episode_0081

After a while, everyone except Lulu finished putting on makeup and changing into dresses.

Today is not a ball hosted by the Imperial Palace and Marquis Jude to celebrate Elfin’s victory in the Tri-Conflict, but rather a pre-ball? Something similar to a ball held by gathering the parents of the female members and the nobles who are friends of the group.

So, from morning until now, the females have been dressing up beautifully and shining brightly as a test for the Imperial Ball.

After everyone gets dressed up, everyone looks beautiful without exception. Placing a large mirror in front of us and looking at ourselves together makes us feel like we are all surrounded by flowers, which makes us feel good.

“They’re all so pretty. I don’t know if I can stand here.”

When I joked that there was a dark-skinned chick standing among a beautiful flower garden, the females all made stern expressions as if to say, “What is this?”

“Ain, we did all this for you. If we don’t do it to this extent, we’ll be a burden to the males.”

I nod at the stern words of the night.

“Well, thank you for saying that. But what about me?”

Just as Ion next to me was about to say something to my question, the door to the dressing room opened wide and a group of people began to come in.

“Ain, and everyone. You were getting ready.”

The person who came in was surprisingly Elfin. I was momentarily speechless at the sight of Elfin.

Her usually unkempt hair is now curled into shiny, voluminous curls.

The sexy dress on her tall, toned body, which is as golden as her eyes, shows off her figure, and the accessories made of white jewels complement the dress and capture attention.

“Wow, Elfin. So beautiful.”

“Uh… Thank you, Ain. As the Empress said, I don’t really like my charm as a female…”

Perhaps it’s a self-deprecation for her tall stature, stocky physique, and ample bust, but since my standards of beauty are completely different from those of the males of this world, Elfin is incredibly beautiful in my eyes.

“Don’t say that. Are you saying that because there’s another male you want to look good to besides me?”

When I asked her mischievously, Elfin blushed and shook her head in denial. Her voluminous side hair swung back and forth.

“Absolutely not, Ain. I wish you wouldn’t say that even as a joke.”

“Haha, sorry. Except for Lulu, no one is confident in themselves, so I was just joking. In my eyes, they are all beautiful.”

As I said that, for some reason, my body felt like it was floating. I wondered what it was, and it seemed like the people who came in with Elfin had grabbed me and lifted me up.

“Do your best. It is His Majesty’s order.”

“”Okay!””

Now I see that they are stylists for Hwangseong… They receive a few handovers from the people who styled the females in the group and then sit me down in front of the mirror.

“Wow, look at these clothes. Where did you get them?”

“Luna’s brother gave it to me. I met him last time I went to the palace with Ain, and since we have similar body types, he gave me a lot of things.”

Looking back through the mirror, I saw several hangers filled with expensive-looking, flashy men’s suits coming into the dressing room. That’s about all the clothes a prince would have left.

“This much?”

“After you choose, I’ll send the rest to Ain’s dormitory. That should be fine for a few years.”

Elfin nods and answers Ion’s question… It looks like it’s worth dozens of pieces, but it’s only good for a few years? It looks like it won’t be enough even if you wear it for a lifetime.

Clothes are clothes, and my face was being torn here and there by the stylists’ hands.

First, I pulled up my bangs, which were grown out wildly to the point of looking a bit gloomy. Thanks to that, my entire face was revealed.

“Look at that handsome face.”

“Golden balance. No, what is higher than gold?”

“It’s just an expression, so call it Hwangbal.”

Stylists rave about how smooth and well-groomed the fur is, then simply trim the fur and trim the eyelashes or neatly tidy up the animal’s distinctive moustaches.

“I’ve seen a lot of men as a stylist, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone this beautiful.”

“Prince Luna was really cool, but this is amazing!”

Even though I was tired, the Hwangseong stylists were very enthusiastic about organizing my face and trimming my hands and toenails.

“…Looks like a made-up kid…”

“Haha, I find it so funny whenever Ain doesn’t know the value of her own appearance and says things like that.”

Ion says with a laugh. The other females in the group, including Elfin, are also laughing, as if their thoughts are not all that different from hers.

“They say that really handsome people don’t know that they are handsome, and it’s true. Prince Luna said the same thing.”

“My brother said a lot that he didn’t know he was handsome.”

“Really? Isn’t Prince Luna handsome?”

“I met him once before, and he was very handsome.”

Ion nodded in response to Bandi’s words.

“When I was young, I received an offer from the Imperial Palace to join Prince Luna’s group, but I refused to join because I was training to become a knight.”

“Really?!”

Hoyo is surprised by Ion’s words and asks back. Elfin and Lulu didn’t react much as if they already knew, but Bam and Bandi seemed surprised.

“Oh, but as I got older, I became too focused on my training as a knight… and I grew up not being very attractive to males. The formal proposals for the group did come from other families, but since they were all based on family backgrounds, my father rejected them.”

Indeed, when he first met the Duke and Duchess of Moratium, Ion’s father, Lord Shizu Moratium, told Ion, “I hope you are truly happy,” which shows how much he cherishes his daughter.

“Oh, that’s right. I didn’t have anything like that.”

When Hoyo spoke with embarrassment, Bam retorted in a ridiculous tone.

“What are you talking about? Why don’t you know what I know? You’ve had that happen too.”

“Me, really?!”

As Hoyo is startled, Bandi’s expression darkens even more.

“Oh. Count Miho refused… Not many times. Maybe twice, as far as I know. They were nothing special, and the Youngsiks didn’t have good reputations. And don’t react too much. It makes Bandi sad.”

Hoyo closes her mouth to the night’s glare. It looks like Bandi doesn’t have that kind of thing… All the males in this world seem to have crooked eyes. They’re so pretty.

While I was watching the female comedians’ talk, my makeup was almost done.

“Oh my, since you’re so handsome, there’s not much I can do. If I touch you too much, it feels like this beauty will die?”

At the stylist’s words, the females came close to me and examined my face in various ways.

“Friendship clothes, Ain, look at those eyelashes. Dew might be rolling around.”

Your eyelashes are like that too… I answer to Hoyo inwardly.

“Your hair is like that precious black mirror. It’s smoother than usual.”

As he said that, Ion carefully stroked my cheek with the back of his hand.

“It looks much better after you fix and style your bangs. Wasn’t it a bit stuffy before?”

Lulu crosses her arms and gently strokes my styled hair as she gives her opinion.

Hoyo and Bandi were staring at my face through the mirror with their mouths wide open, and Bam looked at me once with a satisfied face and then gave Hoyo and Bandi a knee each on their buttocks as they still couldn’t come to their senses.

“Come to your senses.”

“Wow! But he’s so handsome.”

“Ouch, it hurts! Hoyo, I’m going to scream.”

Elfin chuckled at the sight of the three. In the meantime, I was once again caught by the stylists, this time having to choose clothes.

Just as I had picked out clothes for a few of the females, this time the entire group of six females were busy picking out my clothes.

“White would be better, right?”

“Gold goes well with black hair.”

“That’s true, but let’s see…”

The females each brought clothes they liked, tried them on my body, discussed them among themselves, and then tried other clothes on me. This process continued.

After much debating, they eventually decided on a white base with gold accents on each point, chosen by Ion.

Even though the roles are reversed, it takes less time to wear men’s clothes than women’s dresses, so I quickly change clothes and come out.

“Oh my!”

As soon as I came out of the locker room, Hoyo got really excited and ran over to me, and Bandi also ran over with her large chest shaking. The other females cautiously approached me.

“This is totally awesome!!”

Hoyo circles around me and shouts, and Bandido nods his head while looking here and there.

“It can’t get any more perfect than this.”

Night nodded, looking at the two of them with a pitiful expression.

“For my topic, this kind of male is more than luxurious. I don’t know how it came to this.”

“Night, I told you you’re pretty.”

The night smiles beautifully at my encouraging words.

“If that’s the case for the group of males.”

Under Elfin’s instructions, all the stylists finish their work, some sit here and there to rest, and Lulu looks at the clock in the dressing room and calls us.

“Let me go down and show you around, and take a look around the banquet hall.”

At her words, we leave the dressing room and go down the stairs to the banquet hall.

In the banquet hall, the nobles who were their parents were greeting other nobles who had arrived before the ball time.

The only special thing is that Princess Elaonora and Prince Luna, siblings of Elfin, are present.

“Oh, it’s coming down!”

The main host of this party, Marquis Jude, smiles with satisfaction upon discovering us, and the eyes of other parents and nobles who arrived early to attend the party also gather.