72 Episode 71 Convocation and Reinforcements (1/2)

Hey, how long is this gonna go on?

”Hey, .......

About three hours after I started selling fish sticks on the spur of the moment.

About three hours after I started selling fish sashimi on a whim, there was a long line in front of Kaede Trading Company.

Sashimi of a tuna-like fish.

Honestly speaking, it's not good enough for me because there's no soy sauce, no wasabi, and the only substitute is salt.

In addition, there are not many foreign countries on the earth that eat raw fish, so I thought it was inevitable that it would not sell well.

We advertised a little, but at first, as expected, few people tried to eat it.

The few who did buy it were all adventurers who wanted to use it as a punishment, adventurers who wanted to show off their courage, and adventurers who liked new things .......

That's why the general public didn't bother with it.

I thought it was a failure for a while, though I didn't have the money for it.

However, it was well-received by those who ate it, and when I started to think that it was time to stop, the number of people started to increase, and it became a little queue.

The line itself became an advertising effect, and the line was so long that I thought it was some kind of event.

Okay, it's ready, take it away.

”Okay!　I'll add more!

It was a good thing that there were so many customers, but there was a slight miscalculation.

I couldn't keep up with the fish.

Of course, this restaurant does not have a chef's knife, nor does it have anti-parasite freezing facilities.

In other words, the only way to cut the fish is with a magic sword, and the only way to tell if there are parasites is by appraising them.

Very busy.

I'm not going to do it again tomorrow. I'll dry the fish. We'll dry them and sell them piece by piece.

How about hiring a chef to do it? ”It's selling well.

If we're going to eat it fresh, we need it to be fresh. What facilities do we have to store it besides the item box?

We can provide facilities to store food, but we can't go that far. ......

Well, no. Somewhat unfortunately. Okay, now we're ready.

One of the reasons I started selling sashimi was because I thought it would be a shame to just harvest the fish, which is also a resource, and leave it to rot.

However, I had no intention of becoming a chef just to get rid of the stock.

In that respect, I would be grateful if the sashimi didn't have to be sold so fast, and if it could be sold without much effort.

While I was wholesaling three pieces of tuna with my magic sword, the tentacles told me that someone had come to the back door.

Judging from the reaction, it's someone I don't know, probably a man.

I also hear a knock on the door.

”There's someone at the back door.

I'll go check it out.

It's been quite a while since the line was formed. I wonder if someone has come to complain.

If that's the case, they should have just walked in without knocking.

He said he was from the Adventurer's Guild. Can I come in?

If there's a hygiene problem, I'll have you stand a little further away.

Yes, sir.

The person who came in was, as expected, a stranger.

As expected, it was a stranger, since I don't know the entire staff of the Adventurer's Guild.

The Adventurer's Guild has summoned all adventurers in the area. Please report to the Photoren branch.

Right now?

I'm still working on the fish.

The line is still long. If it's an emergency, we'll have to go, but if we suddenly stop, we'll have a riot on our hands.

I'll put the blame on the guild.

No. No. It's a relatively low emergency, and the guild hasn't completely decided what to do yet, so we've only called for a meeting. Please meet me at the Photoren Guild in one hour from now.

The riot seems to have been averted.

”Understood.

When the conversation was over, the staff still ran somewhere.

He must have gone to the other adventurers.

”Mercia, I need you to cut the line at the end of the 50-minute window.

”Yes, sir.

Mercia gave the order, and a few of the employees followed suit, leaving the store.

I continued to process the fish, and after about 45 minutes, the line was over.

All right, you're in charge. I'll leave the meat and fish where they are, so you can dry them. You can dry the fish too, right?

”No problem. We'll never sell this much.

Even if we did, we'd be out of stock.

You leave the store and head for the guild.

It's rare for the guild to call me without an emergency.

If this city or Brokens were under attack, an emergency call would be made first.

But this is not an urgent call, and it's at night.

I wonder what this is all about.

Hello. I'm here because I've been called. Is this the right place?

I got ready and entered the guild at the exact time, but the atmosphere inside was different from the previous calls.

In the place where the request board usually hangs, there is a large map made of paper - perhaps the scale is small, but the individual towns are small and the area is large.

There didn't seem to be as many people as there should have been for the time we had set for the meeting, but I wondered if we had come too early.

For the time being, I tried talking to the receptionist.

”Yes, you must be Kaede. The demon attack on this area was quickly suppressed by the adventurers, but it seems to have occurred in other areas as well.

So you're saying we should head to support?

Yes, the reason for the delay is that we're still deciding how to allocate our forces. It's a long way from here. Is that okay?

It's happening in several places. ...... Well, I can go almost anywhere. I've got everything I need in my item box.