「I’m sorry but even small magic crystals for food are expensive so we can’t offer them free of charge……however, we will provide them to you with the very low price of just two silver coins per month.」
「That’s…..quite cheap. Are you sure it’s okay?」
「It’s because we procure them ourselves……」
We say cheap but when you think that the cost of cat food per month is 20000, it would sound ridiculous.
The same amount of magic crystals would cost twice as much if you tried to buy them in the city but even so, it’s still costly.
I really miss the days when we had unlimited magic crystals when we built this animal café.
「We have no problem with that but, would you mind putting all of those…..to writing?」
「I heard that Afar-dono is a businessman so we already prepared a written statement.」
「Thank you very much」
Chicken handed the contract to the old man, who read it carefully. He even took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and began to slide it over the paper.
Is it really that alarming?
Even my father wasn’t this cautious.
「This is fine」
「I see. Then, please take a good care of Merida for us.」
「Understood」
The two are talking as if it was a business meeting, but in the end, this contract is just a loose agreement between the Animal Café and Karon-san.
The contents of the contract is as follows: we will not charge for Merida, we will give her a discount on magic crystals as long as she keeps her, and she must bring her back to us once every six months for recording.
Somehow, Chicken and the old man had exchanged firm handshakes over as if it’s a contract signed by strangers.
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After feeding Merida a lot, Karon-san and her uncle left saying that they would spend a few days setting up a place for Merida to live.
I’m glad I followed Laura-san’s advice of bringing Chicken along. To be honest, I’m a little tired.
I’m sure there will be more incidents like this in the future so I’ll ask Chicken to formulate today’s contract and other precautions for keeping magic constructs and do it without me next time.
「Chicken, thanks for today.」
「Please, you don’t have to」
「Chicken-san, thank you very much!」
「Pretoga, you need to think more before speaking.」
「Yes! I’ll think about it!」
I think it would be faster to get a proper assistant manager or something.
「Speaking of which, that uncle looked at the contract very thoroughly. Are there many frauds similar to that?」
「Eh? Ah……there’s that too but it was mainly because master is here.」
Chicken played with her hair after saying that. Looking at her face, she looks uncomfortable for some reason.
Eh? What did you say? It’s my fault?
「Eh? What? Just because I’m here?」
「That’s, master……it’s your nickname……」
「I’m aware that we are called Schenker Bonker Brothers……」
We are famous in the neighborhood as the womanizer eldest son, drunkard second son, and theater maniac third son.
「Ah, I get it! You are known as “Torquiva’s Slave King”!」
Pretoga said that with a radiant smile and was scolded by Chicken in a whisper with “idiot”.
I see, slave king…..
Come to think of it, I had that nickname too……
Does that mean he was worried that his niece would be enslaved?
「Is my reputation that bad……」
「That’s not it desu yo! You’re a prominent figure in central city!」
Central city, only?
A little horse looked at me with concern, seeing me hang my head down. The cats gathered around my legs too.
The birds perched on my hand and back and the dogs licked my hands.
It’s nice to be liked even if it’s by animals.
I chased out the birds perched on my way and lied down while being careful not to lie on the cats.
I close my eyes while feeling various animals clinging to my body.
In the midst of the fluffy wilderness that would make animal lovers grit their teeth in jealousy, I slowly contemplated ways to improve my image in this world.
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