Chapter 199: Negotiation with Merchants part 1

TL:Meteorempsan

ED:lisyche

[ TN: Sorry to have kept you waiting, the updates shall resume.]

As you walk towards the west of Comer City, you would inadvertently reach a huge forest towards the northwest. Of course, it is a suicidal act to go through this forest since it is known as a treasure trove of numerous demons.

For this reason, the west highway road had been constructed to run around the forest. And as you go further, there is a Fishing village to be found called Povuru.

A desolate fishing village would be visible---

「Th-This!?」

「When was such a port built?」

「How stunning! 」

From the top of the hill, they could see a desolate fishing village which was quite at the opposite side of the port.

The merchants raised voices of surprise one after another, while comparing the imbalance between the port and desolate fishing village.

Even those who were escorting the merchants were also in a similar state. Though there are special products, the catch in the fishing village was quite low compared to the harbour.

It was impossible to not be surprised.

「Mago-dono, is this it?」

「Hohoho, it seems like I was not informed of this.」

「Even Victor-dono?」

「Of course, even I did not know about this. But still, since it’s Satou-sama, this degree of difficulty is nothing at all.」

The merchant’s eyes became sharp at the words of Victor.

Mago and Victor are the merchants who decided to come here.

They heard from Yuu and were asked to come to Povuru, saying that they would like to sell something else other than livestock.

In addition, Yuu had given permission for Mago and Victor to bring merchants who were acquainted with them.

「This... Did Satou-san build such a port? Then that means-- how rude of me.

Satou-sama obviously has the power to build such a port.」

A merchant who was glared at by Victor noticed his mistake and hurriedly corrected his error in speech.

「But still, a port is essential for ships...」

「Are you the merchants that Satou-san spoke about?」

A shabby old man appeared in front of the merchants while they were gazing at the port.

While looking at the approaching old man, the guards did not dampen their alertness. They were judging the danger while they put their hands on their weapon.

「Wait. I am not a thief.」

「Hou. I heard about you from Satou-sama, are you by any chance the village head?」

Victor glances at the old man while stroking his beard, with a suspicious smile on his face.

「That's right. I am the village head of this place.」

「Then let's keep our conversation light! Where is Satou-sama currently?」

「Wha-what!? What is this? Aren't you quite the rude fellow.」

Victor hugs the old man while looking around, but Yuu was nowhere to be seen.

At that moment, a man from the village was running towards their location.

「Village head-! It's almost time for the arrival!!」

「They are coming!!」

When the village head breaks away from victor, he moves towards the man.

The male merchants were aware of the communication device that was currently grasped in the hands of that man, and their eyes were slowly turning into one of greed.

Magic Communication devices were extremely expensive, they are not something that could be owned by such desolate fishing villages.

「Is the net prepared?」

「Everything has already been prepared, docking can be done at any time, and all the villagers are on stand-by.」

「Net?」said Victor and Mago, who had question marks floating above their heads, while the village head and the man were excitedly talking about the net.

At that moment, they could see on the horizon that there was some distortion.

「I-I-It's here! Village head, it's finally here!!」

「I can see! I can see that!! Qui-quickly, let's go!!」

The village head yelled at Victor and ran to the port.

The merchants were left behind and were still wondering what was happening. But soon after, they were stunned when they finally grasped the visage of the thing that was gradually getting more visible from the distortion.

「What the heck is that?!」

「I-It's a ship. It's not just a ship! It's a magical ship!」

「Seriously! It looks like a demonic ship… and a water Dragon!? And IT’S HUGE!」

「A demonic ship along with a water dragon… connected by a chain?! The water-d-dragon is pulling the ship.」

As spoken by the merchants and guards who had their tongue tied, after finally understanding what was going on. A scenery where a sea dragon was pulling a magic ship in front of their eyes was not an illusion but a reality.

In front of Ao, a school of fish were being driven away while many bouncing and flying fishes could be seen, as the water being splashed was causing waves.

「NOW! 1-2 !」

「「「1-2!!」」」

Povoru villagers began to pull the net with the call of the village head.

Most of the fish that was pulled by Ao was caught by the beach seine.

Fishes were caught in large quantities, which would later become valuable food for the Povoru Village and also a source of income.

「Oooh. Thank you Satou, it's a big catch this time! This would lessen the hunger of the people in the village.」

Yuu who docked the magic ship at the port was soon received by the village head who rushed towards him. His face was full of smiles.

「That is good. But beware of jealousy from the neighbouring villages.」

「I understand. Until now, I was called poor Povoru, but never again will I be called with such an uncouth name!」

While the village head was excited, Yuu was patting the head of Ao who had done much work.

While wondering if it was hard for Ao to pull such a heavy magic ship, but then realized that it was impossible. All it thought was that it would be nice to play with Yuu and therefore came along to play.

「Yuu-sama this is--」

「Satou-sama, I wanted to meet you!!」

Victor jumps and overtakes the words of Mago. Mago, who was interfered when conversing with Yuu, clears his throat with a「NNN!」. But Victor did not seem to hear his words, while veins bulged on Mago’s head.

「Story later. Narumo, lower the bridge.」

「Ussu.」

The tiger beastman Narumo lowered the bridge, the merchants and the guards kept staring at the sea dragon, while workers started to carry luggage one after another onto the Magic ship. After confirming that all the luggage and people were onboard, Yuu sent the signal for departing.

「Wow… fast. But there is no wind, how is this possible?」

「Wind Magic. No, is a wind magician casting magic inside there?! But still, it's impossible to cover such a huge magic ship. Besides, the resistance of water would also have to be reduced.」

「This magic ship is certainly very amazing and well-equipped, but this magic ship is... It looks similar to the marine ship of the Marinma Kingdom.」

Would they really care even if the ship was previously snatched from the Marinma kingdom? Merchants were running around the magic ship, hopping around to find its secrets while using the skill "appraisal".

「Oh my, this really surprised me. Even though Mago-dono and I both expect that you would prepare a ship for us, but to think that Satou-sama would have such a huge ship and for it to even be a magic ship.」

Victor opened his arms wide while trying to hug Yuu, but Yuu in a smooth motion, stepped aside. But looking at Yuu's nonchalant attitude made his heart to start burning.

「I did think of doing so at first, but it seems that the location of the island have been leaked to other countries.」

「Hmm, that's right. I came here myself because it was the first time, but from next time----Oi, Narumo.」

「Yes, yes- I'm here.」

「This here is Narumo of the tiger beastmen tribe. He shall be the one to come from next time around. Narumo, this guy right here is Victor, a merchant. As you can see, he is quite the pervert, so make sure to be careful.」

「Hahahaha, Satou-sama, how can you be so mean. I will feel hurt if you say that.」

「There is no way that you're such a delicate man.」

After that, Yuu had a short chat with Mago and the other merchants. Narumo was following behind and listening intently while wondering who these escorts were.

「Isn't it time that we see the island?」

「Hohoho. It seems it will take quite a few hours after leaving Povoru. It's quite surprising that Yuu-sama's country is quite close.」

「Mago, there is no way that it is true. Just because you could not feel the wind does not mean that you could not notice that the ship is moving faster than a horse.」

「Wh-what!? Even though it is a magical ship… there is no way that it can outrun a horse… right?」

「Satou-sama, I wonder if you are willing to sell this technology to us?」

Everyone turned their eyes towards Yuu at the words of Victor. All the merchants around wanted to know about the secret behind the speed of the magical ship. If this magic ship were to be made available, then the chances of them encountering monsters on the sea would decrease. If this technology is obtained along with a method to prevent monsters from attacking, then the amount of profits that can be generated by each voyage would be astronomical. These were the thoughts that were going through the heads of these merchants.

「There is no way I am selling it right.」

「No way… desuka. But that is understandable. Maybe someday Satou-sama will tell me once he opens his heart to me, I'm sure.」

「O-k. It's time, you should be able to see it now.」

The Nameless Kingdom was slowly coming into view, while a port bigger than the one in Povoru could be seen. Voices of admiration could be heard leaking from the merchants who were looking at the splendour of the port. When the ship finally docked and the luggage started to be taken down, Yuu called out to the merchants who moved towards the enormous gate with their guards.

「That's not the way.」

「Oya~ Are we not going to enter the country?」

「Isn't that quite natural?」

Mago and the gang were guided towards a stone building by Yuu. Inside was Rubanof, Byarune, Mauno and all of the tribe heads along with ten armed guards; Swindler master and Yuu's slaves were waiting too.

「Don't be so stiff.」

The guards, who had their hands on their weapons unintentionally, lowered their hands after being reminded by Yuu.

「The people here are the Beastmen, Corrupted Dwarves, Fallen Demons and their respective heads, and behind them are their guards.」

The guards who were protecting the merchants were overcome by the pressure that was being released by the youths who were acting as guards to each race and tribe heads.

「Hohoho. There is no need to be so reserved and scared, let us continue our business without any worries.」

The tension in the air had grown very tense at that moment if not for Mago’s words. Then the business meeting finally started.

「Please do?」

「Aa, I shall not be doing anything. You all can deal with this yourselves.」

From the words of Yuu, the merchants immediately felt down. In the first place, the reason for the merchants having to come to such a remote island was to seek Yuu's potion. Therefore, the items that they had prepared this time were with the thoughts of suffering a loss. Since the other party were stupid demi-humans, unless Yuu speaks up then there would be no problems. All the merchants were thinking that this place was easy pickings and that they would be making quite the gruelling profits. Here, the merchants were roughly divided into three groups. Those who sell poor quality items at high price with their tongues; those who sell at a reasonable price; and those who sell at a lower price than the market price in hopes of future profits.

「Please look at this wine. The Raia Village had quite the poor grape harvest this year. Among them, this particular item is quite difficult to find.」

「This wheat is the special local product of the famous Ryuge Village desu!」

「Do you perhaps know about the Mansonju which is said to be quite a beautiful city? This smooth silk is a product from there. If clothes are made from these for women, they would certainly be pleased.」

To the words of the merchants, the group nodded their heads with a smiling face while they purchased at the said price.

「I can't stop laughing.」

With the Swindler master’s remark, the movement of the merchants who were accustomed to selling cheap items for a very high price stopped.

「Excuse my impertinence, but this person is?」

A merchant who felt quite displeased asked Yuu.

「I am but a slave ja.」

「Slave? Ho… a slave you say. If you are a slave, then please act like one and behave yourself.」

「Quite reasonable~de~aru. But I also serve as a teacher~de~aru.」

「Te-teacher? What kind of teacher? It-can't be, you teach that stupid way of talking.」

The Swindler slowly stretched his index finger and thumb with his right hand and grabbed his beard and stretched it.

Every action of this man angered the merchants.

「I am their teacher of swindling.Sadly enough, these children still have a lot to learn in the art of swindling de~aru」

「A Swindler, and that manner of speaking......!? it can't be ..........『Black Swan』Frank abigail!!」

「WHAT!? The man who made a noble forcefully sell his castle just by words alone.That same Frank abigail!?」

All the merchants unanimously voiced their voice of surprise and directed their scared eyes towards him, only mago and victor who sold him to yuu was not surprised.

「I did hear about this a while ago, but it is still quite surprising de~aru.

Is lyer-village really having a bad harvest this year? That place was originally a thin land where plain crops cannot grow causing the crops to not have much weight and ending up quite thin.

Ryuge village's speciality is cotton rather than wheat and mansonju is quite a beautiful city but there is no silk production in that area.

Hahahahahahaha

I really can't hold my laughter de~aru」

The merchants would usually have a calm and composed demeanour when conversing, but if the other party was a swindler than the story would be quite different.

Because some of the merchants here had also had their share of experience once or twice with swindlers.

However, this time it was the merchants whose face were dyed in red, but soon after noticing him, their face immediately paled.

The fact that this swindler was the teacher of these demi-humans who they thought were tumbling around in the palm of their hands up until now.

「Fuhahahaha.

It is already too late de~aru.

And moreover it's time to get some liqour.

Even if it looks like this, i am also entrusted with the management of the bar and the wages are also provided de~aru」

Frank laughs as if making fun of the merchants, while rolling a gold coin in between his fingers as if they were living creatures.

The merchants who were expecting a massive profit, looked at Yuu fearfully.

「You guys, were you underestimating them because they were demi-humans ?」

To the unkind smile that was being displayed by yuu, the merchants started having cold sweat.

The merchants who were selling products at reasonable prices and cheap prices sent a cold gaze towards these merchants as if saying you had it coming.

「King-sama, over here」

Yuu recived a paper from the cho, and swept his eyes through it.

The shrewd victor was able to see the contents of the paper, he turned around and floated a smile.

「Sa-satou-sama, is something the matter with that paper?」

One of the merchants who could not stop having cold sweat spoke to yuu to change the atmosphere.

「Hmm? Aa, just making a register to record everything that you sell」

The quantity of the cold sweat on some of the merchants further increased.

「Well, you all don't need to have such a blue face.

Recovery is still quite possible.

「Byarune, distribute the medals」

「Understood, certainly」

Byraune took out a small box, and started handing out medals made of copper to the merchants.

While mago and Viktor recived medals made of iron.

「Hoho. Yuu-sama, this is?」

「The merchant guild usually gives out copper,iron,silver,gold,platinum clocks depending on the achievement of the merchants.

The medal is similiarly permission to deal with the Nameless kingdom.

You can sell things to the people with copper, while you can buy things from the people here with iron.

and with silver you can purchase from me, so good luck....and save them points」(TL: In this case considering the age of development, the clocks would refer to the ones which were used by nobles, a personal handclock i mean)

It was clear that when Yuu refered to points it was probably referred to the products sold and quantity which was written in the register.

To the products that the demi-humans held, the merchants hand no interest in them.

They were only interested in the silver medals with which they could make deals with Yuu.

「You guys, are you still looking down on them?」

「No no no! The thought is absurd」

Yuu was not at all convinced to the words of the barefaced merchant.

「Oi. Show them your stuff」

「King.we were waiting for the word」

The Fallen demons glared at the merchants while intimidating them, while byarune of the corrupted dwarves indifferently arranged the goods.

Merchants who thought that it would be nothing but a monstrous waste of money, while buying from the fallen demons, corrupted dwarves and even from the beast men, but the items that were lined up in front of them made them change their attitude completely when they examined them with "Appraisal".

「WHAT!? This bracelt has 『greater poison tolerance』while this ring has 『Greater paralysis resistance』and 『Greater Curse Resistance』, the heck it has two skills!?」

「Th-this sword has 『Greater Slash assistance 』and 『Greater Arm strength』, and this Armor 『Greater physical resistance』.......i-i can't believe it!! These things are not from the labyrinth but from yo--really.

How were you able to make this!?」

「Yes. I did not bring a lot of things since there were no buyers」

「It is a product of the corrupted dwarves.

We are able to produce any type of ornament of this level at any time and as much as required dena~」

「No matter how many.....are you for real? Th-these articles, if you were to sell these articles how much would you sell them for?」

「Wa-wait! I am not imp-impressed at all」

The ornaments that gave resistance to poisons,paralysis, curses etch were constantly being sold at high prices to nobles who were very fearful of assassinations.

How high would they be able to sell weapons and armour made by the corrupted dwarves to the knights.

Just considering that profits alone, were making the merchants mouth salivate.

「Hohoho. You guys are not even qualified to buy these items in the first place」

From mago's words, the merchants leaked a sigh which included regret.

「Do you understand now? My potion is not the only treasure.

Besides that, there are several interesting products alongside the potion.

Yuu said so, while arranging vials filled with dubious colours.

「This a potion that was developed by the humans and the giants」

「What kind of effect does it bring?」

Victor was about to use『Appraise』, but Yuu stopped him.

「Three days for Humans, one day for giants, one portion of the body becomes quite lively.

Rari---, who was used as an experiment, even thought they were the one who made it they asked me to name it, the name of the product is---」

「What is the name of the product?」

「『The tale of my hard son』da」 TL: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

The merchants immediately turned rowdy.

Shouting words like 「Staying hard for three days!?」「Even the giants will have it hard for an entire day!!」「If i were to have this, i will never have to listen to my wife----tell me i was early!!」and some others who were murmuring incomprehensible things.

「Ho, hou. Then what about this potion?」

「I tried this potion with a dwarf, and the sprinkled part gradually grew hair.」

「Gradually?」

「Aaa. I suppressed its efficiency」

「Hmm? Why would one need to supress it's efficiency?」

Ha--The merchants with little hair on their heads looked on expectedly.

「If it was to grow suddenly then it would be suspected.

If it was to be gradually, then there would no aftereffects of people fussing about it and them would gradually calm down」

(I'm saved)

(I'm really saved)

「Genius!」

Somehow, one of the voice in their hearts leaked out.

「Well, These two potions would not have that much demand」

The merchants shouted in their mind.

「There is no way that is possible!!」.

「Satou-sama, if silver is required to deal with Satou-sama, then what kind of privilege would there be if it is gold or platinum which is at the top? For example would gold allow one to setup a shop here while with platinum what can be done?」

「What indeed」

Victor's eyes were screaming that he would get that platinum medal without fail.

Thank you very much, look for the next chapter on the next year in "Bereave or Bereaved"

Author Note: "Well then everyone, please have a happy new year! Gotcha"