Chapter 49

His response seemed effortless, but Siervian wondered why the thoughts she could clearly see were different from what he said.

"What's wrong?"

Her brother was glaring at Garambell's Prince, but quickly smiled gently at Siervian when she looked at him.

"I will make sure to visit Garambell together."

"Wahh, yes, yaay! Your Hwighness the Crown Pwince!"

After celebrating, she focused and shook her head again.

It was clear that her brother also wanted to see the sea.

"Princess! It's a great success, a great success!"

A few days after Prince Abrel came to the palace— at this time, Marco came to visit Siervian and was celebrating loudly.

"Huh? Great success?"

Marco just went to the Princess's Palace and made a fuss.

While bowing his head, Marco held out a book to Siervian, who was eating cookies.

'Wha—!'

"Look at this, Princess, I invested in the feather decorations as you said, and orders have exploded this month."

"Mmh, Sebi can't read yet…"

"Oh, is that so Your Highness? Then I'll leave it to the head maid."

She nodded shyly, but Siervian had already roughly looked at the numbers.

She had a hard time suppressing the beating of her heart.

'The timing of the investment seems to be just right.'

Even considering that, it was a huge amount of money.

Thanks to Marco teaching her about the market price of commoners in detail, she finally acquired a sense of the value of money.

"Princess, how did you know that the feather decorations would be popular?"

This was the investment stock Siervian had secretly informed Marco of not too long ago.

Recalling the reason why it was a trend in her past life, Siervian struggled to hide her adult-like bitter smile.

'…I had a hard time because of that.'

The Vuingpi was a colorful feathered bird that only inhabited the Northern Empire. The bird was characterized by unusually abundant feathers that could adapt to cold weather.

In her previous life, the feathers of the bird were a decorative material that made a trend into the continents.

This was because the other Kingdoms had always envied the culture of the Empire.

'It was back then before I made my debut, when I was only 14-years old.'

In the Imperial Society, what nobles used as a headdress quickly spread to various decorations such as fans and corsages.

On her first social appearance, Siervian went out with that headdress.

'Oh my, when is that a trend again?'

'Right, yes. Goodness, Her Highness the Princess was quite the sight, ahem, ahem.'

The problem was that the trend in the continent was not popular anymore.

She ate the food and wore every dress the Empress ordered because Siervian was under her care at the time.

Back then, Siervian only hated the people who swore at her, but now she could clearly see that it was the work of the Empress.

"That's a secret with Sebi, got it?"

Ironically, when Siervian wore the feathered headdress, the trend returned.

So right now, this will be the first trend in her second life.

"…Yes, well. Alright."

"Thank you."

"However, Princess, there's a rumor that has spread because I made a good investment after visiting Your Highness's Palace. Is that alright?"

When Siervian met Marco, the ladies-in-waiting kept their eyes on him.

That said, Siervian looked around to see if there were people nearby and said to Marco.

"It's all wight, Marco does everything for Sebi anyway."

It was actually unintentional, but it was good.

After the Garambell's delegates had a personal meeting with the Princess, the palace had accidentally drawn people's attention.

Siervian was wary of the situation, knowing that excessive attention might lead to twists and turns.

However, it was difficult to find out that they picked investment stocks.

[ Marco William ]

Emotion: Uncomfortable

Thoughts: Hmm, I'm sure it's a good thing that I'm highly regarded because of my abilities, but it's not fair to take the Princess's credit. I'll have many things to do better for the Princess.

Furthermore, Marco's honest confession this conversation gave her confidence.

Marco scratched his cheek for a moment and continued the conversation as if he had remembered something.

"By the way, Princess, I don't think I can come to see you for a while."

"Why?"

"Well, when the Garambell's delegates returned. I heard that there's a trade that requires a number of people from the Ministry of Finance."

Trading had always been the main business of the Empire, but the items that go with the delegates are special.

Expensive items that are difficult to deliver will most likely be traded.

[ Marco William ]

Thoughts: Darn, this is the right time for business to spread like mana. They would've just sent someone else, but because I'm a noble I need to go. The money's not even worth it.

It seemed that a noble like Marco would be suitable for the job because the trade will be held in another kingdom.

Marco was particularly disappointed to go while he was saving money.

"Got it, take care of Parim."

"Yes, thank you for your concern. They've just gotten out of the woods with the endemic disease, so they'll be taking back plenty."

Marco answered with a puckered face, as if he was regretful about being in the trade.

It was a weird face that Marco had made, so Siervian covered her mouth to laugh secretly.

'Hmm, the trade with Garambell. This has never happened in my previous life, will this affect me?'

Until now, it had been a future that did not deviate much from the previous life.

Siervian seemed to be in a lot of trouble because she could not predict the ripple effect of the incident.

Her goal was to create a future that was as beneficial to herself and her family as possible.

"Come here, Sebi wants to say something."

"What? Okay, okay."

After thinking about it, Siervian carefully beckoned Marco again.

Marco quickly changed his expression and hurriedly lent his ear, perhaps due to the previous experience.