Proposing Reform of the Orphanage’s Current Status
One week after delivering clothes to the orphanage, I was still troubled by the current situation there.
It’s understandable that orphans without skills find it difficult to get jobs.
This town doesn’t have any particular industry, and trade is the main source of income.
However, it’s strange that most orphans become adventurers.
Among the orphans who stopped coming, some might have moved their base far away, but more might have died.
Thinking about it, I want to support them somehow, but the support I can offer might not be enough.
It’s frustrating…
“Hello, Senior Lily… Huh? What happened today?”
“Hmm? Oh, Elsa. What’s up today?”
“Erm, I’m looking for some good armor. Also, since it’s getting close to winter, I thought I should get winter equipment.”
“Elsa, the clothes in my shop are brand new. Are you doing okay with your earnings?”
“I have some flexibility in my financial situation. But it seems I’m late, and the thrift stores don’t have good winter clothes…”
I see.
That’s why she came to my shop.
My shop offers cheaper clothes than buying new ones from other stores.
… Hmm? Come to think of it, Elsa’s family…
“Hey, Elsa. Wasn’t your family originally running a restaurant?”
“Yes, that’s right. My father fell ill around the beginning of summer, so we had to close the shop. Why do you ask?”
“No reason. Just thinking.”
“I see. Well, I’ll take a look inside the store then.”
Elsa looked around inside the shop.
Right, if Elsa’s father teaches the kids how to cook, and they open a shop, they won’t have trouble finding a place to work.
Oh, but if Elsa’s father reopens the shop, would Elsa go back to being a shop assistant?
I wonder about that.
Let’s ask Elsa honestly.
“Huh? What would I do if Father reopened his restaurant?”
“Yeah. I was wondering about that.”
“Hmm, I do want to help at the shop, but right now, I can’t quit being an adventurer now that I have Cole and others. Just being a shop assistant wouldn’t be enough to feed the whole pack.”
“I see. Now that you mention it, that makes sense.”
“But why are you asking about this all of a sudden?”
“Oh, well, I went to the orphanage the other day…”
I explained the situation at the orphanage to Elsa.
Since she’s from this city, she vaguely knew about the orphanage, but she didn’t know that most of the kids who left there became adventurers.
Elsa had a tough time when she first became an adventurer, struggling to achieve results, so she might empathize with them.
However, reopening her family’s restaurant seems difficult.
“In fact, my Father can’t do standing work now. He got involved in a customer’s brawl and can’t walk. So reopening the shop is also challenging…”
I see, but it’s being unable to do ‘standing work,’ not ‘cooking.’
So, if he can teach the kids to cook, maybe it would be possible?