After having lunch with Dr. Vier, I decided to visit Isis-san's castle. I could have gone to Alice's miscellaneous goods store first, but since I'm using Teleportation Magic to travel, the effort in going to either place would have been the same. Besides, I could just go to Alice's miscellaneous goods store later from the basement of my house, so I decided to postpone my visit to her later.
When I arrived at Isis-san's castle, Polaris-san greeted me and guided me to the place where Isis-san was.
[Eh? Lillywood-san is also here?]
[Yes, she just arrived a few minutes ago. She's talking with Isis-sama at the moment. I have already confirmed with them that there is no problem if Miyama Kaito-sama is present.]
[I see, so Lillywood-san just came to visit?]
[I don't know what the purpose of her visit was, but it seemed that Lillywood-sama had a difficult look on her face.]
[A difficult look?]
I don't know what's going on, but for Lillywood-san to have a difficult look on her face, that means she didn't come to visit simply to hang out with Isis-san or to have a chat with her.
In that case, did some sort of trouble occur? As I had such a thought in mind, when I entered the room that Polaris-san guided me too, just as I was told, Isis-san and Lillywood-san were there.
[Hello, Isis-san, Lillywood-san.]
[...Kaito... Welcome….. I'm glad... you came.]
"Hello, Kaito-san. What a coincidence, meeting you here."
After a quick greeting, I took a seat and Polaris-san prepared me a cup of tea, after which she left with a bow.
After seeing them off, I called out to them again.
[Even so, it really is a coincidence, isn't it? Did Lillywood-san just come in a little while ago?]
[...Unnn... She said she wanted to talk to me about something?]
"Yes, in a way, Kaito-san's arrival could facilitate this conversation. Kaito-san, just to confirm, but is it true that you will be opening a stall at Archlesia Empire's Founding Festival."
[Eh? Yes, that's right?]
What Lillywood-san asked me was the opening of a stall at Archlesia Empire's Founding Festival. Incidentally, I had told Isis-san before, but I had not told Lillywood-san about it, so it's surprising that she didn't know about it.
[I'll be opening a stall with Amel-san, a Winged whom I met at a tea party to which Lillywood-san invited me before.]
[...What kind of stall... are you going to set up this time?]
[I'm planning to open a general store. We'll handle products from Alice's store and handmade accessories.]
"...Handmade... accessories?"
When I talked to Isis-san about the content of the stall, it hadn't been decided yet, so when I explained it again, Lillywood-san looked as if she heard that the world had ended.
[...Lillywood-san?]
"K- Kaito-san, just to confirm... but those handmade accessories, does that also include accessories made by Kaito-san?"
[Yes, just a few of them...]
"...I see."
I wonder why? The expression on her face looked as if she had given up on everything... Ahh, that's the same look Chris-san had before. Ahh, I see, it makes sense now. Could it be that Lillywood-san is also worried about the same thing as Chris-san?
[Ahh, Lillywood-san, please don't worry. I've also considered how to handle Shiro-san and Eden-san, and I've also consulted with Alice to make sure I have all the information I need.]
"Ah, s- so that's how it is... May I ask you a little more about that?"
It seems my prediction was correct, as Lillywood-san was clearly relieved and asked for an explanation, so I told her that I had prepared separate accessories for my lovers and Eden-san.
"...That's great. Really... It seems that my worries turned out to be groundless. Actually, because of that, I was thinking of persuading Isis-san to reconsider attending Archlesia Empire's Founding Festival... but it looks like that won't be necessary."
It seemed that Lillywood-san's business here was to persuade Isis-san not to participate in the Founding Festival. Just as Fate-san had mentioned before, it seems that she is concerned about the balance of power among the three countries.
Well, in any case, Lillywood-san's expression clearly brightened up, so I think it was really fortunate that I was able to explain it at this time.