Isekai C-mart Hanjouki v1c5

Chapter 5: A Visitor opens a store

“Hmm?”
Returning to the other world, I looked around my surroundings.

Perhaps it was because it was my fifth time moving to the other world, but this time I suddenly appeared at my destination.

By the time I realized it, I was already standing outside of the town. I could see buildings from where I stood.

I headed towards the central part of town, intending to go to the marketplace I went to last time.

I planned on going to the far end of the marketplace, lining up my goods on the ground, then having the pa.s.sersby take a look at them.

However, when I pa.s.sed by a certain building on the way, I realized that it was an unoccupied house. The windows were left open, and the inside was deserted. The floor seemed a bit dusty, but the interior of the unoccupied house was s.p.a.cious and had a good feeling to it.

“Um, excuse me.” I called out to stop a pa.s.serby.

“Is this place unoccupied?”

“Aah, this house is unoccupied. Some years ago there was a shop here but… what kind of shop was it again…?

“Do you know the owner? Do you think I’ll be able to rent it?”

“Ah, yes I do. Follow me.”

Going into the place they showed me, I explained my situation to the old lady who owned the property.

When I offered her the four gold coins I had on hand, the old lady was astonished, saying “I can’t accept that much, just one is enough.”

As usual, it turned into a small quarrel, and in the end I handed over 2 gold coins to cover 2 murugu of rent.

However, one murugu… how many days is that?

Well, whatever.

The first thing that I, now with a shop, did was to clean the floor.

If I remember correctly, I stuffed a broom and dustpan in here… I dumped the contents of my backpack and searched. Ah, like I expected it was here.

I pulled one rag out of a set of five, wet it using water from a water bottle, then pushed it along the floor.*

After finis.h.i.+ng that task, with the shop clean and my work inside finished, without resting I went outside to the front.

“Mmmm.”
I crossed my arms and gazed at my shop.

This is my store. My shop.

It’s kind of touching, a fullness in my heart that’s hard to put into words.

What did they call this kind of thing again? Feudal lords.h.i.+p?

This fantasy world is amazing though, no registration, no co-signers, none of that troublesome stuff at all. Without even being asked “Who are you?” I explained my circ.u.mstances to the old lady who owned the property and everything was settled within several minutes. This speediness is amazing.

Looking at my shop from the outside, I realized there was something missing. A signboard.

Hanging above the entrance was a signboard-like object. Something appeared to have been written on it long ago, but it had completely weathered away and is difficult to make out.

I can reuse the signboard… I have to write the shop’s name.

But before that, I have to decide on the shop’s name.

As the feudal lord, this was the first duty bestowed on me.

It is a sacred rite.

I contemplated, and contemplations piled up.

To be specific, around three seconds pa.s.sed while I thought.

“Mm! Let’s go with ‘C-mart’!”

I pulled out a felt pen from my belongings, then as I wrote in big letters “C-Mart” on the store’s signboard…

“Is this a store?”

Someone from the neighborhood had become interested and peeked inside of the shop.

“Of course. If you’d like, please step inside,” I said.

Since I had just finished cleaning the inside of the store, it was still barren and nothing had been put on display. However, I invited that person in without delay.

It’s an event to be celebrated, my very first customer.

I pulled out my products and started explaining what they were.

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