Convenience Store Worker From Another World Chapter 38

Episode 38. The Reckless Pyeondol (2)

I saw earlier that this guy’s back pockets were heavy.

So, I figured my wallet would be in there, and if I wanted to hide something, this was the only place I could think of. Even if I tried to hide something in my wallet, they’d probably just steal a few batteries or something… .

This is another world. So there’s no guarantee that there’ll be just an ordinary wallet. The cat made a bewildered expression for a moment, then changed his expression and asked back as if he was bewildered.

“What you say?”

What the hell did he say? This guy obviously understood. He answered me back.

“Identification. ID.”

“Ah. Sure. Take a look.”

The ID itself was handed over to him without any hesitation. He took out his wallet from his back pocket and handed over what was inside. He slowly moved his hand to accept the ID, then pretended to look at it and examined the wallet with his eyes.

A leather wallet with slightly worn corners. The wallet itself was nothing special. However.

“Your wallet is fine. How much is it?”

“What?”

“Your wallet. Your wallet.”

It looked a little distorted.

Should I say that there was noise, or that the loading was not enough and the screen was blurry? The degree of distortion was not great, but compared to other objects, it was clearly unpleasant and foreign.

I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t get enough sleep, or because I’m suspicious, or because I’m nervous… but it’s not a problem that can be answered right away. It’s just that a wallet that has absolutely no problems wouldn’t look like this… .

Oh, I don’t know. From the moment you mentioned the wallet, it was a no-brainer. I’m going to run mid from now on.

“Can I touch it? Uh, can I touch that?”

“…why?”

One of the office workers took out the wallet he had left behind, held it in front of the cat’s eyes, and shook it, saying whatever came to mind.

“This is my wallet, sir. But, I don’t like it at all. Hey, this thing, okay?”

“Wow, what?”

“So I wanted to try changing things up a bit―”

I know what I’m saying is bullshit, but this guy doesn’t know.

The moment the cat furrowed its eyebrows in disbelief, I immediately reached out and reached for the wallet. Only when I had halfway put it out did the cat realize what was happening and hurriedly tried to pull the wallet out, but it was too late.

The moment his fingertips touched it, the wallet the cat was holding burst open. At the same time, snacks, drinks, a box of instant coffee, oatmeal, and other foodstuffs began to pour out of the burst mouth of the wallet.

“What the f*ck?!”

This is not my sound, it’s the sound of a lynx getting hit on the head with the coffee box it stole. You bastard, do you see how flustered he is, speaking in tongues?

I ran towards the lynx that had fallen backwards, and grabbed it by the collar while it was still half-sitting. While still holding it, I whispered something so that only I could hear it.

“I will be brief since you have a keen eye, sir.”

The kid is watching. Plus, there’s CCTV.

I don’t want to show that innocent little kid the sight of grown men fighting. So I’m thinking of letting him go for now. Instead.

“Next time you come, I know your face will look like this wallet. Do you understand?”

When I held up my tattered wallet and waved it in front of my eyes, the wildcat nodded its head with a half-souled expression. The way it looked at my face was as if it was looking at a ghost.

Since he came in on purpose, he probably never thought he would get caught like this. Or maybe he really thinks I’m some kind of ghost.

“Have a safe trip.”

After spitting it out and getting it up, the cat staggered around, barely managed to pull itself together, and ran out of the convenience store without looking back.

After looking around, I saw that the convenience store lobby was a mess with snacks, oatmeal, and other groceries and other items that he had tried to steal… .

I sat down on the floor. I was a young man who lived a proper life, and this was the first time in my life that I had ever grabbed someone by the collar and shaken them.

Honestly, this is the limit, so I hope you figure it out and leave. Don’t come back later and cause trouble… .

“Sir, what’s the matter with you…?”

The little boy who came out of the checkout counter looked up at me and asked. His face was full of worry. I didn’t have time to control my facial expressions, so I just turned my head away and answered.

“… Oh. I’m fine. I’ve met all sorts of people in my life. Right?”

“my….”

I said it as if nothing had happened, but this 7-year-old was probably more surprised than I was. I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing.

After taking a moment to catch his breath, he leaned down in front of the boy and spoke.

“Hey, thanks. If it weren’t for you, these would all have been stolen.”

“No. Um… The one who defeated it was you, sir.”

“Defeat?”

“My. Sir, it was so-so awesome. My wallet just burst, like magic.”

It must have been quite a strange sight even to the little boy’s eyes, as he spread his arms and hands to try to express the sight he had seen earlier. Fortunately, his darkened face brightened, but unfortunately, he had nothing to say about this part.

I didn’t think he would understand if I told him that my constitution was a bit like that, and it was also because it brought up another thing I didn’t know. I asked the little boy casually.

“Hey kid. Did you take a closer look at your wallet earlier? Before it burst?”

“My. Since when did you mention the wallet?”

“What did your wallet look like then? Was it distorted or something?”

“Uh… No?”

No. Even the lynx that was holding the wallet didn’t seem to notice at all, so it wasn’t really distorted. It was just that it looked that way to my eyes…

I picked up my tattered wallet and turned it over, but it didn’t look torn or distorted anymore. No matter how much I shook it, the two 100-won coins just fell out.

I guess I’ll have to ask the store manager. I tossed my wallet on the counter and picked up the box of cookies and coffee on the floor.

Looking down from the house, there seemed to be at least a dozen different types of products strewn about, including sugar and ramen noodles. Is this a livelihood crime or something?

As I was putting the items on the right shelf and displaying them, a little boy came running up to me with a bunch of things in his arms and held them out to me.

“Sir, come here.”

“I appreciate your kind words, but why don’t you just sit there? It’s a bit much to ask a guest to do something.”

Even if I tell him, he just shakes his head. Once I finish this, it’ll be time for him to go home.

But I thought it would be hard to concentrate while I was moving around busily, so I decided not to worry about it any longer. I got the items from the kid and put them on display, and some of the items were from the corner across from me, so I put them on display there too… .

Then the store manager came. It was 9:40, right after the little boy had received the last item.

“Is the store manager here?”

“What was Chan doing? Oh my. He had a little friend there too.”

“oh.”

At the store manager’s voice, the little boy twitched his body and tail, then ran behind me and hid. When I gently pushed his back with my palm and made him stand in front of me, he awkwardly nodded his head.

“Hello… .”

“Kid, I’m not a bad person. Really.”

“my….”

“It’s true.”

The store manager also became gloomy. I felt it on the first day, but it seems like this guy is having a hard time with the store manager. I told him to be less shy because I couldn’t see anything, but what on earth did he see that made him shy away so much?

“… Ugh. Chani, was everything okay today?”

“Of course nothing happened.”

“also?”

“What’s the big deal? Oh, just a moment.”

Before I tell you the story, let me send this off first. I grabbed my school bag and the leftover honey water from the counter, put the bag on my shoulder, and put the honey water in my hand.

“Little one, it’s 9:45 now. Can you make it to your mommy?”

“Hmm… I think it will work.”

“That’s good. I’ll keep the unfinished items safe, so don’t worry. No. What’s that mark on your neck? Did you spill honey water?”

“my?”

“I’ll give you wet tissues right away, so wipe them on the way, and bring crayons with you when you come back. Next time, don’t come early, come right around 9 o’clock. If you come early, it’ll be hard for me to take care of you. Got it?”

“Uh… my… .”

“Okay, thanks for today. See you later.”

After finishing speaking, I immediately took out a wet tissue from the counter and handed it to the little boy. After greeting him once in the lobby and once more in front of the main entrance, he quickly disappeared across the street.

The store manager who had been watching spoke up right away.

“Chan-i, you sounded like a father to me just now? Do you get it?”

“I’ve heard that story four times since this morning, manager.”

“Of course that’s worth hearing… Yeah? What’s this wallet?”

The store manager, who was coming into the counter, noticed the wallet and tilted his head. Where should I start talking about this… .

First of all, I said it from the beginning. A kobold came in, and the kid said it looked like a thief, so I was suspicious and when I touched the wallet, all the stolen items came out.

After saying this, I looked at the store manager and he had a serious expression on his face with his hand on his mouth.

Since the day I started working here, I had never seen such an expression on his face, so I was a little flustered and just stared at the manager’s face in silence. Since he was never like this, he had a certain force to him.

“…so?”

“yes?”

“What did you do with that cobalt?”

“Ah. I just sent it. I took my wallet and ID, and the kid was watching, so I didn’t want to show him a more brutal appearance… Honestly, how can I fight a guy whose molars are as big as my fingers?”

“That’s not what I was trying to say. Chan-i actually handled it well. If they had really fought, things would have gotten a lot more complicated.”

I thought he was going to talk about legal issues like excessive defense or self-defense, but he wasn’t. The store manager picked up his wallet and continued talking.

“If Chan is right, then this wallet is a magical tool. It seems to have been processed to be able to penetrate spatial magic, storage space expansion magic, and security magic…”

“I understand everything else, but what is spatial magic?”

“So… you said that even if you watched that kobold directly, he didn’t steal anything in particular?”

That’s right. As I nodded, the store manager added that even at the moment I was watching, he was continuously filling the wallet with items using space magic. He was teleporting invisible items from inside the display case and putting them into the wallet.

“Is that possible?”

“It’s not impossible. It’s just incredibly difficult and illegal… but how did that kobold get something like this?”

I’m more curious about why they spent such a precious thing on convenience store necessities than how they got it. It’s the perfect tool to bankrupt a bank you don’t like.

… or maybe he was just trying it out first. I don’t know for sure, but I know one thing for sure. It’s beyond my realm as a mere novice.

“I think I should report this to the police.”

“Okay. I’ll report it as soon as Chan gets off work. Does anything else come to mind?”

“There is. It’s a bit different from this, though.”

The wallet looked distorted, at least to my eyes.

To put it briefly, the store manager thought about it for a long time like before and answered with twice as much difficulty.

“Well… this is 100% a guess… .”

“yes.”

“Could it be that Chan’s constitution is gradually developing?”