The next stop was a cosmetics store.
Dahlia changed into her lampblack dress at the clothing store and put on her shiny new black shoes. Up until now, Dahlia was wearing shoes with no heels so the current view is slightly elevated for her.
“Welcome, Gabriella-sama.”
“Good afternoon, I brought you the guest of honor. It’s Dahlia-san of the Rosetti Company you know.”
“Dahlia-sama, thank you for your first visit to our store.”
Paring the greeting from the female clerk with refreshing eyes and being introduced all of a sudden as the president of a company by Gabriella, Dahlia was unsettled. However, if she makes deny it here, she will trouble Gabriella.
Although cramped, Dahlia managed to greet her back with a smile.
Inside the store which is decorated with brightly colored flowers is lined with cosmetics and makeup goods. Dahlia can’t help but get nervous.
“What are you looking for today?”
“I want some basic makeup that you can finish in less than 10 minutes.”
“Understood.”
“Then I will write down the steps over there.”
Dahlia was offered a chair in front of a large three-sided mirror.
Several makeup items are lined up on the side table, the clerk is standing right beside her while Gabriella is sitting on a sofa diagonally behind.
“What kind of makeup have you done until now?”
“I’ve done white flour and lipstick before but it doesn’t really fit me. That’s about all.”
Actually, it was because Tobias said that he hated the smell of makeup so I just stop doing it.
“Your skin is beautiful so I want to adjust your eyebrows a little, simple eye lines, lipstick, and adding some blush should be good. If possible, I want to recommend both eye shadow and white powder too but it would still be fine if you skip them.”
Dahlia has little knowledge or skill in makeup both in this world and her previous one.
As she was starting to panic, the clerk help adjust her eyebrows while giving a brief explanation on how to apply makeup on herself.
Dahlia’s thick and unrefined eyebrows were cut into a thin elegant shape. With that alone, Dahlia’s unfashionable atmosphere disappeared at once.
When all the soft hair on her face was removed, her face looks one tone brighter.
With the eyeliner applied, Dahlia’s plain-looking eyes despite having twofold eyelids looked sharp and clear with the eyeshadow providing them depth. Her white cheeks are reddish and give a cheerful feeling with the blush applied.
When she looked at herself in the mirror after the clerk applied lipstick on her lips, Dahlia was beginning to suspect that the makeup in this store had some magical effect.
After hearing the clerk happily explain how to apply makeup and trying it out herself, she guides Dahlia to the washbasin at the end of the room. There, Dahlia removes all the makeup on her face as she has to apply the makeup by herself next.
She almost shouts that she can’t remove it all in such a short time.
However, when Dahlia held the eyeliner brush, she suddenly remembered the training she had in her senior year at the academy.
It was a practice in the magic tools class, the task was to use various kinds of materials to produce a specific color by using a magic tool. It was a difficult but also a very enjoyable task.
In the case of makeup, if I think of it as a magic tool, and apply it in the same order, she might be able to produce the same result. If I think of it like that, applying makeup is quite comfortable for me.
Actually, detailed dyeing and adjustment are indispensable processes in making a magic tool.
“Splendid, and it looks very good on you too!”
The clerk is very pleased and starts talking about various kinds of makeup when Dahlia finishes applying makeup on her own.
As not to be rude, Dahlia listened to everything.
“White powder with powder mixed with silk won’t dry and eyeshadows are mostly made from vegetable but those that have materials from monster mixed in also increased recently you know.”
“What kinds of monster material was it?”
“They are made from red slime, it looks transparent and has a red tint dye, you see. I heard that they were able to completely detoxify it and the one we are using this time is the combination of the dye made from that and the one we are using in our lipstick.”
“Red slime is it. it’s a gel material so it must have both transparency and depth right.”
As Dahlia thought, the appeal of slimes is their transparency property. The clerks also give her a big nod.
“Yes, since they are transparent, they make the makeup to feel even more natural. Last month, the lipstick coating agent made from the material processed from Kraken’s skin came out you see, if you use it on top, you won’t have to reapply it that often you know.”
“I see, the outer layer skin of Kraken seems to have a strong cover power isn’t it. With this, there shouldn’t me much lipstick stain on coffee mug and glasses too.”
“That’s right! It is very convenient when you are having a meal or sipping the tea.”
The clerk gave her a big nod again.
“And there’s the one that hasn’t arrive at our store yet but it is an eyeshadow made by crushing the leaves of the world tree, it’s color isn’t green but pale blue instead. It’s like the color of the sky you know.”
“Turning into sky color……that sounds wonderful isn’t it.”
Whether both of them chat about makeup or its material, they keep getting more excited.
Gabriella had already stopped taking notes and just watching them with lukewarm eyes.
When they left the store, Dahlia bought a basic set of makeup supplies and received a large number of freebies.
…………………………………..
“I’d like a toast now but since we don’t have much time, please bear with this for today.”
It’s already noon so we are having an afternoon tea time.
We are sitting face-to-face at a cafe with our teas and thick-two-tier pancakes full of fruit and cream on our table.
“I will call you Dahlia from now on so feel free to just call me Gabriella alright. Company presidents are mostly calling each other without minding the honorific after all.”
“Uhmm”
She is both the deputy guild manager as well as the wife of the guild manager who is held the court rank of Viscount, calling someone like that without honorific is a little too awe-inspiring for Dahlia.
“You will spoil the nice clothes if you hunching so much you know, Dahlia.”
“Gabriella,-sa…………I will be careful.”
When Dahlia finally discarded the -san from Gabriella’s name, the woman in front of her started laughing loudly.
When I start eating the thick pancakes, today’s recommended menu, the fluffy dough spread in my mouth.
Since she just plainly eat the first bite, she follows it up with half of the raw cream. Although it wasn’t that sweet the quality of the ingredients and the smell of vanilla were very good.
On the second bite, she ate the rest of the cream together with the fruit. Adding together the sweetness and juiciness of the fruit, the dish becomes even more delicious.
Because they were hungry they finished eating without much conversation between them.
As we were satisfied with the delicious pancakes, we were served an additional set of tea.
“Sorry for suddenly dragging you around today, Dahlia.”
“No, thank you very much for teaching and buying a lot of things for me …..it was something I don’t know about and I’ve never thought about it like that before too.”
If Dahlia changes back to her previous makeup and outfits it would be easy to understand.
She wasn’t interested in it but she also never thought about how it is necessary or whether it looks good on her or not before.
When she finally becoming a company president, she wants to make an effort to make herself seem trustworthy. From now on she has to be more careful about both her clothing and makeup, that’s what she thinks.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you. You should have your eyes look at the temple and if possible you should stop wearing glasses as well.”
“My glasses?”
“Yes, it is in the way.”
That was almost an order.
When I was making a prototype of soap pump bottles, my glasses get foggy in the bathroom. Getting my eyes fixed at the temple will make my work in the future easier.
When I asked about how much it will cost, I was told that it was only one gold coin for both eyes and some donations depending on your feelings. If it’s just that much then there’s no problem.
By the way, eye diseases are mainly cured by the doctors but you have to go to a temple to restore your eyesight.
The doctors for illness and temple for curing injuries. That’s the basis of this world.
Even if you lose your arms and legs, you can have a priest regenerate it for you if it is within still 7 days.
Conversely, disease-related treatment techniques in this world are behind my previous one. Healing magic can mostly do the trick but it’s not omnipotent.
Because of that, you are more likely to get sick than suffering a sudden injury.
“I see, I will go. Sorry, Gabriella, I have been troubling you a lot lately…..”
“Don’t worry about it, I just wanted to repay Carlo by taking care of you after all.”
“My father?”
Asked Dahlia, confused.
As far as I can remember, I have no memory of my father ever did anything for Gabriella.
“The person who introduced me to my husband was Carlo so both my husband and I are in his debt.”
“This is the first time I heard of it………”
“Carlo told me to not let anybody know about it you see. He said that he would be troubled if people start relying on him to get them to marry into money so he wanted me to keep it to myself until he dies.”
Gabriella’s husband is a Viscount.
He must have met my father at some point as my father was an honorary Baron.
“And more on that. Carlo also said [If Dahlia was in trouble whether as a craftsman or a woman, please give her some advice, but if not, keep that a secret until I die].”
“My father was………?”
“I don’t think you will have trouble but if you separated from Orlando and live freely then I think it would be better if you have your own company, Dahlia. And if you are starting your own company you will need a signboard. With that said, if you have a noble’s name included in that you won’t be targeted that easily, that’s why I want my husband’s name on it no matter what.”
“Thank you very much…….”
“Don’t worry, I just wanted to repay my debt. Hey, Dahlia, you don’t have to hold back anymore. From now on, I think many jobs and men will be coming your way, you can look at them, choose them and live however you want.”
“………yes.”
It took her all to nodded and gave the answer.
“Carlo was secretly given consultation to a lot of people. He was very reliable you know.”
That is one of her father’s unknown side.
When I came home late, I always thought that he was going out for a drink but was he give consultation to someone?
“Hey, Dahlia. Did you know what Carlo’s hobby is?”
“No, besides magic tools……….I guess it is just drinking?”
“Yeah, I’m sure he was quite a drinker but his hobby was surely…”
The ivory-haired woman turns to face Dahlia with a serious expression.
“Making people indebted to him and forbid them to talk about it you know.”
They both laugh at the same time, after that they continue talking about what Carlo was like as a father.
The next stop was a cosmetics store.
Dahlia changed into her lampblack dress at the clothing store and put on her shiny new black shoes. Up until now, Dahlia was wearing shoes with no heels so the current view is slightly elevated for her.
“Welcome, Gabriella-sama.”
“Good afternoon, I brought you the guest of honor. It’s Dahlia-san of the Rosetti Company you know.”
“Dahlia-sama, thank you for your first visit to our store.”
Paring the greeting from the female clerk with refreshing eyes and being introduced all of a sudden as the president of a company by Gabriella, Dahlia was unsettled. However, if she makes deny it here, she will trouble Gabriella.
Although cramped, Dahlia managed to greet her back with a smile.
Inside the store which is decorated with brightly colored flowers is lined with cosmetics and makeup goods. Dahlia can’t help but get nervous.
“What are you looking for today?”
“I want some basic makeup that you can finish in less than 10 minutes.”
“Understood.”
“Then I will write down the steps over there.”
Dahlia was offered a chair in front of a large three-sided mirror.
Several makeup items are lined up on the side table, the clerk is standing right beside her while Gabriella is sitting on a sofa diagonally behind.
“What kind of makeup have you done until now?”
“I’ve done white flour and lipstick before but it doesn’t really fit me. That’s about all.”
Actually, it was because Tobias said that he hated the smell of makeup so I just stop doing it.
“Your skin is beautiful so I want to adjust your eyebrows a little, simple eye lines, lipstick, and adding some blush should be good. If possible, I want to recommend both eye shadow and white powder too but it would still be fine if you skip them.”
Dahlia has little knowledge or skill in makeup both in this world and her previous one.
As she was starting to panic, the clerk help adjust her eyebrows while giving a brief explanation on how to apply makeup on herself.
Dahlia’s thick and unrefined eyebrows were cut into a thin elegant shape. With that alone, Dahlia’s unfashionable atmosphere disappeared at once.
When all the soft hair on her face was removed, her face looks one tone brighter.
With the eyeliner applied, Dahlia’s plain-looking eyes despite having twofold eyelids looked sharp and clear with the eyeshadow providing them depth. Her white cheeks are reddish and give a cheerful feeling with the blush applied.
When she looked at herself in the mirror after the clerk applied lipstick on her lips, Dahlia was beginning to suspect that the makeup in this store had some magical effect.
After hearing the clerk happily explain how to apply makeup and trying it out herself, she guides Dahlia to the washbasin at the end of the room. There, Dahlia removes all the makeup on her face as she has to apply the makeup by herself next.
She almost shouts that she can’t remove it all in such a short time.
However, when Dahlia held the eyeliner brush, she suddenly remembered the training she had in her senior year at the academy.
It was a practice in the magic tools class, the task was to use various kinds of materials to produce a specific color by using a magic tool. It was a difficult but also a very enjoyable task.
In the case of makeup, if I think of it as a magic tool, and apply it in the same order, she might be able to produce the same result. If I think of it like that, applying makeup is quite comfortable for me.
Actually, detailed dyeing and adjustment are indispensable processes in making a magic tool.
“Splendid, and it looks very good on you too!”
The clerk is very pleased and starts talking about various kinds of makeup when Dahlia finishes applying makeup on her own.
As not to be rude, Dahlia listened to everything.
“White powder with powder mixed with silk won’t dry and eyeshadows are mostly made from vegetable but those that have materials from monster mixed in also increased recently you know.”
“What kinds of monster material was it?”
“They are made from red slime, it looks transparent and has a red tint dye, you see. I heard that they were able to completely detoxify it and the one we are using this time is the combination of the dye made from that and the one we are using in our lipstick.”
“Red slime is it. it’s a gel material so it must have both transparency and depth right.”
As Dahlia thought, the appeal of slimes is their transparency property. The clerks also give her a big nod.
“Yes, since they are transparent, they make the makeup to feel even more natural. Last month, the lipstick coating agent made from the material processed from Kraken’s skin came out you see, if you use it on top, you won’t have to reapply it that often you know.”
“I see, the outer layer skin of Kraken seems to have a strong cover power isn’t it. With this, there shouldn’t me much lipstick stain on coffee mug and glasses too.”
“That’s right! It is very convenient when you are having a meal or sipping the tea.”
The clerk gave her a big nod again.
“And there’s the one that hasn’t arrive at our store yet but it is an eyeshadow made by crushing the leaves of the world tree, it’s color isn’t green but pale blue instead. It’s like the color of the sky you know.”
“Turning into sky color……that sounds wonderful isn’t it.”
Whether both of them chat about makeup or its material, they keep getting more excited.
Gabriella had already stopped taking notes and just watching them with lukewarm eyes.
When they left the store, Dahlia bought a basic set of makeup supplies and received a large number of freebies.
…………………………………..
“I’d like a toast now but since we don’t have much time, please bear with this for today.”
It’s already noon so we are having an afternoon tea time.
We are sitting face-to-face at a cafe with our teas and thick-two-tier pancakes full of fruit and cream on our table.
“I will call you Dahlia from now on so feel free to just call me Gabriella alright. Company presidents are mostly calling each other without minding the honorific after all.”
“Uhmm”
She is both the deputy guild manager as well as the wife of the guild manager who is held the court rank of Viscount, calling someone like that without honorific is a little too awe-inspiring for Dahlia.
“You will spoil the nice clothes if you hunching so much you know, Dahlia.”
“Gabriella,-sa…………I will be careful.”
When Dahlia finally discarded the -san from Gabriella’s name, the woman in front of her started laughing loudly.
When I start eating the thick pancakes, today’s recommended menu, the fluffy dough spread in my mouth.
Since she just plainly eat the first bite, she follows it up with half of the raw cream. Although it wasn’t that sweet the quality of the ingredients and the smell of vanilla were very good.
On the second bite, she ate the rest of the cream together with the fruit. Adding together the sweetness and juiciness of the fruit, the dish becomes even more delicious.
Because they were hungry they finished eating without much conversation between them.
As we were satisfied with the delicious pancakes, we were served an additional set of tea.
“Sorry for suddenly dragging you around today, Dahlia.”
“No, thank you very much for teaching and buying a lot of things for me …..it was something I don’t know about and I’ve never thought about it like that before too.”
If Dahlia changes back to her previous makeup and outfits it would be easy to understand.
She wasn’t interested in it but she also never thought about how it is necessary or whether it looks good on her or not before.
When she finally becoming a company president, she wants to make an effort to make herself seem trustworthy. From now on she has to be more careful about both her clothing and makeup, that’s what she thinks.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you. You should have your eyes look at the temple and if possible you should stop wearing glasses as well.”
“My glasses?”
“Yes, it is in the way.”
That was almost an order.
When I was making a prototype of soap pump bottles, my glasses get foggy in the bathroom. Getting my eyes fixed at the temple will make my work in the future easier.
When I asked about how much it will cost, I was told that it was only one gold coin for both eyes and some donations depending on your feelings. If it’s just that much then there’s no problem.
By the way, eye diseases are mainly cured by the doctors but you have to go to a temple to restore your eyesight.
The doctors for illness and temple for curing injuries. That’s the basis of this world.
Even if you lose your arms and legs, you can have a priest regenerate it for you if it is within still 7 days.
Conversely, disease-related treatment techniques in this world are behind my previous one. Healing magic can mostly do the trick but it’s not omnipotent.
Because of that, you are more likely to get sick than suffering a sudden injury.
“I see, I will go. Sorry, Gabriella, I have been troubling you a lot lately…..”
“Don’t worry about it, I just wanted to repay Carlo by taking care of you after all.”
“My father?”
Asked Dahlia, confused.
As far as I can remember, I have no memory of my father ever did anything for Gabriella.
“The person who introduced me to my husband was Carlo so both my husband and I are in his debt.”
“This is the first time I heard of it………”
“Carlo told me to not let anybody know about it you see. He said that he would be troubled if people start relying on him to get them to marry into money so he wanted me to keep it to myself until he dies.”
Gabriella’s husband is a Viscount.
He must have met my father at some point as my father was an honorary Baron.
“And more on that. Carlo also said [If Dahlia was in trouble whether as a craftsman or a woman, please give her some advice, but if not, keep that a secret until I die].”
“My father was………?”
“I don’t think you will have trouble but if you separated from Orlando and live freely then I think it would be better if you have your own company, Dahlia. And if you are starting your own company you will need a signboard. With that said, if you have a noble’s name included in that you won’t be targeted that easily, that’s why I want my husband’s name on it no matter what.”
“Thank you very much…….”
“Don’t worry, I just wanted to repay my debt. Hey, Dahlia, you don’t have to hold back anymore. From now on, I think many jobs and men will be coming your way, you can look at them, choose them and live however you want.”
“………yes.”
It took her all to nodded and gave the answer.
“Carlo was secretly given consultation to a lot of people. He was very reliable you know.”
That is one of her father’s unknown side.
When I came home late, I always thought that he was going out for a drink but was he give consultation to someone?
“Hey, Dahlia. Did you know what Carlo’s hobby is?”
“No, besides magic tools……….I guess it is just drinking?”
“Yeah, I’m sure he was quite a drinker but his hobby was surely…”
The ivory-haired woman turns to face Dahlia with a serious expression.
“Making people indebted to him and forbid them to talk about it you know.”
They both laugh at the same time, after that they continue talking about what Carlo was like as a father.
