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<b>Author: </b><b>citrullus</b>
 
<b>Character cheat sheet. This is mainly for me, and people who took a break from the novel.</b>
<b>Yukiya Kitahara(</b><b>北原雪哉) now (雪耶): The protagonist. A junior high student, 14, and  now a Snow girl. Short black hair, beautiful pale skin.</b>
<b>Syuuji Kitahara(北原修司): Yukiya’s father, and owner of the Snow House.(雪乃亭) Which is located in Hyousei Village(氷清村)</b>
<b>Yukino(</b><b>雪乃): Yukiya’s mother, and is a snow woman/ Yuki Onna.</b>
<b>Hazuki Natsumi(夏美) and Saeki Tomonori(佐伯智則): Yukiya’s friends and classmates.</b>
<b>Hikura Kouko(氷倉凍子). The evil young Yuki Onna. Sharp eyes, and long black hair. </b><b>Reiko is her mom.(冷子)</b>
<b>Azusa Okamoto AKA Azuchi (岡本梓 ) Girl friend.</b>
<b>Mai Fujisaki (藤崎舞) Girl Friend.</b>
<b>TN: Mamuni</b>
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<b>“We’re in the red. . !?”</b>
 
<b>Today is a holiday.</b>
<b>At the entrance of the Snow House there was a sign saying we were closed. </b>
<b>The storefront is silent.</b>
<b>We can’t be opened all year round like those major chain stores. We also don’t have the money to hire temp workers as well.</b>
<b>However it’s not like we are all just taking a break during this time. My father has accumulated clerical work. And I’m helping.</b>
<b>Hand calculator taping, and rechecking earnings. I’m not going to overlook anything.</b>
 
<b>“This is crazy. This was our best month. . .”</b>
 
<b>I stared at our revenue for this month and held my head.</b>
<b>I’m so dumbfounded by how much is in the red.</b>
<b>Red, Red, Red. . .</b>
<b>I looked over the numbers over and over again, but no matter how many times I checked the profit and cost, we are in the red.</b>
<b>Despite the fact it’s the first half of the winter season. The Ski season. We even had my mother here helping us. . .</b>
<b>I tried to sort out house expenditure and it seems like there was a gap.</b>
<b>But the efforts of three family members, my mother included now. Yet we are having problems.</b>
<b>This situation.</b>
<b>And the height of the ski season will be ending soon.</b>
<b>Of course, there are other events like the mountaineering in the summer, golden week, and a demand for a summer break, but the winter time is still much better.</b>
<b>. . .No matter how you look at it, our returns are terrible.</b>
<b>We have to earn as much as possible in the winter.</b>
 
<b>“I have to do something. . .”</b>
 
<b>All that remains is the last spring break, and the graduation season trips.</b>
<b>We can not miss these opportunities.</b>
<b>And in order to break even this quarter, we have to do something new. It has to be now.</b>
<b>I then remembered what I read in “Food Navigator”.</b>
 
<b>“The stores that have nothing to say are the stores that are forgotten.”</b>
 
<b>And that one nasty review struck the back of my mind. They also gave us a one star.</b>
<b>However, those points stick to me.</b>
<b>We are just a plain store. </b>
<b>We have no gimmick.</b>
 
<b>“Dad, do you have any ideas for a comeback?”</b>
<b>“Hm, I wonder.”</b>
 
<b>My father then turned over the horse racing newspaper he was reading.</b>
 
<b>“Well, why don’t we advertise? Perhaps on the newspaper or billboards.”</b>
<b>“We don’t have the money for that,”</b>
<b>“What if we try one of the new trendy things? Sing, dance to advertise? The elementary and junior high school students today are pretty savvy with that.”</b>
<b>“If we had that talent, I’d be an idol by now.”</b>
 
<b>My mother hasn’t been here since the morning, so it’s only us thinking about this.</b>
 
<b>I looked closely at the earnings report.</b>
<b>Recently we didn’t owe anything. And the customer flow was also decent.</b>
<b>In other words, there should not be any net loss. So where is the money going?</b>
<b>I’ve already cut down where I could.</b>
<b>Even utility costs have been diligently cut. Which includes electricity usage, and I have to loudly tell my bath loving father to not waste water.</b>
 
<b>It’s not possible to reduce our own food expenses without lowering the quality of our meals. Our menu and interior would become mediocre.</b>
<b>But still I try to get the best deals for ingredients.</b>
 
<b>“Hah. . .”</b>
 
<b>I gave another heavy sigh.</b>
<b>There seems to be no silver bullet.</b>
<b>Fortunately we own our home, so we at least don’t need to worry about rent. So there is no immediate threat of being expelled. But there is a little bit remaining in the home loan.</b>
 
<b>Yet, I’m the only one worried about this.</b>
<b>I stared back at the accounting book.</b>
 
<b>“Hm?”</b>
 
<b>What? What is this strange withdrawal. . .</b>
<b>I don’t understand this. . .Wait, 30,000 yen!? What was that for?</b>
<b>It doesn’t say in the book.</b>
 
<b>“This 30,000 yen. . .What was it for?”</b>
<b>“A-Ah, That? I-I think it was used at a neighborhood association meeting.”</b>
 
<b>My father was suddenly sweating.</b>
<b>At the neighborhood association? Just for food and drinks?</b>
 
<b>“Isn’t this expensive? You wouldn’t need that much. Plus I don’t see any receipts.”</b>
 
<b>I gazed at him, and his eyes were shifting.</b>
 
<b>“O-Oh, looking carefully. When did you get so good at looking at accounting books, Yukiya.”</b>
 
<b>Rather than acting like a kid. I’m just doing this because my father doesn’t.</b>
 
<b>“What is this. . .”</b>
<b>“. . .”</b>
 
<b>It then came to me when I saw what was next to him. He then quickly hid the newspaper.</b>
<b>I just remembered that there was an outside betting booth that opened in the town center last year.</b>
 
<b>“. . .”</b>
 
<b>And the demon was released.</b>
 
<b>“W-Well Yukiya, how about stop! Your father doesn’t remember raising a demon. . .”</b>
 
<b>A small snowstorm then began in the room.</b>
 
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<b>Another quick chapter, and I think this is a kick off to a new Yukiya problem. Well I guess money was always a problem, but now the irresponsible father led to more. I genuinely enjoy the responsible kid and irresponsible father dynamic. It fits Yukiya well.</b>
 
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