Thanks to that, Odette was able to lower Karl's disgust level by an additional 30.
And the fact that she could go to the ball wearing a dress of her own choice.
Such Odette was wearing a dress made by Lise in the small toilette room on the second floor.
“Miss, are you sure this dress is okay? Thinking back to last year’s social season, oh my... there were only so many gorgeous dresses that were so eye-catching.”
“Lise.”
“Among those people, such a simple dress. You will definitely lose your temper. You should reconsider even now-”
“Trends are bound to change, aren’t they? It’s been decades since fancy dresses were in style. Aren’t they all just too flashy? Everyone must be tired of them already, so it’s time for such clothes to become popular.”
“Still.”
Lise looked anxious.
It was natural. Lise had neither known the future nor played <Redemption>.
She would never have guessed that just five months later, Charlotte would come along and wear the humble 'dirndl', a commoner's garment, which would become the new fashion in high society.
“Lise, you also thought that the lace dress I used to wear wasn’t very good, right?”
“It was so bizarre and aesthetically unsightly. The very thing that Lord Ferdinand had written on the dress order form was so funny. A dress that looked young and innocent, like a girl who would never grow up, and a gorgeous dress. I bet all the designers were holding their heads in shame. I was like, what the hell is this?”
Lise said very sharply.
“What could be more harmful to a girl than never growing up? Do you talk about harmlessness? Immaturity is something that shines when you look back after becoming mature. Immaturity can be brilliant because there is growth. Why do you sit around looking for glamour when a girl who has been deprived of growth is confused? What does a noble young master who has never lived as a girl know about girls?”
At moments like this, she gets angry and starts babbling nonsense, so she is definitely Madame Sarah's daughter.
Odette shivered slightly as she recalled a moment when Sarah had been lecturing her on aesthetics.
'Well, I guess they made such an impossible request and made such a strange and unusual dress.'
The problem is that Odette wore that dress. Because of the mystique created by the first Purifier, young ladies started wearing that flashy dress, creating a small trend.
There is no will of Odette at all, and yet she is still labeled as 'Odette-style'.
'I hated it too. Having my name on that dress.'
Even back then, when she was timid, she was still so disgusted.
“You think this dress is prettier, too?”
“That’s because it’s so simple. When it’s alone, it looks complete, but when it’s surrounded by fancy things, it gets buried and pushed aside...”
Odette just smiled at the worried Lise.
'Charlotte was able to make simple dresses fashionable not only because she was special.'
The social world was already tired of the bustles, corsets, and crinolines and the exaggerated beauty they created.
It's been nearly 60 years since fancy dresses became fashionable.
There have been many variations of the gorgeous dress, and for the past three years it has even reached its peak with the eye-sore 'Odette style'.
Odette was sure that this dress would work.
'Even if I don't fit into the social world, I have to get my hands on a simple dress.'
This is also an operation that takes away Charlotte's [fame] in the future.
Charlotte entered the social world as a 'real purifier'. The simple dirndls she wore were given the name 'Charlotte style'.
As if trying to contrast the fake Purifier and the real Purifier, even in their dresses.
< Odette style with its flashy appearance vs. Charlotte style with its simple but genuine nature >
In any case, the article puts Charlotte and Odette's dresses head-on.
Even people who don't know Charlotte well, or people who hate Odette, can't help but root for Charlotte.
Thanks to this, despite the disadvantage of being a commoner, Charlotte's [Fame] in <Redemption> rises to 100 in an instant.
In the social world is not so easy to give the flower of society to someone just because they are a 'real purifier', but Charlotte is rightfully entrusted with that title.
As much as the aristocratic society welcomed Odette's downfall, Charlotte was cheered on.
'Because of that useless rivalry, my name was mentioned endlessly whenever Charlotte was praised in <Redemption>.'
After Odette's revenge was over, she wanted to be forgotten as someone completely unrelated to the game's stage.
If possible, let's pretend it never happened in the first place. That way, she can live a real, proper life.
'Charlotte isn't the type of person who is greedy for [fame], so it'll be okay.'
<Ah...I really hate being the center of attention...>
Charlotte would cry when she chose the option to raise her [Fame] as a player. She was so uncomfortable with the attention that it was a good choice for both of them.
“No matter how you look at it, doesn’t it seem too monotonous? If someone without any discernment looks at it, it might remind them of a local social circle.”
“What if we set aside all the current trends and look at it? Just look at the perfection of the dress.”
“Just looking at the level of completion, it’s overwhelming. Hair ties, accessories, waist ribbons. How many dresses have you tried on? You picked the best out of them? My mother said the same thing to me.”
“Then don’t worry. You and Madame Sarah are the most sensible and the most outstanding people in the entire empire. So this can’t be wrong.”
Odette stood up, stating neatly.
“...”
In fact, Madame Sarah was the best designer in the empire in <Redemption>, and Lise was not far behind Sarah, so if she hadn't died in her previous life-
'-But why isn't there an answer?'
Odette turned and looked at Lise.
“...Miss, it’s against the rules. It’s not fair to manipulate a person like this and impress them.”
Lizlse grumbled with a sullen expression. Her eyes were slightly red.
Odette burst out laughing.
At first glance, it looks similar to Charlotte's dress, but it is completely different from the dirndl she wore.
Charlotte was the epitome of 'simplicity', wearing the same clothes she used to wear in the mountains. On the other hand, Odette brought out the most sensible character, Lise, to create 'simplicity'.
Not natural purity, but an artificial purity created through persistence. It is the crystallization of 'purity' that has been achieved through the investment of money, talent, and time.
'There is no part of the material and detail that was not taken care of. This is the best work of art made by changing the dress material several times.'
And Odette understood the category of 'nobility' better than Charlotte.
So, she also had a feeling that her 'staged innocence' would capture their hearts much more than real innocence, because staged innocence is rarer.
Odette planned to change the definition of 'Odette style' this time. Anything with her name on it had to reflect her aesthetic.
'Well, there's also a side benefit involved.'
John's keywords for strategy were simplicity and plainness.
Odette remembered how easily John's favorability rose and his dislike fell when Charlotte wore the 'dirndl'.
“Let’s try wearing different shoes this time.”
“Ah. Mom already chose the prettiest one.”
It was the moment when Odette put her foot into the white shoe. She frowned slightly.
“Why? Don’t you like the design?”
Lise tilted her head as she watched Odette pulling away, and soon her face turned pale.
Her feet, which she had taken out of her shoes, were covered in blood. They had been pricked by the many pins that someone had placed inside the shoes.
And the fact that she could go to the ball wearing a dress of her own choice.
Such Odette was wearing a dress made by Lise in the small toilette room on the second floor.
***
“Miss, are you sure this dress is okay? Thinking back to last year’s social season, oh my... there were only so many gorgeous dresses that were so eye-catching.”
“Lise.”
“Among those people, such a simple dress. You will definitely lose your temper. You should reconsider even now-”
“Trends are bound to change, aren’t they? It’s been decades since fancy dresses were in style. Aren’t they all just too flashy? Everyone must be tired of them already, so it’s time for such clothes to become popular.”
“Still.”
Lise looked anxious.
It was natural. Lise had neither known the future nor played <Redemption>.
She would never have guessed that just five months later, Charlotte would come along and wear the humble 'dirndl', a commoner's garment, which would become the new fashion in high society.
“Lise, you also thought that the lace dress I used to wear wasn’t very good, right?”
“It was so bizarre and aesthetically unsightly. The very thing that Lord Ferdinand had written on the dress order form was so funny. A dress that looked young and innocent, like a girl who would never grow up, and a gorgeous dress. I bet all the designers were holding their heads in shame. I was like, what the hell is this?”
Lise said very sharply.
“What could be more harmful to a girl than never growing up? Do you talk about harmlessness? Immaturity is something that shines when you look back after becoming mature. Immaturity can be brilliant because there is growth. Why do you sit around looking for glamour when a girl who has been deprived of growth is confused? What does a noble young master who has never lived as a girl know about girls?”
At moments like this, she gets angry and starts babbling nonsense, so she is definitely Madame Sarah's daughter.
Odette shivered slightly as she recalled a moment when Sarah had been lecturing her on aesthetics.
'Well, I guess they made such an impossible request and made such a strange and unusual dress.'
The problem is that Odette wore that dress. Because of the mystique created by the first Purifier, young ladies started wearing that flashy dress, creating a small trend.
There is no will of Odette at all, and yet she is still labeled as 'Odette-style'.
'I hated it too. Having my name on that dress.'
Even back then, when she was timid, she was still so disgusted.
“You think this dress is prettier, too?”
“That’s because it’s so simple. When it’s alone, it looks complete, but when it’s surrounded by fancy things, it gets buried and pushed aside...”
Odette just smiled at the worried Lise.
'Charlotte was able to make simple dresses fashionable not only because she was special.'
The social world was already tired of the bustles, corsets, and crinolines and the exaggerated beauty they created.
It's been nearly 60 years since fancy dresses became fashionable.
There have been many variations of the gorgeous dress, and for the past three years it has even reached its peak with the eye-sore 'Odette style'.
Odette was sure that this dress would work.
'Even if I don't fit into the social world, I have to get my hands on a simple dress.'
This is also an operation that takes away Charlotte's [fame] in the future.
Charlotte entered the social world as a 'real purifier'. The simple dirndls she wore were given the name 'Charlotte style'.
As if trying to contrast the fake Purifier and the real Purifier, even in their dresses.
< Odette style with its flashy appearance vs. Charlotte style with its simple but genuine nature >
In any case, the article puts Charlotte and Odette's dresses head-on.
Even people who don't know Charlotte well, or people who hate Odette, can't help but root for Charlotte.
Thanks to this, despite the disadvantage of being a commoner, Charlotte's [Fame] in <Redemption> rises to 100 in an instant.
In the social world is not so easy to give the flower of society to someone just because they are a 'real purifier', but Charlotte is rightfully entrusted with that title.
As much as the aristocratic society welcomed Odette's downfall, Charlotte was cheered on.
'Because of that useless rivalry, my name was mentioned endlessly whenever Charlotte was praised in <Redemption>.'
After Odette's revenge was over, she wanted to be forgotten as someone completely unrelated to the game's stage.
If possible, let's pretend it never happened in the first place. That way, she can live a real, proper life.
'Charlotte isn't the type of person who is greedy for [fame], so it'll be okay.'
<Ah...I really hate being the center of attention...>
Charlotte would cry when she chose the option to raise her [Fame] as a player. She was so uncomfortable with the attention that it was a good choice for both of them.
“No matter how you look at it, doesn’t it seem too monotonous? If someone without any discernment looks at it, it might remind them of a local social circle.”
“What if we set aside all the current trends and look at it? Just look at the perfection of the dress.”
“Just looking at the level of completion, it’s overwhelming. Hair ties, accessories, waist ribbons. How many dresses have you tried on? You picked the best out of them? My mother said the same thing to me.”
“Then don’t worry. You and Madame Sarah are the most sensible and the most outstanding people in the entire empire. So this can’t be wrong.”
Odette stood up, stating neatly.
“...”
In fact, Madame Sarah was the best designer in the empire in <Redemption>, and Lise was not far behind Sarah, so if she hadn't died in her previous life-
'-But why isn't there an answer?'
Odette turned and looked at Lise.
“...Miss, it’s against the rules. It’s not fair to manipulate a person like this and impress them.”
Lizlse grumbled with a sullen expression. Her eyes were slightly red.
Odette burst out laughing.
At first glance, it looks similar to Charlotte's dress, but it is completely different from the dirndl she wore.
Charlotte was the epitome of 'simplicity', wearing the same clothes she used to wear in the mountains. On the other hand, Odette brought out the most sensible character, Lise, to create 'simplicity'.
Not natural purity, but an artificial purity created through persistence. It is the crystallization of 'purity' that has been achieved through the investment of money, talent, and time.
'There is no part of the material and detail that was not taken care of. This is the best work of art made by changing the dress material several times.'
And Odette understood the category of 'nobility' better than Charlotte.
So, she also had a feeling that her 'staged innocence' would capture their hearts much more than real innocence, because staged innocence is rarer.
Odette planned to change the definition of 'Odette style' this time. Anything with her name on it had to reflect her aesthetic.
'Well, there's also a side benefit involved.'
John's keywords for strategy were simplicity and plainness.
Odette remembered how easily John's favorability rose and his dislike fell when Charlotte wore the 'dirndl'.
“Let’s try wearing different shoes this time.”
“Ah. Mom already chose the prettiest one.”
It was the moment when Odette put her foot into the white shoe. She frowned slightly.
“Why? Don’t you like the design?”
Lise tilted her head as she watched Odette pulling away, and soon her face turned pale.
Her feet, which she had taken out of her shoes, were covered in blood. They had been pricked by the many pins that someone had placed inside the shoes.
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