Story 52
It's been 3 days since we distributed leaflets within the city.
"Both requestors and employee applicants aren't coming in."
the Merchant Guild staff's Onee-san said sympathetically.
While continuing to wait for 3 days, there are 0 people.
"Is that so? Got it."
"Don't lose hope."
"Yah, it's only been three days, ne."
"As long as you don't give up, things will surely work out."
My eyes tear up at the staff's Oji-san's kindness.
"They also say that giving up is necessary, na."
"Let's prolong our stay at the inn. As long as he continues paying us, it's fine."
Ayl and Velsa's voices sounded.
Just what are you saying in front of the company president!
"You two, how have you done for work?"
During the time I went to the Merchants Guild to wait for requestors and employee applicants, I had the two of them conducting business.
"Got one. I got to know this rich lady. She's got a storeroom she wants sorted out and cleaned."
"I got work from the church as well. There are masmascarl in the ceiling space. Oh, and it looks like they're interested in the recovery potion ointment."
The two have strangely done their jobs; it pisses me off a little.
"Then, for now, let's go to the closest one."
The rich lady's house is far, so we went to the church first.
Today there aren't any adventurers demonstrating.
Within the church, there are elderly and injured people lined up.
It seems like the priests are in an inner room, providing healing.
Healing is done for offerings, and it seems like they don't care how much you give, but looks like most give 1 silver coin.
"There was the smell of money, so I investigated it," Velsa explained."
I'll leave the negotiations about the recovery potion ointment to Velsa.
Guided by a young priest, we went to an attic room.
The ceiling is in the shape of the roof, triangular, and there are unused benches and other furniture, as well as things like broken maces.
When I asked, he said there were also priests connected to the Adventurers Guild, so they go hunting monsters at sea and in the forest.
There's demonstrations, so I thought that the Adventurers Guild and the Church had poor relations.
"That's just a portion of them. In the first place, if there was no healer in an adventurers' party, the survival rate will immediately go down, ne."
That's certainly true, so I nodded.
I can already see 10 red spots that are masmascarl with Search Skill, so
"It's immediately, but can we get started?"
"Please. It's alright even if you break the things that are up here, so we don't mind if you get a little violent in your exterminations."
"Thank you."
When I said that, Ayl and I began working.
Velsa is on the floor below, continuing negotiations.
I said work, but it's just installing the sticky boards in the corners of the room.
After that, if you drive them inward by making noises, they'll easily get caught in the traps.
We caught a totaly of 12 masmascarl.
I checked with Search Skill, but there isn't even one left.
If there are any left, it would only be individuals that went outside.
I finished by placing the rat poison dumplings at their nesting area.
If you calculate each masmascarl caught as 5 copper coins, 12 would be 6 silver coins, but as a contractor's price, I made it half, so 3 silver coins.
It's the first job, so it's like that.
I thought like that, but Velsa had sold the recovery potion ointment for 2 gold coins, so the priest handed over 2 gold coins and 3 silver coins.
"We'll rely on you next time as well."
I said to the elderly priest, feeling grateful.
When I asked Velsa what kind of negotiations she did, "I just showed its effectiveness," is what it was.
"I wonder if I'm in the wrong business."
For now, since we're not registered as a pharmacy, I had the priest keep the fact that we sold recovery potions a secret.
Next we went to the house of the rich lady Ayl got to know.
It's not a big deal, but the city's largest house is that lady's house.
There's a large mansion in a large garden, and it also looks like the number of rooms is also large.
However, it's not like there's a number of servants living here; the lady and her aged maid live here together.
The gardener and guests will come from time to time, and each time she'd make cleaning requests to the Adventurers Guild.
The lady had seen Ayl in town, displaying her sword techniques for publicity, and made a request.
Just what is my employee doing?
"Granny caught a cold. She hasn't been able to tidy the storeroom."
Granny, the aged maid, is coughing.
I was worried about whether she might die, but the person herself said,
"Once you get old, coughing just comes out, cough cough,"
and dismissed it.
For now, we were guided to the storeroom.
It's a building like a warehouse, and within are works of art like paintings and antiques placed close together.
Dust and dirt are also accumulated.
"Then, because we will begin to work, please wait within the house."
Returning the lady to the house, the three of us put on masks and began to work.
Opening up the windows, I used Clean Up to make everything clean.
Ayl and Velsa wiped down the vases and bronze statues with damp cloths and swept the dust collected in the entryway out the door.
"Even though you used Clean Up, the dust still dances around."
Velsa said, and point at the small bits of dust in the light from the windows.
It might be falling from the ceiling.
I used Clean Up on the walls and ceiling as well, and got rid of the dust.
The dust in the sunlight was also reduced.
I thought of something from Velsa's words and called Granny over.
I boiled advanced recovery potion in a pot and had her breath in the vapors.
"Ah, ah, ahem, 'hem."
"How is it?"
"Ah, ah, yes, I feel better."
This kind of method might be good for a respiratory cold.
After that, we were treated to lunch, wiped the windows, and our work was done.
I said, "3 silver coins is fine," but the lady said, "You also cured Granny, so take this," and clasped 2 gold coins into my hand.
"Good luck with your company. I'm cheering you on."
And, as she said so, we left the mansion.
It's only the middle of the morning, and we've made 4 gold coins and 3 silver coins.
It's just, if you itemize it, it's mostly medicine and healing fees.
"We can't go on like this, na."
You can't make a living with cleaning and exterminations at all, huh?
Well, whatever. In the first place, I just need to exterminate any heroes or the like that appear.
"Oh, right. What's the name of our company?"
Velsa asked suddenly on the way back to the inn.
"It's Komuro Company."
I also thought of Bug Buster and Company Komuro, but there are too many voiced consonant marks, or it sounds to supervisor-like, so I made it Komuro Company.
I intend to put up a billboard with a ㋙ mark, I explained.
"It's lame, but it's simple so it's fine."
"Why did you ask?"
"No, well I was thinking that if we put the company name on the recovery potion bottles, it would be good advertisement."
"I see… they'll completely think we're a pharmacy!"
It feels like we'll be caught if I don't quickly apply for a pharmacy.
"If we provide it for free as medicine in case you get bit by monsters, won't it be fine?"
"That's it! If we make it a company that also does full aftercare, then it's fine. And it's fine if we take money for it!"
"Why are you so into finding loopholes in the law!?"
"Because applying for it is a pain, right?"
"A pain!"
"Maa, it'll be too late when they find out. President!"
When they find out is when I'll be caught, right?
When we returned to the inn, the city guards were waiting.
"Are you Naoki Komuro-san?"
"Yes, that's right. I shouldn't have done anything bad yet…"
"" We were just doing what the President told us to." "
Ayl and Velsa immediately betrayed me.
Just why are the city guards visiting me…?
Because we sold recovery potions to the church? It can't be that Granny died? No, it would be way too fast for that!? A, it's probably the matter the other day where I was wearing panties and wandering around?
"That was, how should I say it, a sudden impulse. I didn't even realize what I was doing … um…"
"I don't know what you're misunderstanding, but you possess a ship, correct?"
"E!? Aa, yes! It's currently being repaired at the shipyard, but has something happened?"
"Yes, there has been an intruder onto that ship."
"Intruder?"
That went in such a completely different direction than I expected that, for a little while, my thoughts stopped.