She took the coin from Teddy’s hand, which he had shown earlier, to reveal the coin.

“That’s why I’m giving it to you. It’s definitely not a losing business, so take it.”

“Can I really take it?”

“Of course.”

Already, one flower was in Teddy’s hand.

“Ah… Thank you.”

It felt strange.

If he gave this flower to Sessenia, she seemed to like it. The desire to see her smiling filled him without realizing it.

“No, then let’s finish business for today. We’ve achieved our goal.”

“Ah… Can I help you?”

“No, go quickly and give the flower to the lady waiting for you.”

Nodding, Teddy, who was about to turn back to Sessenia, suddenly felt a strange emotion.

Although the woman in front of him was seen for the first time, it felt like he had seen her somewhere before.

“But, have we… Have we met before?”

“Well, who knows. You might have seen or not. If you felt a strange emotion, keep it that way. It could be a moment when a god who wants to protect you briefly came to see you.”

A gust of wind blew just in time. It was an unusually cold wind.

Teddy huddled for a moment as if afraid that the flower in his hand might be damaged.

The wind was so cold that it seemed like a moment when a god came to see, as the woman had mentioned, but it felt good and disappeared quickly.

“Ah…?”

Teddy, who belatedly came to his senses, turned around and looked at the owner of the flower shop.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Although the woman who had just smiled at him looked like a different person.

As if she had seen him for the first time, the woman, who also seemed to have felt something strange, expressed her dissatisfaction, pointing at Teddy in front of her store.

“If you’re not going to buy, go away.”

As if she had never bought flowers here. The flower shop owner seemed strange to consider it as a joke.

Teddy, who felt that she might get angry if he asked something, eventually turned away after silently watching her for a while.

“What happened?”

“Ah.”

Before he knew it, Teddy had come up to Sessenia.

“That… No, this. I bought a flower. My lady.”

Teddy smiled and handed her the flower.

“It’s pretty. Is it an orange tulip?”

“Is this a tulip? I didn’t know that.”

“Then why did you buy this one?”

As Sessenia touched the long, white flower petals with her delicate, fair hands, she made eye contact with Teddy.

“The owner of the shop gave me this, saying it would suit you.”

“Thank you. I really like it.”

“And she said something strange. Just ignore it.”

“Strange story?”

“She said if the person receiving this flower faces danger, one petal will fall off.”

Teddy, who was considering whether to explain in more detail, shook his head.

He didn’t want his owner to get confused by mentioning the recent incident. So, he just mentioned that much. In response, Lizbet clapped her hands as if waiting.
“That could be it. It’s a sales tactic to show that their items are special! In reality, they sell things that are nothing special in that way.”

“That could be. It seems like our Teddy spoke like that because he looks innocent.”

“Ah… That makes sense! When you think about it, even though she said it was precious, she handed it over so easily.”

“That’s right. It seems that the sales pitch wasn’t a joke. Thank you for buying.”

Sessenia slowly stood up from her seat and gently stroked Teddy’s head.

“No, but really… It’s just a sales pitch, right?”

“That’s right. Petals naturally fall over time. But if it means danger every time it falls… On the contrary, if there’s no danger, the petals won’t fall. It’s really not a magical flower, and it doesn’t make sense.”

“That’s true. Maybe I said something unnecessary.”

“No, you did well.”

Teddy pressed his fingernails firmly.

“But hey.”

“Yes?”

Whether Teddy felt sulky or not, Sessenia smiled brightly.

“I really wish there was such a magical power. Then I could know in advance when I’m in danger.”

“Ah…!”

“I can understand how much Teddy thought of me.”

“That’s…”

“Thank you for wanting to help me with that feeling.”

Sessenia, holding the flower tightly, raised Teddy’s head with a pat on his head. Drawn by something, Teddy turned his head towards Sessenia.

“Beautiful. Our Teddy.”

“Thank you always.”

“No, let’s go back now. After Teddy gave me the flower, I feel really good. I’ve already forgotten about what happened earlier.”

“I’m glad I could help.”

“Please take care in the future too. Whenever I have a difficult time or something I want to bury, fill those moments with good memories like this, memories of Teddy.”

“Yes. I’ll do that for sure.”

That was the end of the conversation. Teddy, for his owner, made a promise over and over again, promising to fill all the good memories in the future as much as his owner would feel burdened.

‘I’ll fill it up tightly. With good memories for my owner, as much as you feel burdened, I’ll fill it up with all the good memories in the future. My owner.’

So, they visited the market and returned to the estate as patrons once again.