I Picked Up the Trash Others Threw Away - Chapter 6.1

Chapter 6.1

“Oh my. Do you really have a man?” Baroness Delphonie asked, her eyes opened wide in surprise.

It must have been surprising to hear her daughter, who had always been quiet, openly say that she wanted to seduce a man.

“Actually, I’ve met someone lately… but I don’t know how to approach him. I don’t want to openly seduce him since he’s a man who has met many women, and it doesn’t suit my personality either.”

“Gosh, when did you get such a foolish man? You’d be in trouble if your father knew.”

“Ah, you’ll keep it a secret from Father, right?”

“Of course. But men will be men. If you meet someone bad, it will be a big problem. It’s not all about being handsome. Is he rich?”

“Of course, he’s the son of a pretty well-off family.”

“Really? Did you have that kind of talent?”

The Baroness glanced up and down at me, precisely my face and body. My face burned as I understood what the intention behind that gaze was.

“You have a facial structure similar to mine, so you would look a little better if you used makeup, but your body is too skinny…”

“Then please teach me how to use makeup. Please?”

I pouted and tried to act as cute as possible as her daughter.

Unlike usual, Baroness Delphonie’s heart moved at my desperate request, and her shiny lips with lipstick formed a smile.

“I was going to relax at home, but it turns out I have to teach my daughter, who is a fool when it comes to relationships. Follow me to my room.”

“Yes!”

It seemed that Baroness Delphonie’s character wasn’t as bad as I thought.

Considering that she was trying to treat her daughter well, it seemed that she just didn’t get along with her husband.

That night, I learned from the baroness about fifty ways to deal with a man.

To be precise, they were techniques to use on the bed, and I don’t think I’ll use them even if I know them, so I’ll skip the explanation.

***

Three days later, in the morning, I smiled at myself as I looked in the mirror of my bedroom. My hair, which I brushed delicately, was particularly smooth today.

In the meantime, I, Audrey Delphonie, who received all kinds of special training from Baroness Delphonie, became stronger.

I had learned everything from how to flirt with a man to how to dress up following the fashion of this era.

As I learned while spending time with Baroness Delphonie, her lover was a man ten years younger than her. He wasn’t a nobleman, but he ran a merchant’s guild, so he had a lot of money. I had wondered how she was dressing up like this in this poor household, but it seemed that she was being supported by that man.

Being able to meet a man with a lot of money is also an ability in itself.

Finding a way to live life my own way was better than a father who thought of marrying his daughter to an old man and living off the money he got from it.

In any case, thanks to that, I was able to gather a lot of information through the baroness.

“Then, where shall we go today?”

I spent the past month after possession walking around the capital to find the main characters of the original work and what kind of work this was. But I didn’t just walk in vain.

Rumors began to spread among the commoners in the capital’s square and among the nobles in the royal palace.

I was thinking of going to the royal palace library today.

I would meet other characters if I was lucky, otherwise I would read a book for a while and head to the salon to overhear what other noble ladies were talking about.

Today, I took out the most splendid dress I had and put it on. It was a neat mermaid-line dress that spread out in a blue fabric lighter than my hair, giving off an elegant feeling.

It was usually an outfit that could only be worn to a party, but it was modest compared to the fashion of today.

Just in time, the maid who was cleaning the house had nothing to do, so I asked her for help getting dressed.

She was a maid of my age, with curly brown hair tied up, dark brown eyes, and characteristic freckles on the tip of her nose.

The maid looked surprised but did not refuse the instruction. She helped me put on the dress and even braided my hair.

“I think that something has changed. You’ve been out a lot lately, Young Lady.”

She was a maid who didn’t show much interest in this household other than cleaning, so I was surprised to see how keen she was.

I hesitated after hearing that it was different from before, then pretended that it wasn’t a big deal.

“Is that so? Maybe it’s because I started a relationship.”