The next morning. I’m lounging inside Clover’s, the town’s general store.
“Master, I’m about to open the store.”
Rion-kun unlocks the shop and places the sign outside the store for the opening.
He has grown up since then and can now do multiplication.
It was worthwhile to teach him arithmetic in my spare time.
He started using an abacus to do the calculations in the store.
Before, I used to write down the formulas on a piece of paper, but then I remembered that there was an abacus at the market, so I bought one.
I’m glad he’s using it well.
As soon as Rion-kun opens the store, a customer who had been waiting outside enters.
“Ice! Three ice cubes! With containers!”
“Coming.”
“What happened to the glass figure I ordered?”
“This way, please.”
“Hmm! Guards, take them to the wagons!
Be very careful, you know what happens if you damage it!”
“The glass Master makes is much sturdier than anything on the market, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”
That’s because it’s a highly pure quartz glass.
It is different from the soda lime glass used for glass plates at 100 yen stores, which is full of air and impurities.
When it breaks, it breaks.
“Okay, here’s the payment.
Here you go.”
“Thank you for your patronage.”
Initially, Rion-kun was terrified by the sight of a large sum of money, but he was no longer intimidated by the sight of a white gold coin (10 million G).
Human nature is adaptable.
After that, the ice and pencil thingies sold out, and the rest were handmade knick-knacks by the elves (500G flat rate).
These sold slowly.
An hour after opening, the customer traffic finally settled down.
The next big event was the sweets to be sold at lunchtime.
“Whew, anyway, what’s Master planning to do with all this money?”
Rion-kun asks when none of the customers are around.
[I wanted to deal with my financial situation, which depended on my friend, so I took Yotsuba up on her offer.]
“Please tell me the story.”
Taking out my typewriter, I preface my story by saying, “Don’t tell people about Mac-kun.”
The story of how I first lost my way in the forest… No, I mean the story of how I sent her home, how she came to see me again in the woods, how we met again at the inn, and how I taught her to study….
Ah, come to think of it, it’s already been four years since I’ve lived in this world.
Time flies.
“I’ve learned a lot about Master’s friends, but I’m getting increasingly confused about Master!”
Oh, it’s almost lunchtime, isn’t it? All the women are gathering outside.
Obasa… cough cough. I hear a lady’s voice.
I take out the forest elves’ special cream puffs.
No one outside can see them.
I also take out ice cubes for refrigeration.
Rion-kun used a baker’s pinch (made by me), I think it was tongs.
He uses them to put the cream puffs in a glass case (made by me).
After finishing the display, Rion-kun cheerfully exited the store.
And then,
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are now selling cream puffs!”
Outside, he started to call out to the eternal 17-year-old ladies.
Cream puffs cost 500G each.
The price is too expensive, but Rion-kun says that even 2,000G is cheap.
Well, I would never rip off a customer like that.