Too Tempting for the Eyes
One day, Riccia, who’d moved to town to run her shop, stopped by the castle to spend some time with her daughter—with a ton of outfits in tow.
“What’s up with all these clothes, mom?” Ruri asked.
“I brought them because I hoped you would wear them,” Riccia said while humming and arranging the clothes throughout the room.
“Still, this is a lot...”
“I poached a few seamstresses from the castle. Thanks to them, I’ve been able to produce a steady supply of new creations.”
“You poached them? Is that all right?” Ruri asked, curious if this turn of events had inconvenienced Jade. She would have to check later.
“My current recommendation is this one!” Riccia said, showing off a pair of denim shorts, a common clothing item in Ruri’s world. “I had a hard time trying to replicate denim. This world still doesn’t have any material quite like it, so I had to make it from yarn through trial and error~!”
Apparently, since Riccia was unable to mass produce anything with denim, she was trying to sell shorts in order to save on material.
“Still, my employees aren’t responding positively to the shorts,” Riccia admitted.
“Why not?” Ruri asked.
“Well, you know, the women of this world wear long skirts, right? They don’t seem to have short-legged lower garments that expose their thighs.”
“Now that you mention it, you’re right.”
Even Celestine’s revealing outfit had a skirt that extended past the knees.
“Everyone said that they’re too embarrassed to wear them,” Riccia added, “which is where you come in, Ruri.”
“Me?”
“All you have to do is wear these and go about your life as normal. You’ll garner attention since people will be interested in what a Beloved is wearing.”
“Why don’t you wear them in your shop, then?” asked Ruri.
“Well, because I can’t very well wear what everyone else has been calling embarrassing.”
“But it’s just fine for your daughter?!” Ruri immediately quipped back.
“There, there. Anyway, try them on.”
Ruri reluctantly put the shorts on, only to find that they fit her perfectly. In retrospect, she’d only worn long skirts since she came to this world, so it was a nice change that reminded her of the past.
Just then, the door opened.
“Ruri, do you have a second?” Jade asked, entering the room without knocking. His eyes immediately traveled to Ruri’s exposed thighs. He stood there dumbfounded for a moment until he cried, “Ruri, what are you doing, dressed like that?!”
“They’re my mom’s new clothes,” Ruri explained. “Do these look good on me?”
“Don’t tell me you plan on walking around the castle in that?”
“Do you mean I can’t?”
“Of course I do! If I see you dressed like that, I’ll confine you to your room!”
Ruri turned to Riccia. “Hey, mom, I think it’s still too early to debut these.”
“Seems that way. Well, this is awkward...” Riccia said, trailing off.
After seeing Jade’s reaction, Riccia reluctantly decided to sell her shorts as regular pants.
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