Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 90

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90

“Why, what’s wrong?”

“Who did your makeup?”

“The, …Marquis, Marquis Nekiard did it.”

“Marquis this, Marquis that. That Marquis bastard did it? The one with black hair?”

I wondered if it was okay to talk like that, but since he was the Tower owner, there probably wasn’t anyone higher than him anyway.

If there was, maybe the Emperor?

I nodded, and Lucian held out the necklace to show me the information displayed in the air.

Reading through it in order,

[Detected Mana 0%…]

The mana kept staying at 0%, but suddenly from a certain point, there was much more text.

From then on, I had to scroll up like reading a scroll to read the information.

[16:18 Detected Mana 5%]

[Type: Special Mana]

[Executor: □□]

[*Warning* Darkness has been detected.]

“Darkness?”

“It means dark magic was detected. When I saw this, I thought you endured it well.”

As Lucian’s hand slid the text upward, I could see repeated content.

No, there were two different things.

[16:22 Detected Mana 9%]

The first was the time,

[16:29 Detected Mana 13%]

And the second was the amount of mana.

I wondered if 13% was a lot, but I thought it would be a burdensome amount for this body.

Until I checked the last entry.

[16:43 Detected Mana 35%]

[Type: Special Mana]

[Executor: Jubert Nekirad]

“What is this.”

“What else, it’s the record of that Marquis bastard continuously using dark magic trying to brainwash you somehow.”

“My body endured that well. No wonder it was incredibly hard to move when I came out.”

“What happened? The other entries had the executor’s name erased, but only this one remains intact.”

“Nothing special happened. Maybe it’s like this because it doesn’t seem like I was brainwashed?”

“How would I know what kind of person he is? I’m a Tower owner who doesn’t engage in social activities at all.”

“Ah, right.”

As soon as he finished speaking, both our gazes simultaneously turned toward Ricardo.

Ricardo blinked his eyes behind his mask and then touched his chin.

“From what I heard before, Marquis Nekiard likes to nail things down for certain.”

So that’s confirmation, right?

There was no mention that Jubert could use dark magic.

The tea leaf enchantment was also just misused, not dark magic.

The difference between the original Jubert and the current Jubert…

Ah, Casual Jesuert.

Come to think of it, Casual never appeared directly in the story, and there was no collaboration with Jubert.

But now that man was beside Jubert.

Is Casual related to dark magic?

If Casual is related to dark magic, there’s one more problem.

Casual is Ricardo’s younger brother, and the two are from the same family living in the same manor.

In other words, if things go wrong, it could mean the entire Jesuert Family has been keeping silent about this.

This means I can’t carelessly touch Casual even if I’m certain.

“Why do you look like that, Sillia?”

“…What?”

“Are you hurt somewhere? You look unwell.”

“Ah, um… Ricardo, can I ask you something straight to the point?”

“Yes.”

“This feels fishy. Do you know what your younger brother has been up to?”

“Casual? Lately, all I know is that he frequently goes to the Nekiard Marquis Estate. He really just goes back and forth between his bedroom and the Marquis’s manor like it’s his job.”

“No, I mean from long ago, not recently.”

“Long ago… I’m not sure. I only know that he went to various parties and became friends with different people. Our family doesn’t pay much attention to each other’s private lives.”

“I see. About dark magic, I think Casual Youngsik might be related to it.”

Ricardo’s eyes widened briefly at my words, then his gaze turned to the floor as if in thought.

Then he crossed his arms and tapped one arm with his index finger.

Soon his gaze returned to me.

“I’ll investigate. Since he’s such a thorough person, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find anything.”

I smiled and nodded.

It would raise less suspicion if Ricardo investigated rather than me, an outsider.

Just as I was thinking that things were gradually getting sorted out, El came between us and tilted her head.

“Miss, let’s start soon. The Order of Knights will arrive shortly.”

Here it comes. The time of pain!

You endured dark magic too. You can do this.

This world is on your side, so don’t be nervous.

“Huff, hoooo.”

After taking a deep breath, I relaxed my body and placed my hands on the shop wall.

“Let’s begin.”

As I put strength in my eyes with determination, Lucian’s hand moved toward me.

His orange eyes sparkled like before, and mana began gathering in his palm.

I turned my head to look at the wall, then closed my eyes tightly and drew up the spirit’s power within my body.

‘I’m going to dispel the dark magic. Help everyone here wake up from the brainwashing.’

The sensation of blood rushing from my toes to my fingertips was still unfamiliar.

Even so, compared to when I first started, gathering power was now easy.

The problem was from now on.

Whoosh-!

Thump thump thump thump.

“Ugh.”

The moment Lucian’s mana entered my body, like throwing a stone into a lake, the mana spread throughout my body and my heart beat rapidly.

My head was ringing, and something seemed to be rising from within.

Whether it was blood or vomit.

Nevertheless, I bit my lips tightly and endured the pain until enough mana accumulated in my body.

My fingertips hurt as if I had cramps.

My body found it increasingly difficult to even stand.

That’s when it happened.

I felt small hands touching my back.

Whoooosh-.

The pain disappeared, though temporarily.

El seemed to be healing me.

I put strength back in my legs to stand properly and opened my eyes to press both hands against the wall.

As both forces entered at once, each heartbeat was strong as if there was a battle in my heart, and I had to feel pain as if it would burst.

I think I understood what it felt like to go between heaven and hell.

Panting and gasping for breath, cold sweat dripped to the floor.

I closed my eyes again and clenched my jaw so hard my teeth might grind.

Then I felt the mana filling my body.

It’s almost full.

I took a labored breath and drew up the churning mana, sending it toward my hands.

When the two forces mixed in one place, the pain reached its peak.

I tensed my body while suppressing the urge to vomit as much as possible.

Soon, with a pop, I saw the two forces touch and instantly mix in the darkness.

Just before the forces completely merged,

I suddenly felt different mana and pain of a completely different dimension spread through my body.

“Argh! Gasp, ugh!”

I tasted blood in my mouth.

Even so, unable to give up when I was so close, I poured the completely mixed force toward the mist I could see in the darkness.

Flash, at the sensation of power being fired from my hand, I immediately opened my eyes.

A blue circle formed around the shop, then shrank in an instant and entered the building.

Then a blue pillar of light formed in the center of the building, and blue light spread in a hemisphere shape along the pillar before disappearing.

Did I… succeed…?

“Cough!”

Just as doubt crept in, my mouth spat out purple blood tinged with blue as if it had been waiting.

At the same time, strength left my legs and I collapsed on the spot.

“Sillia!”

Before I hit the ground, Ricardo caught me from behind in a sitting position, preventing the disaster of my face smashing into the floor.

Though I felt the unpleasant sensation of my clothes being soaked in cold sweat, I looked at those shaking golden pupils and smiled weakly as if to reassure him.

“Very, haa, like a fairy tale princess and prince… ugh, how fitting, how fitting.”

I turned my head toward the voice coming from behind.

There was Lucian leaning against the wall, with red blood flowing down his chin.

“Lucian! Are you okay?”

“If this looks okay to you, then you, haa, really have problems. This really, you need to give me another 2 weeks of paid vacation.”

“Stop stating the obvious.”

Wondering if others were hurt too, I looked around and saw El also lying spread-eagle, panting heavily as if exhausted.

Fortunately, Ricardo seemed fine.

“Did this work properly?”

“Yes, it worked well. Haa, the Order of Knights is coming over there.”

El turned her head to look at the alley entrance where light was coming in, and from there came the sounds of carriages and horses approaching.

This incident will be resolved now, right?

Just as I was thinking that and trying to relax my body, Lucian struggled to get up and looked down at me.

“Get up.”

“I feel like I’m going to die from exhaustion.”

“She said so. If you faint right after using all your strength, treatment takes longer too. Want to take more vacation days and lose customers?”

Where Lucian pointed, there was El.

Hearing those words, the number 0 that I had been staring at like crazy for a while came to mind, and I immediately gained strength and jumped up from my spot.

I properly put on my cloak and was about to leave when Lucian lifted his cloak and wiped the blood from his lips.

“What are you doing?”

“What do you mean what. Going to nail it down.”

Lucian smiled cheekily and raised his hand.

In his hand was the blue necklace I had been wearing.

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