Chapter 16

Aesthetics are Universal

…By the way, it’s been half a year since the bank was established . During this half a year, the Public Works’ first project, road maintenance, began and is progressing steadily .

As for the bank, different conglomerates opened an account under the names of their conglomerates and made deposits . And those people part of the conglomerates opened an individual account and it began to spread… Now, the presence of the bank has become larger in urban areas . Because of this, Moneda looked really busy . The challenge right now is… probably how to spread this to other cities .

Also, capital for the educational institution has been gathered safely and is now under construction . When it is completed, it will immediately be open for operation . However, since the construction of the advanced division is the priority, it will still be a long way to go before all the children of the fief will be able to attend the primary division .

My workload has not decreased at all, or rather, it has increased . Indeed, because the workload has increased recently to the point of being in a risk of overworking, there was an urgent need to gather officials to help with managing the fief . Because there are already some people in the house who had been helping with the fief, I immediately engaged them for work for us .

The departments are as follows: Finance, Education, Public Affairs, Public Works, and Judicial Affairs . Moreover, it is a system where I, as the representative of the Fief Lord, is at the top .

By the way, the Finance department is concurrently working on the taxation . Each department is to calculate their expenses and submit a report in a form of a balance sheet . From there, the bank will take a look at it and give the approval needed . Again, this is being done to prepare of the taxation reform in the future .

The Education department operates in a similar manner to the Ministry of Education in Japan . The academy personnel will decide on what subjects they want to teach, but the Education Department reserve the rights to choose the contents and how much funds will be spent .

The Public Affairs department are in charge of managing the people of the fief . As of now, they are busy running about in preparation to make family registers . …I was also thinking of eventually establishing Social Welfare .

The Public Works is currently in charge of the road construction, and eventually, they will also be responsible for building public facilities . In other words, because the road maintenance is underway, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are very busy .

As for the Judicial Affairs, just as its name suggests, they are in charge of implementing the laws in the fief . They are currently in charge of enforcing the current laws, and will be working on law reforms later on .

Now, since I’m tired, I should go take a hot bath .

“Young mistress, is there something the matter?”

“It’s rare that I have some free time, and since I’m tired, I thought to take a hot bath . Can you prepare it?”

When I asked Tanya to prepare one, Tanya immediate left to take care of it . Tanya has been overprotective lately . …I wonder if I really do look all that tired?

“…Today, young mistress somehow looks really happy, it something happened?”

“Ah, as I thought, you can tell? Fufufu, the thing I really wanted had arrived . ”

Fufufu… After being busy for half a year researching and researching, it has finally been completed . And today, I am intending to test it out .

I slowly got into the bath, and when I felt that my fatigue has been healed, I immediately used it . Haaa~ The aroma of rose smells really good .

When I got up from the hot bath in high spirits, Tanya was outside preparing my outfit .

“Please excuse me, I’m coming in, young mistress . I finished the preparations… E-eh!”

When Tanya looked at my hair, a surprised expression appeared on her face . Fufufu, it’s wonderful, isn’t it? Since she’s the kind of person who usually doesn’t have much of an expression, the effect is excellent .

“Young mistress’ hair looks really beautiful… It is as though it’s shining . Please excuse me, young mistress . Exactly how in the world did it turn out like this…”

“Fufufu… It’s because I used this . ”

What I took out was a small bottle . And inside it was a pale yellow liquid .

“This is, what exactly is it?”

“It’s called a “Rinse . ” It is a necessary item needed to regulate your hair and make it glossy . ”

In fact, Rinse doesn’t exist in this world . It seems like everyone washes their hair with soap and water . I have endured this for the last half a year . Incidentally, I couldn’t get my head around it for the first three months and thus I didn’t notice . After noticing, it’s human nature to worry about it . …When one only uses shampoo, hair will get damaged . Because I know that, I can’t end it with just using shampoo . Because Iris has beautiful platinum hair which she inherited from her mother, it gave me unnecessary stress .

And thus, I tried making handmade soap, shampoo and rinse similar to the ones in my previous life . Although lotion does exist in this world, it still took quite a bit of time .

Since I’ll be making them anyway… I might as well make related products . I used the roses our House is proud of as the fragrance .

“…Young mistress, it’s amazing…”

Tanya muttered while looking at my hair . As I thought, no matter which world it is, everyone will be interested in beauty products .

“…Shall I give some to Tanya as well?”

“Eh, will that be alright with you?”

“I can immediately make more . ”

Although it took a lot of time to make one, but since I now have the recipe, it won’t take long to make more .

“Then, please give me a little…”

Tanya gladly received it . It brings me great pleasure to know she’s happy . Because I’ve been indebted to Tanya for a while now .

However, the talk didn’t end there . When the female employees saw my hair, they wondered whether I was using something special and where they could get their hands on it, and approached Tanya one after another . Although Tanya kept quiet about it, I unceremoniously reveal the nature of Rinse, and they asked for it one after another .

When the male staff found out about the effect, they thought, “This will definitely sell,” and wrote up the proposal . Thus, it was immediately promoted and commercialized by the Azura Conglomerate .

As a result, it is needless to say that my workload has increased even further .

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