The Failure Alchemist of the Royal Capital ~My Job Is a Failure So, I’ll Manage My Store Carefreely.~

to start thinking about what kind of store it would be.
Now that you’re here, do you have any requests you would like to make?”

From the start, I was going to ask Mina about the kitchen area.
I thought this was the perfect time to try asking her.

However, the reply I received was out of my expectations.

“Umm, you see, if it were possible… Could you set up a bakery beside the atelier? I wanted other people to be able to try some of the delicious bread created by Daisy-sama! One could buy them and take them home, or hungry adventurers would eat them on the spot… I thought something like that would be a great idea…” Mina twisted her hands around her chin and fiddled with them, describing the dreams she had as she baked.

In this country, bread is basically baked at home by both commoners and nobles.
I thought the concept of a ‘Bakery’, which does not exist currently, was interesting.

“A bakery, huh? How novel! Also, I’m sure the bakery would fill the neighborhood with the aroma of freshly baked bread, wouldn’t it?”

The smell of baking bread seemed like it would attract people.
Mina nodded her head in agreement.

“Mina, can you sit next to me for a bit?” I patted the empty space next to me on the sofa I was sitting on.

“Excuse me…” after bowing, Mina sat down on the sofa in a reserved manner.

I started to draw a picture in my notebook.
The atelier building would be on the right.
In the atelier, customers would come in through the entrance door and serve over the counter.
On the shop assistant’s side, I want a special shelf for storing potions that had anti-degradation effects bestowed on it.
Then, a mixing area the size of the current laboratory in the back.
I also need a space for managing the money and accounting.

Then, on the left, there would be a small area for eating in the open space.
There would be a few chairs and tables where people ate bread.
There would be two shelves: one to display samples of bread to take home and the other shelf for putting the actual bread to be sold for health reasons.
In this area, Mina will work.

Then, we would need our own living space upstairs.

Thus, I drew a picture that might help people understand this.

…The picture itself is not very good, though (boo-hoo-hoo). 2

“Hawawawa! This is amazing!”

However, Mina seemed to be impressed by the picture, and her eyes were sparkling.
The tip of her tail went, poof poof, and knocked on the couch.

“Ah!” Mina said, then hurriedly restrained her tail with her hand.
She’s so cute like that.

“As far the building is concerned, it will have to be doubled in size.
I wonder if it would be convenient to have a big oven in the kitchen to bake bread all at once.
Apart from the big oven, I wonder if it would be good to have a small oven for our meals.
Uh-huh, the bigger the building, the wider the backyard will be, thus, I would have more space for my farm.”

I asked Mina, who was sitting next to me, “If I decide to build a bakery, you’ll have to learn how to make bread while learning to cook.
Can you hold on and do your best?”

“Yes!” Mina replied happily in response to my question.

I am the owner of the store, so I will have to study accounting, won’t I?

‘This is going to be tough,’ I thought to myself as I munched on the remaining apple Danish.