When I told Else what Liesche wanted to do, she nodded all intrigued and gave me both hands with pleasure.
Sitting across from Else, Liesche disinfects her thin fingers first.
I made sure there were no smudging scratches on my nails or fingertips and started getting ready.
"There's a culture in countries all the way east of here where you dye your nails with flowers. This is a combination of culture and nail reinforcement technology."
Explain while soaking the brush in milky white liquid and applying to Else's nails.
Else was wondering to hear Liesche talk about a distant country.
"Does reinforcement mean stronger nails? I always crack fast."
"The place you're painting this should make it harder to crack. But the best thing is to eat a balanced meal and eat meat and fish and bean dishes."
A nail is a part of the skin. Something good for your skin is good for your nails.
"Meat, fish, beans"
Else shrugged and snorted.
"I remember. From now on, I'm sure you'll be able to eat at your pay"
"... Else's home is in a tough spot."
"We are poor, and we have many brothers. Now when we get meat and vegetables, we feed our little brother and sister."
I heard that story when she was not yet a Leishe samurai.
Else, who works to help the house, said she really wanted to be hired here as a samurai.
(I've heard there are slums in this country before. Sure, on the way to Garchhein, during a break after a bandit attacked me)
At that time, a knight, under Arnold's command, was taught that he was from a ghetto.
(Even His Royal Highness Arnold's policy did not save all the people. Even his measures in the first place were obstructed in part by someone...)
With that in mind, I finish applying the basement liquid to all my nails.
When I finally took the sap dyed with flowers to the brush, Else's eyes nailed. Applying it carefully to keep it from sticking out leaks a howl of exclamation.
"... really, very beautiful. I've never seen anything so sparkling and beautiful."
This Else is a very stylish girl.
Makes me look like I enjoy choosing a leachet dress and tying my hair up every day. She's clever with her fingertips, and I'm sure she'll be able to paint her nails well herself.
"Tell me what color Else likes, though it's only pink right now. I want you to take it when it's done."
"It's... no. You can't get something so nice. I think we have to be patient."
"Oh, that's not true. If Else and the others could use it, I'd be happy to do the same."
"Dear Lieche..."
Finished painting all his right hand, Leishe takes a breather. This task is hard to fix if it fails.
"What color do you want? Don't forget the grass blue or the sunflower yellow. Red, orange, pink, purple."
……
"Else's white fingers will look great in any color."
Smiling and saying so, Else saw Lieche with a pompous look somewhere.
I wonder, from her big, round eyes, a grain of puffiness and tears spills.
"Else!?
Liesche panicked before the maid, who suddenly began to cry.
"Duh, what's wrong? Could there have been a scratch after all!?
It would be hard if the liquid was stained. But Else shook her head sideways as she sifted.
"No, you don't. I was just so happy."
So once the words are cut, Else blinks.
"... I am. I've never had anything so beautiful."
As soon as she was talking to me, the tears conveyed many and many cheeks.
"What I needed most was the rice my brother and sisters would eat. Once you have a little money, you have to buy what you need to live."
A small voice keeps turning into tears.
"I never had hair decorations, my clothes were always blurry, and I was wearing a boy decoration. … So when I got such a cute uniform at the castle, I was really happy"
Liesche remembers.
When she first met Else, she was very saddened that her uniform had become dirty.
"I was just happy that you hired Leishe to officially get your uniform. All the other beautiful things, I thought I had to put up with. So..."
Else wipes her tears with the back of her hand.
"Glad to hear it, Mr. Leishe.... I'm so glad I don't know how to thank you..."
"... Else"
Liesche gently stroked Else's head.
All these out-of-house maids work for their families. Even the children, like Else, who are pushing their own admiration and dreams, will not be less.
(- The business I was trying to do lacked the idea I needed right now)
Date of the deadline for the undertaking.
The reception room at the main castle was staffed by Tally, president of the Aria Chamber of Commerce, and four executives of the Chamber of Commerce.
The executives, who focus on Tully and refrain from left and right, are a nostalgic blush for Liesche.
Leishe, on the other hand, turns to them and explains the product.
"- And in this way, I adorn my nails"
Lined behind the leachet were seven maidens.
Each of their nails is tinted to light red or bright blue, pale green, clear yellow, etc.
The nail tips gleaming with sap are so beautiful.
"The situation in the Royal City of Garchhein is as the dossier suggests. There are many houses that can be afforded in common households, but decorations for women are very expensive. Women who want to enjoy fashion but have trouble getting their hands on jewelry, dresses, etc. will love this product"
Turn to Tully and give him a single document.
After laying low the material name, I wrote an estimate of the purchase amount, manufacturing costs, etc.
"Then here are the passport records of those entering and leaving the Imperial Capital. As you can see, there are a lot of working men traveling."
"Sounds like it. And these guys have homes to go home to and families to wait for."
"So it's also ideal as a souvenir. This bottle is small and not bulky."
Being small and not bulky means that it is easy to distribute it outside the country.
It would also be convenient for the Aria Chamber of Commerce, where merchants are the main method of sale.
"How about that? Chairman Tully."
Tally, who was listening to Liesche in silence, asked the other executives, not straying from his gaze from Liesche.
"Chester, Melvin, Neil, Russell. Tell me what you guys think."
The nominated executives express their views.
"Chairman, I think I do. Regardless of how far you trust costing, if you can keep it so cheap, it means you can make mass production."
"As a price on that bottle, if it's for ordinary people, what's 2,000 gold? Still, it's gonna be all this gross."
"I guess they use flowers for dyes. If you dye flowers that only bloom in that country, you can sell them with added value in other countries."
"Damn. You guys are really wild."
Tally, listening to his men, shrugged his shoulders and told him to keep his forehead down.
"Do it. It's a cost. It's gross profit. Can you only see the product in that way?"
"Well, what about the chairman?"
"You've made up your mind. This is the only thing that determines whether this product is an ant or a pear."
That's what Tully says and smiles gently.
Not to Liesche and his men, but to the ladies who are here.
"Please give us your opinion, my dear ladies. Try decorating those nails, how do you feel?
"Uh..."
The samurai dyed her cheeks slightly on Tully's smile, which was said to be 'a colorful fragrance of an adult man'.
Liesche insists and strongly hopes that they will not be fooled by a man who is not even willing to do so in the future.
The samurai reluctantly at first, but began to talk orally.
"We often see at hand when we're working. When my nails are beautiful then, I'm just excited to get in my eyes and glad!
"He's such a nice nail, I can do your job better than usual! That's what I felt. Hehe, that's weird."
"The right hand is difficult to apply on its own, so the samurai painted each other. Paint the colors as you chat, and that's the fun part! When I'm a little better, I'm talking about painting."
The samurai spoken to me like that, shrugging happily.
And finally, Else speaks like this, blushing.
"I was, I was happy. However, I was very, very happy..."
"... Else"
What she's painting on her nails is the coral color she took from Gerbera.
When she asked her favorite color again, she answered without hesitation, "The same color as Leishe's hair."
"I see."
Tully left her body on her back.
"If you look at their faces, it's clear if this product will succeed. It's a purchase value, and I don't have to do that calculation."
"Bye, Chairman. Does this mean you're going to pass?
……
At that moment, an unafraid color seeps into Tully's eyes.
"- Come on, let's see."
The samurai looked at each other in the clouds that had become suspicious.
Tally says as Leishe takes a few documents lined up at the table, looking at them again.
"Commodity prices include all the added value. Whether the cost is low or mass production is possible, it doesn't matter what the value of the product is."
"Yes, it is."
"It's unique, demand is expected, that's all. If I were the originator, I'd catch the sale price and sell it to the nobles."
A gaze was poured head-on as he tried to explore the interior of the leachet.
"Shall I tell you? Your true thoughts."
"... hehe"
After all, it seemed like a prospect to Tully.
"Thank you, Chairman Tully. I can finally get to the point that you like this product."
"Mr. Leishe, Chairman, what the hell is going on? That's what I'm talking about..."
Approximately a werewolf executive, Liesche and Tully confronted each other across the table.
"This is where we talk about the business.... Chairman Tully"