“Please take this with you. I have included the results of the appraisal.”
“I understand. I will leave it to you then.”
The merchants’ guild would not misuse it, and since they had gone to such great lengths themselves, it should be fine.
“By the way, you mentioned earlier that there is a city to the south, maybe you can tell me how to get there.”
“Well, as the Merchants Guild, we don’t mind, but this country is a bit unique, and we can’t give you map information. However, if you are a member of the guild, we can give it to you, so why don’t you take this opportunity to join the Merchants Guild …….”
“I see. May I ask for an explanation about the guild for now?”
The guild lady told me that if I joined the merchants guild, I would be able to accept requests just like in the adventurers guild.
In response to the Adventurers’ Guild’s request to go and kill some kind of monster, they would like you to sell them some kind of goods …… or something like that.
Transactions through the guild are not mandatory, but if you go through the guild, your grade will increase according to the amount of money you make, which will lead to the merchant’s credibility.
Conversely, merchants who are not members of a merchant guild or who are members of a guild but have a low grade are considered untrustworthy and may not be able to make large transactions.
“Hmmm. If we are going to trade crops and potions in earnest from now on, it would be better to join a guild.”
“Yes. You’ll start at F-grade, but if you join now, there’s also the matter about the magic potions, so D …… no, you can start at C-grade, and you can buy items from our partner stores at discounted prices, too?”
“I see. In the Adventurers’ Guild, if you fail a request several times in a row, you may be demoted, but isn’t there something like that?”
“You will be demoted if you don’t do more than a certain amount of transactions during a certain period of time according to your grade, but it will be more than half a year, so I think it’s fine. However, if you make an unfair transaction that undermines your credibility …… or deliver counterfeit goods, or if you buy or sell goods at an amount that is significantly far from the fair price set by the guild, you will be severely punished. In some cases, there may even be expulsion.”
……A fair price, huh.
I think I saw Rena bargain for a 70% discount at a stall the other day, though.
“Oh, it’s okay to buy from the stalls in this town. They don’t have a store, and they don’t belong to the merchants guild in the first place. Well, it would be a problem if a legitimate member of the merchants guild were selling goods at exorbitant prices at their stalls, let alone selling at stalls.”
There are some countries and towns where street vendors cannot be regulated due to culture and customs.
So, since most of the stalls in Shiina Country are not affiliated with the merchants guild, I was told that I should be careful when buying.
Hmmm. I should have asked about this earlier.
“I understand. Then, I’ll join the guild. Just the representative, right?”
“Yes, of course! Now, please fill out this form here …… Thank you very much. Mr. Alex, right? Huh ……? It sounds like a name I’ve heard somewhere …… Oh, well. Here is your merchants guild’s C-grade registration card. Please be careful not to lose it, as it will cost you money to have it reissued.”
“Thank you. And now back to the subject, could you tell me how to get to the city to the south?”
“Yes, sir. I can only tell you how to get to the next city over. Anything beyond that would be in violation of the laws of this country.”
I thought it would be a lot of trouble, but at least I knew how to get to the next city.
Slowly, though, I should go to the center of Shiina country and crush the dark guild.
But the problem is …… now we are just a stone’s throw from the demon territory, but if we go any further away, we won’t be able to make the day trip.
If something happens over there, I can get information via Meilin, but I don’t want to be unable to return immediately.
Like yesterday, trouble may suddenly occur.
As I was thinking about that…
“F-Father, I don’t know what’s going on, but they want you back quickly! Mother Meilin is calling for you!”
Suddenly Rena starts panicking.
I don’t know what happened, but I asked Mami and Julie to help me and we decided to leave in a big hurry.