episode_0049

After opening the store, I was too overwhelmed for about three days to notice, but the moment I had some leeway and could look around.

This might be considered a somewhat racist remark.

Watching our employees work, I suddenly felt like I was watching a scene from a zoo or a circus.

“Marie, Pani, hurry with the fabric.”

The first thing that caught my eye was Adelheid, who was moving human arms and spider legs simultaneously to make two bras at once.

She was even using only the hind legs of the spider and making them without looking, and she was faster than a human.

I was so amazed that I asked her about it, and she said that spiders can accurately sense things with vibrations and presence?

“…”

Thanks to her incredible feat that humans can’t easily imitate, Princess Pani had surgery-use magnifying glasses on her eyes to keep up with Adelheid’s speed, cutting the fabric silently like a machine.

“Humans can’t keep up with Adelheid unnie’s speed, so please wait a bit!”

Marie, who was going back and forth between people and taking care of chores, couldn’t push the clearly limited humans, so she perked up her tail and screamed at Adelheid.

“Ugh…”

While slightly pushing aside the fabric she had just cut, she turned her head towards the window.

“Pretty noona, hello!”

“Little gentlemen, hello~”

“Noona! Can you show us archery today? Can you show us the apple on your head?”

“Hehehe~ I can show you as much as you want!”

There, Katerina, who was on her break, was sitting by the window, chatting with the neighborhood children.

I don’t know what this situation is.

Zoo, circus, power show?

It’s hard to express with any word.

Chaos itself.

It would feel more harmonious if everyone was doing strange and extraordinary things, but even in a place like this, normal people exist.

“You’re doing well, it’s okay if you’re slow, just be careful.”

“Yes…”

If you turn your gaze to the corner, you can see Herbert, the prince, cutting the fabric and taking care of Walter and Elin, who are diligently sewing.

“Marie, take a break now, and Katerina, stop resting and come over here.”

“Yes…”

“Alright~ Little ones! I’m sorry, but noona has to go to work now!”

“Aww! Liar!”

“I’m sorry, come a little earlier tomorrow~”

“And Adelheid, take a break now.”

“Yes~? I’ve just started to get fired up? My hands are just nicely warmed up?”

“Just take a break if I tell you to.”

Princess Elizabeth, who was the most anxious because she didn’t know what she would do, was taking on the role of team leader without being asked, giving various instructions to the employees, so I felt very strange.

Especially since the two most normal people were the most worrisome.

It’s good if the work is going well and the anxious person isn’t causing trouble, but on the other hand, it’s disappointing because it’s different from what I expected.

Especially Prince Herbert.

I can understand Princess Elizabeth because she’s an unpredictable person, but the slit-eye character shouldn’t be like that.

He should be preparing to stab you in the back like a mastermind, be polite but also have no manners, and be armed with contradictory and crazy ideologies to scratch people’s insides.

“Done…!”

“You’ve already completed one today, you’ve done well, your skills have improved a lot in a short time.”

“Hehe… Thank you…!”

“Herbert-nim, I’ve finished too!”

“Both of you are really excellent.”

He doesn’t fulfill any of the conditions except for using honorifics.

Where did that madness he showed at the interview go?

Who is that kind neighbor oppa patting Elin and Walter, who are smiling brightly after completing a bra?

This isn’t a slit-eye character.

“Hmm…”

“Why do you suddenly have such a grim face?”

I was feeling a complex and subtle emotion, a mixture of disappointment that I couldn’t see a slit-eye character that’s hard to see in reality and relief that I wouldn’t be stabbed in the back, and as I gazed wistfully at Prince Herbert, Princess Elizabeth, who had forcibly made Adelheid take a break, approached me.

“I’m getting a lot of unsettling feelings in many ways.”

“Sir William, you’re using honorifics again? Didn’t I tell you that you might be looked down on if the employer acts humble?”

“That’s true, but… Even so, isn’t it a bit much to use informal language to the princess?”

“……”

She shook her head with disgust, and Princess Elizabeth’s sharp eyes poured down.

Either treat me like a superior or don’t, why is she sending me a look like, ‘How dare this guy talk back?’

It was unfair, but I had to give in because the difference in status was too great.

Who knows what will happen later if I win now.

“Ah, I understoo, no, I understand…”

“Good, that’s it.”

As I spoke informally, the princess nodded with a satisfied smile.

I’m overwhelmed by the same level of discomfort as genuinely having a “yaja time” with a distinguished professor right before retirement.

“Ugh…”

Is this right…?

I slightly frowned with an uneasy feeling and moved my eyes anxiously, and the princess, who had taken away her smile and glanced at Adelheid, said with a troubled expression.

“But Sir William, there’s a problem.”

“Problem?”

“Everyone is working so hard that the fabric will run out in three days.”

“Huh?”

I frowned at the sudden words and met the princess’s eyes.

“Didn’t you say that there was enough for a week when you checked two days ago? The numbers are too different, did you use that much between yesterday and today?”

“Everyone is starting to adapt, so the speed is no joke, they’ve used up four days’ worth in two days.”

“…?”

There was enough for two weeks, but more than ten days’ worth was deleted in five days?

And half of that was in the last two days?

Even if Elin and Walter get faster, there’s a limit to that, so Adelheid must have been responsible for most of the increase in production, but how can the cutter keep up with that speed, and how can Adelheid not get tired?

“Liar, did we really make that much? How many did we make today?”

“Twenty-three.”

“What? What about yesterday?”

“Twenty-four.”

“Wow…”

I put my hand on my forehead and exclaimed.

I expected about 10 a day, and maybe up to 15 if they were fast, and they actually made it similarly to the expectations until the third day.

But 47 in the last two days? Even though there are still 3 hours left until quitting time?

“……”

I was speechless.

I expected Adelheid to do the work of several people, but the result far exceeded my expectations.

No wonder Adelheid kept urging me yesterday, even though four of us, including me, were cutting and handing over the fabric.

I pressed my temples with my fingers and said.

“I’ll get the fabric as soon as possible.”

“Thank you.”

“And…”

I turned my head slightly and looked at Adelheid, who couldn’t stand it and was embroidering a handkerchief.

On the first day, I said that it seemed like I would have to come out on weekends for a while because the work was busy, but looking at that, it seemed like I could make it all within a month even if I worked 4 days a week, let alone 5 days.

“Weekend work is also canceled, don’t come out on weekends unless I say I need you.”

“Oh my, that’s really welcome news, I’ll tell the others.”

“Yeah, is there anything else wrong besides that?”

“No.”

“Okay, I understand.”

As I nodded and gestured, Princess Elizabeth smiled brightly and walked towards the employees.

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After telling the employees the happy news that weekend work was gone, I was blankly cutting the fabric, and quitting time was approaching.

As soon as I realized this, I put down the fabric and scissors and shouted loudly at the employees who were focused on their work.

“Let’s stop here for today, clean up and go home.”

“”Yes~””

Then, as if they had been waiting for it, everyone put down what they were doing and started cleaning up.

The only things that can be on the table when work is done are unfinished projects.

That was no exception for me, so I cleaned up the scattered fabric and thread debris around me, and put the used tools back in their place.

Marie and Katerina had been cleaning periodically while working, so cleaning up didn’t take long.

“Thank you for your hard work, everyone!”

“Thank you… for your hard work…”

“See you next week!”

While seeing off the employees who were finishing their cleaning and leaving the store one by one while waiting for the carriage, Emily, who had been to Charles, cautiously approached me.

“Doryeon-nim, Charles-ssi said it might take a little while.”

“Really? I’ll wait a bit.”

I didn’t have anything urgent, so I nodded and roughly brushed it off.

And as I tapped the table and stared blankly into the air, someone came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder.

“Sir William, do you have some time?”

“Time? What’s wron… No, what’s wrong?”

I was caught off guard and almost used honorifics when I heard Princess Elizabeth’s voice.

The princess’s eyes sharpened for a moment, but I changed my words quickly, so I didn’t get scolded.

“Princess Pani and Prince Herbert said they want to show you the answer to the problem you mentioned before.”

“Already? That’s fast.”

I thought it would take a few more weeks, but they found the answer in less than two weeks?

“They want to talk about it now?”

“They said it’s better if it’s sooner.”

“Then it’s better to hear it today, where are they now?”

“They were preparing materials with their servants.”

“Materials? That’s serious.”

They even prepared materials in that short amount of time, my expectations are rising rapidly.

I raised the corners of my mouth and smiled brightly, and gestured to Emily, who was standing next to me.

“Emily, tell Charles to prepare slowly.”

“Okay.”

I feel a little sorry for Charles, but I’ll have to postpone going home a bit.