The Supermarket System

Chapter 61: 61. Bodycare

The young man’s name was Rio; he was only sixteen years old and the oldest child at the orphanage, who had ultimately chosen to stay at the orphanage while working as a hunter. Rio also carried out assignments from Kaileon to hunt edible monsters, which he then sold to Kaileon’s shop.

According to Jean, when Kai asked about the young man—after Jean had returned to the pavilion that evening—Rio had indeed changed.

Rio’s change occurred just three days ago—or when Kai and Keith had just returned from Verdez.

Rio had become strange; sometimes he was as cheerful as before, but other times he kept to himself. Jean also said that three days ago, Rio had come to the orphanage with injuries, which, strangely enough, healed very quickly. In fact, Jean thought the injuries were quite severe and was going to ask Kaileon for help. But since the wounds had suddenly healed, Jean decided against it.

According to Jean, Rio is very close to Lily and Peoni, so Jean asked Kai to ask Lily or Peoni about Rio.

Kai didn’t ask Peoni or Lily right away, because he thought Rio shouldn’t look that much like the demon prince and couldn’t possibly have anything to do with him either.

"Kaileon! Today, the other noble girls and I had a tea party at Lady Jessica’s place, and then a lady joined us in the afternoon, just as the party was almost over. Her name is Lady Silviana, and she said some bad things about you. Do you know her?" Angeline asked, just as they had finished dinner.

"You said Lady Silviana? What did she say about me?" Kai asked.

Angeline shook her head. "I don’t really remember—I didn’t want to listen. I knew she was just lying. Lady Laura said the same thing—that Lady Silviana likes to lie. But if I heard correctly, she said you once confessed your love to her, but then you hit her because she rejected you. Lady Jessica just stayed silent the whole time; she didn’t say a word until it was all over. I’m telling you this because I’m worried—after all, I’m your fiancée..."

Kai smiled at the girl’s last words. Then he took both of Angeline’s hands and said, "Angel, thank you for worrying about me. I can’t remember anything from my childhood about her myself. But I’ll try to talk to Jessica after this."

Angeline nodded, "I trust you, Kaileon. There’s no way you’d act like that. Still, I’m worried that Lady Silviana might spread more strange rumors about you."

"Don’t worry about that, Angel... because it would be easy for me to destroy her family’s business empire—and not just hers; I intend to take down all the corrupt noble businesses. I’ll help my father resolve the economic problems in Arslan and the surrounding areas, since he can’t do it himself. My father is only good at war," Kai said.

"If you need help, I’m ready to help you, Kai..."

Kai nodded, "Yeah, thank you so much, Angel. Oh, by the way, you said you wanted a lotion with a different scent, right? Would you like me to show you a new product?"

Hearing the word "lotion," not only Angeline but the maids as well became excited. Most of the buyers of skincare and body care products were the maids, in addition to Angeline, Laura, and Jessica.

Even Jessica was basking in the praise from people, especially the noble girls who kept complimenting her because she had such a lovely body scent. Jessica still kept the lotion to herself because she didn’t want the noble girls to know her secret.

The noble girls thought Jessica was wearing an expensive perfume, when in fact her secret was simply taking a shower at least once a day before bed and then applying scented lotion mixed with olive oil.

Because of this, Jessica, Angeline, and Laura’s skin became more beautiful than that of the other noble girls.

Finally, Kai showed them the latest lotion products, featuring new scents.

"During the day, try to use lotion with SPF, because if your skin is exposed to too much sunlight, it will damage your skin quickly. To maintain your skin’s moisture, you can mix it with olive oil as usual. But if your skin isn’t too dry—like Angeline’s—just the lotion alone is enough. You can choose from the varieties available here since they all have different scents—just pick the one you like best," said Kaileon.

The maids, who could only buy one even though Kai had given them a discount, tried to find the scent that suited them best.

Meanwhile, Kai gave Angeline all the varieties for free.

"Relax, everyone! You have plenty of time to think about it, because I’m also going to introduce you to hair tonic. This is a product you spray on your hair to make it smell nice. Right now, there are a few scent options, like vanilla, floral, and fruity scents. This hair tonic will also help make your hair more manageable, as long as you use shampoo and conditioner regularly, just like I mentioned earlier. At least twice a week—three times a week if possible. You’re in the tropics, so you really do need to shower and wash your hair often," said Kaileon.

The maids were thrilled to see Kaileon demonstrate the new hair product.

"Can I try it now, Kai? I’ll try the floral scent," said Angeline.

Kai then sprayed the hair tonic onto Angeline’s hair. A soft floral scent wafted through the air—it smelled wonderful, especially when Angeline flicked her hair.

"How do you know so much about personal care like this, young master? Even the Crown Prince of Nagreize took an interest when I reported this to him," said Jeny.

Hearing this, Kaileon was overjoyed. In fact, he was the one who had suggested to Jeny—who always reported everything to the Crown Prince—that she tell him about the products Kaileon sold.

Because of this, the Crown Prince came to trust Kaileon even more. After all, Angeline was far happier and better cared for here than she had been in the Kingdom of Nagreize.

In fact, the crown prince asked Kaileon to collaborate with him.

However, Kaileon asked the crown prince to come see him in person if he was serious about collaborating.

"I’m waiting for him to come here, Jeny, because I’ll be heading to the empire soon. Oh, I forgot to mention this—do you want to come along, Angeline? I think it’d be fun to go with you too," Kai asked.

Angeline, who had initially been sad to hear that Kai was leaving her, was now completely surprised, a wide smile spreading across her lips.

"Can I really come with you?"

Kai nodded. "Of course. You’ve been cooped up in the kingdom all this time—you must be really excited to go on an adventure with me, right? Just think of it as a vacation, Angeline."

"I’ll come—"

"Oh, that’s wonderful. No one will be blocking my view anymore after this."

They all turned toward that very familiar voice, and sure enough, the Duchess was standing in the doorway, glaring at them all with a displeased look.

Kai approached the woman and asked, "Why are you here, Duchess?"

The woman clicked her tongue in annoyance, "I’m here because you’ve been hiding things like that from me! I’m your mother, Kaileon... if I looked beautiful and smelled nice, you’d be happy, right? Why are these lowly maids the ones wearing such nice things instead? Give them all to me! You’ve really gone too far, hiding things like this. You should be grateful I’m not punishing you for daring to try something new and nice without my knowledge—"

"Duchess, leave those there. I have something far more luxurious than that, since those are only for my servants. I know you like the color gold, don’t you? I’ve already prepared a gold one—come with me; everything’s in my room." Kai quickly cut the woman off before she could get even angrier.

Hearing Kai’s words, the Duchess immediately forgot her anger and hurried off to follow Kaileon.

Kai really did hand her a lotion in a much prettier container—a luxurious gold one.

"The instructions are right here, but if you’re confused, Jessica already knows how to use it," Kai said.

The Duchess frowned disapprovingly. "You said Jessica already knows?"

"That’s right. She knows because she wanted to try it first—in case the product turns out to be no good, you wouldn’t be able to use it. Besides, this luxurious set is exclusively for you; I don’t sell it to anyone else. For now, it’s free, but if you want to buy more later, the price is five large gold coins per set. That’s already very cheap."

The woman immediately snatched up the skincare and body care set that Kai had given her.

"You said five large gold coins? That’s a bargain! I’ll take this—don’t forget to send a selection of cheesecakes in various flavors to my room, okay? I’ll be waiting there. Oh! And don’t forget to bring the finest wine, just like yesterday. Here’s the money—I’ll give it to you now."

Kai smiled as he was handed a bag full of gold coins.

"I’ll send them right away. Just wait there, Duchess..."

"Duchess? Call me Mother, Kaileon... oh, right, how’s my dear Vivi doing at work? She’s doing well, isn’t she?"

Kaileon’s smile faded upon hearing that.

"Oh, Vivienne... she’s such a sweet girl, Duchess—I mean, Mother..."

"She could be your concubine, Kaileon. Since Angeline is so thin, Vivi has a sexier figure. It’s no big deal to have a concubine—your father has one too, doesn’t he?"

Kaileon didn’t respond to that; he just forced a faint smile.

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