As for the new brand of tea, it will basically be done through Anima’s connections, so there’s no need to ask Lilia-san to do anything in particular or to act as a liaison.
That said, completely avoiding informing Lilia-san about this is risky since I could never know where the seeds of trouble might come from, so just to be safe, I decided to report in advance.
[A tea-related brand, that’s going to be popular again…… but for me, it’s honestly very helpful. I’ve had many people ask me about Nebula’s crafted sugar and tea leaves, but this would certainly make it easier for me to talk to people when I have a place I can redirect them to.]
[Ahh, come to think of it, you did request for Nebula’s crafted sugar from time to time.]
[Yes, Nebula’s crafted sugar is quite popular, but it’s difficult to give specifics about where and how they’re obtained, so people often had to negotiate with me as the intermediary……]Now that she mentioned it, the crafted sugar and tea leaves are consistently created by Nebula as a hobby, but she doesn’t seem to have any particular intention of selling them. Rather, Nebula is fundamentally not very interested in money.
Well, in the first place, since Nebula can’t get very far from the World Tree, which is her main body, she has to ask people to do her shopping for her. It was basically Illness-san, with whom she has a good relationship, who buys her stuff for her. It’s mostly for materials like ceramics and along those lines though.
She also gets some income from other sources such as Ein-san and Jutia-san for crafted sugar and tea leaves, but she only buys what she needs and as much as she needs.
Anyway, due to such circumstances, there’s no clear point of contact for the products created by Nebula or Illness-san…… but if people really wanted them, it seems like they tried seeking them through Lilia-san. And so, by launching this tea brand this time, it provides her with a direction she could point to, which could be advantageous for Lilia-san as well.
[……Arehh? Come to think of it, Lilia-san, did you change your desk?]
[Yes, well, stuff happened…… It recently got broken so……]
[Ahh~~ I suppose it’s worn out?][Rather than worn out…… It’s more like it got shattered…… W- Well, that’s generally about it.]
Before I knew it, Lilia-san had changed her desk, so I asked her about it, to which Lilia-san responded with a subtle expression on her face, shifting her gaze away. Shattered? Her desk? How did that even happen……?
[Well, leaving that aside, I think you should think about the name. It would be fine if it were just making use of a noble family’s surname, but I think just thoughtlessly using Kaito-san’s name for this might cause a stir, so it would be better to come up with a different name…… It’s probably best to keep it in a way that those in the know would recognize it as Kaito-san’s brand.]
[I see…… Hmmm. That’s difficult.]
[Well, you don’t have to be in a rush thinking about it. There’s a lot of preparations that go into starting up a new business after all.]
Indeed, just as Lilia-san said, I heard that I’m quite famous among the nobility, so using my name would probably make things complicated. It’s safe to follow her advice and think of another name here.
It’s just, since it’s already decided that the logo with three mountains in a row will be used as it is, it would be better if we use a name associated with mountains…… Well, as Lilia-san said, let’s think about this carefully.
While Kaito was talking to Lilia about the new brand, Anima and Caraway, who were also preparing for the launch, were trying out the product that Nebula had brought and were deeply impressed.
[It tastes wonderful. Is this made with the special sugar unlike the sugar existing in the market?]
[No, the manufacturing process and so on are the same as common ones. The only difference is that the sugar was cultivated by me from when they were still raw materials, so they’re still regular sugar. While crafted sugar does have a vibrant appearance, considering the effort and cost, it tends to be relatively expensive. That’s why I thought it would be good to have easily accessible regular sugar cubes and made these.]
[Nebula sure is as amazing as usual~~ Can this be mass-produced?]
[Yes! The raw materials can be easily cultivated and although I have made some adjustments like growth speed, the process of producing sugar is no different from the normal one. It also doesn’t require any special care, it’s easy to cultivate!]
Crafted sugar requires a certain level of skill due to its nature and currently, there’s no one else besides Nebula and Illness who can make it. Additionally, it has become some kind of status symbol among the nobility, so to maintain its rarity, they plan to limit the amount of crafted sugar for sale.
Therefore, Nebula had also prepared something different from the crafted sugar, easily purchasable cube sugar.
……Later on, a certain maid who heard about this sugar cube through a mysterious information network tried to run away from home, only to be caught again by her guardian and scolded, but the guardian’s quick response meant that no one present knew about this incident.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [Maybe the reason why the other tea enthusiasts aren’t making any moves is due to a difference in the information network?]
? ? ? : [Well, that’s certainly true, but even if they did know, in Jutia-san’s case, she wouldn’t just go charging in, but would instead restrain herself and inquire about it with a letter.]
Serious-senpai : [World King’s Executives really are too decent. As expected, must be a difference in their Kings huh?]
? ? ? : [……Ah?]
Serious-senpai : [N- No, I didn’t say anything……]
