Chapter 505 Chainsmoker Cat 9

Chapter 505: 505 Chainsmoker Cat 9

I received a call from Chieftain Rani that processing of harvest was finished, so I went to Alpha Village to purchase the harvest.

Because I gave a decent price, Chieftain Rani looked quite satisfied.

But since it was not yet in a situation where the factory could be operated, I kept the harvest I bought in the inventory for now.

Finished products will probably be able to be sold from next year.

You might wonder ’How does a village disconnected from outside know the market price?’, but Chieftain Rani sometimes goes outside and enjoys university life, and she was also steadily exchanging with Alpha tribe who went outside the village and getting outside information little by little.

Moreover, there were also humans or beastmen who occasionally came to buy tobacco leaves, so through them she could also encounter outside circumstances.

So it was hard to see it as a village perfectly disconnected from outside.

So the beastmen of Alpha Village also definitely knew the value of their harvests.

"Chieftain Rani, please take care of me next time too."

"Hmm, thank you for the transaction."

After finishing the transaction like that and returning to the beastman apartment again, I saw the whole building suddenly shaking.

Wondering what was going on, I looked for the epicenter, and it was Aruneeko shaking her whole body in Penpen’s house.

"Why are you doing that?"

"Abstinence. Soon there’s an additional checkup..."

"So how long has it been since you abstained?"

Then Aruneeko raised one finger again this time.

"It’s been an hour..."

What was absurd was that the apartment was old, but how severe the withdrawal symptoms were, the vibration of her body shaking spread to the entire beastman apartment, making the whole building shake as if an earthquake had occurred.

I hurriedly took out a medicine that reduces withdrawal symptoms from inventory and fed it to Aruneeko with water.

Then slowly the trembling began to decrease.

"Uuu..."

"Lie down and rest a bit."

This girl, just looking, it seems impossible to quit drinking.

At that time, Kansai Neko also came hurriedly.

"It’s an earthquake! We have to evacuate quickly!"

At those words, I silently pointed at Aruneeko lying down.

Then Kansai Neko also understood at once.

"Ah... Was it Aruko!? My goodness... Honestly, I’m worried. I’m not your mother, but wouldn’t it be better to take care of your health?"

Kansai Neko also seems very worried because her friend is like that.

"My cigarettes ran out nya, I have to go buy them nya."

When Aruneeko seemed to calm down a bit, Yanineko stood up from her seat and said like that.

"You’re the same! Take care of your health."

"I’m also worried nya."

She was saying that, but as expected, like Yanineko, her body was already wearing shoes and opening the door.

"I’m going to the convenience store too. I need to buy some snacks for the kids."

I also got up from my seat and went outside following Yanineko.

But at the moment Yanineko was about to go down the stairs, she suddenly opened her eyes wide as if she saw something.

Then Tatsuro, who was coming up the stairs from the opposite side, suddenly delivered a powerful chop towards Yanineko’s neck.

"Yah!"

Smack!

Thud!

Perhaps because Tatsuro used to play volleyball in her old days, she knocked out Yanineko in one shot.

"Phew... Close... Huh! Jin?"

"Why suddenly...?"

"No, that is..."

When Tatsuro was sweating and not knowing what to do, the landlord revealed himself from behind her.

The landlord was naked.

To be precise, it was a problem that he was naked, but the bigger problem was that he was in a state where his attachment doll Catherine was combined in a strange way on his important part.

"..."

I looked at the landlord without saying anything.

Then the landlord started to make excuses in a hurry.

"Jin, this is... Right! Because of the earthquake! Because of the earthquake, I hurriedly tried to evacuate outside, but the door was locked... So, teacher Tatsuro said she would help, so I was going to teacher’s house! You’re also a man, so you’ll understand, right!? A man can sometimes use such a partner! Moreover, suddenly an earthquake came, so I was so surprised that I had a cramp and it’s in a state where it doesn’t come off!"

But I said firmly.

"I’ve never used such a thing... I saw such a thing for the first time today. Moreover, a beastman doll... Don’t tell me, using kids as side dishes..."

At that one word, the landlord’s face turned pale.

"...Just kill me."

"..."

"Today I die. No matter what excuse I make, this can’t be fixed..."

When the landlord despaired as it was, Tatsuro hurriedly ran in and calmed him.

"Calm down! It can still be fixed!"

And then she looked back at me and said.

"Jin, please understand too. Everyone has their own taste!"

But at that time, because it was noisy outside, I even heard a sign that Kansai Neko was about to open the door from Penpen’s house.

"Jin, it’s noisy outside, what’s going on?"

I instinctively grabbed the door.

Because I thought it was really not okay to show such a sight to the kids.

Then Tatsuro, as if she realized something, flashed her eyes.

"It’s a chance! Run to the house!!!"

"Ooooo!!!"

The landlord, like a person who found even the last hope, started to run like crazy and ran into Tatsuro’s house with full power.

But... Tatsuro had forgotten one fatal fact.

"Kyaaaaaak!!! Pervert nya!!!"

"Police! Call the police!!!"

"Nya nya nya!!!"

In Tatsuro’s house, the Fool Trio was already there.

They arrived at Tatsuro’s house earlier than usual and were practicing drawing.

Then the moment they saw the appearance of the naked landlord and Catherine in front of them, their reactions were so identical.

It was a report.

In the end, the landlord was taken away by the police who were dispatched after receiving the report from the Fool Trio.

Of course, in the state combined with Catherine as it is.

"..."

Tatsuro looked at the police car going away and slowly swept her face and sighed heavily.

"Why did I say I would help that person... Rather, if I had just left him..."

Tatsuro had an expression of some kind of enlightenment.

But in the end, Tatsuro couldn’t just leave the landlord alone, so she immediately followed to the police station.

And only around evening after a long time did Tatsuro and the landlord return together.

It seems Tatsuro was sweating for several hours to clear up the misunderstanding by explaining to the police that the landlord is not a strange person.

The appearance of the landlord who returned was truly pitiful.

Catherine was carefully wrapped tightly with cloth and tucked at his side, and the landlord was bowing his head as if he had lost everything in the world.

’He looks pitiful like that.’

Actually, I could have helped.

But I thought it was necessary to be careful about this in a beastman apartment where only girls live.

So I just left it.

Fortunately, the only people who saw the landlord combined with Catherine were me, Tatsuro, and the Fool Trio.

"Hanyya? Why was I sleeping nya?"

"You must have been tired. And Tatsuro asked to tell you, she’s sorry."

When Yanineko came to her senses and got up, I handed her three packs of cigarettes that Tatsuro gave as apology for knocking her out.

"Wow, cigarettes nya! But... I had a strange dream nya. I dreamed that the landlord turned into a centaur nya."

"Th, that is quite a peculiar dream."

I couldn’t tell Yanineko the truth, so I just pretended not to know.

About a month passed after that incident.

Before I knew it, summer was slowly passing and autumn was approaching, I received news that the convenience store was completed.

So I went to Alpha Village and finished the interior of the convenience store, and after openly recruiting employees, I filled it with various items using a wholesale platform.

As manager, I employed a human who is diligent and does not discriminate because she is a beastman, and the rest of the employees were selected as beastmen.

However, when selecting employees, I looked at one condition for sure.

That they are guys with no problem with addiction.

If beastmen like Yanineko or Aruneeko came in as employees, the convenience store would never run properly.

After preparing like that and the convenience store opened, the beastmen of Alpha Village also began to come one by one.

They bought necessary items and also brought handicrafts they made themselves to sell.

Moreover, people coming from outside also began to increase little by little.

Of course, since the development of Alpha Village is not completely finished yet, its current appearance is close to a rest area.

Still, seeing people come one by one, the first step of Alpha Village turning into a tourist destination has properly started.

And the Fool Trio also learned drawing hard under me, so their skills improved quite a bit.

Thanks to that, Tatsuro was also able to employ them comfortably to work.

But there was an unexpected side effect here too.

Since Tatsuro kept employing only the Fool Trio, it became increasingly difficult for Yanineko to find work.

Thanks to that, recently, Yanineko has been increasingly borrowing cigarettes from other beastmen or picking up cigarette butts on the road.

’My goodness... If she keeps doing that, she’ll get sick...’

She doesn’t starve because she gets food at Penpen’s house and lives, but if she keeps picking up and smoking what others threw away, she can’t avoid getting sick.

It would be a big deal if she has no money and even gets sick.

So I had no choice but to make her do part-time job by asking her to evaluate tobacco I directly made.

"You mean smoke tobacco and give it a score nya?"

"Yeah, what’s important here is you shouldn’t go too much by personal taste."

"Got it nya, I’ll try nya."

I held out the tobacco I made to Yanineko.

"This is No. 1. It’s Alpha Village tobacco leaf and regular tobacco leaf mixed 2 to 8."

"Ssuup... Hoo... Pretty plausible nya. But if you tell me to buy it with money, I would hesitate nya. It feels a bit separate nya."

"Really? Score?"

"3 out of 10."

I was looking for the most suitable tobacco leaf among tobacco leaves collected while going around tobacco farms around the world.

"This seems okay nya! 7 points nya."

"Really? There’s still more left, so smoke the rest. You can smoke slowly, so don’t overdo it."

"Got it nya. It’s a dream job nya. Smoke cigarettes for free and earn money too."

Yanineko was extremely happy about the fact that smoking is work.

But it took longer than expected.

Although I only picked famous tobacco farms, there were still many, and there were various additives and filters, so the number to evaluate had to increase exponentially.

If I didn’t have ability, I would have already given up.[Internet Shopping][Matter Copy]

’Cuban tobacco leaf is rated well... Is it natural because it’s expensive?’

And as I continued to evaluate, I could see that mixing Alpha Village tobacco leaf 8 and regular tobacco leaf 2 is the best golden ratio.

But since the amount of Alpha Village tobacco leaf is not that large, it cannot be sold only at 8 to 2 ratio.

So it seemed we should set prices for each stage from 3 to 7 ratio which was rated okay, 4 to 6, 5 to 5, 6 to 4, 7 to 3, and finally golden ratio 8 to 2.

"You worked hard today. Here, 10,000 yen."

"Thank you nya."

"And since you earn money from now on, don’t pick up cigarette butts thrown on the street and smoke them, you’ll get sick. We have to make perfect tobacco. For that, you have to be healthy."

"Got it nya. That’s what commoners do nya. Rich Yanineko-sama doesn’t do such a thing nya."

This girl, after earning some money in a few days, had a lot of power in her shoulders.

"And it would be good to save some. You said you have a smart younger sister? Get help from your younger sister and make a bank account and save."

When I said that, Yanineko thought for quite a long time and then reluctantly answered.

"Got it nya."

This girl, it seems she prefers having money in a bundle rather than a bank account.

And when autumn came, one thing happened in the beastman apartment too.

It was that the beastmen’s shedding season started.

Thanks to that, I was also brushing the hair of Penpen Neko and other beastmen whenever I had time.

Seeing a handful of hair falling out every time I brush, I wonder if this is okay.

"Jin, thank you. For beastmen, it’s always like this in spring and autumn. It’s quite annoying."

"It would be. With this much hair falling out."

But at that time, one bald beastman I saw for the first time entered the house with Tatsuro with dead eyes.

"...Who?"

When I looked with a puzzled expression, Tatsuro said.

"That is... Yanineko."

"...What?"

I doubted my ears for a moment.

Looking closely, it was indeed Yanineko.

The problem is that not a single strand of hair remained.

"How did that happen?! Was there a fire?!"

"That’s not it... I was so absorbed that I brushed..."

Tatsuro averted her gaze awkwardly.

It seems that she was so focused on brushing fur that she brushed off all of Yanineko’s hair during shedding season.

Then Penpen explained the situation.

"Sometimes this happens. Especially when a person who likes beastmen brushes fur, this kind of thing happens. Anyway, since it’s shedding season now, it will grow back soon, so don’t worry too much."

"Then, how long does Yanineko have to be like that?"

"Well... About 3 weeks?"

"Nya..."

Hearing that, Yanineko’s eyes died even more.

As if even her soul had escaped.

Seeing that, Penpen felt sorry and took off the bucket hat she was wearing and put it on Yanineko’s head.

"Ahaha... There’s no choice but to endure with this for the time being."

"Nya..."

Then only Yanineko’s dead eyes were blankly revealed under the bucket hat.

It seems this shedding season will be quite harsh for Yanineko.