"They may be called 'department store goods,' but Roman could only manage to gather a few kinds of merchandise."
"This venture required time to prepare."
"Roman was brimming with confidence about this."
"After all, humans are not rational beings."
"They are unfathomably foolish, insatiable in their greed, with desires that can never be filled."
"Once they taste something good, they crave it forever."
"Without salt, their yearning for it becomes intense."
"After getting accustomed to salt, they begin to long for the sweetness of sugar."
"But those delicacies are only tasted during festivals."
"And there are only two festivals each year."
"One in midsummer, and one in late autumn."
"They have to endure half a year each time, just to taste those longed-for delicacies."
"Now, presented right before them, probably very few could resist."
"The department store was just a means for Roman to recoup money."
