In the early afternoon, a special "custor" arrived at our booth.
"Ulum, my friend! It's good to see you!"
She was wearing a long dress of high quality, her face impassive as she stared at .
"Tila. Long ti no see."
"Really! Did you receive my ssage from the library?"
"I did."
"So, how did your exams go?"
"I aced everything, of course."
"That goes without saying. I taught you, after all."
She ignored my remark and turned toward Suuru.
"She is?"
"Oh, where's my mind? She's Suuru, my partner in this business venture. Suuru, this is Ulum, a girl who doesn't like physical contact."
The girl in question scowled at .
"Is that how you're introducing ?"
"She also becos hysterical if you touch her. I'm saying that from personal experience."
Suuru put a hand in front of her mouth, failing to hide her smile completely.
"Nice to et you, Ulum. I'll… I'll be careful."
Ulum looked fed up with
but still answered her.
"Yes. Nice to et you too."
I wasn't one to stop when the vibe was so good.
"I'm glad you got my ssage and ca to see . You must have missed
dearly."
"I didn't co here because of you."
"Oh, now you're going to say you're here in official business or sothing. No need to be shy, I know how much you like ."
"Be quiet, Tila. I am here on official business."
"Really? How so?"
"I started working in the city's trading departnt after graduation. I'm here on an inspection."
"Oh my sel!"
"What now?"
"You received my ssage saying I would start working as a rchant and you directly chose to work for the trading departnt to be able to et
whenever you want. I'm touched!"
"Stop it with your delusions. Let's get to business. I'm here to inspect your stall today."
"Wow… I don't know if I can handle such heavy love, you know? But don't worry, I also like you, my friend. Maybe about 20% of how much you love ?"
She sent
a dark glare.
"What did you say?"
"Okay, 25%! That's my best offer. I can't go any higher than that!"
Her gaze pierced
for a few long seconds before she sighed helplessly.
"I'm here to inspect your stall because we received complaints that your business is unfair competition."
Suuru gasped while I remained completely unmoved. The rchants around us started paying closer attention to what was happening.
"Interesting. Inspect anything you want, Ulum, my friend. We have nothing to hide."
"I'm not your friend right now."
"Of course."
She sent
one last glance before looking at our food offer. Truthfully, there was nothing to see. Our vegetables and fruits looked fine and there was no problem with them whatsoever. Our prices were indicated clearly, too. Our setup couldn't have been simpler and more explicit.
"I need to try so of your food. Give
an apple."
"That'll be 6 lods…"
Her frown intensified as she glared at
again.
"…But I'll give it to you for free since we're friends."
"Hmph."
She took the apple from , cleaned it thoroughly, and bit into it. She appreciated the taste for a few monts before nodding.
"It's good. No problem. Your prices are lower than average but there's nothing wrong with that. I'll report that the complaints are unfounded."
"You did great for justice today, inspector."
She didn't care about my words and looked at the traders around us.
"And I hope there won't be any other random complaints like this in the future or the people who complain will be the ones to be inspected next."
The rchants looked away unhappily but there was nothing they could do.
"How professional, even though you just started working. You have a great career in front of you!"
"Whatever. I'm done here. I'm leaving."
"Already? Stay a bit more. Let's chat."
"Talk about what?"
"Anything. How you've been doing, how were the exams, why you chose to work in the trading departnt. Let's share the news."
"I'm busy."
"Booo. You're no fun. Ulum is boring, boooring."
"I rember now why I didn't miss talking with you…"
She stayed silent for a mont, an expression of reprobation on her face. Eventually, she asked.
"How's your business going?"
"Haha. See? You can do it if you want!"
"I'm leaving."
"Co on, don't act like a kid."
"I can't believe you're the one saying this."
"Co here, I'll tell you everything. It all started when I had this brilliant idea of…"
For the next few tens of minutes, I chatted with Ulum, getting up to speed on what had happened since the last ti we saw each other. It was mostly only
blabbering about stuff but I still managed to get so news from her from ti to ti. While this happened, Suuru handled any custor who ca to buy our products, listening to our talk from the side. I included her in the discussion whenever she was free so that she didn't feel excluded and the three of us had a good ti.
Eventually, Ulum had to go.
"How can I find you, my friend?"
"I have a desk in the city hall, in the trading departnt. I'm there most of the ti."
"Got it. It was nice seeing you today."
"Hm. Good luck with your stall. Goodbye, Suuru."
Once she was gone, Suuru imdiately questioned .
"How did you get to know her, Tila?"
"We t when I was learning the language in the library. She's a good person, as long as you don't physically touch her."
"I see. It's great that you made such a good friend."
I wasn't lying when I said she was a nice girl. It was clear she valued her relationships. No matter how one looked at it, what she did today could barely be called an inspection at all. Plus, she was the one who ca and not any other colleague of hers, even though she only started her job a few days prior. The evidence was aplenty.
I would need to tease her about it the next ti we t.
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