The girl with the slanted ponytail felt someone's gaze on her.
She turned her head.
Her eyes met the auntie's, who hadn't had time to look away.
They both froze for a moment.
The auntie smiled.
"Are you this little girl's aunt?"
The girl with the slanted ponytail instinctively looked at the Princess.
Who?
The Princess?
The girl with the slanted ponytail nodded.
Wait.
The girl with the slanted ponytail realized something was off.
"How did you know I'm her aunt?"
The girl with the slanted ponytail was surprised.
Then she guessed: Oh, the Princess must have told her.
Had the Princess talked so much with this auntie?
Before she arrived.
She had already walked very quickly.
But with so many candies ahead to "lure" her, the child's anticipation had soared.
She'd run like a little rabbit.
Especially after Prince challenged her to a race. The two children had run faster and faster.
"A boy who came by earlier to look for the child told me."
The auntie smiled.
"He said the child's aunt was looking for her."
Earlier?
A boy?
Oh~
The girl with the slanted ponytail quickly understood.
The auntie meant...
That kind young man.
Had this auntie really been in this shop for so long?
The girl with the slanted ponytail was surprised.
They'd even gone back and forth...
Oh~
The girl with the slanted ponytail looked at the child beside the auntie, who was focused on making candy.
Was it because the child had spent so long here?
This shop was really clever.
The area where people made handmade candy brought in a lot of customers.
"What a coincidence."
The auntie sounded a little wistful.
"Yeah."
The girl with the slanted ponytail was also surprised that they'd come