ăIs the manager here?ă(M.A.M / middle-aged man)
A middle-aged man a bit overweight went into the shop and said so.
If this is an ordinary customer, he will first ask what kind of items, where are the items display, the price, etc.
So this customer isnât ăan average customeră
Also, he has a troublesome smell.
However, since he doesnât look like a nobleman, it will not be a problem to deal with.
I wonder if he questions about special medicine?
Or is it another errandâŠ
ăAh, yes, I am the shopkeeperâŠă(Kaoru)
ăNo, I would like to see management, not the hired owner.ă(M.A.M)
Well, if he just looks at this for the first time, it will be easy to mistake the manager kid (who seems to be) is only employed as a salesperson and there should be another person who pays rent or purchases medicine
It would be normal to think so.
ăâŠAs I said, I am the owner, the owner.ă(Kaoru)
ăWhat!?ă(M.A.M)
Yeah, I got used to it.
ăThen, are you paying the rent here, buying medicine and selling it?ă(M.A.M)
ăAh, yes, thatâs rightă(Kaoru)
ă⊠âŠ.ă(M.A.M)
Oh, whatâs wrong, he is silentâŠ
ăThen, tell me the supplieră(M.A.M)
⊠Is this again?
ăThe merchant will not easily talk about suppliers or goods.
Do you think Iâm stupid because Iâm just a little girl?
So, which aristocrat are you from?ă(Kaoru)
Since Iâm getting angry, Iâm not going to hold back.
ăI am not from any nobleâs family, I am from the union.ă(M.A.M)
Eh?
There should not be any organizations across commercial and industrial sectors, such as commercial guildsâŠ
Taxes are to be paid directly to the government office.
There are gatherings by occupation, but itâs an arbitrary organization.
It should be a group of volunteers, such as ăBlacksmith friendsâ s partyă or ăBakery technology training schoolă
And in this town, there are only 5 drugstores, other than ăAtelier Rietteă
ăWhat kind of organization, the size and how many stores are the members?ă(Kaoru)
ăUuâŠă(M.A.M)
Hm⊠why was he silent?
ăDrug Store Association!
The majority of drug stores other than this store are members!ă(M.A.M)
ăEhâŠ?ă(Kaoru)
Does that mean that there are three members?
If it is four stores, he would probably say ăAll but oneă and if itâs five then itâs ăall the drugstoresă
ăâŠRejectedă(Kaoru)
There is no need to listen to what rules the union has made without permission.
This one too.
Only the members can protect the rules of the association.
It does not matter to anyone else, and it has no binding power.
ăWhat!? This is an official demand from the unionâŠă(M.A.M)
ăNo, itâs only for the members, and whatâs about the other two stores?
Oh, what if I joint-hand with the other 2 stores, the balance will be 3 and 3âŠă(Kaoru)
ăWhat âŠ!?ă(M.A.M)
The middle-aged man was impatient.
No, in the first place, why is such a social gathering trying to force such a thing without permission?
ăWell, of course, I also tell the other two stores all the suppliers, purchase price, the proportion of blending and secrets.ă(Kaoru)
ăYou! You cannot do such a thing!ă(M.A.M)
After saying so, he noticed the gaze of Riette-chan, who looked at him like looked at the garbage. The man falls back a little.
Innocent (young lady) loliâs eyes seemed to be hurt.
Hmm, so he still had the concept of ăshameăâŠ
ăThen again, whyâŠ?
We do not have any medicine that will work for serious injuries or serious illness.
We only have some medicines for common diseases, anti-diarrhea or antiseptics,
These kinds of medicine exist anywhereâŠă(Kaoru)
ăThat medicine for military disease treatment is a big deal!
Normally, people wonât buy medicines unless they become injured or sick.
However, that medicine will sell well continuously.
Besides the army, hunters and field workers also want to buy it as well.
And in some case, some of the aristocrats can use it to build connections.
Other drugs can also be sold well.
In additionâŠă(M.A.M)
No, I donât use it for connection or anything.
Oh, do we talk about doing that?
ăWhy are such ordinary medicines of your so effective?
When even our best medicines arenât so effective.
I guess you sold it cheap now because you just tried to make us went out of business.
And when there arenât any drug store rivals left, you will manipulate the priceă(M.A.M)
AhâŠ
Thatâs it, my medicines work however I want because itâs a cheat.
Even though I havenât made medicine for severe injuries and serious illness such as ătears of the goddessă and potions.
But people can understand quickly if they use it many times or compare it with the medicine they bought at other shops, just a small amount of abdominal pain healed or the wound does not suppurate.
The difference in efficacy, certaintyâŠ
Uhm, uncle, what did you say a while ago?
Well, what should I doâŠ
Of course, I can not teach suppliers and manufacturing methods.
âŠOr rather, it can not be done.
Both of them do not exist.
MununuâŠ
Thatâs it!
ăI understand, I will do my best, please wait a few daysă(Kaoru)
ăWell, I understand! Get ready, quickly!ă(M.A.M)
ăYes, can you tell me the name of the stores that are the members of the drug shop unionâŠ?ă(Kaoru)
After telling me the names of the three stores, the M.A.M from the ădrug store unionă also got back home fairly happy.
Perhaps, he imagines the profit he will make a few days later.
ăâŠKaoru-Onee-chan, is it all right?ă(Riette)
Riette-chan knew that my potions were produced with ability, she said that with a worried face, but yes, no problem.
Oh, that reminds me, Roland and Francette didnât come out this time.
Was it because itâs just a merchant-like uncle, they thought that he was an ordinary customer so they didnât come out? or they went out on a date with two peopleâŠ
No, no. Itâs not.
Absolutely, they are looking at me from somewhere.
âŠIâm scared!
And then I went out of the store, looking at the signboarded.ăAtelier Rietteă
And under it, the letters of ămedicineâŠă
I re-wrote it and added something else.
Ufufufu.
***** AND A FEW DAYS LATER *****
ăHey, is the shopkeeper here?ă(M.A.M)
ăOh, the uncle from before, the drug shop unionâŠă(Kaoru)
Un. Itâs the drug uncle from a few days ago. He is angry, I can see his veins pop out.
ăWell, what in the world happenedâŠ, what is this?ă(M.A.M)
Lunch boxes were arranged in the shop and I even increased other types more than before.
Besides, I added to the system that they can choose the side dishes they like.
Besides, I also prepared drinks, portable preservation foods such as dried meat and hard-baked bread, and confectionery such as cookies as well.
Everything wasnât made out by ability but was ordinarily purchased from other shops or made by ourselves purchasing materials.
There are services that you can have drinks in a carry-in container.
ăWell⊠the medicine! Where is the medicine!?ă(M.A.M)
ăMedicine? Please go out and watch the signs properlyă(Kaoru)
ăWhat?ă(M.A.M)
And what came out in the eyes of the drug uncle who left the store to look up at the eaves.
ăAtelier Rietteă
ăBENTO, STORE OF GROCERIESă
The large sign ăAtelier Rietteă is still the same, but the small sign ăMedicineâŠăwas changed.
And thereâs the poster beside the entrance.
ăWE DISCONTINUED THE SALE OF MEDICINES ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT
ăYOU CAUSED US TROUBLE FOR SELLING WELL-QUALIFIED MEDICINESăFROM DRUG STORE UNION
(KURTBA DRUGSTORE, BEIRAS PHARMACY, PHARMACIST STORE MELTOLEN).
FROM NOW ON, WE ARE A LUNCHBOX STORE, THANK YOUă
ă⊠âŠă(M.A.M)
The uncle keeps his mouth wide open.
ăI stopped selling medicine and narrowed it to lunch boxes so that the problem ceased!ă(Kaoru)
As I smiled and saying so to him, the uncleâs face turned red and he yelled at me.
ăThere is a big deal!
There are complaints to our three stores, ruining our business.
And all the customers are flowing to two stores that are not in the union!ă(M.A.M)
Eh? (ăăïŒare? )
Actually, I donât have to run a drugstore.
I just wanted a place to interact with many people, easy to make money to live normally, without pulling out the money that I collected.
Therefore, even with just the lunchbox shop, an unexpected big hit, itâs already sufficient. It can be easily done by myself than a drugstore.
The medicine store had so many troubles, it became somewhat annoying and the lunchbox is happy because there is a direct response of the customer.
Even though the preparation is hard but I feel ăworkă is somewhat fun.
Besides, even at for lunchboxes, the ability that I got from Ceres properly is useful.
Iâm not too busy to search for fresh, cheap ingredients every day because itâs only possible to store any amount in my item box without deterioration over time.
We used little by little from the item box and refilled it whenever I went to the market, so thereâs almost no waste product.
And since all the products are handmade by ourselves, satisfactory achievement and satisfaction are obtained.