07. Electronic Calculator

TL’s note: I know the manga art style leave some of you people a bit wanting, especially for the heroines, there’re similar complaints in Amazon.jp’s review after all. So I suggest to look for more charming characters with similar traits in zerochan, eshuushuu, or some boorus.

I guess my imagination of Jozette (long silver hair) would be something like: https://www.zerochan.net/3616317 or https://www.zerochan.net/3616034

For Mary (short brown hair with some mature charm) it would be something like https://www.zerochan.net/3616300

The next heroine Caro probably already look good enough in the manga. Also she hasn’t appeared yet here so I leave it to your imagination.

Lastly, this one I just realized when writing this note, but I mistranslated Jozette’s characteristics in the first chapter. She has silver not blonde hair. Hontouni gomenasai desu m(_ _)m

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On the way back home Kent realized he just cancelled an event from happening.

(I wonder if this will affect the flags’ rising?)

He feel a bit anxious, but it’s something that has happened so it can’t be helped. Changing the mood he then start working part-time.
Today too there are a lot of customers, however the one in charge of the cashier Catherine looks strange.

“Catherine what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

“Uuhn… that’s not it… I can’t calculate the bread’s price”

Catherine said to Kent with moist eyes.
Right now there are 2 kinds of bread lined up in the store, bread costing 70 G and tuna bread costing 120 G.
If it’s only 1 kind of bread she can calculate it, but when there are 2 kinds with multiple of breads each she seems couldn’t do it.
Of course Kent or Mary can always take over the cashier, but then the task of baking bread will be neglected.

Kent started thinking and hit upon an idea. When he had to go back home once to restock canned tuna he also bought a biggish solar powered calculator costing 400 G. Money in possession became 140 G.

Returning to the store Kent present the calculator he bought to Catherine.

“I’m giving this to Catherine. With this calculating will be easy.”

“Thank you oniichan. And then what is this?”

“This is called calculator, you can read numbers right?”

“Un, I can read.”

“For example 3 breads, and then 2 tuna breads, how much is the total?”

“Eh … um…”

“And that is where we use this”

Entering 70 + 70 + 70 + 120 + 120, lastly press = button and then it shows 450.
By the way inputting 70 × 3 + 120 × 2 will give 660. It’s a cheap calculator that can’t handle order of multiplication and division. Using memory feature it’s not like it can’t be done, but he only taught the easy to understand + operation.

“Woow. Handy.”

Giving a glance Mary also seems like she want a feel of the calculator.

“Mum here”

Catherine gave Mary the calculator, Mary then make up a formula and input it.

“It really works. The answer really come out.”

Mary look surprised. After that as a result of Catherine using the calculator to quickly calculate, the flow of customers improve well. And then the last of customers went back home, and the store is closed.

“Really thank you for today. Catherine too seems to be delighted. Then here’s today wage. Also the bread too.”

“Then I will come back tomorrow”

Because she look so tired, Catherine had gone up first and slept.

Kent went home, and while eating the given bread started thinking.

(Today wage is 500 G. Money in possession in total is 640 G. If it keeps going on like this my money won’t increase, and comfortable living is still so far away.)

He was thinking of selling the purchased stuffs as it is, but then it would become troublesome to explain how he could read the writing on the package and stuffs. When thinking on how to do his best to cover his track, at the end of the day, he reached the conclusion that raising his income through the bakery profit has the least risk.

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After finished with thinking hard, he took a bath and then go to sleep.

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Next day, going to the bakery he start his morning shift.

“Today there’re also a lot of customers, so we have to bake more breads.”

With sweat on her forehead Mary knead the bread dough. Kent too while watching the oven’s fire also kneading bread dough. And then Catherine’s job is to tend to the store handling a lot of incoming customers. Today too it’s busy since morning.

Finishing with the morning shift, Kent went to school.
When it became lunch break, as usual he’s going to the back of school building, but then there’re already other visitors.

There are Rachel as well as Jozette and her 2 followers.

(Was there such an event again?)

Kent had thought that there will be no more events with villainess daughter for a while, but maybe he’s wrong.

“Why did yesterday you just went home? Previously, didn’t you say you would scold me?”

Said Rachel facing Jozette.

“Y, yesterday is… that, you see I remembered that there was a matter to attend to so I went home –desuwa“

“It is as Jozette-sama said. Didn’t you hear it?”

Said one of her followers following up Jozette’s answer.

“What kind of tone are you using toward this duke’s daughter Jozette-sama? Please discern your standing.”

Said another follower toward Rachel rebuking her. However, Jozette looks restless, she seems to be worrying about something.

“If there is nothing else to be said please excuse me –masuwa“

“Ah, wai-“

Before Rachel could stop her Jozette already left the place. After that the 2 followers also pursued her.

(Usually it would be the villainess daughter Jozette who goes for the offensive, but this time it’s Rachel who’s on the offensive. Somehow it seems the attacking and defending side switched places. I wonder why?)

Because it seems finished, Kent went to sit down on the usual bench and ate the bread he received yesterday.
In the end, today Jozette didn’t come, he spent the lunch break alone.
And then the lesson ended, Kent promptly went home dropping his luggage and went to work at the bakery.

“Welcome home. Today too please take care of me.”

“Oniichan welcome home”

“I’m home. I’m entering ok.”

Kent started working. Today the work also so busy and in the blink of an eye it ended.

“Good work. So then this is today wage and bread ok.”

“Oniichan see tomorrow”

“Good work. See you tomorrow.”

Kent returned home. Today wage was 500 G. All in all money in possession is 1140 G. Prepare for tomorrow, dinner, then took a bath and finally quickly go to sleep.

Next morning, today the school is in holiday so he’s going to work for a whole day. Before that Kent operate the terminal, he then bought custard cream for 150 G, margarine for 300 G, strawberry jam for 130 G. Money left is 560 G. Carrying those he went to the bakery.

“Good morning. Today too please take care of me.”

“Morning. Please take care of us too.”

“Oniichan morning~”

“I’m thinking of making new bread products today.”

“Yay~”

“I’m looking forward to it”

Mary and Catherine seem to be in great joy.

This time, it’s quite easy since you simply cut the bread in the center and place the ingredients in.
Custard cream bread, margarine bread, strawberry jam bread, they ate the 3 types of trial products.

“How is it?”

“It’s pretty good. 3 kinds each have different flavor, with this the customer’s choice will increase. Also, it’s quite easy to make, even Catherine might be able to.”

“I can help with making the bread? Yay~. Taste? It’s realy delish.”

Actually he thought of preparing the custard cream, margarine, and strawberry jam from scratch, but then it will need a lot of ingredients and labor. But, the one Kent brought out is already finished product. As consequence, those preparations can be omitted, also other bakery absolutely won’t be able to imitate, also it becomes possible to create a variety of breads.

Then Mary gave out the OK to commercializing the products. For now they used the already brought out ingredients to make 3 kinds of bread to be arranged on the storefront. This time compared to tuna bread the cost is lower so each bread can be sold for only 100 G each.

At once there are 3 additional variety of breads, it seem the customers are interested. This time because the ingredient is put inside the bread, the bread for samples can’t simply be divided. So then after chopped up, the bread pieces are smeared with either custard cream, margarine, or strawberry jam. Because the price this time is a little bit cheaper, customers who tried the samples and interested directly buy them, and it immediately sold out. In the end, with store expenses more ingredients were bought over and over again, additional breads were baked again and again. And finally, in-between of spare time of her cashier work Catherine also helped out in making bread. Morning shift was as busy as usual, but in the afternoon hearing rumor of new kinds of bread, people rushed in great numbers, and sales number turned into quite a considerable sum of money.

Finally the last of customers are gone, Mary-san is counting the sales. Side by side Kent and Catherine are tidying up the store.

“Finally finished with sales counting. Today sales broke a new record.”

“Yay~”

Catherine is delighted.

“Thanks to Kent-san this store is greatly thriving. How can I thank you.”

“Thanks is unneeded really. If this store yield big profit I’m also one of those who are happy.”

“Oh. Saying such nice thing. This auntie will be charmed you know?”

“Eh?”

“Fufufu it’s a joke”

Kent was startled. Even with a 12 year old daughter she looks young, Mary-san also has well-proportioned face and good style, also quite a beauty. Previously, there were also customers who only aiming for Mary-san, then the sold product changed and customers composition changed as well. It changed with customers who are actually looking for delicious breads, the previous customers who are only after Mary-san seem to feel bitter.

And then receiving today wage and bread Kent returned home.