3. The "Coming-of-age ceremony" of a flower maiden is a rather special occasion.
1. "Ah...!"
1. "!"
2. It is when the flower maiden blooms for the very first time...
3. ...the moment when flowers first make their appearance on her skin...
1. ...and her locks are awash in the enchanting shade of her petals.
1. The first time that a flower maiden is bedded is reserved for the mistress alone...
2. "Hah....!!!"
3. "Agh...!"
4. "Ah!!"
1. "Agh!"
2. "Ah..."
3. "Hah..."
4. "Agh!"
5. "Ah!!"
6. ...and only a select few guests of honor are invited to join in the festivities.
7. "Ah...!"
8. "Agh!"
1. The following coming-of-age ceremony is set to take place in three weeks...
2. ...and this time, it will be my turn.
1. But I refuse...
2. ...to be put on display and fall prey to their prying eyes.
3. I will never allow it.
1. "Dohwa, you're up next."
2. "I hope that you have practiced enough to give a decent performance this time."
1. As if I had time to practice. There's not even enough hours in a day for my experiments...
2. "You do realize that your ceremony is right around the corner...?!"
3. This is a waste of time...
1. "Pardon me, my lady... But I've come to give word..."
2. "Finally...!"
1. "Ahem, you may go, dohwa."
2. Oh, my. The rumors about the girl and the mistress must be true...
3. The lover of our very own mistress! How I envy her.
4. But that's no excuse for her to be skipping her lessons...
5. What would it matter, when she has the support of the mistress herself?
1. "Come on now~ you'd better smile so it doesn't seem suspicious."
1. "I am smiling."
2. "And what a pitiful performance. How will you become a kisaeng with such poor musical skills?"
1. "I am not going to be a kisaeng."
2. "..."
3. "But that is the fate of a flower maiden."
4. "There's more to it than that!"
5. "There..."
1. "...isn't!"
2. "I am an apothecary, and that is what I'll always be."
3. "And on that note..."
4. "...maybe you should become a kisaeng instead..."
5. "...since you seem to be so keen on it."
1. "What did you say?!"
2. "Don't forget, you're supposed to smile!"
3. "Why, you little... Don't toy with me!"
4. "How could I dare to do such a thing?"
5. "Anyway, we must get going."
6. "Come on!"
1. "Hyewon unnie."
1. The royal seal, just as I suspected.
1. "Once we figure out the secret ingredient that weol sungjoo tried to send to that young flower maiden..."
2. "...it will be much easier to hinder their efforts to develop the cure for the flower poison."
3. "You've done a fine job..."
4. "...yoosun."
