"As you may know currently your products are published through my stores"
Said Bernard turning towards me, I just nodded.
"Originally I intended to give you this when you graduate, but I have decided that you are ready for this now"
After that Bernard walked to the entrance of the building and opened the door.
"Congratulations Ren, from now on this will be your store"
Bernard said with a smile on his face, when he said that I just locked up where I was, I had no idea how to react to this, I just kept looking around not believing that this whole place would now be mine.
"Are you sure about this?"
I asked still in doubt.
"Of course, I am, I was already thinking of giving you one of my stores, but I thought it would be better if we bought one from scratch for you to decorate the way you see fit"
Bernard said with a smile on his face, after that Bernard and I started to look at the store, it was a very simple store, I realized that the store was a little big but I would not complain about the size, besides that the store had a second floor which was comforting, as it was a gift I obviously would not be paying for anything but Bernard told me that the following year I would already need to pay taxes, apparently, the royal family knowing I was going to open a store decided to let me have one-year tax free, I guess it was another way for them to thank me for curing the queen.
"What about the employees?"
I asked in doubt, to tell the truth the store was already in a state where it could function, we could make changes over time but it is impossible to open a store without employees, hearing my question Bernard looked thoughtful for a few seconds but soon seemed to have an idea.
"What do you say we have a job interview?"
Bernard said with a smile, since I liked the idea, I nodded my head.
"Sounds like a great idea"
After that Bernard started posting about a new store that was going to open and that she was hiring new employees, since there were no chairs that we could use in my new store we opted to do the interview in the merchant's guild, i learned that although it is rare, sometimes some mass hiring happens through the guild, although I don't know the criteria to make this possible I assumed the reason I got it was because Aria saw me as a friend and obviously as a future great business partner, as I must say, she is quite sincere with her feelings.
And with that in a few hours we were conducting several interviews, the interviews were working in the following way, first we would send someone into our room, after that we would start asking questions, the questions were like, have you ever worked in anything like this before, what are your previous experiences, have you ever worked in a store similar to the one that we are going to open, those were basically the kinds of questions.
Most of them seemed extremely curious about the fact that there was a child among the interviewers, most of the time they just ignored me, but whenever Bernard said that the new store, he was opening would be mine, their reactions were always amusing to watch, being honest none of these people caught my attention, while I was thinking about it the door was opened again, but this time what entered was not an adult, what entered was a small girl, she seemed to be a bit bigger than me in height so I assumed she was also older.
"So... have you worked on anything like this before?"
Hearing Bernard's question the girl seemed to be quite uneasy but after giving a small sigh she finally answered.
"N-No, this will be my first time, but I can wash the floor, in my house I usually do the housework since mom is always sick, so, um.... I'm good at that"
Hearing the girl's answer, I felt a little bad, not like I didn't know that not everyone could have good lives but hearing this from a little girl was kind of surprising, Bernard seemed a little disappointed even though he had listened to the girl's situation, I imagine that for people who were born in this world this is something normal, but if I can help someone then I have to help, before Bernard could say anything, I interrupted him and spoke to the girl.
"Is there anything else you can do?"
Hearing my question, the girl looked confused as if she didn't expect it, she probably came here with a ready answer expecting to be accepted or rejected right away.
"I... am good with medicine, I always made my own medicine to give to my mother"
Hearing her answer, I realized that this was a good opportunity, in the future I wanted to do something similar to a hospital in my past life, the only problem was the lack of people who had knowledge in the subject.
"Do you have any siblings?"
Hearing my question, she looked confused but soon answered.
"Yes, I have 3"
"How old are they?"
"All three are 8 years old, they are a year younger than me"
"Are they working on anything?"
"No, they usually do odd jobs around the kingdom"
Hearing her answer, I had already made my decision.
"Great, I will hire the four of you, your brothers will train to be future managers while you will be my first apprentice for something new, I want to do"
Hearing my answer, a huge smile broke out on the girl's face.
"M-Many thanks, I'll do my best, my brothers too and of course"
Hearing her excited answer, I opened a smile on my face and dismissed her.
"You can go now, we will contact you later, ah, by the way... you left all your information with the receptionist, didn't you?"
Hearing my question, she nodded and left the room.
"Are you sure about that?"
Said Bernard beside me, although I can understand the reason for his concern, I was confident.
"They will do fine, besides, if I can help, I would rather help"
Hearing my response Bernard lets out a laugh.
"Sounds like something you would do"
Bernard said with a smile.