Just to remind you people in this world seem to p.r.o.nounce j.a.panese wrong, which is why they seem to stretch words or just fail them completely, like how they stretched out the word karate. Thanks for reading~
He who does not work, neither shall he eat.
The fact that I"m his pupil, or the fact that"s she"s a demon princess doesn"t matter in this shop.
""We, wel, come~."" (Ura)
She’s making an awkward smile, but Ura is properly greeting the customers that are coming here for lunch.
It"s probably her first time ever serving customers, and if her country hadn"t been destroyed, she might not have ever done it in her whole life.
""That"s right. Never forget your smile."" (Melma)
""Ye, yes."" (Ura)
""And if customers come, immediately serve water and take their orders! Make this series of actions flow quickly!"" (Melma)
Ura was being a good girl. Her demon self was taken in, and her life necessities were provided.
Since she can"t just always take advantage of that, she personally asked if she could help out in the shop.
She didn"t complain about this labour that she had never done until now.
""Ple, please go this way, fur, further in the back~"" (Ura)
No one would think that she"s a demon princess from seeing Ura in a white, cook"s ap.r.o.n.
""Oi, Ura! Clear the dishes from any open seats!"" (Melma)
""Got it! I"ll do it now! Velt, when will your yakisooba be ready?"" (Ura)
""I"m, I"m doing it right now. Just wait a bit."" (Velt)
At the beginning, the customers were bewildered too. The moment they entered they shop, they were suddenly greeted by a demon girl after all.
""Oh, hi there, Ura-chan. You"re working hard today too~.""
""We"ll have three wantaan-meen and three plates of gyouuza.""
""Oooi, Velt! Don"t just make your new wife work too much~.""
However, people can understand from seeing the figure of someone sincerely working with all their might.
Thanks to that, I thought my odd jobs my decrease, but for some reason, it"s even busier than before.
""Melma-san, wantaan-meen and gyouuza please."" (Ura)
""Sure thing!"" (Melma)
""Lallana-san, the garlic in the jar is empty. Where are the spares?"" (Ura)
""Oh? Please wait a bit, there are spares in the shelf so I will go get them."" (Lallana)
""Velt, the yakisooba is going to burn. Look at the flame properly. Don"t just s.p.a.ce out."" (Ura)
""Oh, ohhh!"" (Velt)
""Ah, we, welcome~, I will clean up the table right now. Ah, please wait a bit for your order. I will bring the tonkotou rameen. I am terribly sorry for taking your time."" (Ura)
Furthermore, far from having any unpleasant feelings towards demons, Ura has recently gotten popularity for being cute, and it probably isn"t just my imagination that there are more customers than before.
More like, we"ve gotten so successful that we can"t even work without Ura nowadays.
Even though her speech to Forna and I are strong, when she talks to sensei, his wife, or the customers, she enters her reception mode and never forgets her smile.
Like, aren"t you too excellent?
""Wow, Ura-chan, even though not much time has pa.s.sed since you started working, you sure are doing well~.""
""Weren"t you just excellent from the start?""
""Compared to that, your husband doesn"t even try to smile, gets angry at customers when it gets busy, and is a hopeless idiot after all~.""
""Oh yeah, I ate his fried rice the other day as a test, but it"s still not quite good to eat.""
Rather, since Ura has been too excellent, I keep getting compared to her recently.
""Well I mean~, that idiot Velt will probably work hard if Ura-chan is here, so the next generation of this shop should be secure.""
""How lucky~, the owner has a heir and a heiress to take over.""
No, that"s not happening. Sensei is making a questionably shy face though.
""Successor? Velt and I are?"" (Ura)
Wait, Ura, don"t react to it.
""Yup yup. One day, you and Velt are going to marry and manage the shop together.""
""Oi oi, wait a moment. Isn"t Velt going to become the king?""
""Eh? But since prince Farga came back, isn"t it fine? Wait, what"s princess Forna going to do?""
""No no no, as people that were watching over them from when they were babies, the legal wife is obviously princess Forna.""
Those d.a.m.n idling old guys. Why are they imagining someone"s future of their own accord.
And Ura, even you…………
""I will be the missus. Velt will be the owner. Managing the shop together…………"" (Ura)
""Oi, why are your eyes shining while making a face that look like you don"t think that wouldn"t be that bad! Hurry up and take away the dishes!"" (Velt)
Good grief, brats going on about such worthless…………
No, that"s I guess I shouldn’t be saying that. Ever since the incident at the bath, it felt awkward referring Forna and Ura as precocious brats.
Certainly, these guys are still brats.
But even so, they are properly growing.
And yet, what about me?
""Hey, Velt."" (Ura)
""Yeah?"" (Velt)
""Um, say, I heard that you quit magic school, and started working at the shop to become stronger."" (Ura)
""Aren"t I doing that right now? Properly training."" (Velt)
""Well um, what is it? You certainly are busy and it"s work that"s worth doing, but I can"t think of it as training to become stronger…………
Stop asking that normally with such pure eyes.
Aren"t I training my levitation (floating) that I used to set Gyanza up and make you guys cry?
Tch, there"s no helping it.
""Good grief, it can"t be helped. I"ll tell you one part of my training."" (Velt)
Even though Ura likes me, she"s been looking down on me recently.
I"ll need to make her feel admiration for me here.
""Alright, Ura. Go wipe a table with a cloth for a bit."" (Velt)
""Eh? Why? I wiped it just before though."" (Ura)
""All you"re doing is wiping it! It"s fine, so just go wipe it in front of me!"" (Velt)
After telling her that, I took out two cloths.
A cloth that had been soaked in water, and a dry cloth.
""Alright, the wet cloth in your right hand, and the dry cloth in your left hand. Wipe it while alternating between them. Repeat water on, water off."" (Velt)
""Hah? What, what part of this is training……"" (Ura)
""Just try it already! Make an image of a perfect circle and draw it! Draw an arc! Once you can do that naturally, you’ll get the correct form!"" (Velt)
By the time I realized it, the customers had their attention on us while eating their food, thinking we"re about to do something strange.
This is a special occasion, so I"ll teach the people of this world something interesting.
""Let"s see, water on, water off, water on, water off………… is this fine?"" (Ura)
""Go even faster! Water on, water off, water on, water off!"" (Velt)
""Water on, water off, water on, water off………… wait, what is this! It"s just plain cleaning!"" (Ura)
""Just do it! Water on, water off, water on, water off!"" (Velt)
""Guh, uu~, as if I could do this! I was an idiot for seriously listening to you! What are you making me do at such a busy time. Velt, you should quickly go back to working!"" (Ura)
She suddenly returned the cloth and tried to go back to working, but it seems Ura doesn"t get it.
It can"t be helped, so I"ll just teach her.
""Ura. Watch me."" (Velt)
""What is it?"" (Ura)
""Do water on, water off one more time."" (Velt)
""What are you………… "" (Ura)
""You can leave the cloth. Just watch me, and do that movement while standing straight!"" (Velt)
""Hah?"" (Ura)
""What kind of movement is it? Try it."" (Velt)
""?"" (Ura)
Kuhahahahahaha, she"s just making a displeased face without even understanding the reason.
The customers are tilting their heads as they don"t get what I"m doing either.
That"s right. Make that kind of face. I"ll surprise you right now.
""It"s not about the movement, just, water on, water off."" (Ura)
""Wrooooong! It"s not that lame! Use your elbow, arm and fist powerfully! Alternate! Draw a correct circle."" (Velt)
""Uuu, wai, what, like I said, what the h.e.l.l is this!"" (Ura)
""Alright, let"s go! Oraaah!"" (Velt)
""Eh, eh, ehhh!"" (Ura)
""Right left right left, water on water off water on water off water on water off."" (Velt)
""Um, ha, hah! Sei! Hai! Tah! ………… Eh? Thi, this is!"" (Ura)
As Ura repeated water on, water off, I thrust my fists at her.
In a panic, Ura naturally made the correct defence form for her karate roundhouse block by doing the movements of water on and water off, splendidly handling my fists.
""Ah."" (Ura)
""""""""""Oooooooh!!""""""""""
Yeah, that face.
Ura"s eyes went round in surprise. The customers unintentionally let out a gasp.
It went well. I calmly said this to Ura while having a completely triumphant look inside of my mind.
""Do you get it now, Ura? As someone who did nothing but karate training, you probably think that only the training and sparring at the dojo and actual battles on a battlefield count as training, but that"s not all. It looks meaningless at one glance, but in reality, there are multiple hints within the casual actions you take daily, to gain strength."" (Velt)
Haha, she really is a brat!
""Ve, Velt………… Velt! Right now, you"re shining so much in my eyes!"" (Ura)
Ura"s eyes are brightening with sparkles.
By the time I realized it, the customers were also clapping in admiration for me.
""So that"s what it was! What"s the matter with me, this is amazing! You aren"t just working. There were so many means to enhance yourself like this, huh!"" (Ura)
Ura seems to be a lot more fired up about working now. The radiance in her eyes are turning into flames.
She"s way too easy to deal with.
Like I thought, it might be fine for me to still think of her as a brat.
""You idiot."" (Melma)
""Ouch, sensei…………"" (Velt)
""How random can you get. You probably aren"t even doing that kind of training."" (Melma)
""Well, I tried doing that since I wanted to make fun of her."" (Velt)
""And to think you would even make a parody of something people of this world don"t know. Isn"t that just a rip-off of that movie that ends with "kid", in that scene where he waxes the car?"" (Melma) (TL Note: "That movie that ends with "kid" is about karate kid, and the water on water off is a rip-off of wax on wax off. Also, karate kid is called best kid in j.a.panese.)
""It doesn"t matter, this brat just got motivation after all."" (Velt)
Even after I thought about a lot of things, 10 year olds are still fine as being brats.
That"s what I thought until this moment.
However, whether or not I think that, the world already wouldn"t allow that.
""Oooi, Veeelt, it"s a disasteeer!""
One customer rushed into the shop with lots of vigour.
Covered in sweat, his breath kept cutting and he had a desperate look.
He"s one of the regular middle aged men that come to this shop often.
""What is it, all of a sudden?"" (Velt)
""Don"t what is it me, it"s a disaster!""
""Like I said, what is?"" (Velt)
""Did you not hear anything? Just now, there was an official announcement at the town square.""
Like I said, what is it.
Because he"s giving it such an air of importance, everyone in the shop stopped moving.
Then,
""Do you know『The great national military academy』?""
""Yeah, the name at least. It"s the school where rich people and geniuses gather in the empire, which is the school that Forna is gonna go to in a few years, right?"" (Velt)
And the majority are a.s.signed to humanity"s great allied forces after graduation, to go to the front-lines of the battle against demons and demi-humans.
A school where humanity"s hope and future champions a.s.semble.
Also, if they return to their country, they will definitely be given honour and a t.i.tle, so it"s a school that all the brats in this world yearn for with sparkling eyes.
""The thing is, a grade skipping system started being used from this year, and since young master Shalt of Elfarshia"s magic school had one of the top ten highest results, he was allowed to enter, along with princess Forna, who is in a special system.""
That was one turning point that made me realize that not everyone will stay being brats.
""The princess and Shalt are going to the empire soon…………and once they graduate, they"re apparently going to war!""
One day, a day like this will come. I did think that, but it"s just that it was faster than expected.
And yet, in this situation, without knowing how to respond, I stood stock still for a little while, simply in a daze.