181 181, Man with Business License

No one in the group of adventurers slept.

Everyone is unraveling well. That's all the ants. It's going to make good money.

"Brother, Brother Odie! I'm back.

"Curse, are you back yet? How was your father?

"I didn't have a problem. Looks like the ants didn't go that way. You're dismantling your brother, too.

"Oh, so I thought I'd make a dime or two. All the anthill material belonged to the adventurer at the mercy of the deputy.

That's a good thing.

Then I should get all the burnt ants in the rear. Well, I don't think so.

"I don't need credit, so I'm going to bed. Can you wake me up in the morning? Then I'll come home with you. Odie, is my brother here for a while, after all?

"Yeah, I've been here about three days now.

"Oh well, good luck! Say hello to Mr. Berengaria too! Good night."

Thus I lay my iron board on the end of the cobblestone and lay on top of it. It's not cold thanks to the robe I used to love when flying over Kutanutu at night. Then put the hot tub upside down from the top and cover it.

This is perfect for demons to attack.

There's a gap down there, so there's going to be a bug coming in, but we can't even block it. Let's go to sleep without worrying.

I have an appointment with you tomorrow, Steed.

And in the morning, I woke up with the sound of being slapped hard on the hot tub. It's pretty loud because it's iron.

I stowed the hot tub while putting up with the yawn.

"Good morning. Did you sleep well?

"Oh, brother. It was surprisingly quiet and I slept well. Shall we go home then? Can we leave now?

"Give me a minute. He wants you to come to the deputy when Curse wakes up. He does. What do we do?"

"Uh, that's a hassle. But you can't just not go, can you? My brother's with you, isn't he?

"Oh, let's go together.

"Then I'll go.

We came to the Knights' quarters. Is the deputy awake early this morning?

"Urien de Martin, Curse de Martin. I got over it by summons.

"Come in and pay.

"" Excuse me.

"You've been here a lot since the early morning. My name is Leopoldon de Aggiani, deputy. Let's go straight to the dagger. Last night's fireball was you, Curse, wasn't it?

Why 'd you find out?

"That's right. You know very well.

"There are several reasons, but I don't care about that. The reason I called it is a reward. You can say I could have won because of that. I want you to say what you can think of, whether it's gold coins or a way forward.

Hmmm, I can't think of...

If…….

"Then sweeten me to your words.

I'd like you to keep this a secret just for your deputy. Has anyone already told you?

"No, this is my decision. I didn't even say it because I don't think anyone else would believe it. I thought it was after I heard you. [M]

"Good for you then. Then one more thing, give me your business license. I lend money. [M] You do not need permission to lend gold in Kutanutsu or the territorial capital. Still, I want the fact that your deputy gave you immediate permission.

"Is that okay with you? Isn't that a reward?

"No, I was wondering if one word, one stroke, of a deputy would be comparable to a thousand rewards. I think I'll have that and call it the 'Gold Lender Curse' again.

"Right. I hope so. It will arrive later. Today was daunting.

Ugh, I got nervous. Brother Urien is cool as a biscuit at a time like this.

Well, no, let's go home.

"I wonder why you found out?

I speak on the iron board.

"Probably because there wasn't anybody else? I'm not a knight or an adventurer in position. It was just me and Curse who came later.

Wow.

Don't you trust your judgment that much often. Though there are some words in the world that are not as incredible as they are.

I guess this is the difference between humans and ordinary people who become deputies. Or maybe you asked some of them the same question.

It's something I don't even want to thoroughly hide, but I don't want them to know as much as possible.

We'll get to the northeast part of the castle wall, and now we'll walk back to the castle gate.

"By the way, brother, are you hippo today?

"I guess it's hippo till noon. Hey, what's up?

"Starting today, Steed, I'm going to do an audition with you, right? I was hoping you could tell my brother. Steed, you look delighted.

"Fine. Sometimes I have to be like my brother.

Thank you. I think you've done a good job of being my brother.

Once you get home, breakfast, and head to the Mayors.