Volume 1 Chapter 39

Volume 1 + Chapter 39: Came To The Right Place

Listening to the butcher shop owner’s words, Eve fidgeted with her fingers, feeling unsure for a moment.

To put it bluntly, the owner lady meant that most of the tailor shops on this street were rather shady, after all, for such craftsmanship-oriented industries, the pricing power was entirely in the hands of the shop owners.

Moreover, this was one of the most prosperous commercial streets in the Empire, just the monthly rent alone wasn’t cheap, as the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep.

If a cute and plump little sheep like Eve went there, she might be eaten clean to the bone.

The owner lady either deliberately exaggerated to scare Eve, or these unscrupulous merchants were truly that dark-hearted.

Anyway, Eve’s cute appearance when she was scared, looking slightly nervous, indeed made the owner lady smile so wide her mouth was about to twist.

How could there be such a beautiful and cute white-haired madam in this world, she’s too lovable, makes one want to hand over their entire shop to her…

“I understand, thank you for your advice.”

Eve nodded, after much thought she still decided to go to that larger and more impressive-looking tailor shop…

It couldn’t really be called a shop anymore, given their scale, if not for the introduction from someone inside the commercial street, Eve would probably avoid it if she saw it.

After all, she worried that with just the 10 silver coins in her pocket, she would be deeply in debt before even entering their door.

But the butcher shop owner lady told her that their raw material prices were quite cheap, and the shop manager was very familiar with her, surely willing to sell to Eve at a low price.

After all, Eve was so beautiful, who wouldn’t be mesmerized? Giving a discount was just a matter of saying “please” sweetly, right?

Eve walked into that shop, which had three floors in total, with the first floor’s window displaying many finished clothes, designed exquisitely and luxuriously, just one glance was enough to make people gasp in amazement.

“Welcome.”

The shop assistant standing behind the counter immediately came forward warmly to greet Eve.

“What would you like to look at? Miss, you’ve come at just the right time, we recently got many new styles, and many would suit a beautiful madam like you.”

“I… I’m not here to buy clothes, I’m here to buy fabric.”

Hearing Eve’s words, the shop assistant showed a puzzled expression, knowing that this was the best clothing store in the entire Imperial capital.

Sometimes they even received orders from the Royal Family.

Everyone knew they only did custom orders and sold ready-made clothes, even in the shop assistant’s 10+ years of work, this was the first time she encountered someone coming to buy fabric for making clothes.

“I see, we… Please wait a moment, let me ask about this.”

Although the shop assistant didn’t understand, seeing Eve’s delicate features, she couldn’t help but feel quite fond of her.

Beauty indeed had its advantages, especially since Eve wasn’t just ordinarily beautiful.

The shop assistant ran to a fashionably dressed woman with golden wavy hair, who was currently attending to a pair of jewel-adorned ladies, her expression showing obvious displeasure at being suddenly interrupted.

“Miss Roland, there’s a beautiful silver-haired madam over there who wants to buy some fabric from us.”

“Fabric?”

The golden-haired woman called Roland paused slightly, then as if remembering something, turned her gaze toward Eve, who was somewhat nervously examining the shop.

Eve’s obedient and curious appearance made her look like a soft little rabbit, endearing to others.

“It’s her! It must be her! The distinguished guest Miss Eve that the Young Lady personally came to instruct about last night!”

Roland’s eyes immediately lit up, then turned to the two noble ladies beside her, no longer caring about these guests, as no guest was more important than one personally instructed about by the Young Lady.

“My apologies, Duchess Ladies, I have some important matters to attend to. I understand your requirements quite well, if there’s anything else you need to add, please just inform our shop assistants. Rest assured, within 30 days, I will personally deliver the gowns you want to both of your mansions.”

“Please excuse me, you attend to the two Duchess Ladies.”

Roland couldn’t care less about the two noble ladies before her, adjusted her smile, and went to greet the nervous Eve in the hall.

Before Eve could speak, she first bowed to Eve, this etiquette level was very high, symbolizing the vast status difference between the two people, which meant that Roland had now regarded Eve as an honored guest.

Eve didn’t quite understand these formalities, could only nod somewhat nervously, her slightly panicked appearance making her even more adorable.

“Hello, I’m the manager here, you can call me Roland, this is my business card.”

Roland, following her Young Lady’s instructions, pretended not to know Eve and respectfully handed over her business card.

Eve accepted it with both hands, looking at the elegant business card, she felt it looked somewhat familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

“You’re here to buy fabric, right? Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place, we haven’t had such a discerning customer like you this year.”

Rainbow flattery, activate!

Eve was suddenly surrounded by all kinds of praise and compliments, these pretty words making her dizzy.

Those who didn’t know might think she was back in the Church Academy principal’s office.

Oh no, I’ve been surrounded by flatterers.

And the confused Eve never understood the cause and effect of it all.

Selection, payment, all done in one go. The total price of 2 silver coins stunned Eve… they even gave her many practical small tools that could be used when making clothes.

When Roland helped Eve carry a bunch of seemingly expensive premium fabrics out of the shop, Eve was still in a daze.

However, Roland’s fawning manner caught the attention of people on the commercial street.

After all, she was one of the top skilled tailors in the Imperial capital, who had even made gowns for Princess Alice and received great praise from Princess Alice herself.

Her reputation was known throughout the Imperial capital… except to Eve.

“Welcome back anytime, Miss Eve.”

“Ah… um, thank you, you’re really a good person.”

Eve was somewhat dazed, honestly, she wasn’t dazed, but truly didn’t know how to face this lady’s enthusiasm.

After much thought, to show her gratitude, she took out a package of cookies she made yesterday from her pocket.

Originally she had planned to save them for when she got hungry, but after thinking about it, she gave them to Roland instead.

“This is… for me? Thank you, I’ll accept them then.”

Roland accepted with both hands, at this moment her heart was full of confusion, what did this madam mean by giving her cookies?

Wait… cookies?

When the Young Lady ran over late last night, wasn’t she eating these same cookies?

Those small delicate cookies in the Young Lady’s hands were like some kind of delicacy, the Young Lady was like a little hamster, holding the cookies in her palms and nibbling them in small bites with a very enjoyable expression.

It even made Roland mouth water for a moment.