I Shall Survive Using Potions!

Death Crimson!

Not, its King Crimson!

(TL Note: Probably thisone, its an interesting article about Death Crimson)

We are now in a rented house, no, a leased store.

Its nice to be able to rent it by paying the money in advance without any troublesome certificates or guarantors.

This town isnt the royal capital but the kingdoms edge instead, hence the rent is not that high. Although the store part isnt so wide, the residence part has a reasonable size. Considering that this time, not only Emile and Bell, but Roland and Francette will also live together with us.

I suggested Emile and Bell to be in one room, and Roland will also be together with Francette in one room. But Francette strongly opposed with a blushed face.

(Francette)W-w-wh-wh-wha! Why do you want to put men and women who are not married in the same room!?

Eh?

Eeeeeeeeeeeeehhh??

(Roland)D-dont tell me

When I looked at the surprised Roland, I gently glanced away.

Ah~, I thought that this world has a lenient sense of virtue about chastity other than the nobleswait, Francette is also a noble now! Moreover, she also said that she had never been with men.

Eh..? Have they stayed in separate rooms until now?

(Francette)That time at the inn was different! It was because we need tosave our traveling expenses and I have a responsibility to escort Roland-sama! That was only my job!

I see, so as long as you work as a knight, it will be no problem to camp or stay at an inn together. However, the story will be different when it comes to living together, huh

Troublesomeee~!

On the other hand, Emile and Bell felt that they could not be in separate rooms, so they stayed in the same room. Of course, me and Riette-chan were in the same room either.

And the thing that I want to do in this store is

(Everyone)Convenience store?

Yup, a Convenience Store.

(TL Note: The raw says Store that is useful with a furigana saying Konbini)

Opening hours will be from the first morning chime (6 am) until second chime (9 am), and second afternoon chime (3 pm) until first evening chime (6 pm).

The period of time when everyone go to work and when they return from work.

Money is not a problem, thus I wont work that hard. If I have such time, I should use it for finding a marriage partner.

And the goods that we will sell are

From the item box, I took out the shelf and the display stand that was used at Atelier Riette and set them up on the counter. Then, I carefully put the selected goods there.

Hard bread, dried meat, solid soup stock, dried vegetables, and dried fruits.

Yup, the food that can be stored. In addition, I also arranged another goods like water bottles, knives, cloaks, hats, and such, for the people who suddenly have to go on a trip or the people who notice something is missing just before their departure.

Of course, its not only those goods, I also put cosmetics from a kind of herb for used underwear. Little by little, I widened the scope for those emergency goods.

How come the underwear and cosmetics are for emergency use, you said?

That is Lets talk when Bell and Riette-chan arent here, okay Francette?

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Immediately after arriving in this town, the first thing we do was renting the rooms at an inn. After that, I collected information by listening to various stories from the inns staffs and the guests who seemed to be free. Information is the basis of a strategy which is invaluable compared to anything.

According to them, apparently, the merchants authority seems to be quite recognized in this kingdom. The tax were gathered and offered to the kingdom by the Merchants union, that is, the commerce guild. Hence, if I want to open a store, I must register to the commerce guild first.

In any case, its also necessary to introduce the store somewhere before renting one. Therefore, without a doubt, we have to goto the guild first and ask them about it. Thinking so, I went to the guild the next morning. Taking Roland and Francette with me.

No, it would definitely go smoothly if I bring adults here, rather than going alone due to my figure that looks like a child. Because Francette looks only around 15-16 years old, even if she is regarded as an adult, shes a bit weak. Thus, I reluctantly bring Roland as well.

Roland can only be seen as an upper class noble to everyone and he looks pretty strong because of the sword on his hip. In this case, it would look like we have a powerful support because of Roland who has the control for the store, while me and Francette are only tending it.

(TL Note: The raw says upper class bonbon what in the world is that)

Thats sufficient. If strange rumors such as Store manager who is a child and the likes spread, theres a possibility that a strange group will interfere us. There are always people in any world who will try to steal from the weak. It will likely turn into a disaster if we fight. mainly, the other side.

I can hardly expect that Roland would do anything careless like revealing his social status even if I or Francette was in an emergency. On the other hand, would those three, Francette, Emile, and Bell, go easy against the person who harmed me..?

Even so, I wont forgive anyone who lays his hand towards Riette-chan. Definitely!

(TL Note: Riette-chan for life.)

At any rate, its better to have fewer dispute sources. Thats how it is.

(Kaoru)Excuse me, I would like to start a new store

I asked the young receptionist at the reception desk after we finally reached the commerce guild that we had been informed so at the inn back then.

(Receptionist)Ah,Y-yes!

Yup, the receptionist ignored me who has a short stature and was looking at Rolands face instead

Well.., Roland is more or less a Former, Prince and still has the looks of it. With this, if he dresses up in fine clothes and rides on a white horse,it will certainly suit him. It cant be helped if the local towns receptionist was trounced by him.

(Receptionist)..then, w-whats your business for today?

T-this girl, she was captivated by Roland and didnt hear my words!

Or rather, is Roland that popular? even excluding his status as a royalty?

When I looked at Francette, she just shrugged her shoulders.

I see.., Its always like this, huh?

(Kaoru)I! Want! To! Start! A new storeee!!

(Receptionist)I can hear without you yelling like that!

Shut up!

There was a time in my Office Lady era when every receptionist caught influenza and I went around supporting them. For some reason, they were dismissed on the first day, though.

Anyway, reception is the face of the company! If you dont do a proper job

*Paan!*(sfx: hit by a thin object)

(Receptionist B)Were very sorry. We will explain it in detail, please follow me.

Said the woman who is slightly older than the first receptionist smilingly while pointing to the individual counseling-like room with her hand.

(Receptionist)Thats awful, senpai! I was in charge of that good-looki- the customer! Snatching him away from the side.., Ah.. what are you!? Please stop! I have to be in charge of that handsome guy!

The receptionist, who protested so while holding down her head which was struck by the documents, was taken away somewhere by the other receptionists and clerks while holding her arms. This is already normal for them, huh.. that was a remarkably fine skill.

Its strange but Im glad shes not in charge.. Truly.

(Irene)Now then, I, Irene will be in charge of everyone here. Regarding the opening of a new store, I will need your stores location, the name of the store, the product management or the business format, and the operation scale. The guilds dues and taxes will be decided according to your information. In addition, if you make a false declaration in an attempt to lower the tax amount, there will be a problem in the future

The explanation has started and there are no problems as of yet.

(Kaoru)Im sorry, to be honest, we havent decided the store yet. For the time being, we came here right away just to consult about it

(Irene)Ah, I see. Theres a lot of people like that, so theres no problem. We can also give the favor to the real estate agents who are also members of our guild.

I thought she would get angry, but she didnt.

Once again, we were introduced to a real estate agent and secured a store with the guilds assistance.

After formally registering the store, I was curious about something.

(Kaoru)Umm, about the first receptionist who spoke with us

(Irene)Oh, that girl is the grandchild of the feudal lords nursemaid, hence it wont be a big deal. Shes not a bad girl, but how should I put it.., shes honest and pure or rather, shes true to her own desire

No, thats enough to be called a bad child, right!?

And on the submitted documents, I wrote:

Store Location: 3rd Street, Commercial District

Product Handling: Anything

Operation Scale: 3 employees

Store Name: Bell

Yup, I changed the name from the one we had because of that.

There are three employees: me, Bell, and Francette.

Bell will still train together with Emile as a hunter but sometimes she will help us in the store too. So, I put her as an employee in case of a tax evasion due to insufficient report about the total employee. It doesnt mean that we are in trouble with the money, though.. and it seems that the amount of tax does not change that much for three employees as well.

The store will be named as Convenience Store Bell.

I turned down the idea of making it to Konbini. If such a thing is done, it will be exposed immediately when a reincarnator from Japan comes. If that happens, there is a possibility that he will strike me first..wait! Who on earth am I fighting with!?

Well, that being the case, were ready to repel some UFOs-not! Open a new store!

Next is, ordering the signboard!

Because the store name has been changed, the former one cannot be used.

Before that, I need to line up the products and explain the store to everyone