CATB Chapter 6

When I opened the reception room door, an intense Romeo with a curly mustache greeted me.

He was flat on the floor, trembling.

This guy and that guy... I clicked my tongue and sat down.

"Lady Alexannnn... what... what do you... need me for......"

"Stand up."

"Huh?"

Does he have a lisp?

"You don't need to be that scared. Look at me."

Eventually Romeo raised his head to look at me.

"!!!!!!"

"Am I still scary?"

"Really Lady Alexa the Beastnnn...! Oh! What am I saying! Please forgive mennn!!!"

His speech pattern is a bit odd? When I tilted my head in confusion, Lily, standing beside me, explained.

"Designer Jamie studied abroad in the Bichon Kingdom, so he's still awkward with Pellipe language."

What kind of nonsense is that? If he studied abroad, Pellipe would be his native language - there's no reason for him to be awkward with it when he's not even a foreigner.

"I am Alexa, but I don't think I'm 'the Beast,' do you?"

Jamie nods enthusiastically.

"I know you've heard misunderstandings about me beforehand, but let me say it again. I'm neither a murderer nor a monster. You can tell by looking at me right in front of you."

"The hair... I heard you were covered in hairnnn?"

"Do you see any hair now?"

"It really was just rumorsss!"

It's actually because I removed it, but there didn't seem to be a need to teach him that fact. I was regularly removing hair, and maybe because it was magic, once I removed it, the growth rate had noticeably slowed.

"I didn't know you were such a personnnn! Beautiful! Oh! Beauty-full!! Beauty-full!!"

This guy seems to have a bit of an idiot charm... I wonder if he'll do his work properly.

I couldn't shake my suspicious gaze.

Jen noticed and quickly said, "My Lady called Jamie to have new dresses made."

"Jamie, tell me what colors would suit me."

"Ohhhh..."

Making a strange sound, Jamie walked around me in a circle.

Soon he clapped his hands and said, "Smooth copper-toned skin with golden eyes!!! Beautiful! The very beauty of the sun! Jamie would like to recommend cream and gold colors, or very sexily, black or white! For dresses, rather than frills or lace, drape and body-con styles that can show off Your Ladyship's figure to the utmost would be good! Oh, perfect! Perfect!!"

"Wow, you do have taste."

As Jamie said, my skin color was far from pale white.

Since I have the build and height anyway, I'm not going for a delicate and petite image.

Then I should go for a healthy and sexy image instead.

In a way that maximizes my charm.

Since the kingdom's fashion itself pursues the image of weak and delicate women, I'll go for the complete opposite image.

More flashy, more intense, more unique.

My image has already hit rock bottom anyway, so there's nothing to protect.

What I create here will be my beginning.

"Then wouldn't pastel colors like light pink or mint suit My Lady...?"

Lily asked in a dubious voice. She was beginning to question the Ariel-choice dresses that filled the dressing room.

"Pastelsss! No no! That would be a nightmarennn!!! It doesn't suit the princess at allnnn!"

"Princess?"

I asked back at the unfamiliar word. I hadn't expected it to come from Jamie's mouth.

"You're a princessnnn!"

Jamie asked back as if it were obvious.

"You are a princess!"

Lily and Jen said, clasping their hands together.

Don't get all motivated again, you two.

Creak creak

The creepy sound of teeth grinding filled the dark room.

Tap, tap, tap.

The sound of nervously tapping the table grew louder and louder.

When the moon peeked through the window, brilliant moonlight filled the room.

In the dark room, a face bright as a peach blossom glowed.

A girl with beauty comparable to Chang'e* of the moon palace sat at the table.

Her elegant posture was like a swan, allowing one to guess her noble bloodline, and her delicate shoulder line was like a single white lily, enough to make countless men fall ill with longing.

However, the expression on her pure and radiant features was like the Snow Queen announcing a harsh winter.

Cold anger swirled in her seemingly gentle deep blue eyes.

Ariel's gaze fell on the letter from her confidant planted at Conetti.

'Lady Alexa is currently showing rapid changes. You should come quickly. Above all, whatever magic she used, all of Lady Alexa's hair has disappeared. After Princess Ariel's visit, she stayed secluded for a while, then suddenly called the servants together and discarded the princess's diet...'

Crumple. The stiff paper was mercilessly crushed in delicate hands.

"My Lady! Please stop!!!"

Michael, who was in charge of my escort here at Conetti, was panting with his breath catching in his throat.

"How can you get tired at this level if you're a knight?"

"Well, My Lady is a monster... gasp!"

Michael covered his mouth with both hands. I don't know why they cover their mouths when they misspeak.

"You're saying I have that outstanding skill then? I'll take it as a compliment."

When I rolled my eyes sarcastically, Michael nodded enthusiastically.

"Of course! Absolutely!!! My Lady is probably the best in the kingdom. I guarantee it!!!"

"Then take this too!!!"

"My Lady, please!!!"

My sword practice ended with Michael gloriously getting hit on the head with my wooden sword and fainting.

What I discovered while learning swordsmanship for fun was that Alexa's body was optimized for combat in every way. Whether it was her incredible basal metabolic rate, her stamina was tremendous, and despite having learned swordsmanship for only a short time, she easily overpowered Michael, who claimed to have devoted twenty years to the sword. When we fought with real swords, Michael's blade that met mine shattered to pieces.

"What's this? I went easy on him."

When I looked down at the fragmented sword in bewilderment, Michael rubbed his arm bleeding from the fragments and said, "Ugh, you put magic power into your sword, My Lady. This is cheating, it's unfair!"

"I don't even know how to do that!"

"Unfair sniff, cheater."

Only after promising the sniffling Michael a special dinner could I shed the stigma of being a cheater.

"But this is amazing, hehe."

When I thought about putting the faintly tickling feeling in my fingertips into the sword, I felt very good. Is this magic power?

Whoosh - when I swung the sword, the garden statue was cut diagonally.

"Whoa! It cuts stone too!!!"

Alexa, you really are an attack-type overpowered character.

If she had been male, she would have lived the best life.

Whether becoming a general or a prince with succession rights, she would have lived a completely different life from her current one.

At least if a man is a beast, there's still a beauty.

But since I'm not one to mourn what I don't have, I was quite satisfied with the current reality of Alexa.

I removed all the hair so she looks decently human, the bulky frame doesn't look like a muscle-bound tank like before thanks to exercise, and her body has become firm so at least you can tell she's a woman - how great is that?

Thanks to Lily and Jen's bleeding efforts, her hair became silky and her skin became smooth.

Her appearance no longer looks like a beast at least, so that's done (ugh, I want to pay respect to my ability for developing her this much), and as a bonus, overpowered fighting ability on top of it.

This is a game where whether I grab hair and fight or fight with swords, I'll win 100%.

This is the best.

I think dreaming of a fairy tale love story in this world I've possessed is out of the question.

If it were a sweet love story, I wouldn't have possessed a beast in the first place.

It's been over three months since I came here, and the male lead still hasn't appeared.

Wait, am I not the protagonist to begin with?

Damn, there's no way a beast would have such little importance, right?

No, I need to think positively.

I shook my head back and forth.

Whether I'm the protagonist or not, so what? I'm going to live my life.

Even if it's not my life but Alexa's life, it won't harm her.

Living faithfully in objective reality has always been my motto.

Since I've lived by doing my best in whatever situation I found myself in, anywhere, anytime, I believe everything I'm doing now is right.

Whether it was my obstinacy or my arrogance, believing was the logic of an orphan who had nothing but guts.

Translator Note:

*Chang'e is the Chinese goddess of the moon, known for her extraordinary beauty. She's a legendary figure who flew to the moon and became immortal, representing the pinnacle of feminine beauty and grace in East Asian culture.