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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
Here the second chapter for today!
As always,
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Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 84: Honorable Customer
After finished with the shopping at the bookstore, Kazuraarrived at the electronics store that he had visited before.
Next to Kazura was the clerk who was once explaining thepower generator to him before, and right now the same clerk was explaining tohim about the appliances.
「Then, please get me this largest business-use refrigerator. Also, microwaveoven and air conditioner. Printer, camcorder, and small projector. Ah, theprojector with battery equipped one, please.」(Kazura)
「Certainly! Because we have every item that you asked, please this way‼」(Clerk)
Starting with the 500-liter capacity largebusiness-use refrigerator, Kazura looked at the memo that he had written duringhis stay in Isteria and casually recited it out.
The sudden large amount of request didn’t perturb the shopclerk, rather he began to explain the appliances to Kazura with great zeal andgrandiose action.
「For the printer, how about this latest inkjet printer-scanner combination? Forphoto-printing, it could deliver excellent result compared to other models. Inthe ink charge too, it had been improved and lasts 20% longer compared to the existingmanufactured model……」(Clerk)
「Then one of this printer-scanner and 10 sets of its ink cartridges. For theprinting paper, please a box of A3 and A4. Also some glossy paper for photo-printing.」(Kazura)
When dealing with Isteria’s maps and documents, hecouldn’t write a memo in those important documents since it will damage theoriginal copy, so he worked by pasting written memo tags on the documents.
However, if this keeps going in the future, then thedocuments will end up filled with tags and if for some reason the tag that hadbeen pasted in the document fell down, it will be useless.
He intends to rapidly increase the possibility for himto be able to write on the document itself next time, so he planned to bringthe scanner-printer and makes document copies for him to write on.
He didn’t thought about printing thousand documents, butit will absurd to be run out of ink when in Isteria, so he also bought a lot ofink cartridges as spares.
The scanner-printer in the Isteria might be mostly usedto print out the construction blueprint or photos for Nelson or Zirconia or tocopy an important document that needs to be transcribed.
Well, he could always buy a thermal printer forbusiness use for this usage, but he didn’t have any plan to print in a largeamount for the moment, so he just buy a compact ink-jet printer for home use.
Why it’s not a laser printer was because of hispersonal preference.
Since the parchment sold in Isteria might not be usablefor the scanner-printer, he also purchased printer paper.
If the parchment could be used, then he might try to usethem after cutting them into printer paper size using a cutter or cuttingmachine.
「Thank you very much! Then, about the small projector, here is the latestmodel that was just released last week, the battery that it had too, comparedto……」(Clerk)
「Yes, that one, please.」(Kazura)
「Certainly! Then, for the camcorder, this was the latest model released only2 days ago……」(Clerk)
「I’ll have that, please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you for another purchase! For the air conditioner……」(Clerk)
「Give me that one.」(Kazura)
In this way, Kazura purchased every latest model thatthe clerk recommended.
He paid everything with his card and have them to bedelivered to the residence by tomorrow morning.
While waiting for the purchasing procedure to complete,for some reason the store provided him with tea and even sweet jelly bean confectionaries.[1]
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After he finished the purchase in the electronicsstore, Kazura arrived at the usual Home Centre DIY store.
What he planned to buy this time was additional drumfor gasoline and large size cooler box, then numerous work tools and illuminationdevices.
Last time, he put frozen food in the cooler box andtransport it to Isteria, but since he was too late in retrieving the frozenfood from the cooler box, the ice had already melt away completely (the meatand the vegetable melt halfway).
For that reason, this time he intended to put a bitmore dry ice than last time.
When he put several cooler boxes that were similar toone he bought previously to the trolley, a clerk recognized him from his sightand then came running towards him.
Perhaps, his face could be said as familiar. It wasthe usual head clerk.
「Shino-sama, thank you for visiting our store. What are you searching fortoday?」(Head Clerk)
「Ah, good day. Today I plan to get drum and cooler box. I also want to lookfor other things too, so can this be transported to the register?」(Kazura)
「Certainly. Then I will place this at the service counter. When you finishedbrowsing the goods, you can retrieve it at that place.」(Head Clerk)
「Thank you very much…… Ah, that’s right. Do you sell a centrifuge? I want toextract oil from soybean.」(Kazura)
When he left the goods to the head clerk’s hand, Kazuraasked him if the store have a centrifuge for sale.
Kazura had been thinking about using a centrifuge toextract oil from the bean harvested at Isteria, but the bean planting season itselfhadn’t started yet.
He had heard from Lieze that the bean harvest will bejust before the snowfall, so if he wanted to put the centrifuge in actual use,it will be in December this year at the fastest.
Today was still late August, so he still has a 3-monthtime margin.
Perhaps, if he could successfully extract the oil byusing the centrifuge, then he could try to build a similar tool in Isteria.
However, for the bean container that can stand thehigh-speed rotation, not only he must pay great attention to its construction precision,but also need to prepare a special part called “ball bearing”.
For a tool that creates a huge rotational force like acentrifuge, if the construction wasn’t sturdy then it will have a great riskfor a serious accident.
So in the case he really builds one, he must pay greatattention to its design.
By the way, the ball bearing is several balls that areplaced in the axle to assist the rotation of a shaft.
After fixing the ball bearing to the fixed axle, theshaft will be placed in the middle of the balls, so the friction that isgenerated when the shaft rotated can be reduced.
If a centrifuge is built without using a ball bearing,then the frictional heat generated during the rotation will damage the fixed axleor the shaft.
「C-centrifuge? Such specialized machine is not sold in our store…… Umm, ifyou agree, we could order a catalog from the manufacturer on your behalf. Ithink the centrifuge for oil extraction will be listed in the Centrifugal DeoilingMachine.」(Head Clerk)
The head clerk flinched for a moment at Kazura’swhimsical question, but he quickly proposed an alternative plan.
Kazura didn’t expect that the store could do that far,so he was a bit surprised.
「Eh? You can do that kind of service?」(Kazura)
「Of course. Shino-sama is a special person, so if it something that we couldhelp then we will surely help…… However, there will be some commission fee, willthis be fine?」(Head Clerk)
「Then, I leave this in your hand. Since I don’t need the item in hurry, itwill be fine if I can get it in 2 or 3 months. Since I will visit tomorrowmorning to see the catalog, I intend to make my order at that time.」(Kazura)
「I understand. Then I will quickly inquire the manufacturer and arrange forthe catalog. We will select several of the devices that are suitable forsoybean oil extraction in advance.」(Head Clerk)
「I understand. Thank you for the help.」(Kazura)
Kazura had unexpectedly made arrangement for the deoilingmachine, and so he parted with the head clerk and lightly walk towards the nextsales floor.
The next goods to buy was illumination devices to beused in Isteria and several work tools that Valetta had asked this morning.
「Hmm, silicone tube, aluminum tape, large glass bottle…… What is Valettaintend to do with these?」(Kazura)
While looking at the memo that had been reviewedtogether with Valetta at the morning 2 days ago, he threw the goods one afteranother into the cart.
Though he didn’t understand the purpose of severalfoods that Valetta asked, she only said, 「A secret」, when he asked her this morning and left him in the blank.
Kazura was curious about what she intended to, but sinceit was Valetta, then it shouldn’t be something strange.
Because he forgot to ask her how many he should buy, hejust put the likely amount needed, 5 meters of silicon tube and 5 large glassbottles.
When he was throwing goods into the cart while loiteringin the commodity shelves, his eyes caught sight of drawing boards that were linedup in a place not far from him.
He pushed the cart until he arrived at the drawingboard and then stared unblinkingly at the good.
「Ah, a drawing board. Until now, I had been drawing in the notebook, soperhaps it will be easier if I have this……」(Kazura)
A drawing board is a wide board used when drawing aplan.
The drawing board that this store sell was a portable modelwith rulers attached, so it was something mainly used by architects.[2]
Though he thought to buy one since it might be usefulwhen drawing a plan in Isteria, when he asked the nearby clerk, he bought 2pieces, as expected.
The other one was, of course, a present for Valetta.
Since Valetta seemed to try making many things in thevillage, she will surely be happy.
In addition, he also threw several small articles likescale ruler for drafting and compass into the cart.
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After his shopping in the Home Centre finished, Kazuraarrived at a drugstore.
Since he believed that he might be going to Isteriafor quite some time, he needs to purchase daily necessities and other sundriesin large amount.
So that his nutritional balance wouldn’t go out ofbalance, he threw vitamin pills from the nutritional supplement shelve into theshopping basket.
Other than that, he also threw several portablenutrition supplements, like CalorieMate or energy bar, and non-essential luxurygoods, like fancy vegetable soup powders that can be used just by adding hotwater and gelatin powder to make jelly, into the shopping basket.
Because last time, the large amount of Lipo-D that hepurchased had been transported to Isteria, he decided to not buy it this time.
He confirmed that he had bought quite a lot and soheaded towards the register when he happened to saw the cosmetics corner.
「Ah, cosmetic…… If I buy a hand cream or something perhaps Valetta-san mightbe delighted?」(Kazura)
He picked one hand cream in a pure white container fromthe shelf and looked hard at it
This was a cream used mainly to prevent rough hand, buton the shelf, there was a bunch of various cream lined up, from cutting UV effectto preventing dry skin.
Other than hand cream, there were beauty lotion,moisturizing gel, various skin care products were crowding in the shelf.
Each of the container lined up on the shelf had variousdesigns to show it as a high-grade product or to give a sense of transparency.
Each of their design was beautiful, coupled with theillumination effect on the shelves, it made someone unconsciously wants to takeit from the shelf.
「That reminds me. Nelson-san had said that Lieze-san somehow used mud forher skin care, right?」(Kazura)
Previously, when they were talking about well-digging,Nelson had said that Lieze purchased a special mud from the well-diggers to be usedfor her skin care.
Though Zirconia said that she didn’t usually payattention to such thing, on the other hand, it didn’t mean she was uninterestedin this matter either.
「…… Perhaps I should buy some for Zirconia-san too. Recently, she had beenworking hard, after all.」(Kazura)
When Kazura first went to Isteria, he had theimpression that Zirconia was the type who is quite pushy around theconversation to acquire his support, but for some reason, it seemed duringthese several days she wasn’t quite as lively and Kazura felt that she hadbecome considerably unenthusiastic.
However, it wasn’t like she was not putting herself inher usual work. Kazura knew this just by looking how she was putting her besteffort. Every day she was busy and moved around places to negotiate for the administrativework or the subordinate.
Seeing such extremely overworked appearance, at timesKazura had called her out, but she always said 「Thank you very much. I am fine.」 and smiled.
If it was the previous Zirconia, then it wouldn’t bestrange if she used this situation to get close to Kazura and acquire hissupport, but recently Kazura felt that she was doing her best as if saying, “Let’sdo it with my own power”, so she wouldn’t be a bother to him.
Since Zirconia had been quite pushy on him up untilnow, Kazura was a bit on guard to her, but she had become so unenthusiastic thatmade him worried for her instead.
「Should I also buy something like bath salts? It should relieve tiredness abit and put an ease on the mind.」(Kazura)
He thought that whether or not to give her LipoD to recoverher physical strength right away, but he felt that the problem is not thephysical fatigue, but the mental fatigue instead, so he decided on productsthat can be received by women to sent some to Zirconia.
Though if she returned to become pushy, he mightdistance himself from her, but on the other hand, it was hard to completely actindifferent to her.
Using this occasion as the start, Kazura thought aboutwanting their relationship to reach a level where their conversation could be abit more lighter.
He ended up purchasing cream and moisturizing gel combinationand two sets of origami paper.
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That’s it for today.Wait for tomorrow!
[1]Mizu Youkan.
[2]Wait… I thought every architect now use AutoCAD.