304 Doug Sightings (8) - Strategy

"Thank you for waiting. This is the dish of Giva meat."

Arrange five wooden dishes on a horizontal table.

"Giva Bacon Egg" is the lid dish, hot dog pork is the lid dish, and an assortment of vegetable bacon, dried meat and intestinal meat is the dish.

Digola, who fronted those plates, narrowed his eyes, "Ho ho ho," and Meyros leaned over his forehead silently.

"You smell wonderful about the roasted meat. No, this is no less aromatic than a caron."

"I hope you like the flavor."

I will return to my seat with the Ai-Fa.

The repellence to Giva meat and the like appeared to be dust-free, and Digola first hit the hot dog seaweed.

Moving his mouth wide, his eyes eventually open to surprise.

After all, Meyros, who carried 'Giva Bacon Egg' into his mouth, still deepens the wrinkles on his forehead silently.

For a while as it was, the two continued to eat the dishes silently.

In the meantime, Dan-Rutim, who was in a nasty rear formation, sneaks up on me and says, "It's Asta."

"Oh, yes. We still have Gibba's meat left, so we'll negotiate if you can lend us some kamado when we get back to the inn. If you can't stay, we're going to stop by Marotta's ranch on the way home."

"Holy shit! You read my mind again, it's Asta!

I sneered at Dan-Rutim and then turned back to the front.

What awaited there was the almost dazzling face of Digola.

"Lord Asta of the house of Fa... this was amazingly delicious... the meat of Giva has been so delicious"

"I would be very happy if you thought that to everyone who knows more about the deliciousness of carons than anyone else"

"No, it really tasted amazing. Besides, even though it's smoked meat, I didn't know it was so delicious... how can you keep the flavor so far when the vanilla and other things you use don't seem so different from the dried caron meat?

"It's smoked meat that weighs more on flavor than on preservativeness. You know, fat leaves a lot of flair, right? I'm still in the process of verifying the state of preservation, but I was wondering if it would be superior if I had a month.... and the area you're using is breast meat, not feet."

"I see. But what about this intestinal meat? It seems like this soft dried meat is unbeatable."

"I think you'll have a little more there. I use plenty of fat, but smoking time is no different from regular dried meat."

"Uhm. The hard dried meat on this plate is the regular dried meat on your feet, right? And it doesn't taste worse than dried caron meat."

The content of the words was more than enough, but as far as I'm concerned, the expression made me more concerned.

While admiring the taste of Gibba meat, Digola had become a strange face.

"... this is a wild thing."

And, for the first time since its replacement, Meyros raised his voice.

Perfect for that look, it's a crusty voice.

"In Genos, I didn't know so much delicious meat had started coming out...... and you want to sell this meat even in a double bag, do you and Asta from Fa's house?

"Ah, yes. But Giva meat could go up in price ahead, so I didn't mean to make a deal right away. There's also the question of whether Gibba's meat can be sold in a dubbag where you can eat as much delicious caron meat as you want."

"So is it my intention to be put up for sale in a town other than Doug? We've heard that Genos has finally reopened trade with Banaam."

Exactly, when you become a foreign affairs officer, the situation around there seems to be sufficiently disturbing.

I honestly decided to nod yes.

"Fortunately, we were able to have a bit of an edge with the Banaam people, too, so there's a part of us that wonders if we can't do business there"

"That's a liberal thing... of course, there is no malice whatsoever in you..."

The strong word malice has taken me by surprise.

Has it been received in the wind, after all, that this is a declaration of war against Doug?

No, but Genos doesn't seem to have a big deal or anything between him and Dubbag, as banners and the like are originally from Caron anyway. It was hard to imagine that Doug would lose money if we sold Giva meat to Banaam.

"Lord Meyros, let us speak here, too, in a broken stomach. Lord Asta of this house seems to be a trustworthy man."

With that said, Digola made a few residences right.

"Lord Asta, let me be ashamed to reveal... that the current Doug is in a critical situation without saying goodbye"

"Critical situation?

"Yes, Lord Asta and the others are the people of Genos, so of course you are listening. In the ash moon, Count Turan of Genos lost his legs. That was the beginning of the first place."

Loosening his too much body, Digola overlapped the words that way.

"Actually, that person, Count Turan, was hand-in-hand with the distribution of the food he was buying in Genos. Everything about the meat and milk we buy from our Doug was business through Count Turan."

"Yes. I hear things around there. The people of the woods had a strong relationship with the former lord of Turan."

"Oh, I hear some people by the woods and Count Turan were consorting to dye their hands for some evil. But when it comes to commerce, Count Turan was an honest and impartial person. It was an ideal business partner for us."

That's well, externally, Cycleus would get that kind of recognition. Especially since Cycleus didn't seem to spare any copper coins in buying ingredients, he should have been a pretty good customer for Doug.

"But Count Turan has lost his legs. After that, another person began to take up business with Doug. So we were stuck in a situation where we didn't even think."

"Are you in distress? What the hell is wrong with you?

"Yes. Simply put, the person is buying this product. I'll lay low on the specific numbers, but the harder I've been to sustain my life, the lower my Karon values have been."

"That's -" I'm stuck.

Sure, Alma talked about it in a similar way, but I couldn't even imagine at all that it was such an impending situation, etc.

"Especially with the recent start of trade with Banaam, which has been a good and painful situation. It was almost intimidating that if I complained, I would be able to buy Karon from Banaam in the future..."

"Isn't that too lawless a story? How did you end up with such a one-sided demand?

"I don't know. I guess it just means that the human being who was supposed to take the place of Count Turan was, among other things, nasty. The closest business partner for us is Genos, so if they cut us off, some ranchers will come to our necks."

"I guess that's why we can do so much high-pressure business. Now that we have a new business partner named Banaam, it means that Genos is not spared when we cut it off, such as Doug."

Meyros adds words that way with a gloomy voice.

I was already going to be totally confused.

(Separating commerce instead of Cycleus, that should be Tolst's job. That faint, serious looking torst is taking on such a blackmailing business?

Nevertheless, I'm not that much of a Tolst person either. I've seen him face to face three times, and I've personally exchanged words for a few minutes at most.

Besides, Tolst is not alone in the distribution of ingredients like Cycleus. One should rely on the power of the Marquis of Genos, and if there are men under his command, he should be assigning you a job.

And there are more unknown parts about Marquis Marquis Malstein than Tolst. He is a enigmatic figure who also passes somewhere to Camua-Josh, and he feels like he has something out of line about computational height.

(Is it Tolst himself, his men, or Malstein's plot that makes the Doug people suffer?

A very bitter emotion crawls up from the bottom of my belly.

I chewed my lips off and wondered how Zashma was sitting on the other side of Raina-Lou.

But the story was that Marotta's ranch has a caron to wholesale to Genos, so if they were to stand in distress, they should be at the head of it.

But Zashma stroked the dark mandible of his bearded beard, and he took it. He was just looking back at the Digolas with his eyes.

"So when in such circumstances so much delicious giva meat is distributed in Genos and Banaam… in so many ways, we are put in such a painful position"

Digola overlaps words that way as she almost cries.

"Even at the moment, Giva's cuisine calls for a high reputation in the Inn Town of Genos, where all of Caron's foot meat is set to drop sales. If, in the future, Caron's foot meat, dried meat, etc. are not needed in Genos, then more and more Doug becomes less valuable to Genos…"

"Yes, no, the giva harvest is finite, so I don't think it's going to take away the market for caron meat that far"

But - still, the people by the woods are hunting around fifty Gibbas a day.

If it is possible to sell the majority of them in town, we are trying hard to achieve results in terms of how rich life we can get, as an endless goal.

Even if it doesn't turn down the demand for caron meat, it doesn't get stuffed with the possibility that it will do the right amount of damage. Still, I came to believe that it was up to the customer to decide which meat to ask for value, so I didn't have to feel more guilty than I needed to, - but this story was another matter.

"... I'm sorry, could you give me some time to talk to this one?

After a long tour, I decided to cut it out that way.

Digola, who was completely in the face of mourning, said, "Yes?" and look strange.

"When it comes to the commerce of giva meat, there are many parts of me that I cannot decide on my own. So I'd like to take this opportunity to have a little meeting."

"Ha... we don't have a rush job here either, so feel free"

Sighing, Digola said so.

"Besides, I kept crying, but it's me and the merchant's end. Please do not let your love flow, and you will continue along the path of your faith, Lord Asta of the house of Fa"

"Yes, thank you"

That's how I was supposed to take the members who were in the front row, Ai-Fa, Raina-Lou and Zashma, and pull them together in a corner of the big room.

I'll whisper to Zashma after I make sure some of the remaining members start a public conversation with the Digolas.

"Um, what the hell is this all about? Isn't it a little strange that the price of caron meat hasn't changed in the Inn Town of Genos, but the amount of the deal has been drastically reduced?

"Oh. Even in Castle Town, Karon's food is sold for the same price as before.... so I'm sure it means someone somewhere is fattening their personal belly for that difference"

"I knew that would be the story, right? But Tolstoy, who was to be entrusted with Cycleus' affairs, doesn't seem that bad."

"Well. I don't know nobles like Tolsto, so I can't say anything. But just now, is it always the blood muscle of Count Turan's house?

"Yeah, but I don't think that Tolst is the kind of man Zashma would classify as a tough nobleman."

"Being tough doesn't mean being good, and it also doesn't mean being spicy just because you've lost money on Doug. That nobleman may just be doing his best to benefit Genos."

Saying it that way, Zashma just shrugs her shoulders.

I turn my gaze toward Raina-Lou, twisting my neck inside wondering if it's okay for my dear family to be put in a predicament.

"What do you think of Rayna-Lew? I'm sorry, but I need your opinion as a representative of the Lou family on this occasion."

"Well... I don't know much about commerce, etc... it just seems to be a story that fits with the phrase I heard on the ranch: 'All you lose is civilians'"

Yes, that's certainly what Alma said.

He didn't look so serious, but what they've started to lose lately here was something we've already heard.

"Then I guess that means someone in Genos is trying to plunge the Doug people in a ploy..."

"Come on, isn't that too much to say about plotting? It is common in this world for a powerful man to follow a powerless man. Even if the whole story was true, I'm guessing it's just that Genos has more power than Doug."

Zashma describes it that way, with a smile that ate people.

The words lit my chest, which was dull.

"Even so, if there's a conspiracy story involved there, you can't keep quiet from me. If, for example, Tolst's men or something were arbitrarily blackmailing Doug's people to fatten their personal bellies, wouldn't that be a story we can't overlook?

"I don't know. So, if the plot is successful, we can assume it's in his hands, right?

"... is that what you really mean? I don't think it's Zashma's word for dedicating himself to uncovering Cycleus' plot."

"That was officially my job. I did all I could for my employer, Lord Melfried."

I was somehow feeling like Zashma had betrayed me.

On this journey, I was starting to have stronger trust and friendship than ever before - and I didn't want to hear those words from Zashma's mouth.

"Okay. Then I'll let you do it my way."

I proclaimed it that way and then I looked back at Ai-Fa.

Ai-Fa had a very quiet eye and looked back at me.

"As for business, I'm at your disposal. As the others have just said, you must go your way."

"Okay. Thanks, Ai-Fa"

And of course, I'm not going to go out and behave like I don't deserve a minute. Just a little bit of getting acquainted with the nobility of Genos, an imitation that would misrepresent it as his own power should follow.

But still, it should help bring the truth to light.

With that in mind, I decided to go back to Digola and the others.

"Um, I've already been able to fulfill my hopes when it comes to tasting giva meat. I would like to talk to you again in advance when I can make a proper business promise one day."

"Yes, by then we may not have the power to buy meat from the extra town or anything, but we look forward to seeing you again"

With a powerless smile, Digola said so.

"So that's it," I say, tidying up the contents of my head.

"It's about buying carons in Genos, but maybe I can help just a little too"

"Lord Asta is in our power?

"Yes, there is nothing you can do about Genos if he is the general intent of Genos, but if it was a personal ploy - I'm sure he can get things back to the right way."

Digola has his eyes rounded properly, and Meyros is frowning at Uranzo.

"After Turan's former lord lost his legs, the Marquis of Genos seemed to be a measure to push for better health in terms of the distribution of ingredients. Neither was Turan's predecessor, who was externally honest and impartial, nor was he ever honest or impartial inside Genos. The person who took over the job from the previous Lord should have received special orders from the Marquis of Genos to ensure that the distribution of ingredients within Genos functions more correctly."

"Ha..."

"So if the act of buying and beating carons from Doug was the intention of the Marquis de Genos himself, then that would certainly be constrained from the Marquis de Genos, if his successor or a person in his vicinity were to be in such a manner arbitrarily"

"But if it's in Genos's interest, even if it's some kind of arbitrariness, it won't touch the wrath of the Marquis of Genos," he said.

It is the same theory as Zashma.

But I let him shake his head with no.

"Now that the old evil of Turan's former Lord has been revealed, it should be a time when the Marquis of Genos is concerned with a very external reputation. Genos, a borderline city and one of Selva's finest riches, is probably in danger from the king's capital."

"Ha..."

"So it should be an otherwise unacceptable act, such as Genos' attempted economic aggression against Doug. So if this mastermind is stealing the eyes of the Marquis of Genos and taking unfair business on Doug, could it also be the subject of solemnity"

"In short, what do you want to say, do it with Asta?

Meyros asks at the top of the Buddha.

Towards that end, I wanted to come to a conclusion.

"Nothing is a difficult story. I just want to tell the Marquis Genos what's going on. Because every decision must be made by the Lord Marquis of Genos."

"No, no, no, no blame whatsoever. Not that Lord Asta would let the Marquis petition or anything so dangerous imitate -"

"I can't believe it's a petition, it's not such a big deal. Just put it in the ears of the Marquis de Genos through the nobles you know."

"Are you a nobleman I know? It is, of course, a bygone bloodstream of the Count Doug family with me, but it does not make me feel like naming a nobleman without a title inheritance. And no matter which person you rely on, you could still end up destroying yourself."

Meyros abandoned it that way in his squeamish voice.

Even in this Doug, he is still a lesson he would not apply to public office unless he was a blood muscle with ties to nobility.

To reassure Meyros like that, I make him laugh, "Really?"

"But I'm not worried. The person seems to be in a position to exchange words with the Marquis de Genos, and he has been responsible for the bridge between the people of the forest and the Marquis de Genos on occasion."

"Huh?" Digola raised a strange voice.

"Hey, wait a minute. What is the position of exchanging words without abomination with the Marquis Genos...... what the hell is that person in any position?

"It is the second son of the Earl of Dalaim, named Polearth."

Polearths should be the second son in the main house, so even title inheritance would be well held together.

I thought this might have reassured me, but Digola was starting to tremble as a mess.

"Such an idiot... such as the second son of the Earl's family, such a position should connect you with a people without nobility..."

"Yeah, it's a long story, but I happen to have to tie your edge."

"Asta and I, let the bullshit be done by then"

And, with a strong tone, Meyros comes the word.

"Or you must be making a mistake. If you spit nasty words at people in such a position, it will be a tragedy that is no different than complaining to the Marquis of Genos."

"Oh, right. Take care of yourself, Lord Asta."

Digola is kind of blue, making her look like a crying laugh.

I was wondering what the hell this excessive reaction was, and suddenly I heard a luxurious laugh from across.

The Mayros are frightened for a moment, and then smile at the Lord of Laughter.

It was Zashma who was laughing.

"Excuse me. I can't seem to get on with this, so you don't mind if I put my mouth on it, do you, Asta?

"Ha," I see Zashma in disbelief, too.

Zashma had taken it away. He had rounded off his face and had a slightly worse grin of people.

"I mean, I guess it's hard for everyone in this Doug to believe that the forest people, who are considered lower bitches among the civilian population, are connected to nobles and such. Tell me more about it there, and I'm sure you'll be convinced."

"Wow, we never took the forest folk for a bitch."

"Oh, the words. So don't worry about it there. In short, it was the people by the woods who lost Cycleus, the former lord of Count Turan's house, to Lord Digola, Lord Meyros."

Seeing both names pressing silently, Zashma finally laughs happily.

"It may be a hard story to believe, but that's the truth. Because Cycleus was using the people of the woods to work evil deeds, the people of the woods were to defeat Cycleus in order to settle for its untimely end. As a result, the people of the woods were able to connect themselves with the numerous nobles headed by the second son of the Count Dalaim family."

"Yes, whatever it takes. That's ridiculous."

"Even if it's ridiculous, that's the truth. I belonged to the same party that was hunting down Cycleus from another direction. Ultimately, we ended up facing Cycleus by hand with the people of the woods."

I was supposed to listen to Zashma's tongue as I stuffed my breath wondering if it would be okay for me to speak with such clarity.

"So there's nothing to worry about. I hear the second son of Count Dalaim's family is leaving for Asta's store on the 10th. There's no way I'm gonna ask you to tell the Marquis of Genos."

…………

"By the way, this Asta has also gained face-to-face knowledge with the Marquis of Genos himself because he sometimes held dinner cooking numbers in Castle Town. It would be easy to talk to the Marquis himself through the forest chief."

…………

"No, it was not the Marquis of Genos who exchanged words with the chief of the forest, but his first son, Lord Melfried? Well, if it were you, Marquis would listen more enthusiastically to the words of the people by the woods than himself."

"Je, first son of the Marquis de Genos -!"

Digola was no longer as pale as a dead man.

Meyros is sweating all over his skinny face with his elbow hanging in his chair.

"I have ties to Mitsuhito, too, but Lord Melfried is a little scary in his temper to weigh laws and logic. If there are people and others who are fattening their private bellies with a dirty ploy, they will surely sift the blade of absolution without sparing any power. … except if it was a sinner in Genos territory"

"Wow, we haven't sinned or anything!

Digola kicked the chair and stood up.

"Right," Zashma laughs as she looks at that plethora.

"Then you just have to be resolute. Neither the Marquis Genos nor his son will be interested in rubbing in the Doug territory. There's nothing to do with Genos, no matter how much Doug's people suffered."

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"Asta was the first to say it. If it is the Lord's own intention to take on strange business, no one can complain. But if it was a personal ploy, it would be solemnized by the lord of the land."

"Zashma, what are you trying to say? I'm getting hungry."

Speaking that way was Dan-Rutim of crackling.

Zashma laughs a lot as she looks back at you.

"The ranchers said that since Cycleus lost his legs, he has become a loser. Then tell me who got the money. If it was Genos or Doug's lord who gained, you can't complain about anyone. But if there are people who are stealing the Lord's eyes and fattening their private bellies, they will be convicted by the Lord's hand"

"Hmm, I guess I'm not sure"

That's what Dan-Rutim said, but I get it.

Or if I saw the complexion of the Digolas, I had to understand, even if I didn't like it.

It was not Tolst or his men who were fattening their private bellies, but these men, who were making false reports that they were "being bought meat from Genos".

"In the near future, a messenger will be sent out from Castel Genos to the lord of Doug. If you get a bad reputation for buying carons around threatening me, you won't be able to keep your mouth shut. The lords of the two towns will come together to figure out where the truth lies."

Zashma closed that way with a smile.

It seemed that the two sinners could no longer utter their words in dismay.