The Shopkeeper of Konoha

Chapter 35: Addiction needs to be curbed



Aoto brought out another one. Since the majority of the frogs in the Harry Potter universe were marketed toward children, these frogs were already inexpensive. This time, he handed the frog to them both after breaking it right away.

John felt comfortable swallowing it. Because Aoto himself had initially verified it, he could readily tell that it would be good and that there was no chance that it would be otherwise. Additionally, he spent some time outside the wall and was raised in the Winterfell. He had witnessed far stranger occurrences outside. Hot Pie was raised in a private, much safer environment. He thought it was strange, but eventually plucked up the courage to bite into the other portion.

Aoto enjoyed every bite of the chocolate because it was superior to the chocolate he had consumed in his prior life. The flavor was silently savored by the three of them.

John gulped it all down and said, "This is good." He was now feeling better and was able to get rid of the unpleasant flavor. Arya emerged at this time and seated down next to them. She didn't mention her "try-on haul" to the other people, and nobody questioned her about it.

Even Aoto felt a little self-conscious and bashful when he inquired about whether the fit was satisfactory, but after a brief pause, Arya spoke.

"The women might like it. It's good."

Arya was a woman despite the fact that she often behaved like a male, and she still had womanly instincts, which allowed her to understand why the fabric was transparent. Women who wanted to entice a guy would love to use this. The stockings on her thighs would be enough to pique any man's interest in her even if they couldn't see her underwear.

Aoto handed her one chocolate frog and said, "Thanks." She nearly threw it in the air at first out of terror when it jumped, but after noticing the men nearby stifling their laughter, she realized it was a joke. After that, Aoto continued by describing the mystical qualities of the frog and the jelly beans.

Aoto gave them a short description of the appearance and magic of the magical world. He reassured John that the magic there was much more organized and superior than the magic in the world of Game of Thrones. John was a little uneasy about the subject of magic because he had seen bits and pieces of it in his world and it disgusted him.

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The following morning, Aoto went to a neighboring store and inquired about whether they were having a sale. They were asked to speak with the landlord, who was truly a shinobi, by the woman who ran the store and sold clothes to the general public.

A shinobi who was a Jonin who went by the name Aoba Yamashiro. Aoto couldn't place a visage with the name but thought he had heard it somewhere. He would have to wait a week because, apparently, he was on an assignment.

Aoto explored the other stores in the area, but none of them appeared to be as excellent as the one beneath this Jonin. Making a moving cart store for John was the only thing he could do at this point. Yes, he had made that decision. It was better to offer John a mobile shop since he would be selling chocolates and candies.

During school hours, he could set up shop close to the entrance; in the afternoons, he could move the shop close to the playgrounds; and at night, he could move the shop around and pass by areas with the highest number of people.

Although John and Arya were taken aback by the idea, they could see how it would be beneficial to their business. Arya was dispatched to look after the shop by Aoto while John and Aoto went in search of a regular blacksmith store and requested the creation of a medium-sized shop cart. Aoto had to wait and pay in advance because the purchase was large and the cart would need to be built, which would take some time.

The store specified a one-week timetable. The shopkeeper had also asked Aoto to let him get the license to run such shop as shops like them needed to do so. So after settling the thing with the shop cart, he went to the administration building of Konoha where licenses of real estate, shopping and such other necessities were handled.

Konoha was not as advanced as Aoto's prior world, but the fundamental laws and rules still applied. Fortunately, the registration procedure wasn't supposed to take long, and Aoto was assured that he would be able to obtain a license in about a week following a thorough examination of his credentials and the mobile shop cart.

"So 1 week we will have to wait?" John asked. He was looking forward to getting back to work in some small way. Everybody in the Wall had a particular job to do, and he had one in Winterfell as well. But in this case, all he had to do was place some bread in the store and observe customers.

Here, he felt worthless. In fact, John had asked if the shinobis would be interested to know sword fighting to which Aoto laughed and said that his sword fighting would amount to nothing in front of genins, forget about chunins and jonins.

By the time Aoto and John returned their bakery had already opened, and Hot Pie was sitting in the front handling the main business, while Arya was responsible for packaging and logistics. Hot Pie didn't have the authority to sell marijuana, so there was a lengthy line of people waiting for him.

"Ah Aoto-chan.. You are back.. I was waiting for you.."

"Aoto-kun, please don't leave the shop like this next time. My legs hurt waiting for so long."

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