Avarice

“Yeah. She's still just observing though. She's too useless to even carry plates at the moment, so please just think of her as some Russian ornament.”
Tom laughed at the owner's blunt response, and asked another question.
“Chief, how do I say something like, 'you're beautiful', in Russian?”
“...... 'Vi ocharovatelny'.”
“Err... Bee, acherabatennen.”
However, hearing this, the Caucasian woman looked confused at Tom, and spoke to the owner behind the counter.
“...... What is this man saying? It is unintelligible. I question its relation to the Japanese language.”
With a bitter smile, the owner turned his head towards the woman, and spoke to her.
“'Vi ocharovatelny'.”
“...... Why do you suddenly speak these social compliments? Please concisely explain your reasoning.”
“That's what that young man over there just tried to say to you.”
“In which language, exactly?”
Listening to their conversation,”
― Ryohgo Narita