I Became a Gallery Manager in Another World

Chapter 99: Exclusive Consort Vs. Lewd Consort (3)

Gurgling──

“I’m hungry… I want to eat chicken…”

Poporing Spyria, gazing up at the ceiling of the “Poporing Store,” let out a deep sigh.

The store’s unfortunate location, compounded by the “Redrose Store’s” recent special discount in celebration of Elise’s Day, had led to a 70% reduction in her customer base.

“Really… Redrose’s products are two steps below mine in quality… What I create is luxury… This month’s rent…ugh…”

The thought of her single-room rental, with a 5 million Eris deposit and a monthly rent of 450,000 Eris (the deposit completely depleted, and rent overdue by 2 months), was enough to give her a headache.

Last month, she had just managed to cover the rent through the sale of vibrators, but this month’s payment seemed an impossible feat.

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“Even a genius like me is struggling!! Why do these fools seem to enjoy life so much!! Should I use a VPN?”

Poporing, briefly opening the gallery for a moment of escapism and contemplating spamming, ultimately decided against it.

She needed to conserve as much energy as possible, uncertain of when her next meal would be.

[Mojito Deliveryman■]

While this was a fixed nickname for Poporing, it was actually just one of ‘a thousand masks’.

“Sigh…”

Known as ‘the Giraffe of the Gallery,’ one of the ‘Top 3 Villains,’ and dubbed ‘the Dark Emperor,’ was it just for Poporing to face eviction over the rent of a single-room apartment?

Bursting out-!

“Oh heavens!!! Why!! Must I!! Live like this!! If you granted me talent, you should’ve also provided a world that appreciates it!!! How is a genius like me supposed to survive!!!”

It was both frustrating and unfair that this world, which failed to recognize a historic sorcerer whose works would endure through the ages, would stone a prophet.

What use would it be for people to call her “the great Poporing” and praise her after she died when they discovered her research results?

Poporing wanted to indulge in eating chicken to her heart’s content now, rather than gaining fame posthumously.

“Is this really the end of my life…”

Poporing murmured as she gazed at a jar placed in the corner of the store.

Wriggle- Wriggle-

Poporing was certain that the moment the contents of that jar were commercialized, the history of ‘magic studies’ would take a significant leap forward.

“Jeez… just because I’m two months behind on rent… no, three months, they’re evicting me…”

The economy was harsh.

And so was the landlord.

Just for being three months behind, they were demanding she vacate the room immediately!

If evicted from the single-room apartment, does that mean she’d have to eat and sleep in this cramped store from now on?

“If I had just a little more time and budget…”

As tears of sorrow were about to flow at the thought of how life had turned out.

Bang-!!

“Eek!”

“Here! This is where I bought it!!”

The door was abruptly opened, and a blonde beauty, whom Poporing had never seen before, entered the store.

“Do you remember me??”

“Eek!!…I…I don’t know…Who…who are you?”

“What!! Why don’t you remember!! It’s me, me!”

“Sob!…I’m sorry…My bad…Please…don’t yell…sob…”

The blonde woman, with her insider-like appearance and loud voice, was a terrible match for Poporing.

Just her presence made Poporing feel as if she had committed a crime…

‘Who, who is she? Really…I’m seeing her for the first time…Could it be…she’s here to extort money?’

But in reality, Poporing was broke.

“Why!! Didn’t you buy the orc aphrodisiac a while ago!!”

“O, orc aphrodisiac?”

“Yes!”

At the words of the blonde woman, Poporing remembered.

It was an orc aphrodisiac made for use in farms for breeding, but it wasn’t a frequently sold item because it was too potent and expensive.

‘If it’s the orc aphrodisiac…surely…the last one I sold was…Ah!’

Poporing carefully asked, recalling the memory.

“Could it be…that time…you wrapped up your face…and…bought…orc aphrodisiac…and…sleeping herbs…customer?”

“Ah! Yes!! That’s me!!”

She had never thought that the customer and the blonde woman were the same person.

‘…O, orc…aphrodisiac…one, please….and sleeping herbs too.’

The customer who had bought the aphrodisiac had spoken in a very low voice and stuttered a lot.

“Sob…I…it’s…past the…return period…no refunds…”

“What? What did you say? I can’t hear you!”

“Eek…no…I’ll give you a refund…sob…”

Poporing took out the emergency fund she had hidden under the counter.

‘Goodbye, my pretty…emergency fund…’

She had decided not to take it out unless she was really starving, but she couldn’t bear the gaze of the blonde woman.

“A refund? What are you suddenly talking about? What refund?”

“Huh? Aren’t you here for a r, refund?”

“What are you talking about! I’ve already used it all up! It was effective!! Did you see? I told you it wasn’t a lie!!”

Swish-!

The blonde woman turned around and pointed at a man in her group.

‘…Huh? Who is that?’

Poporing’s eyes widened.

Such a handsome man couldn’t be common.

He definitely was the one who bought a vibrator last time.

“My hymen was broken by this fucker!!!! Fuck!!!”

“….”

“….”

“….”

“….”

“….”

How should this atmosphere be dealt with?

After Evelyn’s last words, no one in the store could open their mouth.

“……Yeah, I’ll just kill myself!”

After a while, Evelyn’s spirit seemed to return as she smiled and said.

“Calm down, Evelyn.”

“Let go, Ian!! I don’t have the confidence to live anymore!!”

“How can I live without you?”

“Then you should have stopped me!! Before I did this crazy thing, you should have stopped me!!”

“I did stop you!!”

But wasn’t it Evelyn who insisted on showing the witness to the end?

“….Well, that can happen, Evelyn. But this is my first time in such a store! This is a ‘magic tool shop,’ right?”

“Yes, yep!…To be precise, it’s not exactly a magic tool shop, more like a general store…anyway…we sell…various…items…”

“Wow! What is this? A club?”

“….”

Yuris asked while taking out a ‘vibrating massage machine’ that anyone could tell was used for that particular purpose.

“Ah!…It’s a…vibrating…massage…machine…I use it when my…shoulders are…stiff…It’s…waterproof…and…really durable!…The vibration intensity…can be…adjusted up to…12 levels…”

“How much is that?”

Thinking it would be useful to have, Ian asked for the price.

“So, it’s…500,000 Eris…”

“….”

Like the vibrator last time, it was more expensive than he thought.

Given the price, it felt like this small magic tool shop could well be a luxury magic tool shop.

“No, no!! But!! If you…buy it now, I’ll give you a…special discount!”

Seeing his expression, the manager seemed to be extremely flustered at first glance.

“How much?”

“250,000…no, 200,000 Eris!”

The price dropped to less than half just by saying a word.

“Please…buy it…sob…I only sell…good…stuff…If this doesn’t sell…I’ll…be kicked out…of my house…sob…”

“Huh?”

“Sob…The…rent…I’m only 3 months behind…sob…they’re kicking me out.”

“Sigh… Getting kicked out is heartbreaking. If you end up with nowhere to go, please come to the nearby Elise Church…”

Though he wondered if being kicked out after only 3 months of delayed rent wasn’t already quite lenient…

“…Give me one of those massagers.”

“Ah, th…thank you so much!!”

Still, he bought one since he got a discount.

Thunk-! Thud-!

“Huh?…This jar is moving? Is something trapped inside?”

“Eek!…Um…just a moment…if you…open that…eek!!”

Thud-!

Evelyn frowned as she opened the jar lid.

“What’s this? A slime? It’s a monster, isn’t it? …Isn’t this dangerous?”

“No…it’s not!…Really…it’s…safe…It looks like…a slime but…it’s actually not a slime…it’s like…we extracted…slime properties…and cultivated them…with a special method…blah blah…”

The manager tried hard to explain, but honestly, Ian couldn’t grasp half of it.

“So what’s it ultimately used for?”

“…Um…for the…door…”

“What?”

“That is…for…the anus…”

At Evelyn’s question, the manager bit her lip and answered.

“For adventurers or…long-distance travelers…the restroom is…a problem…When you insert it…inside…the anus…it can…clean the intestines…It feels…less strange…”

“I’ll take it. How much?”

“Huh? It’s…ah…it’s still…incomplete…so…not available…right now…”

“When will it be complete?”

“Well…because of…lack of…time and…funds…it’s not…yet…”

“What’s this used for?”

What Yuris took out was a very thin and transparent glove.

“Eh?…That…I thought we had…recalled all of them…where did you find it?”

“It was over there in the corner?”

“Ah…must have missed one… That too…is made of slime material… Originally, it was made for restaurant supplies…?”

Recalling that time, the manager teared up.

“The restaurant owner asked for gloves that were as thin as possible without being uncomfortable but still durable… and then canceled the contract unilaterally, saying they were made too thin…sob…it’s unfair… Making them…cost a lot of money…and they are really durable gloves…unless cut with a saw, they won’t tear…sob…If not for that incident, I wouldn’t be worried about food…”

Swish-

“Crazy!!! It really feels like I’m not wearing anything?!”

At that moment, Evelyn, who had put on the glove, touched my cheek and exclaimed in surprise.

“Eek…I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I was too presumptuous! Sorry!!”

“No, what did I do… It was just an exclamation… But do you have any material left?”

“Yes… Yes… I had a supply request… but it was unilaterally canceled… sob…”

“Hmm… So, the thinness and texture pass… And it really doesn’t tear, right?”

“Yes… it really… doesn’t tear… You can… try to test it…”

“Should I pull it then?”

Streeetch-!!

Despite Evelyn stretching the glove almost three times its original length at the manager’s suggestion, it didn’t seem like it would tear at all.

“Wow, it’s real. I like it.”

“Eh? If you… like it… then, maybe… just… one… could you possibly buy… specially for 20,000 Eris…”

“Pay 20,000 for this? It’s fucking useless as a glove? It’s not even pretty, and practically it feels like wearing nothing?”

“Sob… sob… right… sob…”

“Hey… you’re making the manager, Evelyn, cry…”

Honestly, it was a fact…

But facts tend to hurt even more when they hit right on.

“No, I didn’t mean to make anyone cry. It’s useless as a glove, but it could be fucking useful for something else, right?”

As Ian was pondering what else it could be used for, Evelyn asked the manager.

“Can you make condoms out of this material?”