episode_0107

“Ugh.”

“Sorry. I’ll just pass by. It’s not cutting in line.”

As I squeezed in first and created a path, the booth’s situation began to become visible.

“Lord, please stand in line… .”

First, I saw Yoo Seol struggling at the stand, and the two seniors who were increasing their sales one by one even in that situation.

“Eight. Don’t push me. I came first.”

“What are you talking about? I came as soon as the front door opened.”

“Hey. I’m the same too?”

And the crowd of people crowded in front of it were, of course, customers of our booth.

… … What is this all about?

Fortunately, nothing major happened to the seniors as I had worried.

No, if that were a big deal, it would be a big deal.

I don’t know why, but as soon as the entrance to the festival venue opened, people rushed to our booth.

“What happened?”

The manager, who was looking at the same scene as me, said.

… That’s right.

While we were asking a lot of question marks, Yoo Seol and I happened to make eye contact.

“Oh! Everyone is here! Come quickly and help me.”

Following Yu Seol’s words, people’s eyes followed her gaze and turned towards us.

And, one by one, the people looking at us swallowed their breath.

“Gasp. Crazy.”

“Father, get out of the way quickly.“

The heat that had been building up as if a fight would break out at any moment became round as if it had never happened before.

It was a good idea to put the manager first.

They say the power of beauty is great.

Grrrr.

We moved along a path that opened like a miracle of Moses.

“Let’s take care of business first and then listen to what you have to say.”

When we arrived at the booth, we divided the number of people according to the manager’s instructions.

Outside the booth, the people in control were me, the manager, Lee Se-ah, and Seong Yu-rin.

Lee So-yoon was dispatched to help with the work inside the booth.

Thanks to this, we were able to expand the sales line from one line to two lines and organize the situation twice as fast.

I took a breather as the waiting line quickly decreased.

It was thanks to the people laughing and following the control of Manager, Lee Se-ah, and Seong Yu-rin.

After all, the power of beauty is great.

… Well, my role is just to protect the side to prevent unpleasant things from happening.

* * *

After all the fuss, all the goods were sold out.

People who couldn’t buy goods despite waiting in line expressed their dissatisfaction, but what can I do if I don’t have any? I can’t make it right away.

We tried to ignore the goods and the lingering looks toward our female members and closed the booth tent with an apology.

We sat together in a narrow booth, barely able to get there.

The manager finally took a breath and spoke.

“What is all this about?”

In response to the manager’s question, Yoo Seol pointed to me.

“It’s all because of you.”

“Me?“

Senior Seongho spoke on behalf of Yoo Seol.

“Jin Lee is more famous than you thought… .”

Senior Juyong heard those words and quenched his appetite.

“I should have expected it to fill up to 500 people in an instant.”

“Yes? Well, all those people… ?”

In response to my question, the two seniors nodded at the same time, confirming that my thoughts were correct.

“Yes. I heard you came here to buy your goods?”

“This is the first merchandise and autograph you have released while working as an illustrator, and it seems to have been quite a hot topic on the Internet. Even people who weren’t fans of this game were very interested.”

When I heard that, I nodded.

“This is definitely my first time.”

Once again, I felt overwhelmed.

I can’t believe there were so many fans… .

me. You’ve been working pretty hard.

As I was feeling emotional alone, Yoo Seol made a noise of disgust.

“I don’t know how many people asked me if I was Seojin.”

Yu Seol sighed deeply.

It seemed like they had suffered quite a bit before we arrived.

It was fortunate that it arrived quickly.

“Haha… Sorry.”

“Hehe. Still, Seol, you had a few guests too.”

Seongho senior smiled and looked at Yuseol.

I was surprised to hear that and asked back.

“Oh. Really?”

To my question, Yoo Seol quickly answered while covering Seongho’s mouth.

“Hmph. About one in ten? Well, before I came in, there was someone who mistook me for Koseo, so I told them I was an illustrator and they just came looking for me.”

Yuseol poured out words.

He said this while turning his head, but the corners of his mouth were fluttering as if he was in a good mood on the inside.

On the contrary, because we turned our heads, the image was clearly visible to us, and we all couldn’t help but burst out laughing when we saw that cute appearance.

“Well, what is it? Don’t laugh!”

So, with unexpected success, our club was able to finish the work at the booth faster than expected.

* * *

“Time flew by unexpectedly.”

“In the meantime, how about everyone enjoying the event? Especially Lee Jin, your friends came to play, but you only made them work today.”

Senior Seongho said as he organized the proceeds.

“Oh. are you okay. It was fun!”

Se-ah Lee quickly waved her hand, saying it was okay, but I was also starting to feel a little concerned.

“It’s almost time for lunch. Come with me. We’ll finish this. Because I’m in charge of the booth.”

“Wouldn’t it be okay if we finished everything and went together?”

Senior Jooyong shook his head at my words.

“That’s it. There are more people than expected today, so it will be crowded. It’s easier for us to eat separately.”

“Is that so… .”

After continued persuasion from our two seniors, we eventually got up from our seats.

“Then, I’ll go first.”

“Yes. See you in the waiting room. ah. Leave your sword and shield here. It’s inconvenient to carry around. We’ll take it.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

I bowed my head at Seongho’s kindness.

“Yoo Ara and Yu Seol, you two should just go and eat together first.”

“Yes? no. Let me help you.”

“All you have to do is organize your ledgers and throw away the trash, and that’s it. Yuara, you came here to help me for a while anyway. Seol, you had a hard time dealing with customers alone. Because we only carried the luggage from behind. I have to do this much.”

“Ugh… . Is that so?”

So we left the booth, leaving behind the vice president and the secretary.

“… and. Please call me manager!”

“Yes, yes. Manager, please come back.”

After the rumor came out, senior Seongho flashed his thumbs up at me as I closed the tent again.

“… … … ??”

I don’t know the English, but we exchanged compliments.

“The seniors are nice.”

“Hmm. what. That’s right.”

They are good people except that they occasionally reveal their sinister intentions.

… Wait a minute, is it possible that they wanted to steal the profits or falsify the ledgers by asking us first… … .

No, no.

Should we be suspicious of people who have shown us favor?

I shook my head.

I had a bad idea.

I apologized to my two seniors in my mind and looked ahead.

“Shall we go to the place we saw earlier?”

“Hmm! Yes. Is everyone okay? It’s here.”

The manager said that and took out a pamphlet from his pocket.

The manager pointed to the cute character and held it up in front for everyone to see.

what… The only information you can tell by looking at it is that ‘it’s a cafe that sells food.’

Anyway, none of the people standing here knew the geography of this area, so we followed the manager in silence.

When I came out of the booth again, there were definitely fewer people gathered than before.

However, I could not help but still be attracted to attention.

Since each of them were beauties with unique personalities, more and more eyes were focused on me.

There is nothing we can do because it is the first point of the group.

You can think of me as just a bodyguard or something… .

On the way to the cafe, I saw the children looking around and spoke to them.

“How about it? Something that piques interest. Are there any?”

“Umm~ This is it! I don’t really have anything I want to do… I just want to look around more because everything about this place is so amazing.”

Lee So-yoon jumped out next to Lee Se-ah, who was the first to answer my question.

“I want to buy souvenirs while I’m here.”

“Really?”

Naturally, we turned our attention to Seong Yu-rin, who was expected to speak next.

“… … … .”

However, Seong Yu-rin seemed to have not heard the conversation and was looking somewhere else.

“Huh?”

I wondered what he was looking at to make him so focused, so I followed his gaze and found a photo zone where many cosplayers had gathered.

Hmm. Now that I think about it, I was already very interested in the manager’s cosplay costume.

I took a step closer to her and spoke again.

“Cosplay. Are you interested?”

“Heh? Oh, no.”

Was it a little close?

Seong Yu-rin, who seemed surprised, made a strange sound and shook her head.

“Even though you said that, you were looking very carefully, right?”

“… … Because I thought the clothes were pretty.”

She hesitated and spoke her true feelings.

“Then how about going here after lunch?”

The manager who was leading the way suddenly joined the conversation and said.

In the pamphlet that came out again, this time the manager’s finger pointed to exactly where it was.

It was a cosplay experience booth.