love how everyone thinks they have a chance when she directly implied she wasn't choosing the highest noblewoman, not that she was choosing someone of low status.

mr. Translator,
I'm sure in the last chapter they said to get beehives and sieves. The word for wax and bee-wax is probably the same if it came up as just wax.

TBF,
She said the world already has cosmetics.
• makeup
• lipstick
• shampoo

The most profitable items will always be women's consumables.
Because of a desire to be more attractive (for: her, significant other, fling), they will always throw their money.

Men are harder to cater to. With vastly different interests, there are few products that they are willing to buy. However, a man will also buy women's products as gifts for courtship or to keep the wife happy.

So lip balm is one of the best options since it can be applied to lips, burns, or chronic dry skin. "Lip balm" has slight differences from "bag balm". Starting with the lips and branching is actually a smart play.

I'm baffled by these auctions. Doing multiples of 10 shows too much interest. If someone bids that much, it means it's worth at least that much or they have money to burn. But on something so low priced, it means there is a hidden value. The only other option is staff trying to jack up the price, but they would compete, not use an exponential increase.

idk why she would. Even if she represents immortality, by exposing how to kill someone with the same nature, she exposes her own weakness.

<Strider77>
It'd be more fair to say
North - Fear of Execution - Ability to Cut
South - Pyromania - Ability of Fire Manipulation
East - Destruction of Intimacy - Dominance?
West - ? - Ability of Vitality Reduction (Frailty suggests the weakening of something. The extent ie strength, stamina, damage incurred, ect is unknown)

The Northern curse isn't the fear of betrayal, it's the phobia of dying from the separation of the head. This could be from a battle, punishment, or even betrayal. Point is, it's not betrayal itself he is worried about, it's HOW he dies.

The Eastern curse was triggered during Intimacy. The first target didn't love him. He has also already recognized his feelings towards MC, but it hasn't triggered. This implies it's only intimate moments that triggers it.

how can you be wise against a succubus. You just lose rationality to lust wanting to make them yours.

the complexity of the shift in artwork was one of the few things that led to the renaissance. During the era, the creative shift led to the production of creation. Creation led to the masses to be inspired to invent and question philosophy. This snowballed into technology eventually.

It's not "modern", but it isn't that far from modern. Its only 4 lifetimes (2 lifetimes in modern era) to bring it to the modern era.

tell her your schedule?

Time to write down all the most troublesome areas that require strict oversight so she can't do more work

ummmm... You saw the burst of light that incinerated the slime in 1 shot that takes a whole party of A-rank adventurers to kill right?

I'm all for more magic and interested to see the divisions too, but it was clear as day that it's strong.

being about magic:
The premise is competing for the throne. The adventuring aspect was quickly shown to be a tool, not a theme.

Between batman and this:
The clear difference is one puts up an act to remain unseen while the other enters the public eye and uses money to hide his hidden activities.

Easy. Assassinate everyone under them.

2 can play

Being told to postpone the decision after asking who else knows is highly suspicious. If he was a smart ruler, he'd agree then do it anyways.

how can she not understand that the empress is using her in the same way....

Oh right, she's stupid

I'd want to tell the empress that if MC dies, so will she and the prince she has been supporting.

i don't think so. Empress already said that eli will die. The only way this isn't possible is if the darkness needs to be strong enough to resist and that's why they kept trying to sacrifice.

So much time passed and they did nothing?

I would have sent assassins to kill the whole family.

TF is this

Blessed Day

When a bear like human adopts a child like a stray cat

everyone's scheming, but idk why MC doesn't just go to all the nobles to challenge them.

After the first one is beat, just openly say that he'll continue until the attacks stop.

I feel like it is more of a ritual to kill the demon lord to maintain authority for the family. I'm almost curious how this will play out.