Episode 301: Salty, Sweet, and Oily
First, decide what you want to sell. Then, decide what sales strategy you want to use. Then, decide how you want to promote it.
Not only will they sell to the general public, but they will also be looking into how to connect with the nobles and each trading house.
There were more than one or two things to think about, and accordingly, a period of busy movement arrived for all of us.
They each decided to carry out their assigned tasks with certainty, and despite being a small group, they displayed excellent movements that were worthy of the term “elite group,” making good use of their great talents.
Of course, that’s not all.
Even within this, the two people who had other work to do right away were undergoing thorough training under my supervision.
“Sylphia. That kind of movement isn’t enough. Don’t you know it yet? There’s still a lot of strength left!”
“…ugh”
Sylphia Evergreen Grove.
Her fateful rival. Ahead of her final duel with Isolde Cruel, she was training desperately with me and Rudica.
“Rudika. Aren’t you tired? I wonder if I got you involved in something unnecessary.”
“No. It’s okay. Even Rudika finds this quite enjoyable.”
“Well, that’s fortunate.”
“Wasn’t Senior Silphia the one who defeated that golem together with you? Rudica must be having so much fun… but I think the problem is Senior Silphia’s stamina.”
As she said this, Rudika lifted her dagger and smiled lightly.
Sylphia gritted her teeth and raised her sword again.
“It’s still okay. You can still do it!”
“… … Is that so? Then come again.”
“i get it!”
“So don’t be discouraged. You must fight as an assassin, not as a knight, in this battle. Don’t you get it yet?”
“……i get it.”
Phew.
Let’s say they’re doing this much for now… I don’t know if the other guys are doing well.
* * *
Eve von Lohengrin accepted Wolfram’s application and thought for a moment.
“I’m thinking of opening three stores. I’m not sure if I’ll have enough manpower.”
I don’t particularly want Wolfram’s convenience store to do well.
However… Wolfram’s party is full of kind and good people except for the leader, so I don’t want to see them frowning.
So, after analyzing and considering the submission that Wolfram submitted, I couldn’t help but scratch my head.
“If it were a second branch, it would be more than enough to run it with the current staff… . No matter how capable they are, the numbers are insufficient.”
Yes, that’s right.
Being a small group of elites means that when you do something that absolutely requires numbers, you end up hitting an insurmountable wall.
Did he not know that? Or did he trust his party members too much?
“If I help you….”
No. Wolfram didn’t give himself instructions to help out at the stall.
There is no reason to follow his instructions, but even so… .
“What should we do?”
“… This, President Eve.”
Eve, who was sitting on the bench eating a sandwich while thinking about this, soon raised her head at the sound of a voice right in front of her.
“Oh my… You were Miss Cotton from the Knights College, right?”
“Do you remember me?”
“Of course. All the student council members remember.”
“… Yes, it is an honor.”
“So, Miss Cotton, what’s going on?”
“I… … It’s not something else, but for this festival, you said that being a member of the student council… … allows me to hold a concurrent position, right?”
“Of course. If there is something you want to exhibit, you can combine it with your student council duties. The student council is not a tool for restraint.”
“Well, then I have a favor to ask. It’s an application for a concurrent job permit.”
“… … Hehe. Then where should we look? … … Oh my.”
Eve was speechless for a moment after accepting the application form Cotton handed her.
“Can’t I do that?”
“No, I can’t say no. Okay. I have received your application for the position of store assistant at Wolfram von Lohengrin, which you applied for.”
“Go, thank you!”
Saying that, she bowed her head and turned away.
Eve sighed in disbelief as he left with a bright expression on his face, like a child whose wish had literally come true.
“… When on earth did you seduce that kid? Seriously… .”
but.
One cotton is not enough.
Wolfram can never afford it.
While thinking about that, Do-jeung reviewed the multiple job permits that came in one after another. He couldn’t help but smile bitterly without realizing it.
“Vanilla from the first year. Yogurt. Oh my… Even Selena from the second year applied for a part-time job? And that’s not all. Students from the South… No, even… Filtia?”
really.
When did I get to know so many people?
Eve sighed as if she was dumbfounded, but at the same time a small smile appeared on her lips.
It was a smile that no one would notice.
* * *
Zephrin Festival. Myth Festival.
Once a year.
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
It is a festival held in the fall and is a festival for all of the Zephrins.
Outside guests are also free to enter and exit, and at this time, the protective barrier that the first emperor had placed around Zephrin’s residence is activated to its fullest extent, prohibiting the use of magic inside except in designated areas.
A warp portal is also opened there, making it a place for relatives who haven’t met before to meet, and for each family to unite and become friends.
In other words, it is literally a meeting place where people who are ‘a certain level or more’ chosen gather.
On the surface, it was a festival just for students.
Behind it, countless businesses are being considered or schemes are being carried out, making it a suffocating arena of politics and commerce.
And, the girl standing tall in front of the existing crowd of hundreds of thousands. The current crowd of hundreds of thousands is the current student council president, Eve von Lohengrin.
She stood in front of the stage and began introducing herself through a magic megaphone, loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.
Beyond the self that everyone knows.
He spoke of ambitions that everyone had only guessed at.
“I would like to express my gratitude to the hundreds of thousands of students and everyone involved who have graced this place today. I am Yves von Lohengrin, the rightful heir to the throne of the Royal House of Lohengrin and the current student council president of Zephrin.”
At those words, everyone held their breath, and only a few people, including Wolfram… … that is, those who knew of Yves von Lohengrin’s ambitions, smiled bitterly.
To hundreds of thousands, he declared his intention to ascend to the throne.
Yeah, right.
When you do something, you do it with passion.
Who wouldn’t call it Eve?
Wolfram shrugged his shoulders from where Eve’s voice could clearly be heard, even though he was not in the audience.
Okay. This is just nonsense, but… …you’re not done here.
And out of the hundreds of thousands, only he… …was waiting for Eve to do what she did next.
okay.
If we stop here, it could end up as nothing more than a young girl’s vanity and pretentious ambition.
That’s why Eve showed her power.
As if his ambition was not an empty boast.
“The theme of this year’s festival is light.”
Even though it was broad daylight and the sun was brightly shining.
“This is a little trick I’m showing you guys. I hope you enjoy it.”
As she said this, Eve raised her hand towards the sky, and a burst of light rose from the tip of her hand and decorated the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A burst of light that seemed to dominate the entire space.
And the rain of light that followed.
Hundreds of thousands of people, including you, looked up at the sky.
Those skilled in magical powers had to force themselves to hold back the creepy arm, while even those without magical powers were amazed by the visual effects this great magic brought about.
How much horsepower would it take to make such a feat possible?
And at the same time, I felt it.
If that explosion of magical power is an attack magic, or a healing magic.
What a blessing to Middle-earth the mere existence of the character Yves von Lohengrin is.
Everyone present here is now so enthralled by the magic that it is impossible to discuss the future of this empire without mentioning Yves von Lohengrin.
“I hereby declare the opening of the 300th Light Myth Festival.”
With those words, everyone cheered with one heart and one mind.
As the festival opened, there was excitement at the prospect of a new hope appearing on this continent.
* * *
Players’ waiting room.
To cut straight to the point… … I had to try to suppress the sigh that came out of my mouth just now as I watched Eve’s atrocities.
“Even Eve is trying too hard. She doesn’t have the strength to project that level of magical power yet.”
“… … Did you know that too?”
“Of course. I am his subject.”
Even Sylphia said the same thing, Eve’s magic just now had gone beyond its limits.
A guy who struggles with even a brief moment of Bright Rain, explodes his magic to create fireworks and makes them rain down?
There is no way to use the current magic power.
“Dude. You’ll probably collapse behind him after doing that.”
“Whew. I want to go and help you right now.”
That’s what they say, but… … the girl in front of me, Sylphia Evergreen Grove, didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving this place.
As soon as Eve steps down from the stage and the stage is ready… … it’s Sylphia’s turn to appear.
The opening match between the top and second place students in their grades.
It is her duty to make those hundreds of thousands of participants feel the coolness of Zephrin through that epic battle.
But… … More than that, this fight was an unavoidable and important one for Sylphia Evergreen Grove.
Because this is your last chance to catch Isolde Cruel before graduation.
“… … You don’t have to go? I have to go to three stores, so I don’t think I have time to stay here.”
“That’s right. I don’t have time.”
“… … Then wouldn’t it be right to go?”
I know.
That’s correct.
“I have enough leisure to encourage my friend’s last fight during his school days, right up until the very moment he starts competing.”
“… … Ha. This is true.”
Sylphia laughed in disbelief at my words.
Is it funny that I say friend? Or is it my shameless words that are funny?
But strangely enough, both of those things were true.
“Your hands are shaking. Are you scared?”
“I’m scared.”
“I see.”
“So, Wolfram, can you hold my hand?”
“… … .”
“No. No. That’s a shameless request…”
Well, that’s the big deal.
I held Sylphia’s hand for a moment, and she looked at me with wide eyes.
“Are you feeling a little better?”
“… … No. I guess it might not work anymore.”
what?
Why?
“Don’t make that face… . Ha. Haha… … Ahahaha!”
When I laughed, Sylphia laughed for a long time as if she found something so funny.
Eventually, as if the tension had eased, after a while, Sylphia’s hands stopped shaking.
[The opening match will soon be between the top and second place students of the current fourth year of the Knights College. Isolde Cruel and Sylphia Evergreen Grove!]
The voice of society echoed through the waiting room, and Sylphia stood up from her seat.
“Sylphia.”
“What is it? We need to get moving slowly.”
“You can win.”
“Thank you for the encouragement.”
“No. This is not encouragement. This is a cool-headed analysis.”
“… … .”
“You are a party member I acknowledge.”
“Is that a cool-headed analysis? Isn’t it full of selfishness?”
“Huh. If we look at it objectively and calmly, isn’t it an undeniable fact that my party is currently the strongest in Zephrin? So… … you can’t lose. Do you understand?”
At my words, Sylphia opened her eyes wide, then laughed in disbelief and walked away.
Unless it was an optical illusion, there seemed to be no hesitation in his steps anymore.
* * *
Anyway, after sending Sylphia away like that, I quickly went back to store number 1.
And there stood the people who had gathered to support me.
“Wolfram, I’m ready.”
“Thank you, Ayla… … and.”
“Senior, I’m ready!”
“Cotton. Thank you for your support. Please express your gratitude to the others as well.”
“Even though we are members of the student council, we are poor. So you have to pay us a good hourly wage later on?”
“Of course.”
“Oh! And later, please have dinner with our cute Cotton!”
“Now, just a moment…!”
“It’s not difficult.”
Cotton and her friends were just looking this way and laughing like they were looking at Nephthys at the beginning of the first semester.
When I heard these children’s requests for part-time jobs, I couldn’t help but feel grateful.
In addition, Mille-feuille and Vanilla. Yogurt. Rudica and the Southerners are in charge of the second store. Nephthy and Filtia. Selena is in charge of the third store.
I hope you all are doing well.
I took up the baton.
Right now, he’s just reminiscing with his family, but soon he’ll be so hungry that he’ll come out to this restaurant street.
And they might want a snack, not a meal right away.
And the best yoga is always determined.
“Listen carefully. I will tell you the absolute truth about delicious things.”
At my words, they looked at me with shining eyes.
“If it’s salty, sweet, and oily, it’s definitely delicious.”
“…yes?”
“In other words, if you mix eggs and milk into flour, fry it, and then coat it with sugar, it becomes the most efficient snack.”
“Uh… . Uh, so.”
“therefore.”
I took a deep breath and declared coldly.
“Fry. Fry, fry, fry until the guests come to the room like the dead, swooning from the smell of fried food. Serve them the sweetest drinks and the most energizing drinks that will make them wake up.”
Yes. High in calories. Not nutrition, but calories. Sweet enough to make your brain explode.
Isn’t that the essence of the products that convenience stores handle?
ruler.
Let’s sell it excitedly until the blood vessels of the customers who came today beg for it to be saved.
