Flora asked, then instinctively lowered her head to glance at her own skirt. Her cheeks reddened slightly as she lowered her voice, clearly curious about this:
"You really like young ladies' stockings, don't you?"
Shade immediately defended his reputation:
"Of course not. How could I be that kind of person? I did give her some suggestions, but only to give her ideas for developing new Chemical Fiber materials. The product itself was her own idea, born from the new material."
The witch wearing eyeshadow smiled with narrowed eyes and asked again:
"Then, Knight, since you had nothing to do with the appearance of those lovely fabrics, why were you so familiar with those products just now?"
Beneath her long skirt, her legs wrapped in black fabric lightly rubbed against each other:
"Who has worn them for you? And what have you done with them?"
"Flora~"
Shade spoke softly, glancing around before lowering his voice even further in embarrassment:
"This really isn't the time to talk about that."
"Yes, yes, you always have a good reason."
Without any hesitation, she linked her arm through Shade's again and leaned slightly against him:
"Want to see me wear them sometime?"
Her voice was so soft that even Shade was unsure whether he had imagined hearing it.
He had not imagined it.
"We can talk about that later."
He continued awkwardly, looking toward Sir Wayne, who was speaking with his business partners. Although Sir Wayne had a hidden identity, he was still quite successful as a merchant. His freight business covered all of eastern Kasonlik, so he had likewise been surrounded by many people earlier.
Seeing that there were fewer people around him now, Shade led Flora over. Sir Wayne did not seem to have brought a female companion, and when he saw Shade