Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 85

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85

“Stay sharp and grit your teeth! Do you want to die?”

“N-no!”

“Just endure 10 more seconds!”

“Huff, uuugh! Argh!”

Thud, as I collapsed to the ground, Lucian looked down at me with pitying eyes while handing me the medicine El had given.

I gasped for breath with difficulty and received the medicine, crunching it between my teeth.

Ugh, bitter!

“That’s enough for today. You really… It’s been 3 days of practice and you still can’t endure even a palm-sized amount of mana?”

“I’m not a genius, you know? You should praise me just for enduring this much mana.”

“…You need to endure at least this level of mana for 2 minutes to do what you want.”

“I can barely handle 1 minute right now, how am I supposed to do that.”

“You know just enduring won’t solve everything, right?”

“How am I supposed to use my strength when I’m dying from pain.”

I sighed in a gloomy mood and leaned my body against a tree.

Starting the day after I heard the method from El, I trained with Lucian every morning in the forest to endure mana.

Lucian was full of complaints about why I was making him work even in the morning, but he quieted down when I told him to bring a solution then.

At first, the moment mana touched my fingertips, it stung tremendously like being hit by an electric fly swatter, and I rolled around holding my fingers.

After doing that a few more times, my mind seemed to go blank, but my body felt less pain.

Did my soul briefly leave because it hurt so much?

Fortunately, thanks to the medicine El gave me, it didn’t interfere with my work.

Is it like some kind of panacea?

It was good that there weren’t any particular side effects either.

Despite the slightly chilly weather, sweat dripped down my forehead.

I wiped it off with my hand and got up from my spot.

“I should head back soon.”

“You’re really amazing. After training so hard, you still think about going to work? There aren’t even many customers.”

“Whether there are customers or not, I have to open the shop because it’s a promise I made.”

Lucian looked at me as if I was stubborn, then transported me to the manor before disappearing.

Hehehe.

Today it’s partly because of my promise, but there’s something more important!

“Ebennain Yeongae!”

“Yeongae!”

As soon as break time arrived, Berinea appeared.

In her arms were several bundles of papers.

I smiled brightly and guided Berinea to the 2nd floor.

That’s right. Today was the day we decided to discuss the design for the photo shoot!

When we went up to the 2nd floor, Lili and Lucy were mumbling while eating lunch.

We went to the large table prepared next to them and spread out Berinea’s designs.

The concept we decided on was blue roses.

Ricardo also has dark blue hair, and Felix has close to blue eyes, so if we arranged it well, it would really suit them.

I examined each design carefully, pondering which one would best fit the concept.

The most serious problem here was that there wasn’t just one or two that I liked.

“I really want Ricardo to wear this outfit, but this type of clothing doesn’t suit Felix.”

“Or how about this completely different, sharply angled outfit?”

“This is good too, and this one and this one and that one…”

“Personally, I’d like Ricardo to wear this. How about combining this with this? Oh, but this one is good too!”

We both pulled at our hair in contemplation before choosing two designs.

One was an outfit with a design rarely seen in this Empire.

It looked exactly like something the gods from Greek and Roman mythology would wear.

It was a design where a cape made of several layers of light fabric wrapped around the uniform familiar to people here.

The other was a mix-and-match design with a perfectly fitted shirt and vest on top, and plain pants below with a waist cape made of large frills.

The reason we chose these two designs was because they didn’t feel like something humans would wear.

We chose them thinking one felt like a god, and the other like what a mermaid would wear if they put on human clothing.

Most importantly, they’re unique!

The first photo shoot should be this special.

Once this design was decided, makeup ideas immediately came to mind.

I took out paper and sketched the makeup simply.

“How does this feel?”

“How about if it had a more sparkling feeling?”

“A sparkling feeling.”

Come to think of it, there was no pearl.

The pearl on the market would definitely be bad for health.

I fell into brief contemplation at Berinea’s words.

Tap tap, I drummed on the table while concentrating on my thoughts, when suddenly a brilliant idea flashed through my mind.

Sugar.

Melt sugar, add color, then harden it again and make powder.

Once the powder is complete, I can ask Lucian to make the powder smooth, so it’ll be safe to use.

I should make edible gems too.

Regular gems are too heavy to stick, but edible gems are relatively light so they’ll stick.

Let’s make them completely shed their human appearance!

When I quickly drew it and showed it to Berinea again, Berinea’s eyes sparkled as she nodded several times.

***

It felt like my whole body smelled sweet.

Anyone who saw me might think I bathed in sugar water.

Still, I succeeded in using the manor’s kitchen all night to create transparent candy chunks and sparkling candy powder in various colors.

The skills of the Corner Tangurul CEO haven’t gone anywhere!

Thanks to my ability, the candy chunks were clean without bubbles, and the candy powder sparkled exceptionally.

Thinking of the past when I caused such a ruckus trying to make powder that I nearly destroyed the manor, shame crept up on me.

I deliberately ignored the fact that while crushing candy chunks, I woke up 3 servants and even the butler.

Anyway, when I gathered what was prepared and handed it to Lucian in the morning, Lucian looked at me with an expression close to contempt.

Well, what can you do.

When I smiled brightly as if to show off, Lucian’s lips twitched.

Lucian, who snatched it away, helped with training that day too and transported me to the manor.

But perhaps because he was displeased about being given work, Lucian, who always transported me inside the room, this time transported me inside the manor, in front of the staircase.

Ah come on, you should drop me off upstairs!

But I didn’t say anything directly to Lucian about it.

Honestly, I was making Lucian work to the point I felt sorry.

I wanted to make a photo shoot, but asking the two of them to wait while maintaining poses for several hours while I drew would definitely kill them.

So I asked him to make paper that would record a scene exactly as it was.

Now that I think about it, I’m like a really evil boss.

B-but I found the cushion Lucian was looking for, so I’m not that evil, just a tiny bit? I wonder if he won’t treat me as an evil boss.

In the end, the cushion Lucian was looking for was one made by a spirit.

Since it was a cushion made by kneading feathers and cotton, I could make it too.

Lucian’s reaction when I handed him the cushion was vivid.

It was the first time I’d seen him smile so brightly, but seeing that expression made me think he really was the main male protagonist.

Though he was happy about something childlike, there was maturity felt in his smile.

In the original, Helena’s heart was shaken when she saw that smile, wasn’t it?

I wonder if she was completely smitten, because honestly I found Ricardo’s laughter more heart-fluttering… I think…

I cooled my burning cheeks with the back of my hand as I climbed the stairs.

Arriving at my room, I immediately washed up and headed to the shop.

Looking forward to next week’s holiday!

***

“Sillia, this is really bothering me.”

“Your outfit is simpler than Ricardo’s.”

I countered Felix’s words while carefully moving my brush.

After drawing blue roses and rose vines on Ricardo’s nape, I let out a breath and focused on the boy’s makeup again.

On the left eye area, not the right side where the rose was drawn, I applied toned-down pastel yellow shadow and added bright blue shadow toward the outer corner.

Then I placed gold pearl shadow in the center of the eyelid to create an otherworldly atmosphere.

On the opposite side, I used yellow shadow mixed with a hint of orange instead of blue to make the right side of his face appear more open.

After that, I carefully picked up diamond-like edible gems and attached several under his left eye.

Under the opposite eye, I asymmetrically attached yellow topaz-like edible gems.

With Lili’s help, I also styled Ricardo’s hair, loosening it and gathering it in a half-up style to create a flower shape on the right side.

Then I inserted a teardrop-shaped hairpin made of pure white diamonds below the flower.

A white uniform jacket with blue vest, white pants, and multiple layers of thin, translucent blue cape wrapping from the left shoulder to the right calf.

I stood up and looked at Ricardo from a distance, then made a frame with both thumbs and index fingers to capture his image within it.

Soon I tilted my head toward Berinea beside me and whispered softly.

“How is it?”

“It makes me want to make clothes.”

“I completely agree. It makes me want to do makeup.”

“Thank you for including me in this plan. Can you include me next time too? My creative spirit has ignited after so long.”

“Fufu, of course! Now shall we start capturing this beauty?”

“Ah, wait a moment!”

Is there some problem?

Berinea, who had spoken those words and started walking, stopped in front of Felix.

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