Chapter 22 – Store Expansion (3)

A few days have passed since Liv started working at the canteen.
The best thing about hiring her is that she gets to indirectly experience the quality of life that only her wizards enjoy.
How nice it is to see the shelves and shelves that you used to brush with a broom every day become neat and tidy with just one magic stroke.
Of course, it was a difficult magic that even those with a reasonable level of skill would not be able to handle, but Liv easily did it.

In addition, I don’t know if it’s an added effect, but the number of customers at the canteen has increased significantly.
Most of them were men.
These bastards wouldn’t even show their noses when I was at the counter, but they would come in like a cloud only when Liv went to work.
There were even people who obtained Liv’s timetable and waited in advance.

Conversely, did female students come to visit me when I was there?

— Bread Ju Se-yang.

Don’t say anything.

Anyway, sales went up, so I paid more attention to Liv than usual.
Should I say that I now know how the store manager feels when hiring a part-time job at a pretty PC room?
In fact, even if sales did not increase because of the ribs, some consideration would have been given.
Because I didn’t know her situation.

Just very trivial things.
They say it’s okay to study privately when there are no guests.
Since I don’t have any money right now, I can either pay my salary in advance.
Since the hourly wage was not high, the working hours were increased as much as possible.

Isn’t this a really great employer?
At least I am confident that I will not listen to old people.

“President. “I’ve finished clearing out my inventory.”

A quiet, sweet voice calling me while I was reading the newspaper.
As I knew before, Liv was not at all the fair-minded type like Adella.
Rather than smiling, he often had a deadpan expression or was thinking deeply about something, but it was slightly different from the cold indifference of a late-night convenience store worker.

Like swimming slowly in the deep sea.
Every action is prudent, and the mind is upright.
When I taught something, his dark eyes lit up and he tried to learn it as quickly as possible.
She had a habit of putting her finger to her mouth whenever she didn’t understand something.

“Good job, Baron Reeve.”
“The Baron… “Just call me Liv, boss.”

And yet, the awkward expression she shows from time to time, breaking through her impregnable impression, suddenly ignites a fire in her heart.
If this person were the princess of Penheim, I wouldn’t have regretted rejecting the offer at that time.

“Come and sit down. “There will be no customers at this time for the time being.”

He bowed his head, took out a book from his bag, and sat down next to him.
The distance is so close that you can even hear breathing.

An attitude that doesn’t falter in the slightest while turning the pages of a book.
Could a person straighten his back like this?
I know it’s the Ministry of Magic, not the Knights’ Club, but it would definitely have been active even if the magician didn’t have a wand.

I glanced at her, pretending to look at her newspaper, at the spellbook she was reading.
Liv seemed to sense her gaze, but since I was sometimes interested in her books, she didn’t react much.
Instead, the nose moves slightly.
You probably don’t think it smells.
I quietly moved her chair to increase the distance between me and her.

***

Mado is one of many perspectives on the world.
These were the words of Terra Ernisten, whom all wizards respected.

Since she was working at the canteen, Liv seemed to have some idea of ​​what that meant.
A couple choosing a quill at the entrance, a second grader walking toward the cafeteria after smelling bread, and warm sunlight coming through the large glass window.
As I sat at the counter of the store where I always went to buy things, the scenery I saw was completely different even though it was the same space.

The president has always looked at students from this perspective.
There were a few other things I learned about Lewis.

First of all, as Karen said before, it wasn’t like her hair was like dog hair or had a strange smell.
On the contrary, she was very neat, as you can see from the way she organized every corner of the store.
And she doesn’t seem to have any lovers outside the academy.
Sometimes, when I stopped by the store early in the morning, I would often come down from the second floor dressed in shabby clothes.

Another one. She seems to like books.
She was surprisingly knowledgeable about history as she often talked about it while studying.
In particular, she often insisted that she was right, even if the information about the Great War differed from her textbook.
Besides that, there was another part that really surprised Liv.

“President. “How do you read this?”

She asked Lewis, who had been glancing at her a little while ago, what was written in her book.
Magic books handed down from ancient times were often difficult to interpret due to a mixture of runes and archaic words.
From the second year onwards, a subject called ‘Introduction to Magic Essential Linguistics’ is offered.
However, Lewis took a quick look at the word she pointed to with her hand, and she answered indifferently.

“〈phaínou〉. It means to shine. If we interpret the previous sentence together, it means ‘Shine at the tip of the living spear.’ “I think it’s about the photon magic used by ancient magic spearmen.”

There was literally no walking dictionary.
Rather than thinking about it a bit before answering, I was just reading the text in front of me.
At times, she couldn’t help but ask how Liv, who was indifferent to other people, especially men, knew that.

“Well? “I’ve never really been conscious of it because it’s an automatic translation.”

The answer that came back was completely incomprehensible.

Besides that, there were many things I wanted to ask, many things I wanted to know, and conversely, many things I wanted to tell even a little bit.
However, Liv could not easily open her mouth due to Louis’ actions, which seemed to intentionally distance himself from her.
Even now, when I asked her a few light questions, she said that she suddenly remembered something to do, closed the newspaper, and got up.

“I’m here, teacher~! “Give me some bread!”

And what I do is not a chore or anything else, but just greeting the first graders who often come to the cafeteria.
Unlike how he deals with himself, he is very nonchalant. They may pull their hair or play with their bread.

‘What…’

It was a contrast to himself sitting at the counter and reading a book.
Eventually, someone approached Liv, who was trying to focus on her studies again with her head down.
It was a couple who had been choosing quills to give each other as gifts a little while ago.

“Hey. How much is this?”
“Oh, it’s 12 silver each.”
“Then give me two.”
“All right. Are you just taking it with you?”
“Yes. Oh…”

The two men and women make awkward expressions after handing over 24 silver coins.
What’s going on? As Liv looked puzzled, a woman wearing a green cape came closer.
Then he looked around her and asked in a low voice in her ear.

‘Can you give me a box of condoms too?’
“… !!”

Liv’s surprised face turned red.
What should I do? Was something like that in the store in the first place?

“Ah, ah… Now, just wait a moment… !”

Liv found Louis. He was swinging bread on a fishing pole above Adela’s head.
She left the counter and opened her outer door with stiff steps.
Then he pulled on Lewis’s clothes and called him out.

“Sa, Sa Sa Boss! Hey, over there…”
“Huh? “What’s going on?”
“Hey, that… Ho, maybe it’s inside lol… ㅗㄴ…”
“Yes? What did you say?”

Her face was about to explode with embarrassment, but she had to ask him.
A trembling finger points to a couple waiting at the counter.
Then, he lifted his tiptoes and whispered into Lewis’s ear in a very low voice.

‘We, birth control… I also sell compositions… ?’
“Ah.”

After hearing those words, Lewis nodded his head.

“Of course there is.”

***

Historically, the sex lives of nobles were never promiscuous.
Even in other worlds, that rule seemed to apply.
Isn’t the Academy even a meeting place where fresh-faced adult men and women who are about to debut or have just completed their debut in the social world gather together?
Even if there was no marriage between families, there were frequent cases of love and separation.

“Come over here.”

I took Liv to a corner inside the store.
There was a door there that could only be opened with a key.
I kindly explained it to her, who still couldn’t shake off her shyness.

“I forgot about it because I don’t often find adult products in stores. Usually, I receive it secretly from the family servants or purchase it in downtown Parenzia.”
“…”
“Baron?”
“Yes…”

It looks like he is in great shock as he just bows his head and wiggles around.
Of course, when I first opened a store and saw students looking for things like condoms and gel, I lamented that kids these days are very fussy.
But I’m quite used to it now.
I usually ask at the counter in the middle of the night or when no one is around, but after watching for three years, I have the slight reaction of getting a rough idea of ​​the student’s sex life.
At least, as far as I can remember, our Baron Reeve has never asked for it directly, so it’s not like I can’t understand this reaction.

“Let’s see…”

Slam!

When the door opened, numerous sexual instruments were seen inside.
These were mainly brought from Kano’s workshop, and were in fact toxic inventory.

“Please note that we have placed them in order of selling best, starting from the one closest to the entrance. Condoms are on this shelf… “How much did you ask for?”
“Ah, huh…”
“Baron?”
“Ha, just one!”

Condoms are not sold individually?
Liv is covering her face with both hands, blushing to the very tips of her ebony hair.
I wondered if I would ever get married like this, but I guess I wouldn’t interfere with someone else’s sex life.
Still, just in case, I took a box of her condoms and secretly asked her as well.
It was a pure intention.

“I’ll bring you a box too, Baron, if you need it…” …”
“Well, I don’t use things like that!!”

Wow.
You are unconventional.

Liv realized what a mistake she had made and now even her lips turned pale.

“Ahhh… ! It’s not like that…”
“Well, that could be true. “I’ll keep it a secret.”
“No! Because that’s not what I meant!!”

This is fun.
It was surprisingly interesting to make fun of the girl who was like a rock to her.
Eventually, Liv’s legs gave out and she came out, half-leaning on me.

Adela was watching this from outside her stall.