Dress up
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“I'm very happy that you kept your promise.
I know you don't like opera, but since it's my coming of age ceremony, I wanted to have fun with my father and eat at a restaurant.
Mom and Pierre will be here soon.”
A slender, brown-haired beauty smiled and hugged the marquis affectionately, opening the box door and entering.
Juliet, who was looking at them, turned around, her face expressionless.
She fell into the illusion.
Even though he was her biological father, he hadn't seen her face in over ten years and didn't care if she was okay.
Now he didn't hear her say:
‘Your daughter is for sale, give me five thousand terns.’
If there was such a love, he wouldn't have left her in this dangerous theater until now, which was full of all kinds of perverts.
Juliet briefly spoke ill of herself, being so deceived for a while, and a few days later she returned to Maribel.
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“What did you say?”
“Give me an eighty-month installment plan.”
Maribel opened her mouth in surprise and couldn't speak.
As she looked at the girl in front of her for a long time to see if she was joking, she became angry when she realized that Juliet was sincere.
“If you're joking, leave.
I’m not free enough to play with you.”
“I'm not kidding.
Does anyone joke about what's at stake in their life?
”
“So, are you serious?”
“Yes.
I'll pay you back when you get five thousand suits working.
When I found out how much I could earn in a month it would be about seventy terns.
So, I think I’ll be able to make up for it in eighty months.”
“I'm speechless.
Why should I listen to your words in a situation where I can earn five thousand terns immediately?”
“You will receive my gratitude and my grace.
On the other hand, if you do not listen to the offer, you will receive my grudges and my revenge.”
Maribel remained silent for a moment at the sight of the girl's glow as she proposed.
Juliet was not a commoner, but the illegitimate daughter of a marquis.
Half of her was a mixture of aristocratic blood.
Even though the bloodline was of little use now, she wasn't sure what would happen.
Furthermore, she was intelligent and had the courage and greatness that would not be easily taken back.
Maribel admitted that something troublesome might happen later, and then she spoke softly to the girl in front of her.
“All right.
I accept your offer.
But I'm sure you naturally thought about interest because you're going to divide the money and pay it back in six years, right?
What about interest?”
“Let's end with the fact that I have been working in theater.
Since you received five thousand terns for the kindness with which you raised me, shouldn't you be paid for my unpaid work in the theater?
Let’s calculate it as interest.”
Watching Juliet speaking to her clearly as if she was not willing to lose any money or be in debt to her, Maribel thought:
‘I shouldn’t let this jewel of a child go.’
However, she gave up her reluctance and nodded, thinking that she would be in danger if the girl came back, holding a grudge against her…
She seemed to be more affectionate towards this fickle child than she thought.
“Okay.
I accept your offer.
Let's write a promissory note.
It's good to be precise about everything.
We will also make it clear that if you cannot pay all five thousand terns in the eighty months you specify, you will have to sell out and pay.”
After checking the contents of the promissory note that Maribel wrote and gave to her, Julieta refused to sign it while asking, “I would like to make another copy, please.
I need two witnesses.
I will verify the two promissory notes with the signatures of two witnesses and sign them.”
Maribel laughed at the cleverness and boldness of the girl who grew up in the theater without much education, although she learned simple writing and manners from the theater's apprentices.
“Yes, I understand.
I'll get the witnesses.
I’ll call you as soon as they’re ready, won’t I?”
“Yes.
I will leave the theater if I receive the promissory note.
I have to go out and make money so I can pay.”
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A few days after concluding with Maribel, Juliet told Amelie and Sophie, who had raised her, her plan.“Have you decided to leave the theater?” Amelie was stunned by Juliet's sudden remarks.
“Yes, I have to live my life now.
Amelie said that the theater is the most dangerous place for an ordinary girl who has just had her coming of age ceremony.”
“Yes I said.
But what can you do out there?”
“I’m going to be a maid.”
"Employee?"
"Yes."
“Do you know what a dangerous job is?
It's a job you can't go anywhere and complain about, even if you are raped by visitors coming and going.
”
“If I’m an extremely fat and ugly maid, I don’t have to worry about that.”
“Are you going to live like a maid and not take off that makeup?”
Juliet nodded at Amelie's words.
“Yes.
And I’m going to dress fat with cotton in my clothes too.”
Sophie asked Juliet in a worried voice, “Do you think you can work if you’re uncomfortable?”
“I’m not in a position to be picky.” Juliet muttered, remembering the time when her fate changed in a moment – thirteen years ago, and her soul was moved into the body of a five-year-old child.
She had been so embarrassed.
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Jenna was eating dinner alone, her companion a TV screen that hadn't been working well for the last few days.
Two years ago, after her parents died suddenly in a car accident, she hated the house being so lonely, so much so that she turned on the TV when she was home and even when she was sleeping.
It looked like it was broken.
She didn't want to call the service center, so she let it go, and now the buzzing was pleasant.
That day, Jenna was mindlessly watching TV, and suddenly the screen, which was scattered in various colors, arranged itself and turned white.
When she looked at the changed screen, thinking it was tidy, a white room appeared, and in the middle of the room, she saw a multi-view, a device that created a single image on multiple screens or created a different image.
“Is it a drama?
But there’s no one here, so why would you just show me an empty room?”
After ten minutes of constant exposure to the same scene, Jenna found it strange, so she started looking for a remote control and pressing it everywhere.
“Well, it must be broken again.”
She was turning to clear the table, thinking:
‘Either I call the service center or buy a new one to use tomorrow’,
when he heard a voice.
“Are you dreaming of a colorful life?
Do you dream of a new world?
Call me anytime if you want to get out of your current life.
My name is Manny.”
Surprised by the sudden, unnecessarily bright and cheerful voice, Jenna looked back, and now there was a cute puppy inside a TV screen.
At that moment, she heard the voice again.
“There is nothing wrong with your body.
This is an opportunity.
You were chosen.
If you want to escape your hard life, you just need to call ‘Manny’.”
“Manny?
Am I finally going crazy?
It’s a poor life, no friends, no parents and a hundred thousand won a month, but I don’t want to go crazy,” Jenna muttered in a melancholy voice and heard the same voice again.
“Well, it seems like a pretty bleak life.
How are you feeling?
Just call ‘Manny’ once and everything will change.
I bet.”
“Trust you?
I don't know if this is real or a dream.
What do you want me to believe?”
“You're confused, so just call me by my name, and you have nothing to lose.
Manny Manny Manny Manny.” Jenna finally responded, irritated by the unidentifiable dog pretending to be friendly, saying Manny, Manny.
“Wow, you are noisy.
Manny!
Are you okay?
Will you get out of my dreams now?”
Sa-chan
Sa-chan
Thanks for reading.
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