Lucia and the Loom: Weaving Her Way to Happiness Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 12] by Hisaya Amagishi

Author:Hisaya Amagishi
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Thank you for showing me out, Madam Noemi,” Forto said appreciatively. Noemi had taken the time to walk him all the way to the foyer of the villa.

“I’m looking forward to how popular the heated low table and heated low table will become this winter,” Noemi said, sounding sincere.

“Yes, I hope we can expect good things,” Forto replied with a smile. Unfortunately, he found it difficult to maintain his smile.

“The heated low table and heated table were developed by the Rossetti Trading Company. They really are moving at a breakneck pace, aren’t they, what with the magical compact stove, waterproof cloth, and zephyricloth? And do I understand correctly that Dahlia Rossetti, the inventor and chairwoman, is a close friend of the head manager, Miss Lucia Fano...?”

Forto hadn’t mentioned that they were, but it seemed Noemi was already well aware. Feigning nonchalance, he said, “Yes. Apparently they are childhood friends.”

“That certainly helps speed things up. The Rossetti Trading Company might be out of your reach, but Lucia’s family workshop, the Fano Workshop, is close at hand, isn’t it?”

“I’m not sure I would put it that way. They are merely one of the many workshops that contribute to the Tailors’ Guild,” Forto answered, trying to cloud the topic.

Noemi fixed her catlike eyes on him. “It’s essential that you establish some strings. You and Miss Lucia are close, aren’t you? Isn’t it about time you take hold of her? Or are you arranging for someone else to do so?”

“No...”

Forto found it difficult to respond once she brought up Lucia’s name. I haven’t thought that far ahead; I’m planning on taking things slowly—he was trying to think of what to say to dodge the subject when Noemi whispered something close to his ear.

“Fortunato. You can’t hand over a valuable asset—or your cute junior couturier—to a different faction,” Noemi said, her red lips curving into an excessively gracious smile. “You wouldn’t want to hand her over to the enemy, would you?”

***

“You truly are kind, dear...” Noemi said with a sigh after returning from escorting Forto out.

Tiziano narrowed his dark blue eyes at his wife. “That doesn’t sound like a compliment.”

“Well, am I wrong? You’re still trying to protect the Tailors’ Guild, which you’ve long since left. Or is it your precious pupil that you’re trying to protect?”

“You won’t at least call me a villain for deceiving my apprentice?” Tiziano said with a smirk.

His wife responded with a smirk of her own. “A real villain wouldn’t have hired a bunch of incompetent nobodies to kidnap the princess, would he? You didn’t even have any intention of leaving a scar.”

“It was taking too long for the play to begin. I just wanted the curtain to rise faster,” he answered, though his words sounded a bit like an excuse.

Lucia Fano’s kidnapping attempt—it was true that it had been the work of a different faction, but Tiziano himself had also been involved. He’d only hired disposable flunkies, and he’d never communicated with them directly, only through mediaries. Even if

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