“Me? I’m promoting Sir Cedric’s store. Young Duke Maya, go ahead and buy some ice cream.”

“Really? I see. But vampires have to eat blood, not human food.”

When Maya licked the fang costume with his tongue and joked, I joked back.

“You can eat bright red strawberry sherbet ice cream instead of blood, right?”

“Haha, right? That’s a good idea.”

In the end, I succeeded in making Maya a customer.

After checking through the tents, Cedric and Jake seemed to be having a hard time, but business seemed to be going well.

‘I did it!’

In the end, in less than an hour, Cedric’s ice cream shop booth was able to close faster than any other festival booth.

Cedric took off his apron and thanked me with a refreshed face.

“Haa. Emir, thank you so much. If it wasn’t for you, I’d be stuck in that stuffy booth until the sun goes down.”

I shrugged and said it was nothing.

“What. Actually, I only promoted it, but Sir Cedric and Jake did everything after all. And it’s natural for friends to help each other. Are we not close friends?”

In fact, it seemed that my voice was a little hoarse, perhaps because I had used my voice too much.

Then Cedric asked quietly.

“…… Aren’t we what”

“Um, close friends?”

“…… haha, what did I expect? Yes, we are very close friends.”

Cedric gave a silly laugh.

“Anyway, shall we go now? Like you said, it’s time to play.”

“Great!”

Afterwards, I enjoyed the festive evening dinner at the academy with Jake, Cedric, and all my other friends.

‘I’m happy.’

I will probably never forget the memory of that day when the seven of us sat in a row and watched the performance.

* * *

One day, it has been almost 10 years since they went to the academy.

The seven close friends became adults and were busy with their own affairs, but they still held a meeting once a month for everyone.

At that day’s meeting, Nicholas started off as if he had just remembered.

“Come to think of it, the 10 years we promised have already passed. The time capsule.”

“Yes. I think it’s time to take it out.”

“…… Are we finally opening it?”

Everyone perhaps had forgotten about the existence of the time capsule behind Cedric’s villa.

However, it turns out that they had been waiting for the day to open the time capsule.

That’s how everyone gathered in one place and took out the time capsule filled with memories.

“What I put in this box was the headband I wore often when I was in the academy.”

Ninaina opened the box with a somewhat vague look on her face.

Emir clapped her hands when she saw the red headband that came out of the box.

“I remember this headband. It’s something Your Highness used to do every day. I thought I couldn’t see it for one day, but it turned out that it was put in a time capsule.”

“Yes, right. Do you remember the headband you picked out for me, Emir?”

“Is there one?”

“Oh, I’m sorry you can’t remember.”

Ninaina smiled and carefully stroked the headband.

Thanks to the preservation magic, not a single color has faded.

“When you look at ordinary things everyday, you don’t easily feel their preciousness. But after being away from it for such a long time, I have to say that I can feel the precious memories dwelling in the object again.”

Ninaina asked, looking around at her other close friends.

“So, what did everyone put in the time capsule? Isn’t it time to reveal it now?”

The others showed their own boxes one by one.

Nicholas kept several novels he enjoyed reading when he was in the academy, Alice kept her necklace from which the chain was broken because it was worn out, and Maya kept the perfume that he used to wear often in a time capsule.

‘No, wait.’

Seeing this, Emir was taken aback.

Because what they each put into their time capsule was an object closely related to her.

‘That novel was recommended by me, that necklace was worn since she was in kindergarten, and that perfume is the discontinued perfume that I said I liked.’

And there was a pair of socks in Jake’s time capsule, which, as expected, was familiar to Emir.

“No, wait. That…… ? Aren’t those the socks I made for you?”

Emir was surprised to find out why the old thing was here.