Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

21 Aug 7443

It's Wednesday, so it's a day off. Normally, I'm using Zulu as an escort for a magic training at a labyrinth layer or trying to earn some experience, but I'm going to change my plans a little bit today. I had breakfast, and I thought I'd get to work as usual, when I was gearing up at the Boyle Pavilion. When I show my face because the room has been knocked, there is a Boyle Pavilion kid who says he is a visitor.

I don't know, but there's been an increase in the number of people who want to join my party. However, it may be someone from the First Knights who has offered to maintain urgent armor. Did your sister run out of latex on the repair kit she has?

Recently, I had a fair amount of it brought to me last month when my brothers came for delivery, so I could afford it, and I thought I could fix it properly and make some change, and when I went to the front desk, a middle-aged man from the Mountain Nation (Dwarf) with an unrememorable face and a young lion (Lios) man like his squire were waiting for me. It is difficult to think of both adventurers and Knights associates who wish to participate because of their physique and outfit. Could it be someone from the Knights' heavy relationship? Doesn't look like a military relationship to me.

"I'm the Grid..."

That's what I call attention to.

When the man turned to me, he politely bowed his head and greeted me.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Jochen Logflat. We run a shop that is Wang Du. I'd like to talk to you for a moment, how may I help you?

And he's watching me.

Is this man, is that it? Did you come to negotiate directly with me about the headquarters of the Grid Chamber of Commerce? If you appraise it, you are the head of the Log Flat Associate Baron. Levels are pretty good at 10, but I'm already 45. You must have mistaken my gaze at the appraisal window for the gaze on Lios' man following next door, Associate Baron Logflat opened his mouth again.

"Oh, this man is a slave to my escort. Never mind."

Really, are you walking with the battle slaves of the escort? I thought it was reassuring in and around Wang Du, but I've never seen a lord of the aristocracy walking around the city, so is it natural? I thought so and decided not to care. But I guess it's natural because it's hard to imagine the lord of the aristocracy coming from Wang Du to this point in the boulder without a escort.

"Yes, time is fine, but what are your requirements?

I'd jump if you said you'd give me a building with a good location, but I don't like to be seen at my feet either. Well, if it's about common sense price plus alpha, I hope so. I don't know what to say because they saw my feet a little bit, but this log-flat associate baron has a good thin smile on his face and won't let him read its heart. I'd say I'm quite willing to do business with some of the most serious temperamental oath people.

"Business with the Green Chamber of Commerce"

At that time, a voice hung from the top of the stairs.

"Aren't you the log flat associate baron!? How did you end up like this?

It was Xenom. Apparently, this log flat associate baron knows each other. He opened his mouth again as he hurried down the stairs.

"What, Al? You, you knew the Associate Baron?

"No, you just came to visit me. I just said hello."

"Firefried! You knew Mr. Gried?

If you know Zenom, he'll say something so unscrupulous. I'm about to laugh. Is that it? Do you know Zenom? I don't know Zenom anywhere near Wang Du.

"I know and nothing, I'm hired by the Grid right now. I think I told you at the beginning of the year that this Grid is hiring me as an adventurer."

When Xenom explains his relationship with me to the Associate Baron, he tells Xenom as surprised.

"Really! So you, you were a member of the Killer (Slaters)!

Whoa, we've sold quite a few names, too. Lately, then, a young pompous adventurer came about once a week asking me to be a member. I can't get in.

For the record, five of the top teams from last year we came to Balduk naturally, but I hear a lot of them are counting us killers (Throwers) as top teams these days. I think the real top team guys are special because about one a year they find low-value (and even so hundreds of millions Z is crap) magic items, but we killers (Slaters) make steadily higher amounts of money with demon stones of things that don't go there for the amount.

Earning Demon Stone doesn't extend far to the Killers (Slaters) even if five of the top teams are bundled. Especially since we've been admiring each other for the last six months, and there's been a lot of parties to wipe them out, so we can collect their gear, and we're even more knowledgeable. To be honest, I was worried that the purchase price would go down because this is all we supply Demon Stone, but the market didn't fluctuate at all because the demand for Demon Stone was originally high. Well, I was wondering how many demon stones we were going to get, but there were eight of us.

For a moment, I remembered my interest and asked the demon prop shop owner. Production in Balduk before and now we start bringing in (?) This is the change in the overall amount of demon stone that will be If it's 10 before we get here, it's about 13 now, and the supply is up 30%. If consumption does not change, it is not surprising that transaction prices fall by about 20%. However, the demand for Demon Stone was originally high and the transaction amount was high and stable.

The magician I'm pleading with is right next to the labyrinth, a fairly large chamber of commerce in Balduk. He took some margins to wholesale the fact that the Wang Capital's magic prop store also seemed to have a wholesale route and that noble class did not charge taxes, but there are no labyrinths in the Wang Capital. Besides, there are no demons in the neighborhood that serve as a source of demonic stones. That's why adventurers rarely bring it in either.

Almost all the demonic stones consumed in the Wang capital were supplied by Balduk. Demand originally exists because it is a super large city with a population of more than 200,000. Until now, demon stones were expensive to use and could not be bought, but simply because of the low supply, a wholesale destination had been decided. So it seems like it would be nice to get a higher price, but I didn't have to know if it was the kind of store that does business, and the Demon Stone was rarely used personally.

I mean, there's no lighting in most houses, and ignition can come from somewhere. Of course there is no such thing as heating and cooling. I only use the lighting when I really need it, and if I use the clock demon tool three times a day or so, I can use it for a year or so with the less valuable Goblin Demon Stone.

I was familiar with Guineh around here. It's not just because it's a merchant's house, it's simply because I grew up in the general family of Wang Du, so it's just an understanding of the values of the demonic stones of ordinary people and the reasoning derived from the knowledge that they are ex-Japanese, but the Japanese feel seems to be close to things like professional convenience but special cookware, local specialty delicacies, imported ingredients, large TVs and those products from an era without washing machines or air conditioning.

I'd love to, and there's nothing I can't buy. But I can handle alternatives and substitutes, well. Although it is not strange or unnatural in each household, it cannot and will not be wasted. He said it was like this.

Demon stones are consumed like delicacies and other foods and electricity, but fuel it (?) Equipment for use as is quite expensive in the first place. It's hard to stop buying unless it's corporate demand such as how rich or shopping is. Some specs gutted off like saying simplified, but fuel (?) I will refrain from wasting it except when it is really necessary because it is not in very good circulation in itself. That's the way it is. I don't know if it's accurate, but with Guine's explanation, I decided to convince him with dissatisfaction.

Let's get back to it.

Xenom says against the associate baron who was a little surprised and spoke to Xenom.

"Yeah, that's right. Especially since we don't call ourselves the Slaughters."

The Associate Baron who heard the words of Xenom,

"Right. Firefried. Would you do Mr. Gried a favor, too? Actually, I'm here to ask you to go out with the Grid Chamber of Commerce."

I said. Xenom, having heard the Associate Baron, says a little surprised.

"I don't mind that, but Al doesn't deal with slaves."

Yeah, slaves specialize in buying. Even so, I've only bought two of them. But I could already imagine. I'm sure Associate Baron Logflat is the owner of the "Duke of Emerald Club Reception Hotel" and finally came to negotiate the purchase of the "Sheath". No, you must be!

He knows Xenom, and I guess what Xenom said about slavery is he's talking about sex slavery. Several times after that, I went to the "Duke of Emerald Club Reception Hotel" and took the "sheath" of the sample. That gentleman always stopped me from seeing the owner. I guess it didn't suddenly become a reputation because of the small number. It took months to get into the owner's ear.

"Log-flat Associate Baron. Would you like to discuss purchasing our Chamber of Commerce rubber products?

When I say that,

"Yeah, that's right. Did you say 'sheath'? It has the Duke of Lomberto's family crest on it."

Are you willing to do business in the lobby of the Boyle Pavilion? Well, fine.

"It's 13000Z per pack of 10. I have about 80 packs in stock now though. We haven't wholesaled anywhere but the Royal Family, not yet in Lombertia or Balduk."

When I say so, the Associate Baron has been holding my hand with a horrible face.

"You're considerably cheaper than I imagined. I would like to buy all my current inventory at the price you want if possible. I would also like to discuss the future…"

He's shorter than I am, so he looks down (my height is currently about 170cm).

"Shall we change the place... how about some tea somewhere? Xenom, why don't you join us?

That's what I said and saw Xenom. Looks like we're going, of course.

At the neighborhood rice store, we had a business meeting sipping bean tea as usual. In the meantime, sell all of the inventory I just declared, 80 packs, to the Associate Baron's Fire Notes Chamber of Commerce for a unit price of 13000Z. Yeah, 10 packs is for me and another store sample, and then Tris buys about 2 packs a month. I take it for that.

"It can be purchased for about three months. The increase in purchases takes about six months. Next time around 30 packs will come in at the end of next month or so. I think it would be possible to increase the quantity of purchases from the end of the year to the beginning of the year if we told them how much to increase after the next purchase."

When I said that, the Associate Baron was grateful as he grinned. The order volume will be collected by mid-September. The business talks are headed to an end with a soothing atmosphere. Xenom wondered, "Sheath?" or something like that, "but I said," I didn't expect to pay attention to the luxury goods of the royal family, which are also delivered directly to the Royal Family of Lombertos, only a Zenom acquaintance on the boulder, and the log flat associate baron has a high eye. You're a good businessman, "he said, arms in arms and nodding as he was convinced.

You won't show up in time. You must have come to pick me up worried, Zulu called me on the street, so I'll call you back. I give him the keys to the inn, order him to bring me the crate in my room, two sheets of paper in the third drawer of the desk, a pen and an ink kettle on the desk, and turn again to the Associate Baron.

The sale of condoms is also important, but it is on the brink of being able to do so. I want to make the most of it.

"By the way, log flat associate baron. May I ask you something that doesn't make sense?

I spoke to him again with my expression.

"Yeah, what is it?

"I would like to be based at my Chamber of Commerce around Vail Street in Lombertier or the heart of Guld Street. I'm asking the Tuxes Chamber of Commerce in Lombertia to mediate, but I can't find a good case and I'm struggling. I would love to introduce you to Logflat if you have any idea..."

"Hmm... that's where everyone wants to set up a store... What kind of building would you like?

"Right. It is first and foremost important that the artisan family is habitable. Besides that, good space and water-turning stools like where the rubber is processed are a must. If it is possible, there is nothing to say if it is in a format like a shop where it is possible to display small products. And then... yes, it would be helpful to have a leather merchant or skin tanning work place nearby, to say the greed. The processing of rubber produces quite a bit of odor, so it's hard to stand out if you have a similar workshop around."

When he hears my lavish order, the Associate Baron says with a bitter smile.

"Ha, it's a difficult order. But I think it's easier to find a workshop and a place to live and shop. You'll need to be quite big about the workplace, so you'll find as many of them as you can if you go outside the city below the river. Skin tanning workshops are mostly under the river. The hurdle to finding a store and a place to stay will drop considerably, as long as you remove the work space."

Well, sometimes we split the base into multiple locations. It's going to cost me money though. It's too late to complain about the smell of sulfur. There is also a problem with sulphide gas. Do we have to split it?

"I see you're right. Then the workshop doesn't seem to have a problem finding it, so fine. Have you noticed the building where the Chamber of Commerce is based?

"Um, sorry, but you won't be out any time soon. At the end of the month, there will be a meeting of the main chamber of commerce, so let's look at it with a voice."

To the Associate Baron, who says sorry,

"No, never mind. It's an unwanted pleasure to get you there."

That's what I say and I bow my head.

Zulu came back with the box just fine. I'll make a proof of sale and give it to Associate Baron Logflat as a delivery note and receipt. Unlike armor, the 'sheath' treats contraceptives as well as pig bowels, so the tax rate is low. 2% of sales. Likewise, ask the Associate Baron to confirm the amount and sign it as a receipt. They seemed to have come this far by carriage, so they let Zulu carry their luggage to the carriage.

Ask Xenom about your relationship with him after he dropped off the associate barons, and he and I originally served him in his hometown. When Zenom was 12 and the Associate Baron was 16, the village of Firenotes, which was on the Dart Plains where they lived at the time (where the Associate Baron's father was lord), was ambushed by Dabus's army and many residents were killed. Of course, more people were killed than the prisoners, but Xenom and Associate Baron Logflat (who at the time was the second son of the Associate Baron family, apparently because the housekeeper had not yet succeeded him) fled teasing without being caught.

After that, they were both adventurers. The family of the Associate Baron, who was lord of the village of Firenotes, had been killed except for him who had fled, and it turned out that he was the only one left to succeed the governor, after two years had elapsed since then and the Kingdom of Lomberto side had taken back the village of Firenotes again.

Zenom's family had also been wiped out, he said. Immediately afterwards, it was reoccupied by the Kingdom of Dabus and continues to this day. When the Kingdom of Lomberto regained it, he began his business based on the property left untouched in a stash he kept secret except for his family, was on edge and embarked on a whorehouse management before partaking with Xenom for a while, who apparently decided to return to being an adventurer like a windmill.

Neither the log-flat associate baron nor the territory, he couldn't hold back because he was still young at the time and couldn't afford to put Xenom, who was the third son of a squire.

"Why wasn't Xenom with Associate Baron Logflat?

That's what I'm asking. Zenom...

"The Associate Baron was the first to start a business dealing with wood. The economy was pretty good at that time and I was helping. But they tried to replace it with a more profitable business. So I started a whorehouse, but at first I struggled... I didn't get on track very well. I bought a slave. I have a lot of debt. I need money to eat, too. I can't help it, but I think the boulder is going to drop my salary until it's critical. I have to feed my wife."

"Huh? Were you married?

"Oh, I married a woman I knew when I was an adventurer when I started my first business. I didn't have any money when I started the whorehouse. He died of an epidemic disease. Maia seems to be a dwarf, she was a good woman. I had a long, hard splendid mustache early...... oh Maia is my wife's name. Associate Baron Logflat was crying and apologizing to me. Maybe the associate baron isn't married yet because he feels a burden on me. I don't care, but I'm still stubbornly single. I don't think the Baron cares much about me, so I feel uncomfortable... so I decided to go back to being an adventurer. When I was 17..."

Rarely did Xenom speak of his past with a distant eye.

"Well... that's..."

"Oh, never mind. Anyway, it was over twenty years ago. I hardly recall it these days."

That's what Xenom was laughing at.

There is no labyrinth today.

Let's have a drink with Xenom.

There happens to be Zulu, and it's not a bad idea for a man to drink with each other, or the three of us once in a while.

Xenom likes to drink, but he's weak, and I don't drink Zulu in the first place.

Drinking and communication is a promise of a salesman.