Chapter 18

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Chapter 18: My former fiancé has a good nose

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“That’s enough. I will ask another servant in charge of clothing to help instead.”

I opened the door to drive the maids out of the room.

Once open, I saw my cousin standing there with a plastered-on friendly smile.

“O, onii-sama…?”

“Britney, there is a visitor for you but… are you in the middle of something?”

The complexion of the maids got worse.

Absolutely listen to me…! I called it the piglet borrowing the power of Ryuze, but really it’s worse!

“N, no, nothing in particular.”

“Hmm? As for my thoughts on this dress, I also don’t think highly of it. You all seem to have no sense, so I suppose we will be employing other people to help Britney with her clothes. For until now, I suppose I thank you?”

While smiling like an angel, Ryuze delivers a terrifying decision.

(This is… roundabout resignation advice?) (TLN: What was roundabout about it?)

Mixed in among the maids, I trembled with fear.

“It seems that you all pilfered some of grandmother’s ornaments and sold them. It’s natural you would be discharged.”

Apparently, the maids were stealing grandmother’s belongings.

“I traced my way back from the seller. I found several other maids who were related to the crime, so they have been discharged as well. Ojii-sama has no objections either.”

My cousin said that in a refreshing manner, and took my hand to leave the room.

“A, ano, Onii-sama…”

“Their actions were unpardonable.”

“However, are replacement servants easy to gather?”

“It is alright. I have already finished interviewing their replacements.”

Although I inquired that to Ryuze, it seems I was not to blame for their discharge… thank goodness.

Led to the drawing room, I saw an orange head with a displeased expression. It is the son of the neighboring lord, my former fiancé Ricardo.

“Thank you for waiting. Eeto, what is your business today, Ricardo-sama?”

“Aa. Today, I have something that I wanted to tell you. This is the end of my transactions with you. We have already paid a large amount of consultation money to the Earl of Hakusu household and provided support among other things. Having lent my assistance, I have contributed to the agriculture of this territory… I think further aid would be excessive, no?”

“… Y, you’re quite right.”

Although, there are still many things we would like the neighboring territory to assist with. I would prefer not to sever ties.

But, I also understand Ricardo’s desire to cut off ties here.

“In that case, may we barter in the future?”

I timidly uttered that.

“Specifically, what would you be exchanging? In the first place, does your territory hold something that would be worth bartering on a territory’s scale?

“Eeto, Ahaha…”

One exists. However, I do not know if Ricardo would want it.

While I was troubled, my former fiancé opened his mouth.

“You don’t reek today. Instead there is a nice floral smell.”

“… It’s because I washed myself thoroughly using the hot spring.”

I was somewhat looked down upon, but I was happy to be positively assessed.

Also, as the topic of the hot springs came up, it is easy to segue into the critical topic.

“Well, I removed my scent using a groundbreaking invention that removes bad smells. If I offer you some, might we be able to get your assistance in the future?”

“It depends on the content, but I am interested in that invention.”

“It’s called soap, but…”

“Is that not the product that has recently become popular in the royal capital?”

“Eh…?”

This is the first I’ve heard it became popular in the royal capital.

Before I knew it, the amateurish product I made on my own became something with immense expectations.

Without minding the baffled me, Ricardo looked at me and opened his mouth.

“Speaking of which… you, have you lost some weight? Compared to the last time we met, your face looks a bit smaller.”

“… I, is that so? I have only lost a little weight so far.”

“Did you do something?”

“I am dieting. I changed my meals, started exercising…”

Ricardo merely muttered “is that so,” but didn’t say anything in particular beyond that.

(What was that?) (TLN: He’s coming around for you, Britney!)

He ended the talk there, saying he had to leave to talk with Ryuze.

After which, it seems those two will go for a ride.

… Un, I also want to be able to ride a horse.

At my last measurement, I weighed approximately 70 kilos (154 pounds). (TLN: Good job, Britney! In three months or so you’ve gone down from 22 pounds from 176 (80 kilos). To avoid health complications it’s safe to lose 2 pounds per week, so losing 22 pounds in 13 weeks (3 months) barely falls short of the 26 max you could lose. If it was 4 months, with a max of 34 pounds, that’s still not bad.)

Coming this far, the effects of dieting have begun to show up.

(Nevertheless, I still have yet to leave the level of being chubby.)

I have been able to remove 10 kilos (22 pounds) from my original weight.

(30 kilos (66 pounds) remain, let’s do our best, Britney!) (TLN: 33 weeks, or 7.6 months minimum. I suppose once she turns thirteen years old, she will stop being chubby (Chapter 35).)

I fired myself up once again to continue my diet.

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Translator’s Corner:

You’re doing well, Britney, keep it up!

Below this is a link to a picture of what a 70 kilo girl looks like. We don’t know Britney’s height so I found an image with a smorgasbord of different heights. I put this in a separate link so those of you reading in public don’t suddenly have a screen full of half-naked (underwear+undershirt) women.

What 70 kilos looks like at different heights. It’s not said yet, but I’m guessing Britney is on the low end around 5 feet?

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