episode_0043

The anxiety that these people might be full of madness was, to some extent, an unnecessary worry.

About 70% were ordinary people, and about 20% were people who came because they were curious about who I was.

Thanks to the fact that most of them were decent people, the interviews proceeded faster than expected.

However, as always, there were ‘real ones’ everywhere, and the remaining 10% of the people troubled me.

In particular, three people who left a strong impression seemed to have a screw loose somewhere, but their abilities were outstanding.

“Please introduce yourself.”

“Hello? I am Fannie Rachel Erby, the third daughter of Baron Boine. I am nineteen years old. I don’t have deep knowledge of embroidery, but I am confident that my dexterity is better than others, thanks to the medical skills that have been passed down through my family.”

“Medicine? Ah! Is Baron Joseph Gustav Erby Fannie’s father?”

“Yes.”

The first person who left a strong impression on my mind was the young lady of a family that pioneers medicine in a world where diseases can be cured with divine power.

She was a calm-looking woman with short red hair and sky-blue eyes, and she started with a good first impression because the Pope himself gave the family the title of ‘Hand of God’…

“What made you apply?”

“Sir William, are you aware of the fact that corsets have recently increased urinary incontinence and cesarean sections in young ladies? Even hernias and skeletal deformities are occurring.

Since my family has been studying medicine for generations, I often come across various harms caused by corsets, so how to solve this problem was one of the emerging concerns in the medical community. I realized a lot after reading Sir William’s interview.

What is the most important thing in treating a disease? It is to remove the cause. If diseases are rampant due to corsets, then we can create a world where corsets are not used. Thanks to Sir William, I was able to find an answer that I couldn’t see.”

She was as calmly crazy as her intellectual and calm impression.

“I… I see.”

She came to make clothes to eliminate the root cause of the disease, and I was about to lose my mind at the unbelievable reason.

Because Fannie was the seventh in line, I became anxious from that point on, wondering if there would be many crazy people like her.

“Can I see your skills?”

“Of course.”

Still, as befitting a family that had studied medicine, her dexterity was outstanding.

It was a shame that she wasn’t familiar with embroidery or sewing, but this was a problem that could be solved in just a few weeks.

Although I was worried about her madness, it was even better since I wasn’t normal myself.

“If there are no variables, I think there will be good news.”

“Hehe~ I understand.”

So, I gave her a hint with the feeling that she had passed the first round and ended the interview.

“Next, please come in.”

“Hello!”

The next person who left a strong impression was a man with such narrow, slit-like eyes that his pupils were barely visible, which was very, very impressive.

“Sir William, I think there are many problems with today’s society, namely the wrong perception of beauty.

Beauty is an element that everyone, regardless of gender or age, wants to have. Even young children prefer beautiful and pretty things, and even older adults make every effort to resist aging.

This is instinct. Animals also cultivate beauty to find better mating partners and show off their beauty. So, it is natural for us to want full breasts, a slim waist, and beautiful looks. And the society and atmosphere that wants this is not wrong either.

But I think there is one big problem in this perception.”

“What is the problem?”

The sharp and sinister-looking man sat down and rattled on before I could say anything.

“It is the rejection of the buttocks and legs. In ancient times, even before ancient empires were established, in societies of city-states and tribes, people considered full breasts and buttocks as symbols of fertility and abundance. This is because the breasts are a part that shows that children can be raised healthily, and the buttocks are a part that shows that babies can be born smoothly.

But at some point, society began to regard legs and buttocks as taboo, calling them lewd. And they focused on the waist and chest, emphasizing a slightly off and exaggerated femininity.

This is clearly wrong. The beauty of a woman is not a shabby thing that ends with a slim waist and full breasts. Once from the line coming down from the full breasts and waist, once from the curve of the firm and voluminous pelvis from the slim waist, and again from the apex of the pelvis down to the long and slender legs.

A woman’s beauty is completed when a total of four curves and three refractions are revealed without any reduction!”

“Ah, yes.”

He preached about the beauty of women as if he were vomiting blood.

“I have traveled to many countries and learned a lot about the wisdom of our ancestors.

Ancient empires and city-states covered people’s naked bodies with a single piece of cloth. This was a rational outfit that maintained the purity of the body while maintaining cleanliness. Even if it was rough and baggy, it did not hide the inherent curves of the person.

So, I think the current clothes are a clear regression. They ignore the truth that our ancestors awakened to, look at the wrong femininity, and pursue the wrong beauty.”

He went on to praise the ancient imperial culture.

“While I was suffering from this reality, I saw Sir William’s interview, ‘I want to meet a woman, not a knight heavily armed with a corset!’

I was greatly moved by Sir William’s attitude of being able to confidently tell everyone his belief that he preferred a woman who showed her natural appearance, not a bizarre and terrible body that was exaggerated and inflated with evil corsets and petticoats.

Because I have been dreaming of a future where the graceful curves from the chest to the ankles are confidently revealed, the sensuality when the maturity of women is properly revealed to the world, and the beautiful ideal of eliminating clothes that promote a distorted and incomplete female body.

So, I came to you, because I thought I could draw the beautiful future I dreamed of next to someone like you.”

He concluded his long story by listing the necessity of new clothes as if venting his anger.

“That’s why I applied!”

“Ah, yes…”

The ideology that the man talked about at length was really to my liking, but I answered awkwardly and made a nonchalant expression.

“Can you please introduce yourself?”

It’s unavoidable, you have to introduce yourself even if you’re just running your mouth.

How can I pick someone if I don’t even know who they are?

“Ah, I’m sorry, I’m Herbert John White, the third son of Baron Carverly, I’m twenty years old and I’ve been learning sewing for about two years.”

“Nice to meet you, Prince Herbert, can you show me your skills?”

“Of course.”

Herbert’s skills, who spoke very grandly, were mediocre.

It is an advantage that he can read blueprints and draw a little, but the disadvantage is that his hands are slow.

“I think there will be good news.”

“Haha! I believed that you would understand my ideology.”

“Haha…”

Still, I liked the way he was running his mouth, so I gave him a first pass.

A sewing-capable salesperson, how can I miss this? And I had expectations that his passion and madness would bring good results.

“Next person, please come in.”

“Nice to meet you, I’m Elizabeth.”

And the last person who left a strong impression was very mysterious.

“Um… Nice to meet you, Princess Elizabeth.”

The brilliant blonde hair and golden eyes, the dignity and nobility flowing from her actions, speech, and clothes, tell me that she is not from an ordinary family, but she only said one name that I doubt is even her real name and finished her self-introduction.

“What made you apply?”

“I was interested in you. M-My mother always told me to grab a progressive man, and you seemed to fit that kind of man.”

“I’m sorry, but this isn’t that kind of place.”

“I know, if I was only interested in you… I would have made a place somehow.”

“……”

For a very brief moment, I felt a chill because of Princess Elizabeth, who narrowed her eyes and looked at me intensely.

“First of all… can you show me your skills?”

“Of course.”

Her skills were the best of anyone I’d seen so far.

I was trying to find fault with her somehow because her background was too suspicious.

“Shall I show you something interesting?”

“What is it?”

The princess, who sensed that, made the first move.

I wondered how interesting it could be, so I had her try it once.

“Tell me any number, and I’ll cut the thread and fabric to that number.”

“I’ll go with 13.”

Two scissors cuts without hesitation, and the thread and fabric showing exactly the same length.

“What is this…”

I measured it with a ruler, thinking it was a fluke, and it was exactly 13cm.

“Try cutting it to 3mm and 7.3cm.”

I thought it was a coincidence and had her try it several times afterward, changing the numbers and units.

“Here you go.”

“……”

The results were the same.

Unlike the other people who still had a bit of humanity left in them, she was a machine itself that I couldn’t find a single flaw in.

“There will probably be good results…”

“Yes, I’ll be looking forward to it.”

I really didn’t want to hire her, but I couldn’t say to the noble lady, ‘I’m dropping you because I’m anxious’, so I reluctantly put her on the list of first-round passers.