Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5 – The City of Est and the Establishment of the Sawatari Takeru Company
Finally, as a result of trial and error, I ed to complete the soap
Despite saying so, I was still far fro a fine quality one, which could produce white, fragrant foam
Rather, e got instead was a large number of unrefined, clay-like, smelly, failed products that couldn’t solidify well
However, I knew that even a failed product will be enough for laundering clothes, so I decided to put the sale
Apparently, commoners in this world will use a ent Compared with that simplestains
While we are at it, the price for the high grade monster-made soap is 1 silver coin each
At first, I thought I was overcharging way too much in comparison with the cost of the raw materials, not to mention, the market price for olive oil and canola-ion, but, it seems that the retail price for a bar of soap could also reach as high as 1 gold coin
Now that I think about it, rade products with defects are sellable for at least ten tiinal price, so there’s probably no way I can’t sell mine
When I had brought the completed soap to the family of Rhod, Sara-chan was overjoyed
It was a secret, but, before putting the soap up for sale, I intended to have them use some samples
‘Thank you! Thank you!’ – Sara-chan expressed her joy with these feords This was also the reason why I had them try it out
‘Let’s go the spring again, together!’ – Getting carried away, she suddenly said this Following that, I was gazed fixedly at by Sara-chan’s father
Louise-nee-san…… didn’t you say you’d receive her parents’ permission?
I took the opportunity and put the soap on an experieneral stores and a second-hand shops More and e quantities
At any rate, old coins
If the sale of the soap goes favorably together with the bombs, I should be able to yield more profit, so it should be fine to treat my products as luxury items, even if it’s just a bit
“Do you sell ic items?”
“For noe only have this ‘wand of the fla orb'”
As expected, even second-hand shops have little in stock As for general stores, you can only find lots of daily necessities there
With this ‘wand of the fla as I shout out ‘Fireball!’ clearly, I can cast the very basic, and at the sa capable of using ic
Still, because I can’t figure out this wand’s re durability, I don’t kno many times can I use the same spell
Anyway, should I buy this wand? It would greatly counpowder as my weapon
This undefined wand, which is the specialty of this shop, cost 5 silver coins
I can’t find fault with other people rather thanI wonder howin stock
“I wonder if you don’t have any tool for casting water ic”
“Uhe is located in the countryside, you see”
Since there is a probleht I’d surely like to have water ic, but…
As expected, there’s no other option than going shopping in some city, is there?
“Then, please sell me all these recovery vials and antidotes”
“Oi oi, do you plan to buy up my shop? Please spare me”
Ah, is that so? I guess buying up everything won’t do despite having money
Since there are neither churches nor hospitals, potions will become the only lifeline
“Sorry for that Then, please give me 5 of each”
“Yes, thank you for your continued patronage”
A potion’s cost is relatively high, still 1 item was around 1 silver coin
I should stock myself up
I wanted to sell the soap, so I entrusted the seller with the sale He was very pleased to see oods every time
I also wish I could’ve bought backimplements that I had withwas sold
Too bad
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“In that case, how about we visit the City of Est?”
As I coo are, Lyle-sensei made such an attractive proposal
“But, Secretary Lyle, won’t it be bad if both the secretary and his assistant leave their post?”
“Recently, have we had anything to do?”
Despitewhile, Lyle-sensei replied without holding back
Certainly, it has been more than a month since I arrived here, but, fro that could really be considered a job
Didn’t we have to deal with just a single wedding?
“If there is any procedure that require authentication, we can rely on the tribal chief to do it instead of us Conducting a survey of the neighboring areas is also one of the important jobs of a secretary, so it won’t hurt even if we drop by Est once”
“I see, so basically we can have so a survey”
I too spoke hed
Having fun under such a pretext, no matter how I look at it, we looked like bad public servants
However, I was glad to knoe becae jokes this way
“Of course, it was a joke We won’t just be fooling around Considering Takeru-dono’s business, I think it’s reet his excellency, the Earl, who resides in Est once
“I see In other words, you’re telling us to pay a courtesy visit to the authority that owns the land…”
The places in the vicinity here, including the village of Rosugo, are part of the territory that belongs to the Earl, Est
So, if I want to expand ood terms with the landowner?
Greetings are also an iuess
As soon as I finish my job and return back to the inn, I will request Louise to becouard, just to be on the safe side
‘A horse drawn cart is the basis of every trader’ – I hesitated whether to buy or borrow a horse drawn cart, but, Louise gavethose words, so I decided to buy a second-hand prairie schooner(1)
A prairie schooner isn’t just a simple horse cart It also has a canopy spread on top, so as to endure the wind and rain
Considering the fact that our goods are soap and gunpowder, it won’t do unless we have so waterproof to protect them
Even a second-hand prairie schooner was surprisingly expensive,me become flat-broke Since I had little money left, I borrowed a horse from the Rhod family
I received a request frooods to the city I estis that are o, such as clothes and salt, on the schooner
For soh I had beco my own schooner
My aspiration to beco a peddler wasn’t half as bad too
Loading the cart with iteunpowder and soaps, we decided to depart for the city of Est
The first tiloomy
I guess, I was at fault for raising my expectations too much
I thought it was natural for Rosugo to look shabby, since it was priion where the feudal lord lives, is probably, so to speak, just a prefectural capital
Even though we travelled for 9 days on the shaky cart and on a path that meandered betastelands, hills, and rural districts, e arrived at is this not very big city?
As expected, no o, Est felt like a countryside
However, despite this city being s around it
‘A fantasy world is the best!’ – is what I thought
I affectionately touched the surface of the ith a face deeply i the entrance gazed at ust
Cohold like this You ought to have s
Not to ht that this city’s main street and plaza are properly and splendidly made of inlaid pebbles
When I asked Lyle-senseithe city, it appears that the differences between this place and a village didn’t just pertain to the population, but also things like hold
Also, even though this city is small, it’s actually similar to a japanese prefectural capital, so there will be points of contacts frouilds and church subdivisions located in this place
The presence of castle walls means there’s also a castle
The earl I’ to meet lives in that castle located in the center of the city
As expected, when it comes to an earl-sama, even the castle will be made from stones that stand out
Still, for some reason, its steeple was painted with red as its prih as 3 storeys,the whole castle look like an amusement park Were I to describe the castle ie ornaments
Was it due to there being lected much of its main purpose, which is to defend
Certainly, if I’, noble families should be the ones to protect their territories with their own efforts
When I asked Lyle-sensei about that, he replied a that there had been no wars in that surroundings for more than a hundred of years
As one would expect, the feudal lord-sama of this place is a bit eccentric
Taking the schooner to an inn, we booked a room and took a breather, after which we decided to meet the feudal lord at his castle
Once we contacted the castle about Secretary Lyle arriving, not to reet the feudal lord because of his intention to establish a new trade on the latter’s territory, an appointment was immediately booked
Even here, Secretary Lyle’s influence would coood appearance Truly, he’s an all-round athlete