Dinner at the inn was over, and Nancy-san was cleaning up when the door opened.
“Welcome~. Oh, Nico-san!”
“Hello.”
It’s Mac-kun. Without even paying attention to Nancy-san’s greeting, she approached us.
She said she had something to say, so I followed her to her room.
Nell followed us.
“You’re terrible, Neko-san. You never told me you were starting a shop.”
“A shop?”
“Yes, Nell-chan. Neko-san started a business without telling us.
Look, I bought this pencil knock-off at the shop.”
Before I knew it, “pencil knock-off” had become the product’s official name.
Well, whatever.
“I want one too.”
“Here, I’ll give it to you. I bought all the pencils in the shop.”
[What are you doing?]
The dozens of pencils I made by hand were all sold to Mac-kun.
They were created with the intention of being distributed to many people.
Yotsuba said that Rion-kun couldn’t do multiplication.
I felt terrible for him because I didn’t expect customers to buy in bulk.
The next time I have time, I’ll teach him multiplication.
Should there be a limit on the number of items that can be purchased?
Say, no more than three of each kind per person.
Or we could add the price for two or three to the price tag.
Alternatively, Mac-kun should save her money instead of wasting it.
At her age, I’m concerned about her future if she continues to spend too much money.
Ultimately, I explained to her the importance of saving and moderation.
Unlike Yotsuba, Mac-kun is a good listener and says she will do her best to save money.
This is also a problem because I receive the expensive tutoring fee.
Since money is not a problem for me, I’ll try not to accept it from now on.
But I’ve been giving lectures a lot lately.
Even though I’ve become a cat, I’m still a nosy 41-year-old man at heart.
“But you’re so cold, Neko-san.
“If you were interested in business, I would have helped!”
“I’ll help too!”
“All right, Nell-chan, let’s storm into that store now!”
“Oh!”
Mac-kun lifted me, and Nell tried to leave the inn with us.
But Nell was stopped by Nancy-san.
She asks, “What’s the matter with going out at this time of night?”
When Nell couldn’t go, Mac-kun also returned to the inn.
They decided to go together tomorrow.
Although I’m going back to the forest tomorrow.
I will probably have a secret meeting with Yotsuba before that.
……It’s late at night, and I’m sleepy.
Yotsuba is getting older, so I’ll end the secret meetings now.
I’ll tell Yotsuba tonight.