Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 24

The crown prince that had come incognito safely returned to the royal capital, and the day of the royal capital’s party drew nearer.

However, there is only a little time left, so I slipped out of my room at midnight to the laboratory to research face lotion.

While I’m working on cosmetics, I can’t forget to continue weight training and my face slimming exercises.

What I’m using now is floral water, which is much too simple of a face lation.

In order to make essential oils in this world, producers steam herb leaves and flowers, and collect the vaporized essential oils. At that time, the final liquid becomes two layers. (TLN: How to make essential oils , which is basically the process she just described)

There is the oil part which is the essential oil, and the other part is floral water.

However, until now, floral water has been discarded by producers as a byproduct of the essential oil. What a waste!

With that being the case, I purchased the unused floral water at a low price, and will use it to make face lotion.

For sensitive skin use lavender, for dry skin use german chamomile, and for oily skin use rosemary. The effectiveness of the herb changes depending on the skin’s condition.

Britney, of course, needs an anti-acne face lotion for oily skin…

“Gufufufufu”

With a bashabasha (splashing) sound I bedaubed the face lotion, feeling good to be moisturized. Because there are no emulsions (liquid latex) available, I am moisterizing with natural oils. Well, since I originally had oily skin I didn’t need to use a lot.

Generally speaking, jojoba oil and olive oil have a moisturizing effect, and argan oil and almond oil are good for skin whitening. For oily skin, I am using grape seed oil since it is plentiful in the Hakusu earldom.

In Japan, I regularly used camellia oil and coconut oil on my hair.

However, since the face lotion and oils used are are natural, they need to remain fresh to be used. If left alone, it will spoil as it oxidizes over time.

It is very inconvenient.

Right now, I weigh 65 kilos (143 pounds). I am just one breath away from a slightly chubby 60 kilos (132 pounds) body.

Incidentally, Britney is not very tall. She has yet to even reach 150 centimeters (4’11”)…

As for the gift I got from the crown prince, I distributed it among the servant’s children once he had left. It seems to have had a bribing effect, and they are somewhat nicer to me than they had been before. Next time, lets try giving them soap and face lotion.

It is impossible to slim down before the party. But at the very least I want to look as thin as possible, so I should choose my dress and everythin wisely.

The next morning, I went to Ryuze’s room to intrude on him who holds the earldom’s purse strings.

Of course, it’s for the sake of buying a new dress. Until now Britney had arbitrarily ordered them without check, but after my memory came back and I learned the true face of my cousin, I am too afraid to use large amounts of money on my own…

Although I look like this, I have the dainty heart of a songbird.

“Good morning, Onii-sama. I need to have an earnest talk with you.”

“Good morning, Britney. For you to consult with me, this is unusual.”

With refined movements my cousin moved towards the couch, before sitting down. He was taught it by the crown prince, but he really deserves his title the “black haired young noble.” It seems he was considerably well-liked by the noble’s daughters.

“Ano desu ne, this time, I want to talk about a matter relating to the party in the royal capital but…”

“I see, what is it?”

“Sono, I wanted a new dress for it…”

“…………”

Somewhat, my cousin looked at me with a smile that didn’t his eyes. It’s eerie, I’m scared-!

“Because my previous tastes were terrible, I don’t have a suitable dress… I am troubled because it would be difficult to remake any of my old ones. Of course, I’m not requesting an expensive dress.”

“Fufufu, I understand. Recently, Britney has become much slimmer. I will head to the royal captial to find a new dress.”

“Thank you so much!”

Ryuze’s expression returned to a gentle one. Perhaps, was he testing me?

“On that matter, Britney, what kind of dress would you like?”

“Eeto… one in a dark color. Something like black or navy blue, which would make my body look thinner even if just by a little.”

“I will make arrangements with a craftsman. Because tax revenues have increased considerably this year, we don’t have to worry much about the price.”

“… Onii-sama’s wine production and horse-rearing are going well I suppose?”

“There is also that, but its also largely due to Britney’s activities. Precisely because of that… you don’t need to select a cheap dress, choose whichever dress you like. Due to your help we are nearly free of debt, and soon we will be able to begin constructing the waterway.”

My cousin is steadily improving the earldom.

“Onii-sama is amazing. Among our relatives, I think only Onii-sama is earnestly thinking about improving the Hakusu earldom. I can say with confidence, that uncle-sama and aunt-sama are indifferent to it.”

“That’s true. Until I went to the royal capital, I was like that as well… I was a spoiled child living in luxury.”

“Ryuze-oniisama was? That’s unexpected.”

“There was a period where I was like that. My parents lived like that, and I thought I should live the same way they did.”

“Once you arrived at the royal capital, you sure did a lot of studying.”

“Aa. Therefore, after I become Earl, I will stop my parents from spending extravagently and keep them uninvolved in the territory’s administration. I will make grandfather completely retire as well.”

It seems, Ryuze is preparing to take on the burden of this territory on his own.

“Ano, Onii-sama…”

“Britney, would you be willing to become my ally?”

I have the same ocean-blue eyes as Ryuze, but the eyes he was showing me were much more earnest.

Somehow, this felt like a crossroads. The last crossroads my cousin who was so disappointed in me, would offer.

If I don’t go along with Ryuze’s intentions, I will be cut off as well. The same as his parents and grandfather.

My cousin has that resolution.

“I don’t have any intentions to oppose Onii-sama’s plans. Recently as you can see, I have gained some muscles. If it’s just a slight burden, I think I will be able to shoulder it.”

To that reply, Ryuze refreshingly… eh?

That’s not a refreshing smile at all. Instead, he floated one that was complacent and slightly dark.

Yep, she was the short super fat follower to compliment Nora’s tall super skinny follower role. Now that we know her height (150cm), at 65 kilos she has a BMI of 28.9 (overweight). She started at 80 kilos with a bmi of 35.6 (class 2 obesity, moderate-risk). At 60 kilos, she will be just barely overweight at a 26.7 bmi.

As Christmas is coming up soon, I may not be able to translate as fast as I have been for the next week until New Years or so. We’ll see. Right now I have just the next chapter (25) translated and part of chapter 26. Wanted to give you guys a heads up just in case!

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