Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 78

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78

“Model…?”

“Well, to put it simply, someone to play dress-up with?”

Both men blinked at my words.

Felix still seemed confused, while Ricardo nodded as if he understood.

Then Felix, who was beside him, quickly nodded his head too.

Just ask for more explanation, you fool.

“So- someone to wear the clothes I put on them and receive the makeup I do?”

“I just have to stay still?”

“Not exactly still, you’ll need to walk around or hold poses for a bit.”

“Why do we have to do that?”

“It’s a kind of promotion! Think about it. I don’t particularly like that sort of thing, but when two handsome men are dressed up nicely, everyone naturally pays attention.”

“Hmm, does it have a promotional effect for the makeup shop?”

“Yes. The more attention we draw, the more interested people become in what’s there!”

It would be good to bring idols if they existed, but there aren’t any here.

If there are no beings with fan bases, then the next best thing is people who catch the eye.

I need to capture attention even for just a second to spark interest in makeup.

When my eyes sparkled, the two men exchanged glances and then nodded.

“So you both agree then? I’ll make sure to pay you properly! Oh, Ricardo. Could you contact Yeongae Sichel for me?”

“Berinea? That’s not difficult. One moment.”

Ricardo nodded, turned around and muttered something, then quickly turned back.

When I looked at Ricardo with the meaning ‘Did you contact her?’, Ricardo turned his head toward the door.

“She said she’ll be here soon-“

“Yeongae-! Were you looking for me?”

Before Ricardo could finish speaking, Berinea entered the shop, smiling brightly at me as if nothing was unusual.

Did she run here?

Why does she look so fine?

I thought it was some kind of express delivery.

But I quickly suppressed my surprised feelings and ran over to firmly grasp both of Berinea’s hands.

“Yeongae Sichel, would you like to pour our creative desires onto those two men with me?”

“Pardon?”

“We want to create art with clothes and makeup! Of course, we’ll pay you too!”

Berinea, who had been blinking, turned her head to look at the two men behind her.

Then her gaze returned to me, and she leaned down to whisper quietly.

“Is it okay to dress them up however we want?”

“It’s okay to dress them up however we want.”

When I answered her serious question seriously with sparkling eyes, a smile appeared on Berinea’s lips.

Having exchanged opinions, we looked at the two men and licked our lips in anticipation.

***

Lucian thought he was fortunate to be Lucy.

He knew he was quite handsome himself, but he didn’t want to be so blatantly targeted by two women like that.

The two women’s gazes were somehow chilling.

When his body shuddered, Lili beside him asked what was wrong.

Tears welled up because it seemed like only Lili cared for him here, but Lucian forced a smile saying he was fine.

By the way, Lucian suddenly became curious.

Rolling his eyes, he secretly glanced at Felix.

He was definitely human- but something seemed strange.

‘Isn’t his soul too small for a human?’

His presence as a human didn’t seem certain to begin with.

He looked exactly like a being that had been hastily created.

When he stared at Felix intently, Felix felt the gaze and turned his head to meet Lucy’s eyes.

After briefly contemplating his tilted head gesture, he shook his head.

‘Does Sillia know about this?’

His gaze dropped again, and the conversation roughly ended as a dismissive atmosphere arrived.

During the remaining time, Lucian was doing his assigned work when he saw Felix alone and approached him.

“Could we talk for a moment?”

“Huh? Why?”

“I’m curious about something. About you.”

When Lucy, who had been speaking formally, sparkled his amber eyes and stared at Felix, Felix hesitated then sharpened the corners of his eyes.

His wary look was like a kitten.

Sighing deeply, he gathered a small amount of magic and spoke to Felix.

[Does Sillia know who you are?]

Felix’s body flinched.

His sharp gaze could no longer bristle and slowly dulled.

Soon he gestured toward the 2nd floor.

“I’d prefer if Ria doesn’t know.”

Nodding as if he understood, when he said he’d go to the 2nd floor for a moment, Sillia, who knew nothing, told him to go ahead.

When Lucy came up to the 2nd floor and sat on the sofa, he simultaneously changed into Lucian as a translucent wall formed around Felix and Lucian.

“What, what is this?”

“What else. It’s the tower owner’s power.”

“Does Ria know you can do this kind of thing?”

“Yeah, she knows. I have more than one or two questions, so let me ask first, okay? You’re not originally from here, are you?”

Felix’s silence at his question stimulated Lucian’s interest.

Smirking, Lucian turned and lay down on the sofa.

“I see. Then I suppose you weren’t originally human either?”

“Why are you curious about such things?”

“Because it’s interesting? For someone who knows all the reasons, boring stories become fun. Who else knows this fact?”

“…You and someone I don’t know.”

“Really? You won’t tell Sillia?”

“Sillia doesn’t need to know. She’s already cried a lot because of me. Whether it’s good or bad, I don’t want to see her cry anymore.”

“…Ah. Sillia isn’t from here either, is she?”

“…”

With chuckling sounds, Lucian sat up, shrugged his shoulders cheekily, and looked at Felix with narrowed eyes.

“Well, I already know she’s a spirit’s daughter, so I don’t think much of it. I’m more interested in you than that.”

“Spirit’s daughter…?”

“Mm, it seems you two had a connection. Then wouldn’t it be better to tell her? If she cared for you in the past, she could steal you away from Ricardo.”

At the seductive, gentle voice, Felix felt like he couldn’t breathe.

His heart wavered.

But he squeezed his eyes shut, then slowly lifted his eyelids and chuckled.

“I decided to give up on that.”

“Why?”

“Because I want Ria to be happy. So I want her love to be smooth. Ordinary, without trials.”

“You’re no fun.”

“I only feel fun when Ria plays with me and talks with me. So I can’t help but be boring. If you have nothing more to ask, remove this wall. I want to leave.”

When he cupped his hands and scratched at the opaque wall, Lucian sighed and flicked his finger to remove the wall.

Only then did Felix, who was about to rush to the stairs, whip his head around and glare at Lucian with sharp eyes.

“If you interfere with Ria’s happiness too, I won’t let it slide!”

“Ah, yes. Yes, yes.”

Only after glaring once more at Lucian, who gestured dismissively while answering carelessly, did Felix go down to the 1st floor.

“Anyone could see he was a cat. If they separated like that, naturally the owner would want to meet him, so why is he trying to hide it? Is his brain still a cat brain?”

Lucian shrugged his shoulders, transformed back into Lucy, then followed Felix downstairs to the 1st floor.

***

As soon as I locked the shop door, the Female Actor I had seen during the day and one male actor were standing in front of the store.

They were smiling brightly, so it seemed they had received a good answer.

“Hello, Miss Ebennain.”

“You even found out my name in the meantime?”

“This is the level of our guild’s capabilities! …Oh my, has the number of people joining us increased?”

The Female Actor’s gaze turned toward Ricardo.

I also turned my head toward Ricardo, then put strength in my eyes to signal him to go back.

Then Ricardo nodded with a stoic expression.

Thud!

He pressed his forehead, paused for a moment, then forced a smile and shook his head.

“No, he’s not coming with us! This person has somewhere else to go—”

“Huh? Are you perhaps Young Master Jesuert?”

“Yes. Aren’t you a guild member of S.T. Guild?”

Huh?

Excuse me, Mr. Ricardo. Why do you two know each other?

No wait. Why am I thinking like this here? They could know each other— I mean, didn’t he say he had very few friends or acquaintances?

How is this considered “very few”?

How does he know most of the people we meet!

As I clenched my fists and looked at Ricardo, Ricardo was just tilting his head.

The Female Actor, who had been looking back and forth between me and Ricardo, cleared her throat with a cough.

Then she deliberately looked at Ricardo with a smile as if for me to hear.

“The materials you requested before have gathered to some extent again, so I was planning to deliver them to you tonight. Would you like to come and check them first?”

“Ah.”

Only then did heat rise to my face as embarrassment about the misunderstanding I had made a few seconds ago washed over me.

As I couldn’t move my lips easily and avoided eye contact for no reason, the Female Actor looked at me again and handed me a note.

“The Guild Master said he would like to meet with you.”

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