Price of Management

Fortunately, Sis was eating melon for dessert after finishing her meal.

One melon for dessert? That's a big one, cis.

As I entered the restaurant, the red-haired girl welcomed me with a big smile.

“Welcome, sir. Have a seat over here."

“Huh, cis? ”

I glanced at Sis with astonishment. Instead of eating the sheath, I turned my head.

His eyes widened as he met me.

“What is cis doing here? What a coincidence. But I finally have a summer robe in my hand for you. What a coincidence. Isn't that right?”

I gave a shivering face to Sis and I gave her a new robe. The deaf Sis looked at Rob and me in alternation.

Wow!

You hugged me.

Ugh! This was more than I expected.

“Heave-ho! Oh my god! ”

The red-haired girl also liked it with a twitch.

I could feel the joy of reunion holding Sis in my arms for a while.

A moment later, the sheath fell out of my arms, red to the ears.

Oh, and the sheath.

I mean, at times like this, it's violent.

I sat across from Sis and ordered the girl with the fluffy red hair.

“I'd like to make this meal lighter, but would you like some bread and milk? ”

“How about beef stew with vegetables, mushrooms, and potatoes? ”

“Oh, you don't have any bread? ”

The girl's face became dark.

“Yes. Wheat is more precious than gold. I can't give you any kind of bread. ”

“Okay. I'll have the beef stew, then. ”

Meat is cheaper than wheat. What kind of weird situation is this?

But it is right now.

And then, of course, both the wheat and the meat will be ridiculously expensive.

It's still going crazy, but it's going to get worse soon.

Numerous people will despair and mourn.

“Wine?”

“A glass of white wine. ”

“Yes!”

The girl who received the spell ran vigorously.

Working enthusiastically, it seemed that the girl was not just a waitress, but an employee of this restaurant.

Is that the landlord's daughter?

I thought it would be a good business because it was so bright and spreading, but there were no guests in the restaurant.

The aftermath of the Great Depression seemed to have caused a recession. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. That's too bad.

Hold still.

Come to think of it, now is the time to invest.

The Kingdom of Leaden is extremely expensive.

The immunity of the royal palace is too expensive to imagine, so the landlords are all rich nobles.

This restaurant adjacent to the Magic Guild is also expensive.

Maybe 50 times our territory?

This is a good time to invest at a low land value.

Wow.

I knew my senses weren't rusty.

I may not have been the biggest deal in my life, but I've heard the sound of a merchant making a lot of money in one area.

As I was trying to make money, I suddenly realized that Sis was staring at me.

Oh, my God, you're thinking about leaving our little Sis in front of us!

“How have you been? ”

The sheath nods.

“What about magic? Are you learning 3-Circle magic well? ”

I nod my head again.

“Do you think you'll be in three circles soon? ”

A sheath that shakes its head this time.

Ah, it's hard to keep talking. But I don't give in.

“Then?”

The sheath looks up one finger.

Papa-pot!

Three flaming arrows swirl around his loving finger.

That's the magic I remember. It's called the Fire Arrow. With easy one-circle enchantments, two circle wizards can form three at a time and three circle wizards.

Ohh!

“I'm in three circles. ”

Sis said, removing the flaming arrows.

I had to be surprised by that. Sis would have been 17 by now.

And you're already in three circles! Even a great genius was a considerable talent.

“Amazing? I could be a Grand Wizard someday. Isn't it famous for being the Magic Queen? ”

It is said that there once was a man who had absolute magical power. Was his nickname the Magic King? Now it's just a legend.

Anyway, when the sheath does that, she'll be like the magic queen. Hahahaha.

Sis, weak in praise, bowed her head and was ashamed.

“So what are you going to do now? You want to continue learning magic in the Magic Guild? ”

The sheath shakes her head.

“Then?”

He stares at me this time.

“Did you come to see me? ”

The sheath nods.

And when I said good-bye, I told her to come if she didn't have anywhere else to go.

Perfect timing.

I was going to hire an employee, and if cis would come to me, I'd be welcome.

Plus, Sis is now a Class 3 Master Wizard!

Excellent in terms of skill.

“Sis, will you be an employee of my conference? The base salary is 10 Redinas and I'll pay you a lot of extra money. ”

Sis nods without a second thought.

All right!

Then, the red-headed girl who brought the beef stew and white wine, who had just ordered, walked away with a pointy face.

“Wait! Where are you taking her?!" ”

“Then I'll hire as an employee and take him back to my hometown. ”

“No! The hiring is void! ”

“Come on? Did the young lady have the right to greet our council? ”

“My name is Julia! ”

“I'm Caroc. ”

“Yes, Caroc! Anyway, you're not taking her anywhere! ”

Julia grunts.

You look cute, but why do you interfere in my work?

“Why?”

“Without you, my restaurant is ruined! ”

My restaurant?

Turns out it was called Julia's restaurant.

Surprisingly, this redheaded girl was the owner of the restaurant.

I thought you were the owner's daughter, but now you're the owner. You're a little older than you look, aren't you?

“No one spends money on his big girl or whatever! I can't even see those rich nobles! We'll be damned if we don't have a cissus who visits us every day and eats expensive dishes by 10! It's fucking bankrupt! ”

“ ……. ”

I've lost my words.

My sweet Sis, you've been feeding a restaurant in plain sight.

By the way, one cis is keeping the restaurant. How many did you eat...?

“How much does the sheath use per day……. ”

“Today's meal costs 1 red or 59 silver. I'm a regular, so I'll only get one red or 30 silver. ”

He gave two gold coins without a word and received a change.

This is a high-end restaurant targeted at the nobles, so it was expensive.

When I looked at it because it was ridiculous, I asked Sis with a trembling voice.

“Sissy. I was just wondering, how much money do you have left? ”

“213 Redina.”

Rrrrgh!

“How come there's only that much money left? By the way, how much did you spend in the Magic Guild learning how to spell 3 circles? ”

“Fifty Redina.”

“Well, did you spend 700 Redinas on groceries? ”

What the hell! I'm scared! I'm hitting my ex-wife's waste wall with one ration!

Nod sheath.

I ate a huge amount of food every day at a high-end restaurant, so of course I have no money left!

I had never had money in the first place, so I didn't seem to have any sense of money at all.

“Sis, listen to me. 700 Redina is money that four people can live on for 700 months. That's basically enough money to feed 700 furniture for a month. Can I make it easier for you to understand? With that money, we can eat 700,000 lamb skewers sold in our territory. ”

When he said 700,000 skewers of lamb, his face suddenly opened up.

I told Julia again.

“You didn't mean to worry him until he was broke, did you? ”

“Well, I don't know about that. All wizards used to have a lot of money, so I wanted to! ”

“Anyway, I'll take Sis, so run the restaurant. To be honest with you, the game is going to get ugly, so I'd recommend closing for a year or so. You can also sell the restaurant and go down to the cheap part of the country. ”

“No! This restaurant is...! ”

“I don't know, I don't know. Goodbye then.”

“Wait a minute...! ”

I left the restaurant with cis. Sis waves to Julia as she is dragged out of my hands.

* * *

You can't do this! ’

That night, Julia closed the door and changed her teeth, organizing the books in the restaurant left alone.

It was Julia who had run her parents' book restaurant early.

They used to say he was a nobleman, but all that was left for Julia was a castle named Lauren and a restaurant.

Julia, who had always been bold and prestigious since childhood, borrowed money and decorated the restaurant luxuriously.

A good chef paid and hired five Redinas a month.

Then, like the nobles and wizards, rich customers started coming.

So Julia paid her debts in two years and became the owner of a fine restaurant.

But the Great Plague changed everything.

At first, I thought that the good nobles wouldn't even move because of the famine.

But the nobles and wizards no longer came to Julia's restaurant.

It was such a severe famine that even those whose money was rotting had to be saved.

There's no path to grain, so the restaurant menu has dropped significantly and customers have been missing for the last four months!

This is a high-end restaurant, and it costs as much as I make.

There is a wizard who eats scary things every day that doesn't suit a pretty face like a doll, so I have not kept it bankrupt until now.

“To be honest with you, the game is going to get ugly, so I'd recommend closing for a year or so. You can also sell the restaurant and go down to the cheap part of the country. ”

No! No! You step back from here, you'll never regain your wits! ’

With the money from disposing of the restaurant, I go down to the countryside and earn enough money to live on for the rest of my life.

But Julia's dream was more than that. She has lived in the Kingdom of Leaden and seen many nobles and giants.

I wanted to be successful like them and be respected by everyone.

This is a time when the price of land fell.