In the morning in the forest.
We are negotiating employment terms.
“The conditions are 100,000 G per day.
I will only serve as a guard and won’t get involved in managing the store.
How about it?”
Oliver the elf says.
[Okay, you’re hired.
By the way, the military police officer’s daily salary is about 10,000 G.
Will you be guarding with 10 people?]
“…My bad! 10,000 G daily is fine.”
The negotiations are complete.
For now, I handed over 300,000 G for one month.
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I immediately took Oliver-kun to town and went into the store with him.
“Welcome, Master… Who’s that?”
[Starting today, I’ll be hiring an elf named Oliver-kun as a guard.]
“Nice to meet you, kid!”
Oliver-kun raised his right hand.
“Oh. Then I’ll go to the town hall to fill out the paperwork for the additional staff, please watch the store.”
“I won’t do anything other than guard duty!”
“Then you go fill out the paperwork.”
“I won’t do any work other than guarding!”
“Then what do you want me to do?!”
Oliver-kun, you’re such a pain.
“Nya (Hey, you two over there).”
“Huh? Master? Master will watch the store?
I see, then I’ll go take care of the paperwork.”
“Okay, I’ll go protect the boy!”
“You’re coming too? Then you go take care of the paperwork!”
“No way!”
“You’re such a pain!”
So, I ended up doing the store shift.
The cloth labelled “store clerk” was wrapped around my head like a bandana.
Then I raised my left hand in a beckoning cat pose.
They say the left hand is for beckoning customers.
And the right hand is for beckoning fortune.
Raising both hands is considered greedy and not a good idea.
I stood still at the cash register.
…….
………….
…… I’m bored.
I stop doing the maneki-neko pose.
Rion-kun has dealt with the early morning customers, and the store is now empty.
During the day, we will be selling Elf-made cream puffs to the ladies, but there is nothing to do until then.
That’s why I decided to pass the time with alchemy.
I’ll make some glass dolls to decorate.
After cutting the glass into palm-sized pieces, I played around with alchemy to transform them.
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“Master, I’m home… What the heck is this?!”
“Wow! Glass statues of Flamberge and Sylph-sama?!”
Rion-kun and the others have returned while I was making various glass dolls and lining them up on the ground.
In the end, no customers came.
“I’m going to buy this glass statue of Sylph-sama! How much is it?!”
[Anyone is 1,000,000 G.]
It is not for sale, as it is for decoration in the shop.
However, if you wish to purchase it, feel free to do so.
“Damn! If only I had another 700,000 G!”
The glass doll I made was a Sylph-like figure, which I gave to Oliver-kun, who wanted one for some reason.
The glass doll was carefully displayed in his house in the forest.
The glass dolls I made that day sold out completely the next day.
Some people really liked them.