I Raised Snow White!

06. The gift of goodwill is great.

[Episode 6] – The gift of goodwill is great.

“…Ainsel, would you like to run away together?”

I wanted to run away from this castle right away like a chimney, but in fact, it was not easy to run away with this body. Even going out of the castle is impossible without an escort.

In fact, outside the room, it was as good as a body under 24-hour surveillance. Since I was possessed by this body, honestly, I have never been alone outside the room.

I tried to take a walk for a while, but the maids chased me, and I tried to look around the garden for a while, but the maids chased me, so it’s been a long time since I gave up. Normally queens would have a lot of things to do… But somehow I didn’t have any.

-Where are you going to run away? And, if you say you’re running away from here, I can’t help you. Did you forget? You said you had work to do in that castle.

…Come to think of it, that’s what I said.

-Anyway, even after that was over, I was going to go somewhere else. Even if you go out of the castle, I won’t help you.

“Wow… That’s really mean.”

-What can I do? You didn’t even make a ‘contract’ with me.

“Contract?”

-Familiar contract. Since Vivian died, the contract between me and Vivian has been terminated. In fact, the reason I’m helping you here is to give you a ‘bonus’ on my personal business.

“Then make a contract with me-“

-I’ll think about it when I come back after fixing my face.

Ainsel looked down at me with a very disgusted expression as she refused like a knife. So what? In fact, it became impossible to escape. Although I know this world to some extent as a game…

That’s just the content in the game, but the reality is completely different.

“Then…What if I help you with that? Can you help me a bit more?”

-…Sorry. To be honest, I don’t know when my job will end. And, I still have no idea why this happened because of ‘what problem’.

“What the hell is going on?”

-…I can’t tell you yet. It’s just a ‘guess’. But, if you’re here, you’ll find out someday. What’s going on here

It’s completely blocked.

From this place, it is impossible to escape without help from others, and the Majesty, who was a thread of hope, was an unemployed person in the corner of the room, and he had no confidence in conciliating the old members of the Senate.

“Ughhh.”

It’s not like I wanted to get married, but it’s like struggling not to get a divorce. In this absurd situation, I burst out laughing without even realizing it.

‘…Even if I don’t have the confidence to appease the elders of the Senate, I should do the bare minimum.’

I lay down on the bed and glanced at the dressing table next to me. On the dressing table, I don’t know, but it looked like high-end cosmetics and jewelry were scattered randomly.

“As expected, a gift offensive is the best way to buy favorability.”

– Yes?

“First of all, I need to raise Vivian’s reputation, even if it doesn’t get me on my side.”

Originally, whether in real life or in a game, giving expensive gifts was the best way to increase favorability. People who aren’t happy to receive expensive gifts will be the same in any world.

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“First of all… Shall we start with Ellie?”

*

Eli was very embarrassed right now.

‘I’m full, so share your meal with the other maids.’

‘Yes..?’

‘Do I have to say it again?’

‘Oh no! Go, thank you!”

In the room of Her Highness the Queen, who is usually fortunate enough to get hit, far from getting hit, she brought out even a high-end snack that even nobles find difficult to eat. It was hard for Ellie to accept this reality.

Ellie stared blankly at the cake on her plate in front of Her Highness’ room. One, two, three. Exactly the number of pieces of cake that had hit her in the head were placed on the plate, sorted by type.

“Is it a dream..?”

When I tried to pull her cheek with one hand, it also hurt. To say that this is not a dream but a reality, is it okay for this to happen? The corners of Ellie’s lips rose high into the sky.

She wanted to eat it all by herself, but she was afraid of the aftermath after her colleagues found out about it. The number of people serving Her Highness the Queen together is five, including herself.

With the thought that it would be all right if we shared each bite of her, Ellie hurriedly ran toward her companions with her exciting steps. Sharing a happy day like this is not enough!

A day, two days, then a week passed after sharing the cake.

Ellie and her fellow maids finally found out. When Her Majesty the Queen came back from the dead, she finally went mad. Otherwise, this would not have happened.

One day nostalgia.

‘I’m tired of the perfume now, so you want to have it.’

One day, bath salts.

‘I bought something else, so you want to keep it.’

One day, even jewelry.

‘It’s out of fashion and I don’t need it anymore, so you want to keep it.’

This didn’t just happen to one, it happened to all of her maid colleagues. It was to such an extent that her companions fought among themselves, claiming that she would take care of Her Majesty’s Highness.

This was something I could never have imagined a week ago. Fellow maids who were able to afford it were able to experience spending money on themselves for the first time.

It was the same for Ellie. Ellie, who had always had her entire salary forfeited by her family because of her debts, was the first to have a dress tailored for herself at her dressmaker’s.

She said that the clothes she had worn so far had always been inherited from her sister, and the satisfaction she felt that she bought new clothes for herself with the money she earned was beyond words.

Now I was looking forward to the day when I would serve Her Highness the Queen.

People’s greed is cunning, so I had no choice but to expect ‘what kind of gift should I give you today?’ But, it’s okay now even if you don’t give it to me. Now he doesn’t order me to hit her head like he used to.

Feeling as if she had finally become the real ‘Queen’s maid’, Ellie headed for Her Highness’s room with pleasant steps. She took warm water and gently knocked on the door and opened it.

When she opened the door and entered, she saw Her Highness, who was still fast asleep. Ellie smiled brightly and moved closer to Her Highness, whispering in a soft voice.

“Your Highness, it is time to cough.”

Vivian frowned at the sound of Ellie’s voice that had come to wake her up. I was still afraid of that face, so I was nervous, but this tension didn’t last long.

“…Good morning, Ellie.”

“Yes, Her Highness the Queen.”

That’s right, I won’t be cursed at if I wake Her Highness now!

*

It would not be enough to describe my favorability gift operation as a great success. Because now the maids couldn’t follow me, so they followed me. After all, expensive gifts are the best, right?

There were a lot of favorability gifts in the game as well. If you give a specific gift to a specific NPC, your affinity will increase drastically, or if you don’t like it, your affinity will decrease.

If an NPC gives you a gift you want, your affinity will rise to the maximum level… Anyway, such a system existed. For example, was the bald bang show a wig given by a princess? Probably.

Seeing that the princess gives a wig instead of a hair loss pill, it must mean that even in this world of magic, hair loss is an incurable disease. Poor bang show.

Anyway, for the past week, I have focused on handing out gifts to the maids. I asked Prime Minister Vinshaw to order things that the maids would like as much as possible using the ‘dignity maintenance fee’ that was in front of me.

To keep my hands from getting chapped, I sprayed them with creamy cosmetics, nice-smelling perfume, jewelry with jewels, and things that could be sold for money as often as possible.

With such a barrage of presents, the attitude of the maids toward me changed in a very short time. Because the only way I could do it now was to spread money.

This could be called a great success.

“Your Highness, what do you think of that?”

“Whoops, it’s nothing special. Do you have any plans to come to me today?”

“No, you are not there today. Then, since the weather is nice, how about taking a walk in the garden? The garden is full of the scent of roses.”

Look at this. Ellie, who was trembling at the sight of me at first, now invites me to go for a walk first. Laughing involuntarily at this change, she looked at Ainsel right next to her.

Ainsel didn’t seem to like the change in the attitude of the maids. Pouting her mouth, she muttered as Ainsel grumbled.

-What’s good about bat-like kids who change their attitude like flipping their palms… Even if you get close to maids like that, you’ll be betrayed someday…

Mumble, mumble, mumble.

What on earth do you not like…

I smiled as I looked at Ellie who arranged my hair beautifully. Ellie also looked at her smile and bowed her head, blushing as if embarrassed.

“As expected, you are the kind of child I believe in as the ‘second’. I really like it.”

“Second..? It’s a pity that I’m not the first… Then, by any chance, could you tell me who Her Highness’s first was?”

“You wouldn’t know even if you heard the name. Ainsel, there is a child I trust the most.”

Ellie tilted her head as if she hadn’t heard of it, but the corner of her mouth moved upward as if the corners of her mouth would soar into the sky.

It’s a really easy mirror.

-Huh, heh! Even if you say that, nothing comes out? Really! If you open your mouth, it’s a lie! Ehehehe!

Her words were Ainsel who even hummed her, as if it made her feel good. She must have eased Ainsel’s mood. The weather was so nice, but she wanted to go for a walk in the garden, just as Ellie had said.

“As you said, I should go for a walk. Would you like to go with me?”

“Sure! I’ll prepare a parasol for you!”

When Ellie went to get the parasol, I took an earring from the dresser drawer and put it on my ear. Earrings designed to make Ainsel’s full-length mirror smaller than her palm.

– Great! Then let’s go for a walk together!

As soon as I put the mirror-shaped earrings on my ears, I heard Ainsel’s voice right in my ears. I wonder if I put her earrings on properly. I looked in the mirror and saw a small ainsel sticking out her head in the small mirror.

She said that when Vivian went out, she was wearing earrings, a mirror that she could take Ainsel outside. The mirror earrings were heavy and hurt my ears, so I didn’t want to wear them…

The other day, when I said that I was going out without wearing earrings because my ears hurt so much, Ainsel cried and I couldn’t help it. I was sorry to see how she cried.

“I brought a parasol!”

“…Okay, let’s go.”

-Go!!

Ainsel was very excited as if he was happy to go out after a long time. Come to think of it, this was also the first time I had been out of the building after coming here.

It’s a garden that can only be seen from the window… But for some reason, my heart was excited. I took a step out of the room as I watched Ellie hurriedly following me with a parasol.

…I didn’t even know what the meeting was going to be like after this.

Just out of excitement.