Today’s Goal is a Safe Divorce! - Chapter 58

Chapter 58

“These are the dresses the Grand Duke prepared in advance. There are dresses for the outdoors, but there are also many dresses for indoors”

There was nothing more embarrassing than wearing a dress for going out at home. At the thought, Elysia nodded her head in a good way.

“And, about the room…”

At that, she turned her eyes to Rachel’s cautious tone. Rachel had been talking well until now though suddenly she had a particularly trembling voice.

“Room?”

“Your Grace’s room.”

“Ah…”

Right. Elysia remembered that it was Rachel and Chloe who told her she had no room yesterday.

“I think we made a mistake because we didn’t know. Please forgive us.”

“We’re sorry.”

Even the bright Chloe bowed her head in apology, so Elysia was stunned. It wasn’t their fault.

“Because we gave false information…”

She couldn’t understand what they meant by false information. In the end, they were right that she didn’t have a room though she knew what was causing Rachel and Chloe to tremble. It was him… Damon must have stepped in.

“It doesn’t matter, you can raise your head.”

“We’re really sorry.”

It was like he was taking it out on them. Still, Elysia didn’t know why he scolded Rachel and Chloe, because she didn’t have a room.

“These are the indoor dresses. What will you choose?”

When they said that they had prepared the indoor dress, of course, she thought that they had already picked out one. However, Rachel and Chloe led her to a room.

“Wow…”

A dressing room.

Her mouth went wide open at the immense amount of dresses. It was because it was such a huge scale that she didn’t know where the indoor dresses were.

“From here to there are the indoor dresses.”

Even the indoor dresses were so full that she had no idea how many there were.

“I, I…”

“If you don’t think you can choose, can we pick one?”

She didn’t know that choosing a dress would be so exhausting. In the end, Elysia only nodded her head in a dispirited state at their suggestion and just stayed still as they dressed her.

“His Grace prepared everything.”

…Damon bought all these dresses?

“The Grand Duke?”

“Yes, he filled the dressing room waiting for Your Grace.”

She understood why the Grand Duchy especially welcomed her. It seemed that they were thinking that Damon was in love with her.

“The other dresses have not arrived yet.”

“Have not arrived…?”

To say that, the dressing room was already full. The tight rows of dresses made it impossible to speak. However, if they weren’t all there yet… It didn’t even look like there was any more space here?

“Yes.”

“Doesn’t it look like there’s more space?”

“There are two more dressing rooms.”

…Two more? Were there really that many dressing rooms in the first place? There were also many places where a wealthy noble family didn’t have a dressing room. The County was like that, they only had the Countess’ dressing room, and Rowena and the Count were not set aside separately.

“The other places are not yet finished. I think Madame Catherine’s dress will also go there.”

Elysia became uncomfortable with Rachel and Chloe’s attitudes that were kind to her as she knew where their kindness was coming from. She did not know how to explain the great misunderstanding of the Grand Duchy’s people. In addition, She was afraid of retaliation that would come later to deceive and win favors.

“….”

“Your Grace?”

“Ah… Yes, thank you.”

Was it because she knew that this kindness was not entirely directed towards her? Elysia became cautious. If they found out that she was just a Grand Duchess in name, their attitude would change.

“Do you want to eat first?”

“What about the Grand Duke?”

“Master has already eaten and is at work.”

So, that was why Damon wasn’t in bed.

Considering that the Count was always busy, the more prominent family — the Grand Duchy — would be busier. It was surprising anyway. She didn’t think he would do real work like that at all… Surprisingly, he was more sincere than she thought.

Perhaps, it was because there was a perception that Damon was a villain who only did cruel things, so she naturally thought he was ignoring his work.

“Let’s go straight to the dining room.”

Yesterday she was so out of her mind she didn’t realize it though the Grand Duke’s castle was definitely wide. Just by looking at the stairs, the stairs were so high that if someone pushed anyone from behind and fell, they would die instantly.

“…What kind of stairs are so scary?”

“Yes? What did you say?”

“No, no.”

Even the stairs were black. Elysia was irked with the black steps that had been polished to a glossy finish. They were not from a black-crazy family, yet the inside and outside were all black.

“How do you want to eat? I heard you don’t like breakfast very much.”

How did they know she didn’t like breakfast? Elysia got tired of forcing herself to eat three meals a day, and it was hard because she didn’t have much appetite. In particular, the food to eat right after waking up was a huge hardship for her.

“Can you prepare something simple?”

“Understood.”

As the Grand Duchy seemed to be well-organized despite the lack of staff, everyone moved in unison as if they were familiar with it so she was wondering if she could budge in.

“I said to prepare something simple…”

She couldn’t figure out where the word ‘simple’ was. It was even more dazzling than yesterday evening. Because she mentioned simple, she thought it was just soup and salad.

“I can’t eat all of this…”

Even though she had eaten a lot these days, Elysia couldn’t eat even a single serving of other people’s meals. After all, she had lived her whole life hungry. She couldn’t have suddenly enlarged her stomach capacity. When she was forced to stretch it, she had a stomach ache and moaned in bed.

“We prepared only soup, salad, and bread.”

While everything looked delicious and she was drooling, she couldn’t help it. If she were greedy for no reason, she would get a stomach ache in the morning.

“I see.”

Elysia was not willing to pick up the spoon for the soup of a different color from yesterday. Unlike the yellow soup, which looked delicious, the green soup didn’t look appetizing at all. Somehow, she thought it actually smelled bad…

“Are there any problems?”

At that moment, she turned her head when she heard a man’s voice coming from behind. There stood the butler, Sebastian.

“Ah, Sebastian is here.”

“Please, feel free to speak comfortably. Especially in front of the Grand Duke, you must never show any respect.”

Sebastian had the same reaction as Julia.

It seemed that everyone was afraid of her, just like with Damon. While she had yet to see Damon’s real face, she just knew it.

“Well…”

In the end, Elysia just chose to keep her mouth shut. It was difficult for her to speak comfortably with Julia to Sebastian, and she didn’t know where their kindness came from… In fact, she was probably of the lowest position in this Grand Duchy.

“The soup is spinach sou. Cann I change it to another soup?”

“No, no. It’s okay.”

Spinach soup… Elysia’s forehead narrowed slightly. She didn’t like vegetables very much, but she couldn’t get others to work twice, so she forced herself to pick up the spoon.

She couldn’t be hated by them.

“Huh…?”

The soup she ate without expectations was surprisingly delicious. Yesterday, too, she felt the chef’s skills seemed to be considerable. How could even the ingredients she disliked be so delicious…!

“I’m sorry during the meal, but can I talk to you about housekeeping after the meal?”

“Housekeeping?”

“Yes, with me and the chief maid, Julia.”

Elysia was not in a position to refuse anyway, so she just nodded her head at his words. The feelings from yesterday were still there. The food was all delicious, and even though it was breakfast, she dug in endlessly.

‘…Is Damon’s goal trying to fatten me and eat me?’

If not, the food would not have been all that delicious. She felt like she would be plump if she continued to live here.

“Can I bring you some dessert?”

“No, it’s okay.”

It was delicious, so she ate it all, but there was no space left to eat until dessert.

“Then, may I guide you to Your Grace’s office?”

“…Do I have an office?”

“Yes.”

Elysia was surprised to hear that she had an office. There was no room for the Grand Duchess, yet there was an office…

“I don’t have my room yet, do I?”

“Ah… The office doesn’t take that long to prepare.”

With Sebastian’s sudden and visibly bewildered action, Elysia got suspicious. There was something strange. They had time to prepare the office though no time to prepare the room…?

“I will guide you right away.”

After that, Sebastian just avoided her gaze. So, even if there was something suspicious anyway, she had no way to figure it out.

Elysia, who came into the office under his guidance, glanced inside. It was pretty well organized for preparations done in a hurry. In her mind, if only a bed were placed, it could be used as her room right now.

“I think it could be used as a room…’

At those words, Sebastian gently turned away from Elysia. She knew from the beginning that she wouldn’t work. It was something she said just in case.

“Please wait here, Julia will come.”

When she heard Julia’s name, she recalled the unanswered questions in her morning.

“Ah, come to think of it… Is there any reason Julia is making the bedding?”

No matter how she thought about it, it was too hands-on for her maid chief as it was strange that she went up to that position and was still making the bedding.

“That…”

‘It’s not a big deal,’

With Sebastian’s hesitant answer, Elysia tilted her head.

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