Chapter 135 - Scammer Nik (2/2)

He smiled and thanked Yuuko before sitting on the stool with nothing to do.

Mental task list updated... get a smartphone. It would get way too boring if there are no customers. Of course, he can look through the books, but he simply didn't want to touch the temple of words so early in the morning.

Meanwhile, Yuuko nodded and closed the door behind her as she exhaled deeply.

'How did it get sooo hott~'

She complained and groaned inwardly while pulling onto the collar of her top while breathing deeply.

No matter how comfortable Megumi looked with Nik, Yuuko now felt that he was too dangerous. If his bearded form gave him a pleasant and warm sense of beauty, right now, in such decent clothes...

He looked like the perfect boy in her mind... and not the 'good' kind of perfect.

She took rapid breaths to calm herself before she went towards the kitchen to cook something.

Nik, on the other hand, was already bored out of his mind. He looked outside and saw various aunties opening their own stores before he grinned maliciously.

Standing up, he looked sideways. It was a restaurant and right now, a middle-aged woman was bent over while writing a few words over a small blackboard.

”Miss, can I take ask a few minutes of your undivided attention?”

Nik spoke up while the lady uttered an audible 'tch' before standing up with an irritated expression which visibly turned into a pleasant one as her dry eyes fell on the pleasant image his visage currently exuded. With the long cream apron over his clothes and properly combed hair unlike the dastardly hairstyles of this era's youth, Nik currently was an auntie magnet.

Seeing her reaction, Nik already knew that he had the woman's undivided attention and smiled broadly.

”I see that your cooking skills must be excellent, seeing that you own a snack store...

But would you be willing to enhance your trade?”

Nik spoke warmly and pointed at the book store while unceremoniously taking the poor woman's hand, almost making her wet. At this moment, he had already started leaking his pheromones to lure in customers and scam them.

And looking at the street filled with elderly ladies, he felt his prospects getting brighter and brighter.

”Ah, yes, Of course!” The lady almost shouted loudly as the stars within her eyes only grew brighter while Nik led her into the shop, still holding her hand. Although, Nim felt that this move was way too 'scummish' he simply channelled his 'gender equality' loving personality as he gave internal justification at how the salesgirls also used their beauty to lure in men and trap them into their demonic fold.

With the lady finally lured into his shop, Nik immediately led her to the cooking section of the store and pointed at various books that looked rather lavish, pointing at their expensive prices without care.

Since he had already decided to scam to impress his mother-in-law, why should he stop now?

13 Books.

In the end, the lady left with thirteen books. Since she did not have money in hand, she just looked at Nik while matching his gaze and pleaded rather desperately.

”Ah! Just wait here! I'll immediately return with the money!

How much is it, by the way?”

The lady... that now seemed to resemble Manabu a little asked with a curious expression as Nik took out the calculator from the drawer and totalled the amount.

Pulling the most gentle smile that would be only used against some of the troublesome customers back in his world, Nik spoke out.

”The total amount is 13460 yen. But Auntie, are you sure—”

Nik hesitated a bit and lowered his eyes while biting his lips while screaming in joy internally as the lady's expression had melted to the extreme.

”Just wait! I'll return in a moment.”

And as she promised, the lady returned in a moment while the shouts of an enraged man still sounded out from her store/house. Apparently, her poor husband.

And just like that, Nik made his first sale.

'Although... now that I think about it...

Didn't Megumi say that Manabu's parents owned a snacks store?'

He thought inwardly and connected the dots before shrugging. Manabu seemed the type of person who would read anything as long as it's new to him. So, Nik just sat back and sighed in relief.

He was going to get rich enough to at least afford his own wardrobe.