With those words of Mr. Sadda, our village's first store was finally opened.
It was a strange feeling, since there had never been such a thing in our village. It is a strange feeling, yet it fills me with excitement.
I had come to the "general store" with Gaius.
Everyone in the village, including Fito and Biller, were curious.
Biller, who didn't know what a store was, was also in the general store, but when he saw me and Doanea on my back, he almost panicked as he tried to kneel down.
Doanea made a squealing sound as if she deserved to be praised, but I wish she would behave a little more normally. I wonder if she would understand if I told her repeatedly. ......
Many people in the village had gathered at the "general store," so we took our turn to go inside.
It was Gaius and I's turn to go inside.
Although I must have seen the store when it was being used to display goods, it somehow felt like a different space when the store finally opened.
There were many items for sale, and seeing them displayed for sale made me want to buy things that I had no intention of buying.
Even if I don't need something in particular right now, I still want it.
Stores are strange.
I guess so. Stores don't really strike me, but when I come to one, I want to buy something.
Yes, it is. Oh, there are brushes. I want to brush Gaius, so I'll buy one.
Don't you have one at home?
I have a brush, but it has pretty pictures on it.
I have brushes at home for brushing the gryphons, seafoats, and wolf-form Gaius, but when I saw them laid out on the table, I wanted one.
Here, please."
'This brush is--'
Mr. Junoni, the wolf beastman who works the store, explains to me what it is in exchange for.
It was amazing that something I had collected in the forest could be turned into such a beautiful brush! I was filled with wonder and such emotion.
Looking around the store, I see everyone's eyes sparkling as they exchange items with those they have brought with them.
It's fun to store, isn't it?
Oh.
Is there anything you want to buy, Gaius?
'Hmmm......... I'm having a hard time because I think these shoes are nice.'
"Wow, cool shoes!
While we were having this conversation, Mr. Sadda came up to me and explained that if the shoes didn't fit, he would adjust them for me. It's true that with shoes and clothes, it's possible that they don't fit.
In the end, Gaius bought plates instead of shoes. He seemed to be more interested in the plates with cool pictures on them.
I also looked around the store.
While I was looking around, Doanea shouted, "Pikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Doanea shouted. I saw that it was a dragon. It seemed to have been made by the winged ones and brought here by Mr. Biller.
Doanea seemed to want one, so we decided to buy one.
There were also many hair ornaments.
These were made by young women in the village.
The hair ornaments ranged from cute to cool decorations.
I thought, "This is kind of nice," and looked at them.
"Lelunda, what are you looking at?"
Hair ornaments. It's pretty.
It's true."
Gaius, who had been away from me, came back to me, perhaps having finished exchanging what he wanted.
Gaius seemed to have exchanged quite a few items while I was away from him for a moment.
Lelunda, which one do you want?
I think this one. The bird one.
I stared at it and said, "I don't know why Gaius is exchanging that hair ornament.
Gaius, are you going to wear that?
No, no! I'm not going to wear it. No, I was going to give it to Lelunda!
Are you giving it to me?
"Yeah. You're gonna give it to me? - Yeah.
Yeah! Put it on.
I wondered for a moment if Gaius was going to put on his own hair ornament. I wondered for a moment if Gaius was going to put it on himself, but it seems he bought it for me as a present.
A present from Gaius.
Thinking of that made me love this hair ornament even more. It has turned into something precious.
I thought that rather than exchanging it myself, having someone exchange it for me would make it feel special again.
I also began to feel that I wanted to give Gaius something as a gift.
Gaius, is there anything you want? I want to give him something, too!"
He said, "Yeah, no, that's fine. I've done most of the exchanges myself."
"Really? Well, the next time I find something that Gaius wants, I'll exchange it. Then I'll give it to Gaius.
I told him that, and he laughed and said, "I'll take it then.
Then we left the store and I returned home.
I exchanged so many things that I told Mr. Lan, "You exchanged a lot. It's good to hear that the "General Store" was a big success.
--The Girl and the Beginning of the Shop 3
(The girl went to the store with the beast boy. And they enjoyed their first store in the village.)