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** Alice is a full elf born to half-elven parents, and was forced out of her community due to the latter's inability (or unwillingness) to understand or take care of her properly. Mistakenly believed to be a mentally disabled adult (while in truth being the elven equivalent of a child in an adult body), she ultimately would have died if she hadn't run into Fardania, and [[CuteClumsyGirl tended to not be the most physically adept of girls.]] Despite this, she ultimately finds companionship in the elf Fardania, who takes her on as both a ParentalSubstitute and disciple in her culinary pursuits, something that would ultimately bear fruit when [[SelfMadeWoman she and Fardania become known in the future as culinary geniuses in their own right.]]

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** Alice is a full elf born to half-elven parents, parents. While her birth family dearly loved her despite her difficulties, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer her community sadly did not]], and was forced upon her parents dying, did not hesitate to force her out of her the community due to the latter's inability (or unwillingness) their unwillingness to understand or take care of her properly. Mistakenly believed to be a mentally disabled adult (while ([[YoungerThanTheyLook while in truth being the elven equivalent of a child in an adult body), body]]), she ultimately would have died if she hadn't run into Fardania, and [[CuteClumsyGirl tended to not be the most physically adept of girls.]] Despite this, she ultimately finds companionship in the elf Fardania, who takes her on as both a ParentalSubstitute and disciple in her culinary pursuits, something that would ultimately bear fruit when [[SelfMadeWoman she and Fardania become known in the future as culinary geniuses in their own right.]]

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* ProportionalAging: As a changeling elf, though she [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty physically aged at about the same rate of the half-elves around her up to adulthood]], her mental development was much slower. [[{{Deconstruction}} This proves to be a big problem however]], as elaborated on in the Light Novels: because elves mentally age much more slowly (Fardania is considered to be immensely young at 130 years old, and her father felt she needed at least another 100 years before she was ready to go out into the world for context), Alice is the mental age of a ''child'' by elven standards, but her half-elf neighbors view her as physically an adult, and thus can't adjust for her inability to do what should be fairly obvious by their age. As such, she's seen as childish and a massive hassle to deal with, and after her parents died, they decide to abandon her rather than deal with her.

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* ProportionalAging: As a changeling elf, though she [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty physically aged at about the same rate of the half-elves around her up to adulthood]], her mental development was much slower. [[{{Deconstruction}} This proves to be a big problem however]], as elaborated on in the Light Novels: because elves mentally age much more slowly (Fardania (To put things into perspective, Fardania is considered to be immensely young ''young'' at 130 years old, and her father felt she needed at least another 100 years before she was ready to go out into the world for context), world), Alice is the mental age of a ''child'' by elven standards, but her half-elf neighbors view her as physically an adult, and thus can't adjust for her inability to do what should be fairly obvious by their age. As such, she's seen as childish and a massive hassle to deal with, and after her parents died, they decide to abandon her rather than deal with her.her.
* ShadowArchetype: To Victoria Samanark. Both are changelings to their respective families, who for the most part genuinely love her regardless of their differences, and both struggle with the FantasticRacism of their respective communities through no fault of their own:
** Victoria is a half-elf born to human parents, and faced the limited opportunities of her race by embracing being a hermit sorceress that would never be seen by the outside public to maintain her family's prestige (even if most of her family feel this is immensely unfair to her). She is considered to be a genius even by the standards of the powerful human mage in existence, and proves herself to be highly capable enough to literally make the Nekoya door teleport to her specific location. Despite her isolation due to the bigotry of her kingdom, she ultimately accepts her fate due to being able to exploit the beneficial elements of her heritage, such as being able to eat sweet egg-based foods, her talent at magic, and that most of her family loves her dearly (with the exception of her sister in law).
** Alice is a full elf born to half-elven parents, and was forced out of her community due to the latter's inability (or unwillingness) to understand or take care of her properly. Mistakenly believed to be a mentally disabled adult (while in truth being the elven equivalent of a child in an adult body), she ultimately would have died if she hadn't run into Fardania, and [[CuteClumsyGirl tended to not be the most physically adept of girls.]] Despite this, she ultimately finds companionship in the elf Fardania, who takes her on as both a ParentalSubstitute and disciple in her culinary pursuits, something that would ultimately bear fruit when [[SelfMadeWoman she and Fardania become known in the future as culinary geniuses in their own right.]]

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Alice is abandoned by the people in her village, but she never suspects they did such a thing and figures that they simply got separated while wandering the forest.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Alice is abandoned by the people in her village, but she never suspects they did such a thing and figures that they simply got separated while wandering the forest. This is somewhat averted with the light novels, as she's ''very'' aware that she's been abandoned.



* ProportionalAging: As a changeling elf, though she [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty physically aged at about the same rate of the half-elves around her up to adulthood]], her mental development was much slower. [[{{Deconstruction}} This proves to be a big problem however]], as elaborated on in the Light Novels: because elves mentally age much more slowly, Alice is the mental age of a ''child'' by elven standards, but her half-elf neighbors view her as physically an adult, and thus can't adjust for her inability to do what should be fairly obvious by their age. As such, she's seen as childish and a massive hassle to deal with, and after her parents died, they decide to abandon her rather than deal with her.

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* ProportionalAging: As a changeling elf, though she [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty physically aged at about the same rate of the half-elves around her up to adulthood]], her mental development was much slower. [[{{Deconstruction}} This proves to be a big problem however]], as elaborated on in the Light Novels: because elves mentally age much more slowly, slowly (Fardania is considered to be immensely young at 130 years old, and her father felt she needed at least another 100 years before she was ready to go out into the world for context), Alice is the mental age of a ''child'' by elven standards, but her half-elf neighbors view her as physically an adult, and thus can't adjust for her inability to do what should be fairly obvious by their age. As such, she's seen as childish and a massive hassle to deal with, and after her parents died, they decide to abandon her rather than deal with her.


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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] case, but despite being seen as a mentally disabled adult by her half-elven village due to actually being mentally a child by elven standards, she's perceptive enough to realize that they've abandoned her and that her beloved parents will never come back. She also proves to be an adept traveling companion to Fardania, albeit a bit of a handful at times.
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Despite the magic of Nekoya's door being able to translate what is spoken, the lizardmen's language seems so far removed from the other spoken languages of the other world that Gaganpo can only speak a few words and can't really form coherent sentences. Likewise, he can't really understand much of any other spoken language at all, to the point that teenager Jack has to resort to pantomime so Gaganpo can understand that Jack just wanted to know where he was from (Gaganpo thought that Jack wanted to steal his omelette rice), to which Gaganpo then barely manages to reply enough words for Jack to understand. This is heavily contrasted by how he speaks with a genuinely eloquent and commanding presence when talking to his fellow lizardmen. At Nekoya, only Kuro can speak with him with no problem, as her telepathy allows them to have perfectly normal conversations.

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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Despite the magic of Nekoya's door being able to translate what is spoken, the lizardmen's language seems so far removed from the other spoken languages of the other world that Gaganpo can only speak a few words and can't really form coherent sentences. Likewise, he can't really understand much of any other spoken language at all, to the point that teenager Jack has to resort to pantomime so Gaganpo can understand that Jack just wanted to know where he was from (Gaganpo thought that Jack wanted to steal his omelette rice), to which Gaganpo then barely manages to reply enough words for Jack to understand. This is heavily contrasted by how he speaks with a genuinely eloquent and commanding presence when talking to his fellow lizardmen. At Nekoya, only Kuro can speak with him with no problem, as her telepathy allows them to have perfectly normal conversations. The above is notedly less true in the light novels, as the door can translate him perfectly to the point that he actually takes part in an argument about what is Nekoya's best food alongside Alphonse, Tatsugoro, and Artorius.
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* AdaptationalExplanationExtrication: A downplayed case, but the light novels go into further detail about the pauper killer disease that afflicts her, how dangerous it is and how long it takes for a person with full bedrest to recover from it. What also gets covered that is somewhat glossed over in the anime is how cripplingly isolating and lonely the mansion she currently resides in is, since it's been years since her beloved grandfather died, and the large majority of servants who played and bonded with her as a child have long since left the place. She bitterly likened the current situation to being in a gilded cage, surrounded by people who she doesn't know or have any real bonds with, and whom all (initially) treat her like a contagious invalid.
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*OlderThanTheyLook: She's old enough to have granddaughters (and great-grand-eggs), but looks to be about in her late twenties.
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* BFS: His blade is nearly as big as himself, and Lionel towers over the majority of the other customers. He's also quite skilled with it, being able to kill the beastly manticore with a single strike from it.

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* BFS: {{BFS}}: His blade is nearly as big as himself, and Lionel towers over the majority of the other customers. He's also quite skilled with it, being able to kill the beastly manticore with a single strike from it.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Lionel is no slouch in battle, noted by the current Demon Lord Lastina as easily one of the strongest Demons aside from her mother Altina (especially after the Demons lost much of their blessings from the Million Colors of Chaos' demise), and was a feared bandit leader prior to becoming a gladiator. However, he ultimately cannot defeat the much more skilled Alexander, one of the Four Legendary Heroes.


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* BFS: His blade is nearly as big as himself, and Lionel towers over the majority of the other customers. He's also quite skilled with it, being able to kill the beastly manticore with a single strike from it.

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Berserk Button is now specifically about minor slights or inconveniences being taken violently seriously, so harm towards loved ones or insults towards highly-respected people don't count.


* BerserkButton: Surprisingly, the Door itself had some, namely dine-and-dashing and trying to harm (or forcing the master to serve them exclusively) is a big no-no on the restaurant. A halfing who tried not paying can't enter the restaurant by himself anymore. He could only enter the establishment afterwards by accompanying someone else so they can open the door for him. That said, there is a much more severe punishment reserved for those who try to kidnap the Master, with permanent banishment from the restaurant, as the Child of White finds out the hard way.

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* BerserkButton: Surprisingly, By its nature as part of a restaurant, the Door itself had some, namely treats dine-and-dashing and trying to harm (or forcing the master to serve them exclusively) is as a big no-no on the restaurant.severe criminal offense. A halfing who tried not paying can't enter the restaurant by himself anymore. He could only enter the establishment afterwards by accompanying someone else so they can open the door for him. That said, there is a much more severe punishment reserved for those who try to kidnap the Master, with permanent banishment from the restaurant, as the Child of White finds out the hard way.



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** While we don't see it happen, Pikke notes based on halfling word-of-mouth that anybody so much as ''touching'' her personal door will be pretty much gambling their life for food, since she counts it as her greatest treasure she would kill to keep safe.
** Thinking about trying to kidnap the Master or forcing him to serve exclusively for yourself? Prepare to meet her wrath as maintaining the safety and happiness of the Master is part of her protectorate. The Child of White (a child blessed by the Dragon of White) tried to kidnap the Master to serve only him, after which Red personally appeared in response to throw him out of the establishment, with the addition of being banned by the door itself. Unlike when a halfling angered the door with his dine-and-dashing, who exploits a loophole to still access the restaurant, the Child of White also angering her with his misdemeanor means he has to send someone in his place to get Nekoya's desserts.

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BerserkButton: While we don't see it happen, Pikke notes based on halfling word-of-mouth that anybody so much as ''touching'' her personal door will be pretty much gambling their life for food, since she counts it as her greatest treasure she would kill to keep safe.
** Thinking about trying to kidnap the Master or forcing him to serve exclusively for yourself? Prepare to meet her wrath as maintaining the safety and happiness of the Master is part of her protectorate. The Child of White (a child blessed by the Dragon of White) tried to kidnap the Master to serve only him, after which Red personally appeared in response to throw him out of the establishment, with the addition of being banned by the door itself. Unlike when a halfling angered the door with his dine-and-dashing, who exploits a loophole to still access the restaurant, the Child of White also angering her with his misdemeanor means he has to send someone in his place to get Nekoya's desserts.
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* BerserkButton: ''Do NOT ever attempt to harm or take something that they consider theirs, or under their protection.'' The Child of White found out the hard way.

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* StrangeSecretEntrance: Played with. On the Earth side, the door into Nekoya is simply a normal, ordinary door leading into the restaurant from a cobblestoned sunken courtyard; however, thanks to the magic of the portal, the door in Other World is quite strange indeed, seeing as it [[TheLonelyDoor stands all alone, fully unsupported]], and can appear in all sorts of very unusual locations. Whether it is difficult to find depends on the specific location, but seeing as it always appears to those who have need of it, its "secrecy" relates more to others who later learn about it and try to research what it is/where and when it appears. Other unique properties it holds are that the version in Other World disappears after someone goes through it, only to reappear for them to return; that it always takes customers back to where they individually came from, even if they return through it together; and that [[spoiler:its magical properties can be destroyed if the owner of Nekoya breaks the Master Key]].



* BringHelpBack: Heinrich stumbled across Nekoya while trying to reach the royal capital in inform about the mothmen attack. After his horse died and he forgot to pack food with him; Nekoyas' front door appeared in a nearby cabin. After having Fried Shrimp, he leaves his sword as payment before continuing on to the Capital.

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* BringHelpBack: Heinrich stumbled across Nekoya while trying to reach the royal capital in to inform about the mothmen attack. After his horse died and he forgot to pack food with him; Nekoyas' front door appeared in a nearby cabin. After having Fried Shrimp, he leaves his sword as payment before continuing on to the Capital.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fried shrimp as shripe was was a speciality in his hometown.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fried shrimp as shripe was was a speciality in his hometown.



* CuteMonsterGirl: She's notable quite cute and adorable for the current lord of demons. [[{{Deconstruction}} This ends up being a sore point for her]], as her mother was infinitely more intimidating and impressively regal in appearance, while Lastina's smaller "demon-like" traits makes her feel lacking in power and presence by comparison.

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* CuteMonsterGirl: She's notable notably quite cute and adorable for the current lord of demons. [[{{Deconstruction}} This ends up being a sore point for her]], as her mother was infinitely more intimidating and impressively regal in appearance, while Lastina's smaller "demon-like" traits makes her feel lacking in power and presence by comparison.



* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She is on the receiving end of this compared to Tenshu. She prides herself as a elven cook, but finds herself struggling to prove herself against the likes of Tenshu, whose food vastly surpasses anything she's ever tasted. This ends up being quite frustrating to her, as whenever she thinks she's found something to prove otherwise, it ends up being influenced or surpassed by Nekoya (such as Camilla's Fruit Jelly). However, she ends up being perceived as this by her father's old friend Christian, as her boldness and willingess to try something different allows her to consider food combinations that he didn't, such as Natto on rice.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She is on the receiving end of this compared to Tenshu. She prides herself as a an elven cook, but finds herself struggling to prove herself against the likes of Tenshu, whose food vastly surpasses anything she's ever tasted. This ends up being quite frustrating to her, as whenever she thinks she's found something to prove otherwise, it ends up being influenced or surpassed by Nekoya (such as Camilla's Fruit Jelly). However, she ends up being perceived as this by her father's old friend Christian, as her boldness and willingess to try something different allows her to consider food combinations that he didn't, such as Natto on rice.



* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: Garde's visit to the restaurant inspires him to make a proper shelter around the door they use, to the point of being a sort of inn, which takes him just a few day despite only having Guilhelm as help. He even installs a ridiculously secure vault door to the restaurant door's room.

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* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: Garde's visit to the restaurant inspires him to make a proper shelter around the door they use, to the point of being a sort of inn, which takes him just a few day days despite only having Guilhelm as help. He even installs a ridiculously secure vault door to the restaurant door's room.



A pair of young sirens, who stumble onto the restaurant after finding Alphones' old cave, instructions about the restaurant, and most of the gold he used to pay for his meals.

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A pair of young sirens, who stumble onto the restaurant after finding Alphones' Alphonse's old cave, instructions about the restaurant, and most of the gold he used to pay for his meals.



** Thinking about trying to kidnap the Master or forcing him to serve exclusively for yourself? Prepare to meet her wrath as maintaining the safety and happiness of the Master is part of her protectorate. The Child of White (a child blessed by the Dragon of White) tried to kidnap the Master to serve only him, after which Red personally appeared in response to throw him out of the establishment, with the addition of being banned by the door itself. Unlike when a halfling angered the door with his dine-and-dashing, who exploits a loophole to still access the restaurant, the Child of Light also angering her with his misdemeanor means he has to send someone in his place to get Nekoya's desserts.

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** Thinking about trying to kidnap the Master or forcing him to serve exclusively for yourself? Prepare to meet her wrath as maintaining the safety and happiness of the Master is part of her protectorate. The Child of White (a child blessed by the Dragon of White) tried to kidnap the Master to serve only him, after which Red personally appeared in response to throw him out of the establishment, with the addition of being banned by the door itself. Unlike when a halfling angered the door with his dine-and-dashing, who exploits a loophole to still access the restaurant, the Child of Light White also angering her with his misdemeanor means he has to send someone in his place to get Nekoya's desserts.
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* {{Foil}}: To Kuro. Both found the door to Nekoya while in isolation for many years after fighting and dealing the final blow to a great beast for the sake of others (A kraken for Alphonse, and the Million Colors of Chaos for Kuro). They manage to find companionship in the restaurant and share a common favorite food in curry (Chicken curry for Kuro, Pork curry for Alphonse), while also forming a friendship with the Master and Aletta. However, Alphonse is a regular human in his 50s who has stepped down from his position as admiral due to retirement, and was isolated due to being shipwrecked against his will. Kuro is one of the six dragon deities of her world, worshipped by many and isolated by choice due to her powers being too great for any living being besides her fellow dragons to survive around.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: There's magic built into the door that lets everyone in the restaurant understand each other perfectly. The sole exception is Gaganpo, as even with the translating magic, he can only speak a few words and can't form coherent sentences, as well as barely or simply not understanding what others speak to him, likely due to the lizardmen's language being too far removed from the regular languages of the Other World.

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* TranslatorMicrobes: There's magic built into the door that lets everyone in the restaurant understand each other perfectly. The sole exception is Gaganpo, as even with the translating magic, he can only speak a few words and can't form coherent sentences, as well as barely or simply not understanding what others speak to him, likely due to the lizardmen's language being too far removed from the regular languages of the Other World.World ([[AdaptationalWimp though this only applies to the anime adaptation, as the light novel's translation is notably stronger]]; Gaganpo is just not much of a talker.)
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** She's also noted as having trained to become a priestess with the Lord of Earth in the event she cannot be married due to her work under Adelheid.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Hannah (in the light novels) hails from a lower-ranking noble house that struggled to maintain its wealth after the Empire became more prominent. Combined with many of their potential heirs surviving into adulthood instead of dying due to the mortality rate of the medieval era, and there ended up being very little money left for said heirs to possess. Hannah is actually one of the major providers of income for the family with her job as the Imperial Princess' servant.
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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: A ''very'' odd case, in that in the Light Novel, she actually DOES see the Nekoya door prior to it vanishing when Adelheid returns back, but doesn't really seem to dwell on the subject too much. A more notably important case is ''why'' she's Adelheid's maid; namely that as a lower ranking person, she can risk being around Adelheid while she has the Pauper Killer's Disease, and thus if she gets sick no one of importance is lost.

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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: A ''very'' odd case, in that in the Light Novel, she actually DOES see the Nekoya door prior to it vanishing when Adelheid returns back, but doesn't really seem to dwell on the subject too much. A more notably important case is ''why'' she's Adelheid's maid; namely that as a lower ranking person, she can risk being around Adelheid while she has the Pauper Killer's Disease, and thus if she gets sick no one of importance is lost.lost (though it is noted that if she did get sick, [[PetTheDog the Empire would at least take responsibility for her recovery]], so she's not utterly discarded).
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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: In the light novel, she's one of the few people who knows that Red Queen is not a demon woman, but actually her deity.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: In the light novel, she's one of the few people who knows that Red [[spoiler:Red Queen is not a demon woman, but actually her deity.]]
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* SecretKeeper [[spoiler: In the light novel, she's one of the few people who knows that Red Queen is not a demon woman, but actually her deity.]]

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* SecretKeeper SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: In the light novel, she's one of the few people who knows that Red Queen is not a demon woman, but actually her deity.]]
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** For example (mixed with his BenevolentBoss status), he offers to pay Aletta ''10 silver'' for a day's work, which he mentally assumes is roughly around 10,000 yen (67 dollars in USD) for a part-timer in his line of work. To Aletta however, given that the average peasant can get maybe 2-3 ''copper'' coins for a day's work, with 10 copper coins at most depending on their profession [[note]]10 copper = 1 silver, and 100 silver is 1 gold coin in the light novels[[/note]], 10 silver is enough for her to be able to pay for her expenses for a ''month'' if she's smart with her money.

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** For example (mixed with his BenevolentBoss status), he offers to pay Aletta ''10 silver'' for a day's work, which he mentally assumes is roughly around 10,000 yen (67 dollars in USD) for a part-timer in his line of work. To Aletta however, given that the average peasant can get maybe 2-3 anywhere between 3 - 10 ''copper'' coins for a day's work, with 10 copper coins at most work depending on their profession [[note]]10 copper = 1 silver, and 100 silver is 1 gold coin in the light novels[[/note]], 10 silver is enough for her to be able to pay for her expenses for a ''month'' if she's smart with her money.

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