CH 46

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 BY GUTEZAGUTEREZ0980

Today is the long-awaited summer festival.

Adventurers staying at the Hungry Bear are already enjoying ale in the morning to celebrate the summer festival.

“Good morning, Ginjiro-chan.”

Ginjiro is soothed by Clara’s smile and sits next to the counter where Harry is.

Harry is having hamburgers again today.

“Good morning Harry.”

“Good morning, Ginjiro.”

Today was going to be a busy day, so Ginjiro made sure to eat his morning meal before heading to his usual spot at the plaza.

“Good morning, Edel. Did I keep you waiting?”

“That’s not true. Ginjiro-san, Harry-san, thank you again for today!”

The usual place at the far end of the square in front of the cathedral.

Ginjiro takes out a stall, a long table, and a trash can to prepare.

Edel had not applied to open a stall at the summer festival, so Ginjiro has asked him to help with the shaved ice stall this time.

Until the third bell rings, shaved ice will be sold in the cathedral square as usual, and in the evening, gorgeous shaved ice will be sold in the garden in front of Commercial Guild to customers introduced by Milia.

The shaved ice will be topped with cut fruits that Edel will prepare, so originally there is no need for him to help out in the morning, but Edel is willing to go along with me.

“When you turn this, it shaves off the ice.”

Edel uses the shaved ice machine for the first time and is impressed by the way the ice is shaved thin and fluffy.

“Hey you all, give me some shaved ice.”

Recognizing the voice, I turned around and saw Grandma selling vegetables, her son and his wife, and her cute little grandson.

“He must be your grandson. He’s so adorable. I’ll get you some shaved ice and a drink, so please take a seat at the table over there and wait a moment.”

Harry makes shaved ice for the grandma and her family, and Ginjiro pours Coke into a cup.

“Here you go.”

Ginjiro and Edel bring the shaved ice and cola to the table, and the old lady asks for condensed milk.

“I’s sorry. I was so frustrated that I couldn’t sleep after I found out I couldn’t open a food stall at the summer festival.”

The food stalls at the summer festival are free if one applies in advance, but she thought it was the same as at the morning market.

She poured as much condensed milk as she could onto the shaved ice, saying she was sorry and frustrated.

The good thing about her is that she is so brazen but I can’t hate her.

Her son and his wife thank us for helping them sell so many vegetables.

Usually, she goes to sell the vegetables she grows to the merchants association, but they don’t buy the ones that are in bad shape.

The grandma opened a stall at the morning market to earn money for her grandson’s clothes, but she laughs, saying that she did not expect it to sell so well.

“Oh, there he is!”

The church member who found Edel speaks out.

“Boy. I need to buy a bunch of cold fruit today, can you prepare some?”

“I’m sorry …… I happened to come just to help today, and I have no plans to set up a stall anymore.”

Edel apologizes to the man.

“Someone likes cold mangoes and really wants them, can you help me?”

I think that the man is well-dressed and has a position in the church, but he doesn’t take an overbearing attitude toward Edel, who is a boy and a store apprentice, and just asks him.

“Edel, go back to the store once and bring some fruit.”

Business is a relationship between people.

I gave instructions to bring fruit because I don’t mind helping.

“I will bring it to the cathedral when it is ready, but how much should I prepare?”

Then the church asked me to bring all the fruit since they would buy all the fruit I brought, and asked me to bring cold mangoes anyway.

I asked Harry to follow up with Edel, as trouble can easily happen when you are in a hurry.

“Take care.”

After seeing Edel and Harry off, Ginjiro leads the church man to a table.

“If you don’t mind, please drink this. It’s called cola and it’s a fizzy drink, but it’s sweet and delicious.”

The man says thank you and drinks his cola.

It was his first cola and he seemed to like it so much that he poured himself another one.

“Let me ask you something, why do you need so much chilled fruit?　I’ve always seen people from the church come in right after the stall opens to buy the most expensive fruit, and I’d like to know if there’s a reason.”

Ginjiro asks the men about church work, which is very busy and many of them are suffering from summer fatigue during this hot season.

And since church officials gather from all over the country during this summer festival season, meetings and discussions are held every day at Mainz Cathedral.

They are so busy preparing and running the festival that they don’t even have time to eat.

This is when the bite-sized assortment of cold fruit cut into pieces was brought in and became popular in Mainz Cathedral.

Although a bit expensive, the chilled fruits are tasty and nutritious, so they are now purchased with the church’s budget.

“I see. The church is also in trouble, isn’t it? I’ll bring you some later.”

The church man said his name was Reynold and that he was a deacon.

Deacon Reynold said thank you and went back to the cathedral.

I don’t know much about the church, but a deacon is a pretty high ranking person, isn’t he?

Well, I don’t know.

The vegetable seller’s grandma and her family seemed to be bored, so I asked them to help me with the shaved ice stall.

Or rather, I asked them to open a shaved ice stall since I would give them all the sales.

I have to prepare a few things before Edel and Harry come back.

The grandma was very motivated to make a profit, but I asked her not to serve condensed milk.