Convenience Store Worker From Another World Chapter 117

Episode 117. The Gate’s Effect on the Pyeondol (5)

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The method of organizing logistics is simple. Compare the list of each item in the incoming logistics with the list on the voucher, and check whether the ordered items have arrived in the desired quantity.

If it’s entered correctly, just circle it with a pen, and if it’s not correct, just tell the owner that it’s not correct.

This part is generally the same, although there may be some differences from store to store, but there is one difference that is bound to occur.

[ You can clean it up like Chan-i said. But will your back be okay? ]

The spinal health of the patient fluctuates depending on the size of the store. When I checked, there were 8 boxes of soju alone. There were also 6 boxes of 1.5 liter drinks.

It would probably take hours to do all of this. The store manager who spoke also seemed slightly apologetic.

[ I can just use magic during the day… ]

“I’ll do it. The guests won’t like it if I leave this in the lobby.”

I felt even more sorry than I should have been. Because I had been doing things that I should have done because of the store manager. When I spoke, the store manager, who had been silent for a moment, blurted out.

[ Then let’s just talk in the morning, Chan-ah. It’ll take hours to do all that. You’ll be tired afterward. ]

“No, I heard you couldn’t get a proper rest earlier because you were waiting for a phone call?”

[ I don’t know. I’ll be fine. After you’re done, make sure to stretch your back. Good work. ]

And then he hung up. I appreciate your concern, but I’m still in my 20s. What about back stretching… .

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It took a full two hours to get everything sorted out. During that time, no customers came, and my back was in shambles.

“What the heck… .”

I need a spine fairy, a spine fairy. Can’t you come as a real guest just once? How about from 3 to 6?

This was an act of God. A box of soju weighs about 10kg. Six 1.5-liter cans of cola also weigh 10kg.

After carrying sixteen boxes of 10kg liquor, I was working with my back bent over to fill the shelves. While I was doing that, all of a sudden, I heard a snapping sound from my back?

Since then, I’ve been working while screaming every time I twist my body a little. Alcohol, drinks, snacks, ramen.

At this point, when all that was left were the necessities, I didn’t even have the strength to hold the phone to my ear, so I just laid down on the counter and stared out the front door.

It was quiet even at 7:30 in the morning. It was the first time I saw sales reach 30,000 won.

After about 30 minutes, the foreigners started to arrive, and their behavior was different from yesterday.

Yesterday, all the people going to work were just looking at their phones, but this time, the attire itself has become very casual. Are they not even going to work?

While I was thinking about it, I saw a succubus talking on the phone in the store, so I listened in.

-Uh, honey~ Can we go out and play somewhere today?

-Huh? Going to work? Our company is closed today, honey. The gate to the academy district is open.

―I wish the gate would open like this every day. Then I could play with you every day.

―Oh, honey, are you going to work today? Too bad… No, no. I’m going to go to my brother’s company~

There’s honey dripping from his voice. From what I’ve heard, it seems like the company had to close for a whole day because of this damn gate…

After the succubus left to buy wet tissues, the number of customers gradually increased, and in proportion to the number of customers, more things began to appear.

For example, all the different races wearing suits are looking like they’re about to die.

Even while eating a sandwich, the gazes of casual foreigners are envious. On the contrary, among the casual foreigners, there were customers who brought their children.

“Dad. That salamander guy is wearing a suit, but why are you wearing a vest?”

“Oh. Dad has the day off today. That old man doesn’t.”

“why?”

As this conversation was going on, Salamander’s expression became so gloomy that it was hard to describe in words. As he finished eating his sandwich and left, even his beard and tail drooped.

It was a somewhat ordinary scene. Anyway, the chosen ones headed to the promised place, and those who were not chosen headed to the subway for commuting… .

The store manager came 5 minutes before 10. I tried to say hello first, but when he came in, he was half-sticking out his lips. I asked him this first.

“Store manager. What is the problem that makes you stick out your lips like that?”

“Hello, Chan-ah.”

“Yes. Good morning.”

“I am a little bit good morning.”

It seems like there’s something going on, but I don’t know what to say so I can answer or not. The store manager walks in with his mouth pouting and hands me a piece of paper.

When I checked, it wasn’t a tag, but a patch.

“I thought my back was hurting by now, so I bought it outside. My store only carries weak items.”

“… Actually, I’ve been sick for a while now. I sprained my ankle.”

“Be careful. Chani won’t stay 18 forever.”

No, really, isn’t he a bit different from the usual store manager?

Normally, he would have smiled brightly and said, “Should I pat your lower back? Be careful, my hands are spicy,” while patting your lower back diligently. Why are you like this today?

“Is that because I organized the logistics?”

“Huh? Thanks to that, it feels a little better?”

“Ugh… .”

“If Chani hadn’t helped me organize the logistics, I would have felt really bad.”

It was worth sacrificing my waist. I looked into the manager’s eyes, and the manager who met my eyes did not avoid looking away either.

Then, after a while, the expression on his face changed from a pained one to a gloomy one.

“I’m sorry. It wasn’t Chan’s fault.”

“I understand. When I stub my little toe on a bookshelf in the morning, I get upset and don’t even recognize the person who hit me.”

“I guess that can’t be helped. Um….”

The store manager starts to twist his hair in frustration. This is a habit I have never seen before.

After bouncing his head around for three or four times, he suddenly extended his right hand to me.

“Chan-ah, hold my hand for a moment.”

I didn’t really feel like it, but it’s the fate of a salaried worker to do whatever the boss tells you to do. As soon as I reached out and shook his hand, the store manager’s expression brightened.

“Ah, I see. It was something related to magic.”

“What is it?”

“What bothers me is that whenever something bad happens around me related to magic, it always happens like this.”

The store manager guesses that when something bad happens, a tiny amount of mana is released and floats in the air, and the skin instinctively detects it.

To put it simply, it was about having a good intuition, but isn’t that something that is difficult to say from the person involved’s own mouth?

“It was Chan-i’s constitution that blocked it. Wow, it really feels good…”

“Anyway, I’m glad you’re feeling good, store manager.”

“I want to work with Chan-i.”

“That’s a bit odd. I have to show up for work on time tomorrow.”

“huh….”

“I will first hand over the responsibility.”

We handed over the business while holding hands. First, sales at night are very bad today.

“I thought so. I saw the news on my way out, and they said to avoid going out as much as possible.”

“Oh. I heard that too. The guests were talking about it earlier.”

“Anything else?”

“There’s nothing special. There were no customers, so there were no lost items, and just in case, I checked the logistics twice, and the logistics were fine. Next….”

It’s just that Mong-Mong and Noona Yoon-Ha came and went. Mong-Mong got confused, Noona brought a fire to burn water, and in the middle of it, Mong-Mong flew away with him.

“Let’s talk about everything,” the store manager said, waving his hand as if he was slightly impressed.

“That’s how you solve it. Chan is quite the expert, really.”

“I got a license, so I guess I’m an expert. Anyway, Mongmongi ran off to learn from his older sister’s horse. That’s the end.”

“A horse? The one that Yoon-ha rides around on?”

This time, he looks surprised. Doesn’t the store manager know that his older sister rides a horse?

“I know, but whenever he sees me, he tries to bite my head off. Always.”

“Why is he like that?”

“I don’t know either. That’s why I didn’t even say anything. I thought all the dog’s fur would be eaten.”

After hearing that, I imagined the sight of a puppy being bitten by a horse and becoming a bald mountain. From the puppy’s perspective, it seems like it would be a lifelong trauma.

“But seeing as he doesn’t do that to the puppy, I wonder if there is some kind of communication between animals.”

“That’s right. And, the reason my sister took the puppy….”

“The gate is opening at the park. That’s a bit worrying.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. There’s always going to be a lot of different races in a park.”

The Forest Park is just a place for forest friends to run around and play, and the top of the clock tower in the Academy District is a place you won’t go unless you go to fix a gear. On the other hand, if the gate opens in the middle of the park…

“… Just in case. What happens if you get sucked into it?”

“You won’t get hurt right away. As long as you don’t get caught by those violent demons.”

“A violent horse, a horse with a burning mane?”

“That’s the Hell Horse story. He’s still very quiet. But he gets really angry if you touch him while he’s drinking water.”

On the other hand, if you are caught by a violent demon, you should expect to suffer from minimal injury to maximum death. When I hear it, I don’t feel much different from being dropped into the jungle naked.

“So one of the hunters’ top priorities is to find the aliens that got sucked into the gate. That’s why they stay up all night.”

“You must be having a hard time, really.”

“Right. I should call Yoon Ha-han and tell her to get some rest today.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The conversation ended like this, and the store manager turned his head and looked at the sky outside the display window. It seemed like he had a few thoughts going on.

I have only two thoughts: One, I have to leave work now if I want to get to work on time tomorrow.

“It’s past 10 o’clock, so let’s go in, manager.”

“huh.”

Another thing is that there are no pedestrians on the street because they don’t even know what it is. I’m worried that the store will go out of business.

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After work, I wash like I always do, go to sleep, wake up, and wash briefly.

I wanted to check out some incidents and accidents. Incidents and accidents that happened in this world I’m walking through now, not in another world.

I turned on my smartphone on a deserted street, manipulated the screen, and looked through it while walking. In the span of less than three or four days, so many things had happened here and there.

[Large fire at fish market, fortunately no casualties]

[Large fire at outlet, 0 dead, 8 injured]

[ Mine Collapse, 0 Dead, 2 Injured ]

I thought about it while watching. What I’m seeing now and what the other races are seeing about Gate-related news. These two probably aren’t all that different.

Because in that world, this kind of thing would be a daily occurrence. The only difference is that a fire breaks out somewhere and a crack in space-time opens somewhere… .

So, there’s no need to be conscious of it. The gate is similar.

Whether the gate continues to open or not, everyone in this world will just do their own thing and live their lives, and I’ll just do my own thing and that’s it. Then it’ll end, and just like always, I’ll be punished by those bastards again and live.

I entered the store with that thought in mind, and paused for a moment in front of the main entrance. The store manager was talking to a familiar face at the counter.

“Wow. The boss is like that….”

“Yes. So Chani is the second one- uh, Chan-ah. Hi.”

“Yes, sir.”

After greeting them, I immediately greeted the elder as well.

“Elder Wolf, how have you been?”

“I’m usually doing well. How are you, sir?”