Renna smiled happily at me when I said that, and I had to refrain from leaping onto her and pushing her onto the floor to make her happy in other ways too, so instead I turned towards the rather blank shell of this store as I added "Maybe we could make use of the open layout of the store to showcase our specialty items... Put tables here and here, mirror it on this other side and create sections of things for people to browse?"
The red haired Duchess nodded as she moved to stand opposite of me, walking on the other side of the store as she looked at the basic, pre installed shelves before using her mana to create 'zones' on the floor, saying "Then we could do the non wine related things up front; candles and maybe even little basic plushies as gifts, bouquets of flowers and little hand painted placards to hang up at home, things that are 'cheap' but rather endearing."
That made me raise a brow as I asked "You want to have hand painted wall decor on sale as well? We would need to hire an artist to do so daily, you understand that right? That can't be cheap either; good quality wood or some other material as well as good paints, which would mean said artist needs to be deserving of such materials too! How..?"
"How much would that all cost? A bit... but I also think that the amount coming in would be worth it, especially if we keep it to a minimum in terms of 'waste'. Additionally, I know you want to hire almost exclusively slaves to run these establishments - be they indebted slaves, criminal slaves, or even sexual slaves - but I know a few people too who I could interview for a job. A couple of them happen to be really talented artists."
I stared at Renna for a few moments before letting out a sigh as I said "Very well. The only reason I suggested slaves as employees was the guaranteed loyalty that came from those contracts, but if you have some people that you trust, that's good too. Anyways, I also just had a thought, something that would need some more consideration too since it's a bit expensive."
My beautiful Duchess raised a brow at that, crossing her arms beneath her voluptuous chest and giving her breasts a bounce as she 'subtly' tried to seduce me, making it abundantly clear that she had an idea in mind on where she wanted this to go - or more specifically, where she wanted me to go.
"What do you think about selling small chocolates in enchanted papers meant to keep them from melting? Little tasty treats meant for a good date; something a bit more costly but something sweet and delectable, to showcase your love for someone or how much you appreciate them?"
"But my paints were too expensive for you? It's a good idea, Astra, but chocolates are- Well, they would be difficult to make en masse for normal people, let alone make enough to sell to make a profit compared to the time invested, but you aren't exactly a 'normal woman' now are you? I think it could work, but you still need to procure cacao fruits to create chocolate, and those are... really hard to come by."
Renna chuckled slightly as she answered "Because, Astra, it is only grown in climates that are extremely wet and rather hot too, and it needs an insane amount of nutrients in the soil to grow, more than most other crops; it only makes sense since it tastes so incredible, but still... We don't have the climate for it here, so we don't grow our own; instead, we import it, and that's what makes it so expensive.
It isn't only that either; there's a company here in the Queendom that handles all of the imported shipments since they are from the country that it is grown in. It's a very... secretive thing, at least for common people. So chocolate is a bit expensive and really hard to produce on your own here; even the Queen herself gave up on employing a specialized Nature Mage to produce cacao since it was more expensive than it was worth. For you though..."
I just smiled back at her as I nodded in agreement, the idea of being able to produce my own chocolate en masse certainly appealing to me, but of course I had to consider what this other company might do and how they would react if I suddenly began to produce that much chocolate...
"So... instead of thinking about all this other stuff, we should focus on the wines for now, right? We need to figure out how to display them and where to put them, and-"
We stood together in the store, looking around at what we had and what our bottles were currently looking like before figuring out how to display them properly, so that they would look appealing to people; the amount on a shelf, the angle, the depth, how much light or shadow they would be in...
All of it was considered, but of course, the longer we were in this enclosed space with only one another, the more handsy we became with one another, until we got to the point where I was standing behind her and rubbing against her, all whilst whispering sweet nothings into her ear until she was a puddle in my arms.
And when she was a puddle, I guided the proud, amazing Duchess into the back of her own shop and pushed her down onto her knees, staring down at her and feeling a bit of a thrill as I realized that few people in the entire world would ever - or have ever - see this view, and that I was going to continue to be one of the only ever to see it...
Even more so when I grew out my cock and smacked it across her face, making her cheeks darken as she blushed before she parted those luscious lips and swallowed me down to the root.