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Royal Capital's Bookstore
「Haa......it feels this miserable when you don’t get any empathy from other people」
How do people dispel their pent-up frustration that builds up when their prized collection doesn’t get the praise they deserve? That means showing off your collection to someone who understands its value.
If this were Koryatt village, I would brag about it to Torr and Asmo, fully receiving their envious gazes, but sadly I don’t have a single friend like that in the royal capital. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Although I had become close to Gregor, that guy only has an interest in dolls so there is a high chance he won’t be able to appreciate the greatness of the Mini Dragon.
And I was confident that I would lose my temper if someone were to say ‘Let’s talk about how to turn the Mini Dragon into a doll’.
「It is still not too late if you tell him now. Ask Schugel-sama to change that into a different magic tool」
Despite confiding such worries, Elna-kaasan responded mercilessly.
「No way」
I don’t regret choosing this at all.
「Ah, is that so」
As I told her that while hugging the Mini Dragon, Elna-kaasan stopped her words short and put her teacup on the table as she said nothing more. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Now then, it is time we are going」
Nord-tousan quickly got up from the sofa and said that.
「Are we going shopping?」
「That would be nice if only」
Elna-kaasan grumbles with a listless expression on her face.
Judging from her annoyed tone, it seems that it’s not a nice event.
「Take care!」
「……we still have not told you about what business we need to take care of though?」
「It will be a tea party anyway, right?」
「……you are correct」
Six days had passed since we arrived in the royal capital.
We are invited as guests of honor by Misfid house so we hardly went outside, but if two famous members of the Slowlett house were to come to the royal capital, rumors would sure fly about.
In other words, nobles who have gained the information about it tried to squeeze in for a meeting with them, huh? How pitiful.
「Eh? Come to think of it, Elna-kaasan left your dress back in our mansion so you can’t participate….」
Elna-kaasan should have purposely left her dresses back in our mansion so she won’t be able to attend parties or tea parties. She should be able to decline invitations if she uses that excuse in times like this, right?
Elna-kaasan made a really sour look when I asked that.
「Floria-sama.....graciously gave me some dresses」
Elna-kaasan tried to decline with the reason for not bringing dresses as an excuse, but Floria-sama - who was present at the time - not only gave her some dresses, but she also had people from the clothing store make custom-made dresses for her right away.
Of course, the cost is covered by the Misfid house.
A single, formal dress for the wife of a nobleman to attend a party or tea party cost more than ten gold coins but it seems like that was not a problem for a Ducal family that owns immense fortune. Well, if you store such a number of magic tools underground, I think something like dresses will not be a problem for them. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
And if she presented it as an apology for her husband, Schugel’s misunderstanding, Nord-tousan reputation would also not be damaged.
As expected from a leading noble house. There was no mistake in their exchange and actions.
「That’s, how should I put it, an unnecessary meddling.....you have my condolences」
「Please don’t murder us arbitrarily」
It looks like the strategy of forgetting our formal attire won’t work in a noble house that possesses a lot of authority and wealth.
I don’t want to imagine a similar situation happening again, but I’ll have to think of a way to avoid them next time.
「Al can come if you want.....」
「Don’t want」
The people invited are the Dragon Slayer couple after all. Naturally, the guests will be interested in the two of them, they won’t be interested in the unimpressive second son
I might accompany them if I have Eleonora-neesan’s awe-inspiring and excellent sword skill or Sylvio-niisan’s intelligence and broad-mindedness, but I don’t have the looks of someone who is popular with many people.
「I will go out to buy souvenirs」
I was asked by Eleonora-neesan to buy the spices to make curry, Sylvio-niisan also asked me to buy some interesting-looking books.
I feel like I’m going to forget about them if I’m not careful so I want to buy them while I still remember.
I would definitely get scolded if I were to return to our territory and forget their request.
「You can do that. I’m sure it will be more worthwhile」
Perhaps it’s because Elna-kaasan is not that good at dealing with tea parties that she didn’t force me to go with them and told me to go with a gentle tone.
「……Elna. This is a great opportunity, you know?」
However, Nord-tousan seemed to want to take me to the tea party he might wanted me to broaden my opportunities in life.
「Let’s not bother bringing the untactful Al to the tea party. He will just end up coming up with a strange business idea again」
「You are right. You should buy some souvenirs this time」
When Elna-kaasan whispered that to his ear, Nord-tousan changed his mind with a serious look on his face.
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After sending off Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan, I decided to leave the Misfid house’s mansion.
The servants of the Misfid house offered to let me use the carriage, but I politely declined.
Schugel is at work, Floria is having a tea party, Gideon is focused on training chant omission in the courtyard, and Ra-chan is also away doing her lesson.
Meaning, today there will be no one interfering with my activity.
It would be a shame to miss this opportunity to take a walk carefreely in the royal capital.
And so that’s why I’m walking around in the royal capital.
I feel like this is actually the first time I’ve walked around the royal capital alone since coming to the capital this time. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I mean, I used a carriage when I visited Gregor’s inn or when heading out to play in the capital with Ra-chan.
The royal capital’s main street was bustling with people today too.
The ground is nicely paved with stone paving, and the buildings lined up on the street are also high.
There are so many people here that it feels like every day is a festival, incomparable to the situation in Koryatt village.
The population density in the royal capital is high so you’re going to be tired walking here every day, but taking a walk like this occasionally is a fresh experience.
The streets are lined up with various stores, such as clothes stores, restaurants, weapon and armor stores, and general stores. I remember some of the stores, while there also seem to be new stores I don’t remember. Just walking around while comparing the place with the one in my memory the last time I visited like this is fun in itself.
Freely wandering around in the royal capital while enjoying the atmosphere and the hustle and bustle of the place is nice and all, but I have a purpose today. That is, stocking up the important spices to make curry for Eleonora-neesan and buying books for Sylvio-niisan.
I think the strong smell of the spices will stick to my body if I were to go to the spices store first so I guess I’m going to the bookstore first.
And so I headed to the northern district of the royal capital.
In this world, books are handwritten on-by-one so they are considered luxury goods.
So I judged that it would be better to come to the bookstore if I was going to look for books that Sylvio-niisan would like. Either way, the spices store is also in this way.
As I arrived at the northern district, the people coming and going started to calm down and the stores lining up the street started to give off an air of luxury to them.
I’ve never been to the bookstore around here, but I feel like I will be able to find them if I just walk around casually.
And thus, I walk around with such a casual mindset for about fifteen minutes.
I spotted a signboard outside of a building with an illustration of a book on it.
It’s a building with elegant brown walls and a black roof. Looking inside through the large glass window, there are a lot of books lined up inside.
I feel like I will be able to find books that are going to interest Sylvio-niisan if it’s here.
I pushed open the somewhat heavy door and entered the bookstore.
There was a counter in the middle of the room, with large bookshelves along the walls on both sides that were tightly packed with books. If you go upstairs, you can also find more bookshelves on the second floor.
The ceiling is high and the light shining in from the skylight is beautiful.
The furnishings inside the room were very calming and refined, the bookstore is giving off a somewhat antique atmosphere.
「There is an admission charge of one gold and one silver please」
Immediately after I was about to search for the bookshelves, a fussy-looking grandma at the counter called out to me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「……the admission charge is quite expensive, isn’t it」
「If nothing happens I will return the gold coin」
The grandma laughed like a witch, ihihihi.
I guess it’s probably a measure to prevent the customer from treating luxury items - which is a book in this case - roughly and also the browsing charge of one silver is included as well.
While I was standing there bewildered of the situation, a female customer came in and I guess she’s used to the store since she gave the grandma one gold and one silver.
It looks like every customer who came here is paying the admission charge.
Oh well, it looks like a really nice bookstore so I’ll just follow along for now.
After giving the grandma one gold and one silver, I decided to browse the bookshelf finally.
I casually picked up some books and checked them, they were all in quite good condition.
The grandma running the store and the customers coming here probably love books and treat the books carefully.
The books are neatly arranged in genres and it’s easy to see what kind of books there are and how many. The grandma seems to be strict when it comes to money but she does her work properly.
Now then, what kind of book should I buy I wonder?
Sylvio-niisan is a book junkie so he will read any books.
Among all the books he read, he especially likes reading heroic tales as if to satisfy his intellectual thirst.
Recently, Sylvio-niisan has been getting interested in coloring and before that, he was into gathering wild plants and mushrooms.
He might be happy with books about coloring and coloring techniques to improve his coloring skills.
After trying to look for them, I finally found some books on that subject on a bookshelf and took them after briefly looking through them.
All that’s left is to get one book each about edible wild plants and mushrooms.
These seem to be worth around 5 gold coins.
I got 8 gold coins from Sylvio-niisan so it looks like I will be able to get around three more books in the heroic tale genre.
「Hmーm, I wonder which one of them is good?」
I tried to find books about heroic tales that Sylvio-niisan’s likes but there are a lot of those kinds of books so I don’t know which one to choose.
Maybe it’s because there are monsters in this world that there are plenty of heroic tales but I couldn’t decide which to choose that will suit Sylvio-niisan’s taste.
「……are you looking for heroic tales?」
As I was troubled to choose a book from the heroic tale genre shelf, the grandma called out to me.
「Yes, I was thinking of buying a book as a souvenir for my niisan……」
「What kind of heroic tales has your niisan read before?」
「I think he read about 『Princess Marinマーリーン姫』 before」
「Ahー, that」
I hadn’t read it before so I only gave her the title but the grandma seemed to understand.
Making a voice as if she understood, the grandma slid open a bookshelf and took out a single book of heroic tales at the back of that bookshelf.
「Then how about this book? It is a heroic tale written by the same author Donovan」
「Oohー, that’s going to make him happy」
Compared to the books lined up on the bookshelves outside, the binding of this book is slightly old-fashioned and the book’s pages are a bit weathered with age. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I can properly read it, more or less but it looks to be quite old.
I’m curious about it and checked the back but there is no price tag on it.
「Obaasan, how much is this?」
「It’s 30 gold coins」
「Eh? Don’t you think it’s more expensive compared to the other books?」
「Naturally. That was the first work Donovan had inconspicuously written. There are not even 20 books left in the royal capital. And it’s only natural since the book has been preserved for more than 40 years」
Old books have historical and artistic value to them and I heard they have staggering prices but can a simple heroic tale be worth that much?
「Since he likes Princess Marin, your oniisan must be a big fan of Donovan, right? This book is an item of avid desire for any fan of Donovan, you know」
「……and why would you introduce such a rare book to me?」
What I want to know is why would she recommend this book to me.
I also like books to a certain extent, but it’s not at the level of Sylvio-niisan’s.
「Cause you smell of money」
「Eh? There’s such a smell?」
When I unconsciously sniffed the hem of my clothes, there was only the smell of soap mixed with citrus.
「I’m just kidding. The other day, I saw you traveling in a carriage with the Misfid house’s ojousan」
Ahー, it looks like the obaasan witnessed Ra-chan and me wandering around this area. So that means she knows I’m a noble and I acted together with the member of the Misfid house and deliberately targeted me.
「……you remembered me well」
「I’m in a service business after all」
Even though I have a relatively thin presence, it’s impressive she remembers me.
「So, what would it be?」
The grandma asks.
Even when she knows I’m noble and in a friendly relationship with the Misfid house, it’s amazing how the grandma is not afraid of those facts.
Even so 30 gold coins for a single book.....it’s more than double the budget Sylvio-niisan gave me.
If you have that much money, you will be able to stay in a high-class inn for a month in the royal capital.
However, in exchange for me who doesn’t want to go to the royal capital to take care of the amusement project, I want him to deal with that troublesome work in my place. If I think of this as a bribe for him to take on that troublesome task, taking out 20 gold coins from my own pocket is a small price to pay.
「I’m buying it!」
Thinking like that, there was no need to hesitate.
When I made such an immediate decision, grandma made a witch-like laugh. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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