58 Episode 57: The Request You've Been Staging In

"Ah, Shiloh, brother. Earlier, Karen, your sister came and said," It's in the hall. "

Once I went back to the store, Aina, who had the store number, said the most about it.

Too bad. Did I put it in the wrong place?

"The bureau. Aina, can I come to the office now? You're gonna open the store again, but are you gonna be okay by yourself?

"Yeah. Eina, I'm alone."

I slap Aina in the chest just because she's been entrusted with it.

"Thank you. Then a few more store numbers would be nice. Because I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Come on in."

"You're coming."

Aina drops me off and leaves the store behind.

Guess it's because the Adventurer Alliance has a branch, and the customers are dispersed.

The number one customers became mostly residents and less busy than before.

That's enough to leave Eina to one person, depending on the time frame.

It would mean that the time has come to change the assortment in stores 1 and 2.

Once you have time, you have to think seriously about the products from store to store.

But now...

"Do you want to go to the bureau"

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Tell the aunt at the reception that she's here to see Karen (the mayor of the town).

I was told in advance, and I was immediately sent to the office.

"Well done for coming, Shiloh"

"Hi. I heard you were looking for me, what happened?

"Let's talk after we sit down. Serve tea now. Have a seat first."

Mr. Cullen urged me to sit down on the couch.

"It's an herbal tea picked in our garden. I hope it fits your mouth."

Placing two herbal cups at the table, Mr. Cullen sat face to face with me.

One mouthful of herbal tea.

Where my mouth is neat,

"So... what do you mean, talk to me?

I'll ask why you were looking for me.

"That's what... Hmm"

Mr. Karen's mouth is heavy.

Seems rarely lost.

"Is that a hard thing to say?

Mr. Karen's face is more serious than usual.

What are you going to say?

You want to raise your rent, or something?

Or do you want the store back?

There seems to be something both ways.

Oh, I'm starting to get excited.

"Right. It's harder said than done."

"I don't know. Aren't you with me and Karen? Don't hesitate to tell me."

"Don't hesitate the other way when they say that."

Mr. Karen laughs.

But I'll be right back on my serious face.

"Let me just say this first. You don't have to take what I'm going to call" every favor ". At worst, your life will be at stake."

"Did you live?"

"Oh. Life."

I see. That makes Mr. Cullen look serious, too.

Another mouthful of herbal tea. Quiet your mind.

"Let me hear it. The fact that Mr. Cullen takes you so seriously means you're involved in the future of the town, right?

"That's sharp. That's Shiloh."

"Because it happened once before. And when Karen asked me to do something for people, it was always for the development of the town."

"Oh, yeah?

"Yes, I am."

"... well"

"Yeah. It hasn't been three months since I've been in this town, but I've been watching you. Where Mr. Cullen's hanging in there."

……

I guess I was praised straight and embarrassed.

Mr. Karen's face turned bright red.

With his hands he fans his patties and face, looking out the window to hold between them.

"We all know that Mr. Cullen is working hard. That's why we all want to work together. Of course, so am I."

"Shiloh......"

"So don't hesitate. I say you can do it, and I say no to the murky ones. So talk to me."

Say so and wait for Karen's reply.

"A man named you... really..."

Tears come to Karen's eyes.

He hastily wiped it with his fingertips and cut it out "then".

"Actually, Lord Bash, the Alliance Master, sent me this request."

Mr. Cullen separates there once and drops the tone of his voice.

"Do you know anyone with space storage skills or items?"

"Mr. Bash?

"That's right. Lord Bash wants to build a stronghold of adventurers in the East Forest. He said he was looking extensively for someone with space storage skills or items to carry construction materials."

"Uh... I see"

The space storage skills I have are quite rare.

That seems to be the rare thing on a level where this skill will never feed you all your life.

"I don't know the scale, but there will be a lot of materials for construction. And manpower."

"Don't be. There's no way we can get a carriage through the woods, and we're gonna need food just for manpower."

"If you have the skills in space storage there, can you solve the whole thing"

Mr. Karen nods at my words.

"If you can build a base in the woods, you will no longer have to return to your guild."

"For that matter, the exploration of the forest will proceed. You do know how Mr. Bash would like to look for a skill holder. But even though I'm the mayor of the town, does asking Karen...?

I look at Mr. Cullen sighing.

Mr. Karen sighs, too, and snorts.

"Lord Bash probably realizes that you have space storage skills"

"Right. I showed off a lot of alcohol in my guild the other day."

"Lord Bash was grateful to you for that. [M] This is what I heard later, but they said the guild atmosphere was getting worse because exploring the woods was something that never found a ruin. He said there were constant fights between adventurers."

"Wow... That's the thing. Neither Ryer nor Emile would have shown such a bare gesture."

"I guess I didn't want you to know about the guild problem. You're a barbecue."

"It's too much to buy. I'm not gonna stop fighting with the muscle machos for as long as I can."

"But we'll try to stop them by some other means, won't we?

"... maybe enough to make you drink delicious alcohol"

"Hehe. You're stopping it right now. As a matter of fact, the fact that you sold a bunch of branded liquors to adventurers has made adventurers disappear."

"Alcohol can be stressful."

"Especially not in this town with little entertainment."

"I'm not wholesale alcohol with that intent, am I?

"I know. I said less entertainment is like a future challenge for me in this town."

"I see. If you're going to make any entertainment, let me help you, too."

"I'll talk to you when the time comes."

Mr. Karen has a mouthful of herbal tea.

I've been saying "let's get back to it" since I wet my throat once.

"Lord Bash realizes that you have the skills to store space. Otherwise, you wouldn't be asking me to be just the mayor."

"You're asking me to help you through Mr. Cullen."

"It's just speculation. But you'll be pretty sure. So what do we do, Shiloh? The forest leaves monsters. The further you go in the back, the stronger the monsters and the unknown ones will also come out. Of course, the reward will come, and the adventurers will protect you with all their might."

"Hmmm...... By the way, how much are you asking for a reward?

He said the reward was two pieces of gold a day.

"Huh!? Two gold coins? Not a silver coin mistake?

Exchange two pieces of gold in exchange for the equivalent amount to two million yen.

Two million yen a day, isn't that the big talent class?

I think that's just what Karen misheard...?

"Oh boy, as always, you are not oblivious to your worth. I told you the skill holders in space storage are valuable. I don't know the market either, but I think two coins is cheap. With an adventurer's escort, but definitely not."

That was it.

"I'll leave the rest to your discretion. I don't think you'd mind turning me down any more than your life is at stake, like I said the first time. I don't think it's enough for you to take two pieces of gold."

"Right......"

Put your arms together and think.

Two gold coins in one day is certainly fascinating.

But it's also certain that it's not just an amount of money to risk your life.

But if we could create a base, it would be much easier to explore.

Thanks to the stronghold, the ruins are found, and there is no doubt that the adventurers' nostalgia will be moistened if there is treasure there.

And if the adventurers moisten, my store sales will go up more than ever.

Four come to mind as strange: pale flashes of light.

Mr. Ryer, Mr. Nesca, Mr. Kiki and Mr. Rolf.

I guess those four would be happy to find the ruins, too.

Especially Mr. Ryer. He said he wanted a demon sword that was permanently granted magic whenever alcohol came in.

"Karen,"

"What?

"I'm going to take that request, if it's conditional."

When I answered that, Mr. Cullen smiled, feeling like it was after all.

"Will you let me hear that condition? Hang from me to Lord Bash."

"Thank you. My terms are..."

This is how I communicated the terms to Mr. Cullen.