Isn’t Being A Wicked Woman Much Better?

nd were considered a very rare profession.
The entry barrier was high because it required a dexterity and mana control ability that was close to divine.

That’s cool and all, but why did they have to display the dolls in the salon?
It’s something you can do at home.

‘When will the 5th Princess come?’

“Princess Deborah!”

While I was trembling among the dolls, the Princess came into the salon with a happy face, along with the maids who accompanied her.

“Princess.
You’re here.”

Feeling relieved, I quickly approached her without realizing it.

“Oh! I didn’t know the Princess would greet me like this.
As expected, you liked the welcome banners that I personally ordered.”

The welcome banners were hung not only on the social club bulletin board, but also all over the academy campus, so I had no choice but to feel embarrassed.

‘Don’t tell me, are they still hanging?’

It became even more dismal because there was no one other than the Emperor and the Crown Prince who could collect the banners directly ordered by the 5th Princess.

‘I’m grateful, but it’s too much…’

“Looks like it’s trendy these days to write text on banners and hang them here and there, but I was ahead of the trend.
Haha.”

She smiled cheerfully as if she were happy.

“… Thank you for caring about me.”
“I am glad that you liked it.
By the way, I’ve heard that you’re going to present a new thesis at the Wizardry Association soon.
I’m looking forward to it.”

After exchanging news about each other, we started studying theses related to mana.
While reading a thesis that had recently become a hot topic in the Association, the doll in the back started making a rattling sound.

‘T-That scared me!’

The 5th Princess frowned and clicked her tongue.

“You’re trying to concentrate, but you seem to be uncomfortable because of that doll.”

The 5th Princess interpreted my fearful expression as she pleased.

“I’m alright.”
“Ahh, I don’t know how long Michelle is going to leave that grim doll in this salon.”

As expected, I wasn’t the only one that thought it was dreary.

“Ah, I didn’t introduce Michelle Granbert properly.
She’s one of Epsilon’s executives, and as you can see, she’s a puppeteer who makes puppets, but she’s a cheap two-timer.”
“A two-timer?”
“She’s a member of my club, but she’s running another club.”

The 5th Princess grumbled with a pouty face.

It seems that the other member of the mana research club was that puppeteer.

‘She seems like another eccentric… No, let’s not think too negatively.’

The Marquis of Granbert is the commander of the Imperial Army.
It’s like I’m getting the best connections.
I’m a winner because I’m getting along well with famous people in the central social circle.

***

Michelle Granbert, a puppeteer, had been running a gastronomy club for a long time and was quite famous in the Empire as a picky gourmet.

Besides making dolls, gastronomy was her only hobby.
She made a list of delicious restaurants and distributed them to people around her, and recently she was earnestly writing a thesis on food culture.

‘Shall I go to the new dessert shop today?’

Armand.
She was set on going there.

When she imagined a delicious cake, her sunken eyes came to life.

‘Why are there so many people?’

No wonder.
A lot of customers come during the opening because of curiosity.
In particular, she heard that the publicity for this place was a bit clamorous.

‘But why are Thierry and Guillaume over there?’

As the faces suitable for racetracks and gambling houses were in the dessert shop, suspicion flashed across Michelle’s eyes.

“Number 1091.
It was really close.”
“That’s why I told you to wait in line for just 10 minutes.”
“You never said that!”

With a suspicious feeling, Michelle looked at the back of the two, disappearing in the distance as they quarreled, and then looked around.

‘Looks like they’re doing some bustling event.’

They seemed certainly good at promoting the shop in an interesting way.
People seemed to enjoy it a lot.
However, it was all superfluous.
In the end, taste was the most important.

‘The line is still long.
What should I do?’

Still, she came outside after a long time, so it was a pity to go back.

‘The weather is good too.’

She had no choice but to put a doll standing in the waiting line and spend time sitting in front of the square fountain.
The customers were startled for a moment at the sight of a doll standing in place of a person, and then whispered that Granbert’s eldest daughter had arrived.

Having been stuck in a small room all week, only touching dolls, the hot sun blazed on her pale face.