Part Twenty-three
Translator: Minna (proofread by Trespasserby; C/E edited by lucathia)
He didn’t really seem to care much about the price of the dress. When Edward casually waved his hand, the two people behind him imdiately took out a wallet and moved toward the store clerk. When she saw that he really was about to pay for her, ng shouted loudly, “Wait! What are you doing?”
Surprised, Edward replied after hemming and hawing, “I believe… In my opinion, it’s very rude to let a lady pay, so you shouldn’t worry about the expenses of the dress. Just take it as compensation for not being able to welco you appropriately last ti.”
“You can’t do that!” ng said quickly.
“ng?” Sword Spirit never thought that ng would interrupt his carefully planned set-up. The dress was already within grasp, too.
But ng was very determined. “This is my very first dress, so I want to buy it myself. I don’t want it to be so sort of small compensation.”
Sword Spirit was taken aback. “But we don’t have any money.”
“We’ll co here again tomorrow morning and ask the boss to let work here, so that I can make up for the money. I want to earn it myself.” ng seed to be very resolute and left no room for discussion.
Sword Spirit, who was used to ng not having any opinions, was majorly surprised by her determination this ti. Who would have thought that ng would be so persistent about this kind of thing, that because it would be her first dress, she would want to buy it herself? But Sword Spirit wasn’t able to scold her. Quite to the contrary, he appreciated this way of thinking.
“Is that so?” Soone refusing his presents also appeared to be a first for Edward. He didn’t mind. Rather, it was a novelty for him.
ng nodded at him.
Edward showed a brilliant smile. “On that note, I wish you a pleasant ti at work. I’ll be coming again a few more tis. I hope to et you here again.”
Seeing Edward’s brilliant smile, ng had long been frozen on the spot and could only nod her head slowly. At the sa ti she thought to herself, If only a certain person would smile at like that…
The store clerk said in an exaggerated fashion, “If even Your Highness says so, okay, okay, you can work here to earn the money for the dress. I’m sure even the boss wouldn’t dare to go against the prince’s wishes.”
When she heard that she was hired, ng was so happy that she threw Sword Spirit into the air and shouted joyfully, “That’s great!”
“Hey hey hey, you ugly woman, what do you think I am! I’m a sword. Careful, or you’ll cut your hand!” Sword Spirit yelled worriedly. In his heart, however, he was happy for ng.
After the warning, ng’s eyes widened, and she watched the sword fall from midair. She didn’t catch him, but shrieked and dodged, letting Sword Spirit clash onto the floor. A tallic clang sounded through the room. As he yelped in pain, he said through clenched teeth, “You lousy bitch!”
ng quickly picked him up and apologized endlessly, but Sword Spirit was so angry that he didn’t want to forgive her.
By the side, Edward was smiling happily.
Face solemn, ng held the sword while two n stood beside her with the sa serious expression. Their attention was focused on the sa thing. ng breathed in deeply and after she focused her eyes, the sword in her hand glided out in a straight and precise line. A long, ripping sound could be heard, and happy expressions appeared on the faces of the two n by her side.
Beads of sweat dripped down from ng’s face, and the n quickly gave her a towel she could wipe her sweat with. ng’s movents grew quicker. Only the sword’s afterimage could be seen, the ripping sounds unending.
At last, she slowly put away her sword, and her mouth drew into a satisfied smile, as the two n gathered to take a look.
“Great! The cloth has been cut cleanly and precisely, even better than being cut with my golden scissors,” said the boss with endless praise.
The store clerk added on his complints as well. “Amazing. You cut exactly along the lines the boss drew. Even though I’ve been doing this for many years, I can’t necessarily do any better than you.”
ng lowered her head, embarrassed by the many complints. Sword Spirit also opened his eyes and shouted proudly, “That’s because I have such a sharp edge!”
“Ah, I see Prince Edward has arrived,” the store clerk announced gleefully. At the sa ti, he exchanged a knowing glance with the boss.
“This early?” Surprised, ng turned her head, but there was no one in sight. Turning back, she saw that the boss and the store clerk were suppressing their laughter.
“You foolish woman.”
Sword Spirit couldn’t refrain from grumbling. He was very annoyed about ng hurriedly turning her head as soon as the na Edward was ntioned.
“ng.” Edward’s voice really ca from behind ng this ti.
Turning around with so shock, ng saw Edward’s perfect smile right before her eyes. She asked, dumbfounded, “Why are you here so early today?”
Edward’s smile beca even more radiant. “I finished my work earlier than usual because I wanted to co here as soon as possible.”
“Oh.” ng lowered her head in shyness and continued cutting her cloth, but she didn’t notice that she was cutting the cloth into shreds.
Edward was also looking at the pile of cloth with a happy smile. Moreover, after the cloth couldn’t be cut into any more pieces, he even took another one and laid it down in front of her, so that ng could continue with her way of shredding the cloth into tatters, without paying attention to what she was actually doing.
“Ugh.” A mont of inattention led to her overlooking Sword Spirit’s eyes and mouth. He directly banged against the table’s surface. However, ng herself obviously didn’t notice Sword Spirit’s wail.
“You have to co to the ball,” Edward couldn’t help reminding ng.
“Okay…”
Even though ng grew even shyer with her head lowered, Sword Spirit, who was in her grasp, could see everything very clearly. Actually, he should be delighted that ng had captured the prince’s attention—it was practically a miracle—yet, he was definitely unhappy. ng being spaced out made him unhappy; her reddening face made him unhappy; every word ng used to answer Edward made him unhappy!
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