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Toy King
「Been ‘while! Alfried-sama!」
When I headed to the lounge, there he was, Tori greeted me with his usual manner of talking.
「Hey, Tori. It’s been a while. What happened today?」
「’What happened’ y’say, that’s terrible of you! Isn’t today the day when our company is doing business with Slowlett House, which always favors us?」
Tori seems to be intentionally replying to my question as though he understood the intent behind my question, but almost as if he finds it upsetting. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I don’t dislike this kind of conversational play so I don’t particularly feel displeased about it.
Tori also understands that which is why he’s playing like this.
「Hmmー, considering you receive favors from us, I feel like the head of the merchant company hasn’t shown his face at all recently」
Toriela’s company regularly visits the Slowlett house to do business in the territory after all.
However Tori - who is just the employee of the company and we’ve known for a long time- has drastically reduced his visit.
The last time he visited was the time before the harvest festival and after we returned from Kagura.
I know the reason why but I purposely poke fun at it.
「That’s cause I’ve been busy spreading the toys and games Alfried-sama made, ya’know! Or rather, please stop bullying me any more than this!」
I thought he was going to resist a little more, but it seems like Tori felt quite apologetic about this and openly acknowledged it without making any excuses.
The reason he was able to show his face today is probably because he was able to make some time out of his busy schedule. So I didn’t feel like continuing to blame him because I know Tori’s sincerity in this matter.
「Sorry, sorry, I know how busy Tori is so I don’t blame you for it」
「Whyー, thought Alfried-sama would say that!」
Tori stopped looking apologetic and became carefree when I gently offered reassurance.
That makes me feel irritated. It might be better to persistently drive him into a corner a bit more.
Although, I was no longer able to verbally attack him since I already said I wouldn’t blame him.
I guess this is also the conversational technique he cultivated as a merchant.
He’s always been good at procuring information and winning over our maids since long ago, but I feel like he’s gotten better at improving his conversation and negotiation skills since the establishment of his company. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Is your business doing well?」
「Yes, the spaghetti has now become completely taken root in the diet of the royal capital’s people so we’re able to continue selling them. And maybe it is also because of the increased production in the reversi that the majority of nobles and merchants now own them. Recently the royalty and nobles from other countries ‘ave also started to ‘ave their eyes on them and often order some from us」
「Hee, I’m happy that both of them have taken root in their life, not just temporary things 」
「Sure did!」
If it were a temporary trend then you would be able to expect an explosive profit but likely to fizzle out. However, once it has been received and become familiar to people’s lifestyles you could expect continuous profit.
Although the reversi has met the demand from the wealthy inside the kingdom, there is still the capacity to supply it to the wealthy from other countries. Eventually, it will spread more and more, and the profit will start to fall, but at that time it will be fine to spread it among the commoners.
At least as long as I’m alive it would provide the Slowlife house with a stable income.
Although the profit for a single portion of spaghetti is low, it has taken root in people’s diets.
The selling method of spaghetti is different from reversi so it was like a promised long-term income.
So both Tori and I were delighted by the continuous profit that pours in without decreasing as usual.
「What about the spreading of table tennis in Kagura?」
「That happened in another country so it’ll take more time, but the Shogun-sama took a liking to it so it will continue to spread from now on!」
That ‘Shogun’, it would be like our ‘King’. The greatest person in that country.
It’s amazing how he can progress his talk to such an extent with so little time even when he’s from another country.
Or rather, that Shogun is Haru and Shuichi’s papa, right? I wonder if those two are now playing table tennis.
「That side is left completely to someone else, but it’s still amazing that it has progressed in another country to such a situation」
「Noー, that’s cause all the games that Alfried-sama came up with are revolutionary and interesting ‘fter all!」
「Ahahaha, thank you」
They are the games I reproduce from my previous life I revise a little here, so it makes me feel itchy when you say it like that.
Although no one other than me knows about it, I will just take that as honest praise for me.
「Ahh, y’seeー, because of that there are also a passionate fan of Alfried-sama that have appeared so I’m also concerned over it」
However, Tori’s offhand comment froze the easygoing atmosphere around us. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Eh? Don’t tell me you also spread around the fact I’m the creator?」
「No, as Alfried-sama’s requested, I cover up the truth about the creator」
「What the. That’s good then」
I didn’t think reversi would sell that well at the beginning so I didn’t think about it, but it came to the point where people started asking to meet the creator.
From the perspective of someone who finds the shackles of nobility to be annoying, it is very annoying so we try to make sure to hide the creator in the middle of selling them.
Though I said that, the people in Koryatt village know about it and Melna and Yurina - the nobles who have a close connection to us - also know about it.
In fact, it felt like Alicia completely knew I was the creator of those games.
The reason it hasn’t spread around is probably because our acquaintances are being considerate.
Maybe Nord-tousan let them get the wrong ideas at the party or something.
「But, there are also people who made it difficult to hide it from, y'see」
Toriela’s Company still doesn’t have the history nor personal connection those long-established shops or companies have, but it’s still a company with the most influence and large company in the kingdom. It has the most money compared to the average noble, but I don’t think you can force it to speak even if you’re part of the nobility..... www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
For a moment, the Ringrande house crossed my mind, but to begin with, Alicia knew about me.
「The Misphilt house」
「Eh? The Misfid house?」
「Nah. The King-sama's House」
Tori swiftly and mercilessly cut off the word that came out of my mouth out of my desire.
「……that, are you really saying that?」
「Yeah. The current king Zigil Misphilt-sama said he wants to meet with the Toy King」 ジギル＝ミスフィリト 1
「Wait a minute. What’s that ‘Toy King’?」
It’s already shocking for the King-sama to say he want to meet me, but an even more shocking thing came out of his mouth.
「You’re the creator of reversi and spinning tops, right. I can’t call you ‘Aflried-sama’ so I called you with an alias」
「But still, ‘Toy King’……」
I know what Tori means, but what kind of person will call themselves ‘King’.
「Giving an alias like this is convenient in the world of business」
「I know about that, but I think a better name will be fine though.....」
「’s fine to make it exaggerated. Rather, I’m not the one who came out with the naming. It spread on its own and has taken root in people’s minds 」
But, I feel like the reason it spread and became established as ‘Toy King’ is because of Tori.
Though I don’t think he will nod if I ask him directly so it would be useless.
「Well, I understand about the alias thing. The problem now is meeting the King-sama」
「Yess」
「Absolutely not」
I flatly said so to Tori who is nodding firmly. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「……why is that?」
「If I met the King-sama, I would be making various connections with the royalties and nobles and would be called upon anytime」
「Isn’t that fine? That way, you may even have a special position in the royal castle, right? It would be a huge promotion unthinkable for a Baron house」
I might have been happy if I were an ordinary person of this world.
However, I knew firsthand the harmful effects of working too much in my previous life. I don’t want to experience something like that anymore.
「Those people will expect the profit from the game and toys I make. And for that purpose, they will surround me and force me to work. I don’t want that to happen to me. I want to spend my free time leisurely in the countryside」
That’s right, I don’t want to be promoted or be successful in life.
I don’t want to make the same mistake as my previous life in this one, I will my daily life here in the way I want it.
「I will not sell them anymore if the situation turns out that way because of the games and toys I made」
So I say a line that makes it seem like I pick a fight with Tori and the royalty.
I wonder how Tori will react to this? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
As I stared at him, Tori mysterious expression collapsed as he smiled.
「Well, thats right. I thought Alfried-sama would say that」
「Yes?」
I was expecting to be persuaded for sure so I let out a foolish voice.
「I’ve already conveyed that to the King-sama. I told him the Toy King is an obstinate craftsman who hates someone who abuses their authority over him and won’t respond to invitations. He will be angry if you deal with him carelessly and won’t make another work again, risking him fleeing to another country」
The words Tori conveyed to the King-sama made me scared.
「……then how does the King-sama react to that?」
「He said he won’t summon him if that’s the case. Said he’ll really be troubled if there are no more products of the Toy King」
I was relieved after I heard Tori’s words, which he told me while smiling.
From the King-sama’s perspective, the second son of a Baron is something as inconsequential as a speck of dust. I was prepared to be summoned against my will when the time came.
「So it was like that. That’s good then」
「Didn’t I say it already? He’s a passionate fan of the Toy King. The biggest problem for a fan if there are no more works being made」
「……really, Tori is really a bad person」
I wish he would just say it from the start if that’s the situation. Tori laughed out loud in response to what I said while exhaling. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
TL Note :
1. Zigir, Jikil, Zigil.
Thanks for the chapters!! 😉
ReplyDeleteIs it finally time for Al and the princess to meet?
ReplyDeleteNope, that has not happened as of yet.
Deletei can already foresee it, even thought he had no intention to commercialize his battle pencils, if the king himself is waiting impatiently for the new toy to come out, he'll agree to sell them too
ReplyDelete"risking him feeling to another country"
ReplyDeleteShould be "fleeing" not "feeling".
Still hate this novel.
ReplyDelete"risking him fleeubg to another"
ReplyDeleteYou still misspelled "fleeing"