episode_0158

From the looks of it, Erintina seemed very satisfied with the results of the reinforcement.

His voice was full of strong emotions, perhaps because he was excited by the taste of blood he had tasted for the first time in a long time.

Perhaps not only Commander Thalia but also Erintina herself would have been very surprised to see her improved abilities.

Knowing vaguely that you have grown is bound to be completely different from actually using your abilities.

‘Because it’s the front line, there are a lot of places to use your skills, so you’ll have fun.’

The unique equipment is still only level 10 and the bead enhancement has only reached level 2, but the sense of growth will be something that cannot be ignored.

Plus Erintina…

He knew that he still had room for further growth.

[But he said he needed to see you in person and have a conversation. He said that if we succeed in persuading him there, he will be able to send an official letter of cooperation to the Academy as you said. I think this is all I can do. I will be waiting for you here, so hurry up and come.]

At the end of these words, Erintina’s voice bursts out! And it cut off.

It seemed that Erintina’s skills alone were not enough to make Commander Thalia move right away.

Although the results did not meet my expectations, it was true that my hopes were too high, so I decided to pack my bags.

‘I just need to know that my plan isn’t nonsense.’

A ridiculous plan to send an official letter of cooperation to the academy and entrust the students with Monster Wave.

If I had said that, I would have been shut out.

At least since she was Erin Tina, she at least pretended to listen.

“We’re almost halfway there.”

All I have to do is put a spoon on the table that Erintina has prepared.

I prepared to move to the front lines with a lighter heart.

Let’s think of it as a good thing.

I thought I would take this opportunity to stop by the branch I had set up on the front line and check to see if it was running well.

‘It’s not very trustworthy to use people to manage it.’

No matter how much money is paid and how many people are employed, if the worker realizes that the owner does not care, he or she will inevitably become careless.

In particular, I was in a situation where I couldn’t move from a long distance.

If the reason for running that branch was to make ‘money’, I would never have done it.

There is nothing more foolish than entrusting the store to someone who has no trust whatsoever and is hired solely for money.

‘Anyway, I’m worried about Baine. You seem very anxious. ‘I told you not to worry, but that doesn’t mean things will work out the way you want.’

In fact, there is quite a bit of weight on my shoulders right now.

After sending away the children who came running excitedly after hearing Commander Thalia’s story, Baine came to see me alone.

Who would be fine if their mother said it was dangerous?

I gave Baine a detailed explanation of the commander’s situation and what I planned to do next without hiding anything.

There was no reason to keep it a secret and make me anxious.

Baine was relieved after hearing my explanation, but he was also worried because he knew what kind of person Commander Thalia was.

I knew very well that if I wanted to persuade my mother, I wouldn’t be able to do anything.

‘If you look at things like that, it means that it’s not like you don’t know anything about your mother.’

I appealed to Baine that I was confident in persuading him, and surprisingly, he believed me and decided to wait.

“I’m sure you’re training hard, so please convince your mother and call us. “Did you know?”

After hearing this, how could it be possible without your shoulders feeling heavy?

Still, with Erintina’s cooperation, I will soon be able to let go of this heavy burden.

‘I need to resolve this as soon as possible so I don’t have to worry about it for a long time.’

In fact, in my heart, I thought there was no way the plan could fail.

If Commander Thalia is a calculating person, she will have no choice but to agree to my plan.

“Shall we move a little faster?”

Normally, I would use a carriage as a means of transportation to the front line, but I thought why not actively use my abilities in a situation where I was having a bad day.

If weight control and telekinetic flight were used as a means of transportation, speeds comparable to those of the Spirit of Erintina might be achieved.

In the meantime, I continued to practice flying, steadily increasing my speed control, direction changes, and holding time.

And I thought now was the time to feel the results of my training.

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Around the time when the monster wave occurred.

I sent someone to the front line and purchased a simple store and warehouse.

Since it was the front line, it didn’t cost much money.

And we regularly sent consumables there that would one day be useful.

‘Because the monster wave will definitely explode.’

The plan was to stock it up in the warehouse in advance so that people could use it when the monster wave broke out.

And after a while of actually preparing, the monster wave broke out.

The items we prepared succeeded in rescuing people in crisis as intended.

From then on, there was no need to stock up on a lot of consumables, so we only did moderate maintenance.

“… “I’m sorry, but is that store a bar?”

…I thought it was run that way.

What I had apparently purchased was a small store and warehouse, but it turned into a two-story store that was much larger than I expected.

Also, instead of a general store selling consumables, it’s changed into a store selling alcohol, right?

It was something that made me doubt my eyes.

“Don’t you know it when you see it? “Are you blind?”

I guess I wasn’t crazy because other people saw it too.

“No, I can see it clearly. “It’s a bar.”

“Then you just have to believe what you see, why do you check it twice with others? “He’s a strange person.”

I couldn’t explain the situation to someone passing by, so I didn’t answer.

But if he knows the situation, he will be able to understand how I feel.

I was told to run a general store, not a bar.

However, the store I had purchased with my own money had turned into a bar.

So it cannot help but be absurd and ridiculous.

‘It’s beyond imagination.’

Is it okay for the owner to not know that the store job is changing?

The idea was to just briefly check before going to Commander Thalia.

Since I had important work ahead of me, I wanted to focus on one thing.

But it seems like everything is wrong.

How did a general store end up selling alcohol? Shouldn’t we hear the whole story?

I put on my hood a little deeper and went into the store.

“excuse me.”

“Welcome~ You can sit in any empty seat!”

What was even more surprising was that when I went inside, the female employee naturally tried to guide me to my seat.

“Are you an employee here?”

“yes? of course. “If you’re not an employee, what do you look like?”

“…It would make sense for this to be a bar.”

“It’s a bar because it sells alcohol, right?”

“By any chance, where is the owner here?”

“Why are you looking for the owner again? “Please tell me.”

“Because it’s something I need to talk about when I meet with the owner.”

“The owner is my dad, so you can talk to me.”

The owner is my father… .

There is no reason for me to have an eldest daughter like that, so she will be the daughter of the person who entrusted the store to me.

The female employee’s eyes were suspicious, as if she had become wary of my continued questions.

“I didn’t think it would make sense to him, so I asked him to call the owner.”

“See it here? “If you do something strange, the people here won’t leave you alone.”

When I looked at the direction the female employee pointed to, surprisingly, there was a note written that the military directly manages the security of this store.

“What is this again? “I’m going to be thrilled.”

It was absurd.

Why does the military manage security at someone else’s store?

It seemed like the person I hired was hiding a lot from me.

It was unacceptable for things to escalate to this extent.

‘I thought I’d see a store full of flies.’

I felt like I needed to reveal everything he had been hiding and listen to it.

“Perhaps it would be better for you to call your father.”

“…Wait a moment.”

The female employee, who was concerned about what I said, said she understood and moved.

“dad!!! A guest has arrived. “I heard you’re the one who came to visit my father?”

“customer? “What kind of customer?”

The man who came out of the kitchen after hearing his daughter’s words looked at me and tilted his head.

“who are you?”

Only then did I turn over the hood and speak to the man.

“Don’t you think we have a lot to talk about?”

“!!!”

It was only natural that the man’s expression became contemplative when he saw my face.

＊ ＊ ＊

“I’m really sorry!!!”

A man with his head bent 90 degrees asked me to apologize.

Just as a needle thief inevitably becomes a cow thief, it is said that the man initially had no intention of making it this big of a deal.

“After the monster wave broke out, as we reported, it was completely destroyed due to monster attacks and had to be rebuilt. But when we were trying to rebuild the store, help came from an unexpected place.”

The place where help came was none other than the military.

From other people’s perspectives, the man was a hero who used all his possessions to stop the monster wave, and the military appreciated this and dispatched soldiers to help build the store.

The problem started here.

“The county already said they would pay more attention to rebuilding.”

The shabby store and warehouse were converted into a stylish second floor, and it became a rather decent warehouse.

And from this point on, the man who had not thought much about it began to become greedy.

“They said it would be a waste to open a general store with such a good store. “There were many people who said they would become regulars if I opened a bar.”

“I asked you to stay out of sight, right?”

The situation is completely different from what I requested.

I was greedy, but I couldn’t have reported it honestly.

In the end, the man who was captivated by the words of people around him changed his business to a bar, and became a huge success thanks to the soldiers who promised to become regulars and kept their word.

Due to the daily blood-draining monster wave, alcohol was sold at a rapid pace.

Thanks to this, I was able to make quite a bit of money.

“So it has been operated as a bar until now?”

“I’m really sorry.”

In the end, the man took advantage of the goodwill he received from the items I provided for his own benefit.

How will people view the man if they find out about this?

“What did you do with the items I kept sending you? “Didn’t you consistently send me the money from the sales of your items?”

“Soldiers often bought it. It’s at a level where we can’t get it because we don’t have it on the front line… . Still, I didn’t sell it for more money! “He told me never to do that.”

“That’s good. Hmm.”

He must have sensed that I was contemplating what to do with the man, so he continued speaking urgently.

“I unintentionally ran the store in a strange way, but I never told anyone about my employer’s identity.”

“If you didn’t even do that, do you think you would be entitled to see my face?”

To other people, the front line is a harsh and difficult place to live.

But a man who has tasted the sweet money here will not want to leave the front lines.

Didn’t he risk his life and death in the store to the point where he called his daughter?

The man glanced at me and said.

“I…I know it’s shameless, but can you give me a little time? I will take responsibility for purchasing this building.”

…what?