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Buying Up
The next day after I decided to team up with Emilio. I had come to Emilio’s company.
It’s a small shop located in the northern section of the royal capital.
It was the shop of the beginner merchant Emilio. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
A single wagon was parked in front of the shop, where Emilio was carrying a wooden box.
「Morning, Kureto」
Noticing me approaching, Emilio greeted me with a clean-cut smile on his face.
When Emilio - with his handsome features - smiles at me, it becomes a picturesque scene by itself.
「Morning, Emilio. Are you preparing for business?」
「Aah, that’s right」
Emilio replied while placing the wooden box into the wagon.
Then, young Rodney appeared from my peripheral vision this time. He’s also carrying a wooden box here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Rodney too, morning」
「…………」
Rodney only lightly nodded at me when I greeted him, and didn’t say a word.
「Please don’t take offense at that. Rodney is shy with strangers 」
「Is that so. I’m not particularly bothered about it」
Though I said that, I still feel relieved he doesn’t seem to hate me.
I mean, the company only has 3 employees after all. I want to get along with everyone as much as possible.
「But, even though it’s a company there are no goods to sell at all, huh?」
When I glanced at the shop briefly, the exterior of the shop was in order, but there were no goods on display inside the shop. The place also has a signboard stating that it’s a shop, but it is actually just like an empty shopfront.
「Ahaha, we just finished setting up the shop after all. Well, we will gradually stock up on goods from now on, so I plan on displaying them in the shop」
Well, it would be difficult to display a lot of goods when you suddenly open up a shop. But we will be able to display lots of them if we do our best.
「Rather than that, there’s something I want to ask Kureto」
「Un? What is it?」
「I want to ask how far Kureto’s magic can take you? Also, how much luggage you can bring back with you? I’ve also heard you can store stuff with your magic, but what does that actually mean? Since the way we’re doing business will change depending on these conditions so please tell me as much as possible about your magic!」
When I casually responded to his question, Emilio leaned his body forward and started talking on and on. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I’m surprised at Emilio’s enthusiasm, but the way people do their business will really change because depending on these conditions.
How far I can go, how many items I can bring with me. That alone will make a huge difference in doing business.
For the time being, I will tell him my ability within my understanding.
「……I see, for now I can go anywhere within the kingdom in an instant」
「That’s so. If you move to a place you have never been before with a Teleport you will be able to go there anytime after that」
For example, by using Teleport to a spot at the very edge of the kingdom and then using Teleport repeatedly from there to head to the foreign country, you will be able to arrive there in an instant.
Once I’ve visited that place, I will be able to teleport to a place outside the country in an instant next time.
「Next what about the storage?」
「I never tried storing large stuff before but, I can store mostly anything」
In order to make it easier to understand for Emilio, I decide to open my subspace in front of him to show it to him.
「……the space over there looks dangerous, but is it okay to put the items inside there?」
「I’ve been taking care of other’s belongings before but there were no problems with the items inside, you know. Moreover, items put inside won’t deteriorate」
「In other words, you can bring foodstuffs in fresh conditions?」
「That’s right. We can purchase fresh fish at the port and sell them still fresh in the royal capital」
「That’s amazing, but even if we suddenly release them in the market, people will still feel unsure about where we get them from so it’s going to be avoided by people. But it may be better to sell it at a high price to people in the upper class if we briefly explain it to them」
Certainly, this country has no sea, it will be too scary if you can get sea fish in fresh conditions. You will just get worried about where they caught them and how they transported them.
With that in mind, Emilio still came up with a way to get immediate benefits.
His mind is quick on the uptake. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
However, I wonder how big of a stuff I can store in the subspace?
「Wouldn’t a wagon be able to fit inside?」
「That would be impossible no matter how you think about it」
While Emilio asserts that, I try to envision an image of the wagon being completely wrapped by my mana.
Then a huge space opened up, swallowed, and stored the wagon.
The wagon parked in front of the shop vanished leaving Emilio and Rodney dumbfounded.
「「…………」」
When I tried to take it out properly, the wagon appeared from the subspace and returned to its original position.
Next I also tried to use Teleport on the wagon and it also got teleported without a problem.
「Un, a wagon will easily fit. It can also be moved using Teleport」
And when I tried storing it, I didn’t feel the limit of my storage in particular. I’m not sure of the exact capacity it can hold but I feel like I can still put more.
And the Teleportation was also not at its limit in terms of its weight.
And perhaps Emilio - who was looking at that phenomenon in a daze - finally sorted his thoughts since he shrugged his shoulder. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I thought about it after it was explained to me, but Kureto’s magic is really unfair」
「No doubt about it」
「We can smuggle as much as we please with this」
「Oi oi, stop thinking of doing that kind of dangerous business」
Certainly, with my magic you also won’t have to be stopped by the castle gate’s luggage inspection, to begin with, it is possible to infiltrate the city with Teleport but I don’t want to do that.
「It’s a joke. We will be able to earn properly as a merchant even without that kind of risk」
「I’m relieved that Emilio’s company is an honest company」
Emilio calmly said that with a refreshing smile on his face so I thought he was serious he’s going to do that.
You could probably be able to earn 50 gold coins easily with smuggling but there was a strange sense of satisfaction when I realized that.
「Well then, I have an approximate understanding of Kureto’s magic now so let’s start working shall we?」
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「Kureto, can I ask you to teleport to Donkel village (ドンケル) first?」
「Sure. Should I store the wagon and take it with me?」
「Yeah, that will not make us suspicious please do so」
I stored the wagon in the subspace as Emilio asked. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Okay then, I’ll teleport over there」
After telling Emilio and Rodney, I cast multiple Teleports with them.
Then, our views changed from in front of Emilio’s company to Donkel village.
There are no longer stone pavings with buildings around us, but a quiet village that stands alone in a flat land.
「Ahahaha! .....we really reached Donkel village!」
As soon as he was teleported here, Emilio let out a loud laugh, making me surprised.
「Err, wasn’t it you who told me to go here」
「I know that. But, I couldn’t stop laughing when I actually felt Kureto’s magic again! There are no risks and we can go everywhere we want in an instant, this is a merchant’s dream!」
I could see that Emilio was excited after experiencing Teleport personally for the first time.
Dealing with Emilio - with his excessively high tension - seemed troublesome right now so I sought help from Rodney - who seemed to have a longer relationship with Emilio - but he was looking cool over there.
Although his eyes widened in surprise, he didn’t get too excited or laughed loudly like Emilio.
「Hey, Rodney. Why did we come to such a remote place?」
「Oh? So Kureto didn’t know of it even after you’ve been here before?」
「Unfortunately, it hasn’t been long since I’ve arrived in this kingdom. And I was prioritizing the number of teleport locations so I didn’t investigate each location only once」
I was thinking of investigating them eventually, but I was focusing on stabilizing my daily life first while increasing the number of places I could teleport to. So I hadn’t had time to gather information on things like local specialties and the area’s characteristics. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I see, then, I will explain it to you! This place is close to the neighboring country Madahadマダハッド and trade with that country is active here. You do know about Madahad’s local specialties, right?」
「Aah, it’s a country with abundant spices and dried fish/food. Also, find fabrics」
Madahad is a huge country famous for its desert area and land. I’ve never been there before but I know about general information about the surrounding countries so I can easily understand why we’re here.
「Right! So the price in Donkel is almost the same in Madahad! And so you can buy stuff cheap!」
「Heeー, this village has this kind of advantage……」
It’s close to Madahad so it doesn’t take that much in terms of transportation cost and the price would probably not increase a lot.
「There are many precipitous mountains and troublesome monsters to deal with to reach here from the royal capital’s side, thus many merchants and travelers don’t visit this place. And surprisingly, there are few people who know this. And if you’re going to go here it’s better to go to Madahad even if you have to pay a little tax」
I just came here to deliver a letter last time so I didn’t notice that.
However, Emilio has a piece of information that an ordinary person doesn’t have. If he has my magic, I’m confident he can make a lot of money.
「So we’re going to purchase products cheaply from this kind of location and then sell them in distant places and the royal capital where the prices are high.」
「Buy low sell high! That’s the basis of doing business! Well, putting that basic into practice is difficult, but it will be easy with Kureto’s magic!」
In this world, roads are not as well-maintained as in my previous world, and it’s not like you can travel more safely if you take a little more time on your journey. There are beasts or monsters that attacks people outside and there are also bandits.
It will never come to light even if there are accidents outside, it will end quietly without anyone noticing.
My magic allows me to move around instantly, safely, and ignore all that is a cheat after all.
「Now then, it’s purchase time! Well, they don’t have as many products as in Madahad, so let’s go to another place immediately after we finish here!
「……I feel like I’m going to be working hard quite a lot from now on」
I couldn’t shake off such a premonition while following behind the briskly advancing Emilio. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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