Secret Wardrobe of the Duchess

Chapter 62

“How about you? Do you have anything to say?”

“Oh, um…”

The man was surprised to be called by the duchess so suddenly. He started to talk about how well the building was being managed and what kind of advantages living at Claymore had been compared to living under other noble families’ protection. Rubica listened carefully to what he said and gave an order to Ann.

“He said the water tastes wrong, have someone check the water source.”

“Yes, yes, Your Grace.”

Ann’s eyes were sparkling. She was deeply moved by Rubica’s kind actions and so were others on the spot. They murmured among themselves in a low voice.

“The new duchess is so kind.”

“She came here herself instead of sending the butler or other servants.”

“I was actually worried when I heard she was from a baronet’s family… but I guess I had no reason to be worried.”

“It seems our duke married the right woman.”

They used to have some prejudices toward Rubica, but now they thought they had been wrong. However, they were actually getting another wrong idea about her. Rubica had completely different thoughts on her mind.

‘Oh, I might get to spend a lot if I have this and that all repaired. Should I also get new duvets as well? They said the current duvets are old, so it wouldn’t be bad to get new ones.’

Rubica was excited at the prospect of meeting the fairy and spend money. She didn’t know her actions of the day would make people praise her as a ‘wise’, ‘generous’, and ‘kind’ duchess instead of criticizing her as an ‘extravagant’ duchess.

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As the ground and the first floor in the east annex were inhabited by families and people who handled the main businesses in the family, they were in quite a good condition. People, however, tried to stop Rubica from entering the basement as it was for maids.

‘Well, it’s not good for the superior to go to his or her inferiors’ places.’

She had also hated it when the abbot visited her and the other’s rooms at the abbey. He said it was okay to show how they lived, but of course, that wasn’t possible. Everyone had to get up early and clean up when it happened.

After all, she didn’t decide to look around the building because she really wanted to know about how people were living there. Instead, she was only after the fairy.

“The head of the maids would have told Ann if there had been any problem.”

Rubica didn’t forget to compliment Ann as she skipped the maids’ rooms. Ann really looked happy to hear that as she cared about Rubica more than anyone in the mansion.

‘She does take it too far sometimes, but she cares about me more than anyone else.’

No one had shown their fangs to Rubica as she was still under Ann’s protection, but she knew she had to have many enemies.

Of course, she didn’t mind being bitten by relatives hungry for gossips. That was what she wanted, after all. However, she didn’t want that to happen to

Ann since she was easy prey for people determined to attack Rubica. Therefore, Rubica needed to give Ann a good reputation to stop that from happening.

“The second floor is for the girls and boys sponsored by Claymore.”

Rubica reached the second floor and took a quick look around. Most children sponsored by Claymore had parents who were noble but didn’t have enough money to raise their own children. They were certainly going to be a great resource to the family, but that was only going to happen in the future.