Chapter 61 – So, You Mean You Want to Monopolize It?
Elena’s room had the feel of a typical girl’s room.
Overall, warm pastel-toned wallpaper, cute furniture, and a bear-shaped doll placed on the living room sofa.
There were wrinkles left as if it had been held just moments ago.
It was all familiar furniture.
These were the items she ordered together when she first entered this accommodation.
‘You still have it and haven’t sold it.’
I was surprised again.
It was three years ago when she first came in, so I thought she might have bought a new one at least once.
“Why is Lila in charge of work on the third floor?”
The thoughts I heard while looking at Elena’s room were simply cut off by her words.
There was a stinging thorn in her voice.
A thorn so sharp that if you touch it incorrectly, it will prick your finger and make you bleed.
It’s not dangerous, but if left as is, it will definitely drive us apart.
She was jealous now.
I wasn’t unaware of her feelings.
However, I cannot allow Elena to sell her adult products.
I know because I sold it.
The men and women who came to the third floor to buy those items had such grandiose imaginations.
If you leave Elena in a room filled with objects depicting naked bodies of women and men, you never know what a bastard who can’t control his excitement will do.
As a druid, Leela had the means to protect herself, so it didn’t matter, but she was different.
It’s my fault for trying to solve it without telling her because she’s young.
“That’s it.”
This is really difficult to explain.
“Adult products are sold on the third floor. Elena, you heard it too, right? “They sell adult products modeled after male and female genitals from the lake over there.”
“Adult products?”
“Okay.”
“Ah…”
Elena’s face turned red as she listened to my excuse while biting her lip.
There’s no way you wouldn’t know.
“I’m OK. Still, I can do anything as long as I have the strength of the store manager. Always… “I’m not saying I’m a child.”
She was dignified and knew that she was an adult and that she was a trustworthy employee.
The reason why I was able to run a convenience store well with only a few employees was all thanks to these women who worked without saying anything.
“Still, I didn’t want to let you sell those things to other men, Elena.”
It was my honest opinion.
There were a lot of people in the empire who would imagine strange things against Elena.
Thinking about it makes me angry.
All those who think strange things about our employees should be caught and their backs broken.
Elena heard me and widened her eyes.
“Well, what you mean is that you want to have a monopoly?”
Does that happen?
Um.
It wasn’t wrong.
Because I didn’t want to make her the daughter of other guys’ imaginations.
“Yes.”
“Hmm…”
The fact that Elena’s sighing expression looked strangely excited was not just an illusion.
Softly drawn red lines, sparkling brown eyes looking at me, a relaxed expression as if in a good mood, and a slight blush on the cheeks.
“Honestly, I’m not completely angry, but I forgive you.”
Contrary to her clear voice, her expression showed that all of Elena’s anger had already subsided.
“Thanks. Elena.”
I reflexively gently brushed her hair.
Her hair is soft.
Elena, who was smiling and feeling my touch with her eyes closed, suddenly came to her senses and once again maintained her innocent expression.
Did she want to show that her anger wasn’t completely resolved?
“But really Lila…” … Are you going to let him work on the third floor?”
Elena’s question paused as she didn’t know how to call it.
It was a statement that struck the core.
In the end, if we move on like this, it’s nothing more than just words.
“I can do it too. It’s embarrassing, and I understand the manager’s jealous and possessive desires, but I’m still an employee here.”
When she looked into Elena’s determined eyes, she realized that she was worried for no reason.
“And who would do something strange? “It’s a store run by the manager, not anyone else.”
“Aren’t you trusting me too much?”
“You have to believe it. If employees don’t trust their boss, who can they trust? “He is the Creator who gives me my salary.”
Although she was smiling, it conveyed her determination to never be defeated by her own thoughts.
“For me. I want to be of help to the store manager. I want to do everything the store manager does, and I want to carry the burdens the store manager has to carry. “Is it not possible for me?”
Elena leaned against my body and raised her head.
She made eye contact with me and smiled. And then slowly.
Closed her eyes
It was waiting for me, as if asking for a kiss of permission.
Elena was such a beautiful woman that many men confessed to her.
Such a woman wants to kiss me with her eyes closed and defenseless.
As I look at her quietly, Elena, who had closed her eyes, slightly opens them.
She awkwardly sticks out her lips slightly, but when our eyes meet, she hurriedly closes her eyes and manages her facial expression, which is cute.
It seemed like he wanted to play a very attractive femme fatale.
Elena, you’re cuter and prettier when you don’t do that.
She couldn’t bring herself to say that thought out loud.
She would have died of shame if she had said those words.
Who?
Elena.
I kissed Elena’s forehead.
“…”
After giving her a light kiss on the forehead, Elena closed her eyes and pursed her mouth.
I am dissatisfied with not being kissed.
It was a lot of fun watching the facial expressions change in real time.
“It’s a joke.”
I gently cupped Elena’s face and kissed her lips.
When the kiss ended, I saw Elena’s face relax.
“Haaa.”
Elena, who was looking at me with a blushing face, smiled brightly.
“Did you allow it?”
“Okay. I want it this much, but there’s no way.”
“Then when can I start working on the 3rd floor?”
“I will adjust the schedule and let you know. Instead, if a strange guy flirts with me for no reason, I’ll get off to the first floor.”
“Do not worry! “If there’s a guy like that, I’ll kick him!”
Elena smiled brightly as she showed off a killer kick that destroyed the man’s pretense.
“Okay. I got it.”
After seeing that Elena had relaxed, I gently stroked her cheek and went out.
“Now I have to work.”
“Ah, store manager.”
“Why?”
“Can’t we kiss one more time?”
I heard it’s really cute.
***
I came down after comforting Elena.
“Whoop!”
I saw an old man eating cup ramen at the table.
As Sylvia looked at her old man, she seemed at a loss.
I passed the old man and asked Sylvia.
“Silvia, where is Lila?”
“He went straight up to the third floor. A customer came looking for the 3rd floor.”
“Okay? Then I’ll have to check if I’m doing well.”
I intentionally tried to walk away from the counter without looking at the old man.
“Hey, store manager.”
“Huh?”
“Well, what will that person do?”
“Who?”
What Sylvia was pointing at was an old man eating cup ramen at the table.
Why do you bother to disturb someone who eats well?
“You are enjoying your meal. Look Carefully. I wonder if they steal anything. “I need to go up a bit.”
Wow, I guess Lila is doing well at work?
It’s difficult if you sell the wrong product.
Well, Dmitri taught me well.
“Holholhol, the cup ramen at this place is really delicious. Yuk, captain? “Except for the fact that it’s difficult to pronounce.”
The old man whirred! I smiled brightly while eating ramen.
“Hey. Owner. “Can you give me one more yuk kajang here?”
“…”
I pretended not to hear and walked up the stairs to the third floor.
“Landlord?”
We ignored each other and pretended not to notice and tried to pass by.
The old man was watching me.
He pointed at me with his red, seasoned wooden chopsticks, as if telling me to come right away.
“Why is there no answer?”
“You saw it wrong?”
“Oh my, have I gotten presbyopia because I’m old? “You’re the owner, right?”
Ha.
I don’t know why the old man came all the way here, but I’m just pretending not to know.
If you come to me so openly, it means that the old man was quite uncomfortable.
“Here it is.”
“Thank you.”
Ji-profit!
While the old man who opened the beef stew poured boiling water and waited.
“The current magic tower lord came to visit me.”
“You mean the magic tower lord?”
“Okay.”
The old man sighed deeply.
The person who was crazy about Yukgaejang was Kalimos Clavell, a former magic tower owner who quit the magic tower last year and became the new dean of the academy.
In the early days of my business, when I was in trouble due to conflict with the church, the person who most actively helped me was Kalimos, who was the owner of the magic tower at the time.
Starting from the grace we received at that time, our relationship continued, and we continued to be together until we quit the magic tower.
‘If you’re so grateful, please help me with my research.’
As a convenience store manager, I was in and out of the magic tower like hot cakes.
I used to treat someone like a graduate student.
Thanks to this, I gained a strong supporter called Mage Tower, and Kalimos was able to successfully complete several studies.
It was a win-win deal.
After stepping down from the front line, he withdrew from the politics of Magic Tower, saying he would now train younger students.
Why is the old man talking about the current Mage Tower owner now?
“Are you still in contact?”
“Well, there are many Academy graduates who go on to the Magic Tower.”
“What do you say?”
“I heard that Lepis was ruined because of you…”
Is it because of Lepis that I came here like this?
“Is that right?”
“It’s not because of me.”
“Okay? “I heard that after visiting you once, the Mage Tower gave up on her studies?”
“I brought this on myself.”
“… I know that your relationship wasn’t that good, but wasn’t it too much of a fight? “As long as the news reaches me.”
Whoop!
Kalimos, who ate the ramen with a lot of energy, smiled with satisfaction.
“This is really delicious. It’s a masterpiece.”
Although he had a face like a grandfather, he was a magician whose true intentions were harder to understand than anyone else.
“I have no intention of getting involved in a fight between young people. However, Lepis is said to be the future of the Empire’s magic. My personality is a little, no, very strange…”
Kalimos’ face was dark as he talked about Lepis.
“Still, it is a child who is treated with great care like a jewel within the Magic Tower. So…”
Kalimos looked at me for a moment and continued speaking.
“Please don’t break it too much.”
“… That’s not something I can do.”
“I’m asking you to look at it. What if she can’t get over her personality and fucks her too much?”
“I will try my best.”
“Holholhol, I feel a little relieved to hear that.”
Callie Moss got up from her seat and saw Sylvia at the counter.
“Sylvia of House Pollion, do you have any intention of returning to the Academy yet? “She loves her talented students very much.”
She lowered her head.
“I can’t go. I did something…”
“No. Rather, shouldn’t you come? Destroying an academy building isn’t easy, even for me. “Can’t we just neglect that beautiful talent forever?”
“But…”
“If you’re worried about Lepis, don’t worry about her. “Isn’t that the most reliable ally?”
Kalimos tapped me on the back.
“If you want to come back, tell this friend. Because the academy is open at any time.”
Carly Moss took the Academy’s emblem from her arms and placed it in her hand.
“I’ll be waiting.”
Silvia, who had not known what to do just a moment ago, still had a trace of regret on her face.
It was only reflected for a very short time.
It was such a fleeting moment that even I, who had worked with her for so long, barely recognized me.
