Inside the salon at night.

　I approached Elsa and Ena and called out to them.

"Elsa, Ena. Can we talk?
Yes, what is it?
Are you asking me out on a date?

　Elsa replied normally, and Ena replied in jest.
　It's a reply that shows their personalities well.

　Their clothing also reflects their personalities.
　While Elsa wears neat loungewear, Ena wears light, almost negligee-like clothing.

''I need to talk to you about something.''
This sounds so serious.

　Elsa and Ena, they looked at each other and nodded at each other.

'No, it's not that big of a deal, I mean, it's just the usual.
Is this about Hassemi?

　Elsa, who answers immediately, seems to have hit the nail on the head.

Yes. I'm a little unsure of the buyers that are currently monopolizing Hashemi, and I want you to go to a place where you can trust them.
Oh, I see. I'll go talk to him.
Yeah, please--what?

　Elsa got up and ran out of the salon.

'No, I'm not in that much of a hurry, but I've already said .......
Ha-ha, she's so motivated.

　Ena laughed happily.

'If it looks like that, I'll be back soon, so you'll have to keep me company in the meantime.

　Ena said and held out her glass.

'Are you drinking?'
I live in a place where it's easy to get a good drink.
Hmm?

　I took the glass from Ena and sipped it, craning my neck to see what it was all about.

'Oh, Bodley,'
That's what I mean.

　Ena smiles at me.

　Bodley Lyota.
　A specialty of the Lantern Dungeon in the city of Filin.

　It's a wine I created by improving it.

It's my business with Mr. Lyota, and I get an employee's discount on it.
If you wanted one of these, you could have told me.

　It's meant to be branded and made scarce, and Bodley is narrowing down production and shipments according to the policy of Mao Mee, president of the Dungeon Association in Filin.

　Of those, only I, the one who has been improved and whose name is used, can take an unlimited number of them.

　I don't usually do this, but I can always get as much as my people want to drink.

Thanks, but I'll be fine.
Okay.

　Ena and I drink a bodhray together.
　She started drinking first, and she seems to be getting there, and she's been squirming on me halfway through.

　The way she's dressed makes me feel like I'm in a cabaret.

'Hey, what do you think of that girl?'
Is that Elsa?
Yes.
What? ......

　What?
　There was no subject matter at all, and I didn't know what I wanted to hear.

'It's so dull, mooch-loo--'
We're back!

　Elsa came back into the salon, interrupting Ena's attempt to say something.

'Huh. ......'
Yes, but what's wrong with you, Ena?

　Ena sighed and Elsa was puzzled.

'It was nothing. More importantly, how was it?'
'Oh, yeah. That's .......

　Elsa looked troubled for some reason.

'What's wrong?'
I've asked the master if I could open a branch in Hashemite.
Yes.

　Me nodding.
　I asked Elsa, the usual story.

'And then you can't do it now,'
Impossible?
"We've got our hands full, we've been hiring for a while now, but we can't keep up with the demand, and we can't expand into a new town.
Yeah.
'I'm so grateful for the story, but this time it's ...... that ......

　Elsa says apologetically, with a depressed look on her face.

'Don't worry about it. But if it does, what do you think we should do, take the story to the cell?
Hey.

　Ena interrupted my thoughts as I figured out my next move.

'Why don't you let Elsa do it?'
'What?　No, the master can't do it now.
No, no, no. Hey, Elsa.

　Ena turns to Elsa.

　She looks at Elsa with a serious look on her face, the same person who had been drinking and plied me earlier, and it's hard to believe that she's the same person who had been drinking and plied me.

'Do you want to be independent?'
'...... eeeeeeee!　No, I can't do that.
Oh,

　I clapped my hands together.

'Even Lyota, oh my.'
No, it's okay.　Oh, right, so this is what Ena was saying earlier about 'what you think of Elsa'.
Yes?

　For some reason, Ina raised her eyebrows and tilted her head, even though she was the one who started it.
　It was a bit of a snag, but I continued.

I think Elsa is great. Before Ena came here, she was running the sub-branch by herself, and she still has a lot of energy. Unlike a businessman, I think a manager has to be dynamic to serve.
Oh, yeah? ......?

　Elsa scowled and slumped.

'But I can't,'
Why?
Because if I'm going to be on my own, I need the money and...
I'll pay you.
Yeah!
You don't need to keep a balance in the account. Elsa knows what she's doing. Will it be enough to get you out on your own?
I want to go to ......
That's good. You'll need something else--

　As I was about to say it, I remembered the most important thing.
　We were going on one side of the conversation, and we were so excited that we forgot the most important thing.

'What do you think, Elsa?　If it was feasible, would you want to try it?
......

　Elsa stared at me for a moment.
　I couldn't help but to be both flushed and put off.
　All that was said was gone, and she stared at me with a straight face.

　Then, after a moment.

'I do.'

　I said.

'Yes.'
'Ena will be with us, won't she? We wouldn't have been able to get it up and running at Indor without Ena.
It's no use.

　Ena shrugged her shoulders, but made a face that she wasn't afraid of being needed.

　It was a surprising turn of events, but not a bad one.
　We decided to move forward with Elsa's independence at the same time as Hashemi's case.