He’s My Real Brother, Duke

Jenny, who was staring at me, wiped her eyes.

“It must be for the happiness of the beasts. Even if you sell things, you must receive their payment!”

…No, what are you talking about? I’m totally greedy!

That’s weird. Do I have a ‘pushover’ written on my face?

Confused, Astel smiled, waving the medicine in her hand.

“No, I’m going to sell this hair regrowth product!”

Jenny and Sally looked embarrassed at my words.

Sally first, quietly pointed to the potion. She had a face as if asking why I was making a hair potion all of a sudden.

“Wh-why suddenly, hair regrowth potion? Rather, does it grow someone’s hair?”

“Yes, I invented it a while ago!”

“Was this hair treatment only for beasts?”

“There’s one for humans and there was also for beasts. I made a lot of them.”

“…As expected, Astel cares too much about our beasts!”

‘Well, it’s not really like that…’

I wiped the sweat from my forehead at the somewhat exaggerated remarks.

I think I’ve been misunderstood a little bit, but…

“It’s open in the afternoon, so I’ll sign up for a booth! And if the item’s ‘hair regrowth’…”

“No, not that.”

I shook my head and whispered in Jenny’s ear.

Soon, Jenny’s eyes widened.

“It’s a really good name!”

“What-? what is it?”

Sally stared eagerly at me with a curious look on her face, but I answered solemnly.

“I’ll be releasing it soon.”

So, I grabbed ten cans of pre-made hair potion and headed to the flea market.

The place was a large playground set up in the Duke Castle.

It was crowded with a variety of beasts living within the Castle.

And…

“Miss Astel, it’s the booth you ordered.”

The center of the large stadium.

In front of a gigantic booth that sparkles with gold frames, the maid of honor, Rudel waved her hand at me.

“It’s only for Astel.”

The booth was incredibly clean with no pinch of dirt, perhaps thanks to Rudel’s delicate touch.

Astel looked around.

All the beasts were paying attention to this magnificent booth.

‘I was going to draw attention with my naming sense, but if it’s like this, I could just stay still!’

Astel thanked the giant booth, putting one by one the bottles of hair potion on the stand that seemed to have gold on it.

“Tha-thank you!”

“What? Oh, the name of the item was unique.”

Only then did I raise my gaze and I saw a placard with a red background hanging at the top of the booth.

The placard was meticulously engraved with gold leaf.

【~Grow up, my, my hair~!】

Unlike me, whose face burned in embarrassment, Rudel said leisurely.

“It’s a meaningful day, so I engraved it in 24K gold.”

That’s… it seems too serious…?

Fortunately, however, the booth that Rudel provided and my naming skills seemed to arouse the curiosity of the beasts.

I was worried that everyone would avoid the smell of humans…!

“Woah, does it really grow your hair correctly?”

“It’s a hair regrowth!” (Astel)

“Ha-hair regrowth?”

“Yes, it also makes your hair shiny!” (Astel)

The beasts were more curious than I expected, and they seemed to be interested in polishing their fur.

At first, even the beasts, who were staring sharply, huddled in my booth when they heard that my product makes the fur shine.

“…Really, it’s really growing!”

A fine hair was sprouting from the arm of the gorilla beast who used the sample.

The beast, who had been transformed into a monkey after unraveling his humanization, was admiring the twinkling luster of his hair.

“How do you like it?”

Astel smiled and spoke to them over and over again.

“Not only today, but we plan to sell it all the time in the future. We would only sell in face-to-face transactions, so please spread the word to your friends!”

I was keen on sales because my goal was to make them spread the rumor.

Thanks to Sally and Jenny, and the maid of honor, Rudel, who unexpectedly joined, we attracted attention with the gorgeous booth, and the hair regenerative potion sold quite well.

‘Thanks to those who are concerned about their hair, hair growth products are quite popular!’

At that time, I heard someone muttering from afar.

I turned my head in the direction of the sound with a pleased smile.

Was it because everyone paid attention to my invention or was it supposed to be this lively atmosphere originally?

Anyway, it was constantly alive for a small flea market in the castle.

Infected with the atmosphere, I, too, tried to laugh joyfully but paused for a moment.

A familiar man was walking towards me, glaring at me.

With a sullen expression, gray-blue eyes, and curly red hair.

“Long time no see, Astel.”

A man in a bizarre outfit with mulberry over his shoulder and a leather jacket sneered at me.

“Yes, sir.”

The man I was afraid of appearing in my dream was the director of the treatment center where I lived…

As soon as I found him, I answered confidently, but my voice trembled a little.

“It looks like you’ve been well, haven’t you?”

He looked down at me sarcastically.

The beast, who has been tormenting me every time, and pressured me down as if to kill me.

When he threatened me according to the characteristics of his species, he used to growl…

Most of all, he was the one who stole the new medicine I had worked hard for over the past three years and used it himself.

Astel slowly opened her lips and faced him.

✤

Astel replied with a calm face.

“Yes. I’m fine.”

Astel’s eyes were sparkling as he looked up at the treatment director, Miles.

Miles, the director of the Duke’s external treatment center aimed to enter the Duke’s Castle.

Thanks to the grace of the noble, it was his biggest dream and goal in life to occupy a place in the internal treatment center of the Duke’s Castle.

However, that goal was achieved first by a stupid, young human girl who worked at his treatment center.

‘How dare that girl… ‘

But that’s fine. It didn’t matter.

‘I could still use her.’ (Miles)

The flea market was one of the few events that allowed outsiders to enter the castle grounds.

‘So, as soon as I heard the news from the flea market, I went inside the castle to contact Astel.’ (Miles)

At the flea market that had arrived, Astel was also praised.

“Wasn’t that amazing, Astel?”

“I ignored you for being human…”

“Developing a hair growth potion! Who would come up with such a thing?”

“I think my lost hair would grow right away.”

“Are there any side effects?”

“Elte tested it earlier, and I don’t think there’s any.”

…He stared at Astel’s giant booth with bloodshot eyes.

How could they treat her as a healer like this?

Of course, it seemed that there were still a few that looked down on Astel as a human being.

However, there was no one who treated her rudely. The achievements of this stupid Astel were truly extraordinary.

It’s said that she saved the Duke of Anais, aside from saving the life of Ricardo, the ancestor of the Jaguar family, who was in crisis.

As a result, the anecdote that the Jaguar family was going to support Astel had already spread beyond the Duke Castle and across the territory.

In the midst of success and victories like that, another fascinating hair regrowth potion was created.

It would be a lot of money to sell it to the beasts who are troubled by fur problems during each molting period.

Miles’ eyes glared insidiously at Astel.

“Tell me the secret. Even if it’s a secret, couldn’t you just tell me, I was your boss?”

As he whispered that, Astel’s lips opened slightly.

As always, it was a mouth that would ask about the best information.

He began to urge as usual.

“Come on. Huh?”

An exhilarating sensation swept up from my toes.

Yes, you’re right.

I’m the pushover Astel, wasn’t I?