Chapter 45

It is a tough season to get up in the morning and leave the futon. It was cold in the futon, and when I was cramming, my father who worked in the morning was almost ready to work.

“Mine, how are you today?”

“Nh? Is it as usual? What’s wrong, father?”

Perhaps I was misunderstood that I was sick because I was sneaking in bed. When I wake up, my father broke my eyebrows worryingly.

“Otto wants to have a winter meeting, so after consulting with her physical condition and weather, she said she would come.”

“I understand. I don’t have a fever today, I haven’t been called by Benno-san, I’m going to the gate.”

Referring to my father going to work for the opening bell, I change clothes quickly on the bed.

“Mother, Turi. I go to the gate today”

“That’s right. We’re starting to see fewer things in the forest, and isn’t it better for Mine to stop going to the forest?”

“Turi says. It’s hard for Mine to fall down with heat, so you should stop the forest that only kids go to.”

Recently, it has become cold and it is easy to catch a cold, and the number of days when I feel that I am not feeling well has increased. When I do my best, the surroundings often suffer inconvenience, so let’s go to the forest.

“Yo, Mine. Is it the gate today?”

Lutz calls out to me with only a tote bag.

わ た し Unlike me who was dressed a lot to avoid catching a cold, the other kids look relatively light. If you wear too much, it will be difficult to move. The short period before snow falls becomes the last spurt for picking up firewood.

Talking to the gate with the children going to the forest. Recently, it has finally become possible to walk without being separated by the surrounding children. At the moment I wanted to do a little more, I often pierce my nails with Lutz.

“Then, I’ll come back, so wait!”

“Yeah, Lutz collects, do your best”

Everyone else goes to the forest, so we’ll say goodbye at the gate.

Even though I couldn’t see my father at the gate, I salute the old man who was already acquainted with him and sent him to the inn room.

“Otto-san, are you here? Mine”

When I opened the door and entered the cabin, I saw that the shelf near the wall was already full of budget-related wooden cards.

“Hey, Maine. He came well.”

“It’s been a long time since Otto-san”

After a great salute, the chair closest to the fireplace is recommended. After sitting in a slightly higher chair, halfway up, I took out the slab and brush from the bag.

“Winter schedule, how long can Mine come?”

“Well, I consulted with my dad, but it was a good day, at least not a snowstorm, and my dad was in the morning or noon.”

First of all, there are not many days in good condition in winter. I’m hoping that I’ll have more physical strength than last year, so I’m hoping that I’ll have fewer colds and fewer days to sleep, but I can’t predict what will happen.

Next is the weather. There are not many days that are not snowstorms. It doesn’t have to be sunny. My father said that it wouldn’t matter if it snowed, but I thought it would be stopped if it actually snowed.

And when my father works night shift, there is one third of the winter.

“Maybe you can’t go beyond the two hands until spring until you come to the gate”

“… Well, I felt like that, but just getting help from the winter last year made me so much easier that I expected it. I’d be happy if you could come as much as possible.”

“Yes”

Calculating a stone brush just by calculating it will be fine. This year, I think that I need more than last year’s brush to study with Lutz, so I will do my best to earn money.

“Oh, the brush used for budget work is not a stomach, but an expense?”

“But, hahahaha. It’s a lot like a merchant’s thought circuit. The brush used during work is an expense. Calculate with confidence.”

When I came up with Otto and confirmed that to Otto, Otto blew out after rounding his eyes.

laughed, but now I can work with peace of mind. I rolled the sleeves a little and set the stone brush so that the letters would not disappear due to rubbing with the sleeves.

“I’m ready”

“This is my job today”

Otto brought a sword and a wooden bill. It was a summary of the equipment used in the departments of the great men. It seems that Otto is in charge of accounting for this department. He gave me a bad idea and pointed out that it would be troublesome to point out the wrong calculation.

I will add up the numbers while making sure to avoid mistakes.

“Otto, are you ?? Stand at the gate!”

A soldier jumped in like a panic. Otto rushes out, putting a line on the wooden bill so that you can see how far you have calculated, and saying that the calculator should not be touched by anyone.

Somehow the whole gate is noisy. A lot of footsteps go through the hallway behind the door, and the footsteps resonate with the stone pavement.

In a busy atmosphere, I can’t ask someone to open the door and say, “What happened?”

I have come to the gate again and again, but this is the first time that I feel like this. Because I was left in a single room, I was gradually worried.

Isn’t it okay if you are here?

Sense of breathing slowly and deeply, I was dizzy and dizzy while looking around in the guest room where there was nobody.

The heat in my body is about to rampage so that I don’t miss a moment when my heart is weak. The fever coming out from behind seems to point out the weakness of my heart.

I was frustrated and put power in my body to collect heat in the center. Prevent the heat from coming out and push in with the image of a lid.

“… Huh, I’m tired”

不安 Concentration on the attack and defense with eating was much less anxiety after the battle was over.

When I started the calculation, Otto soon returned. Quickly finish the calculation to the point where you want to cut and start cleaning up your documents.

“Trombe seems to have appeared in the forest. Since the kids came to call for support, half of the soldiers jumped out. I have to stand at the gate, but Mine-chan is calculating here. If there is an introduction letter, I’ll send it to you so I’ll ask you to process it. “

“Yes, I understand”

Now that I knew the reason for being busy, I was able to work on the calculation with a little peace of mind.

Speaking of which, Lutz had previously said that Trombe will appear in the forest in the fall. Perhaps Trombe could have obtained it.

Nh? But, because soldiers are going to war, are they growing too much and can’t use paper? what about?

Before, even a child was mowed, so there wasn’t too much worry when I heard that the Trombe came out, and when I calculated numbers on a stone board, it was getting noisy over the back of the door It was.

“Mine-chan, Lutz is back. I’m saying you want to go back together because you have a consultation, what do you do?”

“If you cut the trombone, I think it’s the story, so I’m going home. From here to here, the calculation is over.”

“Thank you for helping me.”

It seems that the children who have cut the trombone with the soldiers have come back, and you can see soldiers and children carrying the material of the trombove hanging around the gate.

When I was looking for Lutz, my father rushed to a log that was as thick as me.

“Mine! Look, my dad cut such a big Trombe!”

“Wow, that’s big. Is this going to be a habit?”

“No, Trombe doesn’t burn so easily, it doesn’t become firewood. It’s furniture. It can remain unburned even if a fire breaks out, so it can be used to store valuables.”

“… Hey, that’s right. It’s amazing”

A mysterious plant.

Even if a fire does not burn, it is no longer a tree!

When I was screaming with excitement, I saw Lutz beckoning from behind my father.

“What’s wrong, Lutz?”

“Why did Lutz cut only such a thin tree?”

dad sees Trombe in Lutz’s cage and stretches his chest as if he’s proud, but don’t stick to his child. embarrassed.

I sighed, but in fact, Trombe becomes difficult to cut as it grows up, so even the soldiers and children around me have to know the thickness of the mowed tree and the size of the branches I was able to see it matched.

“Thin trees are useless”

Even though it is hard to burn, it cannot be fired, but young, soft and thin wood does not have the fire resistance to withstand fires, nor has the strength to make furniture.

“This tree can’t be used!”

One of the children who seemed to be ridiculed by comparison woke up and threw away the Trombe branch.

“Now, give me me”

It ’s a good paper for me, even if I do n’t need that child. It’s ridiculous to throw away the thin and soft Trombe.

“Do you really need it?”

“… I don’t like it!”

A boy who was fooled by the fact that his gaze was focused around, ran away.

When I picked up the abandoned Trombe, there were a series of children throwing out the same Trombe that had been mowed.

“I’ll do it too. It’s just a problem if I take it home.”

“I’ll give you this too. What you don’t need”

A lot of branches pile up around me.

“Lutz, I got a lot of hands”

“… Dana”

Pick up the Trombe stacked with Lutz and pack it into the Lutz bowl.

The father, who was stunned and looked at the outcome, looked at the eyebrows in a troubled manner and compared us with the cradle filled with Trombe.

“… Hey Mine. What do you want to do?”

“We use young and soft trees, so this is fine. Lutz, let’s go.”

When I walked with my back to my father, Rutz opened his mouth while scratching his head in a troubled manner.

“I just thought that it was a material and I’ve cut the trombone. I guess the paper material can’t be used unless it is processed about 5-7 days after it’s picked.”

“Yeah, is that so?”

“… What do you want to do? I don’t want to enter a river at this time, and I don’t have any extra firewood to steam for a bell, or give up?”

Even if I go to the forest at this time, I know that there is not much habit, but if Trombe is wasted for that reason, Benno must change the color of his eyes and be furious.

“… I understand what you’re told, but should I talk to Benno?”

“After all, if you throw it away, you’ll get angry. Huh … I can’t enter the river even though it’s so cold.”

We walked to the shop of Benno and walked to Benno’s shop, but as expected, the guards told us that they couldn’t put the cool lutz that had just returned from the forest into the shop. I was to wait.

The keeper called out and Marc came out, so I went inside with Marc.

When I entered the store, a customer came out of Benno’s room. As I pass by, I can hear the groaning of my nose as I squeeze out of the disproportionate appearance of the store.

It may be better to arrange clothes early on.

I don’t want to praise Benno’s dignity because of myself. In order to do so, it seems to have to save money quickly.

Benno looked lightly when he was guided to the back room.

“What happened? Did you have any plans to meet today?”

“I didn’t have any plans, but there was a consultation … Actually, today there was a Trombe in the forest”

Benno suddenly stood up in my words and started to stand.

“Trombe ?! So you mowed?”

“Yes, I have quite a lot of materials available, but …”

“What?”

“It’s difficult to make paper”

“Why?”

As Benno says he can’t understand, he looks close to his eyebrows.

After this, I opened my mouth, predicting that I would never get angry.

“Um, actually, the river doesn’t have enough steam to steam one bell,”

“A fool!”

An impatient Benno thunder fell before stating all the reasons why the river was cold and could not be entered.

“Don’t compare the scarves you can buy anytime with the rare Trombe! You can’t say that you can’t calculate costs and profits!”

“… I thought I would say that. After all, would you like to go to a timber shop with Marc because you want to buy firewood?”

I can’t even see the baptismal ceremonies, and even if I ask for a wood to be used as a firewood, it will look ugly and be paid in front of the gate.

“… What happened to Lutz?”

“I’m outside. I came back from the forest and came here directly, so it’s not a good idea to enter the store …”

When I said so, Benno called Marc by ringing the bell on the desk.

“Marc asks Lutz if Mine is today and if he can go to a timber shop”

“It’s cramped”

“Mine, you can write a purchase order here”

Bang Bang hit the edge of the desk, but I shook my head.

“Well, I didn’t have a purchase order set because I was only going to the gate today.”

“… I am here”

Benno gave me a wooden bill and ink, so I started writing a purchase order on the spot.

“Mr. Benno, I want a firewood that can burn one bell, but what should I write?”

“Write it as it is. Sell it with some margin.”

Yes, answering and writing, Marc who spoke to Lutz came back.

“Mine should not go out any further. If I can write a purchase order, I will go with Lutz.”

“Thank you very much”

When I checked off the purchase order I wrote to Marc, Benno gave me several wooden cards.

“Read if you have time”

“Rejoice!”

It should be said that the merchant knows it, and it was a wooden tag on which the contract was written.

I was glad to read the letters, and I was looking through the nasal song, but as I read it, question marks gradually came to my mind.

“Benno-san, do you have a previous investment in the previous generation?”

“……”

Silently, Benno just looked at me and didn’t answer anything.

“And I was wondering a little, but Benno said during this time that he made a prototype so he would stop the upfront investment? But wasn’t the baptism in contract magic? Isn’t the price of a big girder actually going into an upfront investment? “

While Benno was bothering to read the wooden bill related to the contract, one thing that came to mind was the content of contract magic.

“… Did you notice?”

“Why are you so jealous !?”

“I’m not jealous. I just tried it. I remember the contract you made. I was curious how it would work when the other party violated. I didn’t say anything, I didn’t remember. I thought. ”

squeaking a nose, Benno patted me on the desk with his fingertips.

Uh, I was stuck in a word for a moment, but I knew Benno.

“I was told that it was the end because I made a prototype, so I thought so much. I didn’t think I would be deceived by Mr. Benno. Because the content of the contract could not be confirmed “

Benno praised my shoulder, screaming in my words and smiling with a smile.

“The contract burns, so I had to write it down or remember exactly. You are sweet.”

“… I will keep in mind”

Benno’s case is not different. If you didn’t have a copy of the contract, you should write it down or remember it. It is true that the penalties were harsh with the term contract witchcraft.

“I’ve been able to pursue it, so I’ll pay for the upfront investment”

“Why don’t you pay, it was such a contract from the beginning? Isn’t it a breach of contract?”

Mugly, when I sharpened my lips, Benno looked at me with a joyful expression and a smile of victory.

“If I say I don’t pay, I violate the contract. This time I’m short of your pursuit. I’m paying because I’ve been pursued.

“… Wow ~”

Benno, who regretted me, picked up the edge of his lips and laughed, “If I didn’t notice anything when I read the wooden bill about the contract, I was willing to rip it off.”

Because Benno gave me a hint to notice, I decided to receive it positively that I was thinking a lot about raising me as a merchant, but I am sorry for the regrettable thing.

Refusing to look at the wooden bill again, Benno suddenly stopped working and called out.

“Oh, yes. Mine, can you do winter handicraft a little ahead of time?”

“Ours are almost ready for winter, so what do you think will happen?”

My winter preparation period depends on my father’s work. All the soldiers at the gate need to prepare for the winter, but not everyone can rest at once, so they will take turns.

Last year, the winter holiday was quite late, so I was preparing for winter until the last snowfall, but this year is relatively early.

“Can you make 10-20 hair ornaments of different colors? Guild heads are proud of their granddaughter’s hair ornaments and there are many inquiries … There are some places I can’t refuse.”

“Wouldn’t it be just Frida to be attached at the baptism in winter?”

When I tilted my head, I thought I could do something that would eliminate the reason for rip-off.

“… It’s the only thing that I made for myself. It will be more noticeable because it’s completely different from the ready-made ones. No problem”

“If there is no problem, it’s okay, but can I finish it in a hurry, can I get an express charge?”

When I laughed and asked for a surcharge, Benno looked over and shouted.

“You …”

“When you can get money, what is it that you can only get it from where you can get it? You’re aiming to be merchant and merchant by following Benno.”

When I laughed, Benno became a bitter face and pulled her face.

“Each hair ornament has 10 medium-sized coins. Do you complain because you double it?”

“That’s no good. Please use 11 or 13 medium-sized bronze coins. If you consider the ratio of the floral decoration and the heel part that Lutz has decided, it would be inconvenient otherwise” [19459002 ]

The price for the flower decoration was 2 pieces for the bronze coin and 1 piece for the heel part. Since the rest is divided into Lutz, it is honestly annoying if there are even numbers of bronze coins.

“It can’t be helped, it’s 11 cards.

“I have a compliment, I am extremely extinct”

“… Where did you remember those words?”

ベ ン Benno praises her shoulders with a funny expression that seems amazed.

“Oh, and I want a medium bronze coin for hair ornaments. You can pay in advance or withdraw from my savings …”

“It’s okay to prepay, but what do you do?”

“Necessary to apply urgent magic”

If you want to make 10 by the time it snows, you can’t do it without having your mother and Turi cooperate, and you need a source of motivation.

Since mothers have been doing manual work for many years, we know that the cost of handwork for hair ornaments is extremely high compared to others. Therefore, there is a passage that somehow suspects that it may have been deceived or not made even if it is made.

Every time you can do it, if you get the right amount of money as you get it, you can gain trust and be motivated.

At that time, the door was knocked and Marc returned.

“I have just returned. The kites I ordered will arrive at the store by today’s gate. I’ll let them go tomorrow morning.”

“Thank you”

“Be careful because it’s cold”

Refused by Marc and went outside, Rutz stood with an almost empty bag on his back. Apparently he left a Trombe in the warehouse as he went to the timber shop. Indeed, I didn’t want to take me.

Slowly walk towards the house in the streets where the sunset was early. It’s really cold, so I want to hurry back, but if I move with my instinct, I’m definitely going to heat up and fall down.

While returning home, I tell Lutz that winter manual work has been put forward. I promised an express fee, asked my family for help, and said I’d make it.

“In my case, Trombe is more of a problem than winter handicrafts, which are quite likely to be alone without family cooperation”

“Trombe?”

When I tilted my head, Lutz dropped his shoulders and exhaled.

“… Well, Mine. Can you do the work of Trombe, even though you are told to go to the forest? Maybe I have to do it alone?”

“This time I’m going to work in front of the warehouse, so I can do it together. I don’t know what my family says because I’ll be outside the bell.”

I don’t go out of the gate, but if I go to Benno’s shop, I think it’s not difficult to go out. However, because I spend a lot of time outside, it’s a problem that the possibility of catching a cold and generating heat is extremely high.

“A warehouse … isn’t it a river?”

Lutz opened his eyes wide as surprised. But without thinking, it’s impossible for Lutz to go to the forest with a pot, steamer and firewood alone.

“Before I had to pick up the material and firewood, it was more efficient to work in the forest. You don’t have to work in the forest, and you can’t carry it all the way to the forest. “

“Oh, that’s right. You have to carry everything”

Lutz seemed unable to grasp the amount of luggage he was carrying because he was more worried about working alone.

“It’s not the river water that exposes the steamed trombe, but that’s because the steamed tree is once exposed to cold water to make it easier to peel off. It’s cold enough, you’ll get water from the well several times to keep it warm, but it’s easier than going to the forest? “

However, Lutz’s concern does not disappear, and the face is darker.

“That’s easy, but … what are you going to do after that? Save it with a white skin?”

“If possible, it is better to save the skin after processing it, but it’s okay because it can’t be saved even with black skin. No, but this season, I go to the forest, and Lutz enters the river, it ’s suicide.

“Oh!”

ル Lutz shined his face as the anxious material was wiped out. “Wow, it was good. I was relieved.” While walking repeatedly, the width of the walking foot was a little larger.

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When I get home, please help my mother and Turi with their handwork and ask … I’ll be steaming wood tomorrow.

思考 Through walking while thinking about the future schedule, my thoughts gradually shift because I am hungry.

…… If you have a steamer, I want to eat hot and sweet potato or Hokuhoku potato butter. There are no potatoes that fall under sweet potatoes, but you can get potato-like potatoes here.

芋 If you take the strawberry from my house and bring the butter to Lutz, you can eat potato butter tomorrow?

Ah, good. There seems to be a mind and body. Yeah, decided.

While being enthralled by the happy imagination, it seems that he came to the well in front of the house. Lutz stops and looks back.

“Mine, go to tomorrow to get the key, carry the bag and go for a call, wait until then”

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“I understand. Lutz prepares butter, don’t forget”

I wave my hand and jump into the building.

ル When I started climbing the stairs, Lutz’s moving voice resonated through the window of the light.

“Huh? Butter !? Why is it used for ?!”

Are you? Did n’t you say that? Failed, failed.