134. Persuasion
“That’s why I’m telling you, I also have my own circumstances and privacy, and there’s also other work!” (Mitsuha)
“For example?” (Sabine-chan)
“D-Dating…?” (Mitsuha)
“ “You’re lying!” “ (Both Lolis)
How rude of you!
Anyway, I’m in unfavorable situation.
It’s troubling…
Colette-chan is going to be Komatta-chan. (Note: [Komatta] = Bother/Inconvenience)
What should I do…?
Can’t be helped, let’s tell them the truth…… Only a part.
“Okay, I’ll show you what I’m doing!”
With that said, hold their hands and transfer.
“H-Here is…” (Sabine-chan)
There are the flustered Sabine-chan and the silent Colette-chan, unable to grasp the situation.
The three of us appeared in a-little-more-than-a-meter-square narrow space with no windows. There’s a light slit at the top, so it’s not dark, but there’s no lighting. There is only one door.
Right, this is a part of the gallery café [Gold Coin]. It’s a small box retrofitted to the wall behind the store.
I made it for transfer purpose.
In the building, the first floor is for the shop and the second floor is for Rudina’s living space.
Rudina only uses one room and the others are empty. We store foodstuffs, equipment we don’t usually use, and spare dishes in one of those empty room in place of the storeroom.
But if I suddenly appeared on the second floor and went downstairs, it would be overtly suspicious. So, I made this external space for transfer.
Even if others see me coming in and out of here, they wouldn’t know that this is just a small empty space, they can only think that this is the back door to the store. And the odds for that to be seen by Rudina or Silua are very low.
Yeah, a perfect camouflage.
“Well, follow me!” (Mitsuha)
I opened the door, pull both of them out by hands. Then I turned around and moved to the front of the store.
The transfer space is not locked from the outside. If I did that, I won’t be able to come out the next time I transfer. It’s empty anyway, so I don’t have worry about anything being stolen. But I have a hook latch installed inside. Well, just for my piece of mind.
“Tadaah! This is the gallery café [Gold Coin], the fourth base of the Yamano Viscount Family, following the general store Mitsuha, territory residence, and my home in Japan!” (Mitsuha)
“ “Eeeeeeeehh!!” “ (Both Lolis)
At the front of the store, I introduced the store to the two. And then took them inside.
“Oh, Owner, do you need anything?” (Silua)
Inside the store, there is Silua who is in the middle of arranging the dishes on shelves. Rudina seems to have gone to the food store for a final check.
“No, I’m just going to show my friends around, so don’t worry, just keep preparing” (Mitsuha)
With that said, I start guiding Sabine and Colette around the shop.
After showing the store-related rooms on the first floor, we went to the second floor. However, I’m not showing the inside of Rudina’s room. As expected, no matter if I am the owner, I can’t afford to enter someone’s room without permission.
“Hm….” (Sabine-chan)
Because it was a small shop, the guide was over shortly. And Sabine and Collette have subtle expressions.
Yeah, first of all, from the conversation between me and Silua, they know that this is not my country. Because we were speaking in unknown words for them. And there’s a lot of shop-related things here, like cookware and tableware, but there’s nothing like TV or DVD or anything else they might be interested in. There aren’t many [fun things] like the home in Japan. So, apparently, they didn’t like it.
“Then, we’ll go to the next one” (Mitsuha)
“ “Eh?” “ (Both Lolis)
Then we leave the store and went to the transfer room at the back of the store. Lock properly from the inside and transfer!
“This is Yamano Family’s fifth base, [Yamano Product Store]!” (Mitsuha)
“ “Eh……” “ (Both Lolis)
This time, it’s [Yamano Product Store], my base in the capital city of Vanel Kingdom on the new continent.
And the place we arrived at was an empty room on the second floor of the shop. Tentatively, this is the room where I live.
“There’s nothing…” (Sabine-chan)
Sabine says disappointedly, but this room is just a place for transfer. It’s the same as the retrofitted transfer box at the gallery café [Gold Coin].
We went down to the first floor, but it still in pre-opening state so there are only samples of items that usually sold in our home country and some [High quality Japanese products that are not strange even if it’s exist in this world]. Jewelry and accessories aren’t stored here except during business hours to prevent theft.
“…boring…” (Colette)
Collete didn’t like the two new bases of the Yamano Viscount Family.
Well, this store has very few Earth’s items. And [Gold Coin] is just a food store.
And they can neither understand the language of this country nor the language of the country where [Gold Coin] is in. That means they can’t go anywhere and do anything without an interpreter. It would be much more fun for them to be in the general store Mitsuha or the home in Japan rather than in these two places.
“Sabine and Collette can’t play with me every time, right? Sabine-chan is studying manners as a princess, while Colette is studying various things from Miriam, Rachel, and Anton. Just like that, I have a lot of work that I have to do alone. Most of them are boring things and things that you don’t want to do.” (Mitsuha)
“ “……” “ (Both Lolis)
Alright, they seemed to understand. Now I can leave them for a while!
The people in the new continents don’t have social parties every day, and I don’t sleep in the shop either, the store isn’t for making money anyway, so I have to open it occasionally when I have thing to do there.
The top priority right now is to open the gallery café [Gold Coin]!
The gallery cafe [Gold Coin] has finally opened.
We don’t do big promotions, events, bargains, etc. in particular. There’s nothing satisfactory with trying to attract customers temporarily. It would be enough to start with a plain and normal shop then slowly become a well-known shop with the city.
The shop is left to Rudina and Silua, and I don’t talk too much. The manager is Rudina, and I’m just the owner. So, I just gently watch them from behind.
Since it opened without advertising, there is no queue or crowd of customers before opening. Both of them doesn’t have to worry even if customers don’t come for a few days after opening, this store does not have to consider internal reserves and retained earnings if it can cover expenses and pay salaries to everyone.
It is troublesome if the deficit is too large, but it is fine if it is a little. There is no leverage in forward trading or forex margin trading, and there is no huge loss in a small café. At that rate, I can cover as much as I earn in the new continent. There’s no problem if the earnings from that store goes into my personal assets rather than the territory budget.
It is not good to make money in the enemy country, so I should refrain from handling a lot of gold, jewelry and other supplies, but given the state-wide budget, my personal budget would be slightly affected.
It would be fine if the original purpose of [Gold Coin], that is, to bring foreign currency to Japan by legitimate means under Yamano Mitsuha’s account, could be fulfilled.
I think that Japanese taxes and other related stuffs are about to halve my money, but I still need the living expenses for about 10 years until I can’t falsify my age anymore and have to leave Japan, then I need the funds for buying things I need to bring to the other world… wait, does it have to be brought by the regular route?
I won’t use it for my livelihood in Japan, so I don’t have to worry how my income should be brought to Japan. In the first place. It’s not my income.
Alright, this is not tax evasion!
I don’t have to be honest about how I spend my money anyway, this is not tax evasion, not by any means!
Alright, I gently looked into the store through the window from the outside, but there seems to be no particular problem.
…well, there is no problem because there are no customers yet.
134. Persuasion
“That’s why I’m telling you, I also have my own circumstances and privacy, and there’s also other work!” (Mitsuha)
“For example?” (Sabine-chan)
“D-Dating…?” (Mitsuha)
“ “You’re lying!” “ (Both Lolis)
How rude of you!
Anyway, I’m in unfavorable situation.
It’s troubling…
Colette-chan is going to be Komatta-chan. (Note: [Komatta] = Bother/Inconvenience)
What should I do…?
Can’t be helped, let’s tell them the truth…… Only a part.
“Okay, I’ll show you what I’m doing!”
With that said, hold their hands and transfer.
“H-Here is…” (Sabine-chan)
There are the flustered Sabine-chan and the silent Colette-chan, unable to grasp the situation.
The three of us appeared in a-little-more-than-a-meter-square narrow space with no windows. There’s a light slit at the top, so it’s not dark, but there’s no lighting. There is only one door.
Right, this is a part of the gallery café [Gold Coin]. It’s a small box retrofitted to the wall behind the store.
I made it for transfer purpose.
In the building, the first floor is for the shop and the second floor is for Rudina’s living space.
Rudina only uses one room and the others are empty. We store foodstuffs, equipment we don’t usually use, and spare dishes in one of those empty room in place of the storeroom.
But if I suddenly appeared on the second floor and went downstairs, it would be overtly suspicious. So, I made this external space for transfer.
Even if others see me coming in and out of here, they wouldn’t know that this is just a small empty space, they can only think that this is the back door to the store. And the odds for that to be seen by Rudina or Silua are very low.
Yeah, a perfect camouflage.
“Well, follow me!” (Mitsuha)
I opened the door, pull both of them out by hands. Then I turned around and moved to the front of the store.
The transfer space is not locked from the outside. If I did that, I won’t be able to come out the next time I transfer. It’s empty anyway, so I don’t have worry about anything being stolen. But I have a hook latch installed inside. Well, just for my piece of mind.
“Tadaah! This is the gallery café [Gold Coin], the fourth base of the Yamano Viscount Family, following the general store Mitsuha, territory residence, and my home in Japan!” (Mitsuha)
“ “Eeeeeeeehh!!” “ (Both Lolis)
At the front of the store, I introduced the store to the two. And then took them inside.
“Oh, Owner, do you need anything?” (Silua)
Inside the store, there is Silua who is in the middle of arranging the dishes on shelves. Rudina seems to have gone to the food store for a final check.
“No, I’m just going to show my friends around, so don’t worry, just keep preparing” (Mitsuha)
With that said, I start guiding Sabine and Colette around the shop.
After showing the store-related rooms on the first floor, we went to the second floor. However, I’m not showing the inside of Rudina’s room. As expected, no matter if I am the owner, I can’t afford to enter someone’s room without permission.
“Hm….” (Sabine-chan)
Because it was a small shop, the guide was over shortly. And Sabine and Collette have subtle expressions.
Yeah, first of all, from the conversation between me and Silua, they know that this is not my country. Because we were speaking in unknown words for them. And there’s a lot of shop-related things here, like cookware and tableware, but there’s nothing like TV or DVD or anything else they might be interested in. There aren’t many [fun things] like the home in Japan. So, apparently, they didn’t like it.
“Then, we’ll go to the next one” (Mitsuha)
“ “Eh?” “ (Both Lolis)
Then we leave the store and went to the transfer room at the back of the store. Lock properly from the inside and transfer!
“This is Yamano Family’s fifth base, [Yamano Product Store]!” (Mitsuha)
“ “Eh……” “ (Both Lolis)
This time, it’s [Yamano Product Store], my base in the capital city of Vanel Kingdom on the new continent.
And the place we arrived at was an empty room on the second floor of the shop. Tentatively, this is the room where I live.
“There’s nothing…” (Sabine-chan)
Sabine says disappointedly, but this room is just a place for transfer. It’s the same as the retrofitted transfer box at the gallery café [Gold Coin].
We went down to the first floor, but it still in pre-opening state so there are only samples of items that usually sold in our home country and some [High quality Japanese products that are not strange even if it’s exist in this world]. Jewelry and accessories aren’t stored here except during business hours to prevent theft.
“…boring…” (Colette)
Collete didn’t like the two new bases of the Yamano Viscount Family.
Well, this store has very few Earth’s items. And [Gold Coin] is just a food store.
And they can neither understand the language of this country nor the language of the country where [Gold Coin] is in. That means they can’t go anywhere and do anything without an interpreter. It would be much more fun for them to be in the general store Mitsuha or the home in Japan rather than in these two places.
“Sabine and Collette can’t play with me every time, right? Sabine-chan is studying manners as a princess, while Colette is studying various things from Miriam, Rachel, and Anton. Just like that, I have a lot of work that I have to do alone. Most of them are boring things and things that you don’t want to do.” (Mitsuha)
“ “……” “ (Both Lolis)
Alright, they seemed to understand. Now I can leave them for a while!
The people in the new continents don’t have social parties every day, and I don’t sleep in the shop either, the store isn’t for making money anyway, so I have to open it occasionally when I have thing to do there.
The top priority right now is to open the gallery café [Gold Coin]!
The gallery cafe [Gold Coin] has finally opened.
We don’t do big promotions, events, bargains, etc. in particular. There’s nothing satisfactory with trying to attract customers temporarily. It would be enough to start with a plain and normal shop then slowly become a well-known shop with the city.
The shop is left to Rudina and Silua, and I don’t talk too much. The manager is Rudina, and I’m just the owner. So, I just gently watch them from behind.
Since it opened without advertising, there is no queue or crowd of customers before opening. Both of them doesn’t have to worry even if customers don’t come for a few days after opening, this store does not have to consider internal reserves and retained earnings if it can cover expenses and pay salaries to everyone.
It is troublesome if the deficit is too large, but it is fine if it is a little. There is no leverage in forward trading or forex margin trading, and there is no huge loss in a small café. At that rate, I can cover as much as I earn in the new continent. There’s no problem if the earnings from that store goes into my personal assets rather than the territory budget.
It is not good to make money in the enemy country, so I should refrain from handling a lot of gold, jewelry and other supplies, but given the state-wide budget, my personal budget would be slightly affected.
It would be fine if the original purpose of [Gold Coin], that is, to bring foreign currency to Japan by legitimate means under Yamano Mitsuha’s account, could be fulfilled.
I think that Japanese taxes and other related stuffs are about to halve my money, but I still need the living expenses for about 10 years until I can’t falsify my age anymore and have to leave Japan, then I need the funds for buying things I need to bring to the other world… wait, does it have to be brought by the regular route?
I won’t use it for my livelihood in Japan, so I don’t have to worry how my income should be brought to Japan. In the first place. It’s not my income.
Alright, this is not tax evasion!
I don’t have to be honest about how I spend my money anyway, this is not tax evasion, not by any means!
Alright, I gently looked into the store through the window from the outside, but there seems to be no particular problem.
…well, there is no problem because there are no customers yet.
