CH 83

".... Chris, what brings you here?"

'I'm on my way to see a blacksmith store down the street that sells Geminis."

Chris replied lightly to Deanna's words.

And she said she was on her way to the store just down the road.

What a coincidence. I hid behind Deanna and tried my best not to let Chris know I was there.

At that moment, Ellen responded happily to Chris's words.

"You are interested in our shop⁉Thank you very much for your interest in our store".

"Oh?　Are you from Gemini Distributors?"

Chris responded to her words with a surprised expression, then smiled and continued.

"I'm glad to meet you too, dealer. I would like to have a chat with you if you don't mind.　Actually, someone is interested in a Dwarf engineer, and I don't think it would be a bad idea for Ellen and Alex."

Ellen looked happy, but glanced at me and gave a small shake of her head toward Chris before saying apologetically.

"... I'm sorry, but I've already decided to leave for Bardia, because I've already received an offer from someone who is related to the Bardia family.

"I'm sorry to hear that. ...... is a person related to the Bardia family⁉ If you don't mind, may I ask the name of the person related to the Bardia family?　By any chance, is it Deanna?"

Chris looked at Ellen and Deanna while making a brilliant flirtation.

Deanna was looking away, but Ellen answered her question in a normal way.

"No, not from Deana-san, but rather from Miss 'Tia' over there."

"Huh......?　Is it 'Tia', ......?"

Chris is acquainted with nearly everyone in the Bardia family.

The expression on Chris's face instantly became full of doubt and suspicion.

"...... Miss Deanna, who is 'Tia' ,......?""

"I never thought that ...... this would happen. Please say hello to Chris, Tia."

Deanna sighed in resignation and brought me out from behind her in front of Chris.

Traitor!　

I turned my head and walked in front of Chris. I never wanted anyone I knew to see me like this. ......

Chris immediately looked at me with a puzzled expression, not recognizing me because of my face downcast.

Then she crouched down and looked into my face. Then her expression changed to surprise.

"Heh⁉ Why is Lady Meldie here⁉ But her hair color is different from yours. ......"

I didn't expect her to mistake me for Mel.

But I am sure we do look alike, and she probably didn't think I was dressed as a woman.

I looked disappointed and resigned, and muttered, "It's not Mel.

"It's not ...... Mel. It's me, Chris."

"I was so excited to see her, but I didn't know that you was dressed like that. Why are you dressed like that⁉?"

She seemed to know who I was with one sentence.

After clearing her throat so as not to mention my name, she asked me in a whisper with an astonished look on her face.

"Hah,...... Actually, I talked to about how I really wanted to go out to the castle town, and Fara told me that she had just the right maid's uniform for a disguise, so that's how it went. ......"

"0I don't know how ...... but it sounds like a lot of work. But if you had told me, I think I could have disguised you as an employee of my trading company as well. ......"

"....⁉ If you say so. I will do so next time. ......"

Her words made me even more depressed.

Why didn't I realize it?

I should have consulted with Chris first, only to go out to the castle town and explore!

But I was sure this would have been a good experience later on.

I decided to think so.

While I was whispering with Chris, I heard Fara's worried voice from behind me.

"...... Tia-sama, who is that person over there?"

Oh, I'm sorry. I'll introduce you. This is Chris, the representative of the Christie Trading Company, who is taking care of me in the Bardia territory.

I introduced Chris to Fara as the conversation flowed.

"I apologize for the delay in greeting you. My name is Christy Safron, and I am the representative of the Christy Trading Company in the Bardia territory. I would be happy to make your acquaintance."

". My name is Fara Renaloute.

I am Asuna Lunmark, Fara Renaloute's personal bodyguard.

Chris froze when he heard Fara and Asuna's greeting.

Chris froze when she heard Fara and Asuna's greeting.

Then she slowly looked at me.

I returned her gaze with a dry smile.

Chris seemed to have guessed what was going on, and put her hand on her forehead as she let out a sigh and then asked me a question: "

"So, what are you all doing here after all?"

"Oh, actually, ......."

"I see. Marlene Chondroy?"

"Yes, that's right. If I don't go to him and repay Ellen ' debts, I might get into trouble later on."

I briefly explained the situation to Chris.

She listened to my story with interest and then made a slightly grim face before replying.

'Actually, I'm not really sure ...... about the Marens either. I had something I wanted to discuss with Tia."

"Huh?　Chris too?"

After that, she told me that the pressure from the organization headed by Marein has slowed down the commercial flow and caused a lot of trouble.

She said that several other cases were turned down because of the difficulty of doing business with him due to his existence.

But today, the pressure by Marein seems to have suddenly weakened a bit.

,"Actually, I was going to go to Ellen's store selling Gemini right away, too, but I was stopped from doing so by the people from the Renalute trading company. I was told that it was better not to go there because Marein was keeping an eye on that place. So I decided to head there after gathering some information."

".....I see. I knew we had to do something about Marein."

I looked at the two monsters and muttered to myself as I heard Chris' explanation.

I've got to deal with him . ......

I thought about what I should do about Marein Chondroy

T/n No actual benefit i sensed  on galaxy tl  for me  to be honest ....