Vol 8 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Cool in the cafe
That day, Layfon lived out a perfectly ordinary day of his life without anything abnor, he went to school and stayed there, attending classes and absorbing all the information from his lectures without delay until dusk Afterward, he went to his platoon training session To the Zuellni Military Arts department first year Layfon, it was a day which was devoid of anything worth- just another nor was the same as always; with Captain Nina filled with enthusiasm, Sharnid, who didn't knohat enthusias from the sidelines with absolutely zero enthusiasm, and Layfon, who always obediently completed all the exercises
Felli's i was another part of daily life
But today, Sharnid, who nor behind and waiting for Layfon with a somewhat sinister sht? You couldn't possibly”
This happened after Layfon took a relaxing shower after working up a rare sweat during training
Nina had already returned, and Sharnid, who had already packed up and was ready to leave, aiting outside the door of the training rooo to your part ti around on the floor laughing at you”
”Stop talking about strange things sempai, I don't have any work today”
”Good, you really are a lucky guy Let's go and share the joys of a day like this together It's not often that I invite another guy” As he said this, he tightly grasped Layfon's shoulders and, like that, forced Layfon out of the training area with hi?”
”You'll just have to cal Layfon frorip, Sharnid lead the ith an extreht up to hiios They were the whole world
Since the world was covered by pollutants, it was extremely difficult for normal life forms to survive on the earth The people who lived in the world before it was polluted had the Alcheios and continued to live the sa no attention to their drastic change in environ in the wandering cities, they fought with the real inhabitants and menaces of the earth; the filth ht in front of a coffee store by a confident Sharnid Calling the store a restaurant wouldn't be an exaggeration, with a sign at the doorway listing all the kinds of dishes that were available and the store sign reading ”Coffee Mira” Layfon re about the selling point of this cafe being the beautifully dressed cute waitresses who served the food and drinks
”Ah Do you like this sort of stuff, senpai?”
Supposedly this was a very popular place a male custo females Theirls
”Cute girls are the heritage of the world, even though they aren't really part of our cultural heritage” As he laughed at his oords, Sharnid walked into the store
”Welcoirl and it really surprised hiirls ore cute pink uniforreeted Layfon and Sharnid
”Whoa”
”Table for two? Come with me”
Layfon was still spaced out, and before he recovered he was already lead to his seat
After Layfon sat down, Sharnid said soirl, who smiled and nodded She then placed the ?”
”We're leaving the best till last right? Anyway, today isyou like”
”Ha”
Layfon felt puzzled at Sharnid's cheerful h the menu
”You really are a hard worker, aren't you? Even if you didn't do that everyday you would be just as strong” As Sharnid looked at his
”It's not that I want to do the training seriously, it's that instead of wasting ht as well train instead”
”I can understand that kind of thinking Wellwhen you compare the inter-platoon matches to the actual inter-city battle, it still seeame”
”Did senpai participate in the last inter-city battle?”
”I guess you could say that But at the tiotten into a platoon yet, so I was just a normal member of the infantry But because of that I could just relax and do all the support work from behind the front lines
”Next ti, and if we don't win, there will be no future for Zuellni Seeing the other platoons training seriously, and even organizing all these inter-platoon matches, I really a your luck, senpai”
”If you're too serious about everything then you won't be able to experience the joys that this world has to offer A normal Military Artist would never leave victory for luck to decide I guess I' without worries”
Layfon pretended he didn't hear anything at all and closed thewhat you want? ThenHey!”
Sharnid motioned to a nearby waitress
”So what did we really conoring the silently s Sharnid ouldn't answer any of his questions, Layfon shi+fted his gaze to the scenery outside the
It wasn't too long before somebody came over
”What would you like?”
Her air was totally different froirls who had welcory?
”Ah”
As Layfon turned his head around, he found a very fa, her long hair was usually worn over flowing her shoulders but right noas tied in a high ponytail with a bright red ribbon On that delicate face you could say that her features were all very well proportioned Her long eyelashes were quivering; needless to say, she was very angry
”FelliSenpai?”
”What would you like?”
Before he was cut off, his voice was barely audible fro hts
It was Felli, without a doubt
Speaking of which, there couldn't possibly be another beauty such as this in Zuellni anyway Also a Military Artist of the 17th platoon, this senpai was older than Layfon by a year, and she was also the sister of the president of the Student Council A Psychokinesist prodigy To think that Felli, as expressionless no matter where she went, that Felli who seemed like she was unhappy, a synony such a cute, pink costu in this store, was hard to believe
But she was standing before hiardless
And even her name card clipped to her chest read: ”Felli Loss”
”What are you doing here?”
”Have you decided what you would like?” The second tiain in a deathly coldall over, could take it no longer and finally burst out laughing
Even with this, Felli continued to fume as she kept her cheeks drawn
”Have you decided what you would like?”
What on earth is happeningAest failure was to be found out by Sharnid-senpai while she was looking for a job That thought wouldn't leave Felli's head as she angrily picked up the curved plates in the kitchen
Girls wearing the same cute unifor quality bustled all around her Girls with larger chests specifically wore clothing which emphasized that point and the rest of the as well Soested that Felli do the sa back, she could only bla would happen Felli continued to hide in that corner cursing Sharnid with a furious look in her eyes
”Are you looking for a job?”
After she had finished eating during her lunch break and was enjoying a cup of tea as she read through an info-azine, Sharnid came over and asked that question
”Ahh”
Noticing Sharnid peeking at her careers azine over her shoulder Felli nervously closed it But in doing so, she revealed the cover of theat all Even if she put thetheit, there was no way she could have deceived the vision of a Military Artist
It was even more impossible when you considered the fact that Sharnid was a sniper in the team, and his vision was several times better than a normal Military Artists in the first place
”Do you have a proble for a job is not soht your parents were sending youexpenses, unless for so some sort of financial crisis?”
”That's”
iht this, Felli decided to keep her cool and play along She had already received the h she wasn't too sure of its exact value, she kneas far beyond what a nored by her brother so that there would be no unnecessary waste So getting a job had nothing to do with earning ht My brother went overboard and bought tooto push all the blame onto her brother
”Oh? That Student Council President-saht?”
As Sharnid said this, he had a look of indifference on his face but he as stroking his chin as if thinking intensely about soet so as it isn't anything shady”
”It's legal! It's legal! It's definitely legal! All you're doing is delivering the completed dishes to the custo Sharnid
It's only that she accepted the offer, considering the circuotten into a situation like this
”You bastard, I'll remember this!”
Sharnid hadn't actually lied to her All she really did was ask what people wanted to eat, and then serve those dishes to the custoht to a shop where you had to wear costuirl Are you used to the job now?”
”I' so like
”Really~~? Felli-Chan really is a brilliant child You could probably re hired by aa cute pink unifor at all the waitresses
”Everyone, do your best to show off your cute points, ok? What's our n supre the shop owner happily nodding at the waitresses' replies, Felli's head felt like it hurt even more
”And it's all thanks to Sharnid, too”
His nightht this, Layfon pretended to not notice the uys are the best, right?”
”Yeah Ever since I started the store, we've been irls who could bring out that feeling on the chest part of the unifor a new type of unifor out Felli-chan's loli aspect”
”Layfon, this here is oing into the clothing industry”
”I'ht tone and call me James~~”
”Haaa Nice tostore would be too boring, so I opened this instead However, it actually turned out to be a huge success”
”A couple of normal stores also use this sort of uniforuys are a bit irl in the world ould understand the cuteness of those uniforical and incomprehensible at the saments and remain as a listener for the entirety of the conversation
”So in order for us to maintain our customers who live in that area, we have to dovery hard to improve We have many more competitors than before It's because there are fewer and fewer kids willing to work here, and some are even taken away to work at other placesIt's thanks to Sharnid that we have pulled through this tough ti about for that whole time, it was all about Felli-Senpai wasn't it?” Layfon started to understand a little of what they were really talking about
But no ine Felli co to work at a place like this by herself
”Yeah, ere She was looking for a job, so I introduced her here”
”Haa”
Sharnid obviously didn't make it very clear to Felli as to the nature of her job before she arrivedLayfon began to feel sorry for Felli
But still, it seee that Felli, who had never had a job, suddenly needed one ”Anyway, it's all thanks to her that it seeotten the upper hand over our competitors I heard that many people are secretly her fans This tihest sales is ours”
”What are you guy's talking about?”
”Eh? Ah, recently there have been many shops which have opened up nearby which are very si income for each store to drop quite a bit”
”Seriously It's because the things we sell in our store originally couldn't be found anywhere else, and since we've become well known, immediately many other people tried to enter the market If they wanted to copy us, it would have been fine if they opened up somewhere different, but they had to cra trouble for other people”
”Wellthe thing is, not many people like this sort of stuff in the first place, so if you think about it fro here is actually not a bad choice Regardless of what happens though, if this continues on, at this rate everyone is going to go broke”
”If the coood for the economy either”
”That's why the economic scientists stepped out and tried reconciliation, and made this decision Next week, there will be a turnover competition, and the shop with the most turnovers will be accepted by the Econo the honor of the store on the line here, so nonow, it's not enough to overcome our opponents Because the other stores used us as a blueprint of sorts and have worked out so that is key to their victory Our strategy of changing uniforms every month has allowed us to pull away froe our uniforms every day in order to attract e of in battle is man-power”
”So you decided to hire Felli-Senpai”
”That's exactly right”
It see an expression which was difficult to describe
”Thendoes Senpai know about this?”
”Of course she knows, I have already given her the pay for next week”
”AhI see”
A week ehIf it was spent doing a job you didn't like, the ould probably pass by very slowly
And it was a job which was in coht?)
She would definitely make a mistake somewhere down the line
”What would you like?”
”UhhA haer meal please”
”What drink would you like?”
”Uhh, red iced tea please”
”Would you like ether, or do you want to wait until you've finished eating for ether please”
”Ok, it'll be ready in aof cold indifference rose up over that cute at the customers flinch Felli looked as if she didn't see them at all, and left the table After she left the table, the custoh, released froave the orders to the kitchen, the store owner said ”Felli-chan~ you have to keep sis it?”
”Yes, you have to show our customers your most beautiful expression”
”To smile”
”Yes It doesn't have to be heartfelt, ok? But forcefully s isn't ok either It's ok to act like you're happy, and if you think you can do it you should welcome the customers as they enter and feel their sirls do it”
He looked at the busy waitresses in the other stores
Felli looked over at the girls ere standing there, all of theht, clear smiles on their faces
At the same time, she noticed all the males in there had a lusty look on all their faces
”” Perhaps he followed Felli's line of sight, as the store owner immediately followed up with a couple of lines
”You don't need to be too conscious of how the custoo to the door and welcome the customers, then please try and display the cutest aspect of yourself”
That's hard too
”We aren't trying to greet the custo air If I had to describe it, then it would be a frank expression Let the welcomed like friends in a relaxed manner”
”Frank”
”Can't do it?”
The store oas also starting to feel a little insecure
”I've never tried se, your brother is a professional when it co His fake smile really is brilliant”
”It confuses people into not knohat to think”
”Even if you are thinking about soood i that, your brother is always showing a s expression”
”Haa”
”Then practice your sirls, and say so like 'welcome'”
”Welcoain”
”Welco feel to them”
”Welcome”
”You're too stiff”
”Welcome”
”No! No! This won't do!”
”Welcoain”
”I think you can do it”
Just like this, they continued to do this for a length of time
About an hour had passed
”Have a bit of a rest”
The store owner showed his weakness first
”Oh, you really are quite stubborn”
”That wasn't inal intention”
”It seems she really hasn't ever smiled before”
Felli decided that she would put on an innocent look, but there was practically no way for her to communicate that
It was always like that Felli had trouble with expressing her feeling to anyone other than her family members
”She pretty much failed”
So that's all they could say
The store oiped the sweat off his forehead, and thought it over a little before continuing
”Ok, seeing as it's come to this, then we just have to prepare our store to match your expression instead”
”Haa”
”Just show us your unique expression That cool loli feeling Next e'll prepare a special uniform just for you Aaaah~~ It's been a while since I've felt this excited”
”No, that's”
”I've already decided I will not change e our unifor to be difficult Uwaahh!”
The store owner pranced aith impossibly tiny footsteps, and Felli couldn't stop him
It wasn't because she orried about what he was thinking that she couldn't properly coht of her
How other people perceived her, wasn't a probleht now the issue was
To tell the truth, she wanted to resign
She didn't need any money at all
And she didn't think that this job was very interesting either
And it wasn't like she had no option other than to do the job
Indeed, she really wanted to throw the week's worth of pay she was given in advance right in the store owner's face and just leg it out of there
”AAAAAAHHHHHH!”
No, this was serious
”AAAHHH! Genius! I'ifted me with my superior abilities Perhaps you'd better just call athered the conviction that I had lost by my side”
If she could run away fro these weird noises, Felli would definitely do that
”That's”
”Yes, it's Kami-Sama I am Kami-Sama That's why I have to say this What is cuteness? Cuteness is justice That's why all those who are cute are gathered to my side”
”It doesn't ive me a ot caught up in the moment; there's no need for you to worry as it happens all the ti a constant distance between herself and the shop oas still shaking from his recent exciteain It should have beenchanged a little The design of the uniform was definitely different from the others The unifor kept its pink color
They had started from pink, and finally returned to pink She felt that if they were going to use that unifor points it would be a little forced
”It seems blue and black really do suit you the ht, ouldn't have a chance to dig deeper into your potential, and I can't furtheras it is confined by some sort of trend, then that would be a defeat; one which I cannot accept You have to make cuteness your objective, you must make that pink color your objective!”
”Please don't just casually put out a motto like that”
”But no matter what, it's one which I must always adhere to It's difficult, oh, it's difficult”
He didn't look troubled at all; instead, seeing the shop owner revealing an expression of utmost satisfaction at the new unifor
”Well then, everybody! From now on for the next week, we must all work hard, ok? You are warriors who have been chosen to protect the cute-ism ideals In order to protect the cuteness in the world, you must show the customers your heartfelt smiles filled with bravery and hope It's also in order to protect what's dear to you! What's dear to you?”
”Of course, our pay!”
Just like this, with the dropping of the shop owner's tears, the sales wars began
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”Ok, ok, let me have a look at what the uniform has turned into”
”Why did we have to co ended, Layfon was dragged here by Sharnid again
This was the roof of so Layfon listlessly asked Sharnid as lying on the water tank enhancing his vision with Internal-type Kei and looking toward the store
”If I peeped at her from close up I'd probably piss Felli off, yeah?”
”So they say”
”Even if it's her, she probably wouldn't be using Psychokinesis while she's at work”
”No, that's not what I'es from the plan, then I'll lose all the ain?”
”Of course, that's why I prepared the ultimate weapon”
”And the ultimate weapon refers to?”
”Well, you'll see”
Sharnid dragged Layfon over by the neck, and Layfon used his Kei unwillingly and looked across to the Cafe
The store was filled with people