CH 116

“Marketing Research.”

Translated by Dawn

“Marketing Research.”

The day after I gave a lecture on how to make stuffed animals to the employees of the Greg Trading Company, I went to the adventurers’ guild. When I entered the guild, the eyes of the adventurers inside were focused on me. I had become the man of the hour, and there was no one in Orargrand who did not know who I was.

I came to the Adventurers’ Guild this time to do some marketing research. Specifically, I was to have people close to the actual users of a product I was planning to sell experience it firsthand and investigate whether there were any dissatisfactions.

The most important thing when selling a product was to provide a product that the customers who would actually buy the product would want. If you sold products that customers didn’t wish to, sales would not increase and you would not be able to recover the purchase price, which would likely result in a loss. On the other hand, if you could sell products that customers want, sales would naturally increase and you would be able to make a profit. This time, I came to conduct a survey to find out what those customers wanted.

“Hey, our heroes are here!”

“Hey, [Demon Hunter]! Come and have a drink with me.”

“You idiot! He’s just a kid, he’s not even an adult yet!”

“Then why not have some juice with us?”

I was approached by all kinds of adventurers, but I casually declined because I had a purpose this time. I was in the midst of such a situation when I approached a female adventurer.

“Can I talk to you for a second?”

“What is it? I’m so happy to be approached by a hero.”

“I’d like to ask you a few questions. I’m going to tell you first that I have no intention to do anything immoral, so you don’t have to worry.”

“What a pity. If you want, I can teach you how to do it.”

“I’d rather not. I would also like to ask for the cooperation of the female adventurers there, there, there, there, and there.”

The female adventurers I had appointed were happy to see me, but the male adventurers in the same party to which the female adventurers belonged looked at me with murderous intent. Of course, when one of your own people was so happy to be approached by a child like this, you might want to say something bitter to them.

“U-umm! Is it okay if I participate too?”

“Ah, that’s not fair! Can I also join, too?”

“Can I also?”

“What are you using a different tone like you usually do? It’s disgusting. Ah, may I join too?”

Some female adventurers who had not been approached volunteered to join in, so I asked them for their cooperation as well. I had no reason to refuse, but the men in the party to which the female adventurers had volunteered looked at me with resentment. I didn’t invite them, though…I don’t get it.

I was thinking about where I could find a meeting room to talk with a group of gorgeous women adventurers, and they approached me at just the right moment.

“Rolando-kun, what are you doing?”

“Wow, all those women, Rolando-kun, you must be very popular.”

I was just about to head to the reception counter to see if I could rent a room that looked like a conference room when the guild employees, Murian and Sakol, showed up.

“Murian and Sakol, just in time. Can I rent someplace like a conference room? Also, I’d like you two to help me out.”

“That’s no problem, but what do you plan to do?”

“That’s something you’ll have to wait and see.”

From there, I moved to the conference room with the female adventurers, Murian, and Sakol in tow. Once the girls were seated in an appropriate place, I finally explained to them the purpose of this event.

“First of all, I want to thank you all for being here. And please keep what we discuss here as confidential as possible.”

“That’s all well and good, but what exactly do you want us to do for you?”

On behalf of those present, a sharp-eyed, beautiful type of female adventurer poses a question to me. I should cut to the chase.

“Have you ever heard of a trading company called the Greg Trading Company?”

“Yes, of course, we know of it. That’s the store you run, isn’t it?”

Everyone present nodded at her words. It was only natural that they should know. After all, they wear hairpins and Scrunchies sold at Greg Trading Company on the front and back of their heads.

“Well, technically, I’m an investor. Well, it doesn’t matter. In a few days, Greg Trading Company will be selling a new product. I have invited you here to have a look at the new products and to give me your honest opinion.”

My words caused a stir among the women. Most of them seemed to be attracted by the word “new product.” I guess women everywhere were interested in new things, especially when it came to clothing and accessories to dress themselves.

“The product we plan to sell this time is……this!”

As I declared this, I took the stuffed animal I made yesterday out of Storage via my bag. Unlike the realistic ones, it was deformed to make it more or less cute.

“….”

The stuffed animals taken out were placed on the desk in front of them. But what was a little troubling was the lack of any reaction from the women. ……What does this mean? Don’t they like it?

“I-I can’t take it anymore!”

“Huh?”

The next thing I knew, the women rushed to their desks and started loving their favorite stuffed animals. ……Ah, apparently they were speechless at how cute they were.

Then a battle broke out over a favorite stuffed animal, and it got out of hand. Needless to say, when I saw Murian and Sakol holding the stuffed animal in their hands, I thought to myself, “These two are scary.”

I thought that the Greg Trading Company employees were calm and seemed to be okay with the situation, but apparently, this was a normal reaction. Employees of the Greg Trading Company were taught simple courtesies, and being flustered tended to be less desirable in the hospitality industry. In addition, since most of the employees were slaves, they naturally suppressed their own greed and emotions, and it occurred to me at this time that the situation had not developed into what it did this time.

“Ah, geez! Calm down, you guys! Calm down!!”

Later, I managed to stop the mess by beating the frying pan and wooden ladle with a clank, but without that, there would still be an ugly struggle going on now…. Girls are scary….

After one such act, I managed to get them all seated in their chairs and we continued our conversation. Some of them had stuffed animals in their hands, but I decided to ignore them for the moment and asked them what they thought.

“How’s it? What do you think of this product?”

“It’s great!”

“I’m impressed!”

“Chappie-chan…”

As each of them expressed their opinions, some female adventurers started naming the stuffed animals they were carrying. Hey, hey, don’t name a Dash Boar “Chappie”!

At any rate, the stuffed animals were generally well received by the female adventurers, although there were no suggestions for improvement or future tasks.

“Then, that is it from me. Now, give back the stuffed animals.”

“U-umm! Could you sell this to me?”

“Hm? That’s still a prototype, so it’s not a product. As a seller, I can’t sell something half-baked to a customer.”

“I-it’s okay!”

From there, the calls from the female adventurers for me to sell them were tremendous, but I was able to convince them by handing out paper tickets that could be exchanged for free when the stuffed animals were sold as a reward for their cooperation this time.

“Okay, now put the stuffed animal in here.”

“Cha-Chappie-chaaaaan!”

…Shut up. I said in my mind while collecting the stuffed Dash Boar from a female adventurer who had named the Dash Boar Chappie. I then collected all the stuffed animals from the other women, but they looked depressed as if they were at a funeral.

If the female adventurers alone responded this way, I decided that the stuffed animals would be accepted by the general public as well, so I concluded my marketing research on women.

I also asked the male adventurers in their party to help me out by showing them the finely crafted wooden dolls, and they, too, responded favorably, if not with adoration, and I concluded that there was no problem with the wooden dolls either.

With the marketing research for both men and women completed, all that remained was to wait for the time to sell the products. The quality of the stuffed animals made by the employees had to be as high as possible by then. Now that’s finished, let’s go to the Greg Trading Company!