I Shall Survive Using Potions! Volume 7 by FUNA

Author:FUNA [FUNA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 57: Operation Headhunter

“...You wish to increase production?”

I had brought up the idea after our post-meal tea time. Mine thought about it for a while, then gave me her opinion.

“To be honest, it won’t be easy to increase production with how things are currently. We may be able to squeeze out an extra twenty percent or so if we really tried, but that would be pushing it...”

With that, Mine glanced over at Aral. She probably would have replied that she could do an extra twenty percent if it was just her, but she was concerned about putting that extra strain on the six-year-old Aral.

Knowing Mine, she probably felt ashamed about answering the way she did. She wasn’t supportive of increasing production because she cared about Aral, but I could tell she would have pushed herself for our sake out of a sense of obligation. But that was okay. It was completely fine.

“I know you two have been doing your best to maximize output during work hours, so I’m fully aware that you won’t be able to massively increase production as things are now. If you could, that would mean you haven’t been giving it your all until now. Of course I know that’s not the case. I’m not a fool, you know,” I said, and I could see Mine’s eyes watering up.

I didn’t want her to look at me with a fanatical look like the kids from The Eyes of the Goddess did. Even if we were like family, the only sort of hierarchical relationship between us would be one of employer and employee. There was no need for worship or rabid devotion. So...

“I’ve been thinking of hiring more employees, but I know we would get weirdos if I started taking applicants, so I’m thinking of picking people we want to hire and making them an offer. But it’s not like we have friends in this city, and we don’t know who to trust or who’s in whose pockets. So, question time: Who do you think we should try to hire?”

Mine responded to my question right away. “Orphans!!!”

“Correct!”

Indeed, orphans wouldn’t be connected with any wealthy or influential people, and all they wished for was a full stomach, a warm place to sleep...and to survive. That was all. But if I could provide those three things... I doubted any of them would ever betray me. Just like those kids in the Eyes of the Goddess...

“But this is what’s left of the orphanage that got shut down, and the local lord made sure the orphans from back then went to proper homes, so I doubt he would just leave the kids that couldn’t find homes out to dry, right?”

Reiko was right; this city was unusually supportive of orphans. Everyone was kind to Mine and Aral, too, and according to Mine, people had treated her relatively well even when she was an orphan...

That was why there hadn’t been any homeless kids living by the riverbed or vagrant kids without any place to sleep in this city for a long time.

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