“If Your Highness hadn’t suggested coming out, I wouldn’t have seen such a nice view.”

“Then… I’m glad.”

The air in the carriage was still heavy. As much as Adelia’s darkest story had leaked out, the atmosphere was unlikely to change unless the topic was completely changed.

Adelia was quite uncomfortable with this awkward and heavy atmosphere.

After pondering for a moment, she turned her head abruptly and smiled broadly.

“I’ll trust you with the trip today. But before that, may I offer a small help?”

“What kind of help do you mean?”

“It’s about your eye color. It stands out too much. If you go out with those red eyes, you’ll hardly look like a commoner.”

Black hair was common, but red eyes were a symbol of the imperial family. Especially not a faded color. Vivid red could only be possessed by direct imperial family members.

Ariana’s silver hair wasn’t a common color either. It wasn’t easy to hide hair that covered the shoulders.

“I have artifacts.”

Lucian took out two stone pieces the size of fingernails from his pocket. At a glance, they looked like stones lying on the street, but upon closer inspection, they were raw gemstones.

“Hmm. These aren’t products from our guild.”

The artifact market had a much higher supply than demand.

Mages, who were closer to scholars pursuing truth and knowledge, weren’t interested in making and selling artifacts. They only sold small quantities on commission when they needed funds for research.

“They were made by the imperial mage. They’re disposable, and it’s better to have something inconspicuous rather than flashy.”

“That’s true. Let’s see… What kind of magic is it?”

Adelia held the stone and stared at it intently. When she infused a bit of magic power, the magic formula engraved on it became visible. Adelia, who skillfully grasped the magic circle, quickly figured out its detailed purpose.

“One can dye hair gold, and the other can change eye color to purple.”

It was ordinary body modification magic. Adelia put them down on the sofa.

“I thought as much. Don’t use these.”

“Why not?”

“Golden hair is as eye-catching as silver hair. And purple eyes? They’d suit you too well.”

Adelia shook her head.

While the eye color was noticeable, honestly, it wasn’t as striking as his face. She couldn’t imagine how much more handsome he would become with golden hair and purple eyes.

Adelia herself wouldn’t be any less conspicuous if she changed to flashy golden hair.

“First of all, your features are too fierce, so it’s better to go with a softer color. Let’s make your hair light brown and your eyes green.”

While only the red eyes were noticeable, Lucian, who exuded dignity even from afar, needed to change his hair color as well.

“But the artifa… Ah.”

“Why look for artifacts when you have a capable mage right in front of you?”

Adelia smiled brightly and reached out to Lucian’s hair. Her hand, almost weightless, rested on top of his head.

As if the light falling through the window had seeped in, a warm sensation spread through his hair.

“Oh my.”

Adelia exclaimed in surprise and withdrew her hand. For a while, she blinked silently, staring at Lucian.

He awkwardly ran his hand through his hair.

“Does it look strange?”

“Yes. Why does this suit you too?”

She pretended to ponder with a serious expression. She had deliberately chosen a plain and ordinary color to kill his beauty and erase his fierce impression. But the beauty that was supposed to die didn’t, and instead, he became a handsome man with a softer image.

Seeing the warm green eyes in place of the cool red ones made her heart flutter.

“This won’t do. Let’s try other colors too.”

Adelia stood up with a determined face. She took the seat next to Lucian and rolled up her sleeves.

“Let’s try all the colors I can think of.”

Again, her small hand rose to his head. Adelia leaned towards him, bringing her face close.

From that moment, his hair and eye color began to change in an instant.

Gold, brown, green, blue, pink, purple.

Numerous colors of different saturation and brightness passed through his hair and eyes.

“How long are you going to keep doing this?”

“Ah. I was having too much fun…”

Adelia smiled awkwardly, lifting the corners of her mouth.

At first, Adelia was choosing colors for a comfortable trip, but gradually she became engrossed and started trying various colors.

“Every color suits you well. How can there not be a single color that doesn’t suit you?”

With soft colors, he became a gentle handsome man; with hard colors, an ascetic handsome man. Even mixing warm and cool colors, his handsome face just became handsome in various ways.

Adelia changed the color one last time, then lowered her hand.

“The first one was better. At least it made you look docile.”

After several attempts, the one finally chosen was the brown hair and green eyes she had tried first.

While they couldn’t hide his beauty, at least they could conceal his fierce impression.

“And can you lower your hair a bit? Your eyebrows are dark, which makes your expression look intense. I think covering them a bit with your hair might help.”

“Like this?”

Lucian tidied up his disheveled hair while fixing it. He gathered the hair he had swept back neatly, and straight brown hair settled on his clearly visible forehead.

While it looked a bit stuffy with his face covered, his striking appearance was hidden ever so slightly.

“Now that’s better.”

Only then did Adelia smile contentedly, as if finally satisfied.

Lucian fidgeted with his bangs, seemingly uncomfortable with his changed appearance.

“Then I should change mine too.”

The long, silver hair flowed through Adelia’s hands.

She pondered, gently stroking the slightly damaged hair ends.

‘What color would be the most unassuming?’

Adelia was just as eye-catching as Lucian in terms of beauty.

If Lucian was a handsome man with strong features, Adelia was a beautiful woman with soft lines. Though her face wasn’t flashy, her unique hair color gave her a strong presence.

After thinking deeply, Adelia suddenly raised her head.

“I chose Your Highness’s color, so you choose mine.”

There was no better method than passing difficult tasks to others.

Adelia looked up at Lucian with sparkling eyes.

The green eyes were tinged with bewilderment.

“You want me to choose?”

“Just choose the color. Something unassuming and ordinary.”

“Then… how about black? It’s common, and it should suit the low-saturation clothes you’re wearing today…”

Before Lucian could finish speaking, Adelia had already changed her hair color.

It was as black as if dipped in the night sky, unlike the previous silver that looked like clouds torn from the sky.

It was black, exactly like Lucian’s.

“How is it? It’s just like yours, right?”

Adelia grabbed the ends of her hair and held them out proudly.

It was a hair color she had seen up close many times before. It wasn’t difficult to perfectly replicate the color, brightness, and saturation.

“I see….”

Lucian trailed off, averting his gaze from her.

Seeing Adelia with the exact same color he possessed gave him a strange feeling.

The person who had been shining endlessly bright, as if containing all the light in the world, now bore the darkest color in the world.

If silver-haired Adelia was like a radiant goddess, black-haired Adelia exuded an atmosphere like a devout priestess serving the silver goddess.

“I think your original hair color suits you better.”

“Really? I don’t think this color is bad either. It feels familiar and nice.”

Adelia continued to stroke her hair.

She had lived with dark black hair for much longer than with bright silver hair. Naturally, the black hair color felt more familiar.

She felt at ease, as if she had regained her original color after a long time. As her sharp mood softened, her head lowered slightly.

Lucian, who was sitting next to her, twitched the hand he had resting on the bed.

“I’m not saying black looks strange. I just meant it’s not as good as your original color. Bright colors suit you better. You’re always shining brightly.”

Adelia smiled softly at Lucian, who spoke quickly like he was making an excuse.

Her blue eyes narrowed until they were almost half-closed.

“That just now sounded like something a playboy would say. It feels nice to hear compliments.”

“Is that… a compliment?”

“A slightly smooth-talking person is better than a stiff one. I agree that silver hair suits me. With dark hair, my face looks even paler. But it’s nice for a change of mood sometimes.”

Adelia liked the black hair that seemed to bring a trace of her previous life. Although she couldn’t say it suited her well because it made her face look too pale, she couldn’t deny that it made her feel comfortable.

Then suddenly, an interesting thought occurred to her.

“How about changing the princess’s hair color later too? Black would be good, and I think purple would suit her well too, don’t you think?”

“That sounds good. Light colors like lavender would all suit her well.”

“Then let’s change it to sky blue….”