The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 33

Chesha, who had been peacefully eating amidst the chaos, suddenly lost her appetite.

She put the fork she was about to stick into the deliciously roasted lamb back on the plate.

Then, she pinched her own arm.

Hoping it was a dream, she pinched hard, but unfortunately, it hurt a lot.

Chesha looked under the table.

There was a puppy with the same expression of ‘Is this a dream?’

Regardless, the twins were deep in conversation.

“But the store might have gone out of business.”

“What?”

“When I went there last time, it was a mess. But they’ll probably close after clearing out the remaining stock, right?”

Karha seriously tried to persuade him, saying there were many nice hats and accessories, so they could just pick a few.

Under the table, Hata wagged his tail, pretending not to be Hata.

He seemed happy to be praised even in the midst of the shock.

Ishuel retorted primly.

“If it’s a store operating in the underworld, the designs will probably be too bizarre.”

“No, really. Just trust me.”

“Hmph.”

But something was subtle.

Even if it was Karha, Ishuel also seemed to know something about the underworld.

It had been strange before, but what could the Count of Basilian, who was stuck in the Eastern Black Forest, have to do with the underworld?

Especially the young boys.

‘Karha even has a history of visiting the hat shop.’

While Chesha was quickly racking her brain, Ishuel and Karha finished their agreement.

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Yeah, let’s go. When should we go?”

“Since it’s urgent, as soon as possible? How about tomorrow?”

“Okay.”

Watching the twins make plans to waste their time, Chesha clicked her tongue.

Even if they went, the store would be closed anyway.

‘The hat shop owner is currently gnawing on a chunk of meat under the table.’

She was surprised when Hata’s hat shop was first mentioned.

But after thinking calmly, she realized that everything would be resolved if she just stayed still.

‘Okay. Let’s pretend I don’t know!’

Her lost appetite seemed to have returned.

Chesha left the twins to their fiery debate and continued her meal.

“Why is it so noisy? I told you to mind your table manners.”

Then Belzeon appeared in the dining room.

He seemed to have just finished his paperwork, as there was a little ink on his fingers.

“Brother!”

Ishuel jumped up from his seat and ran to Belzeon.

Belzeon was momentarily taken aback by Ishuel’s enthusiastic welcome.

“The clothes I ordered today arrived, did you see them by any chance?”

However, after listening to Ishuel’s long speech about the tackiness of the capital’s clothing store, he understood everything.

He completely regained his indifference while listening to Ishuel’s chatter.

In the end, he just nodded.

It seemed like this had happened often before.

‘At this point, isn’t it Ishuel’s standards that are too high, rather than the clothes being strange?’

Chesha had such doubts.

Judging from Belzeon and Karha’s indifferent reactions, it was quite possible.

“I entrusted it to the most famous clothing store in the capital because I was being considerate! They must have ignored the Basilian family.”

He grumbled that if he had known this would happen, he would have just ordered clothes from the clothing store he always used in the East and received them.

Furious, Ishuel even started to argue conspiracy theories.

“They gave the good products to other families and sent us the worst clothes and accessories, right?”

But listening to it, it sounded plausible.

‘It could be true?’

Hata said he received an order for hats from the Basilian family at the clothing store.

‘If it was a hat made by Hata, it would definitely have pleased Ishuel.’

But looking at the current situation, Hata’s hat seemed to have gone to another family.

It seemed that Hata putting all his heart into making it because Chesha would be wearing it was a miscalculation.

‘It must have been an amazing hat to anyone who saw it.’

A noble who visited the clothing store saw the items going to the Basilian family and demanded them.

From the clothing store’s point of view, they would naturally want to give good items to the famous families in the capital, who they usually dealt with, rather than the bumpkin family from the East.

If a famous person wore the clothing store’s clothes, it would be a huge promotion.

“Should we look for a new clothing store?”

Belzeon, who had been listening quietly, offered a word of comfort.

But Ishuel shook his head.

“There are only a few days left until the banquet, so I’ll just add some accessories to the clothes, and I need to find some decent hats and hair ornaments.”

Ishuel let out a light breath.

“It’s the Basilian family’s debut in the capital’s social circles…”

And he said with a near-mad glint in his eyes.

“I’ll figure it out somehow, Brother.”

***

No one could stop the crazed Ishuel.

Even Belzeon followed Ishuel’s opinion entirely.

Kiern wasn’t home today, though.

Even if he had come home and heard the story, he probably would have told Ishuel to do as he pleased.

That’s how great Ishuel’s obsession with clothes was.

The men of Basilian were well aware of this fact, so they all seemed to back down.

“Haa, really, so tacky.”

After Belzeon took Karha away, saying he had something to say.

Ishuel, who remained in the dining room, took Chesha and the puppy to the dressing room.

There were five mannequins in the dressing room, wearing the clothes received from the clothing store.

As soon as Ishuel saw the clothes, he became very irritable again.

“It would be perfect for tearing up and using to wipe the windows. Right, little sister?”

Chesha looked at the clothes.

Four suits, one small baby dress, and various accessories.

The custom-made clothes weren’t that bad.

In fact, they were quite decent.

Anyway, it was a famous clothing store, so they did at least the basics.

‘But I think I know why he’s angry.’

What Ishuel wanted wasn’t ‘decent’ clothes.

He wanted perfect clothes.

‘It’s his social debut, so he wants to be more careful.’

The Basilian people were all owners of appearances worth dressing up.

Ishuel couldn’t help but want to dress them up nicely and make Basilian the star of the banquet that day.

“The dress is really…”

Ishuel became especially cold in front of Chesha’s dress.

He fiddled with the dress and muttered in a colder voice than Belzeon’s.

“It’s a good thing I chose the fabric myself, or I would have thrown it straight into the trash. Even taking the curtains hanging in the Snake’s Castle would be prettier than this.”

Chesha, recalling the drab curtains of the castle, didn’t think so, but remained silent.

Hata, who was held in Chesha’s arms, was also slightly… very slightly intimidated by Ishuel’s terrifying momentum.

“I clearly told them to put lace here!”

Still, Ishuel definitely had a good eye.

He glanced over the four clothes and made plans to fix them and cover them with accessories, and they were all correct.

Chesha, who was watching from the side while touching Hata’s paws, reacted enthusiastically as soon as he finally took his eyes off the mannequin.

“You worked hard!”

Ishuel made a groaning sound and hugged Chesha, puppy and all.

“I still don’t like it.”

He pouted his lips.

Looking at his sharp appearance, she naturally became curious.

How did Ishuel become interested in dressing up like this?

The Snake’s Castle owned by Basilian had a very drab atmosphere.

Kiern dressed well, but he wasn’t as fanatically obsessed with dressing up as Ishuel.

He grew up alone in a place where there was no such atmosphere at all, so she couldn’t help but be curious.

Chesha couldn’t resist her curiosity and asked.

“Brother, why do you wike cwothes?”

“Huh? There’s no special reason.”

Ishuel casually dismissed it, saying he just liked dressing up.

Still, wondering if there was a reason he came to like it, Ishuel pondered.

Then, as if he suddenly remembered, he opened his mouth.

“Ah, in the very beginning…”

As if it was nothing, Ishuel smiled slyly.

“I didn’t want to look like I didn’t have a mom.”