Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 77

After I parted with Ricardo, I returned to my room.

(Somehow, my heart is still pounding.)

Anyway, I was glad that I could meet Ricardo.

He did not seem angry at my family's selfish behavior and it's likely that we would still be friends in the future.

I had my maid Maria that I brought with me to ban confectionaries and I worked hard to diet all the time, aiming for my target weight since I had to attend the tea party two months later. I even did muscle training in my room.

[By the way, Britney-sama. I think that it will be better to notify the princess about the new eyelashes product.]

[That's true. She did say to notify her when it's done.]

The product that Maria mentioned was known as "eyelash extension" or "fake eyelashes" in my previous life.

I was experimenting on it a year ago and Angela got interested in it.

Unfortunately, I was too clumsy to attach the extension, but Maria had mastered the technique. We also had the perfected manual so that craftsmen could reproduce it.

[By the way, Britney-sama, I saw something interesting while I walked around the castle.]

[What is it?]

[That, I saw a noblewoman… how to say this, she's very smelly.]

[E…?]

[It's like a mountain beast smell. No, the smell was so strong that it's like it's condensed.]

[Don't tell me…!]

In my head, the perfume store that I went before crossed my mind.

(That place, it has done damage to such extent…!)

It seemed that Ricardo's concern had become reality.

The day might come when a party would become a stinky gathering.

(I hope our territory's perfume will become popular.)

I decided to work hard on promotions with Ryuze.

While thinking such thing, the door was knocked. After Maria went to confirm the person who knocked hurriedly, she tilted her head.

[Britney! Sorry but, hide me!]

It was Ryuze-niisama who came running in when the door opened.

Unlike usual, his hair and clothes were disheveled.

[Onii-sama, what happened?]

[I was followed by girls after we passed each other, and they blatantly tried to press engagement proposals to me… I felt that my body will be in danger.]

[…Marriage proposals huh.]

[I guess it's because I'm single and succeeded our territory. The young women who live in the capital and their parents are crowding my room.]

Perhaps it's because the experience was astoundingly frightening, but Ryuze's complexion was bad. It seemed that the young women in the capital city were enormously aggressive.

Seeing my haggard cousin, I laughed instinctively.

I urged Ryuze to sit on the couch and asked Maria to prepare tea. Sitting next to my cousin, I thanked him.

[Ryuze-niisama, you must be tired.]

[…Aa. It's all because of the repeated attacks and stinky smell.]

[Stinky?]

[It's the beastly perfume that you used to improve. The daughters and mothers who pushed me were all using that smell… that room won't be usable anymore until it's ventilated.]

Ryuze who laughed weakly seemed somewhat sick.

[…Nee, onii-sama. Do you feel unwell? Is it really because of the perfume alone?]

[Fufu, don't worry. After I rest a bit, I'll return to my room.]

[I don't mean that kind of thing, you seem to be in pain…]

[That's why, it's nothing…]

After he put down the teacup and started to talk solemnly, his body suddenly slumped towards me.

[O, onii-sama!?]

My cousin who had collapsed was breathing raggedly.

(His condition is pretty bad…)

I dragged him and placed him on my bed.

My still conscious cousin resisted while saying "I'm fine" but he couldn't fight against me when his body was powerless. I forced him to rest on the bed.

[What is this about, onii-sama? Please do not bluff.]

After a while, the doctor who Maria called had examined him and said that the cause was "excessive fatigue". It seemed that his fatigue had accumulated so much that it was burdening his body.

(Certainly, onii-sama has been busy ever since he became the earl. Has he been enduring?)

Ryuze was still trying to get out of the bed. It seemed that he didn't want to show his weakness to other people.

Maria and I strictly monitored him.

This cousin of mine had never shown any weakness to other people.

When his parents were still around, he was a bit agitated, but… nevertheless, this was worse than that time.

However, I didn't really know my cousin's true feelings.

(Ever since he became the earl, I never heard any word of complaint from him.)

I didn't particularly care since my cousin was a perfect man, but when I thought about it carefully, he was terribly busy. Though he didn't show it to his surroundings, he might have been considerably overwhelmed.

[Onii-sama, please rest today.]

[You're exaggerating. Gradually the girls will give up and leave, so I'll go back to my room…]

[Denied! Until you get better, I won't let you overdoing things.]

I stood next to the bed while he slept.

TN: Alright, you guys can stop blaming Ryuze now. He's so busy that he overworked himself, there's no way he can stop Britney on top of that. Poor Ryuze. 😥

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