Chapter 15 – An Unexpected Guest
“What does that mean? You’re not human. “Do you mean monster?”
“I’m guessing so.”
Most monsters had little intelligence, so most of them lived off their instincts.
Unless they were one of the very few ruler-level monsters, they could only communicate with humans and use the monster’s own unique magic.
Of course, there are monsters that aren’t.
Vampires are said to have been the descendants of the Demon King in the past.
Heilang is now called a werewolf.
And the executive-level monsters who followed the Demon King and fled to the northern Demonic Land.
After the empire was created and humans won the war between humans and monsters, most powerful monsters were driven out to the demonic region beyond the wall, at the end of the northern border of the empire.
That’s all except for the monsters in the area that couldn’t escape, the giant monsters that are no different from beasts, and the occasional monsters that appear in the dungeon that are created by tangles of mana.
In other words, most of the monsters remaining within the empire’s territory were at a level that mercenaries and adventurers could handle.
Nowadays, the capital’s power rarely mobilizes to catch monsters.
Rather, other human forces are much more difficult.
The alliance of kingdoms in the south, pirates in the west, and the republic of the demihumans in the east irritated the empire more.
But beyond the barrier, a powerful monster that was supposed to be in the demonic realm activated a magic circle near the capital of the empire?
The level of magic was also considerable.
‘At least the level of the ruler of the Demon World.’
If this was true, it was something that could not be ignored.
It means that an unknown hole has appeared in the northern wall.
“Is this a conclusion reached at the Magic Tower?”
“Yes, the knight commander and the church’s priests also concluded that it was a monster.”
“Not just a black magician?”
“Yes.”
“Jane, what do you think?”
Luna shrugged her shoulders.
“I do not know. However, when it comes to monsters, something strange stands out.”
“What is it?”
“The black magic circle was designed not to take away human vitality.”
That is correct.
Even at the moment when I destroyed the magic circle, the magic circle only kept its magic and did not attack me.
There was no magic that attacked outsiders in the set magic.
There were significant differences in the methods of the Scyllax school, which was the most influential school that studied magic that extracts energy and creates magic stones.
“Is that why you thought it was a monster? “The evidence is so weak?”
Luna shook her head.
“At first, I thought it was a magician who had not received any basic or professional training, but it turned out that this thing cannot be activated with human mana.”
“That’s strange.”
“This is when I became convinced that I was not human.”
Luna shrugged her shoulders and looked smug.
“You found it?”
“That’s right! “I found it before other magic tower experts!”
He smiled like a puppy asking for praise.
“Well done.”
“Would you like to touch my breasts?”
“Is that your prize?”
“It could be the store manager’s award. “There are not many women with firm breasts like me.”
“I’m not interested.”
She cut her off because she thought the conversation would get out of hand.
By the way, you’re not human?
In that case, it is a magic circle created by a monster believed to be strong enough to have come from the Demon World.
The problem is that they only took away the energy of the forest without any intention of harming humans.
‘Are they dark elves?’
It is said that dark elves born under the curse of magic inherently hate the forest.
They also followed the devil and fled to the devil’s land.
If the culprit is a monster that came down from the demon world, he must be captured alive.
“Why are you telling me?”
“Maybe a VVIP will call you soon.”
The VVIP she mentioned was, of course, the crown prince.
Ah, dealing with superiors is burdensome.
“Are you planning on leaving it to me?”
“Currently, the Imperial Palace Knights are in charge. The knight commander wants to solve it himself, but…”
Luna glanced at me and continued.
“I think I need an expert.”
He’s an expert.
I want to be an ordinary convenience store manager.
“Okay.”
I’ll call you when I need to.
I just hope that the reward is as clear as it is for the troublesome work.
“Are we going to leave now?”
“I want to go to bed, but do you have any ramen? “I heard there is a dormitory here for convenience store employees?”
Luna smiled and hugged me.
“Can’t I go back to the lake?”
“Yes. “Because I’m still Jane.”
Luna was a trustworthy person.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t. “Only employees can go up.”
“Isn’t it okay to just leave for a moment?”
“Our convenience store is not a motel?”
“Phew, okay. It’s a shame that I can’t use the accommodation, but instead…”
I moved Luna’s arm away from touching my stomach with her fingers.
“Of course not in our house. Even part-time workers couldn’t come into my room. “Definitely not in my house.”
“You’re quick to notice.”
“I can’t give you any more time either. “The guests will be here soon.”
“Then how about hiding here at the counter and sleeping without others knowing?”
“It’s persistent.”
“Because that’s my strength.”
However, Luna did not attack any further.
Luna, who was laughing, soon changed her expression and took a slight step back.
“Then I’ll go. “I have to report it to the guild.”
“Go carefully.”
Luna disappeared as quickly as she came.
A monster that operates a magic circle.
Nothing will happen, right?
I just hope so.
***
Convenience store at night.
Even if the convenience store is located in front of Changgwan, all kinds of customers come to visit.
It was like that in Seoul too, is there a law that says you can’t do that in an empire?
No matter how much of the guests at that lake are nobles and merchants, it’s not like the nobles are true, and the commoners aren’t true, right?
So I had a hard time in the beginning of sales.
-Do you know who I am?
The truth about being drunk.
– My brother will take care of everything. It’s okay.
A knight trying to show off in front of a woman.
-Huh, my love Rayleigh, how can I survive losing you?
Yeong-sik, a nobleman who whines that he lost everything in the world because he lost love, and a young noblewoman who was bewitched by a man at a host bar and gave him all his money and body.
Everyone came to the store in various ways and harassed me.
The hardest one among them was the noble daughter who lost everything at the host bar.
Jinsang who is drunk or those who rely on power and are pushy can be suppressed with force.
But then.
Even strength wasn’t enough for the crazy woman.
Why am I suddenly reminiscing about the past?
“Romeo…”
That woman came again.
Like the Knights’ visit, which was a monthly event, her visit to the convenience store was also a periodic event.
Clearly, her family took this woman with them, hoping to bring her to her senses, but the result was the same every time.
She seems like the daughter of a fairly powerful family, but I wonder why she lives like that.
The sight of her crying and pouring soju from a bottle while wearing her fancy dress was very impressive.
Her daughter was a peerless beauty that caught my eye. Why do you cry so sadly with such a pretty face?
I just sweep the floor with a mop and click my tongue while watching.
“Tsk tsk, what will the future of the empire be like?”
If possible, I would like the sons of the empire to grow up well and lead the way, but all the nobles I see are like that.
I guess they won’t go to the academy.
I heard there are a lot of good-looking kids there too.
When I’m mopping the floor with a mop, thinking about useless things.
“Manager… What should I do now?”
The young lady, who was lying limply on the table and holding a bottle of soju in her hand, asked me.
“What?”
“No matter how hard I try, I can’t get Romeo out of my mind.”
“Then go find it.”
“I don’t have any money. They say Romeo doesn’t date women who don’t have money.”
“Didn’t you say duke or count?”
“My father cut off all subsidies. He’s meeting that guy, and he can’t give him money…”
You are a good and wise father.
Actually, my daughter was spending tens of thousands of gold on a strict man, seeking his affection, but if it were me, I would have cut it off.
But my father probably didn’t know that this woman would come all the way here and look at the moonlit lake with her sorrowful eyes.
The table she sat at was illuminated by the colorful lights of the ‘Moonlight Lake’ castle.
Sometimes, if you focus your attention, you can see the silhouette reflected in the window of the castle.
It was also a favorite spot for people who were voyeurs or who couldn’t forget the woman or man in the lake.
Come often.
Customers crying because they lost their love.
Although they have different social statuses and origins, they all have the same expression.
Just like this young lady right now.
“Then give up. “Romeo will not seek the lady.”
He must be fawning over another woman right now.
Well, that doesn’t mean it’s bad.
He wants to make a living too, so what should he do?
The young lady, who had been looking at the lake for a long time without letting go of her regret, closed her eyes tightly.
Tears sparkled at the corners of my eyes.
“Manager, are you free today?”
The young lady gave me a sticky look.
It was the seductive gaze of a woman who could not overcome her emptiness.
It may be an intention to satisfy the desires that Romeo could not satisfy.
“I’m sorry, but I’m busy.”
I pointed to a convenience store with no customers.
“I don’t think there are any customers right now? People too… “I don’t think it exists.”
The young lady’s eyes became intense as she looked around the empty convenience store.
Hmm, this would be troublesome.
It wasn’t a good thing to get involved with a nobleman for no reason.
Even me.
‘I don’t want to reveal that I only work with virgins.’
Luna was someone I could pass off as a joke even if I sent various signals jokingly.
He was a colleague who had faith that even if I told him, it wouldn’t be leaked out.
But the lady in front of me is different.
Even though I am currently fascinated by the host bar’s Romeo or the Nine-Tailed Fox, I am the count’s wife and a woman with a lot of flair in the social world.
What if my secret gets into this woman?
‘It spreads in the aristocratic world in an instant.’
Even so, there have been rumors recently that I am a eunuch.
It would be better to be known as a eunuch.
‘There are no rumors going around that the convenience store manager is a virgin.’
Even while I was thinking that, the lady took one step closer.
The pungent smell of perfume stung my nose.
“Please don’t come. This is sincere.”
“Really? They say that when men say no, it means they want to fuck me right away.”
Where did she learn her strange sexual knowledge?
The source of that knowledge was obvious.
The seasoning that works at the bar is probably that guy.
That’s why I think it’s okay for those hot guys to do it.
“That’s not what I meant.”
What on earth do you know about men?
This person.
When the young lady is now within reach if she stretches out her hand.
Rattle!
A guest has arrived.
“Welcome! “This is a DG convenience store.”
“Tch.”
I heard the sound of clicking one’s tongue.
Was it really sincere?
I have to take this opportunity to kick the customer out together.
And then I opened the door and saw a customer come in.
‘Hmm?’
Silver hair that looks as if silver was melted down and pulled out one by one.
Skin as white as jade, without any blemishes.
Red eyes that will make the viewer unable to take their eyes off them.
Well-shaped features and cherry-colored lips.
He is easily over 180 cm tall and has long, straight arms and legs.
It was a male customer who would naturally make people ask, “Why is he so handsome?”
So much so that the eyes of the noble lady who had been desperately trying to seduce me just now were instantly captivated by that male customer.
“Oh my! A handsome man.”
This woman really sucked.
Totally stupid.
This is irreparable.
But why is my pride somehow crumpled?
I headed to the counter, leaving the young lady who had started to look at the new male customer.
“Is this a DG convenience store that sells everything?”
Hmm, your voice is also handsome.
Isn’t this completely unfair?
There has to be at least one drawback, right?
“We sell everything except what we don’t have. Is there anything you are looking for?”
“I’m looking for raw meat.”
“Raw meat?”
“Yes, I hope it is meat that has just been slaughtered.”
“Hmm.”
A customer is looking for raw meat at this time.
I saw the customer for a moment.
He’s handsome, but he’s strangely pale and gaunt, which doesn’t seem to be a healthy condition.
Sometimes, there were people who magically thought that eating raw meat would cure their illness.
Is it like that?
“There is no meat section in our store yet.”
Unfortunately, although there was fresh fruit, they did not sell raw meat.
No matter how much convenience stores have the image of selling everything, it’s not on the menu yet.
[Fresh fruit – grapes – available to order]
[Raw fruit – banana – available to order]
[Fresh fruit – strawberries – available to order]
…
[Raw meat – pork – cannot be ordered]
[Raw meat – beef – cannot be ordered]
It was impossible to order meat.
If you look at the list, it seems like it can be sold, but why is it not possible?
It was unfortunate, but I thought it might be possible someday when the level goes up.
So, I thought about sourcing and selling raw meat on my own, but distribution was not as easy as I thought, so I gave up.
Because it is not a modern society.
“Is it not there?”
“Yes, sorry. “I have some fresh fruit, at least that?”
“It’s okay.”
The man looked around the convenience store with a regretful look in his eyes and then looked at the cigarette behind me.
“Cigarette… Are you selling it?”
“Yes, I am.”
“It’s not pipe smoking, it’s tobacco…”
“It may be confusing at first glance, but it is much better than pipe smoking.”
Of course, we are not responsible for your health.
“It says sales are not possible to those born in 2004 or younger?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Ah… “Then it won’t work.”
Uh? Anyone can see that he is an adult?
A minor?
“Aren’t you born in 2004?”
“I was born in 2005.”
“Oh, then you can’t. “There is an age limit.”
“That’s too bad. “I wanted to open it once.”
Where did you get the cigarettes?
Well, even in modern times, there are many middle and high school students looking for cigarettes, so I thought this guy would be the same.
“Then let’s go.”
A man with his head bowed left the convenience store.
“Oh, wait! Let’s go together!”
The young lady, who was staring blankly at the silver-haired man as if fascinated, hurriedly followed him out.
It’s good that it went without any problems.
“I feel strangely bad.”
But he has silver hair and red eyes.
It was a very familiar combination.
I heard this once when I went to the north.
Silver hair and red eyes.
It has an ominous meaning for the Wall Guard.
“What was it?”
Um, um…
“Ah, vampire.”
Wait.
What?
Vampire?
A magic circle that immediately came to mind.
“Customer! “Just a moment!”
I quickly opened the door and went out.
However.
There was no one left around the convenience store.
Even the silver-haired man.
A noble daughter too.
“Damn it!”
