Q: Princess Ninaina, how did you feel when you first found out that Lady Emir and Lord Jake were dating?

A: Hmm, well? I guess I was a bit surprised.

Q: What surprised you?

A: It’s just, I thought they’d get married first. It must have been a little different from when they were young. Oh, more than that. Stop asking me, give me an answer.

Q: Yes? What answer are you talking about?

A: There’s an opening ceremony for Emir’s prop shop in a few days. What gift should I bring?

Q: Um……. What a sudden question. Well, I don’t even know what Lady Emir likes. If it was a gift chosen by Your Highness, who is her close friend, wouldn’t it suit her taste?

A: I guess so? Then I’ll have to take them all.

-Interview with Ninaina Clois Vetelliood-

* * *

Ninaina, who came to the opening ceremony, took a look around the shop.

Emir’s taste was well incorporated into even the interior, such as the lighting and the wallpaper, and it felt like a familiar store she had visited many times.

However, the only downside was the location.

“It is a small and pretty store. By the way, Emir. Why did you set up a shop here? Aren’t there many places to set up a shop that is not here? For example, in front of the imperial palace.”

If it had been in front of the imperial palace, Ninaina would have visited it every day like eating, so she regretted it greatly.

Anything the princess Ninaina did would become a new trend in society, so Ninaina, who was proudly planning to promote her best friend’s shop, clicked her tongue.

“It’s not like I haven’t thought about the imperial palace. I chose this place because I want a place where I can meet Jake often.”

“Hnng.”

Ninaina nodded her head.

‘As expected.’

It was not for nothing that Emir set up a shop on this quiet street.

After a while, she looked at the barrier around the Magic Tower that could be seen right through the window.

Suddenly, a very good idea came to mind, and Ninaina muttered with a big smile.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

“Yes? What doesn’t matter?”

As Emir asked her, Ninaina responded by putting her index finger against her red lips.

“It’s a secret.”

In fact, she intended to buy several empty buildings around this store and put several shops in them.

Emir had said that she would create a store that would cater to everyone, from young ladies to elderly ladies.

So, if Ninaina decorates it in a variety of ways so that the businesses in the surrounding commercial districts do not overlap with Emir’s, people will naturally flock to Emir’s store and it will be able to prosper.

There are no special facilities except for the Magic Tower now, so it made it difficult for customers to come in the first place.

“Hoho.”

Thinking that Emir would be happy with the number of customers made Ninaina smile.

Of course, even if there are too many guests, Emir will be busy and won’t be able to meet her often, so she should do it moderately.

“Your Highness, why are you smiling like that?”

“Oh, it’s a secret.”

Emir, unaware of Ninaina’s insidious(?) scheme, was just bewildered.

* * *

There is a small workshop inside the shop.

It seems that they make things in this workshop.

Under the soft lighting, she could see rolled up bundles of cloth and tools like a sewing machine.

Suddenly Ninaina had a question, and she asked Emir.

“By the way, Emir, do you make everything you sell in the store?”

“No, I will make some props myself, but I also plan to import and sell items from other handmade workshops.”

“Hmm, that’s right. So, what are you going to make yourself?”

“Well, I’m going to start with a neck pillow.”

Ninaina tilted her head when Emir spoke some unfamiliar words.

“A neck pillow? What is it? It’s something I’ve never heard of. A wooden pillow?”

“Um, it’s the first time I ever made it, so it’s no wonder you haven’t heard of it until now. The neck pillow is made of fabric and cotton just like a regular pillow. But it will be smaller than that.”

Ninaina’s curiosity only grew hearing Emir’s ambiguous explanation.

Just in time, Emir, who was rummaging through the box in the corner of the workshop, shouted.

“Ah, I found it!”

“What?”

“This is it. A neck pillow.”

“Hmm?”

Ninaina hesitated when she saw what Emir had handed her.