A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 73

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

These days Selesina was spending most of her days in the mansion at Harmil and she would go to her mansion in the Royal capital only where there was an evening banquet or some other work.

That’s why she had requested her maid at the Royal capital to accompany her but at Odette’s wish to ‘study more’, she had been asked to care for Selesina as her apprentice maid.

There was a knock on the door and Odette entered Selesina’s room to find Selesina sleeping comfortably.

“Good morning Lady Selesina.”

“Nnn~ 5 more minutes…….”

Odette smiled at Selesina who was sleeping so well.

Odette was in charge of affairs related to Selin village.

She was 21 years old, a little older than Selesina. Her charm point was chestnut-colored hair that was braided in 3 braids. Odette often looked after the children in the village.

Previously she was assigned as her fill-in maid but now she was training as her apprentice maid.

She was polite and did her work well, it was a great help for Selesina.

If it were possible, Odette would have liked to let Selesina sleep for a while longer but today Selesina had to attend a meeting with Picott company in the morning.

Odette apologetically woke Selesina up once more.

“Lady Selesina, please wake up. You have a meeting with Picott company today.”

“……….Nn, that’s right.”

Selesina woke up, rubbing her eyes Odette immediately brought over a towel and basin with warm water.

Selesina washed her face with the warm water and opened her eyes.

“It feels good since the water is so warm.”

“Even the inside of the mansion is cold today morning. It’s snowing outside.”

“No wonder it’s so cold.”

Odette drew back the curtains. The world outside was a silvery-white.

‘I want to warm up under a Kotatsu…………..’

She was thinking of such things but regrettable there was no such thing in this world.

Even if she wanted to get one made, since there was no electricity in this world, it would only be a product of magic. But she felt that it might be interesting to try and get it made.

‘Ah, but.’

It was difficult in a culture such as this where people were always in their shoes. Maybe Selesina could ensure that her house in Selin village had a strict prohibition on wearing shoes inside? 

She was thinking about it.

‘Uu~n, the number of things that I need to do just keep increasing……….’

Selesina finished washing her face and changed into her once piece as Odette brought in her breakfast.

“Thank you.”

“Yes. I’ll confirm today’s schedule with Sir Hisui.”

“Please do so.”

Selesina smiled as she saw Odette out of her room. She was an excellent maid.

The meeting with Picott company was in their branch at Selin village.

Generally speaking, they would be the ones coming over but……….there were many things to talk about and many documents so they often went to the branch store.

“We’ve been waiting for you! Lady Selesina.”

“Welcome, Lady Selesina!”

“Good day, Mr. Nicholas, Ms. Chloe.”

They exchanged light greetings and started with the meeting.

Selesina, Hisui, and Odette were sitting next to each other on one side facing Nicholas, the representative of Picott company, and Chloe, who worked at its branch store in Selin village.

Nicholas Picott had good foresight and was well informed. He was a man that was dressed in an elegant suit, someone that could handle various kinds of tasks.

He assisted them a lot when they wanted t sell the hand cream devised by Selesina. Very soon honey would be added to that list.

The one with the high tension was Chloe.

She had honey-colored hair that she wore in a half updo and yellow-green eyes. Her greatest joy was to be able to work together with Selesina.

She was the one that had made the hand cream for the first time.

The meeting today was for decided the date to begin selling honey.

“To become the royal purveyor before release………..as expected of Lady Selesina.”

“Yes, absolutely! I was so happy when I heard about it, I couldn’t sleep the night!”

Nicholas began the conversation and Chloe continued with great joy and a brightly shining face.

“Since we’re the purveyor for the Royal family, we must be particular about the design. We’ve come up with new container designs, please check them out.”

He gestured to the highly transparent, rounded glass bottles that were arranged on the table. There were also various colored ribbons with the seal Royal warrant on it.

Since they were the royal purveyor for this product, they were allowed to use the seal of a warrant.

From a technical perspective, it was not suitable for mass production to apply for detailed work on glass bottles.

Selesina couldn’t imagine coming to this point when she first started bee-keeping.

‘I even filled the honey in a large bottle at the village………….’

Now they would fill it in bottles no larger than ones that could contain 100 grams.

Selesina picked up one bottle and checked its design. Since it was made by Picott company, it was easily visible that it was good work. The design was also more detailed than the previous one and it looked good enough to be called suitable for calling it a royal warrant.

“It’s beautiful…………”

“It really is. If we fill these with the honey from Selin village……….. Mr. Gatz might be moved to tears.”

Hisui and Odette were looking at the bottles in fascination.

Basically, the bee-keeping was managed by Gatz and the boxes for them were also made by Gatz. Apparently, whoever was free would lend him a hand.

If they were to use this, not only Gatz but everyone in the village would be happy.

The next thing that she checked out were the ribbons in various colors.

There were ribbons in warm colors such as red and pink and also cooler colors such as some shades of blue and white.

All the ribbons had the seal of the royal purveyor at one end.

“We thought that we can let the customer choose the color of the ribbon they want. For that reason, we’ve prepared various colors. This honey is extremely high class so we need to particular about the appearance of the packaging.”

Selesina nodded at Nicholas’s words informing him that she found it to be a great idea.

“It’s a great help if you can choose the color of the ribbon while buying a present. You can choose a color keeping the recipient’s image in mind.”

“Yes, that’s the purpose.”

“Since this honey is pretty high-class honey, there may be nobles that may find it difficult to use…………this honey on a regular basis due to its price.”

It may be pricey for self-use but it may be just perfect for gifting. Selesina nodded in affirmation at that opinion.

“And………….it’s about the release date for the honey, can we postpone it to spring?”

“Spring?”

“Yes. Precisely speaking, we want to postpone it to later so that the flower bee can collect sufficient honey……………that’s what I mean.”

The original release was scheduled for the month of Earth but there was a good reason for wanting to postpone its release.

Nicholas placed the documents on the table and showed them to Selesina.

“These are the inquiries that have come in for the honey.”

“………….That’s a lot.”

There were simple inquiries and there were also those that wished to reserve bottles of honey in advance…………for dozens, no, hundreds of bottles.

“We want to first sell the honey to the people that are close to us. They’ll get the honey…………what do you think?”

“They’re waiting for the purchase of the honey as well.”

The hand cream that they had released earlier was also scarce and difficult to get your hands on. If the honey also turned out to be the same, then not only the image of Selesina’s brand Selur Honey but also Picott company’s image would take a hit.”

“Let’s go with that for the release of the honey. Since honey is also used in the hand cream, it would be good to wait for the sale of the hand cream to settle down for a bit.”

“Thank you Lady Selesina.”

“Then, how about we release the honey on the first day of the month of water.”

“That’s fine.”

Selesina nodded yes and the official release date was set.

They were currently in the month of earth, the month of spring came next.

The point was to begin the sale in the month following the month of spring so that they could sell the honey collected in the month of spring.

It might get mixed up during bee-keeping but the flower bee came to the great tree due to the skill of the great tree so there would be no issues.

Since the discussion was concluded, Selesina remembered that she had to ask for some honey so that she could give it to Soratek as a birthday present.

“Mr. Nicholas, can I have one bottle of honey? I want to give it to Lord Soratek as a birthday present.”

“Yes, of course. There are only about 20 days left till Prince Soratek’s birthday right? I’ll prepare it immediately.”

“Thank you.”

Selesina was relieved, now Soratek’s presence was taken care of now.

Hisui who was a part of the meeting suddenly spoke up.

“Come to think of it………..

Lady Selesina, when is your birthday?”

“Mine? On the 27th of the mont of Earth.”

“Month of Earth………….?”

Nicholas, Hisui, and Odette, all of them inclined their head once they heard Selesina’s reply.

“That’s 18 days from now isn’t it!!”

All 3 of them said at once.