Emilia Without Elf Ears Isn't the Real Emilia! (Part 2)

The drinks were all different colors.

"Could it be..."

Mai noticed that Oreki was studying the drinks Emilia had bought back. There was no shortage of grape juice, orange juice, honeydew juice, and watermelon juice, so every color they needed was there.

In other words.

"Pour them on!"

Mai finally caught on too, and said at once, "Since part of the outfit is already stained, we can stain it with other colors too and turn the original flaw into decoration!"

"That's a really good idea..."

Emilia's face also lit up with surprise.

It was a solution a lot of people could think of. If a piece of clothing had a tear somewhere, simply sewing it up with needle and thread would only make it look ugly.

But if you embroidered a butterfly or a little bear over it, you might make up for the original defect.

Not only that.

It would even make it livelier.

"That really is a good idea."

Mai felt she had already understood Oreki's thinking, so she stood beside him and gently nudged his arm. "So Oreki has this kind of talent too."

"Then let's hurry up and do it," Mai said enthusiastically.

"No." But Oreki did not move at all.

"?"

Mai looked at him in confusion.

Oreki said, "What you're saying would work, but it's too much trouble. And doing that would also require altering Miss Emilia's overall look."

"If she doesn't delay her appearance, then it's basically impossible."

"So there's an easier method."

At this point, Oreki deliberately paused.

Emilia asked curiously, "What method?"

Oreki glanced at Ram. "I think Miss Ram would know."

"..." Ram.

When Oreki called her name, Ram's body trembled almost imperceptibly.

The movement was very slight.

But Oreki had already seen right through it.

Roswaal really had been