Frontiers ~Chronicles of Bucket-san’s Detailed Pioneering~

gic Circles” while I also continue to make more gear for sale.

Well, it takes a ridiculous amount of time to make a pre-processed ingot, and it’s much better to do things in a way when I don’t have to worry about the time.

If I had my own store, I could hire a clerk to sell and produce at the same time, but neither my “Merchant” Lv.
nor my funds are enough for that.

 

It was about 8 hours later in “in-game time” that I had used up all of my “Copper Ingots”.

I did my best.
Though not even I could have done it if I hadn’t taken a few breaks here and there to make “Magic Circles”.

I’m sure Mika-chan will say something like “Are you some kind of ascetic monk?” Actually, I could bet that she won’t be able to resist the urge to ask me “How does making Magic Circles count as taking a break?”

It’s quite soothing for me, though.

 

Of course, I also got an “Option” item this time, so I sent an email to my acquaintances, and after leaving the “Rental Production Facility”, I headed for the Guild.

I had to get my new items appraised.
And this time, my “Guild Rank” may finally rise to ★2, so I’ll finally be able to get an “Item Box Expansion Pack”.

Time to bid the times when I was only able to barely get by with the little inventory space I had goodbye!

 

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“Congratulations on reaching Rank ★2, Bucket-san.

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Here’s your reward for ranking up.
Hope you enjoy it!”

“Thank you very much~”

 

As expected, this time I was able to make it all the way up to “Guild Rank ★2”.

Actually, I had taken a lot of stuff for appraisal, and I felt I would have more than enough to rank up, so I wasn’t worried.

 

Whenever I’m handing a large number of items to the racoon-eared clerk at the front desk of the “Production Item Evaluation System”, I’d be actually trading with the game, so the items shouldn’t be visible to the Pioneers that are around…

But maybe since I was selling armor to that party the last time I came here, some people behind me were waiting to do business with me.

Well, it’s a waste of time, so I won’t be doing business with anyone at this time.

 

“Congratulations on ranking up! Would now be a right time to–”

“Sorry, I’ll be opening my stall over there.
I’m not ready to do business or take requests at this time~”
“Oh, okay…”

 

I cut through the words of that enthusiastic Pioneer and hurriedly started moving out so I could open my stall.

I’m sorry for those people who had been waiting in line behind me, but I’m the one who has the right to do business and take requests from them.
I don’t want this to be a compulsory thing.
The thing with that party from yesterday happened merely by chance.

 

“Hey! Wait! I was waiting in line here!”

“Oh, that’s right.
But I don’t remember saying that I was open for business, right?”

“W-Well…”

 

But of course, not everyone was going to be happy with that.

Still, I won’t give in!

 

“I’m just one player, so I’m not going to serve people I don’t know outside of my stall.

What would you think if someone you’ve never spoken to comes asking for something you’ve never offered to do out of the blue?”

“Ah, well…”

“It’s certainly my fault that I was carelessly doing business here last time.

However, I said it very clearly that I wouldn’t be taking any further business after that.

If you’re unhappy with these terms, I’ll have to ask you to purchase from another crafter.”

“No… I’m sorry.”

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Too bad for that complaining guy, but I had to put an end to the misunderstanding right then and there.

Otherwise, the same thing will surely happen again the next time I come to the Guild.

Still, I felt a bit bad about that guy taking the full brunt of my own complaints, but he was the first one to come at me guns blazing, so he merely got his just desserts.

 

“Thank you for understanding.

You’re more than welcome to come do business at my stall.
Actually, I’ll go buy some materials now, so if I can still help you with anything, I’ll be over there.”

“Yeah… Sorry for blurting things out like that.”

“No problem.
Well then~”

 

He seemed to be the type of guy who’s quick to apologize once the blood on his head settles down.

I might not be able to see his face very well through my “Bucket Helm”, but he was moving as if smiling.
Even though I couldn’t see him, I felt he was smiling.

 

So, I had yet another incident here like last time, but this time it was cleared up without any problems, so it’s okay.

I’m sure someone started recording as soon as people began to raise their voices, but this time it seems it’s not going to be of much use.
Well, I surely hope it isn’t.

 

That incident seemed to have some kind of advertising effect, and many people started to follow me, so as soon as I opened the stall, my gear started to sell quite steadily.

Even though I had made so many, two-thirds of it all had already sold out.
The “Copper Full Plate Armor” was also sold right away.
I should make some more.

Business seems to be going well.

Incidents are certainly a problem, but it’s good to see that they can also turn into free advertisement for me.

 

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It seems to be a very fortunate thing that the time I have to keep my stall open doesn’t change even if my sales increase.

Otherwise, I’d have a hard time doing other things like embroidering during down times.

But next time I might not be so lucky to get an incident to work in my favor like this.

I believe my position was clearly laid out there for the Pioneers that were in the Guild at the time.

Well, of course, I can’t let my guard down because they weren’t all the Pioneers there are in the game, but my claim was posted on the forums as if I was some kind of celebrity.

I think it should be fine, since it wasn’t denouncing me or anything, and instead was more like “Let’s stop imposing on the crafters!”

…At least, that’s what I want to think.