I Became the Handyman That the Heroines Are Obsessed With

Episode 20 – Mina Endras (2)

After Mina visited the newly opened repair shop as the first customer, no customer has visited my shop.

Maybe it was because the concept of a repair shop was still unfamiliar to me, but people didn’t seem to come to my store.

I bought a building on a street that is not in a back alley, but rather close to a downtown area.

Oh, of course I didn’t buy it at full price.

This repair shop building was owned by Mr. Marcus, who was a really great benefactor to me.

Mr. Marcus handed over this building to me at almost a bargain price by cutting down a very large amount in the name of investment.

Actually, the reason I was planning to open a repair shop near Glesius Academy was to see Mina.

But she didn’t know that she would meet Mina from the first day of her business.

No, I started my business to meet someone, but I actually end up meeting that person as my first customer?

If you write a drama like this, you’ll be criticized for calling it a bad drama, and people will say that you’re leaving the novel because it has no potential.

I don’t know if it was God’s trick or if it was truly a fateful meeting, but I would like to think that it was at least a fateful meeting.

Or did Epirina, who read my thoughts, deliberately guide me?

Oh, there’s no way she did that. I don’t think he would be that idle.

I prepared for business on the second day, thinking that good things are good things.

In preparation for business, the sign saying ‘closed’ was changed to ‘open’.

I turned over the sign and went into the store, roughly tidying up the interior, and restocking the mana potion shelves that had been empty yesterday while providing Mina with her services.

‘What kind of guests will come today?’

I was standing at the counter waiting for today’s customer, but sitting still and playing with my hands made me feel bored and going crazy.

So, I took out the hardened bread from under the counter.

These breads were not sold in bakeries and had hardened over a long period of time.

I remember buying about two cartloads of bread for one silver coin.

The weight of two carts is about 40kg, but since all the moisture has been lost and it has become completely solid, the weight compared to the volume is very light.

‘Ordinary people don’t eat this bread, but I am different.’

Because I have the ability to fix anything.

What if you hit the bread, which is on the verge of turning to stone, three times with a hammer like this?

“Hmm, it smells good.”

It turns into new bread with a warm and soft texture, as if it was freshly baked from the oven.

I haven’t tested it on other items yet, but at least with this ability, I won’t starve to death.

If I buy hardened bread like this with the money I have now, I can eat bread until I die.

‘Shall we promote the store by handing out bread? ‘Wait a minute, wouldn’t it be okay to do repairs on-site?’

The only time students at Glessius Academy can leave the academy is on weekends.

Since Mina came out yesterday, there is a high possibility that at least yesterday or today was the weekend.

‘Should I only run the store on weekends and do on-site repairs on weekdays?’

This thought came to mind when I was traveling for repairs, but it is said that hardware stores make surprisingly little money through business.

So how does a hardware store make money? It was ‘delivery’ and ‘on-site repair’.

What is that… If you look closely at companies that do various work such as water leak detection, tile, heating, plumbing, etc., They say that many of them are run by hardware stores.

So, I’ve seen a documentary that says that people actually earn a little pocket money by running a store, and in reality, they make money through on-site repairs and supplies to companies.

‘Should I go on a repair trip to make money?’

But if you think about it again, the concept of on-site repairs did not exist in Erasto Chronicle.

Because on-site repairs ultimately mean that you need something that requires such repairs.

Because the Erasto Chronicle is basically set in the era between the Middle Ages and modern times, technological progress was made through magic in many areas.

However, people’s lifestyles and various levels of civilization were at a level that went back and forth between the medieval and modern times.

And in this era, there were not as many things that required the help of experts as expected.

‘There is no guarantee that you will make a lot of money by doing on-site repairs.’

Ugh, let’s just give up on on-site repairs and make students attending Glessius Academy regulars.

Many of the students attending there are from noble families, so there is some hope that if you do well, you might be able to receive requests from noble families.

―A rattle.

Oh, the bell rang. This is a signal that a guest has arrived.

I put the bread I was eating aside for a moment and prepared to receive customers.

“Welcome to Pathos’ repair shop. What item are you here to repair?”

The customer who opened the door of the store was a female student who appeared to be from an aristocratic family with her blonde hair growing wild.

Looking at the badge attached to the civilian uniform, the logo of Glesius Academy, which I had seen in passing, was drawn on it.

“Let me ask you something. “Is this a repair shop with a great repairman who fixed the crystal ball on Miss Mina Endras’ magic wand?”

What came out of the female student’s mouth was Mina’s name.

It seems like the question is being asked directly, but judging from the politeness in her tone of voice, it seems like she is from a noble family.

“Oh, yes. That’s right. “I fixed the crystal ball on Miss Mina Endras’ magic wand.”

“Hmm.”

The blonde-haired female student looked at me with a questioning expression.

Hmm. My demeanor is a bit shabby, and I look like I’m missing something, but at least I’m not cheating, right?

“Do you, by any chance, have a nationally recognized magic tool repair license?”

“Yes?”

What are you talking about? Nationally recognized magic tool repair certification? What on earth is that? I haven’t heard that there should be such a thing?

“What are you talking about, sir?”

“Ha, as expected…” I knew it would be like this. “Didn’t you know that repairing magic tools by someone who does not have a nationally recognized magic tool repair license is an illegal act established by national law?”

The blonde-haired female student was pointing a pointed finger at me and talking about something I had never heard of before, such as having a nationally recognized tool repair certification.

What is this? If something like that was necessary, Mr. Marcus would have told you?

No, you didn’t tell me because I didn’t ask? Or did they think I might have a magic tool repair license?

“What is a nationally recognized magic tool repair certificate?”

“Ha… Are you saying that you opened a repair shop and fixed crystal balls without even knowing that? You, be honest. “Did you pretend to repair Miss Mina’s crystal ball and replace it with something else?”

Huh? No, what kind of nonsense is this? I? Replace Mina’s crystal ball?

It seemed like this young lady didn’t know something and misunderstood something.

No, my shop is a repair shop officially registered with the city hall.

“What do you mean?”

“Didn’t you build this store illegally? How did someone without a nationally recognized magic tool repair license get permission to build a store? “Did you use a bribe?”

…… Does this lady seem like an easy person when she asks to see you?

“The female student there. This store is officially registered as a repair shop at city hall. “The permission to open a business was granted without any problems.”

I tried to just ignore it, but maybe because I was a little heated, I didn’t want to use polite language.

“What? “No, you’re saying that Arcanium City Hall gave permission to open a repair shop to someone who doesn’t have a nationally recognized magic tool repair license?”

That cheesy… Hmm. Let’s calm down first and think calmly again.

The blonde-haired female student was surprised to learn that even though I did not have a nationally recognized tool repair license, she opened a repair shop.

Looking at her reaction, it seems that if you have a nationally recognized magic tool repair license, you are given the authority to open a repair shop or something like that.

“If you tell me honestly, I won’t report it to city hall. What on earth did you do? Even a special magic tool repair expert who is the best magic tool repair expert recognized by the country cannot repair it so perfectly.”

Oh my. It seems impossible for even the most skilled person to fix it as neatly as I did.

But isn’t that natural? A person who is a special magic tool repairer may not have the same ‘ability’ as me.

“Is a special magic tool repairer really that great?”

I took this opportunity to ask a question to the blonde-haired female student to learn more about magic tool repairers.

“What do you really know? Magic tools are also used on the Eastern Continent. “Are you from a region that doesn’t know much about magic tools?”

I was tingled inside by the words of the blonde-haired female student.

Because in the world I lived in, there really was no such thing as magic tools.

Instead, there is a system to prove that one has the highest level of ability, such as becoming a technician or master craftsman in each field.

Judging from the fact that he is a special magic tool repairman, it seems that in this world, technicians or craftsman-level personnel are called special.

“I don’t know what to call you, but for now, I’ll just call you Miss. Miss. “I don’t know what methods so-called magic tool repairers use to repair magic tools.”

“Of course, with magic…… !”

“Yes. Let’s say those people are healed with magic. But, it’s not like you can fix magic tools with magic alone, right? “The world is large and there are many people, so wouldn’t it be possible for someone to fix magic tools using non-magical methods?”

If you had done this, you might have understood. Although I said it back, even Employee Kim, who is known to be the most clueless person in our company, understood when I said this much.

“Sleep, just a moment. “What does that mean?”

“Isn’t that natural? “I did not use magic to fix Miss Mina Endras’ crystal ball.”

To her credit, I took one of her rusty daggers from her counter and struck it with her hammer three times.

“Let me introduce you again. “He is called pathos, an ‘ability user’ with the ‘ability’ to fix everything.”

And the rusty dagger in my hand quickly became the dagger it was when it had just been made at the blacksmith shop.

“I can’t believe it… ….”

The blonde female student looking at this had an expression of disbelief on her face.