A Chance to Get a 〈Princess Job〉—I Can't Let This Opportunity Slip Away

On my way back from shopping, I was walking with the girl I'd met at the store.

“U-ugh. I'm sorry for causing you trouble.”

There it was: an “ugh.”

“It's no big deal. I had my eye on it too, so let me enjoy it for a little while.”

In the end, I wound up buying that giant 〈Mochikko〉 squishy plushie.

There was a bit of a fuss, but I'll skip the details since it's a long story.

To sum up, the plushie had apparently been made by a famous third-year senpai in that field. It was one of a kind, with no stock left, and it used rare materials, so the next restock—or rather, the next time one would be made—was undecided. In fact, it was more likely there wouldn't be another one at all. The girl already knew that, and had come after hearing that a one-of-a-kind new plushie was going on sale here.

Don't use rare materials to make plushies, I thought. Crafters sometimes go completely nuts in the strangest ways when they get their hands on rare materials. And what kind of price was 120,000 Meal?

After the clerk explained all that to her again, she looked utterly devastated.

Feeling sorry for her, I suggested an alternative...