Cocktail Prince, Main Story Part 5, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: Small Changes

*door closing*

MC: Thank you very much. Could I ask you all to get the inside of this place ready for closing? I’m going to go turn off the lights outside.

Tequila Sunrise: I’ll take care of closing the outside, little lady.

MC: Alright, then could you bring me the dustpan and garbage bag? It was pretty noisy outside tonight, so there might be a lot of trash…

Tequila Sunrise: Roger! I’ll be right back.

MC: Salty Dog, the burnable garbage goes out tomorrow, so can I ask you to move all the divided up garbage from the backyard?

Salty Dog: Okay, on it!

MC: Everyone as well, you have your work to do.

*door opens*

Salty Dog: She’s been doing so well recently! Working so efficient like that, she’s so much different than when she first started.

Tom Collins: I also think she’s really honed her skills as a bar master.

Moulin Rouge: Right. Don’t you also think that her charm as a woman has also increased?

Emerald Mist: If the three of you have time to be talking about nonsense, then why don’t you get to cleaning?

Martini: Hey! Be sure to check all the utensils. Don’t laugh, but it looks like we’re all out of straws.

Salty Dog: Okay! Huh? But last time you’re the one who made me go out and buy a bunch while you sat around doing nothing…

Martini: OH? Don’t complain and get your work done, ya dog!

*door opens*

MC: I finished cleaning the outside.

Salty Dog: Welcome back! Oh, Old Pal and everyone came too?

Old Pal: Good work today!

MC: They just came to give me the profit report for the other bar.

Tom Collins: Good job today. Guess you closed your bar for the night as well then.

Gin Fizz: Finally. We had so many customers coming in and out today, I’m beat.

MC: Really? It was pretty tame here today; I wish I would have gone over to help you out.

Gin Fizz: Forget about it. It wasn’t anything we couldn’t handle ourselves. But we have a reservation for a lot of people tomorrow, so we might ask for some help depending on the hour.

MC: Do you know what the reservation is for? Is it for like a company drinking party, a girls’ party or a mixer?

Old Pal: Hm… I was the one who answered the phone call, but I think the voice of the person who made the reservation sounded like a girl in her early twenties!
It’s an odd number of 7 people, so it doesn’t seem like it would be a mixer.

Salty Dog: What are you asking that for?

MC: Well if it’s a mixer, then I was thinking it would be best to set their seats up in the back of the bar, but if it’s a girls’ party then I was thinking of who would be the perfect person to send for help. Which reminds me, who will be working here tomorrow… hm…

Emerald Mist: …

Moulin Rouge: What’s wrong, Emerald Mist? You’re looking at her really intensely

Emerald Mist: Don’t take that tone with me. I’m just thinking that it’s not wrong for her to be taking her work so seriously as of recently.

MC: (Huh… Did Emerald Mist give me a compliment just now?)

Emerald Mist: What’s with that look on your face? I always evaluate accurately.

Old Pal: He’s right! I also think she’s been doing her best! Not just anyone can manage two bars at once!

MC: I wonder if I am working so hard? There are just so many things I don’t understand myself… But recently, working at the bar has become so much more fun than before.

Gin Fizz: Hmm, well that’s good, isn’t it?

MC: I inherited this bar from my grandpa, and Jeremy asked me to take care of his… I want more people to know about these places. If we can get more regular customers, I think they’ll be happy. So that’s why I think, what should I do in order to achieve that?

Tequila Sunrise: …I’m feeling a bit moved right now.

MC: You’re moved… just like that?

Moulin Rouge: That’s right. From the time we first met you, we acted as people who would watch over you. And when I hear about how much you’ve grown, when I talk about how much you’ve grown, it feels like I want to cry.

MC: Ah… I was pretty terrible in the beginning, huh?

Gin Fizz: Well, you said it.

Martini: Ha, you’ve become pretty much more or less useful, but I’m not satisfied with where you are now! Maybe it’s enough for all these nobodys, but you’re still not at the level of bar master to me.

Emerald Mist: Don’t forget that you still have a lot of things above you.

Moulin Rouge: Seriously, all the two of you ever do is lay into her… Can’t you let her have her cake and eat it too?

Martini: Hmph. I guess its good enough for ignorant people.

MC: Ahaha… Well, I still feel like I’m not quite there yet myself. I want to borrow everyone’s power and keep doing my best.

Tom Collins: Of course, Master. We look forward to it.