Chapter 172 – Complete Refusal
That woman sure had some gall, contrary to how she looked. If I were to translate her words, she wanted to get an easy job as a market employee instead of owning a stall because she couldn’t sell stuff on her own. She was using my precarious situation, which she was partially responsible for, to get herself into a comfortable position with an easier and more stable job than she currently had.
She was crazy to think I would ever accept such a deal.
“You’re out of your mind. Scram before I call the police.”
“W-Wait! I’ve got two daughters to feed at home! This is a good proposal for everyone!”
“Police! Police! I’m being harassed here! Please help!”
The desperate woman looked around in fear and left in a hurry, stopping her useless speech once and for all. Of course, this new argument affected my situation even worse. If only a few people had come to buy food before, no one was coming anymore.
I waited for a bit longer, but there was no change. Since there was no point in staying there, I packed the leftover food in my storage and teleported to Suuru’s house.
Fortunately, she looked a little bit better now. She was in her bed, reading a book she recently acquired with her higher income.
“You came back early, Tila.”
“Yeah… How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine now. I’m sorry for worrying you.”
“Don’t mind it.”
I hugged her, and she responded positively to my gesture. After a few seconds of silence, she asked me.
“What happened in the market?”
There was no point in hiding the situation from her.
“Well… I think we lost most of our clients. No one’s coming to buy our food anymore.”
“I see… As expected.”
She dropped her head, but I didn’t let her get depressed again.
“I think this business isn’t viable in the short term anymore. Don’t worry, we’ve got other possibilities.”
“Are you talking about the selnic workshop?”
“That’s right. We can go forward with that idea, but that’s not all. If we can’t sell food in 82, we can sell it in another dome. Like dome 6, for example. No one would know who you are there, so you won’t get into the same troubles.”
“Oh… I hadn’t thought about that. But yes, with your teleportation spell, it’s not impossible.”
“Right. You’ll need to rely on me to go back and forth, which is inconvenient, but it’s a possibility we have. Actually…”
I paused for a moment to show I was going to talk about something serious.
“I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Why don’t we move out of 82 once and for all?”
“Move out? But… I’ve lived here all my life.”
“So what? In my world, people move from city to city all the time. A lot of them even move to other countries or other continents. There’s even one rare case of someone moving to another planet.”
I smiled mischievously. She gave a small grin back.
“Hehe, Yes, I’ve got to know that rare person.”
“How lucky of you.”
“Yes… Maybe you’re right. It’s not like I haven’t thought about it, but I never had the means to do it. There was this land and the house from my mothers, too.”
“Take your time and think about it. There’s no need to stay in a place that hurts you so much, is there?”
“Yes… Where would we go instead?”
“We can go anywhere we want. Any dome, or any city in the outer world. Personally, I’ve been considering the bunnies’ village. I think they’re good people.”
“The bunnies… Yes. I like them a lot. They were very nice to me.”
“Just think about it. Have you decided about the workshop?”
“I hadn’t, but after talking with you, I think we should go forward with it.”
“Are you sure? I won’t force you.”
“I’m sure. If we must leave, maybe we should just transform the house into a factory.”
“Well, we can think about it when the time comes. If you’re certain about your decision, I’ll move forward with building a simple workshop as soon as possible.”
“All right, let’s do this. Maybe I can help a little with my metal molding.”
“That would be nice. I was thinking of buying cheap materials in the outer world since everything is so expensive here.”
“That’s a good idea.”
“It’s decided. Let’s take it easy for the rest of the day and start from tomorrow.”
I lay next to her on the bed, and she snuggled up to me. Soon after, she resumed reading while I did the same on my side, taking a book out of my storage. The books I possessed were mostly from the domes since books were luxury goods in the outer world. I still owned a few of them, which resembled pieces of art, far from the bulk-printed copies I was used to. The content was also interesting. Since books were so hard to come by, only those who wanted to pass on some important knowledge wrote them. There was very little nonsense in the content, even though that didn’t mean everything written was the truth.
We spent the rest of the day relaxing, calming down our spirits after the sudden failure of our improvised business, which was now my second setback in the inner world. I wasn’t too worried. Not only did we have a lot of time, but there would be a time when we would achieve something stable. It was all about trying until we reached that point.
The next morning, I made my way to 82’s city hall. In a place where Rylnet didn’t exist and newspapers weren’t that popular due to a lack of corresponding news, all things related to recruitment and job advertisements happened in the central place that was the city hall, and more specifically, on a series of large boards where people posted announcements. I normally would have been directed there when I initially asked if there was a job available the first time I came to the city hall, except that I didn’t know the language, and as such, wouldn’t have been able to read the ads.
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