Chapter 24 – Store Expansion (5)

— 10 Hippogriff Feathers and a packet of Litweiss Test Papers. It’s 1 gold and 50 silver.
— Bread? What I received this morning were sausage bread, pizza bread, and red bean bread left.
– Sorry. I don’t have time this evening.
— Not even tomorrow evening. No lunch either.
— I have no intention of going into the salon. Are you going to calculate it?
– Lol… ! Please inquire separately at the counter during your free time!

Liv Labre is busy working.
Adela, who was watching her from a corner of her stall, could not understand her Louise’s decision to hire Liv as her clerk.
Why am I better in every way?

I also did some thorough research.
Liv Labre des Greenwood.
At best, there are no baronies, no fiefdoms, no operating superiors or knights.
Even the family name Greenwood wasn’t that famous.
Isn’t Greenwood Forest located at the end of the Ravier Mountains, currently designated as an evacuation area with a no-access order?
It is impossible to run a fiefdom in such a place.

It doesn’t look like he has a lot of money.
The only accessory she wore from head to toe was a cheap scrunchie with her long hair tied up in an appropriate amount.
A student with a lot of money wouldn’t work at a cafeteria in the first place.
Maybe there is another purpose.

“Please give me bread.”
“How may I help you?”
“Two sausage buns on the far left.”

When I look at it up close, I don’t think it has a particularly pretty face.
Although the hands that put the bread in the bag are nice and the goods are being sold with an orderly expression, there are letters piled up next to the money box, but that is not the case.

If you have that kind of personality, you definitely won’t have many friends.
I had the impression that I would just read books in the library all day.

“Live! Are you really working at the canteen?”
“Karen. “If you want to buy something, stand in line.”
“Come on, let’s go into Professor Fabret’s lab with me. “Work here is hard.”
“Not really. “The boss took good care of me.”

Obviously friends…

“Senior Liv, hello. “I enjoyed the magic competition!”
“Thank you. Excuse me, but my name is… ?”
“I’m Charlotte, and this is Scala! “We both entered school this year!”

There won’t be many…

“Liv Labre. What a surprise to meet you in a place like this. Last time, he suddenly ran out and surprised me. “Did you get the results you wanted?”
“Ah, Professor Glatos. I was grateful last time. If it’s about the Litweis exam paper… I do not know.”
“Didn’t I tell you not to forget your records? Even students like you make mistakes. Well, okay. “Give me a cigarette.”

I guess…

Adela, who was standing in front of the cash register, felt a little intimidated.
On the other hand, Liv, who was packing the bread she requested, also remembered Adella.

A child who unleashed magic during the Great War.
I don’t know if it was intentional or a mistake, but that gave the first year a victory.
As a result, she was unable to win the prize money and ended up working at a concession stand to get out of her penniless situation.
I don’t think of that as a bad thing, but——.

“It’s 6 silver.”
“Here you go.”

The gazes of the two people subtly crossed as they handed money and bread to each other.
Adela was the first to open her mouth.

“It takes a long time to buy things these days.”
“Yes. “Her number of customers has increased significantly.”

Liv calmly answered this innocent-looking freshman’s nuanced question, “Aren’t you not doing things right?”
And he said, looking down under the floating cape that had been slightly bothersome from earlier.

“Isn’t it a lot? “To eat two by myself.”

Obviously, the bread sold at the store, unlike the one from a high-end bakery, was sourced from a bakery frequented by the commoners of Farencia.
Although it did not bring out the luxurious taste, it was a burdensome amount for one woman to eat more than one in one sitting.

“Aren’t you going to eat alone?”
“Then?”
“I’m going to eat with Teacher Lewis.”

Liv’s iron-clad expression frowned slightly at Adela’s bold answer.
Lewis was currently working hard on construction outside to expand the concession stand.

“The boss is busy. Also, wouldn’t it be better not to go because materials are piled up behind the store and it’s dangerous?”
“Danger?”

Adela laughed lightly.
And she said, pointing to her four-leaf medal hanging on her chest.

“I am Rochear.”

It was something she had never done before in her life. At the same time, it was an act prohibited within the Academy.
It’s about family origin. But Adela didn’t really care.
What if the new part-time worker at the cafeteria is popular with people?
Even now, there was only one person who was beating my pounding heart.

But–

“Then I will know better.”

Liv wasn’t very perturbed. She was rather pathetic.
This was because there was no one in the Academy who did not know the reputation of Adela Sylvester.

“Your actions now do not live up to the name of Rochear.”

***

Work is truly enjoyable.
Of course, expanding the store was to make money, but it also had a self-satisfying aspect.
Seeing the building being built quickly gave me a catharsis that I had not felt even during my Hero days.

With this, I am one step closer to becoming an absolute being that everyone on Earth envies.
A three-story townhouse. There is a store on the first floor. Next to it is a small cafe. Real part-time workers and customers flocking together.
I’m sure my former colleagues will be jealous when they see that I’ve achieved what I wanted.

“Teacher~.”

Adela came to see me while I was working hard on construction.
Although she hasn’t had much contact with her since her last fight against magic, she still calls him her teacher.
On the other hand, I had no intention of pretending to be her teacher.
Adela’s fundamental magic skills did not improve even though she had used her magical power a few times, and more than anything, she almost killed her by mistake when she collapsed after drinking water due to her magic overflow.

One mistake is enough.
The majority of people, especially students attending academies, are not as strong as their peers.
It was a fact that should never be forgotten.

“What’s the matter?”
“Would you like some bread? “It’s lunch in a little while, aren’t you hungry?”

I don’t know if he actually remembered what happened back then or if he had completely forgotten it, but he kept coming to see me as if nothing had happened.
Come to think of it, is it already noon? Things get busy from 12 o’clock.
Liv and I had to finish our meal while there was still time left.

If you’re a part-time worker at a cafeteria, you have to be treated well even on Earth to be at the level of Pyeonsoon, so you should at least get paid a decent meal.
I couldn’t allow Liv to fill her meals with bread sold at the store like before.
Due to her personality, even if she is given separate meal allowance, she will try to save it rather than buy food with it.

So, even if it was a little annoying, I planned to cook some food on the second floor and bring it to them.
While I was eating, I also took care of mine.

“I’m done. “You bought it, so eat it.”
“Still…”
“You paid the money, right? “If I steal it again, I know I’ll find it even if I run to the end of the continent.”

I dusted off her dusty hands and patted Adela’s head moderately.
And just as I was about to leave, Adela grabbed my sleeve.

“Teacher…”
“Huh?”
“Teacher… “Do you like smart people?”

According to common sense, right?
As I said before, the kind of person I wanted to take care of was firm.
Study hard, or else fight hard.

Looking back now, it may not simply be a matter of whether one is smart or not.
No matter what, people who work hard at their work seem to shine on their own.
Since this is an academy, the only things that appear are magic or swordsmanship.

“Well. “If possible, that would be better.”

However, I didn’t look at Adela particularly negatively.
In the first place, a person’s ideal type comes down to several factors.
Adela also has her own bubbly charm.
It’s my personal opinion, but if you wear a more formal dress at a social gathering, you’ll be flooded with requests for marriage talks.
She would be great with just a little bit of neatness. Like now, with her hands clasped together and looking this way ——

“Anyway, it’s dangerous here, so come next time. “You might get hurt.”

I quickly left the place due to strange feelings that stimulated sympathy and a desire for protection.
I scratched the back of my head for no reason because it itched.

***

Adella watched from her window as Louis gestured to Liv towards the second floor.
Baron Liv blushed and shook her head repeatedly, but later he pretended not to be able to resist, placed a sign on her counter indicating her absence, and entered her.

Nauseous emotions swirled around me. I grabbed the bag of bread so tightly that it seemed like it was going to tear.

I knew it. In the first place, no one will like you for being stupid.
I knew it. That he has never behaved in a manner befitting the Count Roshoard family.

But it was all her own choice.
Adela, who was walking shakily, bumped into someone.

“Oh, sorry…”
“Hey.”

When she raised her head, she saw her heavily distorted Ansen glaring at her.
Without saying a word, he took Adela to a dark, deserted place.

Puck!

A kick given without the slightest warning.
When Adela fell, Ansen stomped on her.

“This fucking bitch is fucking me!? You wanna die!?”
“…”

Ansen’s violence did not hurt at all.
There is only one sore spot. All I could think about was my heart that kept throbbing.

Pow!

“Cough… !”

Ansen felt something strange when he saw Adela rolling around in the dirty dirt and not making a single sound.
Did she hit some dangerous places?
Ansen, who lifted her blue hair, was slightly frightened by her inorganic eyes.
It was as if she was not the Banpoon I had ever known.

“Fuck. “Have you tasted it?”
“…”
“It’s okay, be prepared for the future. I don’t know what they did, but I will destroy everyone, including the owner of the store you were with. “Tsk!”

Ansen spat one last time and walked away.
After he disappeared, Adela slowly got up.
When I stepped on her and pressed the part of her that had been touched, she felt a sharp pain.
If she had been hit just a little harder she might have really needed hospitalization.

“It hurts…”

Adela exhaled deeply and looked up at the sky. And she reflected on her life so far.

The moment her older sister, who always smiled warmly at her, inherited Roche Ar’s unique magic, that smile never appeared again.
She only became a spear that pierced through her demons, spraying out cold chills.
When she saw that image, she thought of Adela as a child. If I continue like this, my heart will be ripped out someday.

Thump, thump, thump.

The sound of footsteps approaching this way. The sound of old slippers, not the shoes or shoes designated by school rules.
Adela quickly got up on her feet.
She shouldn’t be caught yet. She has to hide it no matter how much it hurts her heart.

She married a nobleman above the rank of count, until she fled from Rochear.

I put on my dusty hat——

Turning the medal on her chest askew ——

Adela faced her Luis who had come to visit her.

“What, you were here. I had pasta, but I had some… “Why are you like this?”

Pure

“Hehe, I fell while walking.”

Like a fool