「You can’t skip sleep anymore, okay?」
「…Okay.」
I was definitely worried, so I made Sherry promise me that she wouldn’t start making them today.
Since I also wanted to help her out a bit, I decided to go to the tailor shop tomorrow.
「Get plenty of rest tonight. If you look tired tomorrow, I’ll get mad at you.」
「Okay.」
Sherry replied and headed back to the orphanage.
She still seemed a bit suspicious, but I would just have to believe her for today.
When I returned to the house after seeing off Sherry and saw that Fina was still standing there, I suddenly remembered something.
「Oh right, I have completely forgotten. Fina, can you tell Terumi-san that my Commerce Guild rank just went up?」
「Big Sis Yuna, your rank went up?!」
「Yep, I raised it today. This is all thanks to the hard work of Morin-san, Terumi-san, Anzu, and all of the children from the orphanage.」
Thanks to the children of the orphanage looking after the cluckers, I got eggs to make things like pudding and cake.
Morin-san’s bread and Anzu’s dishes were both very popular while Terumi-san played a big role as she was the one supervising everything. She made sure that both the shop and the Commerce Guild got enough eggs, stocked up on ingredients and regulated the prices for my shop, and kept track of the sales.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Terumi-san was a true manager of everything. Hmm, when I put it this way, wouldn’t it be a huge problem if Terumi-san quit?
「Fina, please tell your mother not to quit, okay?」
I asked Fina with a serious face.
「Umm, I don’t really get it, but I can just tell her that, right?」
Fina tilted her head trying to understand the meaning behind my words then left the Bear House.
The next day, Fina and I headed to the tailor shop, and when we got there, Narl-san and Temoka-san were in the middle of setting up the shop.
「Good morning. Is Sherry here yet?」
「Yes, she came in early. She’s in the back, making plushies.」
Now I was worried if she had properly slept or not. After getting permission from Temoka-san, I headed to the back.
「Morning, Sherry. Did you sleep well?」
「Yes, I did. I woke up early, though, and ended up interrupting Temoka-san and Narl-san’s breakfast when I came here.」
She laughed to play it off.
Sherry had no panda eyes this time, so it looked like she had slept properly.
「Did the children end up fighting over the plushies?」
「It seems like they were about too.」
Sherry said and laughed again.
「Still, they quieted down when I told them that I would make one for everybody.」
「They are good children.」
「Yep!」
Sherry replied happily as if I just praised her actual younger siblings.
「Okay then, is there anything we can do to help you, Sherry? We’ll do anything you tell us to.」
「Yes, we’ll help you.」
「We can’t work as quickly as you, though. Even Fina and I combined can’t compare to you. We will do our best work at half your pace, okay?」
「Would you mind if I joined you in that case? I think I can be half as useful as Sherry myself.」
「Temoka-san?!」
Temoka-san was now standing at the door, which I had left open on my way to the back.
「Temoka-san, what about your job?」
「Don’t worry about that. The shop isn’t busy anyway.」
That wasn’t something he should be saying proudly…
Well, I had planned on asking him for help since making the plushies for all the younger children of the orphanage would take a lot of time. I didn’t plan on making him work for free, though.
「Temoka-san, I will pay you for your work, then.」
「I don’t want money; I just want to join in on the fun.」
After saying that, Temoka-san walked over to Sherry, and listened to the instructions on how to make the plushies.
This guy was definitely losing his battle against life.
Still, although I had no intention of taking advantage of Temoka-san’s kindness, I knew nothing about making plushies.
Whenever I was troubled, I called for Terumi-san. Hmm….
I whispered into Fina’s ear to get Terumi-san for me, and she left the shop without objections.
I then headed over to Sherry to help her in any way I could.
Sherry and Temoka-san had already begun the preparations.
「Umm, so what should I do?」 I thought silently.
「Big Sis Yuna, can I leave the tail and ears to you?」
Sherry said and proceeded to give me a few pointers to help me start out. Making the tail was probably possible, at the very least.
Following Sherry’s instructions, I managed to slowly make several tails and ears, and after a while, Fina returned, bringing Terumi-san with her.
「Yuna-chan, it’s a rather busy morning, you know.」
Terumi-san seemed to be angry.
Well, of course she was going to be mad; I called for her during the morning rush hour.
「I’m sorry. There’s just something I wanted to ask you to do for me, no matter what.」
「I heard from Fina. It’s plushies this time, right?」
She seemed exasperated, but still smiled.
「Well then, I will go speak to Narl-san now, so don’t mind us.」
「Thank you very much, Terumi-san.」
「It’s fine. Also, I won’t quit or anything, so you don’t have to worry about that.」
Terumi-san said and flashed another smile my way before leaving the backroom.
I wondered what that was all about for a while before remembering that I had asked Fina to pass on a weird message to her yesterday.
I really needed to thank Terumi-san for everything she did for me.