Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 86

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86

Berinea stared at Felix with furrowed brows.

Already flustered by her sudden approach, Felix broke out in a cold sweat and stepped back as she continued to stare intently at him.

“Why, why are you doing that, Yeongae…?”

“Hmm.”

Regardless of his reaction, Berinea continued staring and reached out her hand toward Felix.

He squeezed his eyes shut, expecting something to happen, when he heard words like ‘Galdrid Youngsik, open your eyes.’

Since nothing else happened besides those words, Felix cautiously lifted his eyelids.

“Gasp.”

He flinched at the sight of Berinea leaning her head close right in front of him, covering his face with one hand as his pupils shook.

Even in that situation, Berinea seemed calm, so Felix unnecessarily rolled his eyes to the side.

After staring for about 5 more seconds, Berinea finally turned her head and called out to Sillia.

“Yeongae, how about adding some accessories to Galdrid Youngsik? He looks fine up close, but seems too plain from a distance.”

“Hmm- Ah, should we? I wonder if there are any accessories we can get right now.”

“I’ll go get some right away. I know a jewelry shop nearby, so it won’t take long! Um, gold tones would suit him, right?”

“I think so! Ah, I’ll also work on complementing Felix’s makeup while you’re gone.”

“Yes! Got it. I’ll run and get them right away, so wait just a bit!”

“Ahaha, be careful not to trip!”

Sillia and Berinea had a conversation that Felix found difficult to understand, and before he knew it, Berinea who had been right in front of him went outside.

What exactly looked plain?

Felix’s head turned toward the mirror.

The more he looked in the mirror, the more puzzled he became.

Felix’s face had the most glamorous makeup he’d ever tried, yet strangely, it wasn’t grotesque.

Unlike the past when he painted his face stark white, now the makeup preserved his natural skin tone while mysteriously unifying it with a subtly different complexion.

Around his eyes, orange-tinted red shadow lightly swept across the outer corners and triangular zones, with the color getting deeper toward the outer corners.

Gold shadow was applied like Ricardo’s, from the center of the eyelids to the inner corners, brightening the center of his face.

Even this seemed glamorous enough, but Sillia didn’t stop there.

Next, she used wine-colored brown shadow to apply color along the lower lash line up to the outer corners, then drew aegyo-sal that she hadn’t done for Ricardo.

Just when he thought it was finished, she brought out pearl-like white shimmer shadow and dabbed a small amount on a thin brush, dotting it on the center of the aegyo-sal.

Though she didn’t add any more colors after that, she made his eyes sharp with brown eyeliner and applied red-brown mascara to the lower lashes to make them stand out.

When Felix asked “Is it finished now?” for about the 12th time, the blusher finally began.

Using coral cream blusher, she created and spread a reverse triangle area centered below his eyes.

Then she mixed peach and coral lip colors and naturally applied them to his lips, before using gold and pearl shimmer to highlight once more.

Since the photo shoot concept was blue roses, Felix’s makeup also incorporated blue.

Right between both cheeks and chin, she placed a fine net like one used to catch small fish, then applied light blue shadow over it.

Felix wondered what on earth she was doing and tried to look down toward his cheeks while blinking, but when Sillia told him to look straight ahead, he looked back at the mirror.

When she removed the net, Felix couldn’t help but be amazed.

It was because there were scales on both his cheeks, just like a real fish.

Seeing the final completed look, Felix felt a sense of disconnect.

The person in the mirror didn’t seem like himself.

He had thought it was almost at disguise level, yet Felix was sitting in the chair in front of the mirror again.

And Sillia was in front of him, staring at Felix with the most serious expression in the world before nodding her head.

“Felix, lift your chin. Not too high, just like usual.”

“What more are you going to do here?”

“Your neck looks too empty. I need to add gills to your neck. Quickly.”

“Too much isn’t good…”

“I’ll be the judge of that. Lift it.”

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His hesitant gaze turned upward as Felix’s head lifted slightly.

Since it would be troublesome if the gills got smudged, I carefully held Felix’s chin to adjust it to the right degree.

Once I found just the right position, I told him to stay still, then concentrated on drawing gills on both sides of his neck.

Just the shark and fish drawings I’ve looked at to create this work could probably fill a book.

I could draw this much with my eyes closed!

With a confident smile, I depicted even the light and shadow before lifting my brush.

I straightened Felix’s head and stepped back to look at the mirror.

Mm, now he looks more like a merman.

Ding.

Just as I finished the touch-ups and was about to clean up, I heard the sound of a door opening from the 1st floor.

Tap tap tap, the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs followed, and soon Berinea appeared on the 2nd floor, breathing lightly.

“Yeongae, I’m back!”

“Ah! You’re back?”

“Yes! Ta-da!”

Berinea raised both hands up to show the boxes.

On her hands were 3 velvet boxes.

She approached with a bright smile and placed the boxes on the preparation table.

I quickly came to Berinea’s side to check the accessories inside the boxes.

Inside were a gold bracelet, a pair of gold ear cuffs, and 2 gold rings of different sizes but identical design.

They weren’t too yellow-toned, so they seemed like they’d match perfectly.

“Wow, Yeongae Sichel really has exceptional taste. I think they’ll really suit him well!”

“Right? I do have quite an eye for these things. Hehe. Did you make any modifications in the meantime?”

“Yes. His neck looked too empty, so I added gills. A necklace or excessive drawing would look too stuffy with this outfit.”

Berinea turned her head to look at Felix.

When she fell silent for a moment, I felt like I was being judged, making my heart race and my palms sweat.

Gulp, just as I swallowed, a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

“It looks good? He definitely looked somewhere between a dragon and a merman before, but now he clearly looks like a merman!”

“Ugh, I was completely nervous thinking you didn’t like it.”

As I slowly brushed my chest and let out a sigh of relief, Berinea blinked and then burst out laughing.

Then she took out the bracelet and approached Felix to fasten it on his left wrist.

“I’m not such a picky artist, you know? We can even make modifications, so what’s there to be scared of?”

“Since it’s not a work I made alone, if I mess up, I could become the person who ruined Berinea’s work. And modifications take up time too!”

“So what if you ruin it! While fixing what’s ruined, an even more wonderful work might emerge. Well, perfection is good, but I’m always against the opinion that everything must be perfect.”

Next, she took out the ear cuffs and carefully placed them on both ears with a furrowed brow, making sure they were symmetrical.

It became quiet for a moment as she stared at Felix from the front, then seeming satisfied, she went to get the rings and spoke again.

“Because if you’re always perfect, it takes a long time to recover when you make mistakes. You need to make various mistakes to become flexible in handling them! And when doing this kind of work, you do it while fighting.”

That’s true.

But doesn’t everyone dislike fighting?

It’s better to finish while only saying good things, if possible.

Then there’s no reason for either party to suffer disadvantages or hurt feelings.

When I remained silent, Berinea put rings on Felix’s right index and middle fingers, then quietly came to stand beside me.

“Do you hate having disagreements with people?”

“Um, yes. I’ve suffered disadvantages from arguing before…”

“That can happen. But to create your own work, you need to have disagreements too! You have to protect your taste!”

“Taste, you say.”

“Yes, taste! I fought tremendously with my father over this. Of course, I won the fight and protected it!”

“That’s amazing, Yeongae. If I had a disagreement with someone above me, I’d just follow along!”

“You should listen to what superiors say, but from now on, push forward stubbornly when it comes to matters of taste! Got it?”

“Mm, got it! I’ll try pushing forward with full force.”

“That’s right, with full force! If your taste wavers, it’s no longer your work. I like Yeongae’s taste!”

“Then I’ll go forward shamelessly! I drew the gills because I wanted to. I think this way suits him better and makes it more colorful!”

I clenched my fist and looked at Berinea beside me with burning eyes.

Then Berinia looked at me with passionate eyes, clenched her fists, and followed my lead.

“I wholeheartedly agree with that opinion! It feels much more colorful. I bought a couple of rings. I think this one would suit Youngsik well.”

“I also wholeheartedly agree with that opinion. Yeongae has the best matching sense!”

“That’s just how I am! Then shall we set things up now and capture this work in a drawing?”

“Shall we?”

We exchanged glances with serious expressions, then simultaneously looked at the two men and grinned wickedly.

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