Chapter 33
Come to think of it, the reason I posted photos on SNS (well, not me—Ophelia uploaded them) was to detach part of Ophelia's mana stone and give it to Minyum.
A sudden DM came in from Maxi, so I got startled and forgot all about it.
I hadn't expected my rank to jump like this overnight, but there were still three days left, and it had been solved far more easily than I'd expected, so I was surprised.
“Ophelia, then shall we try it once?”
“Would you like to give it a try?”
“Hmm, would it still be a little difficult?”
“The mana stone embedded in my body is a fairly high-quality item, so it may still be difficult for Your Highness to handle it without any loss.”
“I see….”
According to Ophelia, I had apparently gotten too many good materials too quickly. She said that if I had made it after my Command Issuance skill or crafting skill had leveled up a bit more, it might have been made with much better efficiency.
Getting rare metal from Han Dohee without any base at all was huge. Normally I would have had to start from the bottom, but I was starting with a golem named Suri, who had terrifying combat power.
“Then... hmm. Maybe I should upload one more photo to SNS.”
After thinking it over, if I just uploaded photos carelessly, other people might lose interest, so this time I guess I'll upload a picture of a burger.
“Princess, posting a hamburger voucher on SNS may not be a good idea.”
“H-how did you know?!”
“What are you referring to?”
“That I was about to hand out hamburger vouchers on SNS....”
Could it be that Ophelia could even read my thoughts now?
“The hamburger voucher purchase page is up on Your Highness's screen.”
“Ah, got it.”
It wasn't that; the hamburger voucher purchase page was just up on my phone. Either way, giving away hamburger vouchers on SNS was a bust. Honestly, I wanted to ask why I couldn't do it, but the truth was I also thought it was a waste of money. Besides, there were so many overseas users—what if the people who got the hamburger vouchers couldn't even use them?
After all, places like Africa wouldn't exactly have a Mom's Touch.
“Hmm... then the time has come to use that..!”
From Ophelia's point of view, she just hoped the immature princess wouldn't do anything weird.
* * * * *
ㅡclick, click
“Ophelia, how do you say ‘Praise the princess’ in English?”
“It is ‘Praise the princess.’”
“Please... type on the keyboard here instead.”
“...Understood.”
ㅡclack-clack-clack....
At Eve's request, Ophelia pressed the keyboard keys while sneaking a glance at the monitor screen. She really had no idea what on earth this princess was doing, and every time she tried to do something on the computer, Ophelia felt a little tense.
‘Is that... going to be okay?’
Of course, there wasn't really anything wrong with what Eve was trying to do, and statistically speaking, quite a few influencers who had tried the same thing before had secured a fair number of followers and fame, but...
“Done.”
“Oh yeah, thank you.”
Standing a little away... well, in a one-room apartment, “far” only meant about five meters anyway. Ophelia watched Eve's back from a short distance.
[_Princess_Eve]
#Roblox #Robux #Freerobux
FREE 500 ROBUX!!! type ‘Praise the princess’ and share!!
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The share count shot up faster than expected. Ophelia couldn't just sit back and watch the kingdom's cherished princess turn into some bratty Western kid-game influencer handing out cash gift cards for a share event, so she instantly piled up hundreds of reports and deleted the post.
“Why?!”
Less than ten minutes later, Eve's scream echoed through the one-room apartment.
“...It looks like the post was deleted for violating the scam-related rules.”
“Gasp... so I wasn't supposed to do that.”
By the rules, when you checked them point by point, Ophelia was right.
“Sniff, then I guess I'll have to buy Robux myself.”
“...”
Eve's slapdash plan to become a bratty kid influencer by giving away free Robux ended in failure, but the original goal of reaching Command Issuance C+ was, after much trial and error, successfully achieved.
And that very night, no less.
[The princess's majesty has been partially restored. The rank of Command Issuance rises. Command Issuance : C -> C+]
“Gasp, why did it suddenly work?”
SNS posts don't just flash by and disappear once; if you leave them up, the algorithm will keep surfacing them on its own. Thanks to the 10,000 followers Eve had gained, her Command Issuance rank safely settled at C+.
“It seems possible to some extent.”
“Really? Then shall we try it?!”
“Yes. But the main gate opens in three days, so let's try then.”
“Oh right. That's how it was.”
* * * * *
ㅡding!
“Wah.”
The next morning. After finishing our usual bath, with Ophelia doing 90 percent of the work and me doing 10 percent, I was blow-drying my hair and looking through the gallery when a DM came in on SNS.
-chaE._Vely_ : I saw you post Eve's photo ㅠ
-chaE._Vely_ : She's super cute lol
-_Princess_Eve : heh..
-_Princess_Eve : Thank youuu
-chaE._Vely_ : If you have time, do you want to go to a café with unnie later?
-chaE._Vely_ : Go with Dohee too??
-_Princess_Eve : Where is it?
-chaE._Vely_ : (address)
-chaE._Vely_ : It's here, and Dohee says she'll drive us there
-chaE._Vely_ : Have you ever tried ttungcarons?
-chaE._Vely_ : Let's go get some tasty desserts lol
“Ttungcarons...!”
Ttungcarons.
Whenever this food came up in the gallery, it was almost always in a bad context. Most of the time, it was a story laced with a bit of mockery.
Black sesame ttungcaron, mala tteokbokki, fried sundae, rosé pasta, tanghulu, almond-butter croffle, salt bread, matcha tiramisu, carbo Buldak, strawberry mochi, brown sugar bubble tea, Shilla Hotel mango bingsu, and so on... that long thing.
They're the kind of foods that, if men ate them, would have their testosterone wiped out, make them shorter, strip away their muscles, or, in severe cases, even start questioning their gender identity—foods loaded with all sorts of nasty debuffs.
I was so, so scared of that that I never touched them at all. Definitely not because I was broke. As for desserts in my life, the only thing I have is Seolleim Cookies & Cream. Please sponsor me.
Nacho chips are a meal.
-_Princess_Eve : It looks like it'd be expensive..ㅜㅜ
-chaE._Vely_ : hahahahahaha
-chaE._Vely_ : Unnie will buy it for you, Eve
-chaE._Vely_ : Unnie makes a ton of money lol
-_Princess_Eve : Gasp
I only asked just in case, but it really did seem like she was going to buy it. In that case...!
“Ophelia. Would it be okay if I went to eat those desserts?”
“Desserts?”
Ophelia seemed to close her eyes and think for a moment, then nodded.
“Yes, it is fine.”
“Yay.”
-_Princess_Eve : Ophelia says it's okay for her to come too
-chaE._Vely_ : Oh rightㅠ What if Ophelia gets lonelyㅠ
-chaE._Vely_ : Tell her to come with us lol
-chaE._Vely_ : Ophelia will probably like ttungcarons too
-_Princess_Eve : Is that okay too??
-chaE._Vely_ : lol, unnie is rich..
-chaE._Vely_ : Should I buy you 100 Seolleim Cookies & Creams?
-_Princess_Eve : Gasp
She's rich all right.
“Ophelia! Ophelia, come eat desserts too!”
“Me? I burn calories and convert them into mana, so premium desserts with a high price per calorie aren't very cost-effective.”
“Since Chaea unnie is paying, it should be fine..? Can't you come with me and eat dessert?”
“Hmm... understood. Then I request that I accompany you.”
“Yay.”
-_Princess_Eve : Ophelia says she's coming too
-chaE._Vely_ : Nice lol
-chaE._Vely_ : Get ready to go out
-chaE._Vely_ : Unnie is waiting for Dohee's car
-_Princess_Eve : Mm.
-_Princess_Eve : Yep.
-chaE._Vely_ : Should arrive in about 20 minutes
“Twenty minutes is enough.”
“Twenty minutes? That's tight.”
“Eh.”
Normally, if men were given 20 minutes to get ready, it would be enough time to even eat a meal leisurely. Honestly, I wasn't even putting on makeup or anything right now, so there wasn't really much for me to do; I thought I only needed to put on clothes.
“Princess, according to internet statistics, women who use SNS and go to what people commonly call an ‘aesthetic café’ take photos an average of 124 times.”
“Gasp, why take that many pictures?”
“Also, the percentage that doesn't take any at all is only 2.7 percent of the total, so the probability of you taking photos at this dessert café and posting them on SNS comes to 99.81 percent.”
“I see.”
“In other words, today we should spend a little more time getting dressed up.”
“Ah.”
* * * * *
“Eve! Over here, over here!”
“Ah, Dohee unnie.”
For some reason, I just couldn't seem to call Han Dohee “unnie.” Maybe because Han Dohee was short. Chaea unnie was tall and long-limbed even among ordinary people.
“Aww~ Eve, you came out looking pretty today?”
“Ah, yes.. Ophelia did it for me...”
“It would've been nice if Ophelia had come out in something other than her maid outfit too!”
“I don't have any casual clothes prepared to wear, so that's unfortunate.”
“Then after dessert we'll have to go buy some, won't we?”
“It's fine. I haven't planned any spending on clothing yet.”
“Hehe, can't I just buy them for you?”
“...I decline, as it may be a burden on Miss Chaea's finances.”
“It's really fine though~”
Riding in Han Dohee's Maxcruz (full options << very important, because the top hatch opens absurdly wide), we headed to the dessert shop Chaea unnie had picked out.
“Wow, what a landmine outfit.”
Han Dohee, who usually posts photos on Huntweet rather than SNS, had come dressed in exactly that sort of vibe. Mostly black, with a gothic feel? Lots of mysterious whatever.
Chaea unnie, on the other hand, had come in ordinary trendy clothes.
[_Princess_Eve]
I ate macarons and a strawberry smoothie, yum @_Dohiki_ @chaE._Vely_
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“Eve, why did you mention Dohee first?”
“Obviously, that means I like Dohee better.”
“Ah, I wasn't thinking about anything...”
“Sniff sniff, unnie is sad.”
Help me. I think the macaron's about to come back up.