A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 186

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“Oh, Mister.”

A girl comes to the front of the fruit and vegetable shop.

“Hello, Mister.

Hm? Who is this beautiful lady?”

The girl tilts her head.

“Hello, I’m going to be taught today along with you, young lady,” Layla said.

“Oh, hello, I was told by the owner that you were waiting for me. I’m here now. So I thought I’d teach you and this lady,” Takeo said.

“Yes. Thank you, Mister and Lady. So, Mister, can you teach me the apple?”

“Yes, I understand. But can you tell me one thing?”

“Hmm?”

“Who are you making them for, young Lady?”

“I want to make it for my mom and dad. When my dad left this morning, my mom and dad were hugging and crying.

So… I want them to eat the apple and get well.”

“I see. By the way, what does your father do for a living?”

“A soldier.”

“Oh, I see. Well, let’s hope our mother and father get well, okay?”

“Yes.”

Takeo heard the girl’s cheerful reply. Takeo took out an apple from the crate and started preparing for the class.

“Then, let’s begin.”

“Yes!”

Layla and the girl replied cheerfully.

“Well, is this the first time for both of you to use a knife?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, it is.”

Both of them had no experience.

“We’ll start with a simple explanation of how to hold a knife, okay?”

The lecture started with the rudimentary way of holding the knife.

“Mister, I’m done”

The girl showed me the apple rabbit cut she had made.

She had cut an apple into eight equal pieces, removed the seeds and stems, and cut off the skin.

It was a bit… much thicker on the skin, but it was a rabbit cut.

“Yes, yes, you’re very good.

It’s cute.”

Takeo replied cheerfully.

“Takeo-san, I’m done making it too.”

Layla was also rather dexterous in cutting the skin part thinly.

“The ears are a bit thin.

But the basics are there, so I guess it’s a pass.”

“Umm… Takeo-san’s assessment for me is a bit harsh.”

“Of course, adults and children have different evaluation standards.”

Layla protested with a fierce look in her eyes, but Takeo didn’t care.

And then.

“Huh? Kura-chan?”

“Oh, sister Hilda.”

A slightly older girl who was passing by the storefront approached the girl in front of her.

“What are you doing in front of the store?

“I’m learning how to turn apples into rabbits from Mister.”

“Hmm? Mister…? What? Sister Layla?”

The girl called Hilda stared at Takeo and Layla.

“…uh… Takeo-sama, isn’t it?”

“‘Oh? Have you met me before?”

Takeo said with a smile, but inwardly he was searching his brain, wondering where they had met.

“No! My father works for the Elvis family, and every time he comes home he always says how great Takeo-sama’s ideas are…

I’ve seen you a few times from afar,” said Hilda while cringing a bit.

“Hmm, let’s not know who her parents are, it might be a problem in the future.”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

Layla said happily.

“That’s true,

oh miss Hilda, would you like to join, if you are free?”

“Um… I’m free… What are you doing?’

“I’m turning apples into rabbits!”

Kula-chan said happily and showed her the rabbit apple.

“It’s so cute… Well, I guess I’ll try too.”

Hilda took an empty seat and asked Kula-chan to teach her.

Hilda listens to Kula-chan’s explanation and cuts the apple skillfully from a sample.

“…You’re very good…”

Layla was impressed as she watched her handwork.

“You must do this on a daily basis.”

“…And what are you making, Takeo-san?”

Layla looked at Takeo’s hands and muttered.

“What? It’s just a diamond cut?”

Takeo had been making rabbits for the first few pieces, but he got bored and made a diamond apple cut by cutting diagonally across it and peeling the skin off in a toothless pattern.

“‘Please don’t make an artwork.'”

Layla gawked.

“‘Huh? I just made a slit and peeled the skin off…’

Takeo chuckled.

“Mister, that’s amazing!”

“How did you come up with such a pattern?

Hilda and Kura-chan were both surprised.

And

“Klareth!?”

“Hilda!?”

From the left and right of Takeo and the others, there were voices calling the girls’ names.

“Ah! Dad! You’re back!

“Dad, good work.”

It was the chief soldier who called Kura-chan and Klareth.

And It was the head chef who called Hilda.

Takeo and Layla looked at each other thinking, ‘Oh?’.

They came to the front of the restaurant and saw that Takeo and Layla were sitting comfortably.

“Why are you two here?”

The chief soldier and the head chef were surprised at the same time.

…

.

“I am truly sorry, Kitamizato-sama.

Please forgive my daughter’s selfishness.”

The chief soldier had heard from his daughter that she was going to learn how to cut apples at the fruit and vegetable shop today.

…He didn’t think the instructor would be Takeo.

He’s been apologizing for a while now.

“It’s okay, chief soldier.

I’ve been asked out on a date by this lovely lady. It would be rude to refuse, wouldn’t it?”

“Thank you once again.”

“Hey, Dad? Do you know Mister?”

“Oh… I’m sorry, Kitamizato-sama.”

“No, no, from Kura-chan’s point of view, I’m old. Chief soldier, don’t scold her, okay?”

“Thank you, sir.

“Anyway, Kura-chan, let’s show what you’ve been practicing.”

“Yes!”

Klareth cut the new apple into eighths, removed the stems and seeds, and peeled it.

“Here! Father.”

“Hmm?”

He took the apple and looked at it carefully.

“It’s a rabbit cut apple, a masterpiece of  Kura-Chan.

She wanted to cheer up her mom and dad, so she practiced very hard.”

“It’s….. so cute, you did a great job.”

The chief soldier said, his eyes welling up.

Takeo and Layla were watching the scene with smiles on their faces.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]