Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 66

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66

 

I struggled to move my eyes toward where the voice was coming from.

 

Then I met familiar yet unfamiliar blue eyes.

 

Ah, it’s Sillia’s mother.

 

I slowly blinked my stone-heavy eyes and slightly parted my lips.

 

Then a rough hand covered my eyes.

 

“Human, if you try to force yourself to move, you’ll break down again before you can even adapt…”

 

Did someone who knew that keep bothering me?

 

My eyebrows twitched at that thought.

 

I closed my eyes again and relaxed my body.

 

Then I felt that my damp body and what should have been an uncomfortable bed were actually fluffy and soft.

 

I thought it was a strange situation, but fatigue took priority, so I pushed the thoughts away and fell asleep.

 

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When I opened my eyes again, there was no one in the room.

 

What came into view were wooden walls and floors, wooden furniture – like a cabin.

 

Maybe because I’d been waking up in the Count’s mansion all this time, this scenery felt awkward.

 

First-

 

I don’t think I’m dead?

 

No matter how little information there is about the afterlife, it probably wouldn’t look like this.

 

I rubbed my eyes with both hands, took a deep breath, and pinched the back of my hand hard.

 

“Ouch!”

 

Hmm, since it hurts, it’s definitely not a dream either.

 

When I checked my body, I was wearing the same clothes I came in.

 

When I checked the crossbody bag on the bedside table, fortunately the video stone and necklace were unbroken.

 

I stretched my stiff body long.

 

I frowned at the feeling of my bones fitting back together after so long.

 

It felt refreshing but also hurt a little.

 

When I sighed, my stomach growled, expressing hunger.

 

Having gotten used to someone taking care of me as soon as I woke up for months, the quiet surroundings felt strange.

 

Still, I got up from my spot, put on the shoes placed under the bed, grabbed my bag, and opened the wooden door.

 

“Wow.”

 

I looked around in admiration without realizing it.

 

Silver trees and rainbow-colored leaves, fruits that were transparent and sparkling like gems, even a pink lake.

 

If this wasn’t a dream, then this was definitely somewhere other than the human world.

 

At the fairy-tale-like scenery, I stepped on the blue grass with sparkling eyes.

 

A cool breeze and sweet fruit fragrance stimulated my sense of smell.

 

As I looked around, I spotted a familiar figure from behind.

 

Sky-blue long hair swaying like my own, and a flowing silk sky-blue dress that looked like something from Arabian Nights.

 

As I stared at that figure in a daze, the sky-blue hair swayed and blue eyes looked at me.

 

“Ah, you’re awake? Are you feeling alright?”

 

“Yes. Thank you.”

 

The woman who smiled gently gestured to a red-haired person in my hazy memory.

 

Then someone who flew over softly and gracefully yawned as if tired and placed their hand on my head.

 

White light flickered briefly.

 

Soon that person lowered their hand and floated in the air as if drifting, dozing off while bobbing.

 

“No problems, Roo.”

 

“Thanks for the examination, Phil.”

 

That person floating there is Phil, and that person who looks like me is Roo? Ro?

 

I stood quietly, looking back and forth between Phil and Roo.

 

Should I just keep standing here like this?

 

But I’m hungry?

 

After hesitating, I approached Roo and gave an awkward smile.

 

“Um, excuse me.”

 

“Hm? What is it?”

 

“Sorry, but I’m really hungry. Is there anything to eat?”

 

“Oh my, you need to eat, don’t you? I haven’t been to the human world in so long I forgot everything.”

 

With an “oops” expression as if she’d forgotten, she took me to someone with dark green hair and got an apple and two pieces of bread to give me.

 

“Eat this first.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

As I munched on the bread, I glanced sideways and quietly came to walk beside Roo.

 

I was silent, wondering what to talk about first, when Roo smiled and looked at me.

 

“You have a lot of questions, don’t you?”

 

“Ehehe, was it obvious?”

 

“Even if it wasn’t obvious, wouldn’t you naturally have a lot of questions in this situation?”

 

“I suppose- that’s true?”

 

“I have some questions too, so shall we talk together?”

 

“Sounds good. Oh right, before that, how should I address you…?”

 

“Hmm, would ‘Sillia’s Mother’ be too weird?”

 

“Isn’t it a bit long?”

 

“Then Roo. Call me ‘Roo.’ It’s not my full name, but I’m too lazy to explain, so Roo is fine.”

 

I nodded as if I understood, and Roo smiled with satisfaction.

 

We entered the cabin across from the one I came out of.

 

Then amazingly, a different scene from outside unfolded.

 

I expected another wooden space like before, but instead I saw a space combining temple and mansion.

 

Blue furniture was arranged here and there, and there was even a pure white space like an altar set up in one corner, as if for prayer.

 

Following Roo and stepping on the blue carpet, when we entered a room, a greenhouse filled with all kinds of blue and sky-blue flowers appeared.

 

“Can you have something like this in a house?”

 

“Hey, how could something like this be possible? I just created it. When you’re going to have a conversation, you need to go somewhere atmospheric and pleasing to the eye.”

 

She asked “Don’t you think so?” but I was too busy admiring the scenery to listen properly.

 

Even though I answered a beat late, Roo laughed and approached the tea table to sit in a chair.

 

“Come sit down, young lady.”

 

I grabbed my pounding heart and slowly approached the table to sit in the chair across from her.

 

Whew, I took a deep breath and relaxed my shoulders.

 

Soon I gained confidence and smiled.

 

Roo exchanged glances with me expressionlessly, then followed with a gentle smile.

 

“Shall we start with what you’re curious about?”

 

“Then, am I dead?”

 

“No, you’re not dead. You almost died, but you barely survived.”

 

“Where is this place?”

 

“This is the Spirit World. I thought you’d try to summon me, but you came here instead.”

 

“Was that not okay?”

 

“It’s not that it’s not okay- I just thought you were incredibly brave.”

 

“Oh, by any chance, how many days have I been here?”

 

“You? Hmm.”

 

Roo folded and unfolded one hand while thinking, then made the number 3 with one hand.

 

Wow, I wasted another day like this.

 

So I have about 5 days left now?

 

Then it’s 15 days here, and I need to solve everything and return within 15 days?

 

As I held my head with both hands and worried, a gentle hand stroked my hair.

 

“Can I ask my questions now?”

 

“If it’s something I can answer, I’ll gladly tell you anything.”

 

“You can answer? I was wondering why you came all the way here.”

 

“Here? Ah! To Sillia’s mother? To the Owner of power? I came to ask for permission.”

 

“Permission?”

 

Roo’s head tilted.

 

Finding it interesting, Roo rested their chin on both hands and nodded.

 

“What kind?”

 

“Please let me use magic to replicate or modify the things I’ve made!”

 

“Oh my, I don’t want to.”

 

I was speechless at the immediate response.

 

Not even going to think about it?

 

I pursed my lips and gripped my pants tightly.

 

I put strength in my eyes and sent Roo a passionate gaze.

 

“Why not!”

 

“Well, if I allow that, I’d have to interact with mages again after blocking them.”

 

“Was there some problem?”

 

“It’s a long story- mages are too unreasonable.”

 

“Unreasonable?”

 

“Yes. They don’t know how to compromise. Thanks to that, there are quite a few spirits who got hurt. Other spirits can mix with them, but we can’t.”

 

“We, meaning…”

 

“Spirits of wisdom. Spirits like you and me who can create something new. We and magic are truly incompatible.”

 

“Hmm, because you both create things?”

 

“Right. We combine existing things, while magic destroys first, then reshapes into something new.”

 

“That sounds complicated.”

 

“Anyway, since we’re so incompatible, Sillia’s body can’t gather mana either, right? She faints when trying to use magic.”

 

With a calm expression, Roo lightly touched a flying butterfly with their fingertip.

 

Then the butterfly became a blue bird and flew around the greenhouse.

 

I watched that scene quietly, then immediately pulled a chair next to Roo.

 

With eyes sparkling like a child, I firmly grasped one of Roo’s hands.

 

“Ah, then shouldn’t we become closer with magic? Like, if you adapt to pain, it doesn’t hurt anymore! And I’m close with Lucian.”

 

“With Lucian?”

 

Is this it?

 

Roo’s gaze turned toward me for a moment.

 

I didn’t miss that opportunity and nodded my head enthusiastically.

 

“Yes! I’m close with Lucian, so if I tell him not to do this or that, he really can’t do it!”

 

“Lucian isn’t the type to be like that.”

 

“We have a contract, so during my cosmetics business, he can’t do anything on his own.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

“Mother- won’t you please give permission?”

 

“…Child, don’t use Sillia’s face like that.”

 

When Roo cleared their throat and turned their gaze aside, I thought this was it.

 

As they say, no parent can win against their child.

 

I wasn’t even in my early twenties, and acting cute made my hands cringe, but when I could see the possibility, should I give up?

 

Absolutely not.

 

I even leaned my face closer, imitating the sparkling eyes of a baby kitten.

 

Just when it seemed like they might give in, a voice thinner and weaker than mine timidly came from the direction of the door.

 

“Mother, are you here…?”

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