Chapter 64
Chapter 64
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Marrieda only smiled at Ardis’s question .
「Want to know? About me~nii? 」
It’s a gracious young lady smiling charmingly for any onlookers .
But, Marrieda’s nonchalant and joking tone had only irritated Ardis further . Ardis expression probably turned very ugly because of that .
「Oops oops . Don’t make such a scary― face . I said it just now, I’m not Ardis-kun’s enemy~yon . Rather, I would consider myself a friend~yon . 」
Marrieda panickily tried to sooth Ardis .
「If you want to know about me, that means a deal regarding my information, right? But, I’m also a formidable merchant~yon . There’s no way a merchant would hand over her stuff for free~nii? 」
「……You’re saying that I will need to pay? 」
「I don’t need money, but how about something worth the same~nii? 」
「A trade? 」
「Yes . My information for yours~nii . If Ardis-kun is willing to trade his information for mine . Then it should be an equal trade~nii . 」
Ardis was silent at that proposal .
As long as he cannot tell if the woman in front of him is an enemy or not, he would never give information about himself carelessly . The twins, about Nere, and Ardis’s own past . It was things that he didn’t want others to know, or things that he didn’t want to say .
What the woman knows and what she’s thinking isn’t clear, there’s no way Ardis can take her offer lightly .
「I refuse . 」
Of course, Ardis can choose to deceive her by providing her false information, but that’s the same for his opponent . If it wasn’t someone that can be trusted, a trade’s prerequisite isn’t fulfilled .
「To think I’m not trusted, how grieving―」
Marrieda had probably knew about that long before she spoken about the trade . While putting up her arms in front of her eyes, she acted as if she was crying .
「Then if so」
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Just when he thought so, the next face she showed was a bright smile as she opened her mouth .
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「How about getting something I want, if Ardis-kun is willing to get it for me, then I’ll confess everything~nii? 」
That’s her true intentions from the start huh, Ardis guessed .
Certainly, Ardis would have refused at all cost if it meant giving out information about himself . But on the other hand, Ardis definitely had to hear the reason why she knew the words and why she knew that Ardis would meet Kyrill .
「And what’s that 『Thing』 you want . 」
As such, Ardis was willing to take a step behind .
「That’s the spirit! Here, come with me! 」
Marrieda stood up in a flair as if the trade was sealed, and snapped her fingers, heading towards the door .
「Oi, I never said anything about accepting it . 」
「I know~yon . For the time being, it’ll be faster that you see it . 」
Saying that, Marrieda immediately exited the room .
「Tch . 」
Ardis disliked people who won’t listen to others the most, he clicked his tongue but had no choice but to follow behind .
Following Marrieda’s guide, they arrived at a certain room in the basement of the building . In the room that looked like it served as a food storage originally had two persons waiting outside .
One of them was the servant man from before, the middle-aged man with a mix of white hair and a face defined with wrinkles . And the other one is a young man who is wearing an exotic type of clothes . He had a small stature, but his skin showed a healthy tanned color .
「Sorry for the wait! Is the preparation all complete~nii? 」
「Yes, Ojou-sama . There’re no gaps . 」
Marrieda confirmed, and the servant man answered immediately .
Looking at where the both had their eyes on, there was something like a magic circle drawn on the ground . And on top of that were various gems and plants, some kind of fangs, and a parchment that had some kind of spell words written on it scattered . And right in the middle of it was the sword that Ardis and Kyrill found in the ruins .
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「What’s this? 」
Ardis raised his question, and Marrieda turned around and explained .
「We are making that sword a little docile for a while, with this . 」
「What you mean? 」
「There you go again―, even though you knew it . 」
Along with a playful tone, Marrieda winked at Ardis as she said that .
「There’s some preparations needed to calm that sword~nii . So we need to buy some time till then with this~yon . 」
「Calm? Buy time? 」
「Well, seeing is better than hearing . We are going to apply a temporary seal on the sword now, but there’s still one ingredient we are lacking― 」
Saying so, Marrieda stretched out her both hands to Ardis .
「If you happen to have some suckles of 『Unholiness』, can you sell some? At a price of one gold coin per . 」
「Wha……! 」
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At the totally unexpected words, as expected, even Ardis would be flustered .
The fact that Ardis is currently in possession of Unholiness’ suckles, there shouldn’t be anyone else other than he himself, Kyrill, and the villagers in that village know .
In the first place, suckles of Unholiness is something that mercenaries typically dispose of, in other words, useless trash . There’s no guarantee that there’s someone who have that while walking around even if you looked in the entire capital .
But, the woman in front of Ardis is clearly requesting him to sell her the suckles if he had it . Although she had said 『If you have it』, Ardis couldn’t think otherwise than that she confidently somehow knew that Ardis would have it .
「Heuuh? You have some right? 」
Tilting her small head, Marrieda asked once again .
「……Why do you think I have it? 」
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「That’s the secret~yon . If you want to know then retrieve what I want . 」
「That something you want isn’t the suckle? 」
「Nn? Nope . I offered to buy that from you at a price of one gold coin per, right? 」
Marrieda shook her head lightly as she said .
「…………One is good? 」
「One is more than enough~nii . 」
Ardis is currently holding onto a total of twenty-four suckles that he collected for the shaman in the capital . In the first place, there wasn’t an amount needed specified, and it wasn’t an official request as well . Even if he sold one here, there’s still twenty-three left .
Ardis had pondered for a while but, judging that there aren’t any problems especially, he sold one to Marrieda .
「With this the preparation is complete~nii . 」
The servant received the suckle and put it on the magic circle, and Marrieda called out to the small stature man .
「Then, it’ll be up to you~yon . 」
「Yes . 」
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The small stature man replied shortly, before standing in front of the magic circle and chanting . It was in a language that Ardis wasn’t familiar to .
It was different than the chants of magic, it was more towards the prayers that the priests sang in the church for the Goddess . Similar but different, it gave off such a feeling to Ardis . Different from the prayers to the Goddess, Ardis didn’t feel disgusted when he heard it .
Eventually, at the same time the chanting is finished, the magic circle let out a faint light . The faint light became threads that extended in various direction before covering the sword .
「It’s a success . 」
As the small statured man said so, the sword seemed like it was tied down onto the center of the magic circle by the threads of light .
「With this, it should be fine for seven days . But when that passes……」
「I know~yon . We will handle it from now on so don’t worry . Sorry for holding you up so much~nii . 」
「No, please don’t mind such little things . Rather, with this much, I can’t possibly return your grace . 」
「Yes yes, it’s fine . Good work for today~nii . 」
「Yes, I will excuse myself for today . I will visit once again in the future . 」
The small statured man spoke with Marrieda shortly, before departing from the room . Ardis had thought that he was a member of the merchant association, but it seemed like he was an outsider .
「Now then, Ardis-kun . 」
「What」
「With this, the sword will be docile for seven days but, it’s not like the problem had all solved~nii . 」
「I guessed so . 」
「There, that’s where the 『Something』 I need come in, it’s something needed for calming the sword entirely . And what I need you to do, is to get that something for me~」
It’s that kind of matter huh, Ardis muttered in his mind .
「So? What’s that 『Something』? 」
「Hair」
「HaaA? 」
Once again, unexpected words came out from Marrieda’s mouth, Ardis immediately had a huge question mark .
「Whaaat I need is, a single strand of hair~yon . Color is Aliceblue . And it must be from a woman with a high magic capability . Right, needless to say, her pupils must be of the sky color . 」
Ardis’s expression clearly showed more caution towards the woman .
Aliceblue hair . Woman with strong magic . Sky colored eyes . All of them were descriptions said as if to target Nere pinpointedly .
How much does she knows about Nere, what about the twins, in the first place, who is this Marrieda woman . Ardis’s brain was full of questions that had no answers .
Just when Ardis wanted to ask her about the questions, Marrieda opened her mouth first .
「Why? What’s the matter? If you want to know, then prepare something of an equal value for the trade . In seven days, right~ 」