Chapter 16 – Sarah
Lucas, Katheryn, and Hailey finished their breakfast. After that, they went downstairs and started preparing to open the nursery. When they got to the nursery, they saw that the nursery was decorated with balloons, cutouts, and banners.
[I made these. Put the balloons and cutouts outside the nursery] said Sery. He created those last night to decorate the front door of the nursery.
Lucas moved all those balloons and cutouts outside the nursery and decorated the front door of the nursery with them. There was a big banner hanging outside the nursery with the words "Pasken Pet Nursery Opening Day" On the cutouts were written the services and prices of the services in the nursery.
They finished everything in less than an hour. Lucas went back inside and went to the front counter and saw a few new machines were added there. Katheryn had said last night that she paid Sery to create some machines to help with the management of the nursery. The machines at the counter were the ones created by Sery from the money.
There was a cashier machine, a scanning machine, and a few tablets. The cashier machines consisted of a monitor, a computer keyboard, the cash drawer, the barcode reader, and a credit card reader. The scanning machine was a big flat glass. The tablets were also a flat glass but they were transparent. All of them looked high tech and expensive.
[I will explain what they are used for] Sery said. He continued, [I will explain the tablets first. First of all, there is no need to worry about the tablet's braking or running out of power. They are parts of the nursery, so there are protections and powers put on them. Not only the tablet, the cashier machine, and scanning machine was the same too]
[The tablets are mainly used for our customers to view our products. They can see the detailed explanations about our services as well as viewing our products such as pet foods] said Sery. Katheryn, Lucas, and Hailey listened to his explanations.
[Once they have chosen any products or services on the tablet, they can inform us and we will do the rest of the procedures] said Sery.
[The scanning machine is used to scan the pet cards. Once the pet card is put on the scanning machine, it will scan the card and the data will be added to the nursery database. The scanning machine will arrange the right schedule for the pet to be trained, nursed, or cared for based on the service chosen by our customers] said Sery, and they all nodded.
[I don't think I need to explain the cash machine. Payment will be made here. Cash, credit card, debit card, e-wallet. We accept all types of payment] Sery finished his explanation.
[The flow should be the first, our customer will choose any services or products they want from our nursery. Second, scan the pet card on the scanning machine. There is no need to scan the pet foods. Lastly, use the cashier machine to receive our payment] said Sery.
"The work will lessen a lot with these machines. You thought this through properly Sery. Thanks," said Lucas.
[Urm no. This is Madam's idea. I just implement what she wants. She paid me so I need to use them all to produce the best things] said Sery.
"Even if it is my idea, you are the one who creates the machines. You deserve the praise," said Katheryn while smiling. "Well then, at 0900 sharp, we will officially open our nursery," said Katheryn. She was excited and nervous too. Lucas was not the only one. The nursery business would determine their future. They took this seriously.
The nursery would be open from 0900 to 2100. The time in Petrian was different from Earth. With 30 hours a day, there were 15 hours a day and 15 hours a night. The sun will appear from 0800 to 2300 and the rest of the day will be nighttime.
At 0800, the Pasken Pet Nursery officially opened for business.
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Snowflake Dungeon.
Snowflake dungeon was a dungeon with a snowy environment. Everywhere in the dungeon was filled with snow. Snow fell all the time and the temperature was really cold. Inside the dungeon lived many different species of snow and ice element monsters. The dungeon sounded amazing but Snowflake dungeon was merely a Stage 1 dungeon.
Snowflake dungeon was a suitable place to train any cold-related element. Pet Tamer with cold-related element pets would come here to train. Even tamer with pets that were weak with the cold came there to train their pets to resist the cold.
"Saow, jump to the right and use Ice Breath!" A beautiful woman wearing thick clothes gave her order for her pet to attack.
A beautiful white and fluffy Samoyed dog ran to the right and used the Ice Breath skill on the opponent in front of it. The dog was fighting a massive pine tree monster.
The Samoyed dog looked exactly like a normal Samoyed but its white fur was slightly different than a common, normal Samoyed dog. Its white fur looked soft and it was glistening when sunlight shone on it. All in all, it looked extremely beautiful and clean.
The Samoyed dog that was fighting the pine tree monster was the Snow Samoyed. Snow Samoyed was a rare monster and they could usually be found as Tier 3 monsters. Snow Samoyed had two elements, snow, and ice. Even if it had two elements, they were not that much different.
As a rare Tier 3 monster, Snow Samoyed was a popular monster. They were strong because they were Tier 3 monsters but their aesthetic feature was the one drawing many tamers to obtain them. Snow Samoyed was a beautiful monster and loved by many people similar to how people loved the normal Samoyed dog.
Saow breathes in deeply and breathes cold wind towards the pine tree monster. The pine tree monster was hit by the breath but it looked fine. However, it was angered by the attack and smashed Saow with its wooden arm.
Saow wanted to evade but realized his leg was caught on something. When he looked at his leg, he saw that it was intertwined with roots. Unable to run away, Saow was hit by the wooden arm.
'Pak!' Saow was hit hard and was thrown away for a few meters.
"Saow!!!" The beautiful woman screamed in worry. She checked on Saow's stats in her system and saw his health was super low. If it was hit one more time, Saow might die.
The ground shook and roots came out of the ground going straight towards Saow. Looking at the dangerous situation, the beautiful woman turned Saow back to the card. The card flew back to the beautiful woman.
She caught Saow's card and said, "I am sorry, Saow." She put the card into her system and took out another pet card. The beautiful woman summoned a huge red bird and the surrounding temperature increased.
The pine tree monster flinched when it saw the huge red bird. "Kyu!!!" The huge red bird screeched and breathed red fire towards the pine tree monster. The pine tree monster was burned instantly and it turned to dust. The huge red bird must be a higher stage pet because the same stage pet could not turn Stage 1 monsters to dust in a single attack.
"Good job," said the beautiful woman and she turned the huge red bird into a card again. She put the huge red bird card into her system and stared at Saow's card. The beautiful woman frowned. Dejectedly, she walked away from the battle scene towards the dungeon gate.
Once she got out of the dungeon, she scanned her ID on the booth located outside the dungeon. All the dungeons in the world were guarded by the military. Everyone who wanted to enter the dungeon needed to register their name outside the dungeon.
The beautiful woman took off her thick clothes and stared at the sky for a few minutes. Then, she sighed. "… Healing Saow will cost a lot of money… I shouldn't waste my money buying that handbag," said the beautiful woman. After sighing ten more times, she left the dungeon.
The beautiful woman was Sarah Leckner. She was the Gyling South High School teacher. She was a popular teacher in school thanks to her beauty and one of the strongest teachers in Gyling South High School.
Earlier this month, she spent a lot of money buying the Snow Samoyed which she named Saow. After that, she saw an expensive handbag she liked and decided to spend more money to get that handbag. She regretted it a lot later because she ran out of money. She had just enough to buy her food.
Luckily, it was almost at the end of the month. Once she got her paycheck, she would be fine again. Even so, she was currently really stressed because of the injury suffered by Saow. If it was simply of low health, she could use potions to heal Saow but Saow suffered broken bones and that could not be healed with potions.
Saow needed treatment. The cost of treating injuries like broken bones, damaged organs, decapitation, and many more cost a lot of money. Saow needed immediate treatment or he would suffer heavy consequences.
Sarah would love to heal Saow but she was broke. Waiting for her paycheck would be too late to heal Saow. Saow would have died before she got her paycheck. Sarah decided to borrow some money from her friends.
She could not let Saow die, especially when she spent a ton of money to buy him. Saow was not a normal Snow Samoyed. A normal Snow Samoyed was Tier 3 but Saow was a Tier 4 Snow Samoyed. It had evolved once and gained another element, ghost.
Not only that, Saow had A-grade potential and his growth could be said to be smooth sailing. He would not encounter any problems until he reached his limit. Moreover, Saow was still young, a Newborn Stage monster. Since Saow was young and at the early stage, it would be easy for a tamer to shape Saow to their liking when they trained him.
Sarah knew all of this and spent her money to get her hands on Saow. She used all of her savings to get Saow. Once Saow matured, he would be a powerhouse to Sarah's team.
Be that as it may, bad luck struck Sarah. She wanted Saow to grow fast and chose a high-rank opponent to train him. A few battles earlier were fine, so she kept fighting a stronger opponent.
Even so, she judged Saow wrongly. Saow did not have many experiences in fighting and she should have started slowly in training Saow. As a result, Saow was heavily injured and without immediate treatment, all those potentials she saw on Saow could disappear instantly. All the money she spent would be wasted.
She called all her friends but none of them had money they could lend. The truth was none of them wanted to lend her money. She spent money without thinking and she rarely paid back what she borrowed. So, no one wanted to help her. It had happened too many times and they did not want to get cheated on again.
Sarah decided to call another number. "Hello?" A man's voice sounded from the other end of the call.
"Urm…" Sarah did not know what to say. She took a deep breath and said, "Honey~~" sweetly. The man was her boyfriend.
"…" her boyfriend was silent. "You run out of money again?" her boyfriend asked.
"…Yes…" Sarah said while she nodded her head lightly. "My Saow is injured and I need to heal him. You know how much I spent my money to get Saow. Saow is special and I cannot let him die. Please honey~" Sarah tried to persuade her boyfriend.
"…" Her boyfriend was silent again.
"Try to convince me. Let's say, you will not spend your next month's paycheck buying clothes, bags, and shoes. If you promise me with something like that, I will give you money right now," said her boyfriend.
"… They are my babies… How can I abandon them for a month?" said Sarah. She tried to persuade her boyfriend once more.
"Well, since you insist on not making that promise, I will not give you any. Just let Saow die. I don't care. He is not my pet anyway. He is your pet. You need to make this choice. Which is more important? Saow or those expensive clothes, bags, and shoes," said her boyfriend sternly.
"I have been spoiling you all this time. You said when we start dating that you will not rely on my money but again and again, you keep asking me for money. Not that I don't want to give you but if you keep doing this, you will meet a lot of problems in the future," her boyfriend continued. Sarah's head was down. She knew that her boyfriend was angry.
"If I give you money now, this cycle will continue in the future. As your boyfriend, I need to help you curb your addiction to spending more money than you could. So, unless you promise me what I said earlier, I will not give you any money," said her boyfriend and he hung up the phone.
"… What should I do now?" Sarah was in a dilemma. Sarah continued walking on the street and she walked in the shopping district mindlessly. She was worried about Saow and she was worried about her boyfriend too. She had a feeling that if she continued this way, her boyfriend would break up with her.
Sarah clenched her fist and made her decision. She called her boyfriend and promised that she would not spend her next month's paycheck on clothes, bags, and shoes. Her boyfriend's mood lightened and gave her some money to treat Saow.
After she finished the call, she checked her account and her boyfriend had transferred her some money but Sarah was speechless. "He really gave me just enough for treatment. He really wants me to quit shopping," said Sarah.
She looked around and saw a nursery. "Pasken Pet Nursery? A new nursery opens here?"