NINETY: Fit for an Empress

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No wait, five.

Five massive gemstones embellished the dress.

One at the neck.

Two just above the breast.

And two more at the waist band.

Aside from the five eye-catching stones, countless more adorned the ornate metal bands across the neck, shoulders, and waistline of the dress.

".. What kind of stones did you say these were?" Kel asked, delicately laying a finger on the stone at her neck.

"That one is a diamond," the maid brushing her hair replied. "The rest of the big ones are emeralds, except the pink one hanging at your chest, which is balas ruby."

"O-oh," Kel dropped her hand, only to flinch again as it brushed against the blush taffeta cascading down either side of body.

She'd never felt anything quite so smooth and soft before. Not even when she attended important events in place of Adriell.