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Emilio and Nina's Chance Meeting
「I’m sorry, the totsutotsu is sold out」
The villagers lining up in front of the stall make disappointed voices and scatter when I inform them that I have run out of totsutotsu
「It was sold out in the blink of an eye!」
「I never thought it would sell out this well」
Although I used them to entertain the party at my mansion, I still have quite an amount of them in my subspace.
I'm surprised, it's all gone in just half a day.
「Serving customers is also quite fun. Next time, I’ll try politely serving the ministers」
「Please stop. Everyone will break out into a cold sweat if Arte-dono humbles herself」
It will probably be unbearable for the subjects if the most powerful person in the country humbles themselves.
「 Thanks for helping out too, Camila-san」
Arte isn't exactly used to receiving customers, to put it mildly. While supporting her, Camila also plays a huge part in quickly arranging the customer.
It can be said that it's thanks to Camila that we are able to quickly sell the totsutotsu.
「No, I prefer to be active and move my body so don’t worry about it」
Camila answers with a refreshing smile on her face when I thank her.
How should I put it, what an admirable person.
「We’re going to close our stall here, what about Nina’s side?」
If I want to, I can just return to the royal capital to buy more totsutotsu or go to the forest to collect more of them, but I’m not planning on going to such great lengths into the food stall.
I’m satisfied being able to have fun setting up a stall properly, so I’m thinking of going around to visit other stalls now.
「Nina, I’m doing fine here so you can go and play」
「Okay! I’m going!」
It seems like there’s no need to help over there.
After receiving permission from Stella, we went back to visiting the stalls again.
「Hey, there’s something I’d like to go, is that okay?」
After aimlessly wandering without any particular destination in mind, Nina asked.
Apparently, there's somewhere Nina wants to go.
Arte and I had nowhere we’d like to go, so of course we nodded.
「Sure. Where do you want to go?」
「Emilio’s Company’s stall!」
「Aah, I see. Then, shall we try going to the central square?」
If Arte and I want to, we can visit them anytime, but for Nina - who lives in Howling Village - it is a stall that becomes the showpiece.
Listening to Nina’s request, we headed toward the central square.
Once we arrived at the central square, there is the Emilio Company’s stall standing under the large tree in the central square that served as its symbol.
「Uwaaー, amazing! There’s an impressive store built there!」
As Nina’s surprised exclamation showed, the store’s appearance greatly exceeded the level of stalls set up at a countryside Harvest Festival.
While the villagers set up a stall that is modified from a food stall as its base, Emilio Company’s store is on the level of a complete detached house.
「Did the Emilio Company open a branch store in Howling Village?」
It’s natural for Arte to say that while staring at it unblinkingly.
「No, they didn’t of course. That is a simple structure prepared only for today’s event」
「To be able to build such an impressive store in such a short time.....」
「I transported the wood here so they just had to assemble it」
「Kureto-dono’s magic is as convenient as ever」
As expected, even Emilio and his excellent employees can’t build such an impressive structure by themselves.
We prepared prefabricated wood materials in the royal capital, I transported them, and assembled them here.
「Still, it’s so crowded」
Even now, in the afternoon of the Harvest Festival, Emilio’s store is still crowded with customers.
As expected, it seems that the products that can only be obtained in the royal capital are attractive for the people here.
「Let’s line up, hurry!」
Urged by Nina, we decided to line up in the queue that had formed in front of the store.
Just when I was looking at the store, a village girl came out of the store after she finished paying for what she bought and left happily carrying her purchase. There are a lot of threads and cloths inside her basket, so she might be doing some sewing at home during her leisure time.
Seeing such a happy face made all the effort planning to set up the stall worthwhile.
「Oh, Kureto. You’re lining up here, huh. You could just call out to us, and we’ll allow you to enter」
Just as I am watching the villagers with a relaxed smile on my face, Emilio called out to me.
He usually wears casual clothing such as a dress and pants in his office, but he is also wearing a jacket today.
Dressing properly like this, he looked like a noble or a prince from somewhere.
「I’m fine waiting here. Waiting like this is also the true charm of a festival anyway」
「Is that so?」
「By the way, are your conspiracy with Leroy-san over?」
「’Conspiracy’ makes me seem like an evil person. Well, I guess it has settled down for now, something that benefits both parties. I’ll tell you the details later」
「Okay」
Judging from Emilio’s satisfied look, it seemed like the negotiation about the borsch mushroom went well.
I’m curious about the amount they will sell or how they will cultivate the mushroom, but I can just ask him about it after the Harvest Festival.
「Is this oniisan Kureto-san’s friend from the royal capital?」
Nina asked, looking up at Emilio.
「Nice to meet you, this must be the first time we talked properly like this, right? I am Emilio, Kureto’s friend and business partner」
「My name, is Nina! Pleased to meet you!」
「Ah, pleased to meet you」
Emilio also responded with a handshake when Nina extended her hand.
Come to think of it, I’ve brought Nina to the royal capital before but didn’t show up at Emilio’s place, and they also didn’t meet when he visited the village.
It felt a little strange seeing the two of them meeting for the first time like this.
「What a cute young lady. I understand why Kureto decided to settle down in Howling Village」
Oi, stop saying it like that, it’s misleading.
That makes it sound like I settled down here so I can spend my time with Nina. I just relax with no other ulterior motive here when I have nothing to do.
「Ehー? I’ve always had the impression that Kureto always went to the royal capital to work?」
「No, that’s not true. I want to give him more work but he ended up escaping to Howling Village. Personally, I want him to stay in the royal capital more」
「You can’t ! I won’t be able to play with him if Kureto goes over there for long!」
Nina and Emilio were shaking hands previously, but an argument suddenly broke out.
They had been smiling at each other a while ago, what on earth happened?
「Kukuku, Kureto is popular jano」
「Personally, I treat everyone equally, unless there’s a special circumstance」
In order to live a comfortable dual-based lifestyle, I went back and forth between the royal capital and Howling Village without much of a difference.
Of course, if my work piles up or there’s a big event like this Harvest Festival, I may lean to one side, but that’s true for both of them.
I don’t think there is any bias in my everyday life, just as Emilio and Nina claim.
「There is also a beautiful lady here」
「I’m an adventurer, Arte. This is my friend, Camila, ja」
「My name is Emilio, the president of the Emilio Company. It is truly an honor to meet two famous people in person here」
Emilio greeted them in a way that felt like criticizing Arte’s background, making me feel uneasy.
I wonder if he plans to start a business with the royal family. Now that they’ve met directly like this, something might just set it off.
Emilio also knows that I am close with Arte.
It's a chance meeting that seems to lead to new work for me.
Just as they are greeting each other like that, Rodney comes over and whispers something in Emilio’s ear.
「Oh, it seems the store has become empty. Well then, please enjoy your time and have a look around」
Unnoticed, it seems like it's finally our turn.
Emilio gives us a graceful bow as he sees us off, and we enter Emilio’s store.
After passing through the wooden door, we found a spacious area inside.
It smells of wood since it's just assembled. There's a carpet spread below us and the walls are decorated with paintings, so it don't feel lonely at all.
「Uwaaー! Amazing! It’s like the general store in the royal capital!」
The shelves are lined up with cloths, embroidered fabrics, and clothes from the royal capital, cutlery such as glasses and cups, and there are even some weapons hanging on the walls.
There are probably a lot of compromises made since they are exhibiting in the countryside, but it's inferior to the store in the royal capital.
Nina trots ahead to see the items with shining eyes. It's adorable seeing the lock of hair that is tied at the back of her head swaying along as she moves.
Arte and Nina don't show as much interest as Nina, but they are walking around with a curious look on their faces.
I know what kind of items are displayed here so I don’t feel like looking around like the three of them.
Instead, I become curious about the sales of the merchandise lined up and I look at them as if to check. When I find myself behaving like this, I feel like I’ve become a merchant too.
「As expected, clothes and iron products are popular」
The cloths items and cookware we have obtained after directly asking several villagers - including Stella - seem to be popular and have decreased a lot.
「Hm? The fishing rods aren’t selling that well?」
Fine fishing rods are leaning against the wall at the back.
Those fishing rods are made of special wood such as Torent (トレント), but the sales are not going well.
This result is more than disappointing, frustrating even, since I had forced Emilio to procure them after receiving intense requests from the men’s group.
Curious, I try asking Rodney, who is standing by inconspicuously at the corner.
「Rodney, are the fishing rods not popular?」
「No, it’s very popular」
「Maybe, the price is too expensive?」
Even when I try asking the reason for something that came to mind, Rodney still shakes his head.
Then, as if to answer my question, he points to the fishing rod section.
「Wife, this fishing rod is incredibly amazing! Please, let me buy it!」
「What are you talking about. All fishing rods are the same. Rather than that, we should prioritize getting cookwares and clothes we can’t get here!」
When I look over, there's a husband whining with a fishing rod in his hand, his wife pulling his ear trying to get him away from that place.
「……I see. They don’t get permission from their wives, huh」
Even if the husband has a burning desire for the fishing rods, the wife is probably the one holding the purse strings.
Even if you obtain a good fishing rod, to someone who is not interested in it, it will just be a fishing rod.
The husbands desperately tried to persuade their wives, but eventually, they couldn't get their wives’ permission and they could only return with their heads down.
Matters like this are something a husband and wife should work out themselves, so as expected, I can’t intervene.
It's such a miscalculation on our part, huh. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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