Volume 2 Chapter 4.5

Previously on Revolution!:

Molan did 9/11 and now leads a monetary revolution as the chairman of the Federal Reserve of Txarango. The end.

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The moment I returned to the carriage, I was hugged. It made me so embarassed that I refused it like a shy girl refusing the advances of her boyfriend.

Tess dug into my arms in one go, and using all her strength, which is a lot, gave me a bear hug that hurt my waist. I didn’t think that she would be such a kid about being alone. If I knew, I might have waited for a bit more before coming back. The more I think about how she’s like, the more lovable she seems, and the more my heartstrings are pulled. I was starting to suspect that I wouldn’t be able to last these 10 days before doing something to her.

Because I couldn’t get out, I gave up and let Tess hug me. At the same time, I recited the Heart Sutra. After a long while on the carriage, she finally loosened her hold on me, and I took the chance to take it out of my pocket and put it on her ears.

“Eh?”

“They’re mufflers, used to keep warm during winter. It’s a bit weird to wear them now but I could only find these to hide your ears.”

Tess reached out and touched them, “So fluffy.”

“Can you hear me?”

“Loud and clear.”

“That’s good. Don’t take it off for no reason. As for me, I’m wearing this.”

I set a pair of sunglasses on my face.

“Wu, so dark! Tess where are you.”

“I’m here.”

“Touch.”

“Yaaa~”

“Is it a watermelon?”

“It’s my head.”

“So smooth and round. I like it. What shampoo do you use?” I pretended I couldn’t see her head and messed up her hair as I caressed her head.

“I’ve never washed my hair. With god around, it won’t get dirty.”

“That’s convenient.”

Tess was really obedient. She let me tie butterfly knots with her hair, one on the right, one on the left, un, now for a ponytail.

“Where are we going?” Tess asked.

“To Nicksbrun street, it’s at a port city of Txarango.” I replied.

All of the finest hairstylists and make up artists were gathered in Nicksbrun, and made full use of the economies of scale of doing so. It was thus, the biggest haven for hair salons and beauty parlours in the continent. We took the better part of an hour to get here, where a full 2 districts were all beauty parlours and hair salons, with many nobles of various nations passing by on their carriages and even more entering and exiting the shops.

Before breaking off communications with her parents and moving out of the mansion, Tina brought me here once, Then, she was invited to a grand ball and had come here in her dance gown to have her make up done. After she was all done, she asked me if she looked good and I nodded my head like I was grinding garlic with it. Good?! Simply breathtaking and explosive! She stole the limelight and the eyes of everyone at night, and many a princeling came and bowed and asked for a dance. But she coldly rejected them, and pulled the me who was lost and did not know what to do into the dance floor, parting the crowd.

I’ll teach you how to dance, she said.

Tina’s light movements were like that of a butterfly, and had to drag along a snail like me. I kept stepping on her feet, and every time I did so, she would pinch me once. The pain on my shoulders is as fresh today as it was then.

Haha.

I didn’t dare to reminisce further and breathed in deeply as I looked at the clientele in the shop we just entered.

“Sorry for the wait~”

The shop owner’s fawning voice could be heard, and Tess could be seen escorted by the staff. It had taken a while, and the sleepyhead Tess was drowsy already. The shop owner proudly stood beside her with a “Please look” pose.

“What a beautiful lady~ This hairstyle is just perfect for her!” The shop owner smiled as he asked me, “Don’t you think so?”

“Oh oh.”

The messy and overgrown hair was now neat and thankfully only reached to her hips now. I specially instructed the shop owner not to cut it any shorter, as Tina’s hair was also the same length. Her ends were curled, something the shop owner did of his own accord and was not part of my request. Her fringe was cut neatly and was just long enough to hide the sakura pink mark.

Women really are amazing, just a change of the hairstyle and it’s like she’s a different person. From sacred to sweet in just a few snips, I stared dumbstruck at Tess.

“And there’s also her make up which our shop has carefully selected and put on her~ Dear customer, what do you think?”

On hearing him say that, I pulled down my sunglasses to take a closer look.

“…”

“How is it?”

“What how,” I stared at the shop owner who was smiling like he was with his grandson,

“Did you even put on a single damned thing? How is this different from when we entered the shop?”

“No no no~ We put some moisturiser on her, and trimmed her eyebrows.”

“Where’s the full set I asked for? Just this much and you think I’ll pay you 100 gold? Fat hope!”

“Please be at ease dear customer, please be at ease. What you asked for was to make this lady look the best she can, and we tried many things, and changed many styles but in the end, we all agreed that this lady is a natural all round beauty that is the most beautiful in her natural state and any powder or rouge would only besmirch her beauty.”

“You think I’ll be convinced with such excuses by your slippery tongue!?”

I really was. Indeed, I could not imagine a more beautiful Tess. Make up was perhaps, an unneeded thing. If I knew, I would have only ordered the hair salon service and not give the shop owner 60 gold for nothing.

The shop staff all gathered and sent us off. Passers-by along the streets looked on in appreciation, with all eyes glued onto Tess. It felt awesome holding her hand walking like this.

Why do heroes love beauties over empires? Because empires don’t hug your arm, they don’t flirt with you, they don’t rub their face against you like you’re a bolster, that’s why! With such a dazzling girl, so beautiful she is that entire streets jam up to catch a glimpse, and there you are holding her waist, fanning the flames of jealousy by onlookers. This. This beats ruling over 10,000 cities.

“Tess, you like your new hair?”

“Un…” Tess leaned against me, yawning continuously, her eyes filled with tears.

“Tired?”

“A little… Because I woke up too early today.”

“It’s your usual that’s too late. There’s still quite a while before night. Hang on for a little more, we’ll get some clothes nearby, your dress is really too lame.”

“Un…”

I reached my hands out to her and laughed lewdly.

“Hei hei~ I’m a dress up maniac and I’m going to make you try every piece of clothing in the market at least once. You better resolve yourself, hehehe~”

Tess rubbed her eyes and yawned again.

“Okay…”