Convenience Store Worker From Another World Chapter 50

Episode 50. Practical rehearsal (2)

“The calculation….”

“Ugh. Huh. Aaah… .”

It’s not like I picked out a lot of stuff. I just brought a tissue. I guess I brought it to wipe away my tears.

When I glanced at her face, I saw that her face was covered in tears, and they were dripping down the counter. The tears fell onto the counter and created a 3cm diameter ice rink wherever they touched.

“Hey, sir. Calm down. Tissues are 1,200 won.”

“Yes, sorry, ugh. I’ll give you the money, just a moment, uh-huh…”

He wiped the area around his eyes with the back of his hand as if he was wiping the soy sauce stains off his clothes, then rummaged through his wallet, took out 2,000 won, and placed it on the counter. And then… .

“Ugh. The change is, ugh…”

I went out without finishing my sentence, and the checkout counter was already half frozen, but I thought it was a blessing in disguise. That is, until the snow woman collapsed with her back against the shop window.

I glanced at the old man who was still in the store, and it seemed like he also had a lot to feel after seeing the crying Seolnyeo woman and her children.

“It seems like that lady has quite a sad story.”

I just got one too.

What is the area of a convenience store? I set this standard as within 5m of the main entrance.

For example, if two orcs are playing a game of shoving while ripping off a car door at an intersection in front of a convenience store, that’s more than 5 meters away from the convenience store, so it’s not my area to worry about. That’s why I opened the popcorn.

But that wasn’t the snow woman. She sat there with her back against the wall, and even after a minute or two, she didn’t show any sign of moving, as if she couldn’t stand the sadness.

“Ugh… .”

If someone heard this, they’d think there was a ghost of a virgin. Do you think the guests would come because they’re scared?

It would be better if she cried somewhere that no one could see, but since she was doing that right in front of my nose, it was a situation that was perfect for misunderstandings in many ways. I thought she was kicked out of the convenience store. What should I do about that… .

The old man, who was looking at my face, added with even more pity.

“It seems like the boss is in a pretty difficult situation as well.”

“Yes. I think I won’t be able to do business anyway….”

I knew in my head what I had to do. I had to send it somewhere, but the problem was that I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I thought it would be a waste of time to ask them to listen to my story…

“If you’re really having trouble, let me help you, sir.”

I thought you’d say that. When you took out the orc sledgehammer, you seemed like a person full of chivalry. Or maybe a surrogate knight.

Anyway, I feel a bit awkward ordering guests around… .

“Can you please just say something along the lines of…?”

I wasn’t a guy with enough talent to refuse help in this situation. I mean, the ability to be handsome.

Of course, I had no intention of asking Seolnyeo Kangnaengi to help me out this time. At least, if there were two of them, I wouldn’t get slapped for interfering with my work.

The old man nodded, took a deep breath, opened the front door, and went out. After confirming that the old man had risen from his seat, I spoke to Seolnyeo, who was still sitting there crying.

“I… customer.”

When I spoke to him, he looked up at me with eyes that were so white that they looked like they had cataracts. I thought he had cataracts.

“Excuse me, but if you keep complaining here, it will be difficult for the store to operate… .”

“… Sob. I… sniffle.”

He sniffled once in the middle and then continued talking.

“Here… just a little bit, hmm. Can I stay and go…?”

“How many minutes?”

“… About 3 minutes… .”

Did you put water in the ramen?

Why three minutes? I was about to ask, but the old man who followed me asked the question instead. He knelt down on one knee, looked up at Seolnyeo’s face from below, and spoke in a generous but polite tone.

“Lady, excuse me, but may I ask what trouble you have been experiencing?”

Lady Landa. This person may not be a real surrogate.

Whether it was because of the plausibility radiating from the old man’s face or his kind words, Seol-nyeo stopped crying slightly and told him very briefly what had happened to her.

She said her boyfriend cheated on her. She caught him in the act.

“That… that bitch…”

If I had only heard this far, I would have thought it was the filming set for the first episode of a soap opera, but the funny thing is that she had known the heteros*xual man who cheated on her with her boyfriend before. They were coworkers, but they weren’t on good terms or something.

The woman who was the target of the affair, a different race, fought with each other by grabbing each other’s hair, and ran away because it hurt so much. Then, the different race that had an affair with her boyfriend said this behind her back: This man is mine now. I will chase after you and make your body into something that this man will never dare touch again…

“Wormer….”

Is this some kind of other-worldly romantic comedy or something? I was at a loss for words, wondering if they were just slapping each other with kimchi, when the old man asked me with a pitiful look on his face.

“Lady, do you still love that man?”

“No. Why would I like a son of a bitch like that…?”

The tone of his speech sounded very uncertain. The old man must have felt the same way, because he stared at Seolnyeo’s face for a moment before continuing.

“That’s because it doesn’t seem like that in reality.”

“… … .”

“I can’t dare to guess what you’re going through, Lady… but regret isn’t something you should keep buried in your heart. If you don’t let it go right away, it will become a bigger regret, a bruise, and it will torment you for the rest of your life. Is that okay with you?”

You speak so well. At the old man’s question, Seolnyeo sniffled once more and crouched down, burying her head. She seemed to think for a moment, then looked up at the old man again with tears streaming down her face.

“What should I do?”

The old man who had been talking looked up at me briefly. His face seemed to be asking me, as the CEO, what would it be like? Before answering, he glanced around.

There aren’t many stores with lights on around here. There is a food alley nearby, but it’s barely enough time to walk there in less than 3 minutes while wearing high heels. I think this snow woman is afraid of those guys chasing her…

“We also have to accommodate guests… but I think that’s okay.”

Since this is the only place with lights on in the area, I don’t think I can say anything strongly, even from a psychological standpoint. When I told him to do so, the old man nodded and continued talking while looking at Seolnyeo.

“If you happen to come to see us, then tell us what you have been keeping hidden in your heart. We will watch over you.”

No, here?

I thought that simply keeping watch inside the convenience store would be enough, but this old man seemed to be convinced that Seol-nyeo needed someone to be with her.

However, since Seolnyeo looked up at me and nodded faintly, I couldn’t bring myself to say, ‘Can I go in first?’ Well, what’s the big deal? I guess I just have to stand there like a folding screen… .

After about two minutes, a foreign car came speeding by from far away.

The one who got off there was a woman with red hair, sunglasses, and stylish clothes. No, is this woman a human?

I wanted to, but the ends of her hair were burning slightly and ash was flying. To use an analogy, an Efreet with 90% human proportions? But that’s a spirit. Should I call her a fire maiden or a fire maiden?

He takes off his sunglasses, folds them, and looks around. An old gentleman, a snow woman, and a convenience store uniformed punk. It must have looked like they were filming a sitcom.

“Who are these aliens? Have you come to ask for help?”

He snickers and continues speaking.

“Or, have you found another target to tail?”

No, isn’t that too harsh?

I don’t know what the circumstances were, but it seemed like Seol-nyeo’s words that the two were not on good terms were true. Or maybe that fire woman was fire and this Seol-nyeo was ice.

In addition, it seemed that the aggressiveness that threatened to grab Seolnyeo by the hair and fight her had not yet died down. He smiled and started walking towards me with slow steps.

“I don’t feel sorry for you. I guess I’m taking something that’s yours, but… isn’t that what love is all about? You win it for yourself?”

While doing this, he even started to blow fireworks from his hands. Hey, isn’t that illegal? Rather than that, why are you trying to fight in front of the convenience store? Can’t you see anything?

I thought this wouldn’t work,

“Excuse me. There’s a CCTV up here….”

It’s good to fight for something, that’s all. But why don’t we go to a cafe and order an Americano each, eat a slice of whipped cream cake each, and talk a little more politely?

“Outsiders, stay out of the way, unless you want to be taken to the hospital.”

I think it’s true that there is nothing to see. I wondered how things came to this.

The atmosphere of the snow woman was ominous. The face that was covered in ice marks had long since disappeared, and a cold air was gathered in her vertically narrowed pupils.

“He was originally mine.”

Even the humming was cold. As the tone continued, one by one, ice crystals began to form around Seolnyeo, one by one.

“I loved you with all my might. You’re mine. You’re mine…”

At the same time, thud. A giant ice crystal forms behind the snow woman’s back… .

“So… I can’t hand it over to you…!”

He raised his hand in the air. Hey, is that it? If I lower my hand, will it fly away like a spirit ball?

“Ice pick―”

At the same time, the old man disappeared.

And then, in an instant, the old man appeared behind Seol-nyeo, already holding his hand against Seol-nyeo’s neck. It was supposed to be just that, but Seol-nyeo’s body, which had been fighting for her life, fell forward in vain… .

“Oh my.”

He caught the body that was about to fall, leaned it gently against the convenience store window, and then got up again.

“What the heck… .”

A look of doubt crossed the face of the flower girl who was looking at this sight, but at that moment, the old man was already standing behind her. Then, the flower girl also tapped the nape of her neck with the edge of her hand.

Even the fire maiden collapsed, and the flames that had been rising behind her also disappeared in an instant as if they had never been there.

The old man, who came over to me with his arms around the body, sat the fire woman down next to the fallen snow woman and burst out laughing at me.

“I watched it with the hope that the animosity between the two would be resolved a little….”

“yes….”

“I stopped them because I thought the situation was getting dangerous. These young ladies are really feisty. Are you okay, sir?”

“Sir, do you need to know how to do that to become a knight?”

“Of course.”

The old man who answered said with a rare serious expression.

“You have to be quick because you have to rush to that location as soon as you receive the call. If you don’t, you won’t survive…”

I didn’t ask the surrogate.

*Notice of changes to some episode content

Episode 47: Pyeondol-i looking at notes (1) / Episode 49: Pyeondol-i rehearsing a practical exam (1)

Information regarding Lee Chan’s ID has been added and the date of the practical exam has been revised.

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