Chapter 105
Chapter 105
When the fog lifted, we moved to the shore .
There were fishermen repairing their nets on the beach . Seth hailed the fishermen and asked if there was a place we could dock our ship and headed to a harbor with a wharf .
At the harbor, there were fishmongers busily cleaning up after the morning market .
Docking the ship at the wharf, I lifted the middle-aged man’s corpse and the small boat to my shoulders and disembarked .
It has to be a bizarre sight . We attracted the attention of the harbor .
When I explained the situation to a fishmonger-like ojisan staring dumbfounded nearby, he told a young boy to go call the guards .
“Where did you pick him up?”
The fishmonger-like ojisan asked .
“At a place a bit west of here . In the sea south of where the fishermen are . ”
“Then, ain’t it just right there?”
People gathered as we had that sort of conversation .
The people gathered at the harbor were about 50-50 beastkin and humans . Among them were dwarves, although they were few in number .
When I asked the name of the town,
“The port town East End of the Rocksalteast Kingdom . ”
“Is this city east of the Ruginia continent?”
“That’s right . The southeast border . ”
The fishmonger-like ojisan responded while wiping sweat from his forehead .
After spending some time asking about the weather and atmospheric temperature, a guard carrying a spear came .
The guard, wearing slightly worn armor, pushed through the people, coming up to us . His age is about the same as my age?
“So it’s you guys? The ones who came carrying a corpse?”
“That’s right . I was thinking it would be better to notify his family if there are any . ”
“I see . Thank you for your efforts . Are you merchants?”
“Yes, we’re in cleaning and exterminating trade . ”
So saying, I showed him my Merchant’s Guild card .
“Is this the corpse?”
“That’s right . It was collapsed in this small boat, and we found it and picked it up as it was tossed about at sea . ”
“Got it . ”
The guard turned over the corpse wrapped in cloth, checking the face and body, and gasped . I could also here the shrieks from the curious onlookers gathered around .
“So it’s a noble … I got it . This might become something troublesome, but can I hear your story?”
“Even if you want a story, it’s just that this morning we found it in the sea a little west of here . Over there, south of where the fishermen are repairing their nets on the beach . ”
“This morning? You took your time . ”
“Since there was fog out . ”
When I looked around me, the fishmonger-like ojisan nodded in agreement .
‘I see . I got it . Thanks . Is there anyone here who recognizes this noble?”
No one spoke up when the guard asked the onlookers in the area .
Seeing the reaction of the crowd, the guard checked whether the corpse had anything on him .
“Did he not have any personal belongings?”
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“There was nothing in the small boat . We pretty much didn’t touch it except to raise the corpse to the deck and wrap it in cloth . ”
“There’s no oar either? There’s signs of a struggle, but there’s also no weapon . There’s also no wallet … There is this, although it’s covered in blood . ”
And the guard took out a blood covered handkerchief from the corpse’s chest pocket .
“Was he done in by pirates…?”
The guard said, as if talking to himself .
“Do pirates put corpses on small boats and set them adrift?”
Ayl asked . The guard made a bitter face .
Pushing their way through the people, different guards arrived . A young guard among them saw the corpse’s face, and in a voice like it would disappear, he said,
“That gentleman is a gentleman of the Ernest House . ”
Aside from us, everyone else at that place looked at the corpse speechlessly . He seems to be quite the high-ranking noble .
After that, leaving 4 guards at the site, they left carrying the small boat and corpse with men from the onlookers helping .
“Sorry, but is it alright if we search your ship?”
The first guard asked .
“I don’t mind, but will it take some time?”
“It depends on you . ”
They’re probably suspicious of us .
“Even if you say so, we don’t have any reason to kill that noble person . ”
“Also, there’s no one in our company that would slash a person in such a half-assed way . ”
I and Ayl responded . Ayl seems to be saying that if one of our employees slashed someone, they’d properly bissect him .
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“And there’s no criminal who would purposefully come to reveal his crime, right? There’s no reason for it . ”
Velsa responded .
“However we still have things we need to ask . Please don’t depart for a while . ”
“Understood . So I’d like to get the necessary permissions to dock, is that okay? And also, we’d like to contact the Merchant’s Guild and Adventurer’s Guild as well . ”
“I understand . You can get the docking permissions here . Our guard here will head to the Merchant’s Guild and Adventurer’s Guild . Is that okay?”
“It’s fine . ”
The guard gave a young guard next to him instructions .
“Please tell them the Komuro Company has arrived . That should tell them what they need to know . Please and thank you . ”
The young guard nodded and ran off .
“Who is the captain?”
“I am . ”
Seth replied .
“I’m going to search the ship, so please be present . ”
“Yessir . ”
Seth and the guard board the ship .
With two of the guards observing us, we waited on site .
“Ah~ as expected, it became something troublesome . ”(Ayl)
‘It would have been fine to just let it be . ” (Velsa)
“Kindness can cause a big ordeal, ne . ” (Merumo)
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The women complain .
“It can’t be helped, we’re the ones who found it after all . ”
We’ve nothing to do while waiting, so I asked the two guards keeping watch what East End’s specialties are .
It seems the seafood soup is delicious . Aside from that, they said there are a lot of blacksmith and carpenter artisans . Since there are a lot of pirates in the islands to the east, there is a bounty of swords for swordsmen, spears, staves for magic users, and bows and all sorts of weaponscrafts, they said .
“Out of the Ruginia Alliance, Rocksalteast Kingdom is the only one that has the Mercenary’s Guild in addition to the Adventurer’s Guild . ”
The young guard told us proudly . Regarding mercenaries, they can make a living by just taking escort jobs, it seems .
“Which is stronger, guards are mercenaries?”
Ayl asked the young guard .
“That’s … … guards of course!”
I guess mercenaries are stronger .
“There isn’t a big difference between them . There are also people who switch from a guard to a mercenary, and people who switch from a mercenary to a guard . It’s just that people who like danger are more likely to become mercenaries . Those who face danger are guards . Please don’t tease our youngsters too much . ”
The older guard listening next to us said .
Coincidentally, I wonder what kind of people the adventurers in this city are .
When I was going to ask, Seth returned with the guard .
“What do you guys eat? You’re voyaging without a single bit of food?”
All of the food is in the item bag .
“How suspicious . Can you accompany me to the guard station?”
It became troublesome .