Otherworld Dagashi Shop Yahagi

Chapter 123: Professor Michelle

Perhaps it was thanks to setting up three branches that my level increased again on a slightly chilly evening.

I’m grateful for that.

[How is it, Yuusuke? Do you feel like you can now see the future?]

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In the living room with just the two of us, Michelle excitedly asked me.

[I wonder about that? I feel like it was still impossible though……]

Even though I denied it verbally, I still drank some ramune to regulate my mana circulation.

Then, holding the magical stick in my right hand, I lightly swung it and invoked my magic.

[Clairvoyance!]

I felt the sensation of mana being drained from my body as usual, but it didn’t feel as dangerous as it did before.

There was little dizziness, I was just feeling slightly tipsy, akin to having had a bit too much to drink.

As my consciousness drifted around the room like an astral projection, choices directly asking my mind appeared.

“Do you want to go forward or go back?”

If I ignored the choices, I could explore the present, and if I picked to go back, I could see the past.

However, what I must try here is to “go forward”.

While holding onto my consciousness that seemed like it could falter if I let my guard down, I chose to “go forward”.

Thereupon, I felt an invisible hand squeezing my brain like a rag.

The intense pain made my whole body stiffen.

Feeling that I might die from the pain if things kept going like this, I quickly canceled the magic.

[Yuusuke! Yuusuke!!!]

In the midst of my blurry vision, Michelle raised a scream.

The edges of her tear-filled eyes were red and swollen, now looking as if she was into jirai-kei fashion.

It really suits her…… With my dizzy head, I thought.

[I- I’m alright…… Kinda thought I was gonna die though……]

[I’m sorry! It’s because I asked if you could see the future!]

I managed to somehow raise my body and hugged Michelle.

[It’s not Michelle’s fault. It’s just that my level wasn’t high enough yet. Don’t worry about it.]

It took me quite a while to calm Michelle down after she started crying, but my body started to feel better as I held her close to me.

This was probably also due to the fact that my levels had increased.

My body is no longer under as much strain as before.

Thanks in part to the Seiryuu Ring that the Gnomes had given me, my body was completely back to normal within 5 minutes.

[It seems like it will still take some time for me to properly see the future with Clairvoyance. My level still increased though, and a new product has been added to my shelves.]

Product name: Tabekko Monster Biscuits

Description: Biscuits in the shape of monsters. The monster’s name, characteristics, or weaknesses are written on the biscuit’s surface.

Price: 50 rims

[It’s delicious, so you should try it too, Michelle. It’s a good snack to learn about monsters, right?]

I offered the snack to the dejected Michelle.

[It’s delicious……]

After eating the biscuit, Michelle smiled a bit.

[I think this will also help the others learn letters since they all know the monsters’ names.]

[Unnn, it might.]

[Not many people can read yet, so if we finally manage to get some leeway, I’d like to build a school here in Luganda.]

[A school in Luganda?]

Come to think of it, Michelle used to be a teacher at an academy in the Royal Capital.

[Would you like to be a teacher when the school is built?]

When I asked her that, Michelle’s body wriggled about.

[Ehh~~, it has been a while, so thinking about becoming a teacher again kinda makes me feel embarrassed.]

[Isn’t it fine? Regal praised Michelle’s teaching skills before. By the way, what do teachers in this world wear?]

It’s not like I have a particular affection for cosplay, but I’m curious about this.

This question is purely out of curiosity, okay!?

It’s not like I’m trying to satisfy my fetishes or anything like that!

[Back in the academy, it was normal to wear a square academic cap, and when you reach Professor Level, you’re provided with a cloak adorned with a purple trim. I have one of those too.]

[Did you also bring it here?]

[I brought it with me just in case……]

[Let me see you wear it!]

Michelle looked embarrassed, but she pulled out her square academic cap and cloak from the back of her luggage and put them on.

[I- It’s not like it’s anything cute, right? It just makes plain me even plainer……]

[That’s not the case at all. The intellectual feel it gives is wonderful. If we had a teacher like you, going to school would have been so much fun.]

[Really? You really think so?]

[Of course.]

Michelle nodded shyly, before bringing her lips close to my ears and whispered.

[Tonight would be a private lesson just for Yuusuke. Let’s close the store early.]

[O- Ohh……]

And like that, even with all these and that, stimulating days continued in Luganda.

As the sun was setting and I was cheerfully closing up the store, Nakaram-san came in with a report.

[I’ve brought with me the accumulated dungeon entrance fee. Here’s the account book.]

[Good work. Oh, I see that we’ve gathered 62000 rims today.]

[Things have been going well as of late. However, we still need more money to improve the roads.]

[That can’t be helped. We’ll just have to go through that little by little.]

[Was the Zord still not able to move?]

He probably wants to have the Genos Breaker moving and have it pave the road as soon as possible.

[I’m facing a small problem. If I can level up my dagashi shop, that should solve the problem, but it feels like reaching a level sufficient enough would still be quite a while.]

My “Clairvoyance” is a secret, so I slightly shifted the subject matter at hand.

[Level, is it? If I’m not mistaken, this level increases with the amount of your sales, right?]

[Unnn. The number of branches has increased, so the level-up rate has been going well, but it was still not enough.]

Nakaram-san crossed his muscular arms and pondered.

[Hmmm…… I have a suggestion.]

[What is it?]

[How about holding a festival to boost sales?]

Many people come to Luganda to sightsee and tour.

If we hold a festival, we might be able to attract people.

[However, what kind of festival should we do?]

[A festival centered on a MF Tournament among four towns.]

By four towns, he should be talking about Luganda, Betzel, Ballast and Toskea.

All of the other lords love MF and Mani 4WD, so maybe they will cooperate with us on this.

[That’s a good idea. I’ll contact Ley-chan in Betzel right away.]

[Please do so. I will prepare a rough budget proposal as soon as I can.]

When it comes to matters like this, there’s no one better than Nakaram-san.

Asking him to handle that, I proceeded to write messages to the lords on gliders.

<Translator’s Notes>

Tabekko Monster Biscuits: based on Tabekko Animal Biscuits

Jirai-kei: A fashion style that blends vulnerability and intensity, inspired by the notion of “landmine personality”——— someone who appears normal on the surface, but upon closer interaction, reveals unexpected quirks that make one feel like they’ve stepped on a landmine. Its basis aside, makeup and fashion work together to balance between normal appearance and hidden edginess, featuring pale, almost ghostly complexions that give off a mysterious vibe.