In the evening, I go into town.
I’m going to check on the store.
My current schedule,
Day 1: Spend the day at the town inn.
Day 2: Spend the day in the forest.
Day 3: Spend the day in the forest.
It’s a cycle.
To check on the shop from time to time,
Day 1: Spend the day at the inn in town. In the evening, I take a quick look at the shop and return to the inn.
Day 2: Hang out at the shop in the morning and return to the forest at noon.
Day 3: Spend the day in the forest.
Let’s live in this cycle.
For the record, today is the second day on the schedule.
But since I was in the forest doing taming experiments in the morning, I decided to check on the shop in the evening instead.
When I entered the shop, I found Rion-kun sitting in a chair, looking absent-minded.
“…Ah, Master.
In the morning, there is a girl named Nell, who claims to be Master’s friend, and a scholarly-looking woman named Nico.
As you can see, we’re currently sold out. Someone wanted to get the medicine, but I refused because they weren’t a licensed medical professional.
I’m not supposed to give them to anyone but a doctor, right?”
[Oh, you’re doing well.]
I have to restock my goods again….
Being a merchant is a tough job, isn’t it?
“Master, shouldn’t we raise the price?
It’s not easy for Master to make this amount of product with alchemy.
You can’t keep doing that, can you?”
[I appreciate your concern. However, I want to get my product into as many people’s hands as possible, so I will proceed with this price.]
Oh dear.
I’m not ready for an eight-year-old boy to worry about me.
I don’t mind pushing myself, but you’re right, Rion-kun, it won’t last.
I need someone else to make the goods besides me.
Yotsuba won’t be able to make anything but ice.
Nell and Mac-kun have jobs outside the store.
Hmmm.
…Oh, I know.
There are a lot of them in the forest.
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I went back into the forest and tried to ask the elves for help.
But they seemed busy, so I decided not to.
Sylph baa-san seemed to be willing to help, but I refused.
It is no good to force the elderly to work too hard.
“Nyaa— (Please cooperate.)”
“Krwaaagh! (Why me?!)”
“Nyaa (Because everyone seems busy and you seem to have a lot of time on your hands.)”
“Grawwwh! (I won’t work like a poverty-stricken person!
I have to maintain my dignity as a Holy Dragon.)”
“Nyaa— (Wait a minute. The goods you make will be sold in town, right?
If your goods are good enough, you’ll be thanked and maybe even revered?)”
“Graarh! (Leave it to me!)”
It’s easy.
Now, all I have to do is use the title [Lord of the Forest] to get the others in the forest to cooperate with me. As compensation for their labour, I’ll share some of the food I bought in town.
The Franbel Forest Plant is up and running.