Cocktail Prince, Main Story: Part 2, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11: Overflowing Memories

Sidecar: The number of customers we get isn’t going down. It seems like the number is slowly increasing.

MC: I’ve already rescheduled everyone’s shifts, but even that wasn’t enough. This is already our 15th day working straight, I’m starting to feel a little exhausted.

Long Island Iced Tea: There seem to be a lot of repeaters here as well. That old woman over there used to come here a long time ago.

Screwdriver: You sure can remember people even inside this crowd, huh? But it’s a good thing that we are getting this many people!

Emerald Mist: You’d have to be a gorilla to not be able to memorize customer’s faces. It’s good that the bar is becoming more popular, however, with an increase in customers, comes an increase in trouble. Of course, this means we should focus our strength all the better, right, master

MC: If anything bad happens, I might want to run away… I’m kidding! Just kidding! I’ll work hard with today’s work too…

Sidecar: That guy…was holding that glass, wasn’t he?

Emerald Mist: Just some drunk person breaking a glass. It’s not a big problem, we practiced this, remember?

Screwdriver: If anything happens, call us immediately. Do your best, my lady!

MC: Okay! Here I go!

Drunk: Wow! Ah… too bad… my glass broke…

MC: It’s okay…are you hurt? (We just had to have something as soon as he mentioned trouble. Maybe I really am cursed with something)

Drunk: Oh hey hey, girlie, why the scary face? You angry at me? You’re angry right?

MC: I’m not angry, it’s just…

Drunk: Then why are you sulking like that? It’s just one glass ya know. God dammit! No one else is telling me anything!

MC: (Ah, just when he started getting angry, I started crying)

Drunk: Hey, girlie… how many years you work here?

MC: Only a few months. I haven’t had that much experience with the job yet..

Drunk: hmph, so you’re a newbie. You can never understand how I feel. From tomorrow, I won’t have a job. This year…we’re downsizing. At the company I worked for so many years.

MC: You won’t have a job? But there’s nothing you should worry about!

Drunk: What…do you mean?

MC: If there’s no job out there, then you can do the things you want, you can sleep as long as you want, you can spend the time on only yourself. Whether you have a job or not, isn’t that enough? Every day I go to work and I think to myself “oh, I really just want to sleep all day today”

Drunk: ....You’re right! From now on, I’m going to use this time for me and only me! Goodbye to my life of servitude, and hello to my new life of freedom!
Hey, I’m really sorry about breaking that glass. I’ll pay for it, just add it to my bill.

Emerald Mist: With the words you were screaming at him, you were able to deal with the problem well. I’ll ask about everything that went down later.

Screwdriver: Hey, it’s dangerous cleaning that up with your bare hands. What are you going to do if you hurt yourself?

Long Island Iced Tea: It’s alright, because I’ll take care of you if that happens. If anything goes wrong, whether it’s a cut, a burn, a broken bone, have no fear because I have this special new medicine that I…

Sidecar: Can you stop getting so fired up over strange things? Oh right, there was someone who came that wanted to talk to you. I seated them over at the counter.

Ayaka: Hey! Good evening!

MC: Ms. Ayaka, Welcome! Thank you very much for publishing us in your magazine!

Ayaka: I’m so glad I was able to get the story published. So…I saw what happened just now. You’re such an interesting master. I think I’ve become your fan

MC: Ahaha, But it seems like I might get a lecture from the other members here

Ayaka: Even so, it’s not a bad thing. This really is a good place. Oh, I’ll be coming back again. I’m looking forward to next time, Ms. Cute Master

MC: (She isn’t a customer from my grandpa’s time, she is my first original customer) I’ll do my best!