Although Kita Ikuyo became a new employee of Rabbit House with a very positive attitude, her problem of not having a guitar was not resolved.
To be honest, relying solely on the hourly wage from Asakura's side to buy a guitar would indeed be quite difficult.
"Should I also work a bit every day after school..."
The girl, distressed by money, made the sound of a beast of burden.
"There's no need for that..." Asakura hadn't mentioned the after-school shifts earlier precisely to prevent the other party from constantly staying in the back of Rabbit House. "How much did you buy that bass for?"
"About 120,000 yen..." The red-haired girl answered honestly, but the blow of wasting so much money on the wrong instrument made her look a bit wilted.
"Then sell it to me. If it's 90% new, how about a discounted price of 110,000?" Asakura said: "At this price, you should be able to buy a decent guitar."
"Is the Owner interested in the bass?"
Kawaragi Momoka asked with a hint of interest.
No, I plan to sell it to Yamada Ryo at a high price.
"A little bit." Asakura said with a smile full of business nature.
"That's great, then I can work here without any worries." Kita Ikuyo asked happily: "So what should I do next? Is it preparing for the opening? Or do I need to go to the kitchen to help?"
"Don't worry about the kitchen side, our snacks are brought over after being made elsewhere..." Asakura rubbed his chin and said to the girl, "In short, tell me your three sizes first."
"Sexual harassment on the first day?!" The girl was greatly shocked, showing a >△< expression, jumping back with her hands over her chest to maintain a distance from Asakura.
"No, it's mainly to make the employee uniform." Asakura spread his hands: "Before this, I didn't consider that anyone would come to work here, so there is only the one uniform for Kawaragi at Rabbit House."
"And the secondary reason?" Kawaragi Momoka asked coldly.
"My curiosity." Asakura said with his hands supporting his chin like a certain Commander.
"As expected, it is sexual harassment!"
The red-haired girl complained loudly.
"Speaking of which, I've tried that employee uniform..." Kawaragi Momoka looked at Asakura with suspicious eyes: "Even though I never told the Owner my three sizes, why does it feel perfectly form-fitting everywhere I wear it?"
"Of course it's because of this eye of mine!" Asakura pointed to his right eye and said triumphantly: "All truths cannot escape my eyes. Three sizes and such, I know them just by looking! Kawaragi, your three sizes are 78.56.79, right!"
Kawaragi Momoka showed a shocked expression.
"Although it's impressive, it makes it impossible to respect you at all..." Kita Ikuyo muttered.
"Kita, your three sizes are 80.80.80, right!"
"Am I a bucket?! Your eyes are completely useless!"
"Actually, I've been blind lately and haven't fully recovered." Asakura said nonchalantly.
"Don't say such things even as a joke..."
The kind Kita Ikuyo put her hands on her hips and held up an index finger in a 'shh' motion in front of her cherry lips, admonishing him seriously.
"...Oh."
Asakura, who actually wasn't joking, went silent for a moment and nodded.
Kita Ikuyo then said with satisfaction: "As for the three sizes... well, actually I haven't measured them recently either. Wait three days... no, tell Ms. Kawaragi after a week."
"You aren't planning to use this week to exercise desperately to lose weight, are you?"
"......There's no such thing!"
The red-haired girl's guilty expression was unexpectedly a bit like Gotoh Hitori.
If this were a manga, the two of them would definitely be characters of the same art style.
Asakura complained in his heart.
"Alright! So what do I need to do now?" Kita Ikuyo looked at the two people whose synchronization rate was almost breaking 100% and immediately forced a change of topic: "Feel proud, this is the sacred first time Miss Kita is working!"
"Very well, then I'll assign you to clean the toilets." Asakura decisively gave the order.
"Don't defile my sacred first time!" The girl immediately protested.
"Compared to that, today is the official opening of Rabbit House. Is it really okay not to have some kind of ceremony?" Kawaragi Momoka asked: "At the very least, we should do some advancement, right?"
"Flyers have already been handed out, and we did a good job of promoting it during the school festival at Sobu High, so don't worry." Because the task had already been completed, Asakura truly wasn't that invested in the shop's management.
Anyway, apart from the salary for one full-time employee and one part-time employee, Rabbit House didn't cost money for the venue or materials. It was a completely zero-cost business. As long as things were sold, it was profit; the only difference was how much was earned.
"Then why did you come to the shop so early, Owner..." Kawaragi Momoka couldn't help but complain.
"Eh, didn't I tell you? Actually, I have an appointment with someone." Asakura said.
"You didn't say it at all! I thought you were here to help open the shop, since it's the first day!" Kawaragi Momoka looked at Asakura with dissatisfied eyes.
The latter pretended not to see her gaze, staring intently at the glass cup on the bar, with a look of "Cup of the day~ Cup, rise up~"
"Owner..." Kita Ikuyo called out, not quite used to it.
"Well, we should be around the same age, you can just call me Asakura-sama."
"The degree of respect has increased?! Forget it, calling you Asakura-kun shouldn't be a problem, right?" The girl asked, somewhat resigned.
"That works too."
Asakura didn't have much fastidiousness about titles.
"Then, Asakura-kun..." the girl said: "The person you have an appointment with, is it that child?"
Asakura looked in the direction Kita Ikuyo pointed and found a girl with white hair and heterochromia pulling a small cart at the entrance of the shop, which hadn't opened yet.
Even if she did nothing, just looking at her gave off a sense of "this child's 'cat-ness' is very high."
"This child..." Asakura showed a look of surprise: "If I remember correctly, her name is... Kana?"
"Isn't she the person you had an appointment with, Owner?" Seeing Asakura's surprised face, Kawaragi Momoka asked curiously.
"It's not her..."
Asakura shook his head.
Speaking of which, since Rabbit House hasn't opened yet, the effect of "Expelling Idlers" should still be effective. Kita Ikuyo wasn't affected because she had an appointment with Kawaragi Momoka, but how did Kana get in?
Could it be that this child's "cat" composition is higher than her "human" composition?