A few days have passed since our new employees were hired. The store was still open, but I had business to attend to.
"Lua, what do you want? My place is pretty busy."
"Charlie, my dear. I just wanted to talk."
This woman, it's been four months before we reunited. This person was the third person that had found out my identity.
After leaving, I had forgotten about her. Let's go back to the memory of where we reunited.
[Four months ago]
It had just been a few moments since we teleported to the country of Everest. The teleporter brought us to the capital of Everest.
I had already changed my look and now looked somewhat like a male, but that was enough. We changed into the bathroom of Celeste's house and teleported to this place.
Before we could fully enter, we would need to hand in some form of identification. I had already prepared, and the names on our cards were Charles and Lidia.
Passing our id, we passed through the gate and entered. Everest was an underground country, meaning my magic here would be less effective.
We were only staying here until it was safe. No one would think someone from the Solaris family would stay underground.
Livie and I had never visited this place, so everything would be a new experience. What should we do now?
"Livie should open a food stand?"
Now that I'm dressed as an ordinary boy, I can't go out and use magic willy-nilly. Even though we were rich, I still wanted to earn more.
"A restaurant? Are we in urgent need of money?"
"No, but I would still like to make money."
Everywhere we went, there were dwarfs everywhere. It was funny looking at midgets everywhere.
"But let's find a place to rest. I'm pretty tired. We haven't had real rest during our busy days."
"Please do. The only time I slept was when I was with you."
It was rough for her. After all, no one wanted to be told dead. Telling her had ingrained a mass amount of fear.
But it was better to tell her. If she knew how she died, her chances of surviving would be higher. I don't regret it. I was grateful for having those dreams.
It was already evening, but Livie and I had signed in at a hotel for the day and took a well-rested sleep.
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"Morning, Hubby~."
I had just woken up, and Livie looked at me well rested. We were both cuddling, and it made it hard to leave.
"Morning, Livie."
When I greeted her, Livie kissed me on the lips. After kissing her back, we got out of bed. Doing our morning routine, we left the hotel.
"Let's start with our food stand idea."
"Hmm."
Now, what should we do to get started? Seeing what I needed, I went up to ask.
"Hello, my wife and I are travelers, and we were wondering if there was a place where we could put up a food stand."
Going up to a guard, I asked her about opening a food stand. Looking at her, she looked friendly enough to help.
"A food stand? Follow me. I can take you to the merchant guild."
Merchant guild? The academy in Star State is isolated. There was no need for a merchant guild within the country.
"Thank you for your help."
"No problem, I'm doing my job to help anyone I can."
"What brings you two to the country of Everest? Not many races like to live in a country like this."
The guard, out of curiosity, asked. I didn't mind answering, even though my answer won't be truthful.
"My wife and I like to travel worldwide to taste various cuisines. Everest happened to be nearby, and that was our next destination."
"Oh, you two are married? You both look pretty young."
"My husband and I loved each other too much."
Of course, we weren't married yet, but our identity was that of a married couple. Livie was the one who wanted it. I couldn't reject it, so I agreed.
"That's nice. I wish I could find someone like that."
Livie and the guard went back and forth, talking about love. Before we knew it, we went to the merchant guild.
"Here it is if you want to rent out a food stand, just on in."
"Thank you."
Both of us were grateful for the guard's guide. Leaving her, we went inside the guild and talked to the receptionist.
"Good morning. My wife and I would like to rent a food stand for a week."
"A week? Do you have a location in mind?"
"We're new here, so could you tell us the cost of a famous location?"
"If you want to be at the main plaza, it will be one gold a day."
One gold isn't a lot with Livie's magic. With her talent, we could easily earn ten times the price.
"Then we will take it."
"Are you sure? You may lose money if your food isn't popular."
"My wife is talented in cooking. A week is enough."
"That would be seven gold coins."
Handing my gold coins, the receptionist gave us a lease for the location of our temporary store. With our available lease, we went to check out the location.
We then went to the plaza and checked our location. From the looks of it, we didn't get scammed. It was a relief that they didn't.
Since we had an extra stand, we immediately set them up. Like us, other people were selling their food.
"Livie, make your food smell good."
"Ok!"
To attract customers, the first thing we need to do is grab their sense of smell. Once we did what I said, the smell coming from our stand stood out.
Reeling all these people, our stand is now selling like hotcakes. I hope the number of people here won't strain Livie.
With people coming, we made fifty times the amount of our lease.
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