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Camila's Visit
「Delicious! To think there would be such a fragrant and complex savory mushroom in this world!」
I had Emilio try the mushroom after teleporting to the royal capital, and he cried out in surprise.
It’s a reaction as I predicted, and it looks amusing but the happiness of having the ingredients from the village being praised outweighed it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「See? It’s delicious, right?」
「The mushrooms you brought last time were really tasty, but I can’t believe there is something tastier than that! The royalty, nobles, and chefs will definitely want this! Kureto, can you deliver these Borsch mushrooms to us?」
Emilio - unusually excited - requested.
Showing such a good reaction means that he is confident he can get a huge profit with this.
I’m sure he must have already calculated the sales figure in his head.
「Hmーm, I wonder? No one can collect them right now, and it is treated as a high-class delicacy and carefully treasured, y’know?」
Borsch mushroom is not like the regular mushroom.
It’s probably different from the situation where the villagers and I collect and sell them to the company.
Even that gentle Stella showed such eagerness for the mushroom.
Even if I am the only one who can collect it, I think the village chief will want it to be distributed among the villagers since it was collected from Howling Forest.
「Mumu, I guess you’re right. It’s such a delicious mushroom after all. It would not look good for the villagers to have this sold outside without being able to eat it themselves. Then, why not sell it in limited quantity, turning it into a brand, and market it as a luxury item? Or we can negotiate with the Howling villagers to see if cultivation of it is possible.....」
Emilio started muttering to himself after listening to my concern. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Listening to what he’s muttering, I have a premonition that it’s going to be a huge undertaking.
「Whatever you’re about to do, you’d better talk with the village chief first」
「Yeah, I’ll go and talk to him when I have the chance」
「Howling village seems to be about to do harvest work now so it might be better to avoid this period」
Since they’ll be busy doing harvest work, they might just consider him a nuisance even if Emilio comes to talk about it at that time.
「Is that so. It’s time to harvest wheat after all. So, what time do you think is best to talk about it?」
「Looks like it’s gonna be a Harvest Festival after the harvest work is over so why not show yourself at that time?」
「……hm, that sounds good. And it’s a long-awaited festival. It might be a good idea to just set up a stall and sell some goods. Of course, this will be possible if Kureto helps with the talk.....」
「That sounds good! I’m sure everyone will be happy if the company sets up a temporary stall! I’ll also talk with the chief about that」
「Aah, please do」
If Emilio Company sets up a stall, they will be able to buy ingredients they can’t normally buy cheaply, not only cloth, thread, and clothes, but also miscellaneous goods and some decorations.
I’m sure not just the villagers, even Nina will be happy about it.
「Well then, I’ll be staying in Howling village for the harvest work for a while」
「Okay. I leave the talk about the export negotiation of Borsch mushroom and permission to set up the stall to you」
「……err, setting the stall aside, the Borsch mushroom talk is not my job」
「Cheh, you noticed」
I gave him a deadpan look, and Emilio - showing no embarrassment on his - just shrugged, looking disappointed.
Can’t let my guard down since he tries to assign me some work as if it was nothing.
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I teleport to my room in the mansion from the company. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Ringing the bell to let the others know that I’m back, the door was knocked a few seconds later.
「Welcome back, Kureto-sama」
It wasn’t Elza who showed up, but Lulua.
It feels a little unusual since Elza was the one who always showed up.
「I’m back. I came back to tell you of my schedule, but is Elza here?」
「Elza-sama is currently receiving a visitor. Therefore, could we ask Kureto-sama to please take care of the visitor?」
I just left Emilio’s side.
It is sad, but I don’t have any acquaintances who would visit my mansion in the royal capital.
「Who is the guest?」
「……it is Camila Fulgrant-sama」 1
Lulua said timidly, but that’s a name I have absolutely no recollection of.
Since she has a family name, then she must be a noble, and from Lulua’s scared look, she is probably someone with a high status.
「Sorry. I don’t really know that much about nobles. What kind of person she is, specifically?」
「To put it simply, she is the First Princess Artemisia’s personal knight」
「……aah! The personal knight-san beside Arte that time!」
I finally remember after hearing how Lulua described her simply.
Come to think of it, there was an indigo-haired female knight when I sent her back to the royal castle.
Arte also called her ‘Camila’ so it must be her.
「Are you acquainted with the First Princess?」
「Umm, I have a bit of a connection with her. Rather than that, let’s hurry to receive Camila」
「Ah, yes!」
There are various complicated circumstances regarding that so I can’t really talk about it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Managing to avoid Lulua’s questioning somehow, I hurried to the drawing room where Camila was.
When I knocked on the door, there was a voice, low for a woman, coming from inside.
When I entered the drawing room, there was a tall woman with indigo hair sitting on the sofa.
She is wearing the same white armor and surcoat as last time, gracefully drinking tea.
There is a certain elegance befitting a noble about her. It feels like she is the master of this mansion instead of me.
I felt like Elza - who was waiting nearby - said something like 「Please follow her example in behavior and manner」.
「I apologize for the sudden visit, Teleporter-dono」
「No, please don’t mind it. I am the one who should apologize for making you wait」
If the time of her visit had been off by a day, she would have been left waiting in vain instead of using Teleport back, but fortunately, it seems Camila arrived at the same exact time as I got back.
I’m glad I don’t make her wait that long only to send her home.
「This is the first time we can have a casual conversation like this. My name is Camila Fulgrant, Princess Artemisia’s personal knight」
「I am Kureto, the Teleporter」
「Please forgive me in advance, but since we are going to have a bit of a complicated matter, may I ask you to have your servants step back for a moment?」
That complicated matter must be about Arte.
She can’t let Elza and the others know about Arte’s personal matter.
「Understood」
Nodding and looking over, Elza and Lulua immediately nodded and left.
「I am very grateful that you accepted Artemisia-sama’s unreasonable request last time. Thanks to that, Artemisia-sama was able to participate in the parade without any worries」
「It is my honor to be able to help Artemisia-sama」
Camila looked somewhat troubled when I replied like that.
「This is an informal occasion. I have heard about Kureto-dono from Artemisia-sama. You do not have to be so tense」
She serves as Arte’s personal knight, but it seems she is not the type to be that fussy about etiquette.
Come to think about it, she is Arte’s personal knight after all. She would just suffocate if such a tomboy were to be surrounded by stiff and overly formal people all the time. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
And since the other party wishes for it, then I will happily oblige.
「If Camila-sama says so」
「Aah, please do」
Camila nodded in satisfaction when I softened my formal tone
「This is abrupt, but I have a request to Kureto-dono」
「What would that be?」
「I would like you to teleport Artemisia-sama and me to Howling village」
「Is that on official business?」
「No, I mean, Artemisia-sama’s self――personal request」
Just now, she was about to ‘selfish’, right?
Looking at Camila - who looked like she had a headache - I feel like I could somehow understand the situation this time.
「To put it simply, Artemisia-sama disliked life in the castle and she wanted to go out to play outside?」
「It is helpful you catch on quick」
I can’t imagine the tomboy Arte spending her time leisurely in the castle.
She wants to go out to play, but her position would not allow that. Even if she could get out, it will probably be a place like a miniature garden where she was surrounded by many layersof knights.
And having experienced the sweet taste of teleportation once, I had expected she would ask for it again.
「I myself have no problem with that, but would it really be alright?」
「I will accompany her this time, so there will be no problem with ensuring Artemisia-sama’s safety」
I want to enjoy the festival and will have to help the villagers with all sorts of things so I will not be able to take care of her, but it will probably be fine with the personal knight Camila staying with her all the time.
If something happens, I can just teleport them away and evacuate them.
「Would this work as the payment? If you’d rather have money, I can prepare that instead」
Camila took out a single gem from her breast pocket and placed it on the table.
It’s a sapphire with a calm color tone. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I sighed in relief since it’s not a gem equivalent to a national budget like the gem from last time.
「I will take this. This gem is fine」
「That is helpful. This will make Artemisia-sama happy」
Camila looked relieved when I received the gem while telling her it’s enough.
Arte must have put her through a lot.
「So what time will I have to teleport you?」
「I would like you to do it in 2 days so we can clear our official duties」
「Understood. By the way, the harvest will soon be coming up in Howling village, so it will be very busy but――she will probably help the villagers happily」
I was meaning to warn her, but it will probably have the opposite effect when it comes to Arte.
She was smiling while helping with farm work last time. I’m sure she will happily offer her help again this time.
「Right」
And perhaps she also understood that as Camila nodded with a distant look on her eyes. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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