One-Shot Transmigration: Sorry I'm Here To Ruin Your Happy Ever After Chapter 110: Lectures on scents(1)

"That’s stupid."

"Very."

Min-jae exhaled hard through his nose, then shrugged. "Well... it doesn’t matter. I don’t really care. They can hate all they want, I have other things to take care of."

ical’s brows lifted slightly. "Other things?"

"Yes." Min-jae leaned back on his hands, expression turning flat, his usual face whenever he started plotting. "Seraphine is first. I’m not letting her get away with what she did to Georgiana."

A coldness passed behind ical’s eyes, sothing sharp that only appeared when Min-jae ntioned that na. "She will pay for it."

"She will, that I can assure," Min-jae confird simply.

ical stroked his head, he could easily take care of Seraphine but that would spoil Kaizar’s fun and he didn’t want that.

"But your family needs to go. How long will they stay here?" ical’s family made things uncomfortable, he liked ical but his family was trash and he didn’t want then around him.

"Don’t worry about them. They’ll be gone first thing tomorrow. They’ve overstayed their welco haven’t they?"

-_-

Min-jae tsked, they were never welcod.

He stood up, he needed to go the tool shed. He need to make a check list of what he needed to start his perfu business.

He would need suppliers and lots of them.

Serin should be there too, because she would be working along side with him.

He changed into sothing more practical, the slippers he wore wear hard, wooden ones, he sighed a little nothing beats modern slides.

"Where are you going to?"

ical stood up as well, he was sure Kaizar wouldn’t go outside the estate, so it was probably sowhere around the estate.

"I’m going to the shed. I have so work to do."

"Are you making another perfu?"

Min-jae shook his head, it wasn’t ti for that yet.

"No I’m just making a list of ingredients and equipnt, also need to form partnerships with suppliers and rchants. Too bad I can’t go outside.."

ical smiled, if Kaizar wanted it he would bring the rchants here.

"Don’t worry, you can do all your business here. Whosoever you need will be brought in here..."

Min-jae humd, accepting that answer, and picking up a parchnt and quill pen. "Good. Then I won’t waste ti worrying about logistics."

He moved to the door, only to see ical following him.

Why??

"You don’t need to follow ? There’s nothing for you to do except be a pain in my ass."

-_-

Min-jae sighed, he really didn’t want to say this but ical would have to interact with his family.

"Why don’t you go catch up with your family? Maybe talk to your sister, it seems to she might be willing to catch up.."

ical froze, he really didn’t want to associate himself with them, not that his sister was bad but she was with them.

But he didn’t want to stifle Kaizar, if he did too much, he may grow tired of him.

"Okay, I understand.."

ical smiled slightly, despite being married, he didn’t know where he stood in Kaizar’s life.

And Min-jae didn’t notice the faint change in ical’s expression and walked away with a wave.

Downstairs he t Serin with the other maids and asked her to co along with him.

"You’re my personal attendant but you still acting as though you’re a maid."

"I’m sorry mada. But you see, you don’t really need attending to you and I quite frankly like working with the other girls. If you need to co join you in the shed, I will do so.."

Min-jae sighed, he guess he couldn’t force her if she didn’t want to be a personal attendant.

Maybe being a maid was more fulfilling for her and she got to work with her friends.

"Very well, do you know how to read? Write? Spell?.."

Serin shook her head, she was a commoner they didn’t have access to such things.

"No sir, only the nobles can afford such luxuires.."

Min-jae sighed, he guess he’ll just have to a build a school, having education ant having awareness.

Knowledge was power after all.

Even if he had to teach them himself.

"It’s alright, as long as you can understand what I say.."

The shed was small, cramped, and slled faintly of decay.

A few apples had long since dried and hardened in the corners, and the flowers that had once hung to dry were brittle and faded, their color nothing more than a mory.

A bucket of water sat in one corner, stagnant and forgotten, and the Alembic glead faintly on the wooden table.

It was the only thing here worth a glance, and Min-jae imdiately set to work beside it, spreading out the parchnt and quill before him.

Serin stood to the side, her hands folded, eyes wide. She didn’t speak until he glanced at her.

"You’ll be working with here," Min-jae said, voice flat but not unkind. "Do you understand?"

Serin nodded quickly. "Yes, mada. I understand that.."

"Stay close. I’m going to write it down, but you must pay attention. You’ll need to know these things if you work with ."

She nodded silently, her hands folded, eyes wide and attentive.

He picked up a dried flower, turning it in his hands. "These. " he said, "are the scents. So flowers give a light sll, so stronger. So fruits also give a sll, like these apples." He held one aloft.

"This is sweet when eaten, but sharp if crushed. You will need to rember which can be mixed."

Serin leaned closer, inhaling the faint fragrance. "I see, sir..." she whispered.

Min-jae set the apple down and began writing on the parchnt.

Each na, each ingredient, all carefully noted. He spoke slowly, explaining for her ears alone. "Roses, thy, lavender, chamomile. So sll stronger like thy, so softer like lavender. You need to note the difference between these flowers.."

Not all the things listed out where available but that didn’t stop him from saying it.

"Scents from lemons and oranges are lighter. They’re for when you want a scent to greet soone first. The others, like apples, pears are heavier and they stay longer. But you see people have sensitive sense of sll. Not everyone like strong scents.."

Serin tilted her head. "So the lemon and oranges co first? If you want a lighter scent?"

Min-jae shook his head "Not necessarily. Everything is layered, like clothing. One over another. If you put them wrongly, the sll will either last or will clash. You can use both or all fruits but the outco may vary.."

Min-jae placed a small glass bottle on the table. "This is for keeping the scents once we take them from the Alembic. Not fancy, just a container. You pour the liquid from here" he lifted a tiny flask "into this one, be careful not to spill."

He tapped the second bottle lightly. "Then you can shake it gently if you want the sll to mix, but not too much. Just enough so it spreads inside the bottle."

Serin watched, tilting her head. "So... the sll moves by itself when shaken?"

"Yes.." Min-jae said, nodding. "It rises inside, fills the bottle. Do not worry about how it does it. You just pour, hold it steady, and it carries the scent."

He picked up another container, a slightly taller glass with a narrow neck. "This one is for stronger mixtures. You pour a little into this after it has rested, then you can store it safely. Always keep it upright. Never tilt too much or it will spill and the sll will escape.."

Serin reached for the smaller bottle, but Min-jae quickly held out his hand. "No, watch first. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to practice..."

He tilted the small flask slightly, showing how the liquid moved slowly inside. "See? Not fast not too slow. If you pour it too quickly, the scent runs out. You must be patient."

Serin nodded slowly, digesting what Min-jae was saying.

She could follow his movents, mimic them later, and she would not ruin anything.

"Next.." Min-jae said, lifting the Alembic carefully. "This is the distiller. You put flowers or fruits in here with so water. Then you place it over heat. The sll rises from the water and gathers here," he tapped a small flask connected to the Alembic. "This is strong. This is pure. This is what you want for good perfu."

Serin’s eyes widened. "I understand, sir."

"Good.." Min-jae said, nodding. "Now the tools." He tapped the table, though not all the equipnts he was going to list where not available.

"There’s mortar and pestle. You can use it to crush gently. Funnels, to pour without spilling. Stirring sticks, to mix slowly. Nothing fancy. Just enough to handle the scents carefully."

Min-jae moved the items deliberately, showing her how dried flowers could be combined with fruit rinds, how a little water could extract their sll over ti. Each motion slow, precise. Every explanation that ca out of his mouth was simple and clear.