The next day.
I left the inn, [Search] the house of the soldier in love with Mac-kun, delivered a little letter, and then returned to my home in the forest.
Flamberge, the stone dragon, welcomes me.
“Grawww! (Welcome home!
Where is the letter from the king?)”
I give the letter to Flamberge.
“Graawrh! (Oh, it says that in a month, I will be invited to the castle!)”
“Nyaa— (That’s good!)”
Six months had passed. Flamberge finally got invited to the castle.
It makes me happy that I took on the role of messenger.
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I decided to read Yotsuba’s letter at the Woodhouse.
What is it?
[About the prospective slaves to hire to handle the shop. I prefer slaves for employees.
I prefer handsome elves, wild beastmen, or shota dwarves.
We’ll start with one and add more as time goes on.]
What is this?
[When signing a slave contract, the minimum requirements are that the slave must not disclose our secrets and must be obedient to us.
Regarding the purchase of slaves and land, may I borrow in advance from Neko-san?
The sales share will be 3 for Neko-san, 2 for me, and 1 for the others.]
It seems that Yotsuba wants to start a business quickly.
But the share of the sales is still a problem.
With this arrangement, if I slack off, the burden falls on Yotsuba, and if Yotsuba slacks off, the burden falls on me.
Each person’s share should be the sales of their prepared products.
In addition, increasing the number of shopkeepers using Yotsuba’s method will decrease salaries.
The minimum wage should be set for the salaries.
The salary should be split fifty-fifty between Yotsuba and me or something like that.
There were many other details in the letter.
Many things in the letter aren’t right, but I can point those out later.
By the way, what’s a shota dwarf?
Let’s see.
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Appraisal Results
Shota
Description: Little boy
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Is it useful to hire a child?
I guess they learn things well.
“Nyanko-san, please make some lunch~”
Oh, is it time for lunch already?
Aurene pops up out of nowhere.
I stowed the letter in my pochette and decided to make lunch for Aurene and Sylph obaa-san.
Other elves? They make and eat on their own, so it’s no problem.
I’ll have udon for lunch.
I can improve it now that I have soy sauce and flaked bonito.
Initially, I made two servings of udon noodles, but the other elves came in numbers, so I made 22 servings.
They felt bad, and in return, they gave me a lot of nuts from the forest, tools made from plants, and other things.
This could be made into a commodity, couldn’t it?