I was guided to a private room by the receptionist lady at the bank.
Unlike modern Japan, there arenât enough customers to form a line on the counter, and writing a name and address on a piece of paper doesnât make it enough to create a passbook. Also, thereâs no way for a commoner child casually opening an account. But if you were a bank receptionist, you wouldnât think it was a childâs mischief if you looked at me, so she did it very well.
By the way, carrying two shoulder bags like this is too heavy for meâŠ
When I was in the private room, I put my shoulder bags on the table. How heavyâŠ
âFor the time being, I want to open an account and deposit these right awayâŠâ (Mitsuha)
With that said, I opened the fastener on my string bag.
98 percent pure gold ingots, 15kg on each bag, making a total of 30 kg.
Given the gold exchange rate in this world, it is equivalent to around 400 million yen in Japan. But if you try to sell it in Japan, it only worth 100 million yen.
âI only brought these gold ingots for the time being, I donât have the currency of this country, so Iâd like to ask for cash and deposit for immediate living expensesâ (Mitsuha)
Thereâs a receptionist lady who sit still frozen.
After more than 10 seconds, the receptionist lady restarted.\n
âP-p-p-p-please wait for a moment!â (Receptionist lady)
And she flew somewhere with a dash.
Yeah, well, I guess sheâll call her superior, maybe.
When I said to the King [donât ask anything, itâs for the sake of the whole country, no, the whole continent], he really lent me the gold without asking anything. Of course, with no interest. How generousâŠ
Oh, the reception lady is back, Bringing two middle-aged men. Then I returned to her original job, leaving me and two middle-aged men in a small private room. Well, both of them arenât too grim lookingâŠ
âIt is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Morray, President of this Bank, and this is the vice president, Agresâ (President-san)
Oh, the top two here. Then, letâs proceed right awayâŠ
And, I explained that I am a noble from another country that will stay in this country for a while and due to various reasons, I only brought gold ingots that could be easily exchanged, rather than the currency from my own country. I also explained that I wanted to open a small shop to promote my countryâs products.
âCan I convert this gold to the local currency?â (Mitsuha)
âWith pleasure!â (President-san)
Well, of course theyâll be happy to receive a plenty of commissions.
âThen, could you introduce me to a trusted real estate agent?â (Mitsuha)
âPlease leave it to me!â (President-san)\nIâm sure itâll leave some impact if I did this much at the biggest bank in royal capital.
Of course, 400 million yen or so amount of money would not be a big deal for the head of a large bank. But what if there was [a child of a foreign aristocracy that casually held that amount of money as âImmediate Allowanceâ]?
The parents gave such gold ingots as a childâs allowance without any escort. In other words, that amount of gold is [even if itâs stolen, it wonât matter much].
How much wealth do they have? And for the daughter to have a title means that the parent is a high noble, has multiple titles, and they are doting on their daughter too much that they gave her one of their titles.
Surely, thatâs what the heads of the bank were thinking.
In other words, the gold ingots worth 400 million yen indicates that there are hundreds of thousands of times more of it. And, in President-san point of view, Iâm not [a little girl with 400 million yen] but [a daughter of an aristocrat with hundreds of billions of properties].
However, I havenât said something like that. I just talked about my own title.
Well, If I were to lose my parent and take over their title, I donât think Iâll have the time to travel leisurely to other country for a long period of time. so, itâs reasonable to think so.
But Iâm only talked about the truth, so itâs not my fault if they think too far and misunderstand something.
The next day, I went to the bank once more.
Of course, this time is to get myself introduced with a real estate agent.
Letâs quickly secure a store with a residential area as my base of operation so that I can easily transfer whenever I want.
This time, Iâm not planning to purchase, but to lease. My headquarters in this world is the [general store Mitsuha] and the territory of Viscount Yamano. I wonât purchase a base here so that I can throw it away when the time comes. In addition, without backing, I have a foreboding feeling of the paperwork and identity assurance.\n\nUnlike [general shop Mitsuha], this shop is built to be stands out in purpose. Therefore, I have to show off my technical capability to the extent that they donât have any distrust. Yes, itâs to lure those who smelled the scent of money making.
The goods would be something that looks expensive and terrific, but not something new. Maybe, something like unusual thing from foreign countries. However, I still need to be very careful to avoid giving any hints.
The purpose of this store is not to make money.
Itâs just a tool, a steppingstone to sell my name and build connections.
And then, I will be able to penetrate the upper classes, gather information and, at best, exercise my influence.
In addition, I will purchase sample of tools and machinery and use them as a source of technical improvement in our kingdom.
âŠif itâs the items from Earth then itâs too obscure it canât be any reference. And itâs expensive because of the exchange rate.
Ah, this countryâs gold coins were less pure than ours.
The size is just a little bigger than ours, but the weight isnât that much different. In other words, it has low gold composition, which is slightly lower than the value of the gold ingots.
I didnât know much by just looking at it, but I checked it properly just to make sure.
However, the monetary value of one gold coin here is slightly more than 100K yen in Japan. Itâs a little more valuable than gold coins of our kingdom. Is the value of the gold itself is high here, or is it because [The credibility of a country that guarantees the value of the currency]?
On the other side, the credibility of our country is low, so the gold is only worth as a gold.
Well, it seems better to collect them in the form of ingots or other commodities instead of gold coins in this country. Only after that, I can sell them in our country. The money earned in this country should be spent in this country. So that I donât leak the currency of our kingdom to enemy country. The 30 kilograms of gold as the initial investment will eventually be recovered and then I can return it to the King.