Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 5

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5

“Here it is, my lady.”

I snapped back to attention at the Young Man’s words while I had been lost in various thoughts.

Lili received the basket containing sandwiches from the Young Man.

After confirming that Lili had securely embraced the basket in her arms without letting it be taken away, I turned around and walked toward the door.

Then, making an “ah” sound, I turned only my head and gave a pretty eye-smile to the servants who were looking at me with eyes full of questions.

“Were you curious about who I am? I’m your young lady who received cold bread and soup earlier. Look at my hair and eyes. Could there be anyone else with this appearance?”

After finishing my words, I left the stunned servants behind and exited the Kitchen with Lili.

***

“Ugh…”

Lili, who was walking behind me, made a strange sound.

Thinking Lili was hurt somewhere, I briefly stopped walking and spoke in a worried voice.

“Lili?”

“My lady!”

“Uh, huh?”

When Lili’s eyes met mine, she smiled the brightest smile in the world.

Then she even clenched her fists tightly and trembled all over.

Having no idea why Lili was acting this way, I just blinked my eyes in confusion and responded.

Lili raised one clenched fist straight up.

I flinched in surprise.

“It feels so refreshing!”

“Huh?”

“Everyone’s so flustered. It’s just that you put on makeup, my lady, but they’re all being so cautious! I didn’t really do anything to help, but seeing how other people treat you makes me feel so good!”

Seeing Lili like this, I briefly moved my lips, then chuckled softly and stroked Lili’s hair.

“Satisfying?”

“Yes!”

“I see, that’s good.”

“…My lady?”

Lili looked at me with questioning eyes.

After making a “hmm” sound, I looked outside.

“I feel a bit strange. I’m satisfied too. But I also wonder if it would have hurt to treat me this way from the beginning?”

“Ah…”

“But for now, shall we go enjoy our victory and take a walk? We can eat sandwiches there too!”

“Sounds good!”

Lili’s eyebrows drooped briefly, then lifted up energetically again.

I moved outside into the bright sunshine with Lili.

***

The weather was incredibly pleasant, more than I had expected.

A moderate breeze was blowing while warm sunlight filled this world without being sticky.

It was like those brief spring days in April.

This kind of weather always made me want to go on a picnic.

But I always used to go to work at the shop instead.

Not anymore though!

I stretched long and walked along the path.

Since this was the Count’s Mansion, there weren’t as many places suitable for walking as I had thought.

I didn’t get the feeling that I would get lost.

The paths were short enough that I could memorize them after a couple of walks.

As I was walking, I discovered a large tree.

Under the large tree was a big shade, and I thought it would be perfect to settle there.

Fortunately, there was even a chair under the tree!

I stood in front of the tree and looked up at it.

“Lili, how about here? Shall we eat sandwiches here?”

Lili nodded at my question, then looked around.

“Good! Just a moment, a table…”

“A table? What table?”

“Ah, well, we can’t spill anything! And without a table, you might have to bend your waist, my lady.”

“Uh, huh?”

I watched Lili searching for a table with a question mark above my head.

Then I tilted my head to the side.

“Is it necessary? We don’t really need one. Rather, I think we need to find another chair. You don’t have anywhere to sit.”

“My lady…!”

At my response, Lili looked at me with a moved expression.

Though I don’t know what moved her.

“To think you’d worry about a lowly maid like me before yourself, my lady! I don’t need to sit. Actually, I’d get in trouble if I sat down.”

“No, I just think I’d be uncomfortable if only I was sitting. And people can sit down sometimes. Right now is rest time with me, isn’t it? Ah, is being with me considered work? Do you want to go rest somewhere else?”

“What? No! It’s fine! I want to stay by your side, my lady.”

“Really? Still, I’d like you to sit. Like a picnic… Ah. Lili.”

“Yes, my lady.”

“Don’t you have some large cloth? Something we could spread out and sit on.”

“A large cloth? There probably is one.”

“Really? Then could you bring one?”

“But why do you need cloth?”

I looked at Lili, then plopped down on the ground, ignoring the chair.

“Kyaaaah!”

“I want to sit here… She’s gone.”

Lili screamed as if I had sat on a bed of thorns, then ran straight toward the Manor.

I blinked, wondering if it was really something to be so surprised about, then looked up at the sky.

Clear, blue, and refreshing.

As I sat there blankly, my previous world crossed my mind.

It’s not that I particularly missed that previous world, but there was one thing I regretted.

If I had known this would happen, I would have bought all sorts of things to my heart’s content!

Well, even if I had known this would happen, I probably couldn’t have bought things to my heart’s content.

You never know what the future holds, and I might have had to keep living there.

Then I would have had to survive that harsh society completely broke.

After letting out a deep sigh, I made eye contact with an orange-haired man who appeared in front of me.

“…”

“…”

“What! Who are you!”

“Who are you, young lady!”

The man with curly orange hair and blue eyes panicked even more than I did when I spoke, and after crouching down, he fell backward by himself.

He looks about the same age as Older Brother, but who on earth is he?

The man narrowed his brow and stared directly into my eyes.

I broke out in a cold sweat.

“Ria?”

“Ria?”

“You, aren’t you Sillia?”

“How did you recognize me?”

“What, you’re really Sillia?”

The man looked at me with a confused expression.

Then, upon realizing that I was indeed Sillia, he opened his mouth wide and approached me, examining me from all angles.

What kind of puppy is he.

More than that, how did he really recognize me? Everyone else couldn’t!

While I was feeling burdened by the young man’s words and actions, a familiar voice came from far away.

“My ladyyyy!”

Lili!

I jumped up and approached Lili.

My savior!

My lifeline!

When I approached, Lili looked at the young man behind me and blocked his path as if being cautious.

“Please go back, Young Count!”

“I just got here though?”

“My lady was startled!”

“No, I was…”

“Please go back!”

“You suddenly disappeared yesterday and I was so flustered, and now you know how I felt being left alone in the ballroom and you’re pushing me away like this?”

“Uh, uhh, sorry?”

When the young man clenched one fist and squeezed his eyes shut, I somehow felt sorry for him and apologized.

Lili looked back and forth between me and the young man.

Even so, she kept her eyes sharp and blocked the young man’s approach.

“Our lady has lost her memory right now, so this is being a nuisance!”

“What? Ria, you don’t remember me?”

The young man approached me despite Lili’s blocking, as if it was absurd.

And he pointed at himself with his index finger.

“How can you do this? You always stuck close to me. It’s me. Felix!”

“Felix?”

When I muttered a questioning word to myself, Lili immediately whispered softly.

“He’s the Young Count of Galdrid County. He’s a friend who has known my lady since childhood. He was yesterday’s ball partner.”

Felix Galdrid?

It seemed like I’d heard it before, but also not.

Did that name appear in the novel?

Is he also an extra?

When I tilted my head and stared intently at Felix, Felix looked at me with an expression that said don’t lie.

“You really don’t know? Really, really? Wait, come to think of it, there’s no way Ria would answer so well. Who are you? Just because you lost some memory doesn’t mean your personality would change too!”

Felix, why are you so sharp?

Just let that kind of thing slide!

I opened and closed my lips.

Then after taking a deep breath, I looked at Lili.

“It’s true that I lost my memory. It seems like we both have a lot we want to talk about, so let’s sit down and have a conversation first. Lili, could you spread that out on the ground here?”

When Lili made eye contact with me, she quickly nodded and began fluttering and spreading out the cloth in her hands.

While Lili was doing that, I shifted my gaze to Felix.

“I’m not going to share my sandwich, so Felix-nim? -ssi? If you want to eat food too, go get it yourself. I can’t send Lili away because she needs to stay with me.”

Felix moved his steps with a bewildered expression at my words.

‘He’s actually going. Did he also come here to eat something?’

That thought was brief, and when Lili said she was done, I smiled while stroking Lili’s hair.

***

Felix returned faster than expected.

And with a basket full of various hot foods.

That sight made me feel wronged, but I didn’t add any words.

After all, we had only asked for sandwiches.

I sat on the cloth Lili had spread out, glanced at Felix, then lowered my gaze back to the basket.

Felix didn’t seem to mind me much and walked toward us with heavy steps.

Then he sat on the cloth following me and Lili, and took food out of the basket.

Wondering if he was showing off, I stared down at the food, but then took a sandwich out of the basket Lili had been holding.

This sandwich also looked quite delicious.

Finally, my touching first meal?

I opened my lips and took a bite of the sandwich.

The crunching seemed to be from fresh vegetables.

The meat I felt here and there didn’t taste spoiled either.

It was really nothing special, but I felt like tears might well up.

This sandwich was more delicious than any sandwich specialty shop, probably because my emotions had been so drained.

While I was eating the sandwich with such happiness, I made eye contact with Felix.

Felix was chewing on just plain bread with nothing in it while looking at me.

“Why? Do you have something to say?”

“Ah, um. Uh. I have something to say. A lot. But before that, do something about that damn formal speech. I feel like I should use it too.”

“Got it.”

“Wow, look how quickly you switch. Yeah, now it’s less uncomfortable. Don’t just eat sandwiches, eat some of what I brought too. You probably ate something weird for lunch again, didn’t you.”

My eyes widened at Felix’s words.

Telling me to eat? His food?

Was Felix my second lifeline?

I hesitated, then took the spoon Felix handed me and took a sip of the hot soup.

It’s really delicious.

Were these people such good cooks?

My admiration was brief, as Felix swallowed his bread and opened his mouth.

“We should answer each other’s questions. Can I ask first? You, did something really happen?”

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