Chapter 97 – Would You Like to Come With Me?
It’s been a while since I visited Madame.
There is one reason.
‘Robinson.’
A gangster from the back alleys who was not hired because his fierce personality was not suitable for service jobs such as convenience stores.
These days, he washes his hands and lives a healthy life, but in the past, Oscar’s Robinson went into the back alleys as well as adventurers.
Did you say that you were recognized in many places because of your fighting skills?
Anyway, there was no one like him to run the casino.
Although I recommended you to work at Madame’s Lake, I can’t freely bring you back.
A simple negotiation with Madame was necessary.
“Would you like a cup of tea?”
A madam wearing a fox mask asked me.
Golden eyes were shining beneath the mask.
“I’m just stopping by, so I don’t think there’s any need to prepare food.”
“Is it because of Robinson?”
Madame seemed to know the purpose of my visit and got straight to the point.
This is why I like Madam.
Because words are refreshing.
“That’s right. I recommended it to the lake, so I’m taking it again, even though the picture is strange… “I came here to ask for a favor.”
“Is there a reason?”
“I’m expanding my new business, and I need Robinson’s help.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
“Yes.”
Madame, who was lost in thought for a moment, looked at me and opened her mouth.
“Can we have just one person?”
“It’s difficult. “We are planning to add manpower through Robinson.”
“Is it so? “I know a good person.”
“Who are you?”
“Let’s call and talk first. I think it would be faster.”
I immediately figured out who the other person Madame was talking about was.
“Older brother! “Are you here?”
“Huh, huh! “Um, store manager?”
The person who came in with Robinson was no one else but Luna.
Virgin beach working on the lake. No, Luna is a real virgin prostitute.
“Luna?”
“Well, I don’t know you? Lu, who is Luna?”
Luna awkwardly avoids my eyes and spews out nonsense.
She is the woman of the lake who became particularly awkward after it was revealed that she was a virgin.
What I had already promised was that after I came to help her with the international work, I felt that she was especially avoiding me.
Even when I buy condoms, I use my free time to buy them.
They say I became uncomfortable.
Why do you feel uncomfortable?
Is there some kind of trauma about virgins?
“How long are you going to pretend not to know?”
Luna was avoiding my eyes and sweating profusely.
“Is it shameful? The woman working at the lake is a virgin…”
“Wow!! “Don’t tell me!!”
Luna hurriedly came over and covered my mouth.
Where has the girl who used to be so aggressive gone?
I became more ashamed.
Or maybe this is his original personality, but he wore a mask.
“Well, it’s not important. That’s it… Can I take Luna with me?”
“After all, the store manager, and we are business partners, right?”
“Uh? “Brother, can I finally work for you?”
Robinson’s eyes lit up.
“Okay. “I need more friends from the back alleys.”
“Oh, if that’s the case, leave it to me! “I’ll go all out and recruit kids!”
Robinson was motivated.
I liked this.
Doing everything as if it were one’s own business.
“Well, Madam, are you going all the way to me?”
Luna shouted in horror.
“What? Miss Luna, do you hate working at a convenience store? How many times have you said in the past that you wanted to work at a convenience store? …”
“Aaaaah! About that…”
“So you intentionally recommended it?”
“Ugh…”
Luna noticed me.
“You don’t have to force yourself to do it if you don’t want to. Because Robinson will bring a lot of people.”
“Well, I didn’t want that answer…”
He stuck out his lips.
“If you want to do it, you’re welcome anytime. But…”
“Just?”
“I will be working on the first basement floor with Robinson.”
“What are you doing on the first basement floor?”
I don’t mind telling the people here.
These are the people who will continue to be together in the future.
Because Madame is a person who values the symbiotic relationship between the lake and the convenience store.
“Casino, we are going to open a casino.”
“You mean casino? “Brother?”
“Okay.”
“Are you okay? There must already be one casino operated by Hwangseong. “She doesn’t want to lose her competitive edge.”
It also had its own solution.
“You just need to tell me whether you want to work together or not. “I’ll take care of the rest.”
The two people answered almost simultaneously.
“I will!”
“I will do it.”
I smiled with satisfaction at the two active people.
Madame looked at me and said.
“Then the conversation is over.”
“Thank you. It must not have been an easy decision.”
“I received a lot of help from the store manager. Please consider that I have paid back at least a little of what I owe.”
“All right. By the way. Madam, what were you going to do if they said they wouldn’t come?”
“We have to force them to go.”
Her eyes sparkled beneath the fox mask.
***
“Is there any potion that can increase your height?”
A short customer waddled over and shouted, his plump cheeks blushing.
He is so small that his hat can barely be seen on the desk.
“I’m sorry, but we don’t have any medicine to make you grow taller at our store.”
“Is there really nothing?”
Even among the short race, gnomes were famous for being lazy.
These small dwarfs, nicknamed gnomes and earth spirits, were one of the most annoying guests.
Why is his pride so strong when he is short and weak?
If he thought he was being ignored even just a little bit, he gritted his teeth and attacked, making it a hassle to deal with him.
It didn’t change whether the opponent was strong or weak.
The equal irritation among all people made them the race with the most enemies on the continent.
From the store owner’s point of view, people who he avoided because they were annoying came to visit him as a customer.
Making ridiculous demands.
“Yes, I would say it’s not even in the Magic Tower.”
“Ugh… The Magic Tower recommended this place… They sell a lot of mysterious items.”
“Sorry. We only deal with items that are close to everyday items. But…”
“Just?”
“There is milk that is said to make you taller if you drink it. “I can’t guarantee that you will grow taller, but wouldn’t it have some effect?”
I handed out white milk.
It was an impressive milk with the phrase ‘promoting the development of growing children’ on the milk carton.
Well, this gnome didn’t look like a growing child.
Although he is small in stature, the dark wrinkles and beard on his face are proof that he is an adult among gnomes.
“Can I grow taller if I just drink this?”
“I do not know. Don’t you know all the tricks of merchants? Even small effects are exaggerated, and this product may be like that… “This is the only thing related to height in our store.”
“Then give me one.”
The gnome took five 1-liter milk cartons and waddled away.
I was sending a customer off and looking around the store.
Jinglang.
“Welcome. DG…”
“Hello. Lord Dojin.”
The driver who always escorts Chloe opened the door and came in.
“What’s going on?”
“The princess is looking for you. The subjugation of the demon lord ended a long time ago, so they wonder why you haven’t come yet.”
“Hmm…”
I couldn’t find Chloe right away because I had a lot of work to do recently.
Starting with Elena and Sylvia, leveling up Lepis and the convenience store, etc.
When I came to my senses, time had already passed.
‘I made a mistake.’
On the outside, she was standing calmly, pretending that nothing had happened, but her mind was quickly spinning as she thought about what had happened.
What should I do?
Sending someone like this meant that he had been waiting for me to come find him, but he couldn’t bear it anymore and sent someone.
It was a time when I was thinking about it.
“This is a message from Princess Chloe.”
The driver handed me a letter.
A letter beautifully packaged in a white envelope.
When I opened the letter, I saw an elegant handwriting.
It was Chloe’s handwriting.
Befitting her meticulous and well-planned personality, her handwriting was also neatly laid out.
– Sir Dojin, are you okay? I haven’t heard from you yet, so my wife is writing this letter. In this season when the weather is getting colder and the wind is chilly, I am living alone like this without any interaction. I heard that the employees working next to Sir Dojin are particularly close. I’m worried that he may have been so captivated by them that he forgot his promise to his real wife. …
It was a polite conversation, but the summary is as follows.
-It seemed like you forgot the promise you made to me and were flirting with another woman?
Of course, it may just be an illusion that only I feel.
‘I’m getting caught for talking about employees.’
I looked at the knight who brought the letter.
“Is the princess in the palace now?”
“Yes, you will be waiting.”
“Then let’s leave right away. “I’ll call an employee to take care of this, so just wait a moment.”
“I understand.”
I sent a letter asking you to come, but it wasn’t polite to not go.
***
“You’re here. “I thought you forgot about me.”
“I’m sorry. “I don’t have anything to say.”
“Are you okay. Because you came this way after all.”
Chloe smiled brightly.
The royal family that will lead the future of the empire.
It is truly a bonus.
The appearance of lightly forgiving a man’s small mistakes.
“You were still wearing the necklace.”
“Someone gave it to me as a gift, so I have to keep using it.”
I saw a sparkling necklace hanging on a white and soft neck.
It was a necklace I bought.
The sparkling necklace made Chloe’s beauty shine even more.
“It was a lot of hard work. It must have been difficult, but for the sake of the empire and humanity, please subdue the demon lord.”
“It was something I should have done.”
The Demon King also had a personal relationship.
It wasn’t a friendship in a good sense, though.
“Do you know why I called you?”
“… Wasn’t it because I didn’t come to visit?”
“King Dojin, I’m not the type to urge you on something like that.”
I felt a strange sense of life in the smiling face.
“Actually, this time, there will be a masquerade ball held with the royal family and nobles.”
“Masquerade… Do you want to participate in that?”
“Yes, I just happened to have a partner right in front of me to go with.”
Chloe asked, holding out her hand.
“Would you like to come with me? Lord Dojin?”
Her smile shining at me was very bright.
