Please Don’t Come To The Villainess’ Stationery Store! - Chapter 32

Next was Prince Cassian.

“I’ll give Your Highness a present for your first visit too.”

He slowly opened his mouth with a suspicious look.

“It’s unexpected hospitality. Is it enchanted with magic like the beer candy?”

Fortunately, he seemed to assume that I had used magic. With a sigh of relief inside, I shook my head and smiled with my eyes.

“No, please wait a minute.”

I started heading to the stand in the right of the store, but stopped.

The gifts on the stand are probably for children. I felt like I should give something else for nice adults.

“I’ll be right back.”

On this floor, items that were not on the stand were scattered.

Their eyes seemed to be stuck on my back as I strode up the stairs. Whether I was being stared at or not, I recalled the objects I had left in the living room on this floor.

‘What was Prince Cassian’s character like again?’

A gift that perfectly meets the needs of the recipient.

I recalled Prince Cassian’s setting.

‘Originally, Prince Cassian was a very anxious man. People around him died suspiciously.’

In the novel, Prince Cassian had a strong perfectionist tendency and a strong affection for people in his circle. For a person who draws the line in relationships with a smile, that is. Perhaps that was why he often had nightmares after the mysterious deaths of his siblings, and after his nanny, who had been by his side when he was a child, died for no reason.

I didn’t know why the royal family in question died, and I also didn’t know the novel’s main characters either. It was just the setting of the novel.

I touched the living room rugs and miscellaneous items on the table, touching my chin with my index finger. And at the end of my hand, there was a fluffy dream catcher.

I bit my lips.

‘How would a dreamcatcher be for a gift?’

Dreamcatchers held the myth of filtering out nightmares.

Young children who suffered from growing pains often had nightmares, so they made one by themselves. In addition, there was an episode related to nightmares in the original novel.

‘When Prince Cassian often had nightmares about his childhood, Sheria patted him. It was the opportunity for the Prince to become fond of Sheria…’

I was sure that this would be a special gift for him.

I grabbed the dreamcatcher. And in it, I felt the weak magical energy that Dominique had filled it with.

This would significantly reduce the frequency of nightmares.

‘Then he’ll have a good feeling for me, the one who gave him this gift, right?’

I laughed contentedly.

Coming straight down from the second floor, I handed the dreamcatcher to the Prince.

“It’s a dreamcatcher.”

“…what’s a dreamcatcher, Mel?”

“It’s an item that helps you have nice dreams.”

“Nice dreams…”

Cassian clasped his lips without saying anything more and silently accepted the dreamcatcher.

“Why? Doesn’t Brother always have nice dreams?”

In fact, for Cassian, nightmares were just an opponent to overcome. So no one knew the fact that he had nightmares. He also never revealed his weak feelings to his family and aides. So I can’t reveal his dishonesty here. I was not going to do anything to ruin my already low favorability.

I gave a small smile and spoke to Axion and Cassian, “It’s better to have even nicer dreams.”

Cassian accepted it silently and thanked me.

“Did you put magic in it?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“There is a strange magical feeling in this whole place.”

“Yes, it’s a magical place. I hired a beginner wizard.”

Dominique, who suddenly became a novice wizard, bit his lips. It was a fact that Dominique’s ancient magic was spread around the stationery store and in the dreamcatcher I gave him.

If you were as talented as Prince Cassian, you would be able to feel the energy of the weak mana in this space. He looked at the dreamcatcher and stationery store as if it were fascinating.

Of course, one day my ability will be revealed, but it wasn’t time to reveal my alchemy ability yet.

‘It’s also not time to announce that Dominique is the legendary hero.’

It would be annoying if I revealed it now.

At that time, Dominique came close to me and muttered in a very, very quiet voice.

“It’s all the work from you and this Dominique, what are you talking about!”

I murmured quietly to Dominique.

“I want to show you off on a great stage that’s right for you. What do you think?”

“…as expected, you’re a genius.”

Making Dominique quiet, I looked at Prince Cassian again.

“That’s how it is.”

Prince Cassian nodded quietly and fiddled with the dreamcatcher.

“I’ll use it well.”

He always had a friendly impression and wasn’t the type of person who showed clear emotions on his face. So I didn’t know if he would be happy to receive my present.

‘Well, I can’t help it if he doesn’t like it.’

There were many ways to bring the stationery store alive. We should look forward to seeing the electronic boards walking around with cute children working hard tomorrow.

How will the Academy kids react?

“We’ll work hard on advertising!”

Axion clapped and grabbed Carat’s shoulder. Carat nodded as if he couldn’t win.

***

The next morning, Axion and Carat’s class, class A, was very noisy.

During the morning study session, the atmosphere was distinctly different from the other quiet classes.

Of course, at the center of the disturbance was the mischievous Prince Axion and the cynical spy, Carat.  They were standing in front of the school table with a basket of candy.

Standing in front of about fifteen classmates, Carat thought,

‘Why am I doing this…?’

Unlike Carat’s stone cold face, Axion shouted enthusiastically.

“Come on, take one candy from here!”

The children were bewildered by Axion’s lively voice.

What Axion gave was a strange candy.

“What is this?”

“…It looks interesting!”

“Me too! Give me one too!”

“Am I the last one?”

The youngest students in the upper class were given one beer candy at the end. Among them, the youngest child was a genius who had not yet lost all of her childishness yet.

The girl carefully chewed the candy, worried that her teeth would fall out.

“It looks the same as the drink my mother, Marquess Marcel, drinks?”

The beer business’ main target were commoners. Recently, however, more aristocrats were looking for premium beer. Perhaps because of that, the shape of the beer candy was familiar to the children here.

The children smelled the beer candy and mumbled as they put it in their mouths.

“Eating this candy makes me feel like an adult.”

“Because it’s beer candy.”

“Ohh, is there alcohol in it?”

“That’s not it. It only looks like beer. The top is jelly and the bottom is hard candy.”

Carat answered sincerely yet soullessly. Earlier, the side that Axion hit hurt.

‘I’m just looking for the kidnapper so what am I doing right now?’

As a result, the current Carat became a goodwill ambassador for Mel’s stationery store.

“Ahh, I’m drunk.”

The child grinned as he ate the candy that didn’t contain any alcohol.

“Is there wine candy?”

Each of them had different questions, but everyone was curious.

‘They’re possessed as a group. This is bad.’

It was after reporting to the Lord of the tower that a dangerous witch had appeared in front of the Academy. Sooner or later he was going to say ‘Please investigate Mel’s stationery store with high intensity.’

The woman who made him so bewildered had to be investigated by the tower lord.

Carat began to tune into the classroom without covering his suspicious gaze.

Thanks to the small ball launched by Axion, the classroom was filled with excitement and became a boisterous festival.

“Euua-.”

“Huk, your voice is weird!”

The child, who chewed beer candy, muttered in a dreary voice.

“Listen. I’m a monster.”

“I-it really is a monster’s voice?!”

The beer candy achieved the desired results. But the problem was that it had a very strong affect.

The children pounded their desks with excitement. It felt like a tremendous new world had been discovered.

“My voice is weird!”

A low, gloomy voice filled the classroom.

“Oh my god!”

The main character of the voice was a girl who usually had a weak and frail voice. The child’s voice changed as if she inhaled helium. The child, who was touching her neck as if it were amazing, laughed.

A child, who had always been quiet, burst into laughter at this mysterious candy.

“That’s so cool! Did it become like that because you ate the candy?”

“Is that it, Your Highness?”

The children opened their eyes wide.

“Yeah, Mel made it herself.”

“…that stationery store?”

“Stationery store?”

“Yeah! You know that stone building that was in front of here?”

“Huk, that haunted house?”

Axion shook his head.

He didn’t even seem to recall the memory of calling Mel’s stationery store a ‘haunted house.’

“It’s not a haunted house!”

“I-if it’s not a haunted house, is it a ghost house?”

The children looked at each other.

Axion shouted with ferocity.

“No, it’s a yellow building. The owner of the building is my friend!”

Axion smiled proudly.

The atmosphere of the classroom began to be filled with excitement again.

Looking at them, Melissa opened her textbook with a pale face. She was the only one separated from the rest of the class. (T/N: Lenox’s sister)

Melissa had been busy finding out about Duke Hesman’s affair throughout the past year.

The conclusion after days of searching was simple.

‘I heard what Prince Axion said to Carat, that Mel, the commoner of the stationery store, is actually Princess Meldenique.’

…I’ll have to visit her. Mel may not like her, the younger sister of the man who cheated on her, but…

Melissa tore her brother’s note and buried her head on the desk.

[Melissa, get a hold of yourself and live. If you have a long rebellious period, the family will consider cutting you off.]

The note was crumpled and dropped on the floor.

‘I can’t believe you’re sending me a note like that…’

Her brother didn’t know anything. He thought it was a threat, but he wasn’t even interested in Melissa in the first place.

But Melissa wasn’t rebelling right now. The righteous girl clenched her teeth and muttered quietly.

“Crazy cheating bastard.”

She was mad at the cheating man.