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Uchi no Musume no Tame naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru kamo Shirenai (Light Novel) - Volume 6, Bonus Short Story - The Little Girl Starts Keeping a Diary
Volume 6, Bonus Short Story - The Little Girl Starts Keeping a Diary
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The one in charge of the paperwork and accounting for the Dancing Ocelot was the proprietress, Rita. It wasn’t that such matters were thrust on her because she had been the daughter of the business’s former owners, but because she was absolutely the right person for the job. The cooking and cleaning aspect of running a bar and inn were more Kenneth’s forte. He carried out such tasks every day with a skill that made it hard to imagine that his previous job was as an adventurer wielding heavy weapons.
Rita also dealt with customers in the shop’s capacity as a “branch” of the temple of Akhdar, so her usual position was on the inside of the counter, where she could deal with such matters.
When Latina was still young, one of her common places to play was a seat at the counter, where she could see Rita working. She could often be seen there with picture books and other children’s books laid out in front of her.
On that day, Latina stared with great interest as Rita wrote in her account book.
“There’s a lot of numbers.” “Yeah, there are.”
“At school, Latina is studying math.” “I see. Is it tricky?”
“A bit, but if Latina doesn’t rush, she’s alright.”
It was easy to imagine this girl looking incredibly serious as she tackled her math problems. Rita found the thought charming, and gave a little laugh.
“Is school fun?”
“Yeah. And Latina has made friends, too.”
Latina’s smile was absolutely adorable as she replied, causing Rita to feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
“Rita, why do you write in that ‘account book’?”
“That’s a little hard to answer... To manage our income and expenditures, and keep on eye on our stock... Right, well, to put it simply, so that we know what happened, even later on.”
“Even later on?”
“It’s hard to remember everything that happened every single day, isn’t it? So I keep a record. That’s how diaries work too, right?”
“Diaries?”
Hearing that word that Rita had brought up to explain, Latina tilted her head.
“What’s a diary?”
“Ah, Dale doesn’t make a habit of keeping one, does he...? So you’ve never heard of a diary, huh?”
Knowing the environment Latina lived in, Rita soon understood the reason why.
“Diaries, you see, are things where you write down what happened each day. How you played, and what you studied, and whatever else you want.
There are people who write down the weather, too.” “Anything?”
“Right. There’s no rules to it, so you can write about anything.”
Seeing how Latina seemed to have an interest in the matter, Rita smiled and then gave one suggestion.
“However, you’ll be using it for a long time, so it may be better to use something nicer than a usual notebook.”
“Really?”
“And also, for the same reason, you should pick something that suits your tastes. Should I go with you to purchase one? Dale and Kenneth only ever go to shops that are purely practical, after all. Latina, you like cute things, right?”
Latina looked a little nervous in response to Rita’s proposal, but still gave a nod.
When Rita brought her to a general store the next day, Latina looked truly surprised.
“Woooooow...”
Latina only knew the shops that Kenneth and Dale had brought her to, so it was apparently a shock for her to see one that focused on interior design and displays. Then again, it would be a problem in and of itself if Dale or Kenneth were well acquainted with this kind of sugary sweet shop, full of frill and lace, and ribbons and artificial flowers of all sorts of colors.
Latina glanced all around the shop, only for her gaze to stop on a mirror with a small drawer portion, with the design of a white flower growing up out of the earth about it.
“So pretty...”
“Oh, my, it certainly is cute. Now that I think of it, do you and Dale have a mirror in your room?”
“No,” Latina responded, shaking her head from side to side. Dale doted on Latina so much each and every day, but as a man, he didn’t pay enough attention to such fine details at times.
“Well then, let’s buy it and take it back with us. Us girls need a mirror to take care of our personal grooming, after all.” “Is that alright?”
“It’s fine. When it’s something you need, it’s not frivolous spending, it’s a necessary expenditure.”
Rita gave the reserved young girl with her a wink, called for an employee, and had them pack up the mirror Latina had chosen.
That night, Latina opened up her new red cloth covered notebook. Latina was fond of light colors, but since she would be using it as a diary, after talking it over with Rita, she decided on a darker color where dirt and stains wouldn’t show as easily. The practical nature of both Rita and the young girl was reflected in that decision.
With that said, though, the detailed little floral pattern on the cover had captured Latina’s eye and appealed to her even at first glance. She also liked the spine, which used a different color and was made of a plain cloth, making the whole notebook something that she enjoyed even just looking at.
“Um...”
And finally, she decided what to write on the very first page of her diary.
Which was to say, she wrote about the treasure she had received today.
She had left it in front of her desk, and saw her joyful face reflected in it. She then got to thinking on how to best write out those feelings on this fresh page of the other treasure she had received.
