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The Strongest Shop Owner
I forget about the anger that I had until just now and look at the man who appeared from the kitchen, Levine-san. Why is Levine-san at this store? Or rather, Levine-san’s appearance is…….
His attire is, well, a polo shirt along with three-quarter pants and sandals, like that of a father having a typical day off, it’s quite a casual look, but he’s wearing a pink apron on the top of that. And right around the middle of the apron, there’s a cutesy bear embroidered there.
As I’m slightly taken aback by the fact that a muscular man with golden combed-back hair is, wearing a pink apron that’s embroidered with a bear
“What the hell’s with you!? Just shut up and get to cooking or something!”
the man who’s grabbing Priscilla shouts. Perhaps he grabbed Priscilla’s arm forcefully right then, Priscilla’s face warps in pain.
As I’m again about to go to where the man is
“You people, I’m gonna send you flying if you don’t let go of my employee’s hand, got it?”
Levine-san says out loud. On top of that, Magic Power is gushing out from Levine-san’s body and discharging electricity violently. This is bad, Levine-san is also quite pissed. And then in the next moment
“Guheeh!”
the man’s disgusting voice is audible. Levine-san moved to the man in an instant and grabbed his neck. The man grabs the arm of Levine-san that he’s grabbed by, and kicks his legs that floated from the ground around, but Levine-san doesn’t move an inch.
Little by little, the man’s movement becomes dull and he starts foaming from his mouth. His face is ghastly pale. And then
“Humph!”
he was thrown outside by Levine-san. ……hey, you’re destroying the door of your own store though!? Levine-san too, perhaps realising after doing it, is making an ‘ah!’ face. And then the followers around went out of the store while shouting, ‘Aniki1!’.
I guess that’s a case settled for the time being? Levine-san is mumbling something though. I go to Priscilla before anything. Eclat is also riding on my head.
“Are you alright, Priscilla?”
“Lei-san. I’m alright. But Fallnar-san is”
Saying that; Priscilla looks in Fallnar-san’s direction. Uwaa, this is horrible. It looks like Fallnar-san was struck with all his strength, and her cheek is bruising.
“Fallnar-san, I am going to touch you, alright”
I give Fallnar-san a heads up and touch her cheek. Fallnar-san looks like she’s in pain, but she’s behaving herself. Her bone doesn’t seem to be broken. Her teeth are fine as well. If it’s like this, I guess a normal Heal will do.
“It will feel a little bit cold, but please stay still. Heal”
“Ah”
I use Heal on Fallnar-san’s swollen cheek. Fallnar-san looked slightly taken aback that there’s a blue light shining from my hand, but she stayed still. And then her swell subsided after a couple of seconds. Alright, it’s back to her beautiful face.
“It’s healed with this”
I say, and Fallnar-san taps her own cheek. And then she confirms that both the pain and the swelling are gone and thanks me. I’m glad that it looks like everybody else isn’t particularly injured. There’s a slight handprint at the spot where Priscilla was grabbed as well, but it healed when I use Heal.
After that, as everybody returned to their work, and I looked in Levine-san’s direction with Priscilla standing beside me
“Oh, oh shit. I’m going to get scolded by Hilde. What should I do……”
he’s mumbling by himself while looking in the door’s direction. And then Levine-san turns around and looks around restlessly. What is he doing?
“Oh!”
“Eh?”
And then he raises his voice the moment he made eye contact with me. Wha, what? Levine-san carries on to come to me and grabs Eclat, who’s on top of my head, with both hands.
“Ooh! Eclat-chan! It’s been a while since we last met and you’ve gotten bigger! There, there!”
Levine-san holds Eclat in his arms and hugs her tightly. Levine-san looks happy that he gets to meet Eclat for the first time in a long while, but the Eclat in question
“Kyuruu! Kyururuu!”
struggles violently inside Levine-san’s arms. It’s as though she’s saying, ‘let me out of here!’. And then
“Kyururu! Kyuraa!”
……somehow, it sounds like I heard a chirrup that I’ve not heard before. Levine-san, who was surprised by that voice, ends up letting Eclat go. Eclat, who got free, faces Levine-san’s direction
“Gyura!”
“Ugaa!”
Oou! Eclat backflipped in the air and attacked Levine-san’s chin with her tail. Like the somersault of the female dragon that appears in Mon〇 〇ter.
Levine-san looks at Eclat sorrowfully while rubbing his chin, but Eclat returns to my head while ignoring it, and as though to erase the trace of having been touched by Levine-san, she rubs her body on my head.
Levine-san, who saw that sight, makes a scary face, comes in my direction, and grabs my shoulder firmly. Wai, it’s hurt you know!?
“Yoo, boy. I don’t know why you’re here, but you broke that door”
What is this person suddenly saying!? He’s trying to push the blame to me just because he doesn’t want to be scolded by Hilde-san!
“No, Levine-san is the one who……”
“You sent the man who screwed around flying and broke the door. Okay?”
he grabs me with all his strength. I said it hurts! Even the employees, who were looking at him with reverence until just now, are now looking at him coldly. Priscilla is smiling awkwardly.
Right when I thought of going all out since we won’t make any progress at this rate
“D~e~a~r~?”
an icy voice is audible from Levine-san’s back and grabs the back of Levine-san’s head. Levine-san’s face turns ghastly pale and he starts trembling at that voice.
“Hil, Hilde, you’re back?”
“That’s right~. And I wonder what’s that? A man suddenly busted through the door and flew out just as I was about to enter the store. I come in, wondering what’s going on, and I see you trying to push the blame to Lei-kun, our son-in-law. Hmm?”
“No, the one who broke that door is this bo……’Crack Crackk!’……I, I did it!”
“Let’s have a talk at the back, shall we, d・e・a・r? Everybody, my apologies for the disturbance. As an apology, we will provide a serving of pancake on the house to everybody. Lei-kun as well, make yourself comfortable, alright”
Hilde-san says, and the customers in the store liven up. And then Hilde-san, while still grabbing firmly onto the back of Levine-san’s head, dragged Levine-san to the back of the store and vanished. Priscilla also returned to her work while making smiling awkwardly.
……there are terrifying sounds at the back, but I pay no attention to it. Eclat is also munching and eating the pancake that’s provided on the house like she’s saying, ‘I don’t care!’, after all.
It’s not an assorted fruits pancake this time around, but an ordinary pancake with honey and butter. Eclat is sticky with honey around her mouth though.
As I’m passing the time while wiping Eclat’s sticky face with a wet towel again
“Sorry, Lei-kun; for troubling you”
Hilde-san showed up. Priscilla is also there beside her.
“No, it is fine. So this store is?”
According to what I hear from Hilde-san, because Eclat and I are in the Royal Capital, it seems Hilde-san and Levine-san also decided to live in the Royal Capital, and it seems because it’s not interesting to just live here, they built this store with Shishou’s assistance.
Levine-san is in charge of the cooking and Hilde-san is in charge of the acquiring of ingredients and management of the accounts. And then it seems just as they’re looking for employees because the store is completed, they ran into Priscilla, who’s coincidentally looking for a job. Priscilla is no stranger, so they hired her immediately.
It seems it’s also thanks to Levine-san that the employees are more of women. Well, I guess if there’s such a stern person around, nobody will come and make trouble unless they’re like that idiot just now. Levine-san will kick them out even if they come and make trouble after all.
It seems there are also men at the back. It’s just that, it seems if they try to lay their hands on the ladies forcibly, they’ll be faced with Levine-san’s fist, and it seems that even if they’re in a relationship, they’re in a healthy relationship.
That’s also one of the reasons there are more female customers and
“That person is skilled at cooking, and especially so when it comes to desserts. That is well-received by the ladies”
That’s why there are more female customers huh. It seems that guys come as well when it’s the afternoon’s peak hours, but it seems most of them are ladies who come to eat desserts.
“Kyururu! Kyui!”
Eclat is chirruping happily inside Hilde-san’s soft-looking arms even as I’m talking to Hilde-san about such things.
“Oh my, Eclat. Did you get bigger in the short time that we didn’t meet? The gloss of your scales has gotten better as well. Is it fun at Lei-kun’s?”
“Kyururun! Kyuu Kyuu!”
“Oh my, you became able to talk to Mei-chan, and you made a friend called Haku-chan? That’s great!”
Like so, I slowly passed the time while listening to the parent and child’s harmonious conversation until Priscilla finishes.
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“Come with everybody next time! Ecat as well, don’t be too selfish, alright?”
“Yes, I will come again with everybody”
“Kyuru! Kyururuu!”
“Thank you for your hard work, Tenchou2”
“Eeh, see you, Priscilla-chan”
We left the Light Dragon Tavern behind while being sent off by Hilde-san with a smile. ……Levine-san is peeking out from the site of the broken door with a swollen face though.
“Still, I’m surprised; to think that Levine-san and Hilde-san has made a store”
“Yeah. They were hiring right as I was looking for a job, and when I entered the store and the two of them were there, I was surprised”
Priscilla says and giggles. I was swept along by that and ended up laughing as well. Still, I’m glad that all the employees seem like they’re nice people. Priscilla is also having fun working. I guess there won’t be any problem with the public order if there’s Levine-san.
“What is the matter?”
As I’m thinking in that manner, Priscilla peeks in at my face.
“No, I’m just thinking that Priscilla is adorable”
“Wha!? Why are you saying something like that all of a suddenn!”
Priscilla blushes and flusters when I say that. I hold the hand of such Priscilla
“It has gotten a little bit cold so let’s go back while holding hands, shall we”
“……yes……”
Priscilla replies softly. Nevertheless, she holds my hand back tightly. Under the winter sky, that’s almost nightfall and stars are beginning to appear. Priscilla and I made our way home while holding hands.
