Shop Opening Crisis and Child Detective Second Appearance [Part 1]

This was an incident that happened near Joshuas store opening date.

Aiming at midnight when there were no people around, bright red ink was spilled all over the front of the store.

Uwah, they made it so flashy.

Getting sidelong glances from the employees who came early to tidy up the shop, the Stuart siblings come to see the disastrous scene in front of Joshuas store.

The pure white outer wall was fully dyed in red, and the floor looked like a pool of blood. With its condition like this, it will definitely be difficult to return it to its original state.

We have been harassed several times during the renovation, but theyve really done it this time.

With a deck brush in one hand, Joshua laughs, looking a little troubled.

He has been trying many ways since an employee discovered it early morning, but the ink doesnt seem to come off.

Joshuas store will be selling tie-dyes, accessories, and miscellaneous goods targeted at young ladies going to the academy. But with the shop looking like this, let alone young ladies, nobody will want to enter.

Have you caught the culprit?

George takes the deck brush from Joshua and asks while scrubbing the wall as hard as he can.

Theres no eye-witness since its done in the middle of the night. The First Prince faction might be involved, but even if we knew the culprit, can we really pursue them for this

I have completely given up, Joshua laments.

He has planned to hold a tasting party for sweets on the cafes menu during the academy holiday, but it looks impossible now.

This is where I take the stage, is it not?

William intensely declares.

Because the body is of a young boy, the brain is of a

NEET???

Emma and George cut in right away. Its their set routine.

You two are always so mean!

Joshua gives a further blow to William, who fell to his knees dejectedly, by asking, Whats a NEET?

After scrubbing the wall roughly with a brush, George turns to Joshua and says, This seems impossible

Joshua, this might never come off, you know?

Im troubled Even if we repaint the walls, the floor remains a problem This whether we scrape the stone floor or completely peel it off Both take time and money.

This times harassment is a real pain because the renovation is almost completed.

Ink that couldnt come off to this extent is rare, so should we look into it?

Uh-huh, William mutters and promptly goes to search for a clue about the ink.

The royal capitals shopping district has a great variety of products. It is said that theres nothing you cant find here.

But how are we going to search for it? There are a lot of shops that sell ink.

As the sweets tasting party becomes an ink-searching event, Emma parts reluctantly with Joshua and asks a question to Child Detective William.

Buying that amount of ink at once was hard in the first place. I think that no matter if the culprit gathered that amount by buying it from shop to shop, or ordering and buying it in one batch, it can still be tracked.

Before the siblings arrived at Joshuas store, Joshua and his employees had tried many ways to remove the ink, but it was still bright red. Setting aside its amount that could cover the entire front wall of the store, William guesses that the ink that couldnt be removed even after so many tries must have some particular specifications.

It mustnt be hard to pinpoint it. And so they just casually enter any shop but come to a dead-end immediately.

Weird. Every place only sells black ink.

Everyone said they dont sell red ink in the first place

George and William sigh weakly one after another. They just thought that the shops would sell red ink because of their previous lifes memory, but the product itself doesnt even exist here.

The dyes in this world dont produce such strong color, so I thought its from an ink. Did I guess wrong?

The color shouldve faded when washed if it was from paint, so what came to Emmas mind was pen ink. Is there any other dyeing material? Ummm, Emma thinks hard with her arm crossed.

When she was trying out the dyes for Palace silk, none could produce such bright color. Its hard because she needs to dye the silk over and over again.

It brought great damage to Joshuas store precisely because the color is so bright, and the people who saw it all had a startled expression and walked past the store.

If the ink is not here, its already over our reach.

As expected, the Child NEET Detective gives up early.

Emma grins at William, who is hanging his head.

Nee-sama, do you even have a good suggestion? I can tell that you dont have any decent ideas just by looking at your face, though?

William glances up at Emma and gets convinced by her face that she must be planning something.

Well, for now, lets eat lunch and change our clothes first.

Im hungry after walking so much Emma starts walking back to the Stuart familys mansion.