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87. Suspiciously good general store (2)

“mister! how have you been doing?”

“hello.”

“Ugh… Hello, boss.”

“… … .”

around lunchtime on the weekend.

Four girls rushed to the general store.

One of them is a face she has never seen before.

No, to be precise, a girl who should be officially the first person you see.

A pretty girl whose water color was all blue was looking up at me calmly.

“hello.”

When my eyes met, the girl greeted me gently.

Shine put his arm on the girl’s shoulder and said.

“This is Vine, a student in my class. I came with you because I had something to live for. Don’t you think we should do some publicity here? The goods are good, but the business is not working.”

“That’s right, if the publicity went well, there would be a lot of people here too?”

“But the boss said he didn’t like having a lot of customers.”

It’s only been visited by four girls, but if you’re already going crazy, it’s better not to promote it.

“Why did you come all over?”

“It’s an exam soon. The written test is a problem, but you have to prepare for the practical test in advance.”

“If you don’t buy in advance, things will run out.”

“There are a lot of people I don’t know here, so I think it could have been prepared later.”

Three girls chatter and chatter.

The water-colored girl was looking around the general store with her eyes closed.

I was a little taken aback because I didn’t know that girl would roll into the general store like this.

I wasn’t taken aback by the sudden appearance of the SSR.

‘I have to sell a unique weapon.’

I was just taken aback by the sudden opportunity to sell unique weapons.

If you wait a bit, you will have a chance to talk to Baine separately.

I decided to wait until then.

“excuse me… president?”

“??”

While the kids had disappeared to pick out something, Ariando sneaked up to me and started talking to me.

It seemed that the fact that he couldn’t look into my eyes from earlier was stabbing me.

“Has anyone come from our family by any chance?”

“In your family?”

“Yes.”

“A marble problem?”

“No… .”

Hearing Ariando’s sullen voice, he couldn’t control his expression.

“Put, why are you being so serious? Stop worrying unnecessarily and go and play with your friends.”

seukseuk ㅡ

He stroked Ariando’s head.

“Your father has come and gone.”

“!!”

It was clear that Ariando was suffering.

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It must be because a few days ago, Ariando’s father, the Duke, came to our general store and had a frank talk.

* * *

“Keuheum, I came because of my daughter’s problem. Can I talk to you for a second?”

“……”

The peacock entered the store alone when it was closing.

The high-pressure atmosphere of the unique aristocrats was flowing, but it looked awkward somewhere.

‘It feels like a dog that wants to poop.’

While I was thinking about something else for a moment, the duke also changed his tone as to what he was thinking.

“Can we talk?”

The duke asks to speak with me once again.

When he said that, he smiled as if he had done something very proud.

‘Looks like the only thing a noble can do to treat commoners is honorific.’

He seemed to know roughly what he was thinking.

“What have you come for?”

“I’m Ariando’s father.”

“So it is.”

“…I don’t think you heard anything from your daughter.”

“doesn’t exist. Why did you come all this way?”

Didn’t a shabby person come to my precious general store?

If it’s not SSR, I want it to be quietly turned off.

I pretended not to know, but in fact I knew why the duke was here.

Hasn’t it been a while since you sent Ariando to investigate, as your family is suspicious?

In the midst of this, the Duke’s visit to the general store was tantamount to proving that he was the culprit.

“Something strange must have happened recently. hehehehe, that happened because I ordered it. I misunderstood your daughter and you. I apologize for doing such a stupid thing without knowing that you were an ugly father who couldn’t trust your daughter.”

Is it because you are noble?

The person apologizing is definitely over there, but somehow I feel like I’m in the position to apologize.

Doesn’t it seem like the other side is patronizing you?

It was unavoidable that his mind was distorted even though he was thinking about what all nobles are like.

“As expected, Ariando was the culprit. It was very absurd that you hired a woman out of the blue and put it on me.”

“You are the culprit! I think you need to be careful with your words and actions.”

I shrug my shoulders, and the duke goes on to make an excuse.

“What can a father with a daughter not do? If there is a man standing in my daughter’s way, I can do even more. That was just a taste.”

He was justifying himself by saying that it was something a father with a daughter could do.

“I’m not sure if I’m getting an apology right now, or if I should be grateful for the apology and honoring it. Can you think of the latter?”

“Kuhm.”

“You’ve been clearing your cough since before. If it’s uncomfortable, do you correct your posture?”

How uncomfortable and awkward it must be for the duke, who must have lived a precious life, to apologize out of his temper.

‘But should I be considerate of that?’

The duke, whose face resembled Ariando’s, seemed sullen and tried not to show off, said.

“It was just my circumstances.”

“Since this is my situation, do you understand and understand?”

“Why are people so twisted!! And I didn’t mean to just end with words. I have something ready at the door as a consolation money, so check it out later.”

“Will you replace the apology with compensation?”

“Then what more do you want me to do?”

It seemed that the aristocrat should be grateful that the head of the duke’s family had come to express his regret while writing honorific words.

“Well, that’s all right. I don’t want to raise my voice to accept an apology that I don’t even have in my heart. In that case, it is better to receive a ‘material’ reward.”

Knowing that the other side was trying to make ends meet with rough words and appropriate compensation, I thought that I should rather eat the proper compensation from my side.

“Now I can talk a little bit! If you check the consolation money, you’ll think it’s not enough.”

“No, I don’t want money. As you can see, I am not running a store to make a living.”

“then?”

“If you want the duke’s family head, of course it’s not power, right? Please use your power for me. It won’t be that difficult for the head of the household.”

Shouldn’t there be no dragging into the military at this age?

I was thinking of solving it in exchange for this job.

After hearing the explanation, the duke said as if he guessed.

“As expected, that marble, was it made with your ability?”

“I knew you had heard and guessed that I had been asked to find out about my identity. You may regret it, but I did not intentionally hide that I am an Awakener. It hasn’t been a few months since I woke up.”

The duke is startled as if he guessed that I had been hiding the fact that I was an Awakener all this time.

“How long ago did you wake up?”

“yes. Even though I was over 30, I woke up. I was not able to report it because I thought that if I reported it now, the military would call me, thinking that it was a kindling fire.”

“We cannot lose Awoken who have not yet discovered their potential in vain on the battlefield. I’ll solve that problem. You’ll just have to take a few tests. To prove that you did not deliberately hide your powers.”

“Anything is possible.”

He’s a pretty talkative old man.

The attitude of apologizing was very upsetting, but isn’t it all about stubbornness peculiar to old people?

I decided to be content with receiving a reward that actually helped me instead of accepting a fake apology.

It’s good that the duke doesn’t have to bow his head to a commoner, and I’m in a good situation because I’m solving a thorny problem.

We shook hands, satisfied with each other.

“and….”

and?

“If it ever happens, keuheum! I want you to talk to your daughter.”

“What do you mean?”

“I say it worked out well. I’d rather say the vibe wasn’t too bad.”

“… Are you serious?”

“Ariando is very heartbroken.”

I wondered why the duke had come to apologize in person.

Ariando seems to have been loved by the Duke much more than he thought.

“I don’t think you would hire someone for free.”

“Is there anything else you want?”

“If something happens in the future that requires the protection of the duke’s family, I would like to ask for help once more. Then we’ll make sure there’s no problem with this.”

“Okay, good. Let it be.”

A few days have passed since that day, and the weekend.

Ariando came to the general store with his friends, and he was looking at me while hesitating, as if he hadn’t heard that it had been resolved.

‘They look alike, but their personalities are completely different.’

When we parted the other day, he seemed embarrassed to see me, as I assured him that my family couldn’t do that.

To be honest, the misunderstanding of Ariando’s father, the duke, is still absurd.

‘You’re tying me up with a kid like that?’

How the hell can you think of something like that?

By the way, Arianne’s head barely touches my chest.

It’s absurd to put a guy like that on me.

“Did Dad really come and apologize in person?”

Ariando heard me and his eyes widened and twinkled.

“Yeah, he said he was scolded by you, and he became sullen and asked my daughter to talk to her.”

“Wow~ Did my dad really say that? I can’t believe it… .”

Even though he said he couldn’t believe it, Ariando’s expression was getting brighter.

Even though he was very angry with his father, he must have not known that the head of the duke’s family would rush to apologize and hit his head.

In fact, that didn’t happen, so that guess was correct.