We need to come up with some sort of solution to the current situation.
No matter what, we need to prevent Noswell from attacking or I canât hold back my bottled up rage anymore.
They still donât buy even if itâs this cheap, It canât be helped even if I further tamper with the price.
The Karlco familyâs unexpectedly large influence and Noswellâs impersonal behavior were a disaster.
I didnât think that they would blatantly threaten someone in public.
I need a different approach from another direction.
I mash the leaves of the incense leaf with my fingertips and put them into my own kissel.
Normally, one piece would be enough, but three pieces are thrust in and set on fire with magic.
âWhatâs the matter Brother?â
âI thought it would attract customers if I fire off a smoke.â
I am particularly confident in the smell of the incense leaf that I created.
Now that he was drawing attention to himself with the power of the Blue Ortem, even a minor plan like this should have great effect.
It wonât be a decisive move, but it will shake things up first.
I will cause wind with magic, and control the smoke to pass through on the line in the middle.
A few people who have been influenced glanced here and began to move, and Noswell that saw that stopped walking.
As I thought, the current stopper is great but there is an effect. There is no negative effect. Keep it up.
If you keep the foundation strong, it will flow at once if the air changes.
Because of the other sideâs poor handling, the lack of progress on the line is causing a lot of people to be irritated.
With a little opportunity, there will be a chance to break it down.
Another man steps out of line and comes toward us.
If one person collapses, the person who follows will appear.
However, the man stopped in his tracks as he looked in Noswellâs direction on the way.
We canât go on like this.
I still want something afterwards to give me a boost.
I glanced at the Noswellâs stall.
âNo-, Noswell-san ⌠Iâll just inspect the enemy andâŚâ
One of his followers Noppo, leaves the stall staggering while snorting.
Noswell quickly grabbed Noppo by the neck and pulled him back.
Alright, collapse, collapse.
However, as I thought itâs not enough.
The foundation should be sufficient enough. Just one more thing, I want an opportunity.
Just a few seconds. That alone should turn the tide a lot.
âOh, here you are! Hey!â
I can hear Gariaâs voice.
No, itâs not only Gariaâs. Following him, the people that participated in my coming-of-age ceremony show up one after another.
My father and the Chiefâs also there.
There are nearly twenty of them.
âSell me that incense leaf!â
âI never thought I would see Abel at the Exchange Square. I thought you have no interest in this kind of thing.â
âWhy isnât there a line? Donât tell me youâre sold out, Hey!â
âYou saved my share, right?â
The whole atmosphere has changed.
Itâs hard to get out if there are only one or two people, but I think they thought that if there are enough people, they might be able to blend in.
Noswell walks out of the stall with a big stride.
âOi! You all know what will happenâŚâ
âPlease be at ease! Thereâs more to come!â
I shouted loudly, and the line at the Noswellâs stall began to crumble.
Nearly one-fifth of them moved in one fell swoop.
Then, a follow-up appeared.
âOi! Donât, donât fuck with me! Oi! I-, Iâll remember all your faces! Iâll report you all to father!â
If this many people flowed in, there would be nothing we could do about it.
Thereâs no way you can remember all their faces.
No one was listening anymore.
Noswell stood there beet red and stunned, being dragged back to his own side by the chibi.
âAmazing, you can get ten times the item with the same expense!â
âItâs not like they donât even know the value, and the Chiefâs magic ore was also banned. On top of that, Iâm nervous, and Iâm not making any progress at all.â
More and more customers are drawn in.
Thinking about what happened earlier, itâs as if Iâm dreaming.
In a daze, he called out to me, âHurry up.â
I hurriedly received the magic ore and handed over the incense leaf.
âSell me one hundred bundles! No, two hundred!â
âHey, raise it higher! I wonât be able to buy it!â
Certainly if they are bought by the hundred, they will be gone in an instant.
This time we only have about two thousand bundles.
I thought this would be enough, but there are many people here who have incense leaf as currency or assets.
Rather than changing the price, itâs better to put a limit on the number of pieces you can buy.
I want to make it as wide and shallow as possible.
âExcuse me, up to ten bundles per person only, please!
One exchange after another is completed.
If you donât know the market price of what is brought, you can let the other sideâs words pass.
We donât want to protect the value of the original.
I didnât pursue profits that far, but things were going well in that direction too.
One after another, meat, fruit, cloth, and pots are piled up behind them.
I also have a lot of rare metals that I wanted for alchemy.
We didnât have enough space, so we hired a kid and bought about five more carpets.
I honestly canât stop laughing. I canât bring myself to go hunting for the rest of my life.
Just how do I bring it back?
âNoswell-san, itâs not good! Letâs lower the market price. A tenfold difference wonât do!â
Unusually, the Chibi follower comes out strong in Noswell.
âYou- you, youâre telling me what to do! You Rietta family! â
âThatâs not the point! If you keep this up, itâs going to be outrageous!â
âBut⌠because⌠no matter what, you have to keep the value at this level⌠my father⌠my father said⌠If I mess with it, my father will be angryâŚâ
âIf it didnât sell, it would be out of the question!â
âBut⌠But⌠My fatherâŚâ
Noswell is getting smaller as his followers yell at him.
Some things are just so rare.
Just to see his tearful face was worth the effort this time.
That ends it.
But anxiously, there was no sign of Noppo over there.
From the looks of it, his two cronies may be stronger opponents than Noswell.
If they are planning something, we have to be careful.
As soon as I said it, people started to smoke it around me.
Apparently, they couldnât wait to smell it.
âGreat, itâs not like that at all!â
âItâs like the things Iâve smoked before was leaf mold.â
Iâve heard the reviews here and there, and more and more people are joining the queue.
The length of Noswellâs column and this one was reversed.
Those who stayed behind also seemed to be anxious about whether they should go here.
At this rate, this may not be enough of a number at all.
âShibi, go and collect the stuff youâre drying. Letâs line up the carefully selected and repelled portions at a reduced price.â
âI, I understand!â
When they saw our exchange and realized that there were not many left, the line of Noswellâs came down in a swoon.
Finally, there was no one left.
Noppoâs at the back of the line.
I thought I couldnât see him, but he was lined up this way.
He was holding his own armyâs incense leaf with a happy expression.
Donât tell me youâre going to trade with that.
Oh, well.
It looks interesting so Iâll accept that exchange.
Itâs terrible to betray that smile.
Well, in the market, do I have to give out one bundle of those and ten bundles of these?
As I smiled and continued to negotiate, I saw a man coming towards me along the line.
His age would be around 40.
He had a high nose with a face of a sharp impression.
He walked quietly, but he seemed somehow intimidating.
He had snake-like eyes, and a haircut similar to Noswellâs.
Suddenly I had a bad feeling about it.
âI have free time, so I came to check it out. Well done, Noswell. Well, I guess itâs a good thing I made the leaves. However, I didnât expect it to stretch this far. Hasnât it become quite lively.â
No doubt about it.
The head of the Karlco family, Noswellâs dad.
The boss has come out.
Noswell is just the dirty rich son but, this man is different.
The black rumors in this village are mostly connected to this man.
The chieftain also said that he had been done quite nicely.
There are probably a few conflicts that heâs involved in.
I canât let my guard down.
Noswellâs father walked right up to me.
âNoswell, youâre not used to this sort of thing, but Iâm relieved that things seem to be going well. What do you think? How does it feel to try it for the first time?
â⌠Excuse me, but iâm not Noswell?â
âHm?â
Noswellâs father lowers his gaze and glares at me.
He pulls his glasses out of his pocket and stares at me.
Apparently his eyes are not very good.
He seemed to believe that Noswell was at the end of the procession.
âDid Noswell ask you to look after the store?â
âNoswell-san is over there. Iâm Abel.â
â⌠Abel?â
Noswellâs father turns his attention back to Noswell.
Noswell is now looking at the sky with dead eyes and his mouth is open.
Not a single customer lined up.
Noswellâs father, seeing this, seemed to have sensed the current situation and his face was distorted greatly.
He turns his gaze back to me.
âAbel?!ăDonât tell me youâre the Abel of the Berek family?!â
Noswellâs father exclaims so with a bright red face.
Then he looked at Noswell again and let out a high-pitched laugh.
âHaa-hahahaha!ăHa ha ha ha ha ha ha!â
He claps his hands and laughs as he looks up to the heavens.