Chapter 13 - Invasion of the Vertical Curls
Chapter 13: Invasion of the Vertical Curls
“Master, Master. Rollierolls, ca.”
While I was shut up in the dicine room, Noela ca in while saying such a thing.
Rollierolls? What the heck is that?
Right now, Noela should be tending to the store, In that case, it’s probably about a custor.
“Master, is called. By rollierolls.”
“Eh. ?”
What am I wanted for, I wonder.
Wait, just what is rollierolls?
When I headed to the store, there was a single girl standing in front of the counter.
Aah, so that’s what she ans by rollierolls.
It’s just like Noela said. Her long hair was curled vertically.
She has so degree of elegance to her face, and she’s only a little bit restless.
She’s wearing a dress with just a little bit of Gothic influence to it.
“Welco. What can I do for you?”
“And I suppose you are the owner of this pharmacy?”
At a glance, she seems around the age of a middle schooler.
She’s a girl with quite a haughty way of speaking.
I feel like I’ve t soone with a similar attitude just recently...
“Yes, my na is Kirio Reiji.”
“You may call Elaine Fein Doran Vargas.”
“Haa, okay.”
Was she displeased with my “And so?” attitude? Elaine struck the counter repeatedly.
“’Okay’ is not the correct response! Shouldn’t you show more respect?”
“... Look, Miss. If you want respect, then you should first be respectful to your own surroundings. That’s the first step to becoming an adult. Okay?”
I don’t really have the rights to say it about other people, but at least I’m not as bad as this kid.
“P,please don’t treat like a child!”
And that’s why you’re still a brat.
“I’m being called to attend a dinner banquet together with Father the day after tomorrow. I’m a fine lady.”
“Heh-. I see. ... And, what did you co to buy? Do you have enough money? I didn’t put out any candy, okay?”
Elaine struck the counter again.
“’Heh-. I see,’ is not the correct response. That’s sothing you should be more surprised about! ... Mou, that’s enough. I didn’t co to buy anything.”
“... Then what did you co here for?”
Ahem; Elaine cleared her throat.
“I had heard about you from my Mother.”
“And who is your mother?”
“Her na is Flam.”
“A-. Mada Flam. ... which ans you’re Mada Flam’s daughter?”
“As such.”
And Elaine made a proud pose with both hands on her hips.
So that ans she’s a noble.
Is that why she’s so arrogant and making such a proud pose?
“I heard of you from Mother. That you’re a prodigy that defies the gods.”
“Just what were you told?”
“You trained hard to make a secret rejuvenation dicine, and made Mother young again, correct?”
“Just what were you told?”
She hasn’t gotten a single thing right so far.
“If you are able to make such a thing, then you will surely be able to make what I want.”
“Whether I can make it or not depends on the ti and materials needed, right?”
“Then, what I want is dicine to make popular –“
“Like hell I can make that -!”
That’s sothing I want.
“Why?! You’ll listen to Mother’s request, but you won’t listen to mine? Changing your attitude based on who your custor is isn’t very praiseworthy, don’t you think?”
Elaine pursed her lips in a poor mood.
Popularity dicine.
... Aah, an image cos up from Drug Discovery Skill, so I can’t say it’s impossible, huh?
But the ingredients are...
“By the way, when do you want it?”
“The day after tomorrow!”
“Sorry, but that’s impossible. Listen here, I told your mother the sa thing, but when you tell so suddenly, there are things I can do and things I can’t do.”
“... But you made Mother’s dicine, didn’t you...?”
“That was just a dicine made according to the request with a different effect. It actually wasn’t rejuvenation dicine.”
Elaine, who had thought that I’d give an okay to anything that was requested of , was silent.
“... Do you have any other business? If not, then I will switch with Noela and leave the store to her.”
“Noela?”
“The beastman ... I an, the werewolf girl who was at the counter earlier.”
Since Noela gets made when you say beastman.
“Master, can’t get it wrong! Noela, different, not beastman! Noela, werewolf!”
While saying that, her cheeks will puff out.
It’s cute, so I ended up unintentionally saying it.
Whether it’s a werewolf or a beastman, I haven’t seen any other than Noela, so I have absolutely no idea what the difference is between a beastman and a werewolf.
“It’s fine if you don’t switch with her. Why can’t you do it? You’re the genius alchemist, right?”
“In the first place, I’m not. I’m a pharmacist. Understand? I’m soone who makes dicine.”
“...? And so you’re an alchemist, right?? That’s what Mother said. ‘To put it simply, dicine is basically alchemy.’”
“Mo-ther-san-! That’s simplifying it way too much! Even if I don’t make popularity dicine, I think that Elaine is a cute and attractive lady, though?”
“Well, even if that’s true.”
“Deny it a little.”
She isn’t embarrassed at all.
Is it sothing like she’s used to it because she’s a noble? Seems like it.
“As you might imagine, the dinner banquet will have many high-standing gentlen gathered there.”
“Hm?”
“I have to greet other Houses, dance according to the music, and have a al. There will be delicious dishes set out such that a commoner like you would faint at the sight.”
I prefer Mina’s hocooked als more than that kind of exaggerated thing.
“Yeah, yeah. And so?”
“... Lars-sama of the Girald House will be there... so, I ...”
With her face going red, Elaine began to fidget.
Hmm, so she likes this Lars-san?
“And so you want a popularity drug?”
“Yeah... U,um, no, that’s not it!? Lars-sama is the second son of a Count, and it doesn’t match up to the Vargas House, so um, how could I? I’m thinking of aiming for much better gentlen, so –“
“Ah- okay, okay. I see-. Young mi-ss is an attractive lady after all –“
“You, you’re making light of now, aren’t you?”
“Yup. Good job figuring it out.”
“Deny it-. You really are making light of !”
Hahaha; my laughter ca flooding out.
“Well think about it normally? You an that if you don’t use the popularity dicine, then this Lars-san won’t co to like you, right? If you don’t continue to use the dicine, then he won’t continue to like you. What do you think about that? Isn’t it pitiful?”
“Ugugu...! Saying such cheeky things despite being a commoner-!”
“It won’t do to rely on popularity dicine before putting more effort in yourself, right? It’s not just popularity you’re after, right? Isn’t it love you’re after?”
“Ugu...! What does a commoner like you know?”
“Even if you say things like commoner or noble, does social status have anything to do with this?”
“Ugugugugu... how frustrating ... I can’t say anything against that...”
“Hmph.”
Right here is an adult who’s feeling triumphant after shoving an irrefutable argunt at a middle school aged girl.
Even though I said it in such a haughty manner, I also have absolutely no clue about it.
I’ve also never put effort into being popular.
“And so, to be popular with Lars-sama, just what should I do...?”
When she said such a thing, it was my turn to remain silent.
“...”
I have to say sothing; I squeezed out my words.
“Ah- uuuum – that’s right... there’s that. Yeah. Popularity dicine is impossible, but I can make a dicine that could make won popular, maybe...”
When I said so with difficulty, Elaine lurched forward over the counter.
“Is that true!? You can make it!?”
“It won’t be certain popularity, but ... a dicine that draws out Elaine’s charm? If it’s that, then I can, maybe.”
“Money – if it’s money, then I can give you as much as you need! If I return to the mansion –“
“Whack.”
I gave Elaine’s head a chop.
“Kyan!? You struck m,my head!?”
“You’re not acting like an adult, Curls. This is why rich people are; it’s always money, money, money, money. I ain’t taking money from children ... wait a little bit.”
Making Elaine wait in the store, I entered the dicine room and began work.
Mina suddenly poked her head in.
“Um, Reiji-san? Would you like to serve her so tea?”
“I don’t have any tea to serve that Curls who doesn’t understand how society works.”
Is it because she’s Curls that she doesn’t understand the rules of society, or is it because she doesn’t understand the rules of society that she’s Curls?
Who would know?
“Ufufu, it seems she was having fun, that girl. Talking with Reiji-san. Right now Noela’s thrust into that role.”
Hm? With Noela?
“So you are Noela? This is my first ti seeing a beastman, so let us get along –“
“Noela, not beastman-!”
Ah, she stepped on a landmine right away.
DoWith her footsteps resounding, Noela ca to the dicine room.
“Master. Rollierolls, Noela, doesn’t like.”
With her cheeks puffed out, Noela is sulkily angry.
While teasing her puffy cheeks, I soothed Noela.
“Noela-san, what about ? What about ?” (Mina)
“Mina, like.”
“Ya-ay!”
Raising a happy voice, Mina hugged Noela tightly.
While that heart-warming exchange went on, my hands worked hard, making dicine.
When I put the usual finishing touches by shaking the bottle, the contents glowed lightly.
[Charm Fragrance: a perfu that features a fragrance with invigorating effect.]
“Alright, done.”
Although I don’t know whether she’ll be pleased with it our not -.
Mina and Noela looked at .
“What is it?”
“For so reason there’s a pleasant sll.”(mina)
“... It slls good when you put it on.” (reiji)
“Reiji-san, I also want to try putting it on...” (mina)
“Un, that’s fine.”
“Ah~ but is it okay? To use it on ...”
“Then let’s not.”
“Aa~, don’t pick on -!”
“Haha. Afterwards, okay? This is going to be handed over for Elaine’s use.”
So saying, I returned to the shop.
“I,is it done!? Popularity dicine!”
First, Elaine, who had gotten worked up on seeing , has to calm down.
“I said it before, but this isn’t popularity dicine. ... It’s a perfu with a pleasant sll. I’ll teach you how to use it now, so use it how I show you. – With just this, you’ll go up one level as a woman.”
Gulp; Elaine’s throat made a slight sound.
“U,up one level, as a woman...! I feel like this will make popular.”
“This only has a pleasant sll, okay? It’s possible that Elaine’s own attitude, expressions, and conduct could spoil it all.”
Elaine gulped again.
“I, I will take that to heart...”
She’s cute when she’s obediently honest in this mont.
I dribbled the liquid in the small bottle on Elaine’s wrists twice and rubbed them together.
“Ah. It slls good... I feel like it only has a bit of a scent, is this fine?”
“If you put on too much, it will have the opposite effect and be unpleasant.
“Is that so ... You’re quite the knowledgeable person, aren’t you?”
“It’s just that you didn’t know about it.
“Mu. Shouldn’t the way you speak to be better? I’m the daughter of the Vargas House that governs this town, you know?”
“Ah, right. Anyway, next is the neck.”
“Even if we’re talking about status, you just won’t acknowledge it, I see.”
What a weird person; with that, Elaine chuckled.
“There isn’t much left, so there’s only enough to use a little on important occasions.”
“Un. That’s fine.”
When my simple lecture was over, with a flurry of steps, the old butler from before ca into the store, out of breath.
“M – my lady, I’ve been looking for you –“
“Oh my. I’ve been found. ... Reiji-sama, thank you very much for this dicine. With this, I will bid you good day.”
Grasping the edges of her skirt gracefully, Elaine bowed her head.
Looks like Elaine went out on her own.
“... Do your best at the dinner party?”
When I said so, Elaine flushed red.
“ – wh-, what is it, a,all of a sudden... E,even if you didn’t tell too, I’m a girl who’s just overflowing with attractiveness, so th,there’s nothing for you to worry about.”
Turning to face the other direction, Elaine left with the old butler.
She’s at the age where you fall in love with love, so there are a lot of things that can go wrong, but I think it would be good if that perfu helps out.
And then two days later.
Elaine ca by herself once again.
“... Why are you here? The dinner party is tonight, isn’t it?”
“That’s~ um, I’m not going to go.”
“Why again?”
“Wh,when I thought about it, gentlen who speak frankly... are more preferable... to ... I,I, soone who doesn’t mind status or origins is ...”
Her voice is tiny.
As she speaks, Elaine shrank more and more.
“... I prefer soone who is brimming with ability, you know...?”
“Haa... I see.”
“I don’t like arrogant mannerisms, and there are a lot of nobles who wear their status on the nose.”
“That’s a boorang! That’s a huge boorang!”
It’s like she’s talking about her own traits, this young lady ...
“I believe those are not suitable for . And, when I really thought about it, Lars-sama’s face isn’t all that too my liking.”
“Aah, I see. ... Well, it’s fine. And, so what do you need today?”
“There isn’t really anything in particular, but is there anything I can help with?”
“Help with, you say, well – ... huh? ... You’re wearing that perfu?
Pyon; Elaine made a small jump.
“Ye – yes-! Today, um, I’m wearing it-! I,is it unpleasant...?”
“No, that’s not it. It’s a pleasant sll. But why are you purposefully...?”
When I glanced towards the inner rooms, Noela was standing there with her arms crossed.
“Master, rollierolls, no.”
... I totally don’t understand what she ans.
And so, until the old butler ca to get her again, Elaine stayed in the store, chatting away.
When Elaine left, Noela ca into the store.
As if trying to drive the leftover sll of the perfu away, she batted her hand in the air to scatter the sll.
... Why is she doing that?
Mina is giggling.
“A rival for Noela has appeared.”
“What the heck.”
Hmph; making a rough, nasal sound, Noela ca back.
“Master, rollierolls, no.”
“? Aah, un.”
When I responded suitably, Noela gave a satisfied nod.
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