“Hi, you two, what are you doing in such a place?”
I was surprised to hear a call at the inn! Looking at it, it’s the young merchant who bought salt from us in front of the Surplast gate!
“Oh, thank you for your help at that time!”
I decided to have dinner together because it was a big deal.
“That salt was good. New business partners are happy. I want to buy it again, but do you still have it?”
“I’m sorry. I sold it to you, so I don’t have it anymore.”
“That’s right … I’m sorry.”
“We didn’t have a sentence at that time, so it was really helpful.”
“That was good.”
“You bought it at a fairly expensive price. Did you make a profit?”
“Ahaha. Actually, that was a disregard for profit.”
Laughing and waving his hands in the air.
“First-class merchants don’t do non-profitable jobs. Did everyone give up with ten gold coins? But I’m still a fledgling, selling faces and grabbing new customers is part of my job. Salt, there are a lot of customers who want it. I sold that salt in small portions instead of all, and I was able to connect with many new customers. It was well worth the price I bought. Thank you. “
Is that so? The price of salt was relatively high considering now. It’s strong. Merchant.
“What are you doing now?”
“It’s a hunter. Thanks to you, I can manage to do it.”
“That’s amazing. Show me the card.”
I was surprised when I showed them their cards.
“It’s only been a month since then, and it’s already 3rd grade … It’s amazing, you guys.”
“Thanks to you.”
“What are your plans for tomorrow?”
“I’m thinking of going back to Surplast.”
“I also go to Surplast.” With that said, I make a face that a good idea came up.
“By the way, could you ask me to escort my carriage? It’s expensive to ask individually, and it’s expensive to join a caravan. There are many things that a chick travel merchant like me can’t do. I don’t have much money. I can’t put it out, but I’ll put it on my carriage, so it’s too cheap for two people to use one gold coin … “
“That’s right. We’re grateful for the salt we bought, and I thought I’d walk home without a carriage, so I think it’s okay.”
“I’m fine too.”
“Then it’s a rule! No, it was saved!” We toasted with three people and ate a lot.
“I am Bassoon.”
“I’m Shin.”
“I am Saran.”
“Thank you two!”
Next morning.
“The clothes that look like the leaves are stuck on them are amazing. It’s definitely the best for hunters. Where can I buy them?”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you because there are so many things.”
“I see.” Mr. Fagot is curious to see our camouflage uniform.
“I like that hat … I wonder if you can sell it. I’m sure that was the trend.
“This is our trademark, so when you sell it, you can’t remember the name.”
“What name do you do?”
“It’s ‘Raccoon Head’.”
“Then it looks like a raccoon dog head.” Bassoon laughs. I wonder if it’s no good or not.
“Where can I buy it?”
“I had it made in an elf village. It’s raccoon fur.”
“Oh yeah, when I first met Saran, I thought she was an elf, and it was rare. They are from an elf village.”
“I agree.”
“Shin is a human being. The elf village often accepted him.”
Saran is attached with “san,” and why am I “you” …
“Please pick me up to where I’m lost.”
“By itself?”
“I loved it so much that I was able to get Saran from my wife.”
“I’m married! We’re a married couple!”
Why the surprise.
“… no, I’m surprised. When you look at them, adults and children … Nothing.”
The mouth is the source of disaster, Mr. Bassoon. Until now, I’ve been trying not to touch it for a long time. Is it Shota? Are you an older sister and a Shota kid? Do we look that way? Please leave me alone. You see, Saran hugs you from behind and thrills you. Is it a new marriage appeal? It feels good.
“I’m so jealous … Nothing. Let’s start. The sun goes down.”
The coachman of the two-headed four-wheeled carriage is Mr. Fagot. I’m sitting in the passenger seat of the coachman with an M870 loaded with a backshot on an 18-inch slug barrel. Speaking of carriage escorts, it’s a shotgun. Do you know a coach gun? The coach is the four-wheeled carriage I’m riding now, but I used to call it the horizontal double shotgun that the American stagecoach company gave to the escort.
It is challenging to hit a robber by shooting from a swaying carriage. But that can only be done with shotguns. Of course, Mr. Bassoon is curious, but it’s not for sale, right?
I will never sell it.
On the hooded loading platform, Saran, with a bow on her side, is looking behind.
I plan to take turns from time to time.
Mr. Fagot is a merchant, and he speaks well, and it’s fun to talk about various things.
Traveling is a compassionate world… Actually, I have a few things I want to ask.
“Is there a charge for merchant information?”
“Ah, right …”
“Getting information quickly and making money or losing information from lies. Information is the only weapon of a merchant. Ah, but well, if it’s not related to business, please.”
“Actually, there was an attempted kidnapping in an elf village before I came here.”
“… Is it buying people?”
“Maybe.”
“What became??”
“Attempted. The elf girl is safe. I don’t know the culprit.”
“… Well, I don’t ask. So?”
“What do you know about the dark slave traders who buy and sell elves, the aristocrats who buy them, the bandits who are kidnapping, and so on?”
“Hmm …” Bassoon thinks.
“Obviously, we merchants don’t do that. Credit is more important to us than money. If you don’t have money, you can do business with credit, but you lose credibility because of money. I can’t take on any kind of work. “
“That’s right.”
“So, ostensibly, it’s already a credible merchant to do that.”
“So that’s it!”
“We do bad things to each other. There is a strong relationship of trust between the merchants who sell slaves and the aristocrats who buy slaves; that is, both are already big names.”
…… It is a classic story of a historical drama. Well, there’s a reason why villains are always bad guys and bad merchants.
Saran, who was listening to the story, calls out from behind.
“It’s possible that a hunter is involved.”
“A hunter … I see. Invading an elf village and kidnaps a girl. It’s not an easy job for an amateur.”
“Do you have any idea?”
Hmmm, Bassoon twists his head.
“At the bar, there was a hunter-like man who was persistently listening to the elf merchants entering and exiting the village.”
“Really! What kind of guy!”
“It was a bald head, big and stiff, and I had my sword down. A scar on my cheek …”
Saran nods. Yeah, there must have been such a bandit in the village of Tool. Did you say Alain, the owner of the hunter card?
“Who was the merchant you were talking to at that time?”
“Mr. Muraku. He is a veteran and a big senior of mine. He is a person who can be trusted by a person who does a decent business. Mr. Muraku said,” I can’t tell you about important customers!” I didn’t deal with him, but I think he was collecting information by calling out to various other merchants in that situation.”
When it comes to Mr. Muraku, it naturally becomes an honorific. You can see that Mr. Bassoon trusts it.
“I know Mr. Muraku, because he is a merchant who goes in and out of Kopoli village, and my sword was also bought from Mr. Muraku.”
“If Saran says, you can trust him.”
“That’s right. People who are going to kidnap elves can’t sell their swords to elves. You can finally trade with a grumpy race like elves, but you can’t ruin it. “
“Well, then it may not matter.”
Mr. Muraku just asked and did not answer. The hunter I was listening to is dead. I can’t help but dig into this matter.
“Sometimes I’m on the surplast, but like me, I’m a traveling merchant. I don’t know if I can meet good things.”
“But it was clear that there was a kidnapper. Thank you.”
“It’s a service. Please escort me if something happens again.”
“Yes, of course!”
At dusk, I arrived at Surplast safely. I just subdued the robbers the other day, so Nothing happened.
“Thank you! Raccoon Head!” You finally got called by the team name. The reward was a gold coin, but I wonder if there were more clues.
“Did you finally come back? You guys are staying too long.”
It was supposed to be just a round trip in practice, but it took 10 days after all.
I have been complained about by Mr. Baru, the guild master of Surplast.
We’re not hunters belonging to Surplast, though.
“There are words from the lord.”
Wow ――I don’t want to hear it ――――!
“‘Goblin subjugation was a cause,’ and this is the reward.”
Bang.
Wow, can you give me some money? Reward? What kind of wind is blowing around?
“… What exactly do you mean?”
“I’m too suspicious and don’t want to receive it?” Two people pull it.
“I understand my feelings.” Yeah. Baru nods.
“You guys did it with Torus.”
“I don’t remember.”
“There must be. A messenger from Count Van der La Huxval, the lord of Torus, came to this lord and said, ‘I suspect that I have not paid the hunter’s reward.'”
“… no, I don’t remember.”
“Because the lord over there is many times greater. Because it’s the Count. The Viscount is rushing to pay for what he’s been stepping on here and there.”
“I can’t think of any clauses …”
“Hahaha. You guys aren’t crazy. Everyone else was happy. Take it.” Unseal the handed leather bag and look at the contents—twenty gold coins. Hmmm, is it more or less?
“Give me five gold coins. Guild fees”
“Ehhhhh …”
Saran protests, but Baru points to himself, “Hey, that’s right. Who guided the goblin’s nest? I am.” It can’t be helped … Yes, I will pay quietly.
“I didn’t give the name of the messenger, but he said he was the hunter who got rid of the pigeons. You’re the only one who can take on such a job. It’s the same everywhere you go. Shin. Well, this would have disciplined this lord too. It’s not a hunter guild!”
That kind of thing, I want you to do it without the help of other lords and then dominate.
“Well, that’s fine. Information to the elf sister.”
“Yes.”
“There is a story that one of our hunters was asked to hunt elves.”
…….
“Don’t stare at me. I was just approached. Of course, I refused.”
“Who?”
“They are the team Elfans who are being treated by goblins. They have lost their leaders, and their hunter qualifications have been suspended. The members who were safe now have no work. I came to tell you. “
“Is that so……”
“I would have told you the rules to report to the guild if something went wrong. Now I’m alerting the hunters that they’re going to talk. If you put your hand out, you’ll be banished forever. Isn’t it? “
“I asked a merchant, but he heard that there was a hunter who was listening to the state of the elf village from the merchants who came and went.
“… Alain. The owner of the card that my sister brought.” Baru shook his head with his arms crossed.
“Alan and his friends are missing, and they are trying to create a new kidnapping team.”
“Maybe.”
“In this city.”
“Yes, because this surplast is the closest to the elf village.”
“Who is the sponsor?”
“I’m dying … Yeah, I don’t understand at all.” Right…….
“I want to talk to the members of Elfan.”
“That’s right. They live together in a rented house in this city. I’ll draw a map.”
“You may have to do a job before you go back to the elf village.”
“Moderately.” Yeah, do you want to nod honestly here?