episode_0087

“mister! how have you been doing?”

“hello.”

“Ugh… “Hello, boss.”

“… … .”

Around lunchtime on the weekend.

Four girls flocked to the general store.

Among them, there was one girl I had never seen before.

No, more accurately, a girl who should be the first face you officially see.

A pretty girl, all blue, was looking up at me calmly.

“hello.”

The girl made eye contact with me and only then did she gently say hello.

Shine put his arm on the girl’s shoulder and said.

“This guy is Vine and he’s a student in our class. He said he had something to buy so I came with him. Don’t you think this place needs some publicity? “The product is good, but business is not going well.”

“That’s right. If the promotion had been good, this place would have been overflowing with people, right?”

“But the boss said he didn’t like having too many customers.”

If only four girls visited and you’re already so crazy, I think it’s better not to do anything like publicity.

“Why did you come rushing in?”

“It’s because the test is coming soon. “The written exam is a problem, but you also need to prepare for the practical exam in advance.”

“If you don’t buy it in advance, you’ll run out.”

“I think I could have prepared late because there are a lot of people I don’t know here.”

The three girls chatter and chatter.

The aqua-colored girl rolled her eyes and was looking around the general store.

I was a little confused because I didn’t know that girl would come into the general store like this.

I wasn’t surprised because SSR suddenly appeared.

‘I need to sell unique weapons.’

I was just embarrassed when I suddenly had the opportunity to sell a unique weapon.

If you wait a while, you will have the opportunity to talk to Baine separately.

I decided to wait until then.

“excuse me… president?”

“??”

When the kids disappeared, saying they were going to pick out items, Ariando sneakily approached me and spoke to me.

It seemed like something was bothering me because he couldn’t look me in the eye from earlier.

“Is there anyone from our family who came here?”

“In your family?”

“Yes.”

“About the beads?”

“No… .”

As I was listening to Ariando’s sullen voice, I couldn’t control my facial expression.

“Foot, why are you being so serious? “Don’t worry and just go play with your friends.”

Ssuk seu ㅡ

Ariando stroked his head.

“Your father came and went.”

“!!”

It was clear that Ariando was having a hard time.

This may be because a few days ago, Ariando’s father, the Duke, came to our general store and talked openly.

* * *

“Hmm, I came here because of my daughter’s problem. “Can we talk for a moment?”

“……”

The Duke entered the general store alone when it was closing.

The characteristic high-handed atmosphere of nobles was flowing, but it looked somewhat awkward.

‘I feel like a puppy that wants to poop.’

While I was thinking about something else for a moment, the duke also changed his tone to see what he was thinking.

“Can we talk?”

The duke asks to speak to me once again.

When he says that, he smiles as if he has done something very rewarding.

‘It seems like the only thing nobles can do to treat commoners is to show respect.’

I felt like I knew what he was thinking.

“What brought you here?”

“This is Ariando’s father.”

“So.”

“…I guess I didn’t hear anything from my daughter.”

“doesn’t exist. “Why did you come all the way here?”

Didn’t a shabby person come to my precious general store?

If it’s not SSR, I hope you turn it off quietly.

Although I pretended not to know, I actually knew why the duke came here.

Wasn’t it not long after I sent Ariando to tell him to investigate because your family was suspicious?

In the midst of this, the Duke’s visit to the general store was like proving to anyone that he was the culprit.

“Something strange has happened recently… Well, that happened because I ordered it. I misunderstood between you and my daughter. “I apologize for doing something stupid without knowing that I was a bad father who did not trust my daughter.”

Is it because they are noble?

It’s clear that the person apologizing is over there, but somehow I feel like I’m in the position to apologize.

Doesn’t it seem as if they are being generous over there?

It was inevitable that my mind would become distorted, thinking that all nobles were like that.

“As expected, Ariando was the culprit. “It was completely absurd that he hired a woman and assigned me.”

“You’re a culprit! “I think you need to be careful with your words and actions.”

I shrug my shoulders and the duke goes on to make an excuse.

“What can’t a father who has a daughter do? If there is someone who gets in my daughter’s way, he can do even worse. That was just a taste.”

He was justifying himself by saying that it was something any father with a daughter could do.

“I’m not sure if I’m receiving an apology right now, or if I should be grateful for the apology and accept it. “Is it okay to think of it as the latter?”

“Hmm.”

“You kept clearing your throat earlier. If it’s uncomfortable, can you change your posture?”

How uncomfortable and awkward it would be for the duke, who must have lived a precious life, to come to apologize in an awkward way.

‘But should I be considerate of that?’

The duke, who seemed to be Ariando’s father and had a similar face, became sullen and spoke while trying not to show off.

“It’s just that my situation was like that.”

“My situation is like this, so you can understand it on your own?”

“Why are people so crooked!! And I didn’t intend to end with just words. “I have prepared a consolation gift at the door, so please check later.”

“Are you going to replace the apology with compensation?”

“Then what more do you want me to do?”

It seemed that the nobles, and indeed the head of the duke family, should be grateful that they had come in person to express their regrets with an honorific address.

“Well, that’s enough. I don’t want to raise my voice to get an apology that I don’t even mean. In that case, it is better to receive ‘material’ compensation.”

Since I found out that the other side was trying to make amends with rough words and appropriate compensation, I thought that it would be better for me to get the proper compensation from my side.

“Now it makes sense! “If you check the amount of consolation money, you will think it is not enough.”

“No, what I want is not money. As you can see, I don’t run a store to make a living.”

“then?”

“If what you want from the duke matriarch is power, right? Please use your power for me. “If you are the head of the family, it won’t be that difficult.”

Shouldn’t people be dragged into the military at this age?

I was thinking of solving it in return for this incident.

And after hearing the explanation of the situation, the duke spoke as if he had guessed.

“As expected, that bead was created with your own abilities?”

“I knew you guessed it after hearing that you asked me to find out about my identity. You might feel sorry for me, but I didn’t intentionally hide the fact that I was an awakened person. “It’s only been a few months since I woke up.”

The duke is surprised, as if he had guessed that I had been hiding the fact that I was an awakened person.

“How long ago did you awaken?”

“yes. Even though I was over 30, I was awakened. “I couldn’t report it because I felt like if I reported it now, the military would call me and say I was kindling.”

“We cannot lose an awakened person who has not yet discovered their potential in vain on the battlefield. I will solve that problem. However, you will need to undergo several tests. “To prove that you didn’t hide your abilities on purpose.”

“Anything is possible.”

He is an old man who can communicate quite well.

The attitude of apologizing was very angry, but isn’t that just the stubbornness that old people have?

Instead of receiving a superficial apology, I decided to be satisfied with receiving compensation that actually helped me.

It was a good situation for the duke because he didn’t have to bow down to a commoner, and for me, it was a good situation to solve a difficult problem.

We shook hands, satisfied with each other.

“and….”

and?

“If it happens, hehe! I’d like you to talk to my daughter.”

“What do you mean?”

“I said it was resolved well. “I guess it’s best to say the atmosphere wasn’t too bad.”

“… “Are you sincere?”

“Ariando was very heartbroken.”

I was wondering why the Duke himself came to apologize.

It seems that Ariando was loved by the Duke more than he thought.

“I don’t think you intend to hire people for free.”

“Is there anything more you want?”

“If something happens in the future that requires the duke’s family’s protection, I would like to receive help once more. Then, I will make sure there are no problems with this matter.”

“Okay, good. Let’s do it.”

A few days passed from that day and it was the weekend.

Ariando came to the general store with his friends and was looking at me hesitantly as if I hadn’t heard that things had been resolved.

‘The two have similar faces, but their personalities are completely different.’

Last time we parted ways, I assured him that something like that would not happen in our family, so he seemed embarrassed to see me.

Honestly, the misunderstanding by Ariando’s father, the Duke, is still ridiculous.

‘You’re hooking me up with a kid like that?’

How on earth could you possibly have thought that way?

For reference, Ariane’s head barely touches my chest.

It’s ridiculous that you put a guy like that on me.

“Did your dad really come and apologize in person?”

When Ariando heard me, his eyes widened and sparkled.

“Yes, he said he got scolded by you a lot, but he became sullen and asked me to please talk to my daughter.”

“Wow~ My dad really said that? I can’t believe it… .”

Even though he said he didn’t believe it, Ariando’s expression was getting brighter.

Even though I was really angry at my dad, I guess I didn’t know that the head of the duke family would come to me like crazy and hit me on the head to apologize.

Since that didn’t actually happen, that guess was correct.