HE appears as a special guest in this chapter. Everyone's favorite character.
Year 7442, Month 4, Day 17
I return to the inn and organize the things I talked about today.
..It was mostly just me giving handouts. Is what I thought for a moment, but since the things I heard about Keel's common sense were of pretty good reference so the
42,600 Z I paid for "Dakkuluton" wasn't a complete waste. Ah, I paid an extra 10,000 Z for bribes. I guess that doesn't matter. And I think I got a bit closer to
those too as well, I guess it would be better to be satisfied with that for today.
Also, that as well. The dessert at the end. That was delicious. Of course, sweets exist in Orth as well but until now I've eaten a difficult to make sweet like
Western confectioneries like that until now. Things like frozen fruits made into gelatin or sweet bean jelly, after that at best it was something like failed
pancakes. I didn't think there were sweets as delicious as that in Orth. It was a fruits bavarios that had sour-sweet gelatin like mousse on the surface and there was
something like fresh cream used for decorations. Kuro and Mary let out a sigh just looking at it and even I was about to let out a sound.
In my past life I didn't really care for western confectioneries so I rarely ate them and don't know them well, but I still think that "Dakkuluton"'s dessert falls
behind the sweets you can buy at a convenience store. However, it still feels like the first time I've eaten a delicious dessert as good as that since my past life
so for a moment I still felt like I was going to rise into the sky. Ah, just remembering it makes me start to drool.
Oh~ I should stop there in regards to the food. I want to make those into my allies but it's already seeming impossible. Their aversion towards adventurers is too
strong after all. Maybe I should just think about of hiring them with some reasonably high compensation. They say you can earn a ton of money by entering the dungeon
near the capital and getting out of it with loot. I'm sure it's still impossible with how weak I am though. It seems that the top class adventurers of various
territories challenge it in large groups, end up being defeated instead, and only a portion of them return. They also say that among the guys that return alive
another handful find enough treasures and magic stones to live comfortably their entire life as well.
I'm aiming for that as well. I'll challenge it a number of times and build a fortune, and using that as funds I'll start a country somewhere outside of the kingdom.
According to a story I heard Kolakut Kingdom in the east was founded 100 years or so ago by an adventurer and there's a lot of countries that have similar stories.
And the borders between various countries are pretty vague so I could aim for the gaps and declare the foundation of my country, and have a country that's not far
from mine recognize that as a country, as long as I can glare back at other countries with effective military action most countries will recognize it a bit at a time
it seems.
It seems that in the end a lot of the small countries around Rombert were founded like that. Since it's just going off of the information I gathered and guessed
from a remote region I doubt it's that simple but if I remember correctly there was a powerful family in Japan that was made in the same way. In the end you can get
the Emperor to say "I'll leave that territory to you" then it's your win, and even if he doesn't say it there were a lot of local clan leaders that made it to feudal
lords. If I possess power then it's not incorrect to say that somewhat little by little it'll become a country.
No matter what I do, I need money to start. The amount of wealth that can be amassed by selling rubber products has its limits. At best it's enough for a regional
Viscount territory to profit reasonably. It would be different if you could increase the area of the rubber trees planted by more than 100 times but that sort thing
will take decades. It's suspicious if I'll even still be alive by then. That's why I have to rush with my life. In order to do that I need money. Obviously power as
well. If I get too impatient and fall into a careless train of thoughts and end up failing it's shameful as well so I need to be careful, I'm sure there will be many
times where I need to proceed with patience and discretion. Of course I'm sure there will also be times to aim for a large and bold hand to play as well. Yeah, I
have a lot to think about. I guess I'll sleep already for today.
Year 7442, Month 4, Day 18
I head to Binsil's restaurant from the morning. In order to teach Kuro and Mary the way to train with magic. Obviously since there's a lot of customers in with the
sunrise I'm sure it's busy with preparations of breakfast so I just need to go in between 8 am and 9 am. Until then I'll do some running and sweat a bit. Ah, Kuro
won't be there today or tomorrow because of his job. Having two days of work and one day off isn't that the work schedule of a prostitute, it doesn't really matter
though. Eh? Why do I know something like that? Isn't everyone forgetting that my occupation used to be a salary-man in my previous life? I did some business
entertainment I couldn't tell to the company. There's no way I wouldn't know about it.
I arrived at Binsil's restaurant after 8 am. It seems that Mary is here. I sit at the edge seat that Kuro is always sitting at and order a breakfast set. Mary
quickly brought out a breakfast set.
"Thank you for the meal yesterday. It was very good. It felt like it's been decades since I had food as good as that."
"I see, I'm glad you liked it. And, if you have any time right now I can teach you the magic to train with magic but what do you want to do?"
Different from the way home yesterday Mary is smiling as I say it so I immediately got to the point.
"Right now is fine but how long will it take? If it takes too long then I have to start preparing for lunch.."
"Hn? The first time takes a few minutes up to a bit more than ten minutes I guess. And if I teach you once then after that if you want you can try to do it yourself
whenever you want."
After hearing what I said Mary leaned forward towards me.
"It's that short!? Then teach me, right now!"
"At least let me eat first. Also, just as I said yesterday, there's two types of methods. Which is better?"
Mary thinks about it for a bit before saying.
"The method that gets results faster is better."
"I see, then, prepare a thin stick that you don't need. I'll eat quickly."
After hearing past "quickly" Mary left the seat and ran to the kitchen. You can tell from her back how much she's anticipating it. I bite off some bread and come
to think of it how much MP did Mary have again? And I use Identify on her back as she crouching down at the stove in the kitchen. 16 huh, it's plenty for starting
out. Ah, I guess I should look at the explanation for Resistance (Poison) as well?
【Unique Ability: Resistance (Poison); A type of resistance ability. It activates via resistance or feelings of fear felt towards poisons that have entered the body
through absorption or other factors. Therefore, if the user isn't conscious of the poison or is in a mental state where they accept the poison the ability doesn't
active. Also, the poisons that are possible to resist must be poisons before they enter the body of the user. Inside refers to the surface of the body. In other
words, there's no effect against poisons that are produced within the users body. All poisons that this ability has no effect on are processed in the same way the
body normally treats poisons. If the ability activates the effect of the poison doesn't disappear, the effect of the ability manifests by weakening the effect of the
poisons. Level 0 the effect of the poison is reduced by 55%, every level after that the effect of poisons are reduced by 5% more. At the maximum level there's a 100%
reduction. Also, regardless of whether the poison is produced inside or outside of the body in the case that it's a poisonous substance that has a negative effect on
the body it will be decomposed and ejected. At Level 0 it takes at most 20 days after the ability is activated to completely decompose and eject the poison, for
every level after that the time required will reduce by 1 day. However, it is possible for that to activate the ability through resistance and feelings of fear as
well. Furthermore, because the poison listed above is any substance regardless of organic or inorganic that provides a negative influence to the vital activity of
the owner of the ability, it doesn't take consideration the selective toxicity of other living things】
He~ This is certainly amazing. As long as the person them self is conscious of it they can become almost invincible against all types of poisons. I wonder if you can
understand the strength of the poison you absorb? For example, this isn't much at all, or if you take this you'll normally die.
She brought a thin wooden stick that seems to be something like a fire lighter from the kitchen as she heads over here. Then, I guess I'll start.
"Alright..and just as you can see I just lit it up with fire. Hold both of your hands over the sides of this and try to pass mana through the gap of your hands. If
you succeed then the flame will sway and you'll have completed acquiring void magic. Since even if I say that you probably won't know what to do I'll help out for
just the start."
After saying that I place both of my hands on the outside of Mary's hands that are surrounding the fire and start sending in mana. I guess she felt the flow because
Mary raised her voice with a "hya" while still properly looking at the flame swaying in the wind.
"If you can cause the sensation from just now on your own then it's perfect. However, if you try too hard then you'll end up overusing your mana so be careful. I
guess so, I think it would be good for Mary to try practicing 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the afternoon. If your talent with magic is high then you
should be able to do it in a few times. However the trick to it is difficult. If your talent is low then it takes quite a bit of time. I'll come again tomorrow so if
you still haven't done it by then we can try doing the normal method."
"..Yeah, I understand."
Mary couldn't make the flame move before the time I finished eating. There's no helping it just watching Mary get lost in training with magic so I left the
restaurant. When I left the restaurant the poor people who were all checking out the food inside faced downwards.
If you work you can eat it. It's not that expensive after all.
Well then, it's not like I have particularly anything to do but there is one thing that I must do. After returning to Bins Manor I took a shower, changed my clothes
and cleaned up my appearance then grabbed one of the apprentices and asked where the store called "Ritton" listed on the memo from my older brother is located.
I whistle as I head towards "Ritton", check the bond between brothers that's in my pocket and think about how to conquer it. I think it would be better to get a hold
of someone as high up as possible at first. I shortly arrived at my location and was a bit disappointed that it wasn't a building as extravagant as I thought it
would be. The first floor is made of stone and the second floor seems to be wood. It's not extravagant but the surroundings of the building are clean and tidy and
there's no dirt anywhere. Hm, it seems they've put work into training the employees.
After confidently opening the door and entering there was a counter in front of me. Both halls that go further in from there are hidden by a black curtain like
cloth. There's a middle-aged man with good posture that you can only call a gentleman standing at the counter in a coat and after he realizes me he lowers his head
and calls out "Welcome.". I held out my hand while saying, "It's my first time here but I heard rumors of this place."
The gentleman gently grabs my right hand with his left hand and uses Status Open. Hm, it's just as I thought from the store's appearance. That's great. After
confirming my status the gentleman smiles lightly and asks, "Welcome to our store. Greed-sama, who were you referred to us by?" since I wanted to make his impression
of me as high as possible I secretly showed him the plate I got from sister-in-law.
After getting a glance of the plate the gentleman made a face as if he understood everything, quietly nodded, and guided me through to the back through the curtain
on the left side. Further behind the curtains was a hallway just as I thought but a few meters further than that there's another curtain blocking it. The gentleman
slips through past me and opens the door on the left side of the hallway as he lowers his head. I guess he's saying to enter.
I enter the door and sit down on a chair in what seems to be a conversation room. The gentleman disappears after saying, "please wait just a moment". Hm, as expected
of the power of the plate. It's VIP treatment. After waiting for about 10 minutes the door was knocked and opened. After the gentleman from just now politely opens
the door the person behind him slowly enters the room. While feeling like my chest is going to burst with expectation I look at the person.
Oh my, it was too much of a happening that my brain stopped for a moment there.
The {OS} in my brain takes as much time to restart as s {VAX} machine in a certain university. The {VAXstation 3100} in my brain is somehow able to activate {VMS}.
The person who just gently sat down across the table from me is truly a being not of this world. While clad in garments that seem to be silk, with a shining gentle
smile on their face, the pair of blue eyes are shining as they stare prudently over here, making me feel as if they can even see through my body itself. The
gentleman closed the door without making a sound and is already no longer here.
For the next dozen minutes, no depending on the situation several hour period, I'll be challenging this opponent to a fight. This is a crusade. I close my eyes for a
short period of time and once again look at the person in front of me. Now then, I wonder if the crusade will take place here or we'll move this battle to another
place. At that moment, the opponent opened their mouth.
"Welcome to our shop, Greed-sama. I am the owner of this "Ritton", Yoshilmil Haritaid. For what business are you here for today?"
It's a voice almost as if the gates of hell themselves have opened. The person in front of me opens their mouth that's wide like a toad, and the skin that's covered
in pimples jiggles as they talk. Ah, it's my first time seeing a human as negligent of their health and unsightly as this. It reminds of that {Jabba.the} something
or other. Why did this happen? Damn it. I...I really... I had such expectations. What's this? Is it a candid camera? Quickly bring out the signboard Akaheru-sa~~n!
I'm confused over the truly unexpected situation. Older brother~ Save me?! Older~ brotherrrrr! Older brother? Ah, that's right.
"U...Umm, that is... I....I..I..I..I have a product that I would like to be used here. I'm here today to introduce it to you."
I was in a bit of a panic but I somehow managed to smooth it over and talk. I showed the power of a top salesman.
"Ho~ Since you visited in possession of the Marquis plate, I thought that as the owner I should greet you first, but.."
After saying that Haritaid snaps his fingers. While snapping his fingers his cheeks jiggled again.
The door quickly opened and the gentleman says, "Now, show him your faces." and invited several women who were waiting in the hall into the room. However, Haritaid
opened his mouth once again.
"Ah, it's fine. Sebastian. Have the women step back. Also prepare two drinks."
Are you serious.
I made a huge mistake~ What was that about top salesman. Being smeared in shit matches me perfectly.
"Now then, what kind of product is it? In order to respond to all sorts of requests I believe that we have a perfect collection of articles though.."
I hold back the fact that I want to cry with a will of steel and somehow pretend to remain calm while I take the condom out of my pocket. I put it on the table and
start explaining while smiling.
"I hear that the, umm, gentlemen who are in search of a social life fall into a passionate relationship with the employees of this store. I'm sure that is because
the gentlemen are very charming, I also heard that the employees are caught up in that passion with a high probability."
Haritaid was staring at the condom in my hand with a dubious look but after looking at me with an expression as if he read what I was saying he opens his mouth.
"H~m. Greed-sama uses very refined expressions. However, that expression is splendid indeed. It's true, I'm sure that the gentlemen who visit this store are very
charming. It does seem that the employees get engrossed with them."
Alright, the catch was {OK}.
"And, when you want to develop a passionate relation there is a problem that absolutely cannot be ignored I'm sure."
"Ho~? A problem that can't be ignored..What in the world is it?"
At that moment along with a polite knock the gentlemen entered the room with a tray with tea on it.
After politely placing the tea, he closed the door without noise again and left the room.
"It's the problem of population that the gentlemen and employees don't wish for and the disease other than love that a portion of imprudent gentlemen bring in."
"Hohou, I see now. However, in order to avoid those sorts of problems our store has already prepared the highest quality of goods. The goods prepared at this store
are all products that were prepared from only healthy subjects that were slaughtered the day before and of a high quality where there is no need to worry about mold
or drying. In order to guarantee the quality we hold back on business the day after the slaughter house is closed."
Haritaid said with full confidence.
"I see, I'm sure that's true from the "Ritton" that I've heard about. However, I wonder if you can still say such things after you've tried using this product that
I've brought in today?"
This is the place to make the push. For older brother's sake I can't afford to pull back here.
"Mu.. It's a back and forth way of putting it, can I take that as a challenge towards the quality of goods prepared at our establishment?"
How annoying~ Jabba.the something raises one his eyebrows while looking at me. I'm scared.
I drink down the cup of tea that was prepared for me and reach out to the pack of condoms.
And I cut the seal on the pack. Though it's just tearing the edge with my nails.
A bit of the seaweed lotion that was sealed overflows and fell onto my cup but I guess it's fine. I emptied my cup for that reason.
And along with the lotion in the 10 slits I squeeze down on the opening to one of those slits and take that out.
"This is made from a material called rubber. Do you know about rubber?"
Jabba who was making a displeased expression says, "Of course I know of it. It's something that's started to appear on the market recently. I've purchased the shoes
and cushions myself." with a slightly proud expression. Since rubber products are expensive I guess just owning them is a bit of a status. Especially the cushions
are considerably expensive so I can understand wanting brag about it.
"This is a hygiene product created using rubber. Please try holding it in your hand. Ah, that liquid is not something that is harmful to the body. Depending on the
case...I guess so. It's a completely harmless substance which the lubrication is high so that even the employees who can't get into the mood can easily accept the
gentlemen. Since the raw material for it is a food product even if you put it into your mouth or swallow it there's no negative effects at all."
Jabba was staring at the circular rolled up hygiene product that was covered in an unknown liquid as if it was creepy but timidly reached out to it was it was on my
hand. I hold back the nauseous of seeing the caterpillar like fingers coming towards me as I continue.
"This is rolled up so that the gentlemen can easily put it on. You equip it just like this."
I take the hygiene product being pinched by the caterpillars and start spinning it onto the caterpillar in the middle of Jabba's hand. This is somehow an unpleasant
picture, is what I'm thinking while I'm making sure not to forget my smile. Obviously it's really loose.
"Now, have you been able to understand the thickness and durability of this rubber? Try touching it. It's fine if you try pulling on the rubber as well."
After staring unpleasantly at his finger covered in the lotion Jabba touched the cup while it was still covered with the hygiene product. Then he made a surprised
expression and started touching the surface of the table and the surface of the cup other than the handle. Also, he tried touching the caterpillar on his other hand
while checking the sensation and started pulling it to check the strength. It seems to have greatly grasped his interested.
"Hmm...This is..The temperature passes through extremely well..Not to mention this thinness... A proper sensation still remains..Hm..mm..It stretches well...And it
doesn't tear as well, huh.."
He touches various things while grumbling and in the end was playing with the cup through the condom while thinking. Just one more push from here.
"Haritaid-sama, I'm always thinking. That a first-class establishment needs first-class products available. Of course I already know from local popularity that this
establishment is super first-class. Starting with the clerk and the education of the employees, the appearance of the employees themselves as well, this is only
obvious but an important point. Obviously the gentlemen that are the customers are thinking they're going to receive a first-class service as they knock on the door.
This product still hasn't been introduced to any other place. It's precisely because I thought your establishment was first-class that I had the pleasure of bringing
it in to your shop first."
Jabba makes a shocked expression as he looks at my face and nods.
"Greed-sama, just as Greed-sama has said, this Haritaid has been extremely deeply impressed. A first-class establishment needs to provide first-class products and
first-class service, I see that is exactly true. Please definitely let me purchase this product. How much is it?"
He fell. Now then, from here on out is the real fight.
"Not at all, Haritaid-sama, that sort of impatience decision will hurt the judgement of an owner of a first-class establishment such as yourself. I offer this pack
that I've brought in today to you as a free promotional sample. I've already opened the package but if you put it over ice water without letting the water get inside
then it can be used with no problem at all for the next two days. It's better to have the best customers of your store who come during that try using it and listen
to their thoughts on it first. Otherwise, I think it would be best if Haritaid-sama should try testing it out yourself and check the abilities of it. I'll try coming
again in the evening the day after tomorrow. We can decide on the cost on that occasion.."
Haritaid opens his eyes after hearing what I said. The fact that I gave a pack of a supposedly expensive rubber product to him for free his eyes opened wide but
after hearing me say to ask the customers their thoughts on it he opened them so wide I thought his eyes would fall out. It seems he received a deep impression from
super basic marketing. It might be different though.
"Oh~ For you to be concerned about things such as that, this Haritaid, will definitely meet up to the expectations of Greed-sama, I'll carefully select the gentlemen
who test it out. Also, if I am able to find the chance I promise that I myself will test it out."
He's completely fallen. I'm the one who gained victory on this crusade.
"Please don't be bothered over it. I just want you to know this is a portion of my feelings that I wish for your establishment to prove that it is a first-class
place even more so."
After this I just need to leave right away. There's not much meaning in talking here anymore than this.
Haritaid snaps his fingers to call Sebastian and tells him politely lead me out.
I feel like tears are going to come from my eyes as Sebastian lowers his head deeply to see me off, but I endure that and returned to Bins Manor.
I bury my face into the buy while thinking, "What was that? There was an amazingly~ good women there! What in the world was I doing?" while rolling around until I
realized that I was starting to get hungry so I went to Binsil's restaurant.
I enter the store while avoiding the poor people that are watching from a distance as usual and sit down at a seat while ordering some wheat vodka. I guess she saw
my expression in a bad mood Mary didn't come near me.
The alcohol today is bittersweet and covered in feelings of regret.
I shouldn't have pretended to be a guest of honor while showing the plate I got from sister-in-law.
After all, I'll never use it for something insignificant again.
I swore in my heart as I returned to Bins Manor drunk and fell into bed.
Ah, wouldn't it have been fine if I just went to a different place? But you know, that one girl I got a glimpse of was just my type~
If I went to a different place at that point then I would just end up discontent that there's no women on that level.
Either way I'm going again the night of day after tomorrow. I guess it's fine at that time.