Otherworld Company Chapter 98: If Sales Work Is Necessary, Even If The Department Is Different, I Will Do It

Jiro Tanaka: 28 years old – Has Girlfriends

Girlfriend(s): Suela Handelberg & Memoria Tris

Occupation: Dungeon Tester (Regular Employee)

Magical Aptitude: Nine (Quasi Demon King Class)

“Faith?” (Jiro)

“Yes, faith.” (Memoria)

I repeat the words that Memoria said to me, pondering deeply, but unfortunately, as a person from an ordinary family living in modern Japan, I only have the knowledge that faith is the same as religion.

“What does that have to do with the Luck status?” (Jiro)

“It comes from there.” (Memoria)

So I asked her what the connection was.

Memoria is bad at this, but times like this are helpful because we have a situation where I can listen without interruption in a store only silence echoes.

She put her hand on her chin and after a few moments of rumination, she began to explain.

“Then, do you know the extent to which the Luck status affects you?” (Memoria)

“…my chances at the lottery will get better?” (Jiro)

Even if she said something to be the scope of luck, the implication of luck affecting something is too broad to come to mind at once.

So, I gave an example of something familiar.

“There is such thing, but the main idea is similar. The status of luck is a numerical expression of how one is perceived by external factors that one cannot perceive.” (Memoria)

“Unperceived external factors?” (Jiro)

“Well, in Jiro’s world, the nearest thing would be your God. There are others, aren’t there? There are other beings that may exist, but we cannot see them.” (Memoria)

By that analogy, is she talking about the kind of beings that appear in fairy tales?

God is certainly close to us, but we don’t know what he looks like, and I have never met him in my life, and if I did, I would immediately be suspected of being insane.

In Japan, for example, dragons, demons, ghosts, and spirits may also be like that in a sense.

At least with the exception of God, although I’ve met the others to an extent that I can’t use the word “rare” these days…

“Yeah, they’re here.” (Jiro)

“The number you perceive from such a being is luck.” (Memoria)

“… Sorry, I’m not quite getting the point. What exactly do you mean by perceive?” (Jiro)

“That’s what I meant. It is how much your god hears your voice. That’s all it means.” (Memoria)

“…Is it something similar to sales connection?” (Jiro)

Maybe that’s a bad analogy, but that’s what I’ve come to think.

“The process of believing the existence of a god, praying to them, giving offerings, and worshipping, so that they will remember your face and help you.” (Memoria)

“It doesn’t make sense if they perceive greedy emotions, but I’m generally not wrong in that perception.” (Jiro)

“You’re not wrong?” (Jiro)

If that’s the case, it’s true that my luck won’t go up, and I can understand why it went down.

The only thing close to prayer that I do is to say “itadakimasu” and “gochisousama” during meals.

I pray to the farmers who grow the food and the cooks who prepare the food, not to God.

“It’s a hard world, isn’t it?” (Jiro)

“Life isn’t always easy.” (Memoria)

“Even for a vampire?” (Jiro)

“There are parts where vampires have it worse than humans.” (Memoria)

“I see.” (Jiro)

The Luck Status cannot be left out of the equation, but that doesn’t mean that I should immediately say, “Oh, really? Time to pray to god I, guess.”

So, let’s skip a few silly thoughts and leave it at that.

“So, what will should you do for your vampiric lover who has been working overtime?” (Memoria)

“How about helping you with the closing work and having dinner together?” (Jiro)

“Then let’s do both and let’s add night activities to that.” (Memoria)

“Understood, my princess.” (Jiro)

“…not bad.” (Memoria)

Memoria’s eyes are filled with joy magnifying the faint smile on her lips.

Moving on to the work of carrying the loot I brought myself to the back.

“I’m going to go clean up the sign out front, and so put the loot in the back storage room as usual.” (Memoria)

“Of course, as you wish.” (Jiro)

I know what I’m doing.

I know exactly where to put the loot.

The enhanced status of my body is a great help even in a situation like this, and it’s not hard to carry a large load.

I reduced the number of times, normally I would have to make multiple round trips by carrying as much as the width of the road will allow.

In less than five minutes, I was in front of the store.

“Suela?” (Jiro)

“Good evening.” (Suela)

When I came back into the store from the warehouse, my other girlfriend was there, who wasn’t there a moment ago.

She sees me coming out of the storage room, smiles at me, and says hello.

“We met outside the store.” (Jiro)

“Yes, I finished work early, so I hope to have dinner together. Kaido told me you were here.” (Suela)

She was probably helping us finish up at the store, I realized when I see her holding the store sign in one hand.

Suela, who wears a casual skirt and sweater instead of a suit, asks Memoria where to put away the sign and puts it in place.

“Then the three of us should go.” (Jiro)

“Yes, we should.” (Memoria)

“Thank you.” (Suela)

Memoria and I were talking about going together until just a little while ago, but Memoria nodded at me saying that there would be no problem if Suela joined.

I was going to go back to my room, but I didn’t want to waste time, so I asked Memoria to let me drop off my equipment at the store and then we would go. Our schedule changed a bit and the number of people increased from two to three. Finally, after locking up the store, we went out into the underground facility for the night.

We naturally ended up with beautiful women on either side of us, but by now I was used to that and I don’t feel guilty.

“Oh Jiro! You’ve got two beautiful women here with you today!!” (Goblin)

“You feeling jealous?” (Jiro)

“Hell no! My wife is waiting for me when I get home, why would I be jealous!!” (Goblin)

In the midst of all this, I pass a goblin I know, hunched over his shoulder, in a good mood without hiding his contentment in enjoying his drink, and we exchange jokes as we continue on our way.

“Oh, Suela. Aren’t you working overtime today? Oh, Memoria is with you.” (Lizardman)

“Yes, we finished unusually early and we plan to have dinner together.” (Suela)

“I envy you, my husband has to work today too, can you put in a word to Lady Evia?” (Lizardman)

Since the relationship between me and them is already a well-known fact, even the Lizardman miss can call out to us without sending strange gazes.

“I’m pretty sure I saw you with someone in the medical team.” (Jiro)

“Yeah, it looks like you did a lot of unreasonable things, too. I heard it from my husband.” (Lizardman)

“Tell him, thank you.” (Jiro)

To be honest, it was hard to distinguish between the faces of lizardmen, but I knew this woman.

My first impression of the Osaka-style clothes made me like her, and she is the one who gave birth to the Osaka auntie in this otherworld.

It would be unreasonable to say that I could forget this Lizardman lady with her leopard-print clothes and purple accessories.

Well, her personality is as charming as she is vivacious, and she is fun to talk to because she has similarities with Osaka people, including the part where she likes to talk.

“I know that men are reckless creatures, but too much recklessness is not good. It’s always the women who have to wait. You should understand that. Keep a firm grip on your man, Suela, and Memoria, and don’t let go of your man’s reins!” (Lizardman)

Well, what she says is decent, but she didn’t wait for a response and just quickly left like a tornado.

“““…….””” (Everyone)

We look at each other and laugh as we watch her go.

“Which restaurant do you want to go to… The instructor’s place?” (Jiro)

“In that case, there is a store I want to go to.” (Memoria)

“Where?” (Jiro)

“It’s around here.” (Memoria)

I had not planned anything, so I recommended a safe place, but today, Memoria suggested that there was a restaurant she wanted to go to.

We had no particular plans, so we just followed her lead and went deeper and deeper into the street.

“An oden shop?” (Jiro)

“Yes.” (Memoria)

And there it was, cozy and small, deep in the street.

A wooden sliding door with a retro Showa-era atmosphere and the word “Oden Shop” written stylishly on a white cloth.

“Wow, I didn’t know there was such a store.” (Jiro)

“I didn’t know either.” (Suela)

“It was recently opened, so I thought I’d check it out anyway.” (Memoria)

I had come to this place many times, but I had never heard of this restaurant.

Suela seemed to be in the same boat, so it wasn’t as if I was misremembering.

And I was curious about a restaurant where a resident from the otherworld made Japanese food.

So, we decided to enter this restaurant.

“Welcome.” (Voice)

We opened the smooth wooden door and entered the restaurant, where we heard a reluctant voice over the counter.

We were greeted by the owner, an elderly dark elf dressed in white cooking clothes.

There was no other staff in the restaurant, and he seemed to be running the place by himself.

“Seats for the three of us?” (Jiro)

“Please move to the counter in the back.” (Dark Elf Chef)

I had an idea of what to expect from the restaurant, but it was small inside.

There were only three customers in a place that could hold ten or so people.

The odd combination of goblin, lizardman, and ogre had already finished their work and was not even looking at us.

The owner of the restaurant, who was trying to keep the noise away from us, let us through to a place away from the three of them.

He was able to quickly prepare a platter of oden and bring it to the table of the noisy trio, so he must have been fine on his own.

Well, it is a familiar sight to use physical enhancement for cooking.

And I wonder if I should criticize the fact that I’m the only Japanese in a store that has the atmosphere of a Showa-style oden restaurant.

“Here is your menu.” (Dark Elf Chef)

“Thanks.” (Jiro)

“Call, whenever you decide to order.” (Dark Elf Chef)

It would be better not to worry about it.

My intuition whispers that if I care, it will lead to unnecessary things.

So I quickly accept the menu the owner hands me.

It is no different from any other oden shop I know.

The text is written in Japanese and the language of the otherworld of Ithar.

“Is this assortment okay?” (Jiro)

“Well, I’m not sure, so I’ll leave it to Jiro.” (Suela)

“I have only read about Jiro’s country’s cuisine.” (Memoria)

“Understood, as for the drink… I’d like to have Japanese sake, thank you.” (Jiro)

“I understand.” (Dark Elf Chef)

I was surprised that Memoria decided to enter this restaurant.

I was curious about the oden shop I entered, and the owner’s cooking sends a very delectable smell of the oden, even over to our counter.

It made me expect more and more, and I finished my order with the owner.

Then, he carried the food while buffed with physical enhancement in front of us again.

Under the yellow fluorescent light, oden and sake are lined up on the counter table in front of us.

I put a plate in front of Suela and Memoria.

Then, I poured sake for both of them.

“Well then, thank you for everything.” (Jiro)

“”Thank you for everything.”” (Suela & Memoria)

Cheers.

“Oh, that’s good.” (Jiro)

“Yes, I ate it for the first time, but this is quite pleasant.” (Suela)

“It’s quite good.” (Memoria)

If the restaurant is fascinating, the food is too.

The broth is tasty, and the ingredients are well seasoned, which I can honestly say makes the dish delicious.

The condiments, such as the mustard, are a nice accent.

The two of them were so pleased with the food that they naturally started to eat the next dish, and we slowly proceeded to eat the three servings of oden while drinking sake.

“Speaking of which, I was curious about Memoria’s words earlier, I was wondering what kind of god you two believe in? Is it the main deity, Lord Luine?” (Jiro)

When my appetite was sated somewhat and my stomach had filled up to some extent, I suddenly brought out what I thought.

The world over here has different religions in different countries, and accordingly, there are a wide variety of deities.

The only Ithar gods I know of are the sun god and the moon god Luine.

I am wondering if there might be other gods that are the object of faith, and if so, do all of the Demon King’s army believe in the same god?

“Lord Luine is certainly an object of faith for us dark elves, but my tribe believes in the children of Lord Luine, the spirits.” (Suela)

“I also believe in Lord Luine. However, vampires believe in another existence.” (Memoria)

“I thought all of the Demon King’s Army believed in him.” (Jiro)

My prediction was half right and half wrong.

“Most of us do. My tribe is a bit unique in that we have a bloodline that is more often raising Spirit Magicians, so naturally the target of our faith has changed. So, I can’t say it’s common.” (Suela)

“Is that so?” (Jiro)

I guess there are exceptions to the rule.

It’s a good opportunity.

I will continue to listen to what they have to say.

Jiro Tanaka: 28 years old – Has Girlfriends

Girlfriend(s): Suela Handelberg (Dark Elf) & Memoria Tris (Vampire)

Occupation: Dungeon Tester (Regular Employee)

Magical Aptitude: Nine (Quasi Demon King Class)

Job Title: Warrior

Note for the Day

To connect, words need to be spun.

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