《The Flying Emporium》Chapter 156
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Severin’s two [Employees] answered immediately but skipped right over the pleasantries. For the moment, he didn’t think much of it said,
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> This time Severin picked up on the urgency and the hint of desperation in the voice. And he didn’t believe it was because the dwarf had missed him that much.
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Severin picked up on the word still but didn’t interrupt the dwarf.
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Well, in reality, even just one new customer should’ve made us suspicious, given our location and all that.
Again. Still manageable up till this point.>>
Not inhibited by the same restrictions as regular speech, Bandur's transmitted voice became faster and faster, his pitch higher and higher.
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The dwarf’s verbal assault left Severin speechless. That was unexpected, to say the least. He was still the boss, right?
‘Besides, it surely can’t be that bad.’
For the first time in the last couple of days- he had been quite busy himself, and during that time the exact amount of money the shop was making in his absence was not really all that relevant - Severin opened the System screen, navigated towards the store’s balance sheet, and let himself be overwhelmed by what he saw.
Turned out it was that bad.
Even now, during this brief exchange, the two had been busy making multiple sales.
And it was true Emily was taking the brunt of it.
> Severin tried to assure them after regaining his composure, acknowledging their troubles. Though at the moment he had no clue what he could do to alleviate the situation, other than, > Though that was a rather short-term solution.
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> Maybe that would ease some of their burden.
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‘What is it now?’ Severin thought, holding his head, already feeling another headache coming.
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> Severin repeated himself- this time with even less of a clue as how to handle the matter. During his trip he had completely forgotten about his promise to Magda and the issue of his products not being affected by the Society’s dispelling enchants.
‘Not really an issue for me to begin with, though.’
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Like some new molds for the potions. So once they solidified, they’ll have the store’s initials S.E. engraved into them. Stuff like that. There is also…>>
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> Severin repeated his promise a last time and left his [Employees] to their work. Emily didn’t even reply; to Severin, that detail emphasized the urgency of the matter more than any of Bandur’s words had.
With the intention of returning to his room as soon as possible, he quickly finalized what he originally came to do here in the first place.
In less than a minute’s time, using the System’s map editor, he had properly aligned the counterpart of the portal terminal waiting back home.
He confirmed the purchase and realized that his new balance still amounted to quite the sum of gold; no matter how much Bandur and Emily complained about their work-even if rightly so- it most certainly came with tangible benefits.
In fact, now that he took a closer look at it, he projected that if business kept running like this, then in just a few weeks he might be able to realize his original plan of building his own inn, after all. But though the prospect was tempting, he realized he was getting ahead of himself.
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Severin double-checked everything one last time and turned his attention back to the onlooking pair.
“I’m done. Everything looks good.”
“Good. But what exactly does that mean? When will you, or your people, start the construction?”
“Tomorrow.”
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After excusing himself, Severin returned directly to his room. He had a lot on his mind as he threw himself onto the bed. For the next couple of hours, he kept staring at either a semi-transparent screen floating above him or at the wooden ceiling behind it.
The most pressing matter was to ease Emily’s burden and while by tomorrow he probably would be able to help her out personally, he was hoping to find a different, more sustainable solution.
Like maybe that one thing he spotted in the System’s store, which he figured, or rather hoped, was a largely automated crafting station- an upgrade to the so called advanced alchemy station they were using right now. Sadly, the item was still grayed out for him, which meant he not only couldn’t access its description to actually make sure, he couldn’t even see its unlock requirements, or check its, even at this point, undoubtedly prohibitive price.
‘Either way, I should be looking into hiring more [Employees]. Too mad I only have one slot left.’
But he soon realized even filling just that one slot and hiring a single person would not prove to be easy. Not if he didn’t want to rely on others once again. And given that in this context other people translated into his contract partners, he was very much disinclined to do so.
‘Maybe I can go downstairs and ask Milly’s boy’, but this thought was also quickly dismissed. Trying to rob this small, friendly family business of half their manpower didn’t seem right to him.
‘And people might get the wrong impression if I only hire people that are at least four heads smaller than me. But... maybe it doesn’t have to be actual [Employees]. Can’t have them do any of the crafting work, sure, but working as regular servers and cashiers…’
Seriously considering this option, Severin didn’t notice that it was already in the middle of the night by now.
Similarly, he also didn’t notice the ruckus outside. Only the three heavy knocks on his door and the blowing open of the same brought him back to the present.
“You. Come out. And tell us what’s the meaning of this.”
Confused, Severin found himself faced with an unamused Sir Singerton and a very unprincesslike-looking princess Jasmin.
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