Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 3

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The young man showed a dumbfounded, foolish expression.

Even so, I threw words at him like rapid fire.

“Where do I fall short? With a face like this, I think I have the best looks in the Empire.”

“What, are you crazy?”

“Well? I’ve just come to realize reality. By the way, I was wondering why the people in this house treat me so badly…”

I rolled my eyes and scanned the surroundings once.

The people who appeared to be servants were looking at me with bewildered expressions or still cold faces.

This is actually better.

I don’t have to feel guilty no matter what I do.

I stood up abruptly and walked toward the door.

Then I grabbed the door handle and opened it forcefully.

Before leaving, I glanced at that older brother, and he was looking at me with an expression wondering why I was acting this way.

Seeing the young man who didn’t even know why I was acting like this, I thought it wasn’t even worth talking to him.

I threw my words with anger in the loudest voice I could make, as if for all the manor’s people to hear.

“I’ve completely lost my appetite and can’t eat. Thank you so~ much for helping me diet. I’ll go back first. You can eat that yourself.”

“Ah, Miss!”

Bang!

I was so startled by the loud sound that came as soon as I closed the door that I almost shouted it was because of the wind.

If I get scared by things like this, how am I going to adapt here?

To survive in this place with that bastard, I should practice not even blinking at sounds like this.

I walked down the corridor with Lili who was following me.

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Lili followed behind me, watching my mood.

While Lili hesitated, unable to say anything to me, I listened to the quiet gossip of the servants.

“Why did the Miss suddenly come out? Did she go crazy because the Crown Prince rejected her?”

“That’s what I’m saying. But such an ugly person confessed. How flustered the Crown Prince must have been.”

Lili was searching for words when she clenched her fists at the words of the servants who were cleaning windows.

She put strength into those gentle eyes and glared at the two people.

However, those two looked at us and sneered, then moved away without greeting or apologizing.

“Those…!”

“It’s fine, Lili. More than that, I have something I’m curious about.”

“Yes? What is it?”

Lili softened her eyes again at my words and looked at me.

Setting aside the thought that she was like a puppy, I grabbed the door handle when I arrived in front of Sillia’s room.

From talking with Lili while changing clothes earlier, I learned that Sillia was an illegitimate child, but even for an illegitimate child, is it okay to treat nobility like this?

This would make even existing self-esteem hit rock bottom.

“Do I have cosmetics here?”

“Cosmetics… Yes! There are some! Not many though.”

“Really?”

At Lili’s words, I opened the room door wide.

Then I went inside and approached the vanity table against one wall.

This face is ugly?

With just a little makeup, this face would make idols step aside.

If appearance determines how I’m treated…

“Lili, could you take out all my cosmetics?”

Shall I show off my skills that made me somewhat famous for makeup during my college days?

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Looking at the cosmetics Lili brought out, I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

Because I hadn’t thought there would be no foundation.

No, I’m more of a fool for expecting foundation in a world like this.

I stared quietly at the powders of unknown identity, sighed, then picked up a brush.

Lili was looking at me with eyes full of questions as I suddenly started doing makeup.

Lili, watch what your sister is doing.

I’ll show you magic.

An ordinary person would think to cover their entire face with white powder, but to do that naturally, you’d need to cover your whole body with white powder.

What does ‘somewhat’ naturally mean?

It means there’s a big difference between this white color and Sillia’s skin tone.

Makeup that makes your face float around?

Wow, that’s really not it.

I can’t ruin this beauty like that.

Besides, what’s the point of covering everything with powder of unknown identity?

I put this makeup aside and thought of different makeup.

The kind of makeup that can be covered with just color cosmetics.

Ah, there’s one method.

A method that was briefly popular once!

The method I chose was to use white and red powder to create light pink powder.

Originally it’s a method done with lip products, but the situation is what it is now.

This was a makeup method that influencers started doing like a challenge one day.

I remember trying it at home for fun too.

The key to this is controlling the amount.

I lightly brushed the cheeks, nose, chin and other areas where blemishes were visible with a brush that had an appropriate amount of powder.

Then I created a gradient like eyeshadow around the eyes with light pink powder mixed with more reddish powder, and it already felt pretty good.

Now I’ll draw aegyo-sal here, mix a little water for the lips, and use white powder as highlighter!

If I draw eyeliner thinly upward with something like black ink…

Yes. This is it.

The woman in the mirror showed a face that had somewhat achieved the makeup I had imagined.

There were a few things that were slightly different, but this was the best I could do in the current situation, so I was satisfied.

I stepped back two steps from the vanity and glanced at Lili behind me.

How about it, Lili! Your sister’s skills!

Lili was frozen with her mouth wide open.

I wondered if this was such an amazing thing, and carefully asked for her opinion with curiosity.

“Does it look strange?”

“Wo, wow. No, not at all! Really, really beautiful! You’ve changed so completely that people seeing you for the first time wouldn’t recognize who you are, Miss.”

“Enough that they wouldn’t recognize who I am?”

I put down the brush and looked in the mirror again.

Didn’t it not change that much?

Even though I thought so, Lili seemed to disagree with that opinion, continuing to tilt her head and look at Sillia in the mirror.

Even though I hadn’t done anything particularly special, my heart raced at what Lili said.

I tried to push down my rising heart, but the joy I couldn’t hide made the corners of my mouth twitch and move.

Soon I turned around and looked at Lili with a smile more confident than before.

“Then that’s good. You know what, shall we go for a walk?”

“A walk all of a sudden?”

“Yes. I did my makeup like this, so I can’t just stay here, right?”

“Ah, that’s right! Should I bring something we can eat simply during the walk? Um, I don’t know if I can bring anything, but you’re hungry.”

“Wouldn’t it be hard to get anything if you go alone? I’m also worried you might get bullied. I’ll go with you. Let’s go to the kitchen and get some food.”

Lili met my sparkling eyes and nodded vigorously, even closing her eyes tightly.

What kind of relationship did Lili have with Sillia? How can a person be so pure?

Looking at Lili overflowing with enthusiasm, my heart kept getting pricked.

It’s not like I’m particularly using Lili, but.

Lili really seemed to only want to get food.

But I was a bit different.

You could call it accompanying her for confirmation.

Food and walks were just excuses – this was an experiment to understand the value of my makeup skills in this place.

To restore the honor and position of Sillia, who couldn’t even eat properly, I felt I needed to understand and break the setting the original author gave to Sillia.

Otherwise, it was obvious this girl would have no choice but to live this kind of life until she died.

And if I couldn’t return to my original world, I would have to live that life, right?

I absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of life.

Living a life where I can’t even make much money and get looked down upon again?

Having steeled myself like that, I vigorously opened the door and moved toward the kitchen with Lili.

“Haaa…”

Not long after I came down from the stairs, I encountered that damn older brother again.

What are the odds of continuously running into an unlucky bastard throughout the day?

In such a vast place!

What kind of thing is this?

I tried to suppress my anger and ignore that man.

Until I heard the words that came out of that bastard’s mouth.

Suddenly my heart started beating rapidly.

Right. I put on makeup, didn’t I?

“Young lady, are you lost?”

Facing the older brother who asked kindly in a gentle voice, I was dumbfounded.

Was the man before me, acting completely like a different person with such courtesy, really the same man who had only been picking on me earlier?

Lili also seemed to find this fact absurd, making a dumbfounded expression with her eyes losing focus.

But wait.

The fact that this older brother bastard was showing this kind of reaction…

I moved my lips as if searching for words.

Then I made the elegant smile of rich people I’d seen in dramas and gently closed my eyes.

“Mm, I’m not lost. I was just taking a walk because I had a lot on my mind.”

“Ah, who could have troubled your mind, young lady? If it’s alright with you, may I accompany you? It would help you organize your thoughts.”

“Lili said she’d help, so I’m fine.”

“I probably know more than a maid. Ah, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Kiel Ebennain. The eldest son of this family. If it’s not rude, may I ask for your name, young lady?”

“Ah, me?”

I opened my eyes and rolled my gaze to the side, then looked at Kiel and let out a snickering laugh.

“…Young lady?”

“I’m called Sillia Ebennain, you know?”

“What?”

“Yes.”

“What, crazy, huh? You, young lady? Ha, haha! Young lady, what a joke. Stop kidding around…”

“If you don’t want to believe it, don’t. I just told you the facts, and if you’re not going to bring me decent food, then get out of my way.”

At my words, Kiel’s pupils shook as he continued staring at me to a rude degree.

However, this bastard had no intention of moving aside, as when I tried to move to the side, he moved to the side following me.

I raised my eyebrows as if annoyed and looked up at Kiel.

“What?”

“You’re Sillia?”

“Yes, I’m Sillia.”

“Come with me.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t know how you managed to use high-level magic, but becoming a mage without reporting it is illegal. Right now, this older brother is helping you avoid going to prison, don’t you understand?”

I was an idiot for thinking he was worried about me for a moment.

Looking at this man who thought I used high-level magic just because I put on makeup, I wondered how exactly the author had set up this world.

I looked at Kiel and let out a deep sigh.

I didn’t even want to answer him.

After treating me so poorly earlier, now suddenly clinging to me just because my appearance changed a bit – what was he really trying to do?

I didn’t want to experience an ex-boyfriend from a drama like this.

I pretended not to know and pushed Kiel away with my shoulder, continuing to walk.

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