Chapter 173

Fortunately, the carriage no longer followed.

I don’t know if that’s really goodwill consideration, but since the result is satisfactory, it probably doesn’t matter. You don’t even have to notice when you enter Zicmel’s shop.

Still, it’s a shop set up by an informant in name and trickery, so don’t you feel sorry if you get caught because of me?

“Welcome, customer! The store manager has been waiting for you because the items you ordered last time were ready!”

As soon as I entered his shop, I was greeted by an employee who gave me a story I didn’t know about, as if it were natural.

“...Ah, has that happened already?”

I never thought he would prepare a script like this so that he could inform himself as soon as I came while making excuses to face him naturally. Is it really the Sicmel I knew in the past? The chest becomes grand.

As I went inside, I was greeted by Zicmel amidst a pile of more documents than usual.

“I’ve felt it for a long time, but Eldmia-sama seems to have really abnormal behavior.”

“I wanted to say thank you, but I was also curious about your reaction, so I came to see you.”

“I understand the former reason, but the only thing that comes to mind is that the latter is really too much.”

Contrary to what he said, the guy gave a relaxed smile as if the situation wasn’t particularly bad.

“Well, thanks to that, my job has become a little easier, so I’m grateful.”

“Have you ever had anything wrong with Enbelde?”

Gicmel shrugged and replied, tapping the growing stack of documents.

“Someone of the competitors must have had a good relationship with Count Bossa. At first, it was long, but one disappeared.”

Again, this is an unexpected result. Well, since he was the one who ran the slave trader, there’s nothing strange about wearing at least one information store... isn’t it? I’m not sure, since I’m in the position of accidentally finding Sicmel.

“It’s at the level of getting sick if you pick it all up and eat it, so I can’t help but be grateful that it’s still like this. By the way, are you organized now?”

“Well? I don’t know.”

“...yes?”

“How can I know? I just kicked the spark that fell in front of me. Time will tell if the fire went out or spread to something else.”

It is true that the knot that has been tangled for years has been unraveled due to Envelde’s death, and it is also true that I have been relieved by it, but I do not believe that this has been completely ‘cleaned up’. Envelde might have been gracious to someone, and that someone might want to take revenge like me.

“Still, I think it’s true that I got rid of one thing that was an obstacle in my life.”

“... Unlike Eldmia-sama, who acts as if she will only live for one day, you see life very far away, don’t you?”

“What dude?”

In fact, it wasn’t particularly wrong, so I just laughed it off. In fact, it may seem that way to others.

“Anyway, I stopped by to say hello today.

“Yes? Aren’t we going to see each other more often in the future? Even if you did something big this time, if it calms down, the royal family will make a fuss to give you a title?”

“What title?”

“...Eldmia-sama, did you crash into Count Bossa without knowing what kind of person he was?”

“Yes. I think it will be organized very well. Mr. Rellie seems to have returned safely after that.”

“Yeah, it was really nonsense. The damned guild leader and some city officials had really committed things, so they were dragged around to testify about it, and only recently came back.”

Thanks to this, her pockets were quite plentiful, but Lelye shook her head, as if it was a nuisance in many ways.

“Actually, the side income I earned at that time was thanks to Mr. Ega, so I was going to suggest that we all get together and have a dinner.

“I’m fine, but I think I’ll have to ask my older sister. Can I know where the accommodation you are staying at is? I’ll visit you as soon as the story is settled.”

“You know the inn called Drunk Squirrel? Right now we’re all beholden to that inn.”

I don’t know what to say Still, this is what it looks like after living in the capital for nearly two years. I thought I was getting around quite a bit, though.

“Let’s do this. You look like you have a lot of luggage, so let me carry some.”

“Haha! What is that? You politely return the words to ask for directions.”

It was Rellie who left the basket in her arms with me, as if she had no intention of refusing. Even then, there are baskets full of both hands, so I wonder what the hell I bought so many.

“Are you cooking separately at the dorm? That’s a huge burden.”

“Ah, these are ingredients for reagent manufacturing. Since they have a maturation period, you have to make a lot at once to replenish them at the right time.”

“Do you know how to do alchemy?”

“It’s enough to save on potions.”

Rellie answered lightly as if it was nothing, but I couldn’t hide my surprise. Giving first aid treatment with herbs and making reagents by hand were two different things, at the level of a guru and an expert. If you make it wrong, you will suffer as a side effect.

“Awesome. Are you self-taught?”

“Ah, I can’t risk my life like that. I learned it at Lovell.”

“If it’s Lovell...”

“That’s right. It’s Ekatrina’s hometown. That’s where the kite came in and I came to accompany Ekatrina.”

You have to cross Isthel, cross the Empire, pass through the cracked plains, and reach the Great Mountains in the north, but to arrive at Lovell... It must be a fairly old relationship.

“Ah. Lelye? I heard that there are dragonblood clans in Lovell. Have you heard of them?”

Come to think of it, Gish said that. I don’t know if Rellie was born in Lovell, but if she learned alchemy there, I wondered if she still knew something.

“At first glance? Was it a family related to the story of Lovell? Was it?”

“Snowflakes?”

“It’s a common birth story. Mixed blood with a dragon. Dragon blood because they inherited dragon blood. Their clan spread, so the dragon blood clan. Why is that all of a sudden?”

“A few days ago, there was a story about Yekatrina, and as soon as she heard it, she asked. Did you meet the Dragonblood Clan?”

“Eh. Why didn’t you ask him?”

“I asked again because I was curious, but I didn’t have time to ask because I was swinging a knife.”

“...???”

It was Rellie who was collecting hooks while looking at me with an expression that seemed to doubt her own ears.