Chapter 165 – Bear-san Advances To Comrce Rank E
I had already decided on the present, but was that really the only thing I had to prepare?
Since I could make cakes now, maybe I should make a birthday cake for her?
Yeah, making a two-layered cake could be fun. I could also write 「Happy birthday!」on it with colored fresh cream.
I should be writing it down on a chocolate plate, but I couldn’t do that without chocolate...
I had all the ingredients for making the cake, so I decided to try making it the mont I got ho. It would stay fresh in my Bear Box, so making it in advance wouldn’t be a problem. Still, I should probably drop by Sherry’s place to see how the plushies were turning out first.
「Yuna-san!」
Just as I started to head towards the tailor shop, soone called out to .
I turned around to look, and saw it was Riana-san from the Comrce Guild. She was the one who had helped purchase my plot of land here.
「It’s been a while, Riana-san.」
「Yuna-san, are you on your way to the Comrce Guild?」
「Not really, I don’t plan on going there today.」
「Oh, did you co by yesterday?」
Emm, I hadn’t been to the Comrce Guild for quite a while since there was no real reason for to go there.
Most (if not all) of the things concerning my shop were dealt with by Terumi-san, after all.
Honestly, the only thing I had done myself had been the purchase of the plot of land.
「I was sure that you would have already gone there. Did Terumi-san not ntion it to you?」
「Terumi-san? I haven’t really seen her the past few days. So, had sothing bad happened?」
「Oh no, it’s not that. It’s just that your Comrce Guild rank went up. Yesterday, I asked Terumi-san to tell you to co to the Comrce Guild when you had ti.」
「My guild rank went up, huh.」
I didn’t recall doing anything, though.
I had opened a shop, but I left everything to Morin-san, Anzu, and Terumi-san. Well, the sales must be affecting my Comrce Guild rank, so it made sense for it to go up.
「Normally, it takes rchants a whole year to increase their rank to E, you know.」
「Really?」
「Yes. A new rchant starting a new trade has to work hard to bring their sales up. It takes about a year to get their business run smoothly enough to rank up. Many rchants who don’t beco successful in a year’s ti just give up and quit.」
Unlike at the Adventurer’s Guild, it was difficult to get to rank E at the Comrce Guild, huh.
「We still have to go through the procedure for increasing your rank, so if you have ti right now, could you co to the guild with ?」
Hmm, now that I thought about it, even if I went to Sherry’s place now, she shouldn’t have made much progress since yesterday. It should be better to go there in the afternoon and just prepare the cake tomorrow, right?
Since I figured I was in no rush with other things, I decided to go to the Comrce Guild now.
「By the way, why are you here, Riana-san?」
At this ti, shouldn’t she still be working at the guild?
「I’m here for work. It shouldn’t be my job, but I was asked to do it. I could ask you the sa, Yuna-san. You didn’t need anything from the Comrce Guild, so why are you in the area?」
「I had so business with Cliff and was on my way back ho.」
「With Cliff-sama?」
「There was sothing I wanted to ask him, so I went to his mansion this morning.」
Riana-san and I chatted about silly topics on our way to the Comrce Guild.
Once we arrived, I noticed there were only a few people inside, probably because the early morning rush was already over.
「Could you please wait a mont? I will return as soon as I finish giving my report.」
Riana-san said and headed to the back. I looked around for a place to wait and quickly decided to sit on one of the chairs by the wall.
Getting a different employee to rank up would probably have been fine, but it was easier to wait for Riana-san since I knew her already.
Hmm, I normally saw Mylene-san sitting at the reception desk, but she wasn’t here today.
Was she finally doing her actual job as the guild master properly?
As I looked around the Comrce Guild, I noticed a few people staring at . I still got those looks from ti to ti, huh.
I covered my face with the Bear Hoodie, and kept waiting for Riana-san.
Since I sat there quietly, I couldn’t help but overhear two rchants speaking close to .
「You got a second?」
「What for?」
「Look, that’s the child who wears the bear suit.」
「Dude, don’t point at her. Don’t look at her either.」
「W-why?」
「Haven’t you heard about the young bear lady?」
The rchant asked in surprise.
「I only heard the rumour that the owner of the shop with the giant bear statues also wore a bear suit around town. I just wanted to ask you if that child wearing the bear suit is said owner.」
Sorry for being a child...
I might look like this, but I was 15 years old, you know.
「Are you new to this town?」
「Yes, I ca from Mireera two days ago.」
「I knew it. So, how much have you heard about that bear?」
「Only that a bear manages the bear shop, which was recomnded to when I asked for a shop that sells good food at the guild yesterday.」
「I’m sure you found its food delicious, right?」
「Yes. It was the first ti I had sothing that delicious. And, when I asked about who ran the shop, I was told that it was a girl wearing a bear suit.」
「Yep, that Bear Missy over there should be the owner. Still, don’t get any funny ideas, okay?」
「Why? Don’t rchants like to talk about making money? She could make a lot of easy profit if she just shared her cooking thods in other towns.」
「Don’t even try that. You will be kicked out of the Comrce Guild for good.」
「Why would that happen?」
「She’s backed by the Foschuroze family and the Comrce Guild itself.」
「Seriously?!」
「Yeah. That’s why nobody from this town dares to even approach her. I have no idea how you planned on getting her cooking thods out of her, but she isn’t soone you should pick a fight with.」
「If what you told is true, then you’re probably right...」
「It’s your choice whether to believe or not. I’m just warning you as a fellow rchant.」
「I’ll accept a warning from a fellow rchant and won’t try to cross such a dangerous bridge, then.」
The rchant said while nodding in resignation.
I had thought that fellow rchants would get along poorly, but it seed like that wasn’t true at all.
Well, I had heard that rchants valued their connections, so it sort of made sense for them to get along.
「A wise decision. As fascinating as the bear’s recipes are, there isn’t a single person dumb enough to pick a fight with that young bear lady.」
「Well, that makes sense if both the nobility and the Comrce Guild are backing her.」
「You really know nothing, huh.」
The other rchant said, amazed.
「Why would you say that?」
「You know, that young lady bear is also a rank C adventurer.」
So, my rank had spread, huh.
Well, it wasn’t like I was hiding it. Anyone could find out if they just looked into it.
Although, that old guard who normally stood by the town entrance seed very suspicious.
「You bastard, are you making fun of just because I’m new to this town?!」
「You think I’m lying to you? If you don’t believe , just ask anyone else. Every rchant from around here will tell you the sa thing.」
「You must be joking...」
Yup, that was a joke, right? About everybody knowing, I ant.
「Well, I warned you. Now, what you do is up to you.」
The other rchant said and left.
The first rchant took another look at then left as well.
The rumours about must have been spreading around again...
According to Noa, the Foschuroze family was backed by the royal family, and that was why things had been so peaceful till now.
Though this was unrelated to the rchants’ conversation, I was sure that if anybody hard the children working at my shop, they wouldn’t be let off easily.
This wasn’t due to being backed by the nobles, but rather, just Cliff making sure the children weren’t bothered. I should probably thank him for that, but I was a bit reluctant to just genuinely admit that I was grateful for his help....
While I was still pondering if I should openly thank him or not, Riana-san returned from the back.
「Thank you for waiting, Yuna-san.」
Riana-san sat down at her reception desk and started the rank up procedure.
「Here you go. Your Comrce Guild rank is now E.」
「Thank you.」
I thanked her and took back my guild card.
I had now officially beca rank E, huh.
「Normally, I should congratulate you for becoming a full-fledged rchant, but I feel like that doesn’t really apply for you.」
「Becoming rank E ans becoming a full-fledged rchant?」
「As I must have ntioned before, a new rchant has to pay inco taxes like any other rchant, and that makes their first year rather difficult.」
That made sense. It must take a lot of ti to build a business from scratch and make sure that everything goes according to plans. Without a good business understanding, it was hard to profit quickly.
「You really are amazing, though. You already beca rank E, even though you only joined the Comrce Guild a few months ago.」
「Well, it’s all thanks to everyone working at my shop.」
They were all doing their best working hard for .
Hmm, I had to reward them sohow.
「Well, in your case, I’m sure you’ll also hit rank D pretty soon.」
She was probably right. I had the inco from the tunnel’s toll fees, and the cake sales were going up day by day.
Well, unlike with the Adventurer’s Guild rank, there was honestly no real use in my Comrce rank going up at the mont.
I thanked Riana-san again and left the Comrce Guild.
Since I was hungry, I decided to go get sothing from the food stalls before heading ho.
When I finally reached my Bear House, a pouting Fina was waiting for there.
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