The London Look

Returning to her makeshift humble abode, Camellia slept like a baby after having an... eventful night.

Waking up in the morning, she had noticed there were a few more people walking around outside than normal. Although morning was the busiest time of day traffic wise at the farm, at most she usually only saw about four to five people.

'seven, eight... twelve.... fif...teen... FIFTEEN?! Crap, this ain't good! There's probably more than just them too. There's no way they're looking for me right? Zeph just got promoted, so they're just here to celebrate or maybe help move him in! Yea!

...

Poor him, he's gonna have to see the cross-dress room...'

Deciding that it was too dangerous to go outside today, she instead made up her mind to continue practicing her Thread Weaving and Manipulation. Normally she would just take a piece of wood, turn it into thread, then weave it into the shape of her mask as she tried to bind it while trying to infuse it with some burning burlap or fruit.

This time however, she wanted to change it up!

'Repeating the same thing over and over expecting a different result is the definition of insanity! I'll try carving the mask instead like I did the wooden scoop yesterday.'

i DoN't ThInK tHaT dEfInItIoN- SHUT IT!

'Fine, I'll try to weave some basic shapes too while I'm at it then, two birds with one stone.'

She's... I wanna punch her.

***So violent~

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After practicing till the afternoon, Camellia had grown bored and restless. She made great progress and confirmed a few things.{

1. It is much easier and more efficient to carve rather than weave it.

2. The basic shapes she had made from weaving were MUCH stronger than what she had carved.

3. If she wanted to infuse what was carved with fire, she would have to essentially sew it onto the item like a patch.

4. Material goes by quickly!}

'At this rate, I'll probably run out of wood again. Luckily I haven't burnt much in the past while, so I might be able to recycle... Wait... Aren't I just the smartest? Like genuinely just amazing at thinking and stuff!?'

Getting excited she grabbed a stack of circles, triangles and squares she had made then started to sew them together. The pieces blended together, she warped the circles to make the mask comfortable, she used the squares to give depth to the mask and the triangles to give it a shape.

'Haha, works like a charm!'

She then started to trim and cut chunks and pieces off to give the mask a more final shape. Only to grab one of the carrot-like fruits and use it as a thread to bind everything together, giving it a faintly sweet aroma, while also darkening the colour of the mask around the edges, eyes and the three vertical holes where her mouth would be, making them look black like coal.

To finish the process and to help trim up the protruding strings and fibers, she used 'Summon water' while holding her hands above her now almost finished product creating a small cloud of steam to rise followed by a subtle hissing sound.

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Bing!

Item complete!

Item name: Black-Flame Wooden-Mask(Fruit Edition)

Grade: Excellent

Bonuses: Dense(Offers more protection), Well made(Will last longer, will sell for more)

Appearance: Beautiful!

Due to the design from Miss Mona mixed with the creativity and ingenuity of Master, this item has an elegant yet mysterious appearance. It has the colour of the dark wood found around every corner, it will be easy to conceal yourself in this village.

Beauty bonus; Equip(lets you wear the mask without the need of string, it will fall of if the inside becomes too damp.)

It's too pretty to ruin with a string! What if it snaps, then the mask could be chipped!

Congratulations!

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'AH! IT'S GOOD! I DID GOOD!'

'Ah! That's good! With a wig, new clothes and this mask I might even be able to walk around town! For now if that means I can move out of this barn then that's probably for the better...'

As the day had passed, she kept occasionally peeking outside to count the people. However, against her beliefs, it turned out that the amount of people actually increased throughout the day! She had even seen Zeph, Lily and Junjun walking around pointing towards some warn out barns.

'If my Isekai-God instincts are right... no matter what he wants to do with these barns, they'll end up checking them before long. Miss Mona, can I change now?'

***She is WAYY too two-faced!

[That's normal for her I would say, it's quite aggravating]

{Hot}

[What?] ***Bro?! -Ahem..-

'There was a barrel downstairs, I'll just bring that up here, fill it up then... Hehe'

'Miss Mona~ Would I be able to fill it before bringing it up~? I think slowly filling it might break a floor board, and with everyone being outside'

'What if someone walks in~ You wouldn't want a strange old man to walk in on me undressing! I would never be able to marry!'

Hehe, you simple minded fool! You have been letting me store food in there all along which seems to slow its aging process, and now you're going to let me store a barrel full of clean water?! YOU IDIOT! BAAAKAAAA! You're gonna let me store something that weighs this much that I can just pull out of my pocket!?

'Yes Miss Mona~'

FOOL!

After filling the bath with water and moving it upstairs she calmly tested another thing before getting in. She filled up a failed mask attempt that ended up just being a clumsy bowl with water then took a super small piece of fruit thread, and lit it on fire while dipping it into the water. The water quickly became warm to the touch, while making a small steam cloud rise. The bowl gave off a pleasant fruit smell as well.

'Perfect! I can make a sauna! Hot bath Hot bath~!'

YOU DECIDED TO GET THIS RIGHT ABOUT SALAMANDERS?!

After washing off in a COLD barrel of water, she took the disguise given to her by Mona and (after struggling with putting it on) managed to get it right. She then looked at her reflection in the window, then at the water, then back at the window(just to make sure).

'D... Damn...'

She wore a black wig that gave her beautiful black hair down to her shoulders, completely covering her ears with bangs that hid the top of the mask, making her eyes pop even more than they used to. She then had a beautiful black dress that fit tight to her slender waist and figure, with Libbo being tied around her waist. The dress went down past her knees, and the sleeves hung loosely just past her shoulders. All that mixed with the slim fitted dark wooden coloured mask that accented her jawline made her-

'Way too fuckin cute!'

'NO! Not 'Right~?' all this is gonna do is attract more attention!'

'DON'T IGNORE ME! YOU DID THIS ON PURPOSE!'

'LIKE I HAD THE TIME TO WASH- you know what, nevermind. Whatever, attention or not, I was still planning on sticking to the back alleys. Tomorrow I'll look for a place to test out that powder, maybe a new place to live too.'

She just had to go and make me look like a model... Damn this Succubus, fashionista!

'Oh... Right, well can you maybe try to come up with a design while I clean up and prep for tomorrow then please?'

***Aww, look at them getting along so well~

Didn't I say less screen time?!

***AAAHH! SORRY AUTHOR-NIM!