Chapter 246: The Stall Was a Huge Success!

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Because the guildmaster came to get another serving, I told him what I wanted people to know.

“Oh right, there’s something I’d like you to spread among everyone. Most people might believe that there’s no toilet because it’s a stall, but I set some up. It’d be very unsanitary to do your business somewhere outside around here. Could you urge people to use the toilets? Also, I’d like the men to use the two on the left if they got to pee. It’s fun.”

“Hmm? Fun? …I don’t quite get it, but roger that.”

With those words, he grabbed his cider and went around the tables, telling people to use my toilets. Afterwards, he went into the toilet himself.

And a short while later, he rushed over to me with bloodshot eyes.

“What are those!?”

“An expression of my playfulness?”

“Those are incredible magic tools, right!?”

“They’re just pissoirs for me, though.”

“Somehow I was naggingly told to wash my hands and so on!”

“Not washing your hands is filthy, right? You can properly dry them with a magic drying tool, so it’s perfect, isn’t it?”

It’s normal for the people of this world to not wash their hands after using the toilet. So I made sure to equip the toilets with audio announcements, asking them to at least wash their hands after using the toilet. And if it’s presented in a funny, playful way, people will more likely do as told, correct?

The guild master trembled all over.

“Are you possibly a fairly famous, highly-regarded Grand Sorceress?”

Since I had that title put on me once more, I laughed out, “Unfortunately you’re wrong about that. I’m an adventurer, and Sword’s partner. My job is to explore the unknown and thus I’m traveling the lands together with Sword in search of exciting adventures. This town was unknown to me as well. Even Sword mentioned that he’s never been here before. That’s why it’s a lot of fun. Just like this, I visit unknown towns, run bars and stalls, and get excited with everyone.

At the same time, I learn information special to the place I am at while enriching my ideas for cooking and drawing up new magic tools. I aimlessly search for unknown treasures without knowing whether they actually exist, and I encounter unknown monsters no one has met before while at times fighting them and other times welcoming them as friends. The same also applies to humans. And that’s what being an adventurer is about in my eyes.”

The guildmaster became dumbfounded. Meanwhile the people around us praised me, saying, “Wow! Nothing less of an S-Rank adventurer!”, “Adventurer sure is a great profession!”, or “Indeed, adventurer is a job that’s full of dreams.”

…At that point, the guildmaster laughed out.

“I see, such adventurers exist as well, huh? It’s something I hear for the first time, but well, it does sound fun. …So that’s an S-Rank adventurer, eh? Okay, I got it! Do your best! I and this town are going to welcome and support you!”

Ah, then you didn’t welcome me until now?

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The guild master went back in a great mood, and once he talked to Sword, Sword burst into laughter.

What? What’s there to like about this for Sword, a notorious pessimist? I thought he’d get totally depressed, asking the guildmaster whether they didn’t welcome us before.

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Anyway, as the guildmaster had properly taught everyone about the toilets, the people started using them, and after a while some of them came over, telling me, “Water independently flowed from the toilet,” or “Please sell those toilets to me.”

I rejected the requests for sale. Those are simply toilets after all! It’ll be impossible since they don’t have any sewage processing!

Currently Slirin is super busy handling all of it. I’ll give him a high-quality magic stone later as reward for his work.

It seems like monsters need to absorb magic stones. Mr. Amato, the one in charge of the monster rearing, contacted me about it through a message on the tablet (because Mr. Amato and Damsel Scarlet demanded it, I built some).

The monsters are apparently eating those stones blissfully. So it was necessary, as Mr. Amato mentioned.

But, in that case, tell me!!

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The stall had become a great success with the seats all filled and some people even standing while eating and drinking, I’ll do my live show now.

Since it’d be no problem if it came to simple accounting…or rather, because of the magic register, I only had to teach a helper how to use that tool. Leaving that part to them, I grabbed my lute and headed on stage.

The Ryokus came over, too. Greetings and speeches would be boorish as it was fine for people to listen or ignore it altogether. At least that’s how live performances at bars work.

So far as it goes, I did raise my volume with amplification magic.

First song gotta be that – 【Habanera】 ¹

Or rather, I guess I’ll go all the way with Carmen. From 【Dance of the Gypsies】 to 【Matador】.

…I’d really love to have some tambourines and cymbals.

Just when I thought that, our witty Ryokus somehow had become capable of playing percussion, although I’ve got no idea when that happened! Even though we hadn’t practiced it in advance, they beat the drums to the rhythm.

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While shaking in light of the Ryokus’ talents, I wrapped up Carmen with 【Aragonaise】.

When I breathed out, the customers applauded and cheered. It startled me.

“Amazing!” “I never heard anything like this!” “Even the monsters are performing!” “Just what was that!?” “Marvelous!”

I got raving reviews.

…I see, I see. Since this has been the best reaction so far, I’ll give them an encore.

I turned around and looked at the Ryokus, “Ryokus, wanna sing?”

“”Yeaaah~~””

“Everyone! Listen to our song!”

“Yaaay!”

The Ryokus waved their hands adorably, showing off their motivation, which then caused the people to get excited again.

I started the musical performance. Once the Ryokus started to sing (moreover in harmony although I didn’t teach them that), the people were all of a tizzy. When the Ryokus asked them to clap to the rhythm, everyone followed their lead, and soon all of them sang the refrain in chorus.

Rather, the Ryokus are pretty decent at riling people up. Probably because they sang many times in front of people, they made the audience sing with them by repeating the catchy lyric lines, even though I didn’t teach them any of this.

What’s up with this? It’s totally like the live performance of a well-oiled band during a festival.

And just as the hype reached its climax, the Ryokus demanded, “Mother, you’re going to sing as well, right?”

…Hmm, if the Ryokus ask, I have no choice.

“The next one will be the last song!”

When I said that, I got the same, old, “Eeeh!?”

What? Did they train it somewhere?

I sang while playing my lute, and danced during the refrain while ignoring the lute. The Ryokus imitated me as well, dancing while playing percussion every once in a while.

But honestly, just where did they pick this up? Either way, it was crazy popular among the townspeople. Some of them were even dancing with us during the last song.

Why don’t the people think of creating more music if it’s so popular? Is music unnecessary in this world?

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