The Power of the Saint is All Around (LN) - Volume 6 - Chapter SS6

A Girls-Only Party During the Season of Roses

SOAP, SKINCARE PRODUCTS, PERFUME. Roses were used for a lot of things women used daily. Just dabbing on its sweet yet elegant scent could lift your spirits, so I definitely understood why it was so popular.

Fragrance wasn’t the only amazing thing about roses—the oils you could extract from them were wonderfully beneficial too. Rose was called the queen of essential oils because it was especially effective at helping with troubles particular to women.

I wonder what would happen if we used rose oil in this world…

“This is incredible,” Liz murmured. Her eyes were round.

Aira, who was sitting next to her, rubbed the back of her hand and sighed with admiration as well. Her skin looked glossy and moist, where up until a moment ago, it had been a bit chapped. Smearing a drop of the rose oil on it had fixed her up in the blink of an eye.

The three of us were having a tea party at the palace. The theme was roses, which were in season. As such, the table was decorated with roses, and the teacups and pot were painted with delicate depictions of that same flower. Roses, roses everywhere.

I had prepared sweets that used rose jam for the party, but I had also ended up refining some rose oil too. I had made it on a whim and had never expected it to be so effective.

“What would happen if we used this regularly?” Liz asked.

“I’m not sure because I haven’t tried it myself, but maybe it’ll make you look younger,” I answered.

“That’s not something the women of this world could possibly ignore.”

I agreed. But only a limited number of people could use it. After all was said and done, rose oil was incredibly expensive. You needed dozens of roses to make a single drop of oil, so there was nothing to be done about the price. This was also the reason why I had prepared only a tiny bit of oil for the party.

“I had no idea it was so valuable,” Liz said.

“That’s right. It’d be nice if we could use it much more casually than that.”

“It’s just too bad.”

Both Liz and Aira sighed after I explained how precious this kind of oil was.

Then Liz shifted her gaze to the sweets. “Say…”

“Yeah?”

“You used roses in these desserts you made for today, yes?”

“That’s right.”

“Do you think these might have similar benefits when you eat them?” 

Liz’s question made me freeze for a moment.

It was true that the food I had made in the past had all kinds of special effects, but nothing I made had ever affected a person’s appearance.

“Cooking skills can add all kinds of effects, but I’ve never heard of anything impacting the way you look,” I said.

“Too bad. And here I thought desserts might be easier to make than beauty products.” Liz’s shoulders drooped despondently.

Aira tried to cheer Liz up, clearly not liking to see her friend sad. “You never know, maybe they just haven’t discovered any yet.”

“You are quite right! It will be worth it to give them a try to see!”

“Wanna find out?” I asked while picking the jar of jam up off the table. 

The two of them beamed at me.

Maybe we should submit this jar of jam to be Appraised then? If I smeared it on a scone, I have a feeling that Yuri would more than happily help us out.

Could there actually be some kind of effect in this jam? And if there was, what kind of effect would it be? We excitedly hypothesized while enjoying our teatime.