Soon, before the food they ordered came out.

There was a slightly awkward silence, but Alice spoke first.

At some point, the topic of conversation had shifted to Emir’s shop.

“I thought about it, and I think it would be okay to sell a music box made of wood from the fairy forest at Emir’s shop. Actually, I talked to the fairy king first, and he said he liked the idea. What do you think, Nicol? Is it worth making a proposal to Emir?”

“…… uh?”

Nicholas, who had been staring blankly at Alice, answered a beat late.

Alice immediately noticed something in his unusual bewildered appearance.

“Oh, I guess you were thinking about something else.”

“No, no.”

“No. What were you thinking that made you not respond?”

“…… Nothing really.”

Nicholas couldn’t bear to say that it was because he was looking at her, so he tried to change his words.

* * *

Afterwards, the two left the restaurant after eating and walked down the street.

Suddenly, Nicholas somehow felt that he was a little strange today.

It was clear that Alice was his long-time friend, only rarely seeing each other alone, but it seemed that being with her had become awkward.

“Huh? Hey, Emir and Young Duke Jake!”

However, his thoughts stopped when Alice, as if startled, shouted softly and pointed to the side.

Where Alice said, there really were Emir and Jake.

However, it was quite far away, and it was amazing how she recognized them at a glance.

‘Alice must have good eyesight.’

When Alice waved her hand, Emir’s side seemed to have spotted them as well, and the two’s footsteps were heading this way.

After a while, the four of them met in one place and greeted each other with a welcome voice.

To be precise, it would be correct to say that Alice and Emir were like that.

“Alice! What’s going on here? Besides, His Highness Nicholas is with you.”

Emir was surprised to see Nicholas and Alice suddenly appearing together.

“I met His Highness by chance while looking around the streets with some free time. Could there be another coincidence like this to meet Emir here?”

“I know, right. It’s really amazing. Actually, today I also suddenly remembered this street, so I went on a date with Jake. I guess we thought of the same thing.”

Emir and Alice talked to each other and came to a conclusion.

“Let’s go together.”

“Good idea, Alice!”

“…….”

Somehow, except for the two of them, Jake’s expression wasn’t very good.

However, there was nothing special about Emir and Alice being so happy.

“Look at that, Alice. It’s cotton candy.”

“I remember buying food on the street with Emir when I was young.”

Jake, who was watching the two of them chatting, disappeared at some point.

Then, in the blink of an eye, he reappeared, and he had a bunch of cotton candy in his hand.

“Here, Mir.”

“Wow! thanks. When did you buy it?”

“Just now. It seems like you want it.”

Jake gave Nicholas and Alice a piece of cotton candy generously.

He naturally occupied the spot next to Emir as before.

“What should I do? I accidentally got my hands dirty on this side earlier.”

“It’s fine. I will feed you.”

Alice, who was staring at the two of them dripping with sweet honey, crossed her arms and let out a sigh.

“Whoo.”

And Nicholas asked her without realizing it.

“Are you envious?”

Normally, he would never have asked such a ridiculous question, but when he saw Alice’s somewhat lonely face, the words came out naturally.

“I don’t know. It seems so…….”

Alice’s hazy clouded words felt somewhat depressing.

Nicholas impulsively told her.

“Then I will do it for you. What about it?”

“…… ?”

“Here.”

Before long, he took a small piece of cotton candy and stuck it out to Alice’s mouth, she unconsciously accepted.

And Alice, belatedly embarrassed to have noticed her own behavior, hurriedly made an excuse for her.

“I, I said I was envious, but I didn’t mean that I wanted to imitate them…… !”

“WShat? I’m sorry.”

“Anyway, thank you…… Your Highness. No, Nicol.”

Alice murmured with an embarrassed face and turned away.

“Come on. You’re going to miss those two.”

Nicholas readily took her hand, which she indifferently held out while turning her back.

“Let’s run. They’re too far.”

“Okay, let’s run.”

Nicholas responded to Alice’s words, and felt a smile coming out of him.

Somehow, he felt like he knew where this pleasant feeling came from.