The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 2 Chapter 10 PART 2


TL Note: First, thanks for  all the support you guys gave me for my exam. I should have mentioned this in the first part, but things got really hectic this weekend. Because of that I also cut a chapter that I shouldn’t have needed to cut. So yeah, that’s the reason why this chapter is so short. 
Oh, and for those who’ve never seen a conveyor sushi belt (kaitenzushi):
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0PWyNJxwZs&w=320&h=266] 
Don’t know if you guys noticed, but I actually just want to make y’all water. hehe…

Oh, and yes, the extra chapter will be coming this week. Not gonna give an exact date because I don’t want to crush any hopes. haha.

Volume 2 Chapter 10 PART 2

“Ryouma! We’re here!” [Wogan]
“Welcome to the Bamboo Forest Laundry Agency!” [Ryouma]
“You did a pret–… Geh!? Why is there a shitty old hag here?” [Wogan]
“Who’s a shitty old hag? I may be an old hag, but I’m no shitty old hag! You’ve been a guild leader for so long, yet you’re still as bad mouthed as ever, Wogan.” [Grisela]
“How long do you plan to stay as a guild leader anyway? You’re such a stubborn old hag. Why are you even here?” [Wogan]
“Obviously because I was invited.” [Grisela]
“Seriously?” [Wogan]

As their face met, Wogan couldn’t help but flinch. After he was able to get himself together, he talked to Ryouma.

“Ah, whatever. Ryouma, how does this laundry agency of yours work?” [Wogan]
“Right, currently… Ah, since Karma-san and Karla-san are here as well, I guess I might as well take this opportunity to explain how things work. Then, please come with me. Serge-san and the others, as well.” [Ryouma]

As Ryouma opened a part of the counter, he urged the other five to enter. The five people agreed, and entered with Ryouma.

“First, the customers need to buy one of the bags specially tailored to them. Bags tailored for individuals go for 20 suits a bag. This bag will be used whenever the customer comes to the store, so after purchasing one of these bags once, there won’t be any need to buy again when that customer comes the second time.” [Ryouma]
“Then in that case I’ll take one. I should stuff this bag with my laundry, right?” [Wogan]
“Yes, also, since today is simply a rehearsal for the real thing, today’s request will be free of charge. The bag, as well. So please take it and come again.” [Ryouma]

“Thanks.” [Wogan]
“Next is Karma-san and Karla-san. When a customer comes and pays, please insert the plank corresponding to the price paid into this pole by the counter’s right side.”

Ryouma took out a variety of thin and assorted colored plates from the counter and showed it to them. At the same time he also showed them the pole near the counter where the plates fit and the plate holder.

“What is that?”  [Karma]
“It’s a tool for calculating income. The price in this store has already been decided by the size of the bags, as opposed to the pricing of other stores which is always changing. Moreover there are no prices other than 1 medium copper coin, 1 medium copper coin and 8 small copper coins, and 4 medium copper coins.

For every piece of medium coper coin you receive, please place one black plate into the plate holder for the black plate. This plate holder has a gradation and can take up to a hundred. Whenever it reaches 100 plates, please write a 1 on the paper underneath the plate holder, and then please put all the plates back into the shelf below the counter. Once a day after starting work, you can calculate the income of the store with this.

For example, when you fill up the black plate holder 3 times, and then after having removed the plates inside 3 times. If inside the plate holder 42 still remained, then in that case the earnings for the individual option becomes 342 medium copper coins or 3420 suits.

Seven types have been prepared all in all including the 3 options with the differing bag sizes, the 3 differing laundry prices, and the full body wash service aimed at adventurer’s armors and weapons. So if you check the plates respectively after starting work and adding them, you can calculate the profits.” [Ryouma]

After Ryouma said that he went back to talking to Wogan, but Karla, Karma, Serge, Pioro, and Grisela were all rooted on the spot as they stared at that tool after hearing Ryouma’s explanation.

Ryouma made this tool after remembering how easy it was to calculate the profits at the conveyor belt sushi (Kaiten-zushi) he worked at in his previous life. In that sushi shop, they divided the prices with different colored plates. Then they calculated the prices based on how many plates of a color were there.

Although it was something Ryouma made on a whim, to this world it wasn’t a trifling matter.

The so called arithmetic of this world, despite only really involving the four basic operations, is something that many people are incapable of. People are able to deal with small numbers they use in their day-to-day lives, but when it comes to big numbers such as the tally of the day’s profits, then even merchants find themselves struggling with the calculation.

One reason behind this are the lack of cash registers and calculators. Because of that, there’s no other way to calculate other than to look at the accounting book, check the number of times something was sold, and then add them one by one. Naturally, this takes a lot of time.

However with the tool that Ryouma had just made, even without the discount, it’s possible to easily calculate the earnings for the day. You could say that to this world it’s an exceptional tool to save time.

The price Ryouma is asking for is already so cheap to the people of this world that no one would dare to ask for a discount. With a price like that, no one would complain. But even if there was, they would simply be turned down. Ryouma has no intents of entertaining any further discounts than what he’s already set.

But not only is Ryouma’s store cheap, but its speed at calculating compared to other stores is also overwhelmingly fast, allowing the transactions to end easily. When the five people noticed that, their eyes became sharp. But Ryouma didn’t notice that as he continued to indifferently talk.

“After receiving the payment, please take the bag with the laundry and attach this label, which has been prepared ahead of time and can be taken from the shelf below the counter, to the bag’s lace. When giving the bag to the customer, please confirm the labels to make sure that the label of the customer and the label of the laundry matches.” [Ryouma]

The two plates that Ryouma brought out to attach to the lace is what you’d call an identifier. By attaching this, the store can prevent people from mistakenly taking the wrong bag.

After Ryouma explained that to them, he took the baggage and tossed it into a disposable chute like hole installed on the wall behind the counter.

“The cleaner slimes I’d talked about before are in the next room. I’ve already ordered the cleaner slimes to immediately clean and carry to the next room whatever is thrown into the chute. Like this anything thrown into the chute will automatically be cleaned and then brought to the place designated for the laundries.

Afterwards, all that’s left is picking it up, cross-checking the labels, and then giving it back to the customer. This is how the store will operate from now on. How is it? Are there any questions?” [Ryouma]
“No questions.” [Karma & Karla]
“Then please divide the labor among yourselves, then try to serve the customers.” [Ryouma]

As Ryouma said that, he also urged Karma and Karla to come to the counter. After which, they then took 10 people’s laundries, tossed it into the cleaner slime room, retrieved it, then gave it back to the customers.

If it this was one of the laundromats in Earth, they’d also iron the clothes after washing, but the laundry agency that Ryouma built was made specifically only for cleaning.

All the cleaning were left up to the cleaner slimes. And the cleaner slimes would either go inside the bag or put everything including the bag inside their body, then wash it. Because of this, they were also able to prevent losing laundry. After all, without even taking out a single piece of clothing and finishing the laundry in just one room, it’s only natural that nothing would go missing.

As for providing services other than cleaning, at most there’s only folding the clothes in this world. If that kind of service is desired, then Ryouma could just have someone do it, or do it himself. Or alternatively, hire the people who do their laundries themselves and wouldn’t use Ryouma’s store

“Looks like it’s going fine. Do you have any questions?” [Ryouma]
“Has this really become clean?” [Karma]
“We’re not really seeing the kind of results we’d heard from Serge-sama.” [Karla]

Because the twins said that, Ryouma had them open the laundry they got from Jeff and had them use ‘Identify’ on it. Having understood that the clothes were clean, they felt admiration for the cleaner slime’s ability. They had heard that the clothes from Jeff were covered in monster blood, so they were quite surprised when they found out there wasn’t even a trace of it on the laundry.

After that, Ryouma distributed the bags targeted to individuals to the 11 for free as a service. And because Wogan announced that he will be taking the group laundry option with the staff, Ryouma passed them a giant bag that could take 35 people’s worth of laundry along with 35 individual bags for free.

When they saw that, they couldn’t help but wonder why the individual bags were also given. At that question Ryouma replied,

“It’s a hassle to have your clothes mix up with others’, right? Moreover, I think that the female clients wouldn’t want their clothes and underwear to be seen by others, especially by other men. So as a subdivision, I’ve also included the individual bags. Like this, the laundry won’t be seen by the male staff.” [Ryouma]

At those words, everyone agreed, especially the women. Hearing this, Meilin promised to recommend the store to the other female staff in the guild.

Actually, Wogan did mention about Ryouma’s laundromat to the other female staff, but precisely because of the reason Ryouma had mentioned just now, they declined.

While they were talking like that, the household of the duke arrived. For even the duke’s family, themselves, to come. Naturally, the people were in a slight uproar. And so, all 23 of them were brought into one of the rooms of the store.

Though this may be off topic, because Ryouma had no surviving relatives in his past life, he had no experience in these kind of gatherings. Because of that, it was only when they came here that Ryouma noticed that he had just called the duke’s family whose social position has no relation to his, for a private matter. Thereby perpetuating an unthinkable act showing an obvious lack of common sense.

Normally, it shouldn’t be possible to call the guild masters of the adventurer’s guild and the merchant’s guild. Ryouma planned this event with gratitude to his benefactors in mind, as well as his aspiration to have some sort of social disposition. But when he saw what was happening, he realized how hasty he was and decided that he will secretly reflect after this. 



 

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39 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 2 Chapter 10 PART 2”

  1. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thank you kindly for the chapter

  2. Danial Whelchel Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter, was nice to be able to read something good before I have to stop using the internet for 6 months.

  3. Arthur Dent Avatar

    Thank for the chapter and your hard work

  4. WillTell Avatar

    I think it should be Karma and Karla in the 2nd paragraph.
    And I was right, it's madness to have the duke's family come!

  5. Arthur Gibbs Avatar

    Really love the steady world building author is doing

  6. JigglyPuff Avatar

    “Ah, whatever. Ryouma, how does this laundry agency of yours work?” <- This part? It's wogan. The speech pattern in the raw belong to Wogan. I also added some words now by the way, to try and make it less confusing.

  7. libraryrocker Avatar

    In the end, Ryouma is amazing!!! Thanks so much for all your hard work!!!

  8. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Ah, since Karma-san and Karma-san are here as well

    i think he means this part

  9. Moridain Avatar

    I like that he sees everyone as equal. It causes problems for them, but not in any major way.

    Of course if average people started treating the Dukes family informally that would actually be a big problem. They need that distance and inherent respect to do their jobs you know?

  10. Darkere Avatar

    This was meant i think:

    “Ah, since Karma-san and Karma-san are here as well, I guess I might as well take this opportunity to explain how things work.”

    You called Karla Karma 🙂

  11. Lakf Avatar

    Thanks.

  12. JigglyPuff Avatar

    And I actually went over it twice! haha. Thanks. Fixed.

  13. Xylos Avatar

    J-Jigglypuff sensei *wipes tear away* thank you for working so hard! At studies and at translations, I hope you continue to be the best you can be! Thank you

  14. doug89 Avatar

    The “Previous Chapter” button on this page links to chapter 9 rather than chapter 10 part 1.

  15. JigglyPuff Avatar

    Thanks. Fixed.

  16. Aquarilas Avatar

    Thanks for the new chapter!

  17. GonZ Avatar

    Thank you for the chapter Jigglypuff-sama

  18. Fuzor Razer Avatar

    Thank you for the translation.

  19. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    1 medium copper coin, 1 medium copper coin and 8 small copper coins, and

    Both are 1 medium copper?

  20. JigglyPuff Avatar

    the first one only has one medium copper coin, the other has a copper coin and 8 small copper coins

  21. JigglyPuff Avatar

    *has a medium copper coin

  22. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    The store sounds more like a Dry Cleaning store than a laundromat. Laundromats on earth don't iron clothes for you. :O

  23. Yukino o Avatar

    Thanks~ and this “Ryouma had no [surving] relatives” should be surviving

  24. sdeligar Avatar
    sdeligar

    Thank you

  25. timetogo Avatar

    small typo found:
    Though this may be off topic, because Ryouma had no surving relatives in his past life, he had no experience in these kind of gatherings.
    surving > surviving

  26. JigglyPuff Avatar

    Thanks. Fixed.

  27. JigglyPuff Avatar

    Thanks. Fixed.

  28. Arthur Gibbs Avatar

    I have noticed 1 thing, your chapters get updates twice in Aho-Updates. If possible, please investigate

  29. Xanon Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter!

  30. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    its show how they love his tls

  31. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thanks for the chapter! I just binge read all of it in one day… Hahhaha..ha…haa~

  32. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thanks for the chapter.

  33. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Goodluck, buddy. I wish you well.

  34. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    “Moreover there are no prices other than 1 medium copper coin, 1 medium copper coin and 8 small copper coins, and 4 medium copper coins.” ,I think ” 1 medium copper coin” word are repeated here,and near the end,who is “Meilin” ? (at: At those words, everyone agreed, especially the women. Hearing this, Meilin promised to recommend the store to the other female staff in the guild.)

  35. JigglyPuff Avatar

    The lady receptionist of the adventurer's guild.

  36. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    tk you

  37. brian Avatar

    Hahaha man can't blame him for his headache. In truth they don't have a relationship in the public eye so there's no reason they should come to this commoner place. They really hold him special

  38. Caudyr Avatar
    Caudyr

    Like another recent chapter, I feel the need to comment on this despite it having been released a long time ago…

    When Ryouma is talking about the calculation tool that he created, he mentions that the prices are 1 MC, 1 MC and 8SC, and 4 MC. However, right after that he mentions the black plate being “for 1 medium copper coins” (instead of for the ORDER that costs 1 MC).

    This wouldn’t be a problem, except…at the end of his explanation he then says that he’s prepared 7 types of calculation tools…for the 3 options with the differing bag sizes, the 3 options for the laundry prices, and the ‘full body wash’ for adventurers.

    …So…which is it? Is it for medium copper coins themselves, or for the LAUNDRY SET that costs 1 medium copper coin? I suspect it’s the latter given the last paragraph (since I’m guessing that the 3 options for the differing bag sizes are for the SALES OF THE BAGS THEMSELVES, rather than the sales of that type of service).

    All in all…that part confused me quite a bit…so I felt that I’d ask about it, in hopes that maybe it could be clarified (in the chapter itself and/or the comments), heh. It definitely feels as if it could use some clarification, though…especially since that sort of confusing statement doesn’t seem like something Ryouma would say (imo). ^^

    1. Caudyr Avatar
      Caudyr

      By “recent chapter” i meant another comment I made recently on a chapter before this, btw, heh. ^^

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