A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 51

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They had finished discussing the matter about security guards. Gatz would take care of the rest.

“Please take care of the rest, Mr. Gatz.”

“Yes. That’s right Lady Selesina, Chloe wanted to speak to you about something.”

“Miss Chloe? Thank you, I’ll go to the store later.”

Maybe it was about the case that Selesina had spoken to her about. She was pretty excited.

Chole was a female employee at the branch of Picott company in Selin village. She was always bright and enthusiastic. A very good person.

“Let’s go and water the great tree first.”

“Yes.”

[Woof!]

The great tree was growing steadily it seemed to have grown a little taller. It was about a meter tall earlier but it seemed to have grown by another 20 cm now.

It had one beautiful white flower with petals layered like a dress. The people of Selin village often praised it by saying that the flower was just like Selesina but it was pretty embarrassing for her to hear that.

“Lady Sele, here’s the watering can.”

“Thank you.”

She watered the great tree. There was a sudden sound and a flower bud suddenly bloomed.

“Ah, a bud appeared!”

“Amazing. Another flower will grow now.”

“Yes.”

[Woof Woof]

It was really nice to see the great tree bloom.

‘It must definitely be because of the skill that I acquired at the great shrine.’

The new skill that she had acquired [Primitive great tree] increases the growth rate of the tree. It might even grow taller than Selesina’s shoulder soon.

‘Fufu, I’m looking forward to it~!’

It was still a small great tree.

It will grow a lot more hereafter, many flowers will bloom and it will become more and more beautiful.

“Grow fast, my great tree.”

Selesina muttered in a small voice, crouched down, and gently stroked its leaves with her fingertips. She was always worried that the great tree wouldn’t bloom or wouldn’t even sprout since she didn’t have any blessings.

However, she was blessed by a goddess so it was growing quickly.

“What a happy villainess I am.”

She was surely the happiest villainess in the world.

Hisui called out to her curiously-

“Lady Sele?”

“I couldn’t hear you since you spoke so softly. What did you say?”

“No, it’s fine. I was just speaking to the great tree.”

Selesina smiled shyly since it was embarrassing to say.

“Let’s go meet Miss Chloe now. I think she may have something good for us.”

“Yes!”

[Woof]

They went to the store to find that Miss Chloe was in charge of the store at the moment. There were no customers so it was a good time to talk.

“Good day, Miss Chloe.”

“Lady Selesina! Welcome! I was waiting for you~! Thank you for all your hard work at the great shrine. Gisele was super happy.”

Chloe brightened her expression and told Selesina more about what had been going on in the village.

“Ah, it’s Toi! You look as fluffy as always, I was so sad that I couldn’t touch you all these days………”

“Oh, my………”

Chloe went to pet Toi’s soft fur. Toi was resting at the entrance of the shop entrance.

Hisui looked at Toi who was in his afternoon nap mode and sighed.

“Toi is shy so he most likely didn’t miss it.”

“Ah, no no! It’s okay. Thank you Mr. Hisui.”

The only people that Toi liked were Selesina, Bethel, and Soratek. He wasn’t even used to the butler Hanley at the Rinklat territory. Apparently, it wouldn’t do if the person wasn’t blessed by a God.

Toi was a divine beast so it was probably an expected behavior.

“Well, I’ll prepare some delicious meat next time. That’s right! Lady Selesina, the prototype for the hand cream is ready.”

“Wah, I would love to see it.”

She went inside the shop with Chloe and they brought out the prototype for the hand cream.  The liquid was sealed in a glass container. It looked beautiful.

“I tried making 3 types with varying amounts of honey.”

“Can I try it on?”

“Of course.”

She took one of the types of hand cream that was finally completed. It released a beautiful sweet scent. And was tinted wit ha strong yellow. This one probably had a lot of honey in it.

She took some in her fingers and found it to be very moist. It was easy to spread and apply.

“This is really nice.”

“Really? Thank God. Thank you! That’s the best one.”

“Hisui, you try some as well. It feels very nice on the skin and it’s very moist.”

Hisui, who was waiting at the back let out an ‘Eh?’

“Isn’t that something that women use…..?”

Hisui looked troubled and Selesina smiled.

“It’s true that more women tend to use it but it’s not only meant for women. Hisui you’re my butler so how about you use some hand cream for grooming?”

“Grooming…….”

Hisui always thought that hand cream was used to make your hands beautiful and never looked at it from the perspective of grooming.

He looked at Selesina’s hands and then came next to her.

“I’ll try some on.”

Selesina took some cream on her fingertips and explained to him about the amount of cream needed for use each time.

“Spread about 3cm of cream in your palm and bring both your hand together to warm them up. If the cream isn’t warmed up the effect isn’t as good so even if it’s troublesome please do warm it up.”

“Yes.”

She applied some cream on his palm and he brought his hand together and rubbed them to warm up the cream as she had explained.  He carefully spread the cream and applied it all over his entire palm and fingertips.

“Please ensure that you apply it on the tips of your nails as well.”

“……….Hand cream is this troublesome.”

He smiled and said that the women who groom themselves were amazing.

“It might take some getting used. It’s best to apply it after washing your hands before bed.”

“So that’s how you apply it………But of course it will be washed away if you were to wash your hands.”

Hisui was convinced and nodded in agreement.

Hisui’s hands were pretty already but it would be winter soon so they would tend to become dry. It was best to make that a habit right now.”

Chloe watched Hisui and Selesina and she couldn’t hide her smile. She opened the lid to the second type.

“This one has a low cost so even commoners can buy it. We’ve added refreshing herbs to it since the amount of honey in it is low.”

“It’s not that you just made 3 different types, they each have a different target segment………..! Amazing Miss Chloe.”

Selesina hadn’t thought of anything other than getting a hand cream made so it was really a good idea to leave it to a pro merchant.

With this, not only aristocratic women like Selesina, but even commoners and men would be able to use it.

The high price would be a pain point but if you think that it could be used to prevent cracks in the skin then it was a reasonable buy.

Hisui took the jar of hand cream infused with herbs and brought it his nose.

“………! I certainly like this better than the one with the sweet scent of honey.”

“It’s such a refreshing scent that really uplifts you.”

Selesina and Hisui took the cream in their hands enjoying its scent.

The last one was the cheapest hand cream.

“This one has the least amount of honey. The oil used in its ingredient is also of a cheaper quality. Therefore, this doesn’t have a scent.”

“Let’s try it on.”

“Yes.”

Selesina and Hisui applied some on their hands. It didn’t have the feeling of the other 2 creams. It was kind of sticky and not as easy to apply.

It would difficult to sell this to nobles even of the price was kept low.

‘But, the commoners would probably be interested…….!’

“Miss Chloe, did you decide on it’s selling price?”

“I asked Mr. Anton but he isn’t well versed in such things…………. We thought that the one that we plan to sell to the noblewomen can be priced at 50,000 Luz. The one for the men can be priced at 30,000 Luz and the one for the commoners can be 6000 Luz.

“It’s a little expensive compared to the ones being sold in the market………..currently right?”

Selesina was sure that that the hand cream that she was currently using was 30,000 Luz for the same amount. There have been no hand creams for men before this so there is no way to compare to this.

‘But it might be reasonable considering that we used the honey produced by flower bees…………’

However, branded ones could be more expensive. Right now they needed to decide on the price of a bottle of honey first.

Chloe looked anxious as she watched the thinking Selesina.

“Wha, what do you think?”

“I was thinking that it might be better to decide on the price of honey first. The honey from flower bees is rare so it might be a little more expensive right?”

“Yes, that’s right. The quality is much better than the ones sold in the market!”

Chole showed them the document with the current market prices on it. She seemed to have quite a bit of research.

The standard was 100 grams with the cheapest at 1000 Luz. Which could also be considered slightly expensive.

Honey was considered a precious item in this world so it was strange that Selin village was able to collect it so easily.  The most expensive one was 30,000 Luz which was pretty expensive.

“By the way, I have a sample of the honey. I bought this at the market. One bottle is 30,000 Luz.”

The bottle of honey was placed on the table. It was a pale golden color and looked delicious. She definitely wanted to put some on pancakes and try it out.

“And this is the honey from Selin village!”

“——!!”

The honey from Selin village was a transparent golden. It looked incredibly golden.

When they placed the 2 bottles side by side, it was clear that the honey from Selin village was wonderful and of far better quality. It was obvious at a glance.

“How much would this honey cost…….? We have it regularly at the village though.”

“That’s right Mr. Hisui. Honestly speaking…………. the commoners could barely be able to purchase a spoonful……….something like that.”

Chloe’s words were breathtaking.

“We at Picott company think that even if we double the price from 30,000 Luz, it’s still cheap…………”

“It’s, is that what you think……..”

“Yes.”

Chloe nodded at the shocked Hisui.

“Anyhow, it’s such good quality……….so how about we present it to the royal family first?

That’s what Mr. Nicholas was thinking.”

“To the royals?”

The conversation was really becoming about something big.

“Fortunately, Lady Selesina is the fiancé of the crown prince. This honey and hand cream can secure Lady Selesina’s status.”

“Miss Chloe…….”

Selesina was always known as the one without blessings till up till now. Not only did merchants like Chloe know about it but so did the commoners.

“Lady Selesina who had always been ridiculed till now is selling such an amazing thing. No matter which noble…No, let’s see what anyone can say now.”

Chloe smirked and then smiled brightly.

Unlike the enthusiastic Chloe from earlier, she looked like an evil merchant.

‘I must think about this a little more.’

“Thank you for your kind words towards me, Miss Chloe. Since I’m a new Lord, there will also be lots of people that would start bootlicking.”

In that case, Selin village’s specialty will become its weapon.

And then—-

“Let’s create a brand centering around out honey!”