Magical Tool Master Dahlia Never Compromises ~ Starting Today: Life as a Freelancer ~

Dalia said this as if she could see through his thoughts.

He did wait until the last minute to hastily break off the engagement.

Since it was Marcella who suggested it, he had nothing to say.

"Anything else?"

"No, it's okay, Dalia."

"Mr. Orlando, please stop calling me by my first name. From now on, please call me Rosette. I don't want to be misunderstood by your new fiancée or the people around me."

"……I see."

He managed to finish his words, and Dalia said "goodbye" and walked back to the Green Tower.

But for some reason, she stopped along the way.

She looked back at him with a shadow in her green eyes.

"By the way, I'll give you the used bed as a wedding gift."

She said this with a sly smile, then walked towards the Green Tower without looking back.

Looking at her back, Tobias didn't dare to call her again.

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Emilia Talini.

She has lived in a laborer's apartment for as long as she can remember.

She lived with her mother, sometimes playing with the neighborhood children, sometimes helping with housework, and led a very ordinary life.

However, she had heard her mother say "You are actually a noble" since she was a child.

She had never met her father, but she heard that he was a viscount. Her mother was a commoner, and their relationship was not approved and forced to separate.

My mother always treasured the pendant engraved with the coat of arms that my father gave her.

Young Emilia didn't understand what nobility was, and all she wanted was for her gentle mother to be by her side.

When she was older, her mother asked her to go to elementary college.

The mother was unable to be with the aristocratic father, so she hoped that her child would have a happy marriage.

However, after entering the academy, she realized that the nobles were from another world.

The academy nominally advocated equality, but the boundaries between the nobility, the wealthy, and the common people were clear.

Finally, she dropped out of college because of her mother's illness.

She accompanied her mother on her last journey, and her father neither attended the funeral nor came to see her.

While looking for a job to make a living, she was introduced to the Orlando Chamber of Commerce.

And there he met Tobias.

He has soft brown hair and a gentle and handsome face.

The man who fascinated her was not only a member of the Chamber of Commerce but also a magic tool master, and his attitude was always gentle and polite.

Although he is not a noble, Emilia believes that he will definitely make his wife happy.

Tobias' fiancée is named Dahlia.

The woman was plain and unremarkable, and was not a good match for Tobias at all. She usually assisted him with work matters and was more like an assistant or secretary than a fiancée.

Later, she heard that Dahlia was the daughter of Master Tobias, and she realized that this was probably an engagement based on their work as magic tool makers. Unconsciously, she began to sympathize with Tobias.

Emilia heard that Tobias was about to get married, and they happened to have dinner together that day to discuss work issues.

When he heard her say, "I've never seen a big family-sized house," he took her to visit his new home as a reference for her future house selection.

However, after entering that house, she realized her feelings.

It turns out that she likes Tobias, and she wants to be protected and loved by a man like him.

Tobias accepted her tearful confession.

He said, "I will break up with Dalia, marry me and live in this house with me." The two spent the night together.

She marveled at her luck and believed that she would always be loved by Tobias.

She deliberately put clothes in the closet and her father's keepsake, the pendant engraved with Viscount Talini's family crest, in her dressing table, hoping that her father's noble title could help her overcome the difficulties.

Fortunately, Tobias and Dalia did not quarrel and successfully broke off the engagement.

Emilia soon moved in with him, and he was always so gentle.

However, when the two of them were out for dinner that day, he saw a woman at the restaurant's outdoor seating and called her "Dalia" without thinking.

Emilia couldn't understand why Tobias knew she was Dahlia, nor did she want to understand.

She herself had no idea who the woman was.

She was shocked when she realized that the person sitting there was Dahlia.

Dalia's plain brown hair had been dyed red, and her baggy clothes had been replaced with high-end pieces that accentuated her natural beauty. Her tacky glasses were gone, and her face was now painted with mature, elegant makeup. She looked like a completely different person.

Dahlia has become so beautiful and gorgeous, Tobias might come back to her - Emilia just thought about it and started moving.

"I'm sorry! I hurt you. I've been wanting to apologize to you..."

This statement is half true and half a lie.

She did want to apologize, but jealousy was stronger.

Equally strong was her fear that Tobias would be taken away from her.

"Emilia is not wrong! It's my fault."

So when she heard him defending her, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After Emilia apologized to Dalia for breaking off the engagement, Dalia just said calmly, "It's all in the past."

She was abandoned by Tobias and lost her happy family, but she did not compromise.

Later a man appeared, like a prince in a fairy tale.

It was the first time in Emilia's life that she had seen such a handsome man.

He was tall and sturdy, with glossy black hair and porcelain skin. He had beautifully shaped eyebrows and a pair of mesmerizing golden eyes framed by long eyelashes.

The handsome man raised his thin lips and smiled elegantly.

He took Dalia's hand like a princess and left the restaurant.

Although Emilia later had dinner with Tobias in a restaurant, she couldn't even remember the dishes or their taste.

Wolffrid Scafalot.

He claimed to be a member of the Royal City Knights and came from the famous Earl of Water family.

I don't know what his relationship with Dalia is.

Emilia kept thinking, why would a woman like Dahlia be with a noble? Why was she so valued?

From that day on, Tobias became a little quieter.

An inexplicable uneasiness sometimes hit Emilia like a wave.

Tobias asked her to do calculations in tables and copy raincoat labels at work, but she didn't want to be compared with Dahlia, and was afraid that she would not be as good as Dahlia and disappoint Tobias.

She had only cooked in a small kitchen and was not used to the big kitchen in this house.

It would be better to hire someone to cook or eat out. This expense should not be a big deal for the wealthy Tobias.

But the short conversation still made her uneasy, so she went to the workshop again, wanting to ask Tobias if he wanted tea, but she heard him calling Dahlia.

The woman was clearly not there, but he called her name spontaneously.

Emilia couldn't accept it.

When she came to her senses, she had lied and said that she had put the amber brooch in Dahlia's closet.

She thought Tobias would take her shopping for a new brooch or become upset with Dahlia.

Unexpectedly, Tobias went to ask Dahlia about this matter.

When he came back, he looked tired and said that Emilia must have made a mistake and asked her to look again.

Emilia felt that Tobias was not looking at her, and she felt even more uneasy.

I thought I had finally gotten lucky, but this luck gradually faded.

She couldn't understand why things turned out like this.

Volume 1◆Days out together

Yesterday, the transport association delivered the fabric for the car cover to the Green Tower.

Those were fabrics to be made into waterproof cloth. After receiving them, Dahlia carefully checked each piece.

Next, she calculated the quantities of blue slime powder and medicine to make a solvent. She added more water to account for the gradually warming weather. Next, she applied the solvent to the spread-out tarpaulin, cast a fixing spell, and repeated the process.

I was sweating so much after making a few slices and was just about to take a break when Tobias came.

Dahlia had no idea what he was asking.

She said she had never seen Emilia's amber brooch, and sincerely thanked Marcella for suggesting that she hire a notary, but she didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Tobias was rude and didn't apologize, so Dahlia said angrily, "I'll give you that used bed as a wedding gift."

It might sound a little rude, but considering what they had done to her so far, it was probably not an exaggeration for her to say so.

After that, she worked late into the night, carefully checking the tarpaulin to make sure it was secure, as she had an appointment with Wolff the next day and didn't want any trouble.

She got up a little late today and ate bread with milk without any taste.

After regaining her consciousness, she began to change her clothes and put on full makeup.

She was going to a magic tool shop that catered to the nobility, so she chose a hyacinth-blue two-piece top and a dark blue long skirt. The skirt had slits for easy walking. The inside of the slits had ruffled lace sewn on the sides, so she didn't have to worry about getting in and out of the carriage.

She tied her hair up with a simple black hairpin, put her wallet, handkerchief, notebook and cosmetics into her bag, and prepared to go out.

But it seemed she was preparing too early.

It was still a while before noon. She wanted to know what the temperature would be like today, so she opened the window and saw a man in a hooded black cloak standing in front of the tower. He was very tall, so he was very conspicuous.

Dahlia hurried downstairs.

"Good morning. Didn't we meet before noon?"

She was worried that she had heard it wrong that day and asked the other party for confirmation anxiously.

"Sorry, I wanted to say the Royal City was a bit far from here, so I left early, but it seems I left too fast..."

Are you going hiking, kid?! Are you using your body enhancements to race walk? And don't give me that expression like a dog that knows it's going to get scolded! — Dahlia grumbled in her mind and opened the door.

"Wait for me at the door. I'll be ready and leaving soon."

"I'm sorry I arrived too early. Take your time. This is your coat, I borrowed it. Thank you so much."

"No, I'm glad I helped you."

She took her father's black coat, went upstairs to get her bag, checked the source of the fire, and hurried back to the door.

"Let's go to the North District's magic tool shop first before eating. Do you have time?"

"Okay, my work has just come to an end."

They first took a public carriage near the Green Tower to the Central District, and then took a carriage rented by Wolff to Noble Street in the North District.

Every time they got in and out of the carriage, he would lend a hand to help Dahlia.

She said she didn't need help, but Wolff said he was used to it. Then she suddenly realized that being a noble man was also very difficult.

She remembered that her father would reread the etiquette textbook early in the morning before every aristocratic banquet.

Her father must have felt the same stomachache at that time as she does now.

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As the sunlight grew brighter, the cobblestones turned from brown to gray, signaling they had entered the Noble Street of the North District.

Surprisingly, although it is called Noble Street, ordinary people can enter and exit freely, and most stores are open to ordinary people, but only to those with deeper pockets.

In the royal capital, nobles could not use their status to act arrogance and unreasonableness. For example, if a noble's carriage hit a civilian, they must share criminal responsibility with the driver and pay compensation, and they could not arbitrarily kill the civilian.