episode_0019

“Whoa, it’s tough.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

After the students came and left in droves, Edin still had some time to catch his breath.

‘Phew… I was really hectic because there were so many questions.’

Still, I feel good that there are so many people who find me and want me.

He thought it was a good idea to work hard to accumulate knowledge.

“Edin. How do you feel on your first day of work?”

As he took a moment to catch his breath, the door to the general store opened and a woman familiar to him appeared.

“Lunarin.”

“Is it you again? They told me to call it comfortably. Now it’s a real place to work.”

Lunarin comes in smiling brightly.

As expected, today too, I am wearing a robe that is wide open at the chest and tight to the body, with nowhere to focus my eyes.

“Oh, Teacher Lunarin. Hello.”

“Oh my, Teacher Suiben! You are still in the process of handing over.”

Lunarin in Suiben.

As women in embarrassing outfits stood on both sides, Edin’s eyes were wandering as if he didn’t know what to do.

“I had no experience running a store properly, so I was getting some help from Mr. Suiben.”

Still, the person who recommended him seems to be showing signs of not being able to do it.

He looks a little embarrassed.

However, Suiben, who was watching him from the side, shook his head as if it was not like that at all.

“Still, it was great. Students ask a lot of questions, and you answer them all. It seemed like he was so knowledgeable that even quite a few veteran adventurers couldn’t compare.”

That has to be the case.

Basically, even if you are a veteran adventurer, you often acquire knowledge that is appropriate for your rank.

If you go on an A-rank adventure, you may know how to deal with wyverns and ogres well, but there is no need to learn goblins’ weaknesses or what to watch out for.

Conversely, E-F rank adventurers must memorize knowledge about goblins and kobolds, but do not know the characteristics of red orcs or high-level undead monsters.

I don’t know if it was someone like Larsen who came from the bottom without any talent and rose to A rank, but the average adventurer had no choice but to have only the level of knowledge at the level of the rank he had experienced.

Therefore, the academy teachers had quite a bit of trouble when they were first scouted.

No matter how many veterans were selected by rank.

In order to become a teacher and teach aspiring adventurers, you need to know the knowledge of all ranks.

Trying to learn this and that again was quite difficult.

And although the knowledge itself was wider than I thought, it was not as deep.

To make up for this, there were veteran adventurers of various ranks among the teachers.

But Edin was different.

Knowledge of monsters to be used at all ranks, terrain issues, and how to use consumables depending on the situation.

All of it came out as if it were the world’s greatest knowledge repository ‘library archive’ in the Wizard’s Guild.

The way he speaks without hesitation, not only about the actual requests faced by students from F to D ranks, but also about things like how to deal with gryphons and manticores, which he jokingly asks about just in case.

It could literally be said to be a library itself.

“As expected. It seemed like Edin would be the best candidate.”

Lunarin nodded with a proud smile after hearing those words.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I think I found my calling.”

“…?”

Seeing Edin expressing pure gratitude, Lunarin tilted her head.

‘weird. Normally, I would have felt burdened by something like that.’

Was there some kind of change of heart?

He seemed to have regained some of his self-esteem.

‘As expected, I think it was a good idea to recommend him for this job.’

It was a pity that I always worked for an idiot like Claude.

Because of that, my self-esteem was always at rock bottom.

Still, he took the job he recommended, and saw his value gradually becoming more apparent and improving.

Lunarin felt proud.

At the same time, I felt that it was a good time to feel grateful that it was all thanks to me.

“If you’re thankful, why don’t you buy me a meal?”

Lunarin felt her heart pounding as she asked.

It was the first time she had made a proposal to a man like this.

Although she has been approached by many men, including Saella.

I coldly rejected all of that.

If they saw Lunarin proposing a date like this first, all the men would probably be shocked.

‘No way…!’

Yes, I was so startled that I almost ran into a general store to hide or something.

Saela endured it with desperate patience.

‘her…! What an unbeautiful human being!’

Saela was careful not to reveal her energy and glared at Edin.

That man took away the beauty that he could not obtain… Lunarin Brettis.

That’s what I was thinking.

‘It’s only right for me to own something beautiful that matches that beauty.’

Saella’s pursuit of beauty has reached the level of worship.

That’s why he took care of his beauty, met many beautiful women, and didn’t have a good relationship with women.

Pursuing beauty.

That was his reason for living and his values.

That’s why he was so obsessed with Lunarin, whom he felt was the most beautiful in all aspects, including appearance, inner self, and ability, among all the people he had ever met.

‘That guy… I’ll have to kick him out.’

He decided to drive Edin out.

Of course, killing that man is a piece of cake for Saella.

Just by looking at it, it doesn’t look that strong.

However, it is not beautiful for the strong to use their power against the weak.

And it didn’t seem necessary.

‘Hehehe, he’s such an unpleasant person anyway. He must have gotten into that position through manipulative means.’

If you listen to the conversation, that man is the successor to the Academy General Store.

And he seemed to be an alchemist who made potions.

However, when you just look at it, you don’t feel anything.

It doesn’t seem like he has any special abilities, nor does he have the confident aura typical of someone with great talent.

He must have some mediocre skills, he thought.

‘If you leave it alone anyway, it will disappear.’

Then suddenly, a thought occurred to me.

‘However, he did something to get noticed by Teacher Lunalin and even entered the academy’s miscellaneous goods store. What if I commit something unbeautiful?

I thought it was quite possible.

Of course, I wondered if that made sense.

Common sense did not apply to Saela, who thought everything centered around herself and her beauty.

‘You won’t be able to see through my hiding anyway. I guess I’ll have to hide and watch…!’

They are monitored, and if they are planning something strange, they are arrested immediately.

Good idea, he thought.

But using force against the weak is not beautiful.

Is it beautiful to sneak in and monitor manufacturing?

It was absurd, but he was a stalker just to get his hands on something beautiful in the first place, so what would you expect?

‘Hehe, try doing something even a little suspicious. ‘I’ll fix it right away.’

And Saella decided to take a short leave to monitor him and headed to the director’s office.

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After Lunarin left, I was lost in thought for a while.

Good job and good salary.

The benefactors who helped me reawaken my future, my dead self-esteem, and my values.

Lunarin and Chairman Mureos.

I thought about whether there was anything more I could do for those people.

Lunarin said that if you are grateful, buy a meal.

Is one meal a problem?

I answered that I could buy it as many times as I wanted.

Then Lunarin passed away with a very satisfied expression.

Would you really like eating with me?

Do you not have many friends to eat with?

Well, anyway.

We’ll treat them to a proper meal, and Chairman Mureos… wouldn’t it be a good idea to minimize the Academy’s losses as much as possible?

The Academy’s stores already buy goods at high prices and sell them at low prices.

They brought me, an alchemist, to reduce even the most expensive grocery stores.

But even so, the cost of raw materials and my salary are involved.

Since it’s a bit ambiguous to ask for a reduction in salary, then… how about reducing the cost of raw materials?

You can get it cheaply by making a request at the Adventurer’s Guild.

But that can’t cover everything, and in the end, there are professional herbalists, miners, etc.

We have no choice but to buy high-quality, expensive products from people who sell raw materials.

But what if I get the ingredients myself?

What ingredients I need and where to get them are already in my head.

Although it was only when I was with Claude that a lot of it went bad due to the hasty digging, I theoretically know how to get the ingredients without spoiling them as much as possible.

Well… the difference between what we know in theory and what we actually do is bound to be big.

In fact, during testing, I thought that the material quality was good.

But eventually, if you get used to it, wouldn’t you be able to get it in better quality than just getting it from low-level adventurers at a low price?

Then the raw materials are free.

I also do the manufacturing process, so it’s free.

In fact, the only award I receive is my salary.

Additionally, as Lunarin said, if my potions are of high value, I can produce as many as possible and sell some of them to outside parties.

Then, if equipment or equipment breaks down or new ones are needed, I can purchase them with my own money.

I’ll have to ask if I can sell the excess to outside sources, but… whatever.

Wouldn’t it be of some help to the academy’s finances if it didn’t cost the raw materials?

I discussed this story with Suiben.

“But… wouldn’t it be dangerous then? If you go in person, you’ll need an escort…”

Well, I guess I’ll have to think about that too.

Of course, basic ingredients can be obtained in places that are not that dangerous.

Since I was active as a C-rank adventurer, I can handle it to a large extent.

However, since there are materials in dangerous areas… you should think about that as well.

“And in that case, you have to do all the collection, manufacturing, and sales yourself. Is it okay?”

“…Ah.”

There was a more fundamental problem than I thought.

My body is one… I can’t do it all while running a general store.

If I hire separate employees, I will end up paying their salaries, and then my plan to save on material costs and help with finances…

“Um, well… then…”

At that time, Teacher Suiben hesitated and tried to say something to me.

what? Do you have any ideas?

Is there a way to use employees cheaply, or another way to save money…

“Then, how about using me as a store employee?”

“…Yes?”

What she suggested was beyond my imagination.