Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 22

Chapter 22: The crown prince arrived incognito

Nora safely returned to her territory, and Ryuze returned from inspecting the lemon field.

The lemons were growing up without worry.

I continued to live as I had been, and nothing special in particular happened.

“Britney, you will be thirteen years old soon.”

“Yes, that’s right…”

As always, there hasn’t even been a hint of me finding a fiancé.

“If its alright, would you please start participating in parties every now and then?”

“Eh… Parties?”

It seems in this world, social debuts occur much earlier.

“Yes. I was worried if it was the former you, but since you have been living uprightly recently… it should be okay for you to go full swing to start looking for a fiancé. If you remain secluded in this territory, your options will be limited.”

“Eeto…”

“If you wait to give your social debut normally, it will pass the time limit we agreed upon.”

“…”

In the manga’s version of this world, social debuts usually happen once a girl turns sixteen years old.

However, at Britney’s age she is allowed to participate in tea parties and other parties.

Thus far I have only gone to tea parties with fellow noble’s daughters, but at normal parties I would be able to meet noble’s sons, and I might be able to see my friends as well.

Like that Ryuze has been invited to parties here and there, but he seems to be unable to attend any since he’s been so busy.

… Right now, he seems to be doing his best to restore our territory.

“I will attend the party with you, so please do earnestly consider it.”

Putting his good-looking ikemen face to use, Ryuze smiled at me. But still…

(Ryuze-oniisama, your face and voice aren’t matching.)

His eyes and way of speaking were saying “I won’t allow you to refuse to participate.”

… Recently, I have been able to read my cousin’s true intentions better.

Well then, it seems that the manga version of this world also had something like cosmetics.

Among the nobility, skin whitening makeup seems to be recommended. However, they recommend using it in moderation. Until a little while ago, Britney had been applying the makeup so heavily she looked like a ghost.

However, inside the cosmetic products they use crude materials. In addition to using grain flour products, lead is mixed into them. Lead, of course, is toxic to human body.

(… I wish that like in my previous life, they would label cosmetics with the ingredients used so that I could avoid harmful ones.)

It seems, this is also something I will need to make myself. I won’t cover myself as thickly with makeup as I did as a child, but attending without any makeup on would be questionable.

This world was a tough place where “children need to wear at least a minimal amount of makeup to attend parties.”

I recalled my previous life’s preferences once more.

(If I remember correctly… foundation should be made using corn starch, clay, and titanium dioxide, but… those materials would be hard to find, huh~?) [TLN: Not certain if I translated “clay” right. The dictionary says 泥 means “mud…” but that doesn’t sound right to me.]

Corn Starch Bentonite Clay (A type of clay used in foundation) Titanium Dioxide (A natural white pigment used in foods, sunscreen, etc)

I wonder how I should go about finding titanium dioxide. Nothing about it exists in literature.

For the time being, I will make the powder using natural ingredients.

(After that, I need something to make my complexion prettier… Un, I suppose I need to make handmade face lotion too.)

My weight seems to have decreased somewhat again. I feel like my legs have gotten thinner again.

(For now, lets aim to be a clever, slightly chubby girl. I will absolutely catch a fiancé for myself and avoid the death penalty!)

Having declared this to myself, I returned to my laboratory.

Thereupon, I saw a strange blond-haired man loitering in front of the room.

I call it blond, but unlike Ricardo’s hair which looks somewhat orange, his was a pure golden color.

(Who is that?)

At first I thought he was a trespasser, but he’s dressed too nicely for that. Maybe he’s a guest of grandfather’s?

While I was thinking that, the man slowly turned around to face me.

“… !”

This person, I’ve seen him before!

His face was a perfect match for one I knew in my previous life.

The blond-haired man in front of me, he’s the crown prince of this country, Marlow. (TLN: Well, that name wouldn’t have been my first guess.)

He is the protagonist Merrill’s and the villainess Angela’s older brother.

(Why is this person in our estate? By all rights, he is someone who should never be here.

But he is Ryuze-oniisama’s friend… No way, did Ryuze invite him?)

In the few pages of the manga where he appears, the crown prince Marlow was a gentle flawless person.

However, during the story he will die protecting the protagonist Merrill from an assassin.

If I remember, he dies even before Britney does.

This was done so that Merrill had a clear path to succeed the throne.

“Yaa, pardon my intrusion. Are you the cousin I’ve heard so much about from Ryuze?”

“Y, yes, I am Britney. For knowing who I am, I feel honored.”

Looking at me who was nervously humbling myself, the crown prince awkwardly chuckled.

“Iya, do you already know I am?”

“Y, yes… you are my cousin’s friend from school, your highness the crown prince right? Somehow, your aura is different from others.”

I do my best to speak politely, using my cheat previous life’s knowledge as well as I can.

I wonder if you didn’t contact Ryuze or grandfather, and are here incognito?

I have not heard anything about him visiting our estate.

“I am sorry for visiting so suddenly. However, I really wanted to meet you.

“Me, you say?”

“Aa. I was curious who the “cousin that invented soap” Ryuze was talking about was.”

… I am not such a wonderful person that the crown prince himself would need to visit.

All I did, was make amateurish work using my previous life’s knowledge.

“Ah right, I brought presents with me. If you would like, please eat them.”

With a friendly smile, he handed over a box with cute writing on it.

“T, thank you very much. T, this is?”

“During our student days, Ryuze would say “my cousin is a big fan of sweets.” Knowing that, I brought many baked sweets for you.”

“… Maa, you specially remembered something like that. That makes me glad.”

Baked sweets, of course, are the natural enemy of a diet.

Iya, I personally love them, and baked sweets themselves haven’t committed any crime but…

(Uwa, this, what am I going to do? I can’t eat them as I am now…)

While I was talking with the crown prince, Ryuze came by.

“Your highness Marlow, this is where you were. I had been searching for you in the garden.”

“Aa, Ryuze. I was just talking with your cousin a little. She differs a little from the noble’s daughter you told me about before.”

“… She went through her growth period rather quickly. Leaving that aside, let me show you the soap laboratory.”

(Just now, did you try to dodge the topic?)

What in the world was the crown prince going to say… I’m somehow very curious.

In addition to the soap I created, Ryuze had increased our wine production and has been selectively breeding horses, both of which increase our steady income. As expected of Ryuze.

Recently, we have been researching ways to process lemons, so I casually appealed my previous life’s favorite “lemon yogurt.”

The Hakusu earldom has a thriving cattle ranching industry, so creating yogurt and cheese is not an issue.

Inside the laboratory, the crown prince is showing great interest in the instruments and materials it contains.

(With how much he’s looking around, it’s good the recipe isn’t here now.)

He is greedily looking at the drying soap, but… they have not hardened yet.

“Britney, will you not come to the royal capital?’

“Eh…?” (TLN: Just accept your fate, Britney. For the story to not become boring, it’s eventually going to happen~.)

I was surprised by the crown prince’s sudden words and blinked in disbelief.

“In the royal capital, there is a place for you to carry an active role. I think you would be able to spread your knowledge further there.”

(But also in that place, is the flag to become Angela’s follower-!)

Naturally, I affixed a thin smile to my face, and declined his proposal.

Translator’s Corner:

The crown prince himself came by to say hello! Britney-san, that’s not normal. Your beauty care products are more revolutionary than you think.

This time she decided to make foundation it seems. If anyone knows more about what “mud” might mean, please let me know.

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