Chapter 41: Art Helps (Hiira’s Task Helps Lala)
Lala-san put on a brave smile and pretended to be cheerful.
“It’s okay. I’ll try my best to be happy even after getting married. . .I’m honestly worried about becoming a stepmother, and I’m already disliked by my future family. . .But I won’t give up. I’m trying to think positively, you know?”
“Lala-san. . .”
“But. . .”
She looked at me with a serious expression and pierced me with her purple eyes.
“It’s. . .really sad that I won’t be able to see Hiira anymore.”
“Lala-san. . .Me too.”
“I’ll write letters. Please tell me some fun stories sometimes.”
“Umm. . .Is it already decided?”
Lala-san giving up is not like her.
To my question, Lala-san shook her head sadly.
“Of course. If I had a job, I could escape, but since I’ve been fired, there’s nowhere that will hire me.”
“Is having a job the only solution?”
“I told you, there’s nowhere that will hire someone like me.”
With a slightly irritated expression, Lala-san repeated her words.
“If there was a place that would hire you. . .”
“. . .What? There’s no place that would hire someone like me anyway.”
“There is.”
“. . .What???”
I felt like all the problems, including my own, were being solved.
“Lala-san.”
“What?”
“You can do accounting, right?”
“. . .Well, I can do calculations.”
I had stood up without realizing it. I was excited.
“Lala-san!!!!”
Lala-san looked up at me with a puzzled expression as I grabbed her hand.
“Could you take care of the accounting for the Saint Cafeteria?”
“Accounting? Me?”
“Yes!!”
Lala-san blinked her purple eyes.
A fanfare expressing victory and excitement played in my head.
Because. . .I was a saint who couldn’t do calculations!
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An hour later.
Lala-san looked pale and screamed as she looked at the documents piled up in the cafeteria’s workroom.
“I can’t believe it!! How did you manage with such sloppy accounting?!”
“Well, I’m also surprised~.”
“It’s not surprising! Oh, I see now. The scale of the store’s prosperity and various things are not balanced. At this rate, we’ll be crushed by the Chamber of Commerce before Kasdar does.”
“Ahaha, that’s true.”
“Reflect on it!!”
“Yes.”
I have experience working in a monastery, so I can manage a cafeteria to some extent.
However, I was very bad at accounting and calculations!
There was a veteran sister in charge of accounting at the monastery, so I didn’t have much opportunity to participate as I didn’t have much education.
Other staff members could barely read, and while Synovidos could do calculations, he had zero knowledge about accounting.
Recently, the onii-sans from the Chamber of Commerce, who had been visiting us from time to time, had actually suggested, “Shall we send a good accountant?” and we were considering asking for their help.
“Well, it can’t be helped. I’ll do something about it.”
Lala-san tied her long hair into one and rolled up her sleeves, placing her hand on her waist.
“For now, I’ll just check the situation.”
“Thank you so much. . .!”
“The shop is about to get busy soon, right? You should focus on your work.”
Lala-san pushed my back and sent me back to the magic kitchen.
She looked at me and smiled with a reliable smile.
“I didn’t want to be away from you, and I also wanted a job. It’s a wish come true.”
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