episode_0064

The sewing process, which I had expected to be difficult, went more smoothly than I thought.

This was because Adelheid’s touch noticeably increased the speed, and the accuracy also increased as much as the speed.

Unexpectedly, the problem arose from what to dress Katerina in.

The two people deciding on the costume were more stubborn than I imagined, and the disagreement couldn’t be narrowed down.

“The dress must be green.”

“That’s good.”

Clearly, they had smoothly agreed to put her in a light green dress.

Until they brought up this story, the atmosphere was amicable.

“Overall, it should be directed to give the feeling of a mature woman, calm, haughty, and graceful like a woman in her 20s or 30s.”

“Um… Duchess, shouldn’t this feel like a fresh girl who just debuted in society?”

“The main customers of corsets are women in their 20s and 30s, you know?”

“Isn’t the first underwear you wear the most important? We have to catch teenage girls first to catch the next 30 years.”

The overall concept began to diverge.

“To attract attention, you have to expose your legs a little.”

“Duke, remember that what we have to do is promote underwear, right? Shouldn’t we emphasize the upper body instead?”

“But isn’t it difficult to attract attention at first?”

Where should the exposure be?

“Isn’t it better to cover the forehead?”

“You have to reveal the forehead.”

Even the hairstyle.

There was nothing that matched, to the point where I began to suspect that they were opposing just to oppose.

“Duchess, no matter how I think about it, I don’t think that opinion is right.”

“Duke, aren’t you being too assertive? A great man should be able to bend his opinion a little for a woman.”

“This is work, can’t we do work half-heartedly?”

I was a little embarrassed.

I put the two of them together to control Duke Herbert because he was originally that kind of person, but I didn’t know that Duchess Elizabeth would be so stubborn.

“Stop the discussion there and both of you come with me.”

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

I was worried that they might fight if I left them alone, so I took them to another room.

“What’s wrong with both of you?”

I came into a room used as a warehouse, closed the door, leaned against the door, lined up the two people, and asked.

Then, Duchess Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth first.

“Isn’t it strange to use an excellent model like an elf as stimulatingly as food in the market? This time, we need to treat Katerina delicately and gracefully like a masterpiece.”

Duke Herbert, who was looking at Duchess Elizabeth as if he was frustrated, immediately started to refute as soon as the Duchess finished speaking.

“Advertising is not a work of art, Duchess Elizabeth, it is important for advertising to capture people’s attention, how many places are as tolerant of exposure as elves? It is foolish not to use what we can use, and if you are talking about stimulating things, isn’t her usual attire of solving it with a tunic more stimulating?”

“So that’s why we need to give it a gap.”

“Then, if you’re going to dress her the same as a human, is there any reason to use an elf as a model?”

“No, no! Calm down, both of you.”

I urgently stopped the two people who were about to burst into flames again at one question and asked another question before another sound came out.

“I understand what you’re both saying, but why are you fighting over it? There’s no reason to fight.”

“Yes?”

“Huh?”

The two people looked at me pitifully, as if asking if I was talking nonsense after hearing my question.

“Because Katerina is only one person.”

“So one of us can’t dress her, so we can’t back down.”

“……”

I touched the back of my neck once and then spoke in a voice full of questions, as if I was sincerely curious.

“You can dress her in both and take pictures, why are you fighting over such a thing?”

“”?””

Both of their eyebrows furrowed at the same time.

“You didn’t think we were only going to do one advertisement, did you?”

“That’s common sense.”

“It’s not just a simple phrase, and isn’t it too much of a burden to publish several photos or continuously?”

Now I understand their reactions a little bit.

They were so stubborn because they thought one of them would be completely discarded.

“Huh.”

A hollow laugh came out.

When did we act according to common sense, and why are we acting like this while worrying about money?

I rubbed my face and swept my hair back, squinted my eyes, and said.

“It’s not that drawing ads aren’t burdensome, but we’re a fledgling company with almost no awareness, do you think people will look for us after one ad? I can’t do that even with illusion magic.”

“Isn’t it okay if it’s not one or two pennies?”

“There’s too much involved to slow down with just that.”

I was thinking about whether I should put on the brakes appropriately.

After realizing that His Majesty the Emperor is disappointed the moment we act within common sense, I realized that we must never stop until His Majesty gives us a hint.

“There may be an order, but if you don’t cross the line and the concept is okay, I’ll upload everything as an advertisement, so burn your artistic spirit to the limit, got it?”

“Okay.”

“Yes.”

_

The advice to check if there is a lack of money if the problem is not resolved was really effective.

After declaring that I would let them do everything as long as they kept the line, the two became noticeably calmer.

“How about this?”

“It’s better to shorten the sleeves, so that the elbows are exposed.”

“I thought so.”

Beyond being quiet, they began to actively exchange opinions.

I feel proud that the appearance I initially envisioned has finally come out.

Now that I have solved the noisy problems around me, I focused on the employees who were being grinded down by sewing again.

“How’s the embroidery going?”

“It’s going smoothly.”

“There are no other problems?”

“Yes.”

“Rather, there are no problems, so we have nothing to do!”

I glanced at Adelheid, who was moving her arms and legs diligently, and smiled awkwardly.

“Haha, that can’t be helped.”

“Is there… any meaning for us to be here…?”

“I… I don’t really have anything to do…”

Walter and Elin, the siblings who had been waiting endlessly for something to do, shrugged their shoulders with gloomy voices and lowered their heads.

I went to the siblings, gently stroked their heads, and said.

“Later, when orders come flooding in, you’ll be sewing while crying even if you don’t want to.”

“Really…?”

“Yeah, I can guarantee it.”

How much money have I poured into this, and will I pour in, that I would let flies in here?

Even if I close the business, I will close it after exceeding the break-even point.

To do that, I have to attract enough customers for the employees here to cry and ask me to hire more people.

I carefully put my hand on the siblings’ foreheads and made them look at Adelheid.

“So now, watch how Adelheid sews, it will be very helpful.”

“Yes…”

The siblings watched Adelheid’s hand movements for a very short time, following my words, but soon their faces turned white and they spoke in trembling voices.

“Ah, even so… that, I don’t think that’s it…”

“My eyes… can’t keep up…”

“Um…”

I scratched my head and looked at Adelheid’s hands.

Adelheid’s hand movements are almost flawless, so if you can see it, it would be incredibly helpful…

“Adelheid, give me one.”

“Yes~ Take it~”

I took a piece of cloth from Adelheid, sat down in front of the workbench, and picked up a needle and thread.

“I’ll show you for a moment, so watch what I do carefully, okay?”

“Yes…!”

A chicken instead of a pheasant, if Adelheid’s is difficult, I can show it.

Compared to Adelheid, I’m sloppy, but among humans, I’m also fast.

“What’s great about Adelheid is that she’s fast, but more importantly, her wasted movements and estimation are incredibly accurate.”

“Yes.”

“So don’t be obsessed with fast hands and don’t make wasted movements, you have to practice inserting the thread accurately, like this.”

I put the cloth in the middle and moved the needle back and forth, embedding the thread along the draft that was thinly drawn on the cloth in advance.

“Are my hands fast?”

I moved my hands slowly so that everyone could see clearly, and when one leaf was completed, I asked the siblings who were watching my hands as if they were going to pierce them from both sides.

“… It’s, it’s similar to us…?”

“Yeah, I’m keeping up with your speed, but how about the speed at which the embroidery is being embroidered?”

“It’s faster…”

“Herbert always says that, right? Don’t do it fast, do it accurately.”

“Yes…”

“The reason why doing it accurately is important is because one wasted movement takes up even more time because of the movement to undo it, so you have to focus on speed after you are confident in your accuracy.”

I gradually increased the movement of my hands so that others could see.

After about 5 minutes, when I completed one branch by moving my hands diligently with my mouth tightly shut, I put down the cloth and needle.

“Do you understand well?”

“Yes…”

“Amazing…”

I patted the siblings’ shoulders, who were watching the embroidery with their mouths open, and got up from my seat.

“Everyone practice a little bit until Adelheid finishes all of that, you’ll have a lot of opportunities to touch this kind of cloth in the future.”

“Yes~”

After giving the unemployed people tasks for the purpose of education and practice, I went back to the corner and watched the situation as before.

Fortunately, no other problems occurred after this.

_

The girdle could be completed on Friday.

“How is it?”

“It’s a little uncomfortable, but it’s better than a corset, I think I can wear this sometimes.”

“Good, then let’s go with this.”

Elf Katerina’s wearing review, who finishes underwear with just one thin piece of cloth, was also not bad, so I made the final completion judgment as it was.

“Are we going to shoot tomorrow? If we want to put it in the newspaper that will be published next Thursday, we need to deliver it on Sunday.”

“Yeah, I’m going to shoot in a small forest in the eastern part of the Imperial Capital.”

“Forest? Not a riding range?”

Duchess Elizabeth asked back as if she was wondering at the word forest.

“Yeah, forest, it’s common sense for elves to climb trees.”

The standard elf image that I know was aiming a bow while climbing a tree, or sitting on a stump and interacting with animals.

So, of course, we have to go to the forest.

“What did you say?”

“Doesn’t the meadow suit her better?”

“I think this is the first time I’ve heard of an elf on a tree.”

However, the reactions of the returning employees were different from expected.

“Uh… uh?”

I rolled my eyes quickly in embarrassment.

What is it…?

Am I misunderstanding something…?