ăOh, the drugstore has gone out of business, the reason is as the letter I asked the orphan delivering to youâŠă(Kaoru)
ă Donât be silly!
Well, you only have to kill that association!
Should we crush that organization in your stead?
Should I crush the shop or do I have to kill the shopkeeper?ă(Lt. Col)
⊠ăcrush the shopkeeperă, I wonder if he meant physically, maybeâŠ
But the union and the other guy who came to complain the other day,
I have driven them back with salt correspondence, it doesnât matter anymore.
My place is already not a drugstore anymore.
ăNo, this isnât a problem to get intervention from aristocrats and soldiers.
Because it is a very average problem between peers.
It doesnât involve Mr. Lt. Col, so please donât interfereâŠă(Kaoru)
ăInvolvement? Itâs a large-scale involve here! You idiot!ă(Lt. Col)
Mr. Lt. Colonel is serious angryâŠ, ah, this is bad!
I shook my palm in front of my chest as the signalâŠ
I desperately appealed Francette and Roland because they stared at the entrance with their hands on the handle of the sword.
Otherwise, they might really be going to slash Lt. ColâŠ
ăWhat will become of our medicine!? especially the military disease medicine.
Your medicines are really effective.
Because of that, I have instructed to switch to the drugs of this store!ă(Lt. Col)
Oh, so thatâs the case!
Well, suddenly, a (wild) dubious ăunionă appeared and things happened!
ăHm? whatâs with that eyeâŠ, ah!ă(Lt. Col)
Shut up (Urusai), I have these eyes since born!
Hey⊠Mr. Lt. Colonel, why did you suddenly get upset?
Ah, did you notice that the cause might be he, himself?
ă⊠âŠ.ă(Kaoru)
ăâŠâŠâŠâŠă(Lt. Col)
ăăâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠăă(Kaoru + Lt. Col)
ăAh no. uhmâŠă(Lt. Col)
Chicken�
ăâŠâŠâŠâŠă(Lt. Col)
Mr. Lt. Colonel is in trouble.
Well, does he feel bothering that much?
ăWell, as for the medicine, even we donât sell it at our store, they will be wholesaled to 2 shops outside this union. 80% of the current price.
If the two shops take 20% profit and sell it to the army at the same price as before,
There is no problem, right?ă(Kaoru)
ăOh, well, thatâs fine, but âŠ
Then, you will only have little profit.
Itâs just like you surrender from harassment.
Meanwhile, we can solve it with a little pressure from the army.
Like: from now on, our battalion will not purchase medicine from all three stores of that union.
If this news spread to the military, other battalions might also do the same.
Unless they surrender and apologize to you, we will never consider dealing with them againâŠă(Lt. Col)
Well, it may be so, even the union must be afraid of such things.
However, I donât want to return it with harassment.
If we are not careful, we might ruin their life
Besides, if I get the military and noble to back me up, I wonât be able to remain as average in front of civiliansâ eyes.
It might affect my marriage chanceâŠ
ăNo, because our profits are enough with the lunchbox sales.
And our medicine sales will not inconvenience familiar customersâŠ
Of course, I will make sure those 2 drug store will wholesale drugs other than military disease medicine for youă(Kaoru)
ăItâs a great deal, there is no reason to refuse itâŠă(Lt. Col)
Yes, I think so too.
ăThe supplier demands to keep his information a secret.
I think itâs also the common sense of the merchant around here.
Please keep this incident confidential.
If it leaks, another funny thing will come.
If that happens âŠă(Kaoru)
ăHow about that?ă(Lt. Col)
I smile on the question of Mr. Lt. Colonel.
ăHe will go hiding and you will be able to buy anything from anywhereă(Kaoru)
Before listening to my words, he suddenly pulled his body back a bit.
How come? Eh?
***AND A FEW DAYS LATER, RIGHT AFTER OPENING***
ăăăIs there the shopkeeper!?ăăă(3 men)
Sigh~⊠not only twice but three times already.
And this time, the number also grew to three people.
What I want to grow isnât this kind, damn it! (T.N: Kaoru wants more customers not more trouble)
ăăăWhy did you wholesale the medicine to two other stores and didnât wholesale to our shop!ăăă(3 men)
No, even if you told me such a thingâŠ
ăWell, I told you that my drugstore was out of business, just like you asked for it.
Did those two stores say that they purchase medicine from us?ă(Kaoru)
ăNo, no, thatâsâŠ
but thatâs the medicine that you dealt with in your shop!ă(M.A.M)
ăI do not know.
In the first place, itâs unreasonable to forcibly ask suppliers of other stores, isnât it?
When I go out of business, is it a problem if I hand over my suppliers to other shops at a reasonable price?
And why do you have problems, are you trying to force it from me?
Would you also provide the information from your business partner to the other two drugstores like itâs an obvious action for the merchantâŠ?ă(Kaoru)
ăăăWhatâŠâŠ!?ăăă(3 men)
Well, it will be a problem.
They wouldnât dare to do such things, or they would not be able to gain truth from any merchants as the business partner.
Anyway, it will not be a welcome thing.
ăAnd from the last time as well.
Although it was an unreasonable demand, I wasnât able to say that because it was a ărequest from the same companyă
but this time, it is ă an obligation, an intimidation against a girl of another industry that is not related at allă
Would you like me to report it the officerâŠ?ă(Kaoru)
If merchants get harassed and stop doing business, the tax revenue will decrease.
And merchants pay much more tax than regular workers.
In addition, thisâs the capital city, and its tax revenue is paid directly to his majesty.
âŠIn other words, officials and police here will do their work.
And there are many eyes, eyes, eyes⊠gazed at the 3 drugstore owners silently. (T.N: raw repeats eyes 3 times and âŠ)
Right after the opening of the store.
In other words, it was the time zone where customers who come to buy lunch boxes are the most frequent.
Hunters, travelers, soldiers, non-commissioned offices, various others.
The customers ăAtelier Riette, the lunch box, and groceries storeăare a lot.
And they were staring at the three people with a scary eye.
The 3 shop ownersâ face became pale and they had no alternative except to escape in a hurry.
ăIâm sorry, I kept you waiting.
For apologies, for those who are here right now, lunch boxes and other are 20% off sale discount!ă(Kaoru)
ăOh, Kaoru, you are fat/generous (pronoun the same)!ă(Customer)Â (T.N: I think EN has the same joke, you are such a big man)
ăHow rude! Iâm not fat, Iâm smart!ă(Kaoru)
ăSmart, right? But chest⊠No, itâs nothing!ă(Customer)
Just as expected, that word is are too cruel.
Maybe he also thought the same, he tried to distract in a panic.
ăPlease donât tell it to me in the end like a joke!
If you feel sympathy for such strange things, it makes me more miserable!ă(Kaoru)
ăThatâs not itâŠ.ă(Customer)
And the inside of the shop was wrapped in laughter.
***FIVE DAYS LATER***
I wake up.
In order not to wake up Riette-chan who is still sleeping,
I gently changed clothes and descended to the first floor,
Opening the curtain and the wooden windowâŠ
ăUwa!ă(Kaoru)
Outside, there is a long line.
No, until now, we sometimes still have a long line of customers formed.
However, this time it looks a bit strange. Thereâs no reason for them to gather here this soon.
The discount sale only happened yesterdayâŠ
I canât think of a reason.
AndâŠ
Although they are quietly lined up without making noise, everyoneâs face has frustration in their eyes, itâs bloodshot eyes.
ăWha, whatâs thisâŠ?ă(Kaoru)
When I was still wondering, the door was knocked *con~con~ (SFX)*
And it was from a separate entrance from those who line up.
I hurry to remove the bartack.
And when I open the door, two men jumped into the shop.
ăKaoru, do you have any good medicines?
We canât deal with this problem with any kind of medicines!ă(Good drug store owner 1)
ăItâs an emergency, I beg you!ă(Good drug store owner 2)
It was the owner of the remaining two drugstores who didnât participate in the ăunionă among the five drugstores in this city, the capital.
Yes, the stores Iâm contracting and wholesaling medicine.
ăWhat in the worldâŠă(Kaoru)
ăItâs an illness.
Apparently, it seems to be an epidemic and itâs prevalent.
The patientâs symptoms seem to be pretty intense. The patient has increased rapidly, andâŠ
There are already a lot of deadă(Good drug store owner 1)
ăEh!?ă(Kaoru)
This is bad.
I was running a drugstore but I donât have any knowledge of medicine or medical science on my own. The potion cheat from Celes allows me to create any kind of medicines with any effect.
However, I canât name a disease or teach a cure.