episode_0206

smart-

“excuse me.”

“hmm? Mr. Gabriel?”

“Yes, it’s been a while. president.”

Gabriel entered the general store with a polite demeanor and greeted me.

She is still moving with the angular gestures characteristic of a knight.

Gabriel seemed to have a sharper spirit than when I saw him before.

‘Has he grown?’

It seemed like she had been training hard on her own even though I wasn’t paying attention to her.

“It’s been two weeks since vacation, so it’s been quite a while. Did you stay well?”

“Thanks to you, I was able to stay safe. and.”

Gabriel took a moment to catch his breath while speaking.

“It’s because I’m in a hurry. “I’m sorry, but can I get straight to the point?”

“Sure.”

In fact, she only had one thing to do with me.

“5 stars, top 12. “I would like to ask if it will be possible within a few days, regardless of the amount of money involved.”

“Well, I have good news and bad news. “What would you like to hear first?”

“… “I’ll hear the good news first.”

Gabriel frowned, probably sensing something ominous about my words.

In fact, she will have to hear a bad answer.

“5 stars and top 12 are possible quickly if you have time and luck.”

“So what’s the bad news?”

“I have a lot of work to do right now. Especially when it comes to strengthening.”

“this.”

“There are many people other than Gabriel who have made the same request.”

I had a goal to collect all the SSR characters that I couldn’t properly develop while the kids were busy on vacation and develop them.

In addition to Gabriel, Solar, Hathaway, Gaon, Peter, Masha, Kahori, Kento, Bao, and Cuckoo.

Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4, which I haven’t mentioned often, and Tier 5, buried in the deep sea that has disappeared from my memory.

I contacted them all the time, and none of them rejected my offer.

I asked for the children’s understanding, entered their names, and told them to contact me if they wanted to grow, and not a single one was left behind.

‘The value of children’s names has increased that much.’

A sense of pride comes over me.

The children’s activities during the vacation caused a stir in the empire, and they gained a special ‘name value’.

There’s no way I wouldn’t attract attention when I’m traveling around the territory providing ‘salvation’, right?

Thanks to this, Thalia was also able to hear the good news that creating troops had become much easier.

‘The kids are working hard, but I shouldn’t mess around.’

You may be wondering why we need to worry about characters with poor abilities when the children we have already raised are doing so well.

But on the other hand, I would like to say that if there is a way to raise them, there is no reason not to do it.

Even if they weren’t working in the same unit as the kids, if they were killing monsters somewhere, that alone meant my plan was a success.

“Am I late?”

“You are very late.”

Gabriel drooped his shoulders in a gloomy manner.

“I can’t help it. “It’s my fault it’s late.”

Gabriel, a man of integrity, did not express any dissatisfaction even though he may have been disappointed to hear that he had been left behind in his turn.

Just because the SSR characters I chose doesn’t mean they all have good personalities like the kids.

Sometimes, there were people who expressed dissatisfaction with their order being pushed back or tried to change the order by paying additional money.

“Please note that all communications were sent at the same time.”

Of course, I said I would do it in the order in which it arrived without any fuss.

When I told him not to do it if he didn’t like it, he couldn’t even make a noise.

What will they do if I say I won’t do it?

It’s something only I can do.

“Yes, I know. “I wanted to come here right away, but I was busy with work at the estate, so I could only find time now.”

“So, do you agree to proceed in order?”

“That’s right. There is no other way, is there? Oh, and I’d like to say thank you.”

“Are you saying thank you?”

Did I do something to Gabriel?

I tilted my head at her strange words, so she explained.

“Thanks to the boss, we were able to stop the monsters that attacked the territory without major damage. “If it weren’t for this equipment, I’m not sure I would have been able to stop those monsters.”

“Ah, everyone is having a hard time these days because of the monsters that are attacking them.”

You can think of the current events as feeling a bit like the calm before the storm.

‘If things get serious, all the kids in the upper grades will be drafted.’

Children will not enjoy the second semester.

“thank you.”

“I just sold things. “I don’t think I should be greeted.”

“Thanks to you, my family was safe, so how could I not say hello? Please accept it.”

“Since you said that, I understand.”

After awkwardly accepting Gabrielle’s polite thank you, I asked her.

“Are you planning on leaving your belongings behind?”

“Ah…if I wait from now, how soon will it be before I can receive it?”

“Actually, I can’t tell you for sure how long it will take. Depending on how well it sells, the deadline may extend indefinitely or it may end in an instant.”

“It bothers me that I have to put my equipment away for such a long time. Could you please contact me when it is my turn? “I want to come back then and drop off the equipment.”

Although they purchased their own equipment from me, there were many people who were reluctant to entrust what they had in their hands to someone else.

I didn’t feel bad because I thought they were acting like that because they cared so much about their unique equipment.

Additionally, if you drop unique equipment, there will be a gap in power.

“Of course that is also possible. Then we will contact you separately. “School starts soon anyway, so it should be easy to contact you.”

“thank you.”

Gabriel’s expression brightens at my answer.

While observing her expression, I decided to sneakily bring out my business.

‘If you’re going to enlist, it would be better for Gabriel to join our unit.’

The problem was that it was difficult to convince them that our unit was good right away.

I guess the unit hasn’t been created yet, and the unit members haven’t even enlisted.

Gabriel was a talent that I wanted to bring to the unit if possible.

But isn’t our friendship that deep?

Therefore, I was cautious because I didn’t know how to suggest it to get a positive response.

“This has nothing to do with requesting equipment, but I have one suggestion.”

“A suggestion?”

It’s not an offer that an ordinary general store man would make, but talented people like her could be taken away by someone else if they weren’t on the list in advance.

“Do you know Commander Thalia by any chance?”

“There is no citizen of the empire who does not know him.”

There was no way Thalia’s reputation wouldn’t spread to academy students.

It’s almost like a cheat key.

“This time, he will create his own unit.”

“… Is that so?”

Gabriel looked like he was asking why you were telling me that.

Although he generally had a blunt expression, Gabriel was also a person with his own expressions.

“I will be enlisting soon, but if there is no unit you plan to apply to, why not think about joining that unit?”

“I’m a little confused, but is this an official proposal, or is this just a casual invitation?”

“This is an official proposal.”

“!!”

Gabriel was surprised by my suggestion, probably thinking it was a light invitation.

“It was an official proposal. All right. “I will think about it seriously.”

“Aren’t you curious about the unit?”

“If this is a unit that Commander Thalia is building, it must be an unusual place. “Can you tell me?”

“Sure.”

Gabriel straightens his back and pricks up his ears.

I began to move my mouth at the listener’s delighted attitude.

Since it was something I couldn’t readily choose to join the unit, all kinds of benefits were attached to make it as tempting as possible.

Thanks to this, I had no hesitation in speaking out.

“The reason Commander Thalia is creating a new unit… … .”

* * *

After Gabriel returned from being played by my brilliant tongue.

I also sent an offer to Solar to join the unit.

‘Solar is a decent tier 1 character.’

I explained the same thing as I did to Gabriel and said I would wait for him to make a decision.

Although Solar was not as interested in ‘purification’ as Gabriel, she seemed to be intrigued by the benefits that the commander had worked hard to receive.

‘Thanks to Solar, I learned that just because an SSR character is not necessarily interested in cleaning up polluted areas. Well, due to the nature of my character, I tend to dislike troublesome things.’

Even if Solar refuses, there is no big problem.

Honestly, if I had to choose between Gabriel VS Solar as a unit member, I would choose Gabriel.

We focused on selling unique equipment to the remaining SSRs and strengthening their equipment.

Upgrading your weapon to level 12 was quite a bit of work, and it took a long time.

Isn’t this something that can be done simply by pushing it with money?

I processed them one by one in order and by the time I came to my senses.

“hello.”

“Hello, hello! long time no see!”

The vacation is over and the second semester of school is about to start.

‘No, school is starting already? It felt like vacation was just yesterday… but isn’t it too fast?’

Due to the vacation and a large number of students leaving the academy, the general store was in a situation where flies were flying around for quite some time, just like when it first opened.

But when I opened the door of the general store and checked the kids coming in, I realized that the start of school was fast approaching.

I asked the two visitors happily.

“Why did you come so quickly? “Isn’t there still about a week left?”

“lol! I came quickly because I wanted to see the boss! “Didn’t you miss us?”

It was Hash that answered my question.

Before school started, the first people to visit my general store were Hash and Narrell.

In particular, I was very happy to see Nayrel because it was my first time seeing him since something big happened.

“Come inside.”

First, we brought the kids inside.

“Yes, nothing has changed here.”

“What can change here? “The people are the same and the sales are the same.”

The general store hasn’t changed, but the situation has changed a lot.

Now, I am no longer an ordinary general store owner.

Thanks to Erintina’s hard work, I am now a full-fledged military supplier.

“Haven’t we grown up a lot? Nayrel also grew a lot of hair. “Isn’t it pretty?”

Hash proudly boasted about Nayrell, and Nayreel seemed embarrassed and hid behind Hash and did not come out, only showing a shy smile.

It was a conversation with Narrell, who had to be cautious because he had gone through something big.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to treat it as usual.