Chapter 169

I am Frida, an 8-year-old merchant apprentice.

When I changed my clothes before going to bed, I noticed that the color of the magic stone on the bracelet changed slightly. A bracelet lined with small black magic stones, one of which is transparent.

“Oh, it’s already time like this”

The eater I am contracting with a nobleman has been given a magical tool by the contractor who will receive the overflowing magical power. The color of the magic stone has changed because it is a sign that the magical power has accumulated considerably. You have to go to Henrik, the contractor.

“Grandfather, please ask Mr. Henrik. The color of the magic stone has changed.”

I asked Grandpa the next morning. I need permission to enter the aristocratic town, and I am a minor and have to go with my grandfather.

“Is that time already?”

“Well, is this a good souvenir for a cattle curl?”

“Looks like the other, so that’s fine”

“Now, let’s be in a mix of Lumtopov”

The new winter caltle curl is made by finely cutting the lumutopov made by Mine and mixing it into the dough. In order to find the right amount of lumutophu to mix with the dough, there were many failed works, but I could make it very delicious with Ilze’s efforts. This cattle curl has a strong liquor scent and is a popular dish for aristocratic men.

However, I couldn’t make so many kathru curls because Lumtopov was a prototype. Ilse is thrilled to make more Lumut Tophu this summer.

“I want a new product soon …”

While saying so, the grandfather turned his eyes to the kitchen in a meaningful way. Ilze, who will be in the kitchen, and I want new products.

“Mine can’t catch”

Mr. Benno tries to hide Mine’s existence thoroughly from the surroundings, so it is difficult to catch Mine. All the documents related to the guild come through the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce. Originally, money exchanges made through the guild and even annual income and expenditure reports in the spring are made through Benno.

While a member of the merchant guild, Mine is a studio manager who surprisingly does not face the merchant guild.

癖 The sales are quite a big workshop in the city. Plant paper and picture books, and many toys made and sold as winter handicrafts.

Although there are only a few seemingly issued from the Mine workshop, they are all expensive and profitable. And many of the new products that Gilberta Trading Co., Ltd. would have bought from Mine.

“Gilberta Shokai has a lot of new products coming out …. even products that have nothing to do with the original clothing”

linshan, hair ornaments, and new types of hangers are not so far from their original work, but plant paper, picture books, toys, and letter boards have nothing to do with clothing-related shops.

“But it’s not just the products that Mine is involved in?”

“Yes”

Of the contracts brought into the merchant guild, the ones with the name of Mine are contracts with the Ink Association, large orders as patrons of the blacksmith workshop, large orders to the woodworking workshop, Benno Co-investors of restaurants that are scheduled to open … all of these are just moving big money.

“What did Mine do when he said that he entered the temple as an apprentice to a shrine maiden? It seems to be doing a much higher deal than a regular merchant.”

Even though the contract for Cattle Curl has expired, Mine doesn’t see or contact you at all. I wonder if Katrukar may monopolize as it is. I don’t have any contact, so I’m going to monopolize.

Ten days after the color of the magic stone began to change, Mr. Henrik gave a visit permission. On the promised day, after hearing 5 bells, we head to the aristocratic street with the grandfather.

“Let’s go!”

“Yes, grandfather. Mom, I will come.”

Ride on the carriage and sit side by side with the grandfather, the door will be closed. The bracelet on the wrist swayed in a wobbled wagon and claimed to exist.

“The color has changed a lot”

“You have to give Henrik as soon as possible to empty”

If you give this bracelet to Henrik, it will be returned again with the magic power empty. That’s all I need, but it seems that it takes time to empty my magic, and I’m always invited to dinner.

“If this is lunch, I feel a little easier …”

“Invitation to dinner is a testament to treating us as official guests”

“I know I can’t decline”

When you are invited to dinner, it will naturally pass the closing time, so you will stay in Henrik’s pavilion. If you stay, you have to take a bath.

“Since Mine told me to try to reduce the amount of time spent in hot water, I felt less sick, but the noble baths that no longer feel hot are still I can’t like it. “

“… it only has to get used to”

The grandfather who laughs small and small is having a business talk with a butler while I was bathing for a long time. I showed it a little swollen.

“I’m better off negotiating than taking a bath, but are you patient?”

The carriage turned right in front of the temple at the end of the main street. A white, high wall made of the same material as the temple continues. There is an entrance to the aristocratic town where you ran along the white wall that separates the aristocratic town from the downtown area.

“Is there only a noble town a few hundred years ago? I learned the other day”

“Oh, yes. It is said that the town was expanded when the ancestors of the current lord became lords.”

When a nobleman invades and the lord fails to defend the city, the next lord is usually stronger than the previous lord. Then, it seems that the city will be expanded to match the power of the new lord.

“Is the town used until then renovated as a noble town, and a town for the commoners was created on the south side?” “Yes. It seems that the accommodation in front of the main gate is now being used as a temple, and nobles are still in and out using the noble gate, which is said to be behind the temple.

As the grandfather says, we used to go to the aristocratic streets, with the not-so-large gate that used to be a gatekeeper, the north gate.

Standing at the North Gate are several soldiers from the downtown area and knights from lower nobility. After paying the toll, I will give some goods to the knights as a reminder. After that, your permit will be revised and you will be asked about the purpose and where you want to enter the nobility town.

The eyes of the knights clearly looked down on the common people, and their hearts were raging, but if they were concerned about it, they would not be able to live here in the future. It didn’t take much time for me to smile even with an unpleasant look.

“Okay, let’s change.”

“I’m smart”

Since the carriages used in the downtown area are dirty, we will change to the carriages that run through the aristocratic streets in the North Gate. Then, run on a beautiful white street with no dirt and a comfortable carriage with almost no shaking.

“I always want to use this wagon in downtown …”

“Magical tools seem to be used to reduce shaking. It will be difficult”

Henrik’s estate, a low-ranking nobleman, is located relatively close to the North Gate. Is it cheaper in the downtown area and the nobility town as it is closer to the gate?

“We waited, Frida-sama”

The butler greets you and passes you between you. The atmosphere is similar to that of our customers because Grandpa imitated Henrik’s house. Unlike my home, magical tools are taken for granted, so even though they look similar, they are very different.

“Let me wait”

Henrik-san came.

Since I was 17 years old when I signed with me, is it 20 years old now? As it looks, it is a nobleman with a sincere and welcoming atmosphere. He lost his father two years ago and seems to be struggling with him on his youth.

Henrik has a wife and a child, but the second wife does not, and when the commoner is an adult, he becomes a mistress that cannot be counted as a wife. It can be said that it is economically dependent on my home.

Henrik is a nobleman who is struggling with money a little, but Grandfather said that it is basically a serious and generous family. Perhaps it is because they are not doing what they want to do or forcibly exploit the common people. It seems that he was chosen as my contract partner because of his personality.

“The Goddess of Water, Furutraine’s healing, a green day, a blessing to meet with the guidance of the gods.

We will give a long, noble greeting. The picture book I bought from Mine suddenly overwhelmed me when I was giving a tedious greeting that the gods that change every season change.

…… Speaking of that, I was told that I would make a picture book about the genus, but I wonder if it was done.

Mine made a picture book that can be remade as you like. Although it is a black and white picture book, it is written in a very easy-to-understand manner about God and the illustrations are very beautiful. I intend to make a cover for the skin after all the genus picture books are in line with the divine picture book I bought earlier.

“Miss Frida, hands …”

Hunched out by Henrik’s voice, I offered my left hand with a bracelet. Henrik squeezes a small word as if he strikes the bracelet lightly with a glowing stick taken out from somewhere. The bracelet can then be resized and removed.

“Oh, the color has changed quite a bit. Isn’t there any problem with the body?”

When looking at the removed bracelet, Henrik drew his eyebrows. Henrik doesn’t take much respect even if the commoner who signed the contract is the other party. I have a very good feeling.

“I’m fine. Thank you for your consideration.”

“Let me later. At a dining table.”

“I’m smart”

Henrik leaves the room with a bracelet, after which a butler enters and a business talk begins with the grandfather. Until dinner, I will be called by the side of the woman to take a hot bath before dinner and dress up. The first penance when you come to this pavilion begins.

At the dinner table after a long and exhausting bath, the recent situation in downtown is basically a hot topic. I will talk about the new taste of Kathalkar, which Ilze is steadily increasing.

“Kattlekar is preferred by his younger brother who has grown up and just left home. I am not good at sweets that are too sweet, but they have a strong scent of liquor, and the sweetness is refrained.

Apparently, the knight’s brother prefers sweets to Henrik-sama. The younger brother was on a escort mission as a knight in the fall, but made a big mistake and needed a fine. What kind of person is my house? I don’t have any acquaintance yet.

“Are you a little husband?”

The butler had a slightly pale face, and something happened to Henrik. Henrik-sama stands up immediately.

“I’m sorry, Miss Frida. I have a requirement for fireworks. Excuse me today.”

Henrik left the butler and cafeteria in the middle of a meal. It’s not good to sneak up and down, so finish the meal with a safe talk about the taste of the food with the grandfather.

“Now, grandfather. Good night”

“Oh, have a nice night”

Grandfather has a male side, and I have a female side to be guided to the guests. I’m always guided by the customers who use them, and the room I used when taking a bath.

“Please, Frida-sama”

“… Oh?” ​​

Surely my baggage should have been brought in and prepared for the bath, but now I can’t find my baggage.

While leaning my head, I headed to the bed. A side-serving woman turns the tent of the bed.

“Then, this bed …?!”

A side serving woman screamed. There was a man lying on the bed that I was going to use. He looks very painful with an eyebrow similar to Henrik’s face.

“Dermuel-sama …?, That, Frieda-sama, I will check the circumstances with the butler.”

側 The side-serving returned to the trap and left the room as if it was upset.

Is the fact that the luggage has been moved, does it mean that I had another room and wasn’t communicating well?

… I was in trouble. What to do now?

I couldn’t leave the room after chasing the side service, and even though I was unconscious, I was awkward that I was left alone in the room, and I exhaled slowly.

“Sorry, Frida-sama”

The butler jumped into the room with a bubble-like face.

Originally, Henrik’s brother lived in a knight’s dormitory, but he was seriously injured during the mission of the Knights, and until the person who could use healing came from the noble gate to the nearest home It seems that was conveyed. The younger brother was unconscious, so he had no time to prepare the room, and he was brought into an already prepared room.

“Frieda-sama was preparing another room, but she seemed upset and wasn’t communicating well. I’m very sorry.”

“If my husband’s brother is brought unconscious, I can’t be upset. If the room is prepared, I will move there.”

When I understood the circumstances and exhaled, a lump of light came in from the window. It turns around on Dermuel-sama who sleeps in the bed and sprinkles light dust. It was a beautiful and fantastic landscape where the dust of light scattered in a dark room.

“… Is this magic too? How beautiful”

Even if I reach out, I will gently avoid the light powder as if I had a will.

Dame Elle suddenly jumped up when he was obsessed with the powder of light that fluttered around.

“Is it safe or apprentice?”

“Oh !?”

¡At the same time as the upper body was raised, a glowing stick was held in the hand, and Dermuel looked around with a rugged expression that he was fighting something, and immediately became a face that was eaten.

“… where is this?”

Perhaps you were confused with when you lost consciousness. The deacon went ahead in front of Darmuel who was confused and broke his eyebrows.

“Dermuel, how are you feeling? You have been brought into the mansion with unconsciousness”

“There is nothing to do with the body. Healed even after thinking about the remnants of light.”

Dermuel looked down his arm and immediately changed his complexion.

“I must hurry back to the Knights”

“Dermuel-sama, you should see a little body …”

Dermuel-sama ran away from the couch, ran out toward the balcony, and opened a large window, as if she had ridden herself unconsciously as if she had been screaming before.

“I’m in the middle of an escort mission! Once again, if the mission fails, I …”

Dermael just shook his arm, and a white horse with a large wing appeared on the balcony. Then, striding over it, Dermuel takes off to the sky with a steep face. I saw the white wings move greatly in the dark night sky.

From the time when the lump of light jumped in, until Dermuel-sama took off, it was an instant event that left me and the butler stunned.

“… Frida-sama will guide you to your room.”

“Yes, please”

I couldn’t hold back, but the butler who had sent me off returned to me and led me to a newly prepared room.

Going up to the bed, I recall the words of Dermuel. “You ’re safe, apprentice shrine maiden,” he said. There must be only Mine apprentices in the temple now. It seems likely that Mine is also involved in something that Damuel was injured during the escort mission.

“What happened to you?”

Even if you asked Henrik-sama, there is no reason for the nobles to tell you the situation so easily. Speaking of my being a friend of Mine, maybe I’ll tell you, but depending on the circumstances in which Mine is involved, it can be a problem for me. It would be safer to stop clarifying the relationship between me and Mine.

“At least you have to confirm life and death alone …”

At the breakfast table the next day, Henrik apologized for the troubles related to Dermuel last night.

“My brother didn’t seem to get in touch. Excuse me.”

“No, don’t bother me. For the first time, I saw a witchcraft used by the nobles for the first time. I feel very beautiful, mysterious, and profitable.”

After breakfast, you will be given a bracelet where all the magic stones will turn black, leave Henrik’s palace and return home.

“Grandpa, I want to investigate. Please lend me the key to the back room.”

Wakushi rushed to change clothes and headed to the commercial guild.

In order to find documents for the contract that Mine had with Benno in a room where documents related to contract magic were collected only by those authorized by the guild leader. Unlike the public room where anyone can read, the contract documents stored here should have some change if the contractor is dead.

It was not so difficult to find the documents about the contract that Mine exchanged because it was rarely used for contract magic.

“… Rose Mine?”

Benno-san, Lutz and Rosemine are contracted for the documents I got.

契約 If you have a contract with eating, you do not need to rename it, but it must have been taken in by the nobility. Mine has probably become a noble adopter, as I have been told.

There is an aristocrat who knows about Mine’s product knowledge and finds value. I don’t think the impact will be limited to this city.

I grabbed the documents and rushed to the guild Nagamuro.

“There is an important story. Look at this.”

Grandfather who looked at the document of contract magic that has been renamed to Rosemine has wide open eyes.

“… Mine signed a contract with a nobleman? Certainly, a girl who eats could be a noble adopter, but that Mine?”

Mine who said she would not sign a nobleman because she wanted to stay with her family until the last minute. Mine, who said she would choose to die if she left her family, became a noble adoptive.

I wanted to be a merchant, not a nobleman. I want to spend money. I told him about it and signed a contract with the best person.

Thanks to that, I can set up a store in the nobility town in the future and I can spend time with my family until I grow up. I am convinced of my choice. …… But what about Mine?

“Grandpa, please call me Benno-san. Benno-san should know something about it.”