How To Tame an Academy Dragon

54. The sympathy incubus is real

A week has passed since the joint training ended.

I think I slept all day right after I came back to the stationery because I was so busy that I couldn’t even remember how I was doing.

Students also had a short break concept, and since there were not many students left in the academy, they were able to close the door and take a good rest.

Today, when I woke up, it was long after lunch.

I thought that because it was a demon, my stamina was rotten and overflowing, but it seems that fatigue continued to accumulate in a place where I did not feel it, and it burst at once.

‘Why don’t you just keep working? Because I’ll tell you well. Other people will like it too.’

Immediately after returning to the academy. These were the words Bamir gave me when I finished organizing the logistics and posted my last report at the office.

It seemed that they genuinely wanted to hire me as an employee, but as you can see, I refused because I had a child(?) With me.

Other Quartermasters seemed to be disappointed, and I was also briefly shaken, but in the end I was independent.

“Ah. I hate working.”

I didn’t know when I was working continuously, but after taking a break, my body couldn’t keep up with me.

This is why it is so difficult to escape the unemployed.

“Tomorrow.”

Tomorrow, when Belfia Academy’s vacation ends, is Monday. It’s such a good time to work again with a new heart and new meaning.

“It’s summer vacation soon anyway.”

I often hear students talking about vacation as they pass by the store, but I don’t know exactly when it starts.

But since it’s summer, shouldn’t we do it soon?

“They say they’re taking a week-long vacation even though they have summer vacation.”

Isn’t that a bit inefficient? Wouldn’t it be better to put it on vacation?

“What am I going to do with my head rolling?”

It must be run by highly skilled people. I just need to run this small and small stationery store leisurely.

Although the job as a supply officer was fun, it became an important opportunity for me to realize that it didn’t fit well with my work life.

It would be nice if I could handle it well even if something went wrong or made a mistake, but since there are many things that are intertwined, even that didn’t go my way.

“Let’s organize some items.”

I took out a notebook in which I wrote down ideas that inspired me during joint training and the existence of honey items I had forgotten about.

There are various items, but the one I find most interesting is the drawing board.

When I went to a stationery store when I was young, there were always small pieces of paper attached to a board larger than drawing paper in an easy-to-peel structure.

Then you give 200 won to the owner, tear off the paper in the desired column, and depending on what is written in it, you win or lose.

It was the first gambling game and gacha system I encountered.

Actually, I wanted to make a machine that draws capsules by turning a lever, but first I’d like to test it with a drawing board.

“Because gambling is a pastime for the rich in the first place.”

In the old lottery board, the first prize was a BB gun or a Gundam plastic model at a stationery store, but the scale of the children here is different.

It would be difficult to attract attention with halfway prizes.

I looked at the prizes piled up in one corner of the room.

Gifts prepared through consultation with Sellus. Half of the fortune he had accumulated was lost in the pursuit of those prizes.

“1/3 Of the draw board is a snack ticket.”

We also prepared a general award because it’s okay if you don’t have enough luck. Snack vouchers in the stationery store.

If you pull it out, it will be exchanged for 2 gold junk food. Chocolate Sora Bread that costs 5 gold is impossible.

However, if you collect 3 pieces, they will be exchanged for one Choco Sora Bread. 1 Gold per draw. If you are lucky enough to pull out an exchange ticket at once, you can benefit from 1 gold.

The rich can buy an entire lottery board for just 1 gold if they want to, but will it work? I wanted to, but the investment cost was close to 0 won anyway, so it wasn’t bad to try it lightly.

Instead, Sellus advised me to adjust the quantity so that each person can only purchase once. It was accompanied by a warning that otherwise the prizes would run out in one day.

That’s why today, for tomorrow, we have to set up a lottery board in advance and make a separate display stand for prizes.

“aaagh!”

I managed to get out of bed with a stretch that sounded like a scream, and I put the prizes in a box and came down to the first floor.

On the way down, the bright daytime street caught my eye, but the street where the population movement was almost cut in half was very quiet.

Though this will become a crowded and noisy street again tomorrow.

Entering the stationery store, I installed the display stand I had bought in advance next to the most visible entrance.

It was to arouse curiosity by making it visible before entering. What is this? The curious students will definitely ask questions, and then show the drawing board.

What I always pursue is stripping. A lot of cheap. Only 10 o’clock and half is the only way for me and the stationery to survive.

They are displayed in order from 1st to 5th. Items were hung under the second prize because they were real, but the first prize was an information board.

Because the first prize is a travel ticket.

Sellus is dense. He never gives anything away for free, but he always puts something on the table in secret.

This time, it’s the first-class travel ticket, and it’s said to be a one-night lodging ticket for a travel destination operated by Sellus.

A product that combines transportation to Blake, where the warrior Dion is the lord, and a one-night lodging voucher.

In a word, it must be an intention to secretly emphasize the name of Sellus Co. Through this draw board. Did you say indirect advertising?

I don’t know how effective it will be, but that seems to be his intention. Instead, he handed it over for free, so it was me rather than thank you.

It’s definitely not worth a dime or two.

“Okay. That’s it!”

After preparing for the business, I stood and looked around the stationery store for a while.

Though this and that happened, this stationery is the visible proof that he has lived well up to this point and the fruit of his efforts.

Who knew. To think that he would become the owner of a stationery store where he sucks money from children’s noses from a candidate for the devil king.

“Let’s try again tomorrow.”

Let’s work hard from tomorrow. Now is the time to roll some more.

I went back to my room on the second floor and hid under the blanket.

***

The next morning.

The streets are buzzing with children returning from vacation.

There were some students who returned the day beforehand, but it seems that the school said it wouldn’t matter if they came in until the morning of the day.

It’s good that the morning business is going well thanks to me.

“Mister, what is this?”

I was busy filling the quickly empty shelves when a male student approached me.

And he pointed to the gift display stand installed at the entrance.

It’s been over 30 minutes since I started the business, but no one asked, so I was disappointed that these kids’ products don’t work for rich people…

“Oh, that’s right…”

At last, one person asked for the bait. All that remains is to coax and spread rumors.

The most important thing is topicality and attention.

I went back to the counter and took out a lottery board. When a paper plate large enough to cover the upper body of an adult man appeared, the eyes of the students at the stationery gathered on me.

“Oops. This is a bit big, so I’ll have to go outside and do it.”

Deliberately raises a loud voice and grunts. Move out of the stationery as slow as possible, turn off the aggro, and come out.

Then, the drawing board was placed on the empty table where the students went to eat, and the students outside came one by one to see if they were curious about something.

“This is a prize.”

“A prize?”

“Uh. 1St to 5th place.”

Students’ eyes change at the word giveaway. Even if you have a lot of money, you like free things the same. Don’t like it too much, it could make you bald.

“If you look here, there are papers attached to it. This is like this.”

Catch one at random and tear it apart with force. It was a paper that was easy to tear off because it was made easy to tear off, and I unfolded the paper folded in half and showed it to the children.

“Oops~ This is a joke.”

What is written inside is a single word.

“If you open it like this, you will get a piece of paper with the winning prize written on it. If you bring it, I’ll be over there.”

Students flocked like clouds.

I pointed to the prize stand with an exaggerated gesture.

“There are prizes up to 5th place~~”

Approaching the display stand, I picked up the notice placed on the first prize table and showed it to the students.

“Blake…A travel voucher? What is it?”

The female student closest to me kindly read it to me and saved me a lot of trouble.

“The city where the hero Dion Waldgurg was born! The eternal port of the Empire! The sea view in all four seasons and the open-air baths in the accommodations!”

“Oh.”

“Not only various seafood, but also more abundant food than anywhere else due to merchants flocking from all over the continent!”

The eyes of the children began to grow hazy at my passionate speech.

“A company directly operated by Sellus Corporation, which boasts the highest reliability in the empire. And a round-trip transportation ticket provided…”

I lower my voice and posture. I wanted to give the feeling of sharing a secret story only between us.

As I induced such an atmosphere, the students’ attitudes also lowered without their knowledge. Looking around the quiet surroundings, I was satisfied.

“All of this… Free if you win. This summer vacation… Is there anyone you’d like to go with?”

Stop talking and look around. Sure enough, there was a subtle smile on the faces of the boys and girls who met my eyes.

I held the paper pasted on the notice with my fingers. Because this contains my last trump number, it should definitely appeal.

Students are already paying attention to the paper I am holding. Just now.

When you pull the paper with your fingers and remove it, the hidden letters appear.

A buzz started to spread from the students who had already read the text before I could say it.

Rising up, I held out my fist to the students.

“For those of you, gift certificates…”

Then, he stretched out his index and middle fingers to form a V.

“Two sheets.”

After the product briefing, I took out a piggy bank and put it on the drawing board. Then, while sitting on a chair in front of him, he looked at the students and raised the corner of his mouth.

“Now, who is the luckiest person here? 1 Gold, once a day. It is impossible to challenge more than that. Wouldn’t you like to get 1 gold of happiness?”

“I’ll try!”

As soon as my words were over, the girl who had read the guide closest to me willingly paid 1 gold.

A tense moment.

A total of 300 cards are attached to the drawing board. I just demonstrated one, so now there are 299 left, and if a girl picks it up, it’s 298.

“Now~ 1/299!”

“I’ll check.”

The female student did not know if she had found the number she wanted, but she took off the paper for the number 77, and out of nowhere a sigh broke out.

He maintains his composure by pretending not to expect it at all, but inside, there must be a slight expectation that the lucky person might be himself.

And that expectation.

“Oh my gosh! Now… It’s 1/298…?”

Relief and anxiety spread along with the elimination of the competitor.

The product is still hiding somewhere here, but the odds increase with delay. In other words, it is said that the probability of winning may be reduced.

“Me too!”

“I want to try it too!”

Agitation spreads due to one dropout.

That’s how I was the first to introduce a legal gacha system to another world.

It was a little later that he received a fine from the Empire for the crime of promoting illegal speculation and attracting unhealthy entertainment facilities near educational facilities.