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Going Around The Market
We parted with Gadolf and Urd. We arrived at the market in the Central district of the royal capital.
In the open space, shops are lined up here and there compared to the main street, and merchants raise their voices as if competing with each other. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Amazing! Are all these shops selling food?」
「Aah, that’s right. Ingredients from all over gather here in the royal capital」
I answered the question from Nina, who asked with shining eyes.
It’s precisely because it is the largest city in the Kingdom that it is a place where goods and foods circulate here the most.
Small settlements or villages carried their food to trading cities and eventually, multiple trading cities brought abundant goods into the royal capital.
It is definitely the place where the most ingredients gather in the country.
「This is the first time I’ve seen so much food! So this is how they sell food in the city」
Nina says, being impressed as she stares at the displayed food.
There is no place to trade food like this in remote regions like Howling village.
It is basically done by bartering, or people would go to other villages if there is something in short supply, or rely on peddlers who regularly came to the village.
As you would expect, even Nina would get overwhelmed and become speechless―
「Hey, Kureto! There is a fish with a strange appearance! That’s interesting!」
She curiously pointed to a displayed fish.
Un, Nina was this kind of girl.
It was a huge flat-faced fish that looked sleepy somehow.
「That’s a sea fish called Nuovo (ヌオーボ)」
「The sea! I’ve heard about it! It’s much wider than the river and the water is salty, right?」
「 That’s right. It is a fish that lives there」
「Hee, so you came from the sea――eh, so expensive! This fish, it costs 8 silver coins!?」
Nina leaned over the Nuovo and was surprised after seeing the price written for the fish.
「Ice magicians use magic to chill them and then they are transported securely over long distances so that’s why it ended up being costly」
「I, is that so」
Even so, it is being transported from the port town Pedrick (ペドリック) to the royal capital so the prices are relatively cheaper. If it were transported from places further away, then it would skyrocket and only the wealthy would be able to eat them.
「But, if you go to the port town, the price won’t jump up like this, you know. They are being sold in the market as they are」
「……purchasing cheaply and then transporting them to together places with magic with higher prices ....is that the kind of business Kureto runs?」
「Ooh, that’s amazing of you to understand that. Buying cheaply and selling at a higher price somewhere else. That’s the basis of doing business」
「I see! I think I understand a little what Kureto does!」
I was inwardly surprised to see Nina say that with an understanding look on her face.
Although I occasionally told her about my work, I didn’t think she would understand it that much.
I thought she was a levelheaded kid from the start, but she’s smarter than I imagined her to be.
Be that as it may, I’m not going to take Nina to do business with me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
If Nina wishes for it, then I will give her advice as much as I can, but that is her problem.
After looking at the fish dealer for a while and then going past it, the next thing that took Nina’s interest was the vegetable shop.
「Eh? Could this be a spring onion?」
「That’s right」
「……aren’t they a bit small?」
「That’s rude of you, jouchan. Our spring onions are purchased from a well-known farmer and they are fresh. Look here! This firm wrapping and firmness! And that glossy shine! It’s definitely proof of good spring onions, ya know?」
The vegetable shop’s shopkeeper was the one who responded to Nina’s honest remark.
Guess it’s natural that he won’t keep quiet if someone were to find fault with their displayed foodstuff.
But, I can’t say it is Nina’s fault this time. The spring onions from Howling village are much better than the spring onions here.
Nevertheless, it’s also pointless to tell that to the shopkeeper.
「I’m sorry, this kid says some weird stuff」
「……sorry. I also got too fired up」
I apologized in place of the blankly standing Nina, and perhaps the shopkeeper regain his calm and said that looking awkward.
I take Nina away and leave the shop for the time being.
「I, did I say something strange?」
「No, not strange at all. What you said was not strange and what he shopkeeper said before was also not strange. It’s just a difference of common sense between the two of you. Just like what I said before, the spring onions from other places are like that and it’s normal」
The spring onions produced in Howling village are special, possessing both size and taste, but the spring onions being sold earlier were also commonly recognized as spring onions among the general populace
That’s why, Emilio and I noticed the special characteristic and deliciousness of the Howling village’s produce and sold them at the high-class restaurant.
「So it’s like that! Say, I want to see some other vegetables!」
「Sure. Just that, don’t call them small or something next time, alright? I mean, it would be too sad for the seller if their products were to be criticized like that 」
「You’re right. I also don’t want the spring onions we grow to be called small……」
「Well, that’s all part of the experience after all. Let’s just relax and enjoy looking around」
「Un!」
Nina was dejected at that fact, but she nodded and regained her lively tone when I told her that.
It’s important to think a lot and experience all sorts of things, but this is the royal capital after all. It’d be a waste not to enjoy it.
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As we walked around the market looking at various ingredients, Nina's stomach suddenly rumbled as she walked beside me.
「Ahaha, I got hungry」
「Is there anything you would like to eat?」
「U, umm, I want to go to a slightly stylish store. I can’t normally go to that kind of place……」
Nina told me her wish while being a little embarrassed.
Ooh, Nina finally made a request that feels fitting for sightseeing a city.
I feel it’s strange that she feels more embarrassed about this than the fact that her stomach growled.
There aren’t any restaurants in Howling village after all. Guess it’s only natural for Nina to say she wants to go to such stores. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
So girls want to go to stylish stores, huh?
Although even if I brought Nina - who visits the royal capital for the first time - to such stores, she would probably end up getting nervous. I should choose a store that is not too strict on their table manner and gives off a moderate capital-ish, and relaxing feeling while being there.
I know a lot of high-class restaurants and places with nice atmosphere I used as business dinners, but I don’t know about a casual place where I can take a girl to have a good time.
While I was the one who suggested it, I realized that I don’t have many ideas of places at a suitable level to take her to.
Although I teleported everywhere when it comes to my work, it is pathetic that I don’t know much about it even though I’m based in the royal capital. I should have done more research about that before bringing Nina with me here.
Should I just walk around and somehow enter a store that seems to fit our current standard? Nah, it would be scary to enter a store famous for something without knowing anything about it.
Have you been here? What if Nina asks something like that, then my answer will sound pathetic.
Should I teleport back to my mansion and ask Elza and the others about stores that seem good to play, bringing a kid?
As I was having such thoughts, I remembered something. Wouldn’t it be fine to just go back to my mansion?
From my own perspective, bringing her to my own place just to have a meal after taking her with me to the royal capital feels a bit off, but from Nina’s perspective, it would feel fresh and exciting since she had probably never been in a mansion before.
Elza’s cooking skill is also at the level where she won’t lose to those restaurants and she would be able to eat comfortably without worrying about manners if it’s my place.
Why don’t I try suggesting it as one of our choices to Nina for now?
「This might be different from what Nina wants but I have a house in the royal capital, would you like to visit it?」
「Is that so! So Kureto also has a house here too!」
Nina reacted to my words as if she suddenly remembered something.
Un, for Nina, my house might be a single building just like the one in the Howling village.
I mean, I live in two places so I pretty much have one more house.
「I have a maid good at cooking there and their skill won’t lose to the restaurants around, how about it?」
「I want to go! Rather, it’s better to go there! I want to see Kureto’s house here!」
Nina’s eyes sparkled when I suggested that.
Ooh, her reaction is greater than I expected. For now, it seems that she’s happy with my suggestion and that’s what matters most. www.iha
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「Okay, let’s have lunch at my place. Can you wait up here for a bit?」
「Huh?」
「Waa waa! We’re on top of a building!」
We moved away from the market and I teleported us to the roof of a building.
This is a place with a good view so it’s probably a good place to kill some time. There is also no one around so there’s no worry of people poking their noses into us.
「I will use my magic to return and ask them to prepare for a bit. I will be back soon, so can you please wait here for a moment?」
「Un, okay!」
I actually want to bring Nina with me by teleporting back since it is much safer that way, but it’s a rare chance for her so I want to make her surprised by walking back to my mansion.
Nina is completely taken in by the scenery as she cheerfully nods at what I said.
After confirming her answer, I teleport back to my room in my mansion.
「Hello, anyone hereー?」
「Yes, what can I help you with, Kureto-sama?」
When I called out after leaving my room, I heard Elza’s voice replying from the hallway.
She experienced sudden teleportation like this so many times that she doesn’t get surprised anymore.
「I’m sorry for being sudden but could you prepare some lunch?」
「What kind of guests are they? Do you have any requests for the meal?」
「It’s a girl who came to the royal capital for the first time. I would be happy if you could make those stylish dishes with a royal capital-ish atmosphere」
「Understood. We will prepare it as soon as possible」
It was a really vague request, but the capable maid Elza should be able to make them nicely. That’s how much confidence I have in her.
「She will not come by teleportation as we are going by foot so there is no need to rush」
「Thank you very much for your consideration」
「Then, I will leave it in your hands」
So I said to Elza - who bowed and thanked me - and then I teleported to the roof of the building where Nina was waiting.
「Waa! That surprised me, welcome back!」
When I came right up to Nina’s side, she welcomed me with a smile on her face.
It was just about 30 seconds since I left her but thanks to the good view of this place, she didn’t get bored or anxious.
「I’m back. Well then, shall we go?」
We teleported down to the street and Nina and I walked to my mansion in the royal capital. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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