Volume 13 Chapter 208-2 Atori Ako, Product Development Department
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”By the way, everyone, you might be thinking this is a heart shape, but flip it over and take a good look. See these two little bumps here? Those are nip**les. I think that makes it pretty clear now, right?”
Wait, it’s not a heart! It’s a boob shape!?
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
I thought it was cute because it was a heart shape!
”Just to be sure, what’s the product name?”
”It’s the Emily Pie. I made the mold based on my own breasts.”
Emily-chan really went overboard…
”And they even made a mold?
There’s no turning back now, is there?
”By the way, for women who want to avoid high calories, we also have a slightly smaller Kanon Pie.”
I don’t know if that’s a good idea…
Did you get Kanon-san’s permission?
You’re not just making it without her permission, are you?
Ah, I’m looking away!
This is definitely unauthorized sales!
”Let’s watch the footage of people who have actually tried the Emily Pie and the Kanon Pie.”
When the monitor’s footage switches, a mosaic-covered man appears.
Yeah, that’s definitely Aqua-kun.
There’s absolutely no point to the mosaic, right?
’This is… the Emily Pie… It’s delicious…’
”You just say anything is delicious if a girl made it, don’t you!!”
Yukari, stop picking on Aqua-kun in the video.
No matter how kind Aqua-kun is, he can’t reply to Yukari through the screen.
I’m just a little worried that Yukari will start doing a boke-tsukkomi with an imaginary Aqua-kun.
’Kanon Pie is so good… Ugh, ugh, ugh… I can’t believe there’s such a delicious treat in the world. I’ll lick the nip**le part on the second one.’
”Why is Emily-chan licking the nip**le part with him in this video!? This footage is messed up!”
What in the world are we watching?
Seeing my deadpan expression, Emily-chan hurriedly stops the video.
”So, the people who actually ate the new product cried and were overwhelmed with joy at how delicious it was.”
”Only him, right?!”
I nodded at Yukari’s words.
Yeah, it was delicious, but Aqua-kun’s way of celebrating isn’t really a good example.
”By the way, I’m currently working on a giant Kotono (meaning) pie modeled after a famous eel specialist from Shizuoka. And I’m in talks with Tsukimachi Ayana-san to make mini Ayana pies.”
”Hey! What about me!? Emily, Kanon, and even Nee-san──mini sizes should be Kaede pies, right!?”
Kaede-chan looks at Emily-chan with pleading, dewy eyes.
Emily-chan, in turn, adopts a serious expression, putting aside any personal feelings.
”Kaede-paisen… products have to sell to have meaning. There’s no way Kaede-paisen or Yukari-paisen’s goods would sell. It’s obviously Ayana-chan.”
”Wait a minute!! Why am I getting caught in the crossfire!?”
”Aww man! Emily’s being a jerk!”
Yukari and I comfort Kaede-chan.
Emily-chan, business sense is important, but as a friend, you gotta watch out for your friends.
”Plus, we have something perfectly fitting for Kaede-paisen! You can trust me!”
”Eh, Emily~!”
Emily-chan hugs Kaede-chan and pats her head.
Kaede-chan, are you okay?
Don’t you always feel safe with Emily-chan’s support?
”So, here’s the next new product!!”
There’s more?
I’m already completely full with just 2 more….
Emily-chan points towards the monitor with a finger.
Huh?
Hold on, that finger-thing, if you look closely, it seems a little…off?
It looks like the same shape as the thing Aqua-kun had attached to his crotch when he was born…
”Ah, this Aqua-sama’s peculiar rod is not for sale.”
”No, no, that kind of product can’t be sold!”
Kaede-chan looks at the finger with longing.
No way, if we used that on national television, it’d be a major scandal!!
If they showed something that raunchy on the noon news, they’d get shut down immediately!!
[New Product Proposal #3: Momiji manjū]
I’ve seen Momiji manjū in Hiroshima, but this is a total ripoff!!
”It’s not a ripoff. It’s a Momiji manjū inspired by Kaede-paisen!! By the way, the winning manju features a deformed design of Kaede-paisen.”
”Whoa!! It’s Nene-cho-sensei’s design!!”
Yeah, it’s cute, but aren’t we wasting too much budget on this?
”The losing manju has a realistic gorilla with a blank stare.”
”Why a gorilla!?”
Emily-chan really obsesses over pointless details.
I could spend a good while wondering if there’s any point to the winning and losing ones.
”By the way, the difference between the winning and losing ones is the filling. The winning Kaede-paisen manju has a maple filling, made with plenty of maple syrup instead of sugar.”
Oh, you’re right.
The aroma’s different, and the flavor is unlike sugar, and it’s delicious.
I wonder if the gorilla one has a different filling, too?
I take a bite of the gorilla-faced manju and freeze.
”The losing gorilla manju has curry inside. It’s a collaboration with the famous Gorigori Curry.”
Seriously!?
You should have told me earlier!
Geez!!
And the flavor’s so strong!!
The manju and the curry together are making me so thirsty!!
I grab the water bottle next to me and chug the water.
”Isn’t curry a bit much? Wouldn’t it be better to use something like banana?”
I agree with Yukari.
”Yeah, yeah. Plus, if we’re paying Nene-cho-san for the design fee and collaborating with Gorilla Curry, the budget’s going to end up pretty high, right?”
”I see… So, there’s room for reconsideration, huh? Got it. Well, let’s put this on hold for now.”
Kaede-chan, it’s not rejected, so cheer up.
I bet banana flavor would be tastier than curry.
You just can’t combine strong curry with a crumbly manju.
In an instant, all the moisture in your mouth gets sucked away.
If you eat this in the summer, it could lead to dehydration.
”By the way, don’t I get anything? I might be an outsider, but you’ve got to have something fun for me too, right?”
”Just a moment, please.”
Oh, you do have something!
I can’t help but think of Inko-san and react internally.
”Here it is!”
Emily-chan points to the monitor with the Aqua-kun novelty item in her hand.
[New Product Idea, No. 24: Chick-Shaped Shortbread Cookies]
Wait, what!?
No. 24?
You still have that many left!?
As I open my mouth in surprise, Emily-chan switches the screen to a map of Japan.
”Actually, there are 47 product ideas, each a collaboration with a confectionery manufacturer from different prefectures. I came up with this product plan in line with Beryl’s philosophy of promoting regional development by holding live tours even outside major cities.”
With that said, I can’t argue anymore!
Everyone realizes that with 43 more product presentations left, we won’t be going home today.
”Now, here’s the Chick-Shaped Shortbread Cookies made by a company in Kanagawa Prefecture.”
Oh, how cute!
This one also has Yukari-designed sablés mixed in with the chick-shaped ones.
”I was ready to glare if you brought out something weird, but you actually made something cute! This is exactly what we need! Something classic like this!!”
The staff from the product development team and I nod in agreement.
”Yeah, the taste is just pleasantly mild and delicious.”
”Right?”
The thing is, we don’t manage Yukari’s likeness rights; that’s handled by Koshipro.
They say it would be easy to buy her out, but I wish they’d understand how I feel when I see the president of Koshipro looking at me with teary eyes every time we meet.
Sure, we’ve acquired companies like Beryl Enterprises, but we’re not that kind of terrible company!!
”So, what else do you have? If we keep dragging this out, we’ll run out of time, so let’s get on with it.”
”Yes!”
Emily-chan starts placing the products from the box onto the table one after another.
I wonder what this is?
I pick up one of the snacks she laid out on the table.
Did you make that Shin-chan Dango in collaboration with the sweets company from Ehime?
Yeah, they’ve shaped the Dango on a stick to look like Mayuzumi-kun’s glasses.
Huh, it actually looks pretty tasty.
”What is this? It tastes like milk and it’s delicious!”
”Ah, that would be Marron d’Or. It’s a dairy confection inspired by Maron-san’s overflowing maternal milk.”
So why are there sometimes risqué products included?!!
Plus, that’s definitely unauthorized!!
”Neko-fuku Mochi is so yummy!”
”This rice cracker is tasty too.”
”That’s the anko mochi shaped like a cat. Oh, and the one over there is Tenga senbei made from rice grown at Tenga-senpai’s family home.”
Emily-chan, the other BERYL members make great products, so couldn’t Aqua-kun’s be done more seriously?..
When I looked closely, the shape of the clouds on that package looks just like a certain part, and my white son can only think of it in a lewd way now.
We continued tasting all the remaining products.
Ugh… this is definitely going to put me over my calorie limit.
I need to start a diet tomorrow.
I left the meeting room, holding my heavy belly.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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