We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 92

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Internship (2)

Whoosh!

A warm spring breeze blew through a deserted corner of the island.

More precisely, it was the location of Lynn’s secret laboratory. Here, Lynn researched dimensional magic and Death Knights daily. Whether she could achieve her goals with her skills before she died was another question.

The area was surrounded by rocks, creating a secluded clearing. There was no better place to secretly plot something.

Soojung carefully drew a magic circle.

It was a magic circle that only a 5th Circle black magician could activate.

The advantage of the magic circle was that it allowed the use of magic one circle higher.

In other words, the dummy was a 6th Circle magic creation. Reaching the 6th Circle meant that she could create dummies directly using only black magic stones.

Soojung took out obsidian from her bag.

*Where did she even get this?*

“What’s that?”

“It’s obsidian. Soojung has been making it in the cemetery since yesterday. Hehe.”

“Heh.”

It seemed Soojung had been planning this even before I acquired the convenience store company. Otherwise, there was no way she could naturally pull out a black magic stone from her bag like that.

She embedded the black magic stones at the vertices of the hexagram.

Whoosh!

As the black magic stones were embedded, the surrounding black magic energy fluctuated.

It felt as if the black magic energy was being naturally drawn in.

“Now, all Dad has to do is activate it.”

“Is that so?”

Life is easy with a smart daughter. No, I wouldn’t have even pursued this business if it weren’t for Soojung in the first place.

I poured black magic energy into the magic circle.

Kwaaa!

“Gasp!”

A tremendous amount of black magic energy drained from my heart.

It drained so much that I felt momentarily powerless, and I was worried that I might experience mana exhaustion.

After absorbing most of the black magic energy, the head-sized obsidian in the center of the magic circle vibrated and absorbed all the surrounding black magic energy.

Swish!

Then the wind stopped, leaving only the obsidian.

“This is it.”

“This is the material?”

“Yes! Now that we’ve done this much, Soojung can make dummies too. It’s simple.”

“Making the material seems difficult, though.”

My head is spinning.

The consumption of black magic energy was so extreme that I needed to rest for at least three days. If there was a catacomb nearby, I could recover in a day, but this is Korea. I can’t afford to fly to France. I’ll just have to rest and replenish my black magic energy for three days.

Soojung summoned an undead and carved the obsidian.

Thwack!

“Huh? What are you doing?”

The obsidian split into pieces.

It was precisely divided into 11 pieces, one larger than a fist and the rest smaller.

Soojung made a hand sign, and an undead rose from the ground.

It was a sleek silver skeleton. In other words, a skeleton was created as a dummy. A dummy that could be operated solely with black magic stones, without draining my magic power, was born.

The fragmented black magic stone was embedded in the dummy’s forehead.

Swish!

Their eyes flashed with darkness for a moment, then subsided.

“It’s complete.”

“Hmm. A skeleton?”

“Yes! One mage can control 10 of them.”

“We need to insert evil spirits too, right?”

“I think so.”

Evil spirits were inserted into them.

“Kieeeek!”

Two out of the 10 screamed and rampaged.

They rushed towards me and even attacked, but Soojung used Dark Cutter to blow their heads off.

Thwack!

Poof!

Then they immediately turned to ashes and disappeared.

“What was that?”

“Hmm. It seems two failed because it’s the first time.”

“The mage probably couldn’t control them?”

“Maybe he’s stupid or something.”

“Since I made them, I am the owner, right?”

“Yes!”

“And I can use them permanently as long as I have black magic stones?”

“That’s right.”

“Is there a way to make them zombies?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t think so. But it’s possible to cover them with silicone. You’re going to use them as androids anyway, right? So it doesn’t matter, does it?”

“These bones…”

“They’re only similar in composition; even if you break them down, they won’t come back as human bones.”

“That’s a relief, but…”

If we consistently extract them every three days, we can supply magic power using only the black magic stones Soojung makes.

So, my magic power is only needed for the initial activation, and after that, we can just replace the black magic stones like batteries.

“11 dummies every three days, huh.”

“That’s 33 a month. Amazing.”

“It will be if we accumulate them for about a year.”

“What if Dad reaches the 6th Circle? Then you can create 110 at once!”

Soojung presented a very encouraging vision.

110 dummies every three days means we can create 3,300 dummies a month.

We could use them for manual labor, of course, and even run convenience stores on autopilot.

Considering the current labor costs, I thought it might be better to use them as manual laborers. What if we sold these dummies to construction companies?

I was the owner, but I could create black magic stones for control, so it was also possible to transfer control.

In short, this itself could be an excellent product.

“We could start a manpower company?”

“We could sell them too.”

“An android manpower company. The world would probably be turned upside down. They could also be used as war machines.”

“It depends on how you train them.”

“If the supply is sufficient, we can continuously sell black magic stones at a high price…”

“Won’t we become rich overnight?”

Soojung’s eyes sparkled.

We decided to end today’s experiment here.

The dummies created today would be immediately deployed to the salt fields.

With all 700 people in the training center, there was a temporary void on this deserted island.

About 100 people will need to be deployed here once the training is over. I’ll have to put masks on them and exploit them.

“That’s it! Shall we go buy Soojung a bag?”

“Tomorrow is the entrance ceremony, right?”

“Hehe, Dad, can you come tomorrow?”

“Of course.”

Last time, I had to go on an urgent overseas business trip, so I couldn’t attend Soojung’s kindergarten graduation ceremony.

But the weight of a kindergarten graduation ceremony and an elementary school entrance ceremony is different, so I must attend.

On the way home after buying the bag.

I invited Lee Seulgi to my house today.

I had been thinking about changing the lunchbox recipe since I acquired the convenience store company. Even if the cost increased a bit, I wanted to produce and sell high-quality lunchboxes.

If possible, I thought sales would improve if my wife’s touch was added.

Lunchboxes were like a loss leader [a product sold at a loss to attract customers], and if word spread that the lunchboxes were delicious, the overall sales of the convenience store would increase.

The convenience store’s sales were directly related to the headquarters’ sales, so there was an urgent need to revamp the lunchboxes.

As it was, CL convenience store’s lunchboxes were falling behind other competitors.

I met Lee Seulgi at the entrance of the apartment complex.

“President!”

“Welcome.”

“Hello, Auntie.”

“Ugh… Can you call me ‘sister’?”

“You’re older than my mom, how can I call you ‘sister’?”

“Haha, Secretary Lee. Soojung is right, I think.”

“Haa. How did I end up serving such a young person?”

My wife and I are quite a bit older than Lee Seulgi, so naturally, she would be an aunt to her. So Soojung’s words make sense.

“How is the training going?”

“It’s going very well. A person named Cecil is very smart. I can’t understand how someone like that becomes a convenience store employee.”

“I’m thinking of entrusting her with the overall management of the directly managed convenience stores in the future.”

“Yes. Then she’s not just capable. She’s too smart to be kept as a simple part-timer or employee.”

Soojung looked at me.

Soojung could tell roughly what had happened.

“The champion is a champion.”

“What?”

“It’s nothing, Auntie.”

“Ugh.”

Lee Seulgi groaned every time Soojung called her ‘auntie’.

Ding-dong!

I arrived in front of the house and rang the bell.

My wife opened the door wearing an apron.

“Welcome.”

“Hello.”

“Secretary Lee, welcome too.”

“Mom! Soojung is here too!”

“Oh, Soojung came too?”

“Hehe.”

It was a scene that made me smile.

The smell of braised short ribs filled the air. My wife usually showed off her cooking skills, but today it was even more intense.

A complete collection of Korean dishes was laid out, including braised short ribs (galbi jjim), royal hot pot (shinsollo), and steamed sea bream (domi jjim).

Lee Seulgi couldn’t close her mouth when she saw it.

“Wow! Did the madam make all of this?”

“I tried to show off my non-existent skills.”

“Non-existent skills? This is enough to put a Korean restaurant to shame!”

“Ahem. I used to run a Korean restaurant. My wife’s cooking skills were the same as a Korean restaurant’s.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Lee Seulgi cleared her throat, perhaps because the story of the failed Korean restaurant came up.

I washed my hands and sat at the table.

There were at least five main dishes, so I didn’t know where to start.

My wife served me food little by little.

“Eat slowly and have a lot.”

“I’ve been having a lot of company dinners lately, so my stomach is starting to stick out, but I’ll have to loosen my belt today.”

Our eyes were focused on Lee Seulgi.

In fact, Lee Seulgi was practically an executive of the company. She was the chief of staff, but her authority was on par with that of a division head.

I tried a little of the braised short ribs first.

“Wow!”

“How is it?”

“What on earth did you put in it!? I can’t believe braised short ribs can taste like this…”

“It was my mother-in-law’s skill.”

Lee Seulgi was inhaling the food without a word.

She said her stomach was sticking out these days, and I could see it gradually getting fuller.

Soojung and I smiled once and started eating.

“Wow!”

I always eat it, but I’m still amazed.

Sometimes I wonder how my British wife can be so good at Korean food. After all, we grew up in different environments.

That means my late mother taught my wife well.

Lee Seulgi, who had been inhaling the food to some extent, stopped her chopsticks.

“Haa. I think I fainted for a moment. When I came to my senses, my stomach was full.”

“How is it?”

“Excellent! But there’s something I’m a little worried about.”

“What is it?”

“If the food is at this level, the cost will be considerable. Of course, convenience store lunchboxes these days are at least 4,000 won or more [approximately $3 USD], and up to 5,000 won or more [approximately $4 USD], but the cost of raw materials has also increased a lot, so I don’t know if we can handle it.”

At her words, my wife smiled and said.

“You don’t have to worry. I only used basic ingredients.”

“What!?”

“The meat isn’t domestic either. I tenderized it well and paid attention to removing the gamey smell. It was a product that would be mass-produced in a factory, so I thought I should match the price somehow.”

“Gasp! Then can a product with this level of quality come out!?”

“Maybe?”