“Then does that mean what I tried to do just now was illegal?”
“No, on the outward the guild may be operating the businesses of many countries, but it’s not like they’re really in charge of everything. For one, the villages in the borders trading their own commodities as they please, and adventurers stopping by in the middle of their adventure to sell the herbs they’ve gathered to a pharmacy isn’t forbidden.
In the same way, children or adventurers having a sideline, doing some sort of odd job, and receiving compensation isn’t a problem. In those instances, the money being exchanged isn’t that big, and is also not illegal, and as long as both participants show consent then it isn’t a problem.
However, from what Ryouma-sama has spoken about today, the money Ryouma-sama will be stumbling into is not something that can be called small. In this situation, the guild will definitely intervene and it will become a problem.”
“I see, that was close… thank you very much Serge-san.”
“Not at all, I have also made light of Ryouma-sama. I thought Ryouma-sama was just going to take a side job, and make some small change. But I had never imagined that Ryouma-sama would actually come up with such deep management policies. Because of that I didn’t talk about registering at the guild.”
I didn’t think about it that much at all actually…
“Then in order to start up my laundromat, I will have to register at the guild, right? However I am already affiliated with the adventurer’s guild and the tamer’s guild, will there be any problems?”
“Please rest assured as I will be recommending Ryouma-sama. Therefore there won’t be any problems, and Ryouma-sama will be able to register. Also there aren’t any exams in particular. And as for being a member of more than one guild, rather than that being seen as an impediment, because it will allow one to get information easier, it is actually seen as something that is very much welcome. If it’s alright with Ryouma-sama we can register at the guild tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow? I still have a job to do as an adventurer tomorrow, so by the time I come back it will be around the same time as today.”
“That won’t be a problem. The merchant guild has several staff members, and so it is possible to process the papers at any given time. After all to a merchant, information is life. And so it is of utmost important to get any information before it becomes old.”
You mean even though it’s a different world they have 24 hour service?
“Then in that case, if it’s alright with Serge-san, then…”
“Of course!”
Woah!?
“The laundromat that Ryouma-sama has come up with, is truly a wonderful thing! This business idea will be able to reap huge profits that not even merchants have seen. It will definitely create a huge sensation on how businesses have been tackled until now! I, Serge Morgan, am fascinated. Please allow me to be of help!”
Somehow he’s started to really exaggerate this! To think it would actually become something so important… will this really turn out to be just some extra change?
“Th, thank you very much. Your words are very reassuring.”
“Such words are wasted on me. Since it’s already become like this, we also have to think about the land Ryouma-sama is going to be opening the store on.”
Store!? Hey, I wasn’t planning on doing something that big!
“Fumu… from Ryouma-sama’s face, I suppose Ryouma-sama wasn’t intending on making this that big?”
“Yes. I thought I would only be making enough to get by at most. So I thought that it would have been fine if I just took a corner of the town somewhere like a stall and then go around the neighborhood by myself. After all if it were to become a store then it wouldn’t be a side job anymore,”
“I see. However in terms of management, Ryouma-sama can rest assured as I am able to lend some of my people.”
No, that’s no good, right? Something like leaving it to others…
“No even if it’s a store, leaving everything to others is…”
As I said that, Serge-san made a wry smile.
“Fumu… I feel like I’ve somewhat understood at least a little of what the duke was saying. Ryouma-sama, there’s really nothing strange about leaving the management to other people.”
Eh?
“Of course at the start, it’s normal for someone to manage his store by himself. However once the store branches increase and becomes something on the level of my stores, then at that point it becomes impossible to manage everything by one’s self. In this instance it’s a good choice to pick trustworthy subordinates, raise them, and leave the management of the stores to them. Does Ryouma-sama find doing things in this way to be strange?”
Well… true. Now that he mentions it, it was quite common for the chain stores in Japan to have an employee manage it and not the owner…
“Certainly, it’s not something strange.”
“Right. Moreover there are people in the world that can and cannot do management. For people that can’t, instead of forcing it, those people generally hire someone else that can do management.”
“I can al