monzeto Kingdom.”

“The arrogant princess of the Asenry Guild… a broken character pretending to be noble.”

“The only failure of the Asenry couple.”

In short, she was the official troublemaker of the Monzeto Kingdom.

The main reason people talked about her was not just her status as the kingdom’s greatest heiress, but mostly because of her difficult personality.

Rose was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and had never once been told “no” or “I don’t like you” as a joke or in seriousness.

Her parents treated her like a princess, and the servants worshiped her as if she were a goddess, so she didn’t even know what manners were for.

No, to Rose Asenry, manners were for the powerless to bow before the powerful.

Therefore, she despised and looked down on nobles who were “behind the times.”

That was really just an excuse, though. After all, when praise for her ended at the dinner table, her parents always said nobles were the root of all evil, so it was only natural.

In that sense, Loelle was exactly the type of person Rose hated the most just by existing.

A noble who seemed to have grown up loved and never had a hard life.

Of course, Loelle had never truly struggled either, but still, nobles looked even more unpleasant when seen that way.

However, the real reason Loelle unexpectedly drew the troublemaker’s attention today was not that, but because of how the employees had reacted at the first store Loelle had visited.

When she first entered the store, all the employees’ attention was clearly focused on her.

Rose was pleased to see the staff watching her closely, as if waiting for her to make a mistake or call for them.

But suddenly, when another woman entered the store, all eyes turned to that woman.

The employee who was serving Loelle remained focused on her, but that didn’t matter to Rose.

“Are you all crazy when I’m here?”

How dare they treat me, a VIP of Verdick Cruise, like this?

Rose stared at Loelle.

She was a woman wearing a simple dress that didn’t look expensive. Her face was average, and traveling with only one servant and no guards made her seem like she didn’t have much money.

But there was only one reason the staff watched her so closely.

“What does that noble think she is…!”

At that time, Rose’s anger toward Loelle was only mild. Taking away Loelle’s clothes through her servant was mostly a warning to the staff to behave.

But Loelle’s reaction after that drove the Monzeto troublemaker wild.

The platinum-haired woman showed nothing but a brief surprise.

Usually, nobles in such situations would look defeated, filled with humiliation, or stare arrogantly as if about to punish someone.

But Loelle only blinked for a moment, then left the store with her servant.

“How dare… How dare she ignore me…?”

In fact, the troublemaker was the one who caused the problem, so she should have been thankful that Loelle ended it with ignoring her.

But if that happened, she wouldn’t be a troublemaker anymore. As expected, Rose was ready to unleash her full troublemaker power.

Having experienced perfect ignoring for the first time in her life, Rose forgot the clothing store employees and now focused only on the uselessly noble woman.

She bought the items Loelle showed interest in, looked at, or picked up first.

Still, Loelle did not react.

But Loelle was a person who had gone through many hardships and knew better than to get upset by such foolish provocations. Besides, she believed young people, especially minors, deserved at least one chance to make mistakes.

So, all Loelle’s eyes showed was pity as she looked at the Monzeto troublemaker.

“Why is that girl so angry?”

This time, Rose grabbed Loelle’s clothes rack herself, but Loelle did not get annoyed. Instead, she gave a look that seemed to read Rose’s thoughts perfectly.

Loelle glanced at Rose briefly and then quickly left the store.

“Hey…! Are you trying to pick a fight with me now?”

Loelle was only giving her the last warning, as polite and clear as she could.

But Rose was a self-proclaimed troublemaker princess who had never set foot in the noble world, so she took the warning as clear disrespect.

Loelle soon stopped buying anything and moved to the men’s clothing store.

“She’s stranger than Peria or Briella.”

Loelle secretly wanted to get angry. But unfortunately, she still didn’t know how.

Even when ’s group was rude, when Elia openly ignored her, or even when Cassien spoke nonsense as if it were human speech, Loelle never once shouted.

So, as always, she chose to suppress her anger this time too.

“Right. There’s no way she’ll follow me here.”

Although Rose Asenry bothered her a lot, Loelle didn’t come here to run away.

When she had been walking around the shopping center with Millie earlier, she had found a few items she really liked and came back here because they kept coming to mind.

Loelle entered the premium watch brand store, Rendolbro.

For reference, the lowest price here started at 60 million won, and the highest went over 2 billion won.

“Since it’s a gift for Reus, I’ll pay for this myself.”

Of course, Loelle was unaware of everything and was feeling a bit happy thinking about buying a watch that suited Reus.

“May I see that watch, please?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The watch was placed on the glass display.

It was a high-end watch with an ocean blue dial, silver hands that shimmered with a lavender hue depending on the angle. The neatly set jewels were pleasing, and the sleek, simple design stood out most.

“This watch was carefully made by the founder and famous watchmaker, Mr. Clerivan. Including the two in our store, only seven were produced worldwide, making it extremely rare.”

At this moment, Loelle vaguely sensed something was wrong.

“It is carefully selected by the Rendolbro headquarters, so we can confidently guarantee its quality.”

“What about the price range for something like this?”

“Yes, ma’am, this product is priced at…”

Right then, Rose interrupted as if waiting for this moment.

“Hey, you.”

The employee serving Loelle flinched at Rose Asenry’s finger pointing.

“Me…?”

Though pretending to be surprised, the employee knew the rude woman very well.

“Why does she have to come to our store!”

The staff had to deal with rude customers, and it was natural that someone working at Verdick Cruise would know Rose Asenry.

Then the troublemaker said,

“Give me this.”

Her finger pointed exactly at the watch Loelle had been about to order.

“She’s been crazier than usual today, and now this…!”

Why did Rose Asenry pick Loelle Rochester as her target?

To avoid upsetting sensitive customers like Rose, everyone boarding was called “customer” or “guest.”

But that didn’t mean the list of especially important customers changed.

For example, the only Duke of the Ashelit Empire. Or Reus Rochester. Or someone dearly loved by Reus Rochester…

“So the person in front of me right now…”

The shrimp about to get crushed in the fight of whales looked at the important customer in front of him.

And there was a man watching them all.

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