Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 87

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87

I positioned Ricardo in the space where I had covered the massive bookshelf that filled one wall with white cloth.

Then Berinea used light magic to find the optimal atmosphere.

When the makeup appeared clearly while the costume showed its intended colors, I fixed it in place.

“How is it? Do you think I need to move more?”

“No, it’s perfect!”

As soon as the okay signal was given, Berinea immediately came to my side and checked the square panel placed on the small table.

Meanwhile, I lifted up a palm-sized rectangular black glass.

Thanks to its appropriate weight and the white border around the glass, I could easily hold it like a phone.

‘It’s really well made.’

This was a magical device I had made by promising Lucian an additional week of paid vacation and then nagging him sweetly for several more days.

This magical device, similar in form to a phone, operated on a principle similar to a video stone.

When I held this glass, whatever was directly in front of the glass was reflected on that panel Berinea was watching.

And by using mana, I could save that scene to the panel like a screenshot.

I had made this glass like a real accessory so it could project onto that panel even without mana.

Instead, that panel had to have sufficient mana.

The conditions and usage methods were cumbersome, but this was amazing!

Just implementing camera functionality was enough for Lucian to deserve paid vacation.

This magical device had one more feature: it could show the scene reflected on the panel on the glass I was looking through as well.

Unfortunately, there was no zoom function, so if I wanted to take detail shots, I had to move closer with the glass, but other than that, it was the best magical device.

So I moved subtly according to the scene visible in the glass to find the best angle.

Meanwhile, Ricardo repeatedly stood and sat, closed and opened his eyes, and raised and lowered his hands.

Even though it must have been annoying, he silently fulfilled my requests without a single complaint.

“Now! …Now!”

I sent signals whenever I thought this was it.

When I thought we had gradually gotten some best shots, I approached Berinea to check the scenes remaining on the panel.

About twenty photos remained.

I selected the 8 most satisfying ones and deleted the rest.

The good thing was that when data was deleted, the mana used to save that data came back out of the panel and returned to its original owner.

To think of it simply, it was similar to renting a cart at a large mart using a 100 won coin.

I smiled at the satisfying photos and handed the magical device to Berinea.

A makeup artist would know the shooting points well for makeup pictorials,

and a fashion designer would know the shooting points well for fashion pictorials.

So we decided to conduct individual shoots twice in total.

Once with me focusing on makeup, and once with Berinea focusing on costumes.

Felix helped with Berinea’s shooting.

I could have done it too, but since I had to concentrate and gather mana first, I might miss the moment.

It would be too selfish if only mine turned out well.

Instead, I helped with the direction Berinea wanted along with Lili.

Hair and clothing arrangement, prop placement and collection, and so on.

After Ricardo’s shoot ended safely, Felix was next.

Felix wore a white frilled shirt with a blue vest and pants that immediately brought to mind the blue sea, and around his waist was a white cape made of large frills.

Unlike Ricardo, I gave Felix, who had the blue rose details removed, a bouquet of roses dyed blue.

“Hold the flowers positioned a little higher than your chest. …More, higher up, ah! Down, up, right- now!”

“So picky. What difference does that make.”

“It makes a big difference?”

“It makes a big difference, doesn’t it?”

Berinea and I spat out rebuttals before Felix even finished speaking.

We became each other’s allies like twins, saying ‘Right?’

In that situation, even Ricardo threw in words like ‘There’s a big difference, can’t you tell?’ so Felix ended up being contradicted by the majority.

Finding this situation absurd, Felix looked at the three of us with a ‘huh’ sound and tried to mess up his hair out of habit, but when even Lili, his last hope, stopped him from touching his hair, he pouted his lips.

But when I told him to put his lips back in, they went right back in, and after grumbling to himself, he focused on the shoot again.

When Felix’s shoot also ended, we took a short break.

Since the next shoot was a pair shoot of the two men, Berinea and I put our heads together even during the break time to think about various compositions for the next shoot.

After organizing compositions, concepts, and poses on paper and resting for about 20 minutes, we got up again to prepare for the final shoot.

We laid blue velvet cloth on the floor and scattered white and blue rose petals.

In the center, Lili and Berinea worked together to bring a sky-blue sofa, and I brought a small round table to the front left diagonal of the sofa.

Then I covered that table with white cloth, placed a white vase on the table, and filled the vase with blue and white roses.

“Now, Ricardo, sit diagonally on the left side of the sofa. Felix will sit on the floor, like a mermaid sitting on a rock.”

“Like this?”

“Similar, but bring your legs together and put your left arm on the sofa. Tilt your head left too and lean slightly against your arm.”

Felix and Ricardo posed according to my instructions, and Berinea approached the two men in that state to arrange their clothes.

After Lili arranged their hair as well, I lifted the glass again and resumed shooting while adjusting the lighting with Berinea.

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The two men who had been photographed while changing poses and positions in front of the pouring blue light watched the two women whispering seriously in front of them.

Honestly, Felix stayed still because Sillia wanted it, but he still wondered what the point of all this was.

Makeup, costumes, photography.

It was interesting, but he didn’t know if it was worth being this excited about.

While the two women were discussing, he glanced up at Ricardo.

As if sensing his gaze, Ricardo’s eyes also fell downward.

At his expression asking what was wrong, Felix briefly rolled his eyes to the side before throwing them back to Ricardo.

“Aren’t you tired, Youngsik? It must be hard since you’re tall.”

“I’m not tired.”

Ricardo’s answer came without any hesitation.

When he got such a short answer back, Felix had nothing more to say, so he moved his lips and looked straight ahead again.

Just when he thought the conversation would stop there, it continued with Ricardo’s question.

“Galdrid Youngsik, why did you help me last time?”

“Last time?”

“Yes. You helped me get close to Sillia again. From your position, it would have been an opportunity.”

“You don’t want things to go well with Ria?”

“Absolutely not.”

“Well, that’s right. It was an opportunity, but I want Ria to always be happy. I thought carefully about what you said last time, Youngsik.”

“Did you reach a conclusion?”

“Yes. I love Ria.”

Felix spoke in a calm tone.

Ricardo’s body trembled momentarily, but he tried to act nonchalant and ignore his rapidly beating heart.

Then Felix, who heard that sound, slowly blinked and looked up at Ricardo.

“I’m certain that I love Ria. But that ‘love’ doesn’t seem to be the kind where I want to become lovers. I said it myself. I want Ria to be happy.”

“Yes.”

“Ria is someone who is strong yet tender. Her head is probably full of concerns about others rather than herself, and about future business. Because Ria is… that kind of person.”

Felix chuckled and sat on the sofa according to Sillia’s instructions, arranging his clothes before Berinea came.

Then he continued speaking quietly so only Ricardo could hear.

“I’d like Ria to think of me, but I don’t want to confuse her. If I’m going to love someone, I’d want there to be no trials. Like a fairy tale, beautiful and peaceful.”

“…Have you given up?”

“Given up? I never said I was giving up. Right now I’m just taking a step back. If you make Ria cry, then I won’t step back.”

“I understand.”

“Still, I’ll make our relationship clear, so don’t worry. Currently, Ria is a friend to me, precisely a friend I want to be a resting place for. Since I’ve stepped back, please make sure Ria is definitely happy.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Ricardo looked at Sillia and smiled faintly.

Felix, who captured that expression, took a short deep breath and looked straight ahead.

It felt like untangling a knotted ball of thread.

It was refreshing yet somehow bittersweet.

Feeling this indescribable, subtle emotion, I smiled gently as the two women had requested.

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