Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 71

Angela had collapsed and after the event in which she had a long talk with the crown prince… I returned to my lodging.

Prince Marlow was very grateful.

He was now moving to find out the truth about Angela's mindless remarks.

When we bid farewell, Prince Marlow told me while he was surprised by the miracle of the conversation with Angela "I understand my sister's feelings a little now, so I might be able to solve it".

Well, today was the day Ricardo would guide me for a tour of the capital city.

This honest man rode a carriage to my lodging to greet me.

[Britney, is there a place you want to go?]

[I would like to go to popular shops of the capital city. Since I want to obtain information that seem useful for my territory.]

[You sure are diligent. I understand, if that's the case, then I have an idea.]

We sat opposite of each other in the small carriage.

I remembered the incident when we had a quick intimacy at the masked party and it made me felt a little calm.

[Nearby, there is a famous perfumery store that's popular in the capital. I think you'll be interested in it.]

[Un, I'm happy. Thanks, Ricardo.]

Ricardo understood me well; he didn't mention a confectionary store.

[By the way, Britney. What will you do after you return to your territory? If I'm not mistaken, you, you said that you want to get married?]

[Aa, that's right. When I went to the party, I thought I could manage it somehow. But no one came to greet me.]

[The mask… must have been the cause. The event might not be suitable to find a fiancé candidate. And you were mostly talking to me and the crown prince.]

[…I did talk to other people a bit, but they were either married or engaged already.]

[Is, is that so.]

Ricardo, who seemed somewhat fidgety, looked at me.

[That, your engagement… if you are fine with it, can I apply for it?]

[E… is it about your talk at the party?]

During the party, Ricardo had talked about my engagement for argument's sake—that's the topic of the discussion.

[Aa, that's it. If it's my future that you're worried about… I will move to take over my family's territory in the future. Although I can't do it right now, in the future I would like to succeed the Astaru earldom. Of course, I don't intend to force my engagement and I want to respect your will. I'm an insincere man who had discarded our engagement twice after all.]

When it was during the party, our talk was just "for argument's sake", but if Ricardo really meant what he said, then there was nothing better for me.

If it's Ricardo, I had a feeling that we would live together cordially.

And it would be in time for my agreement with Ryuze.

[Ricardo, do you really want me? I'm happy if Ricardo is my partner.]

[…! Of, of course. I'm also happy if I can do over our engagement. Are you truly fine with it?]

[Un, if I'm going to get engaged anyway, Ricardo who is my friend is better than someone I do not know.]

[Then, I'll officially inform Earl Hakusu about our engagement at a later date.]

[If it's Ryuze-oniisama, surely he'll accept it.]

At the same time we finished talking, the carriage arrived at the popular perfumery store.

[I can't explain it since I'm not familiar with perfumes.]

[It's alright, I also only know the basics. Let's see it together.]

Both of us entered the store together.

This store mainly dealt with wealthy customers, the atmosphere inside was also high quality.

The shopkeeper immediately introduced the popular perfumes… but.

[Uu…!]

When I sniffed the perfume sample, I reflexively stopped my breath.

(It, it stinks! Is this really what I want to learn!?)

Whatever it was, it had a very intense smell. Anyway, the scent was too strong…!

[This is a new perfume, it's fragrance is said to attract the opposite sex.]

[E, really!?]

Next to me, Ricardo was in agony due to the smell.

Far from being attracted to the smell, it was more likely for him to run away.

[The raw material is the secretion from the sack of a male musk deer located at its abdomen; it's a very high quality item…]

Certainly, there were fragrances made from diluted secretion of musk deer in my previous life.

However, this perfume was undiluted, it was too intense.

[Civet cat and Asian house shrew also secrete similar fragrances…]

[Is, is that so… are there any other perfumes?]

[Of course. This one is made from a stone that is naturally produced inside a whale's body, it has a slightly deep scent.]

Although I tried smelling it, it had a similar bad odour.

By the way, the whale stone in which perfume could be made from was called ambergris.

TN: Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.

It seemed that this perfumery store dealt mainly with animal based fragrances.

(But, this is not it.)

Ricardo and I ran away from the store early.

[I'm sorry. It's my bad to introduce it, the smells are really bad.]

[Un, I also think so.]

[Saying that, why did you buy that perfume…? It's fine since it's sealed in the bottle though.]

[This, it it's really diluted and mixed with other fragrances, then it can be used. This world… that's not it, animal based perfumes just begin to appear in this country, and this strong fragrance has appeared in the market. I'll experiment to dilute it in my territory and use it.]

[Well, then that's helpful. It's a nightmare to have a party if women who use such perfumes attend.]

[The smell is intense, but there's no doubt that it's a luxury item. The deer musk perfume that I bought is also rare. Thank you for guiding me today.]

In my previous life, deer musk was prohibited from international trading, and musk type fragrances were often artificially made.

So this was really valuable to me.

For a new business of my territory, I planned to develop perfumes and bath salts using them.

If I used the new fragrance, it would increase the variation of soap scents and would be useful for the territory.

Afterwards, Ricardo and I went around several shops that were popular with women. It seemed that Ricardo had considered about the shop selections and I felt a little thankful.

In one of the store, he bought me a pendant.

When we left the newly opened accessory shop, he placed a small box on my palm.

[Britney, the truth is I want to give you something better. Anyway, will you hold it as a proof of our engagement?]

[E…? Engagement, perhaps?]

[It's the engagement that I said before. I'll talk to my father once I return to my family's territory during summer vacation. Of course, I'll also meet Earl Hakusu.]

Ricardo, who had a serious look, took the pendant and placed it around my neck.

The distance between us closed, and his hand touched my nape. My heart beat loudly in my chest.

(If this happens, I'll be conscious of Ricardo again…)

I didn't have romantic feeling for him, but I felt restless.

I felt embarrassed and my eyes swam, I then hid it to conceal it.

TN: Congrats Britney, though I still ship you with Marlow. :')

Chapter end