Chapter 120 Branch Sign
"How are you so smart?" Andre couldn't help but laugh, his tone revealing praise and doting. "Yes, Winchester's clerk is a fake identity. He is actually my sworn brother."
"Wouldn't this contact book be very useful to him?" Jiang You understood, and she whispered, "Those we just made... one of them is for him? One set is for His Majesty the King?"
"Yes." Andrei's green eyes showed even more appreciation. He rubbed the lich's smooth skull and said, "You've really helped us this time. We were worried that we wouldn't be able to communicate properly under the Baron's nose."
"Hehe!" Jiang You was quite pleased with herself. She'd originally just planned to create a Penguin or WeChat app to make communication easier, but she'd accidentally solved a major problem for the King's spies. Just for this, the King would have to give her a generous reward, right?!
"Where are you going to put these things?" Andre asked.
"Well, put the printing press and bindery machine on the third floor. As for the bottling machine, put it in the storage room next to the restaurant. I'm planning to turn it into a brewery. As for the bottles and cans, you can put them in the restaurant or the basement for now," Takumi made the arrangements neatly. "Put the snack kiosk in the kitchen for now. I'll clean it up when I get back."
She then reminded him, "I'll be staying here for a few more days until I'm done with the branch. You have to hurry up and help me finish decorating the brewery. I plan to open it in six days! If I can't open it, you won't get your dividends back!"
"I know." Andre smiled. He took a wooden sign from Diego's saddlebag and handed it to Jiang You. "I made a sign for you. Do you like it?"
"Huh!" Jiang You took the wooden sign with some surprise, "Signboard! It's the sign of a branch!"
"I made this last night. If you're satisfied, I'll make another one for your main shop tomorrow."
"Satisfied! I am so satisfied!" Jiang You said happily.
The sign was truly well-made; Andrei's carpentry skills were clearly far superior to Jiangyou's. It looked as if it had been cut from a large tree or stump. Its irregular outlines exuded a sense of naturalness, and one could vaguely see the rings of the tree's growth.
In the middle of the sign were engraved a few large characters in beautiful fonts: [Takumi Yuu's Brewing Workshop ~ Witch's Forest Branch ~].
The fonts are specially painted with gold paint, and the surrounding wooden boards are carbonized black and then painted with tung oil, which can prevent corrosion and insects and can be used for many years!
Jiang You couldn't let it go, and she carefully examined the sign several times. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "This spelling..."
Because of the lich's linguistic talent granted by his [Magical Affinity], she had never noticed before that the business license and sign Andrei had made for her were written in the world's language, [Jiang You]. It was only slightly different from the lich's self-introduction, which conveyed meaning directly through magic: Andrei used a literal translation for her last name and a phonetic transliteration for her first name.
——It may be difficult to explain using the Chinese that Takumi Yo is familiar with, but if you use an English analogy, it is almost the feeling of "Master Yo".
Locals interpret this writing in two ways: one is that the owner's surname is "Master" and his given name is "Yo," and the other is that "This is Master Yo's brewing workshop." Either way makes sense and there's no mistaking it.
Jiang You scratched her head. She recalled Andre's strange reaction when he asked her about the name of the store. She felt that Andre had done this strange translation deliberately. Could it be that Andre wanted to blur her origins and confuse her with the original owner, Mi You?
...Well, if you think about it carefully, this is not something that is unacceptable to Jiang You.
Mi Funa's previous clients were spread across the entire Principality of Huntington, and quite a few knew that Mi You was the heir to the brewing workshop. It would be troublesome and unnecessary to explain Mi You's magical accident and her own origins to all of them one by one, and it might even lead to all kinds of unnecessary troubles.
Who knew who those customers were, and what their motives were? If they simply came to taste the food and buy the sauces, that was fine. But if someone came after her business, her recipes, or even wanted to claim her achievements as their own, then she had to be wary.
After all, Jiang You didn't know what her relationship with Mi You was. Although she had naturally taken over the property left by Mi You and became Mi You's de facto heir, if someone were to be too picky, then these properties probably, perhaps, probably couldn't really be considered hers.
She was just a lich with an otherworldly soul that Mi You had accidentally summoned. Although in theory, whoever summoned a magical creature was responsible, Mi You simply closed his eyes and walked away from the matter, leaving it a mess that could not be explained.
Not to mention the inexplicable organization, Evil Eye Moon, interfering in the background with unclear motives and positions. Does Andre want her to continue to maintain the appearance of Mi You to the outside world, thus luring out Evil Eye Moon? Or is he considering her future peace of mind and wanting those insignificant guests to mistake her for 'Brew Master Mi You'...?
People who don't know the truth will mistakenly think that she is the lich-like 'Mi You', which will naturally not cause any property disputes or controversies.
The friends and relatives she has made now know the truth, but they will not spread it casually.
And that ambiguous sign... although it may cause a certain misleading effect, in theory every word is true and there is not a trace of falsehood.
——People will think wrongly, so what does the sign have to do with it?
She was now a skeleton, anyway. For the vast majority of ordinary people who hadn't practiced soul magic and couldn't discern the difference between two souls, the right of interpretation lay with her; it didn't matter what she said. Liches also expressed themselves differently from ordinary people. Andre must have noticed this early on, which is why he made simple changes to the business license and sign.
No matter what purpose Andre chose to do this for, in the end, Takumi Yu was the beneficiary.
Jiang You looked up at Andrei, and saw that the black-haired, blue-eyed knight seemed to be in tune with her. He nodded slightly and said, "It will be more convenient this way."
"Okay! I like it very much." Jiang You's eyes curved, "Just make one for my main store based on this design."
She handed the sign to Lolisa, then fished out two gold coins from her skull and gave them to Andre. "It's a gift to return the favor. You and Diego have worked hard these past few days. This is an advance of this month's dividends. It should make your lives a little easier."
Andre was a little surprised, but he didn't refuse Jiangyou's kindness. He had witnessed the booming business at Jiangyou's stall these days. Andre just confirmed: "Do you have enough money on hand?"
After receiving Jiangyou's affirmative answer, he said no more and directly accepted the two gold coins.
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