A while after the storeâs opening, the busy time due to the lunch also passed, one soldier appeared.
Itâs not a lower-level soldier, he is about 40 years old and seems to be a little superior.
Oh, I donât mean his attitude but his class.
ăOh, lady shopkeeper, actually, I have a favor to ask!ă(Soldier)
Eh, this person, I rememberâŚ
He is one of the four middle captains who met the other day with Mr. Lt. Col!
ăUhmâŚ, how may I help youâŚă(Kaoru)
Without knowing the detail, I canât decide.
ăUmm, about thatâŚ, actuallyâŚă(V. Captain)
Mr. V. Captain was somewhat hesitant, he looked around and told me in a small voice.
ă⌠Actually, itâs a confidential request. Can you come to my mansion and see me in person?ă(V. Captain)
ăEhâŚ!?ă(Kaoru)
What should I do?
Actually, I donât think this person will do strange things against me.
Except for two cases.
One: this person is a part of that military supply sideways flow, came to deal with me who can read the cipher.
Although they can change the encryption, as I can decry again, itâs will be the same. So they want to break the root of the problem.
Two: this man was a pedo and he had his eyes on me.
No, Nope Nope!
If he wants to get rid of me, he wonât go through all the trouble to come here by himself.
Usually, he will do it himself or his men to do it in the middle of the night.
And this person, he seems to be serious middle age man, he doesnât seem to be a pedophileâŚ
No, he may be a pedo, but I donât think a pedo dares to ask people come directly to his house.
⌠and somehow, it looks interesting.
Recently, I got caught up in bad things, I was busy with clattering, so I want to change the pace a little bit.
Besides, I am not in trouble with money.
No, in order to do business, shouldnât I make the maximum profit possible?
Selling it at a low price that breaks the market price or doing a cranky business would be annoying to other traders and makes a fool of God of business.
Itâs unacceptable.
SoâŚ
ăBusiness trip fee, one small gold coină(Kaoru)
ăAh, yes⌠Please!ă(V. Captain)
Well, that price will be fine.
ăRiette-chan, we are leavingă(Kaoru)
ăYes!ă(Riette)
Riette-chan replies well and starts to close the wooden window.
After she closes the windows, she also closes the back door on the second floor, and then the entrance.
ă The residence is about 20 minutes from here.ă(V. Captain)
Oh, the other side of the royal palace?
Somewhat distantâŚ
Not with the sense of this world.
Since Bell and Emil went out to work as hunters, the shop was temporarily closed.
I took Riette-chan and moved on foot.
Even though he is a noble but because he is a soldier as well, he walks just fine without using a horse-drawn carriage.
I also donât bother to prepare my chariot carriage or renting one.
Once in a while, I have to exercise my body, itâs also good for Riette-chanâs growth.
Looking back at the glance on the way, Francette and Roland were following me.
Did both of them always keep watching our shop?
Where, from what time to what time?
No holidays?
Well, I have to ask them later.
No way, donât tell me they are standing all day in the alley.
Which black company are you?
That is why I arrived at the house of the Company Leader.
Well, considering the distance from this building and the center of the royal city, maybe he isnât that great.
Perhaps, his family is a Baron or a Viscount?
Even if Mr. Lt. Colonel is the son of an EarlâŚ
He is just the third son, he isnât going to succeed in the future. Does that mean Mr. Col. Lady isnât so great either?
And then, after passing through the gate, we headed to the entranceâŚ
ăWelcome home masteră(Servants)
Eeeeeh!?
Master? The owner of the active aristocracy who already succeeded the rank?
Then, doesnât that mean his aristocrat state higher than Mr. Lt. Col?
Even the Earlâs rank is higher than the Baron or a Viscount,
The third son still wonât be counted as an aristocrat yet. So, as individuals, Mr. Captain is still lower rank than Mr. V. Captain.
Well, itâs bad to make the enemy out of the Earl, so it canât be helped.
Itâs a power relationship. (ĺé˘äż: Donât really know if power relationship makes sense in EN though)
Besides, they are an officer and a subordinate of the same unit, so it doesnât matter.
Both in the military and the company, the ranks, and positions within the organization are everything.
Your parents, parents, age, educational background, it doesnât matter.
Just like that damn section chief Yarou.
Have an attitude, looking down on the clerks,âŚ
No no, that the story in the past.
ăOh, that, the middle captain, are you the master of this house?ă(Kaoru)
ăOh, did I forget to tell you?
Yes, I am Sevos von Larslick, the Larslick Viscountă(Sevos)
As expected!
Well, I will not change my attitude even with the aristocrats.
After all, Iâm the woman who even yells at royalty.
Hahahaha⌠However, I will not be rude with aristocrats without reason.
And, as it is, we came into the middle captainâs study.
An office room?
Somehow it was such a room.
His families and servants are excluded, the only members are Mr. V. Captain me and Riette-chan (air mode), only three people.
Well, finally, the main purpose⌠not
ăI brought the teaă(Maid)
Oh, tea and sweets are appreciated.
And then, after the maid came out, itâs finally the main purpose this time.
Mushy⌠(Riette-chanâs eating sweets SFX)
Yeah, Riette-chan is eating sweets.
I have a cup of tea.
As for the middle Captain, because he walks at the speed that the army usually marches, he isnât tired and thirsty at all.
He doesnât have any problem as a soldier, but he should be a little more concern about young girlsâŚ
No no no, Iâm sorry for being a poisonous woman who searching marriage partner!
I was badâŚ
And then, when I start drinking the tea.
ăActually, there was a treasure hiding in my mansion. I want to ask you to search for this treasureă(Sevos)
Bu~fu~ge~e~go~ho! (Kaoru tried to stop blowing out the tea SFX*)
I was able to stop blowing out the tea in my mouth.
They look expensive, yes, his clothes, the sofa, and carpet etc.
Even if I allow to make a mistake, I will not blow the tea out here.
So, I desperately endured and swallowed it.
And finally, after cleaning my throat.
ăWhy did you say it at such timing?ă(Kaoru)
Damn, that *Pokan (dumbfound)* face.
For real, he didnât realize what he did?
Someday, I will make you blow the tea out in front of Mr. Lt. Col!
Well, anyway, letâs hear his explanation.
If he doesnât explain it, nothing will start.
And, from what V. Captain said, it seems that the Larslick family isnât very well off.
No, sorry. He is working in the military, so he isnât really that poorâŚ
Because his eldest brother, who was supposed to succeed to the house and rank, inadvertently died, so he became the next in the line heir.
All of sudden Mr. V. Captain became the head, he moved to the capital and lived with his wife and children.
And he seemed to be working for the Viscount family in various ways both in military service and in society.
Well, that story isnât uncommon for aristocrats.
Well then, whatâs the problem?
⌠There is nothing.
Yes, money.
After all, they are poor!
Crop failure lasted for several years, they brought out all the stockpiles stored in the estate,
They even bought food with the gold coins left in the vault.
However, the mal production is the same in the neighboring territory.
It is costly to buy and carry from afar, not to mention bandit and other farmers may also attack with a life-threatening situation for their wife and children.
The expenses for the escorts cost them even further.
This year, somehow the harvest was pretty much at the same as usual, he wanted to help but both the vault and the stock food cabinet were almost empty.
If they still have something, itâs now to use it.
Even if itâs not really fatal, but thereâs also an epidemic disease,
There are also a large-scale bandit group flows.
For the current Larslick Territory, they are at ăone last pushă situation.
Yes, it could be a grave situation.
If it is normal, this might be the end of this family.
They must borrow money from some big noble,
Being ăslave-likeă as bound by money and obligation,
There is no other choice but to accept the declining of the name of the Viscount.
Yes, ăIf it is normală
Actually, there are hidden assets in the Larslick familyâŚ
No, it should be ăthere wereă
Long ago, an uninhabited large ship arrived at the Larslick Territory which facing the sea.
That ship is the type that the people of this country have never seen before,
all the crew already died, their water and food seemed to be exhausted,
However, the shipment and safe were untouchable.
They are things that can neither be drunk nor eaten, namely, ceramics, swords, other trade items, and funds for buying, that is, a large number of gold coins and jewels.
Back then, the barren Larslick territory had already been in danger of repeatedly fail crop.
The head of the family at that time secretly convert some of the treasure into gold coins of this country. And with part of that money, the Lord had overcome the crisis of his territory.
ăThis is it.
I want to ask you for deciphering!ă(Sevos)
Thatâs it, one parchment that Captain Chief offered me.
ăFrom generation to generation, this information on this document has only been conveyed to the head of the family.
The information about the good, the treasure that our grandparent kept safe.
And the third generation head, my eldest brother, was also the only one who knew that information.
However, he died in an accident before telling it to the next generation, which is meâŚă(Sevos)
Thatâs it. Itâs my turn.
Just in case when the verbal orders lost, they prepared the document about the secret place for goods written in cryptography?
Yeah, backing up is important.
If I had not backed it up for 3 months, that corruption section chief, who wipes itâŚ
No, no, itâs already over, forgets itâŚ
And then, I receive the parchment that was presented and look at it
ăIn case of danger of Larslick territory, all warrants exhausted and there are no other means, MAKE SURE TO CONVERT THE âGOODâ INTO MONEY TO USE.