"I understand."
Though she said that, Lily clearly had no intention of cutting off the connection just yet. She wanted to keep trying.
As she spoke, Lily held the spider-silk handkerchief against herself to gauge its position. A magical connection required the item to come into contact with the body. It could work through clothing, but that would increase magical power consumption; direct contact with the skin was best.
After considering it for a while, Lily folded the handkerchief diagonally, folded it several more times, and tied it around her neck.
"How do I look?"
Lily looked at Manus.
"With the weather gradually getting cooler, it can keep my neck warm."
"It looks fantastic. You could walk a runway in that."
Manus approved of Lily's taste.
"It's not that exaggerated... Do you need me to bring Severus's one to him?"
The birthday presents Manus prepared were usually not identical, but practical items like these would not differ much. Lily did not need to guess to know that Manus had prepared one for Severus as well.
"Severus's isn't finished yet. We'll talk about it later."
With the Second-Generation Magic-Power Loom's efficiency, a handkerchief like this would take a little over a week to make—far quicker than Manus's Spider-Silk Robe.
Now that Latiku's population in the Mental World had multiplied and grown, the output of special silk threads was increasing by the day. With abundant raw materials that continued to grow in supply, Manus had the idea of mass-producing spider-silk handkerchiefs as fashionable accessories to give away.
No spellcaster should be able to refuse a little item that sped up their casting.
Of course, Manus could not simply hand them out to everyone he met. Even good things would seem cheap if they were too easily obtained.
His parents, Aunt Eileen, the