Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 67

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67

 

Following the voice, I turned my head and there was a woman who was unmistakably Sillia.

 

At first, I thought someone had placed a mirror there.

 

But the blue eyes and skin slightly paler than mine were not me.

 

Sillia blinked her eyes, then startled and hid behind the door, fidgeting restlessly.

 

Is that the original Sillia Ebennain?

 

She’s really cute.

 

Even as I thought that, I immediately brought my gaze forward at the sign of Roo getting up from his seat.

 

“You said you wanted permission?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Then go convince Sillia. The owner may have changed now, but the original owner of the body is Sillia.”

 

Roo snapped his fingers, chuckled, and instantly disappeared, leaving only sparkles in the air like sand.

 

Left alone with Sillia unexpectedly, I looked around cautiously before carefully approaching.

 

I stopped about two steps away and gently waved my hand.

 

“Um, Miss Sillia? Hello there.”

 

Sillia still seemed frightened and flinched in silence.

 

What should I do? While I was pondering, a thin hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward her.

 

At the same time, the door closed with a thud and slowly disappeared from the wall.

 

“Huh? Oh, oh oh. Th-thank you.”

 

Shouldn’t Roo have explained what happens when the room disappears before leaving?

 

It seems like I almost got trapped.

 

When I thought about wasting more time like that, I felt dizzy.

 

I can’t waste any more time.

 

I let out a sigh of relief and struggled to steady my weakening legs.

 

I met eyes with Sillia, who was watching me like a shy cat.

 

When I smiled brightly at her, Sillia’s eyes widened.

 

Soon she fidgeted with my wrist a little.

 

Her lips moved slightly and a very small voice reached me.

 

“I’m sorry for making you live my life instead of me.”

 

“Huh? What do you mean?”

 

“Be-because, you know. It’s, it’s hard, isn’t it, my life…”

 

Seeing Sillia squeeze her eyes shut and shrink up completely made my heart ache.

 

How much humiliation must they have given such a cute and pretty child for her to become this timid?

 

I should bring a frying pan and hit the back of everyone’s head who made her like this.

 

Without realizing it, I pulled Sillia into a hug around her waist and gently swayed left and right.

 

“Huh, huh? Wh-what?”

 

“Sillia, I’m living a really fun life right now! I want to tell you everything, can I tell you?”

 

The flustered voice was brief as a bashful, lovely smile spread across that pure face.

 

The hand that slowly came to my back patted me gently.

 

“If you have time, I’d like to hear it.”

 

***

 

I came to Sillia’s room and sat on the edge of the bed.

 

And I told her everything about what happened at the Count’s mansion after I possessed the body, meeting Ricardo, and the incidents with the people I did makeup for.

 

Sillia, who was sitting quietly at first, gradually changed her posture and filled her face with interest like a child listening to a fairy tale before bed.

 

“-That’s what happened.”

 

“So now you came to get Mother’s permission for that business?”

 

“Yes! But she said Sillia has to give permission for her to allow it.”

 

“Hmm, probably every time you use your ability, magic goes to Mother who is the source of power, and spirit power also goes to that Lucian.”

 

“Oh, then won’t it explode?”

 

“Originally it should cause harm, but if there’s mutual permission, it won’t cause harm.”

 

“Then…!”

 

“Instead, when too much power accumulates in the vessels each other sent, you have to spit it out.”

 

“Spit…?”

 

When I made a vomiting gesture just in case, Sillia smiled awkwardly.

 

That’s definitely something I’d refuse too, right?

 

The sensation of vomiting is so unpleasant.

 

This is necessary, but to force someone to do this, I have some human conscience too.

 

My head became confused.

 

What should I do?

 

I leaned back and flopped down on the bed.

 

Then Sillia stared down at me for a moment before turning her gaze elsewhere as if pondering.

 

When her gaze returned, there was doubt mixed in it, and her head tilted curiously.

 

“This might be a random question, but do you not remember your name by any chance?”

 

“Name? Whose?”

 

“Well.”

 

Sillia’s hand lightly touched my shoulder.

 

My name?

 

My name is, my name…

 

Huh?

 

Why can’t I remember?

 

Even though I’ve been living as Sillia-

 

No, I don’t think I couldn’t remember my name from when I first possessed the body.

 

Gradually, my head was scribbled with black lines randomly.

 

I felt dizzy as my vision gradually narrowed and breathing became difficult as if water had filled up to below my neck.

 

Then, Sillia’s hand covered my eyes and warm blue light filled my vision.

 

Slowly, thoughts disappeared from my head and I felt refreshed.

 

“Shh, it’s okay. I’m sorry, you don’t have to think about it. Take deep breaths, inhale, exhale.”

 

Inhale, exhale… Hah. Haah…

 

I took deep breaths following the calm voice.

 

When I relaxed my body, the hand covering my eyes moved away, showing me the ceiling.

 

Wow, I really thought I was going to die.

 

I wiped the cold sweat with my hand and panted lightly.

 

“I’m really sorry! I thought you already knew. It seemed like you had recovered some memories…”

 

“It’s okay. At least I’m alive! Thank you, Sillia. So, what do you mean I recovered memories? I’m more curious about that!”

 

“Um, didn’t Mother tell you anything about memories?”

 

“No. I only know that I originally died and that someone wanted my soul put into this body.”

 

“Who it was…”

 

“She didn’t tell me.”

 

“It’s not really confidential. Um, if you’re curious… Ah! But this shouldn’t come first…! So, so, are you curious?”

 

Is she asking if I’m curious about who I was?

 

I stared blankly at the ceiling.

 

My name, huh.

 

I’m curious, but I didn’t particularly want to know.

 

Who knows what might happen if I found out!

 

Right now I’m Sillia Ebennain anyway.

 

I smiled brightly and sat up abruptly.

 

“Wh-whoaaa!”

 

“Hehe, it’s a bit awkward to say this in front of the body’s owner, but now I’m not that dead person, I’m Sillia! It’s okay.”

 

“Ah…! I-I see!”

 

“Instead, there’s something I was curious about.”

 

“Something you were curious about?”

 

I looked at Sillia once as she tilted her head and blinked, then swung my feet back and forth while looking at the floor.

 

“Do you happen to remember Lili and Felix?”

 

“I remember Lili! Felix- if you’re talking about Youngsik from the Galdrid County, I remember him.”

 

“What kind of people were Lili and Felix? They were people I was with almost from right after I possessed this body.”

 

Sillia swayed her feet gently following me, looked up at the air as if thinking, then smiled softly and blushed slightly.

 

“Both of them were good people. Lili always helped me, and Felix protected me.”

 

She said the two became close from the moment Sillia came to the Ebennain Estate.

 

Felix was someone who gave her strength even when she was bullied by Kiel, ostracized in social circles, and even when she was rejected by the Crown Prince.

 

The only strange thing was that she had no memory of her first meeting with Felix.

 

Well, it’s possible not to remember, but Sillia didn’t have many connections, and Felix and Lili were about the only relationships in her life.

 

It was somewhat bothering that she remembered her first meeting with Lili but couldn’t remember her first meeting with Felix.

 

Why are there no clues about Felix?

 

I made a humming sound but set the thought aside and got up from my seat.

 

For now, my goal is to get Sillia’s permission!

 

I need to let her experience the business product right away.

 

I slapped both my cheeks with my hands and clenched my fists tightly.

 

Then I looked at Sillia with confidence and made my eyes sparkle.

 

“More importantly, aren’t you curious about makeup? With just some dye substitute and something a bit sticky, I can show you a taste of it.”

 

Upon hearing that, Sillia’s expression brightened dramatically.

 

However, perhaps noticing her own reaction, she immediately shouted ‘I’m sorry!’

 

When I said it was fine and asked if she could bring some if available, Sillia got up and stumbled but quickly stood up and approached what looked like a bookshelf.

 

Then she opened a white drawer and brought various colored dyes and honey.

 

I worried briefly whether this would work, but thinking I just needed to put my mind to it, I mixed various dyes to create colors.

 

And once the colors were somewhat complete, I mixed a very small amount of honey into the dye to make it clump together.

 

When I tested the color on the back of my hand, a very vivid shadow was completed.

 

“You do makeup with this?”

 

“Yes, that’s right! Oh no, this is terrible.”

 

“Huh? Why? Is something wrong?”

 

“Now my secret technique has been revealed to the spirits-.”

 

I shrugged my shoulders as if it couldn’t be helped and spoke playfully.

 

Sillia blinked for a moment, then giggled softly.

 

“Even knowing the materials and method, I and others couldn’t make it.”

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