# 8 - 8
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Chapter Eight
As Grand Duke, he received all kinds of demands and bribes to the point where he was tired of them.
But never in his history had he received such a small and exquisite basket as this.
What on earth is this? Grand Duke Fraser found himself unconsciously lifting the cloth to look.
There was a rare and pleasant smile in the eyes of Rock Kilfusher, who was wearing a monocle.
“It's a handmade jam that she made herself.”
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Did that Grand Duke Fraser receive “handmade jam” as a bribe?
I shook my head enthusiastically.
“Maybe not.”
But I had nothing to offer. Was I a person with exceptional cooking skills?
This was not the case either.
You opened the status window with one glance.
After all sorts of fuss the day before yesterday, I finally managed to find the on/off function.
[System: status window]
Tulia Fraser (15 years old)
-Owned coins: 1,005
-Personality: 1
-Beauty: 8
-Capacity: -10
-Wealth: 0
-Luck: -10
Overall rating: F
'But doesn't the status window usually disappear when you press the power off button?'
Unlike in games, even when I turned off the status window, it didn't disappear completely but turned into a semi-transparent winged star shape that followed me everywhere.
'Don't tell me this also requires coin activation for jobs or something.'
...Absolutely not.
It can't be.
After briefly shuddering at this evil, I looked again into the mirror in front of me.
right.
That's not what's important now.
The most important thing is the five currencies that increased!
“And the reason my arm hurts so bad right now!”
I didn't need to look far for the reason behind the increase in coins.
This was because of Tulia's face reflected in this same mirror.
“….”
In the mirror there was despair, no, an abyss.
Tulia, with hair that is so puffy, tangled, and fluffy, it looks like sheep's wool!
The reason for this condition dates back to 5 hours ago.
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At first, it was just the idea that I should seem more human.
Of course I failed.
With an axe-shaped comb, I couldn't completely remove my puffy strands. It gives me goosebumps for no reason. Reminds me of Kuriko.
‘Koriko directly cuts Tulia’s neck with an axe.’
Maybe because it depicts the dark transformation of the hero who has always been like an angel.
This image alone was so vividly drawn that I remember feeling goosebumps the moment I saw it.
Abundant fresh blood.
Split neck.
Tulia dies with both eyes wide open.
I felt sick to my stomach again.
"I have to survive. I have to survive."
Muttering like a mantra, she carefully tried to remove the axe-shaped comb, but it was not easy.
“Foo.”
To be clear, I did not intentionally ruin my hair at all.
It was because of that damned punishment.
I ground my teeth.
“Damned ability penalty.”
When the character was -10, I couldn't say what I wanted properly, and now with the ability at -10, the more I combed my hair, the more mysterious magic unfolded at my fingertips turning it into a messy bomb of hair.
Really, how am I supposed to achieve rank A and survive safely with this kind of difficulty?
Feelings of injustice and helplessness were short-lived.
After pulling out several handfuls of cloud-like pink hair, I made a troubled expression.
“What should I do with this hair?”
Should I raise my abilities even a little?
“I have some coins...but I really need to save them.”
After some thought, I finally decided to save the coins.
"Get yourself together. I'm not Kuriko, I'm Tullia."
I need to save as much currency as possible. Who knows what else might happen?
I waited for the maid to come quickly and do some sort of hairstyle while I looked in the mirror expressionlessly.
Still….
“It's really beautiful.”
The world was a really strange place.
She's a villain who dies at every turn, but her beauty alone is enough to make your eyes roll back.
Isn't her name Tulia derived from the tulip flower?
Her bright pink hair and pale eyes like new buds matched her name perfectly.
Whether it was because of her family environment or her corrupt nature, her gaze was vaguely sharp like a nine-tailed fox, but even that could be mixed in with a sense of cold beauty.
But just because she has such an outstanding appearance doesn't mean she can have hair as shaggy as a ghost's.
“Ah, if you think about it, in the game...”
Tulia Fraser was an incredibly extravagant noblewoman that had the other nobles clicking their tongues.
There was an interview saying that she never combed her hair or tied her own ribbon.
At the time, I thought this was a setting that added to her extravagant personality, but when I thought about it now, I realized that this wasn't it.
“If combing your hair makes such a mess, how can you do it with your hands?”
Even in the midst of this, Tulia kept in the mirror overlapping the drawing of her neck being severed with an axe, which made me feel depressed.
In the end, I couldn't wait for the maid to come, so I tried to remove the comb that was hanging from my hair.
break!
At the same time, the comb broke.
All I did was try to remove the comb….
The absurdity was short-lived, as suddenly I heard the sound of coins rolling joyfully. At the same time, a text appeared before my eyes.
[System] 2 coins obtained!
-Current currencies: 1,002
“Huh?”
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After half a day of this live performance, I discovered something.
My efforts at combing my hair and taking care of myself have become experience points that are converted into coins.
“This was not the system that worked in the original That Honey Bread movie.”
When Kuriko entered as a potential daughter-in-law to the Fraser family, she was immediately given various etiquette lessons upon her arrival.
Her stats increased based on how well she passed the tests for these lessons.
“There wasn't even a concept of coins in That Honey Bread at first.”
I couldn't understand why the game system was different from the system in this world I owned.
What mattered was the truth before my eyes.
This is due to the huge amount of hair that was pulled.
“….”
Getting the coins was good, but….
“At this rate, I'm going bald, right?”
Would it be okay to turn the ultimate cold beauty of the game world into a bald person?
"Yes…!"
While I was thinking, suddenly something came to my mind.
Personal kitchen.
The newly assigned room for Tullia includes a personal kitchen as well as a living room, dressing room, bathroom and more.
I was amazed at how they designated an entire house as a “room.”
I was also secretly happy, thinking that this was how nobles lived.
I quickly ran to the kitchen.
Of course there was nothing.
But now, it was better.
When I quickly searched the kitchen counter, I immediately found a decent sized paring knife.
After swallowing dry saliva, I quickly moved the paring knife.
After some time.
ringing!
The cheerful sound of coins rang out again.
I suddenly opened my eyes.
[System] 2 coins obtained!
-Current currencies: 1,004
“Wow, this actually works?”
In front of me were lots of finely chopped apples.
wow. Uncle Lilius. Aunt Aubrey.
I am truly grateful!
Naturally, no good fruit was brought into my personal kitchen.
Even the apples I had frantically sliced up were riddled with bruises on their skins.
Were the bruises the only problem?
There was a fair amount of rotting flesh as well.
The fact that there were several boxes of cheap apples piled up in my personal kitchen was clearly an expression of the anger of Viscount Lilius and his wife Aubrey.
“But thanks to that, I get coins.”
If apples were expensive, I would hesitate to eat them and try to do so carelessly.
Since there were enough garbage-like apples to cut through all day, this was actually better.
The almost crazy coin buying was short-lived.
When the jars filled with chopped apples started to exceed the tenth jar, I gradually came to my senses.
What will I do with all these things?
I stuffed the sugar into the jars with the apples, with the intention of making my own jam.
“Properly speaking, I would have to do a lot of simmering and such...”
Skill: -10
“….”
Look at the two penalties now.
I will surely burn down the castle while simmering the apples and put people to sleep forever.
I had tried adding just one tablespoon of sugar, but perhaps because of the punishment, my hand slipped and I ended up pouring it out in streams.
“Let's just say it got even sweeter.”
While I was thinking for a while, suddenly an idea came into my mind.
...if you think about it.
“To win the favor of the Grand Duke as Koriko…”
I've had to give him a handmade gift at least once.
Only then will his affection rise dramatically.
Maybe because he was a person of authority and had seen enough fine jewelry and precious treasures to be tired of them.
Grand Duke Assis tended to look more favorably on simple, handcrafted items.
“Then I can too...”
...Try giving these jams as gifts, right?
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