I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

5 – The Market

“The Market?”

“Yes. My mother asked me earlier.”

“If that’s the case, you can ask the servants to do it.”

“He said he wanted to ask me….”

“….”

Reina frowned at her displeasure.

Okay. Reina visiting the Duke of Axus was clearly in her position as a guest.

But it was only natural for her to feel bad about running errands.

“Ha, okay. If the Duchess said that, there must be a reason.”

“Thank you. Instead, I’ll prepare the dessert you said was delicious the other day next week.”

“Yes. Anna?”

“Yes, lady. Did you call?”

Raina called, and a woman appeared in front of her in an instant.

Tall over 170cm.

Scarlet eyes in her dark brown hair.

She has a soft atmosphere but an expressionless face.

Anna Margret.

Reina’s exclusive maid.

She was a character that did not exist in the original story.

“Hello, Anna.”

“Yes, Ike. I’m glad you look calm today.”

After Anna smiled lightly and bowed her head at her me, she turned her head back to Rayna.

“Did you hear the story? I’m going to the market in the Duchy of Axus. Please prepare.”

“Okay. Miss.”

Anna nodded her head and then she disappeared again in an instant.

How on earth can she move like that while wearing a maid outfit?

It looks like it will flutter a lot if you move it even a little.

I wanted to ask you another question.

“Okay. Then let’s go, Ike.”

“Huh? Can Anna not wait?”

“Don’t worry, I will follow you on my own. Don’t be surprised.”

… What are you talking about?

Reina’s last words made me curious, but the look on her face made it seem like she wouldn’t teach me at all.

I quickly gave up and left her arena with her.

★

“It’s a lively place.”

This was the first impression Reina left after arriving at her market.

“Sure.”

I quietly affirmed her words.

Actually, it was my first time here, so I had nothing to say.

“Brother. The item you want is probably on the next block.”

A middle-aged man quietly standing behind me and Reina whispered in my ear.

Blue eyes with gray hair swept back.

The uniform black suit gave him a dignified atmosphere.

This is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word old gentleman.

He was the butler, Alex, who came along to escort me.

Of course, it was a character that did not exist in the original work.

“Thank you. But is it okay if you follow me, Alex?”

A butler is a supervisor-like job who is responsible for and manages all household affairs.

You shouldn’t be leaving the house easily.

“It’s okay. It’s because my mother-in-law ordered it.”

Then it doesn’t matter, but what the hell is my mother thinking?

Send even Alex with you while you only go to the market.

Even.

‘Ike. It’s okay to walk around and come back as much as you like.’

Until the same incomprehensible words.

Is there anything else you want?

“I don’t know.”

“What do you mean?”

“Oh, nothing.”

The eyes that are lowered low and the mouth that does not move. Cold atmosphere.

I only saw her once at the ballroom, another version of her called the Ice Princess.

It would be fine to be a little more comfortable here.

I thought so, but I knew very well that I couldn’t.

She is the eldest daughter of the Roselia duchy.

She was taught to always behave like an aristocrat in the eyes of others.

She always acts noble so as not to lower the name and dignity of her family no matter what.

Even if it’s a family member.

For Reina, that was a rule.

“The store is on the next block, so I’ll buy it soon.”

“Yes.”

Knowing that fact, when I first came out of the mansion, I tried to be polite by using honorifics.

‘Never mind, treat me as usual.’

But as if I was an exception to that rule, I was immediately rejected.

“Is this here?”

The place where I stopped was in front of a signboard that said ‘Aria’.

“Did you say silk?”

“Yes. Young master.”

Are you trying to make clothes?

“Welcome.”

As I slowly opened the door and entered, the female owner greeted me.

I looked around and saw countless dresses decorating the store.

“Oh, you are Ike, right? I heard the story from Nia in advance.”

“Yes.”

The owner looked at the pattern of the Duke of Axus on my left chest and bowed her head.

“Here is silk.”

She took out various kinds of silk and put them on the podium.

“Is this enough, Mr. Ike?”

The owner smiled and she asked me, but there was nothing I could say.

I didn’t know much about cloth, and I hadn’t heard anything from my mother about it.

In the end, Alex took the place of me who couldn’t say anything and stood firm.

“Hmm, I think this is fine. Let’s take it all.”

“Thank you. The total price is 25 platinum coins.”

“Bocchan.”

I handed over the wrapping cloth containing the platinum coins to Alex and handed it over to the owner.

“One, two, three…. A total of 25 Platinum Coins, confirmed. Thank you.”

I knew that silk was a high-quality fabric, but I definitely felt it when I bought it myself.

The last time I roughly calculated it, it was 1 million won for a platinum coin, so did I just spend 25 million won?

I never thought I would spend the amount of money that would have been my year’s worth of medical expenses in one go.

“Then shall we go back?”

“Yes, boy.”

After Alex handed over the neatly wrapped silk to the shopkeeper, I turned my back.

“Wait a minute, Mr. Ike?”

But the shop owner caught me.

“Hmm?”

“I thought Reina of the Duchess of Roselia was also here, isn’t it?”

“… How do you know that?”

Right now, Raina was waiting for me outside her shop.

How does she know Reina when she hasn’t even entered the store?

“Nia-sama has something to ask of Reina-sama….”

Is she a mother or is she a mother?

“Please tell me. I don’t really want to call her.”

“T-Tell Reina-sama no matter what….”

What is your mother thinking?

“… All right.”

I opened the door and quietly called Reina.

“Reina.”

“Yes, Prince Ike.”

“I have a request for you, what should I do?”

“I am not familiar with this store at all, am I?”

“Looks like your mother asked for something.”

“Whoa.”

Reina frowned.

I’m sorry that I seem to see this often these days.

“Let’s listen first.”

“Thank you.”

She entered her shop with a sigh.

“You said you found me.”

“Oh, yes. You’re Reina from the Roselia duchy, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“That, that….”

Even though the owner brought Reina, he hesitated and couldn’t get her words out.

For some reason, he seems to be looking at me.

“Young master Ike. Could you please wait outside for a moment?”

Reina must have noticed that too, so she slightly lowered her head and asked.

“Okay. Alex, please wait here just in case.”

“Yes, boy.”

I left the store feeling a bit lonely.

“What are you asking for, young lady?”

“I don’t know. It seemed like a secret to me.”

As I closed the door, someone spoke to me.

Jet black hair trimmed in the same jet black suit as Alex.

If Alex was an old gentleman, he was a young man.

“Is it okay if I don’t go in with Anna?”

The true identity was Anna dressed as a man.

“Alex-sama is in instead, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”

“Yes.”

When Raina goes out of her mansion, Anna dresses up like this, she said.

‘The young lady doesn’t like having other escorts attached, and there are many problems when women go around together.’

It was a simple but irrefutable reason.

“However, Ms. Anna, the Duchess of Roselia….”

“Ike.”

“Ah, how did Anna come to serve the Duchess of Roselia?”

When I first met Anna, I used honorifics as usual.

But Anna refused.

The reason was that I, who is Raina’s friend, shouldn’t use honorifics to her lady-in-waiting, Anna.

There really weren’t any rules like that, but Anna seemed to have her own convictions.

“It’s not even a family that has served the Duke of Roselia for generations. Even from commoners.”

Handmaidens are personal assistants serving high-ranking nobles.

That’s why it’s usually a job for a woman from an aristocratic family with a certain position.

In other words, it was generally impossible for Anna, who was a commoner, to be the exclusive maid of Reina, the eldest daughter of a duke.

“Ike, why are you asking such a question now?”

“Just because you’re bored?”

Of course, that was absolutely not the reason.

Anna never appears in the original work.

If it was a lady-in-waiting like Reina, she would have reflected her face at least once.

Because you never know what will happen in such a gap, you have no choice but to obsess over trivial information.

“I also have my own circumstances….”

“Is there?”

“If you want to hear it, I think it’s better to hear it directly from Reina-sama.”

“Don’t do that….”

“Boss, everything is over.”

Just as she was about to question her Anna a bit more, Alex opened the door.

The timing is damn bad.

I quietly swallowed those thoughts in my mouth.

“Shall we go back?”

After Lena came out of her shop, I nodded quietly to her.

“What did you get?”

“There was a request from the Duchess the other day. Anna.”

“Yes, lady.”

Raina ended her story by handing Anna a box from her store.

I was curious about the contents of the item, but he seemed unwilling to answer.

“Then shall we go back?”

“Let’s do that.”

She said her mother would allow her to wander around the market to her heart’s content, but to be honest, she was running out of time.

Reina returns at 12:30. And now it’s just past 11:30.

I made an appointment to see Reina and the lake today.

The remaining time is 1 hour.

Going back to the mansion, going out to the lake, and having lunch.

No matter how much I did the calculations, I came to the conclusion that it was close.

So as soon as possible….

“Oh?”

“Wow!”

As I was walking with so many calculations, I bumped into someone running from the other side.