TVRTH [Book 1]

Chapter 53

Poor Little Lamb Falls Into The Hands Of A Wicked Woman, Part III

Translator: Khan

Editor: SootyOwl

Then, Aria rose from her seat and stroked Annie's cheek as she lowered her head. She wasn't speaking lies. Rather, Annie's skin was well maintained for a commoner. It felt like she might have invested all of the money she had earned working as a maid on it. She seemed more interested in dressing herself than Aria had thought.

And that was a great opportunity.

"I don't have any other classes today, so why don't we play for a while?"

Annie opened her round eyes to see if Aria was speaking to her. Of course, she was. Aria grabbed her hand, asking why she was dawdling and sat her down in front of the dressing table.

"M-miss?"

"I feel bad because you have good skin, but it's covered in freckles."

Aria took out the cosmetics that had never been used and had been placed deep in the drawer. She had never used those products after she had returned to the past on purpose. However, they had helped her dress up every day in the past, so she knew how to use them very well.

'There are only a few now, but for Annie, it'll look amazing enough to turn others' eyes toward her, just like they turned to me in the past.'

Since Aria was still young, she had received only cosmetics for formal occasions, and she did not have many types of cosmetics, but they were enough to make Annie look good.

"Yip, it's cold!"

Annie raised her voice when Aria meticulously applied the sticky, plant-extract lotion to her face. Soon, however, she was stunned into silence when she saw her face glossy through the mirror before her eyes.

After tidying up the skin, Aria applied the ground pearl powder to her face and trimmed her eyebrows. Finally, after breathing life into both cheeks, Aria applied red pigment to her lips to finish her makeup.

"How do you like it?"

"This... is it really me?"

"That's what I thought. If you cover your freckles, your figure will come to life."

Annie looked at herself in the mirror without blinking her eyes. She seemed unable to take her eyes off of her distinctly different appearance.

Aria whispered, gently combing Annie's hair, "I don't use them, so you can use them if you want."

"... What?"

"These cosmetics. I'm still young and have no freckles, so I don't have to use them. So, you can use them."

The cosmetics Aria had used on Annie were things common people would never have. The high price was one of the reasons, but their sales were limited to the nobility from the start.

The quality of cosmetics was different from those used by ordinary people. Unlike the ones that contained lead, which decayed the skin the more they were used, they did not ruin the user's skin since they mixed natural extracts and fine soils into them.

Annie, who had secretly stolen Mielle's cosmetics a few times, had experienced that. However, Aria had said that it was OK for her to use such high-quality products.

'Am I dreaming?'

"It's not very expensive for me, and I can get them again if I ask. And if I have such a pretty maid of whom I can be proud."

Annie still looked dazed. She hadn't had a sudden rise in status like Aria, so she hadn't expected to ever be able to acquire them, but the cosmetics had suddenly fallen on her lap.