153 Chapter 9-12: Choosing Souvenirs Carefully

A few days after the Sumo Games, I was immersed in the Bandit King's Armor requested by Hannah in the Inn. Until the day after the sumo tournament, I went outside and enjoyed the festival, but the militant tournament and sumo tournament made my face completely remembered by the inhabitants of the south and surrounded me wherever I went. That made it difficult to move around freely, and he solemnly declared to go outside for security reasons and mental health reasons.

On the measure of Amur and Hannah, who understood my circumstances, I was not dissatisfied because they plugged in the rare and popular foods served in the stalls, and I enjoyed a life of extreme ease: eating something delicious between tasks and immersing myself in a hot spring to change my mood.

"Yeah, that's good. It may be a little less durable in action, but it's usually enough. Is there any other color?"

I was in a good mood when I gave Hannah the armor that I was able to satisfy. The color was the brown of the spear elk, but instead the shape seemed acceptable because it was made in the image of a tiger. However, the size didn't seem to be slight, so next time she asked Sana to fix it.

"And here we are."

That's what I gave him. He's wearing clothes. This can be used for everyday wear, and can be worn from the top of a sleeping roll. I made it in my spare time because I had so much excess Spear Elk skin. By the way, there are three finished clothes, which I have also given to Amur. I'm glad I didn't have to worry too much about the size of this outfit, so making two or three outfits didn't make a big difference. It should be noted that there are several other clothes that are about to be made. Because I definitely want this, so I thought I'd make it for you instead of a souvenir.

"So, what are Tenma's plans for the future?

"Are you looking for souvenirs for someone you know and ready to go home as soon as you find them?

Once I told her I was planning to stay for the next week or so, Hannah had a little thought in mind. And

"I'm sorry, could you give me one of those days? I need to show you something."

I nodded quickly because sometime I would hear that with a serious look and voice. Because I don't know where you're going to take me, but you decided there was something I had to tell you.

I told Hannah that I would still be fine today, but I decided that Hannah needed to prepare herself to go to the place, so I decided to go out as early as two mornings later. Grandpa wanted me to accompany him, so this story came from me to Grandpa.

"If you're not going to find a souvenir unique to the south, you should talk to Sana. She's more reliable than anyone because she's a Nanao folk."

So I just decided to visit Sana 'a. My only concern was whether I had created a pink space like the one after the Sumo Games with Blanca, but I was told that I shouldn't have to worry about it because Amur was going to play.

"Looks like the city's calmed down a lot."

I left the Viscount's house and went for Sana 'a's house to see what was going on in the city, but although the festival had just come to an end, some noise remained, it was never surrounded as it had been immediately after the Sumo Games. Well, it's just possible that people in the city haven't noticed me because of the hood.

"Hello ~, is Sana there?

"Ha ~ i"

With patties and footsteps, Mr. Sana came hurriedly on his feet. Behind it goes Blanca, who worried about Sana 'a in a hurry, and Amur, who seems to have reacted to my voice.

When she told Sana why she came here and asked her to come to the consultation, Sana immediately nodded and led us to the room where the products were lined up. However, it seems that many of the rooms have a rarer value than what they normally sell, and Amur, who was trying to treat them abusively, was pissed off at Sana.

"If you're giving it to a woman, it's popular to use gold based hair accessories, necklaces, and silver bracelets for men. However, regardless of the men, women can be loud to their tastes, so I guess it's easier to have handkerchiefs over here or something?

It was Sana who explained the various products, but none of them were pinned at the moment. So, I decided to take a rough look at the classification of people who take souvenirs.

First of all, I know Seigen, such as Jin. This one would be more delightful with food and such than with ornaments or something. Especially for Ganz parents, I think it would certainly be more pleasing to take the liquor.

And acquaintance of Wang Du. In it, first of all, the people of Kukri village. This is also a large number of people, so I might like food, especially food and condiments that would be helpful so that I can serve it in the inn where Uncle Mark and Aunt Martha do it. Kelly and the others, like their Gantz parents, should be delighted with alcohol.

And Jeanne, Aura and Amy. These three would like something with the family crest of the Ootri family. Because the three of them will be treated like me, they can also be used to ID me in times of need, and I can expect some deterrence if I get tangled up by a weird guy. Just in case Sana asked me if I could make a handkerchief with a family crest, it would take a little while, but it was possible. However, I may be a little lonely if it's just a handkerchief, so I decided to buy some ornaments. Ah! Eina might want the same thing. For once, Eina should still have a book in "Oracion," which she may hate, but I don't think it's a bad idea to have about one pair of handkerchiefs with Aura (her real sister). And Mr. Cliff. That guy would simply like a rugged handkerchief.

Later, nobility. Albert and the three of them can do anything, the Duke of Sanga and the Marquis of Sammons don't know if they're in the King's Capital and can't send very weird stuff, so a set of several kinds of alcohol, including those wound up from Grandpa, would be fine.

And the royal people...... perhaps something slightly different should be done because I think there are many things I know about southern products as well. However, no matter what kind of product you choose, you can't remove the condition of 'high quality product', so you decide to have something made on special order.

First the men, but this one ordered clothes like work clothes from Sana. I don't think the clothes need to be as fine as the women's, so I told Sana about the approximate size (but only Teeda is a little bigger in anticipation of future growth) and asked for the material to be durable and of high quality.

And the biggest problem was the royal women. To be clear, my taste can't be expected myself, so I don't know what to give away. In particular, Maria is the hardest part. By the way, the easiest one seems to be Luna, and I feel like Luna would be happy with any of them unless she chose to go off the hook.

"So what should I make a souvenir of?

If I don't know, I asked Sana professionally, but Sana the boulder also told me that she didn't know because she had never given gifts or anything to people like the royalty.

Sana had some interesting suggestions from unexpected people in your situation.

"Why don't you just try not to think so hard and feel like giving it to your relatives? From the side, the queen seems pretty adorable with her temper, and I think she'd be happy if it weren't for the old one."

"Blanca is right. That queen should be absolutely sweet for the tenma, so even the handmade ones look delightful!

I assure you, when I heard the two of them, Mr. Sana came up with something, and I walked to the workplace that it was in the back. As always, Blanca was following Mr. Sana around.

Sana and Blanca, who came back after a while, each had several pieces of cloth on them of different sizes and shapes.

"This is Shawl's sample. Because it's a sample, it's simple, but we can make the original with a variety of colors and patterns."

What I thought was just a cloth was a sample shoulder strap (shawl) for women. The shapes were square and rectangular, and there were three types, large and small.

"Whether it's handmade or okay, I won't be able to weave it in a day or two on boulders, so if you give me a color and pattern designation, I'll let the expert craftsmen weave it."

According to Sana, depending on the degree of complexity, it can be made in a few days, so I decided to ask for five (...) sheets. Even though there are four royal women, I ask for one more because I remember the presence of Primera. I thought when I was counting the number of pieces to order that I was going to take souvenirs to the Duke of Sanga and Albert on the boulder, but it would be bad to get rid of just one.

"Five, okay. What do you do with patterns and knitting?

They also have different ways of knitting, and they each gave a single explanation, but after thinking about it, I decided on the general way of weaving.

"That's a little thick weave for a larger size. That's five pieces... the colors and patterns..."

Sana wrote down my terms on the order form. It was too difficult for my taste when it came to colors and patterns, so I chose from samples with colors and patterns written on them.

"And could you use this to embroider each name?

However, I just combined that with what was there from the beginning, and since it wasn't very original but I couldn't say it with my chest up, I gave him Gol and Jill's yarn balls (which Slalin had secured apart from being a gift for Sana).

"What, this yarn!

Sana shouted loudly when she saw Gol and Jill's yarn balls, and excitedly began to see the two types of yarn balls at various angles. I haven't said what this yarn ball looks like yet, but Sana seems to have spotted the value of the yarn ball in front of her just at first glance. Then, to celebrate her pregnancy, when I gave her two types of thread balls prepared by Slalin, she hugged me with too much gratitude, followed by holding Slalin and cheeks. It wouldn't be my fault that Blanca's gaze when Sana hugged me sharpened for a moment. By the way, this yarn ball seems to be special among the yarns Gol and Jill put out, and it takes a lot of strength and time to make a palm-sized yarn ball.

"I took your order. The price is 15,000 Gs for 3000 Gs a piece. Five days after I see a little extra time."

Sana said that it would be nice to thank the yarn balls for free, but then she decided to have them made at the usual rate, which would make no sense to celebrate. I then decided to buy a souvenir for the royal men at Sana 'a's (and get their names in this one with the Golls yarn), as well as Jeanne's handkerchiefs and ornaments, to receive them with Shawl, and to spare time to buy other souvenirs.

"Well, can we go around at the liquor store next?"

After Sana's house, we (Amur also followed me) bought a lot of liquor at the liquor store (although we didn't sell the finest like we wound up from Grandpa) and then looked around at the grocery store and grocery store.

At the grocery store, he bought several knives made with the same technique as the Japanese knife, and at the grocery store he bought mainly spices. But the best harvest was neither a knife nor a spice.

"But I didn't expect to get spice seeds and seedlings that were likely to grow even in the climate of Wang Du and Seigen"

All I could buy was chili seeds, wok seedlings, and black pepper seedlings. They all seem to be vulnerable to cold weather, but UConn can be harvested like every year unless something like this is done, as long as it is dug up and stored in a magic bag or something, and the chili and black pepper grow fast, so if you store the seeds that have been removed, this is also expected to be harvested annually. Moreover, it is possible to grow chillies even in potted plants, and it is possible to grow them in the house.

"I put up a bit of a price, but if it works out, you're going to get your ex in a year"

I didn't sell much black pepper and wok, but I got quite a few chili seeds, so if Uncle Mark and the others raised them, it wouldn't be so easy to wipe them all out.

"Still, I don't think it's weird that you're selling seedlings in Wang Du or Seigen, if it's easy to grow them like chili, regardless of pepper or UConn?

"I think it's simply because it's hard to grow enough to be a sale. Then it's faster and easier to collect them in the south."

"I see."

Indeed, as Amur said, when we grow enough to make it commercial, we need a lot of land, and if we are hit by a big cold wave or something, we risk being wiped out. If you're as much as I use, some people might grow it at home or something, but such people won't grow enough seedlings and seeds to sell.

"That's enough souvenirs."

I also bought a couple of food souvenirs, so I thought I'd go back to the inn and take it slow...

"Tenma, do you have any souvenirs for Albert and the others?

"Ah!"

Thanks to Amur, I remember the three idiots, and I bought a few knives that looked good at a blacksmith that was nearby (which was a better product than I thought, so for myself and Kelly and Ganz Parents). You could pass this along with some southern food.

"Okay! That's really it!

"Three fools are badly treated"

Amur accusing me, but I don't seem to mean it, and I feel like Amur calling me a safari and a triple idiot is worse.

"But, Amur. If you don't pay attention to all sorts of souvenirs for women, you'll get a terrible look at them later, but if you're dealing with a guy, you don't have to do that. You know, dating them in the first place is shorter than the rest of us, so that should be it..."

If you're a man opponent, "I don't know if you like it, but I bought it because it seemed good," but the female opponent doesn't. "I was happy when I gave it to you. You didn't know what you were talking about back there, even if you were showing me a bare gesture! At the very least, seriously, if you can't figure out that I've chosen to choose and bought it... they will continue to say the dislike behind my back for years"... is the word of my grandfathers in my previous life and grandfathers in this world.

"So much so that I understood... so I won't complain, so buy me a shawl too!

I was told that it was a souvenir for royalty and nobility (Primera), so I said no. Then, Jeanne and the others said it was okay to have the same handkerchief, so I decided to visit Sana's house again and order an extra order. Because I decided it would be ID because I would be depositing the Ootri family (of "Merlin the Wise," to be exact)... well, because Amur was persistent, I truly agreed to it...

Having finished my souvenir selection sooner than I thought, I was going to spend some time in the inn until Hannah contacted me, but Hannah's use came to the inn that night and went back to tell Sana that I was going out two mornings later as planned.

Two days later, when I headed to the Viscount's house early in the morning, it seemed that Hannah and the others were already ready, and they told me that if only me and Grandpa would leave soon. By the way, the way to get around is Ryden and my carriage, accompanied by Hannah and Amur on the Viscount's side, and Blanca. Robo Honor (...) Viscount (Hannah officially becomes a Viscount, so in Nanao we all started calling it 'Honor (...)' more than before to distinguish it clearly from Hannah.) is voicemail. This is never because Viscount Robo Emeritus is useless, but because one of the Viscounts has to stay in Nanao (Sana is excluded because of her weight).

The destination seems to be possible for day trips but is quite far away, and the carriage owner was taken over by Hannah and Blanca, who know the destination. I have traveled on foot to catch a break along the way or to places where the carriage was difficult to get by, and it took me roughly four hours to reach the destination's eye and nose.

However, as far as I can see, I don't see anything that would mark the village, it just seems like an open place in the woods.

"I plan to rendezvous with the pickup around here..."

When Hannah said so and got out of the carriage, the three men in hood appeared out of the bush a little further away.

"Oh, there you are."

Hannah walked all the way to the carriage when she approached the three of them who emerged from the bush and told them something. I was on some alert at that time, but I knew Hannah was looking for her, so I approached her to say hello first.

When we approached a few meters up to the three of us, the three leading men removed the hood in large measure. And when I saw that face, I was jumping back big in an instant. Because,

"Tiger..."

Because the face of the leading figure looked almost identical to that of an animal tiger. And the two who were behind that tiger face also have almost an animal face (dog, or wolf and cat face) under their hood.

"This... is that what happened?"

My grandfather, who was about to say hello to the three of us, just like me, was surprised, but he was whining like he noticed something.

"Tenma, I can't help but be surprised, but you don't have to be on guard. They're the same beasts I am."

Blanca, coming down from behind my grandfather, called me that. Amur, who was next to him, seemed surprised, but not as good as me.

"Well, if it's the first time I've seen it, I can't help but be surprised. Instead, I don't want to feel hostile or harmful, thank God."

The leading tiger-faced man told me so in a calm voice that he seemed to be able to react like me, but the two people behind him looked uninteresting.

"Come on, you guys. The decision to invite adventurers involved in the Viscount family to the village was made by the lord and the village chief. Understand, though reluctantly, that you have accepted it once."

When the tiger-faced man told the two behind him that, they turned away from me with a disgruntled look.

"I'm sorry. But I want you to understand that some people in the village are just as dissatisfied with outside humans, especially people, as these two are."

"No, I'm sorry about this one too"

I honestly apologized, and the two of them seem to have dropped their drinks. I think the atmosphere is just a little softer than earlier.

"If you look at these three, you may have found out, but the village you're going to is inhabited by the 'Beast Man with the Dark Blood of the Race'. I'm sure the village chief will explain the details, but don't look or say anything to me with a discriminatory eye. If you do poorly, you will develop into a life-threatening battle... not a joke."

I was to snort at Hannah's advice and follow behind the three of them. Later on, I heard that in order to make the location of the village as unknown as possible to others (especially those outside the south), I did not intentionally create a clear path near the village. By the way, they say this forest is managed by the Viscounts, so people in the south basically don't go in without permission. But rarely do southern adventurers invade in search of abundant resources, but most of them are eliminated or captured by village dwellers before approaching the village. Of course, the villagers will disguise themselves with hoods, full body armor, etc. so that they don't find out who they are.

"And Blanca, anyway, Grandpa and Amur weren't too surprised,"

"Well, I adventured through all kinds of lands when I was young. I've never seen it in person, but I've heard it from people I've met."

"I've never seen him in person either. But I heard from your mother."

Grandpa said from years of experience that Amur knew him as part of a house located at the top of the south.

And at that time, I'm glad I didn't reflexively take out my weapon. If you were that tiger-faced man, you might forgive me, but naturally you wouldn't have had a good feeling, and the two of you behind that, you would never have forgiven me. Therefore, it may be easy to keep the magic bags with weapons in them in the slallin before you reach the village, or keep them together so that they are difficult to remove individually.

So I decided to move quickly to action. Of course, I did it sneaky enough not to find out, as I don't think it's a very good idea to put out a weapon in front of the three guides. In the end, I decided to leave my magic bag with Slalin, who manages things better than I do. At the same time, he told Shiloumal and Solomon not to attack or act in an equivalent manner unless harm was done. For once, I left Slalin with two directors, so she'll be fine. By the way, I'm not so worried about Gol and Jill causing any harm. Because there are places where people know those two originally, so it's almost impossible to get out in front of people you don't know. Besides, it's no exaggeration to say that you're in the safest zone because the slurrins will protect you instantly if anything.

Those two were happy with the treats they fed to reward the yarn balls, and now they are working hard to mass produce the yarn.