LBADDWSB Chapter 9 - Even If I Pay Some Cost, Let's Get Prosper! (Part 2)

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Translator: LN&WN Warrior
Editor: Starfinder

She saw the man wore a mask that startling everyone.
'He is the prey...... ah no I mean, the customer who came to my shop today.'

'He must have immediately tried the effectiveness of his armor in the dungeon.'
'His armor became a little bit dirty.'

'In addition, he wears that seemingly cursed mask.'
'It is terrifying to know that scary thing.'

'And this branch manager, not changing her tone even after seeing him wearing that unique mask, was expected.'
Even so, her experience was different compared to Akane.

'Well, what kind of materials is he bringing back from the dungeon?'
Akane was interested.

'If I know this, I can correctly measure his ability and his wallet's content.'
'In addition, I can forcibly sell the items that seem appropriate for him.'

While hiding near the wall, she measured the condition of the raw materials purchased by the shop.

A large number of horns was taken out from the couple's bags.
'That surely Killer Rabbits'.......'

Killer Rabbit's offensive power is so-so, but it is an intellectual creature that can avoid and feint attacks which is a behavior not seen in the previous floors.

Battle skill is necessary to beat it, so it is absolutely difficult for beginners to subjugate it.

Perhaps even a fast-growing adventurer would take a month to subjugate Killer Rabbits starting from scratch.

The materials they brought were more than 100 horns.
Since female Killer Rabbit didn't have horns, that mean they defeated more than 100 male Rabbits.
They were predicted to defeat 200 rabbits if the combined ratio of males and females was 1: 1.

If it was collected in just a month, he should not be a talented person who stopped at the bronze class only.
That was because if he delivered 100 horns every day, he would earn 2 million yen - the minimum standard income of silver class - in just 10 days.

'As expected, that man is at least a silver class.'
'Even if he is unskilled, he seems to at least have abilities of a gold class.'

"Thank you very much for today. The purchase price of 101 Killer Rabbits' horns will be 202,000 yen. Are you okay with this assessment?"
"Yes!"
"......well, are you going to use the team distribution function?"
"Eh? What is that?"

'Was he always solo until now?'
'It seems like he doesn't know the team distribution function.'

The IC card managed incomes and expenditures at the same time.
Even if you decided to distribute later, when the leader secured income for the team, the card would calculate it as individual income.

Of course, it was possible to deduct the distribution of the team directly from the IC card, but it couldn't be handled as expenses because it would be caught by tax evasion's countermeasures.
Therefore, it is unusual for only leaders to pay taxes.

The team distribution was used to compensate it.

It was possible to charge the team members one by one by inputting the amount of money obtained from materials sold on the register side in advance.

Distribution could correspond from direct input of numerical value to percentage method.

In the case of an amount that could not be divided nicely, it was also possible for shops to cover single digits. That was a service from the store.
Of course, this store also has that kind of services.

"Well then, please distribute it."
"Tha, that is not good! I haven't done anything after all."
"No, didn't you carry the horns?"
"I'm just carrying it, I haven't helped in the battle."

'Was she perhaps a supporter?'
Both of the customers started to argue.

Such a scene was rare.
Nonetheless, usually, the supporter would demand money.......

"Then, let's make it half as much as Karen carried. The income for that part will be zero if Karen doesn't carry the horns, so this is thanks to Karen, isn't it?"
"But......."

The man brought his mouth near to Karen's ear as she tried to rebut.
When he whispered something, Karen easily compromised to that man's idea.

'But.......'
While seeing both of them, Akane felt her body become numb.

Clearly, Akane was convinced that the Killer Rabbits were defeated by both of them.

However, in fact, it was different.
It was him, who wears a strange mask, who terribly collected the Killer Rabbits' horns!

The average of monsters subjugated for a day was at most 50 monsters.
Even for the so-called "Let's be" rankers, who seriously hunt in a party, at most could only hunt 100 monsters.

However, he defeated twice of that.......

Of course, Akane had considered the possibility of those horns being collected in a few days.
However, if so, he wouldn't say "the income for that part will be zero".

That meant it was just in one day.......

Akane's eyes were shining suspiciously.

'If he becomes more skillful, my shop's income will increase even more.'
*Slurp* Akane licked her lips.

"I am very sorry, I can't distribute only 48 of the assessed horns."
"Wait a minute!"

Akane, who couldn't endure it anymore, cut off the branch manager's words.

(Hey, what's wrong with you?)
(Why you don't recalculate it?)
(Even if you re-appraise the carry-in amount, you still settle it over time.)
(Ha!?)
(Don't you know our overtime is very strict? I don't want to be scolded later.)
(You are a fool. You really are a fool, right!?)

Akane jerkingly shook the branch manager's nape.
'They are without a doubt high-class customers.'
'What would happen to us if we can't meet their demand?!'

'If we refuse to re-assess it, they will go to other veteran shops like Kawashima or Harima.'
'The 101 horns that supposed to be secured will become nothing!'
'In addition, we will send salt to our rivals!!' (TLN: In Japanese, "Sending Salt to Your Enemy" means showing humanity even to one's enemy.)

"I am very sorry, could you spare a little time?"
"Oh, well...... yes, it's okay."

Surprised by the appearance of Akane, the man's eyes are widened and he awkwardly nodded.

'If we give him a benefit here, he will go to our shop even more.'
'That kind of chance is hanging in front of us.'
'Wasting it is something impossible!'

Akane immediately revised the 48 horns from the beginning.

She transferred 53 pieces and 50% of 48 pieces to the male side and deposited the remaining amount to the girl's IC card.

"Thank you very much~."

Seeing the adventurers leave the store after the distribution was finished, Akane waved her hand while smiling.
Right next to her, the branch manager trembled.

"You....... What you are doing as you please in my shop!"
"If you don't understand that kind of thing, you will never able to increase your profit."

The manager's conduct was as per manual.
In addition, the revision also took a lot of time.
If compared to the cost, the income earned was too low.

Moreover, it was scary to be scolded by the area manager from the headquarter if she worked overtime.

So in the short term, it was more appropriate and easier to induce changes in the distribution method.

These were, in the end, our circumstances.
For adventurers, as customers, those things were not their concern.

'It was useless to capture an immediate benefit, but miss a big fish.' (TLN: "miss a big fish" means miss a big opportunity.)
'By accumulating such friendly service, a large bouquet of money...... ah, that's wrong; flowers would bloom in the future.'

'Even now, I believe that one day it will return to if I beat my superior, therefore, steady actions have to be done.'

"I will report your actions today to headquarter."
"That's okay. Someday, you will weep out that you can secure good customers thanks to me. At that time, it would be too late to apologize."
"Good grief, I can't say anything."

Of course, the future when that branch manager is weeping because of Akane would not come.
That is because the large flower would always bloom for Akane.

That future when Akane send the bouquet is close by.

But she who brought the bouquet was the messenger of misfortune......

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