"The princess, that's a misunderstanding. I don't have a woman. I just used the Harrods' mansion to hide my comings and goings here; that's just a rumor."

Killian's excuse softened Julietta's expression. "Then why are you using Harrods' mansion to come to this dressing shop?"

Killian breathed a sigh of relief and settled himself comfortably on the sofa again.

"I'm comfortable. I don't have to be conscious of the eyes of people around me here. It's also fun to come and see the princess getting into a tizzy."

Julietta shrugged her shoulders in embarra.s.sment and looked askance at him. When Killian saw her habit, which he had not seen for a long time after she turned into a princess, he even got the giggles.

Julietta, who had never seen such a sight, was speechless for the first time. The Prince certainly looked more comfortable here than anywhere else.

Now that she had become a princess, she thought his status as a Prince must be very hard. She was so nervous that she couldn't even eat properly in the mansion of the Duke.

Julietta had never seen the Prince crunching his sandwich in a comfortable way like before. If Albert had seen it, he would have fainted.

Seeing his legs crossed over the table and his relaxed appearance while looking at the doc.u.ments, she suddenly felt sorry for him. If Killian had known what she thought of him, someone who had nothing to lack and nothing to fear in the world, he would have jumped to his feet.

"Construction will begin today, as soon as Oswald signs for the commercial building. He said he would go ahead with the plans drawn by the princess."

"He must have persuaded the club owner faster than expected. He would have needed more time to move the merchant a.s.sociation."

"I heard that Oswald had the virtuous old ladies put their letters into the government office. The contents were that they didn't know there was such a shop in the middle of downtown, and they are wondering how the evil den could operate in the middle of the main street. If they didn't leave, at the next political meeting they would be put on the agenda. The club would have been in a lot of trouble if an investigation was conducted by the government, given the fact that they put the store up for sale."

"The Marquis did a good job, as expected. He used a more solid pressure than the merchant a.s.sociation. Did you name the store?"

"Name? Usually, a shop is named after the owner's name, but I can't use my name in such a jewelry store, so I'm thinking of using the manager's name for each store, or unifying it into Bertino Store."

Julietta remembered she had forgotten something at Killian's words.

She briefly forgot that it was common here to use the owner's name in this way: the Bertino Business Group, the Kiellini Tea Shop, the Dressing Shop of Madame Louai, the Grocery Store of Ramiz.

It seemed to him that because his name could not be used, he would use a naming method that would not help run the store.

"Your Highness, don't get me wrong. The people of the Empire have great pride in the fact that Austern is the greatest Empire on the continent. They look down on the other Empire, Vicern, regarding them to be a lower grade."

"That's right."

It was quite natural for the sn.o.bbish people of Vicern to come to Dublin to enjoy shopping or opera, as they showed a great improvement over other countries in terms of culture and entertainment.

That was why Killian's own jewelry store would be set up in each country. He thought they would have an advantage in compet.i.tion with other stores if foreigners could easily get Austern's products in their own country.

"Those people of Austern will not feel the best in a store named Bertino, which is a province of the Empire."

When Killian's eyebrows frowned, Julietta hurried on.

"Of course, it doesn't matter if the shop you are going to open is just a regular grocery store or a blacksmith's. But you're opening a jewelry store for the top tier. In order to stimulate their consumer sentiment, you have to compete with better, more expensive, more beautiful things than others. But you can't ignore the name of the jewelry store, either. It's because there's a brand value."

"A brand value?"

"Yes. The best costume shop in Austern is now Madame Louai's. The name 'Madame Louai' has value after proving itself to be the best."

Killian got stars in his eyes. He felt so clearly what Julietta was trying to say.

"Are you saying that the arrogant Austerian aristocrats or the wealthy are not going to use a shop named after Bertino or a manager who they think is inferior to them?"

"You're quick to understand. That's what I wanted to say."

"Then what should I do?" Killian nodded for her to tell him what she thought.

"I think you can name it some way that doesn't have any connection to anyone or anywhere. It's like the Chartreu Dressing Shop."

"Wasn't Chartreu the name of that faceless Madame?"

Julietta glared at him at his sarcastic words. "No." In fact, it was named without deep thought, but that could not be said.

"I'm just saying so, why are you so angry? So, what name would you want my jewelry store to be?"

"I don't think you need a meaning for it. I think a feminine name would be remembered more easily."

"I understand easy to remember, but does it need to be feminine?"