WOLFORD was a world-famous lingerie brand, and it had a fairly large branch in the Cherryfall Dominion too. If the Sovereign was buying this kind of thing, she was obviously going for the most expensive and best. After all, her family was so poor, all they had left was money.

“Ladies, what kind of lingerie are you looking for? We’ve just gotten several new styles in, and every one of them would suit you perfectly.”

The saleswoman spoke in smooth, polished customer-service talk, and her attitude was pretty impeccable.

Anyone who could afford to come here was seriously rich. Girls from ordinary families wouldn’t buy lingerie in a place like this. They usually went to the budget shop downstairs instead.

Kanata’s gaze kept sneaking toward a girl nearby. She was trying on the newest black lace set. Some tastes really never change.

Light black lace. Semi-transparent fabric. A sexy body faintly visible beneath it. That half-hidden, half-revealed feeling was just too good.

She was practically about to get a nosebleed.

“Wow... what a figure.”

But compared to Alessia, the other girl’s chest was a little lacking.

Alessia noticed that her Bloodbond Thrall was peeking at another woman, and she was extremely displeased.

“Is her figure really that fascinating to you? To me, she looks painfully average. Her body’s flat, there’s a bit of flab on her stomach, and her chest is small too. What exactly is there to be so obsessed with?”

That innocent girl got devalued to nothing without even realizing it. Honestly, she wasn’t nearly as bad as Alessia made her sound. You could still see her abs a little. They just weren’t as good as Alessia’s.

There was no point arguing at a time like this. This woman was her sugar mama. All she had to do was become a heartless little flatterer.

“Yes, yes, Lady Alessia, you’re absolutely right. I was blind. In this world, the most beautiful and sexiest person is you. No one can compare.”

Alessia’s expression didn’t soften at all. She shot her a disdainful eye-roll.

“You think I can’t tell when you don’t mean it? Next time, I expect to hear something honest from your mouth.”

That was the end of the topic of that “totally ordinary” girl. But as if out of spite, Alessia had the clerk bring her the exact same set to try on.

Light, sexy black lace wrapped around the mature beauty’s body. What a wonderful sight. Kanata had no idea what that difficult Sovereign had picked. She’d guessed it would be something conservative, maybe a camisole-and-shorts type set.

A young lady from some great noble house would’ve been raised on rules about proper behavior. Skirts below the knee, no highlights at all, nothing worth looking forward to.

While wandering around the lingerie shop, Kanata thought of her little sister back home. Nozomi had been growing lately. Everything was developing, including her chest. Her old bras already seemed... not quite the right size anymore.

“But everything here is so expensive.”

The string of zeroes on the price tags was brutally discouraging. Just looking at the prices was enough to make people back off. Great for saving money, at least.

“Online shopping really is the way to go... Taobao’s stuff is pretty decent. If not, I can check Jingbei Mall.”

While she was muttering to herself, a sales clerk walked over.

“Miss, um, sorry to bother you, but the young lady who came with you is waiting for you in the fitting room. She won’t accept our help. She insists that you go over in person.”

This move was kind of baffling.

“What is she trying to pull now?”

Kanata could clearly see the helpless look on the clerk’s face. She’d probably been put through the wringer already. Cursing inside, smiling outside.

Since the Sovereign had specifically summoned her, she couldn’t refuse. Alessia was paying her five times the usual wage, and she’d already gotten half up front when they met. The other half would be paid in full once today’s shopping companion mission was done.

With that money, she and Nozomi could go have a proper meal at a sashimi place.

She obediently went to the fitting room door and knocked.

“How may I be of service, Lady Alessia?”

As soon as she said that, the fitting room door opened from the inside.

“It’s simple. I can’t fasten my bra. You do it for me.” Alessia’s request was blunt and direct.

Blunt and direct. And very, very suggestive.