Chapter 25 (1/2)

We went back to the town.

This time, I used【Teleportation】to the back alley with no people instead of the fountain square.  Since we know that【Aristocracy Union Knight Leader】is aiming at us, we must keep a low profile.

We have decided to have lunch in the dining room along the main street.

The dish came out, it has a simple flavor.  Because I’m accustomed to strong flavored meal in Japan, it feels rather bland. Perhaps it lacks【Zinc】?

「While eating, we should talk about what are we going to do from now on.」 「From now on?」 「I think, we should stay at an inn today then head back to Japan tomorrow morning.」 「Eh!- I want to do a little more sightseeing~」

「You understand that the【Aristocracy Union Knight Leader】is aiming at us, right?」 「Oh, is that so, I’m being targeted? Is he aiming at onii-chan or Elena-san?」 「Perhaps, both. I think, he’s aim is to kill me and recapture Elena.」 「I see, that adventurer was going to take Elena-san too.」

「For that reason, I think it’s better not to stay long in this town.」 「But, with onii-chan’s current【Teleportation】, we can only come to this town, right?」 「That’s the problem, what to do…… let’s think about it later. After this, let’s go see the【Merchant’s guild】at once and make a little money then after securing an inn, we’ll go the the church.」

「【Merchant’s guild】? Isn’t it like, we’re going to go to【Adventurer’s guild】and then we’ll encounter a strange guy, that kind of template?」 「It’s a real world not template.」

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We left the dining room and went to the【Merchant’s guild】.

「Oh, it’s Seiji-sama, welcome.」

A boss-like ossan called out to us while rubbing his hands together.

「Uhh…have we met?」 「My apologies for the late introduction. My name is『Gilde』, the vice-guild master. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance.」 「Thanks.」

「The other day, you sold to us a very valuable thing, it was very helpful. So, what kind of business we have today?」 「Again, I was thinking of selling something.」 「I see, I see, I see, then, please come this way.」

We aren’t brought to the counter but to the private room in the back instead.

「I’ll get to the point Seiji-sama, if you still have the salt you sold to us the other day, I would like to purchase it at 3 times the previous price. How about it?」

「3 times!?」

Hmmmm… it’s just a salt, why did it gain such a price?  It’s somewhat suspicious.

Certainly the previous transaction is about 10000 Aurum per 100 g.  1 Aurum should be about 100 yen…… 1 million yen!?  Now it’s 3 times therefore it should be about 3 million yen……

As expected, I should see what’s behind this.  Let’s not jump right off the bat, I need to get more information before making a deal.

「I don’t have anymore of those salt, I’m sorry.」 「Is that so, it’s regrettable.」

「In fact, we came to the merchant guild because there is something I would like to ask.」 「You want to ask?」 「I want to ask about【Elixir】.」 「【Elixir】!?」

As soon as I mentioned【Elixir】, Gilde’s face turned pale. What’s wrong exactly?

「Is something wrong?」 「Seiji-sama, it may not be beneficial to you.」 「Well, what do you mean?」

「You win…… All I know is this certain gentleman wants a stock of that salt so much, naturally because that【Salt】is one of the ingredients of【Elixir】.」

What did you say!? 【Salt】is one of the ingredients of【Elixir】!?  I tried my best to hide my astonishment.

「R-really now.」 「It’s the truth.」

Did you mean,【Aristocracy Union Knight Leader】bought the【Salt】last time and used it to make an【Elixir】to heal his wrist?

「Did you mean, the client is【Aristocracy Union Knight Leader】?」

「!!? ……H-how did you know that much…… please forgive me for asking a confidential matter.」 「Oh, I understand now.」