8-25. Parting at Duchy Capital Night
Satou’s here. Infiltrating the enemy camp to save your friends and lover who have been caught. It’s a classic scene in movies, but it’s sothing that doesn’t quite happen in real life. However, looks like it’s common in the other world...
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"Hufh, it’s karaage af-ter-a-long-while."
"Yay~?" "Karaage nanodesu~"
Arisa is delighted to see karaage on her own plate.
She was also prohibited to eat deep fried food for the past one week after all. I forgot Arisa’s age, so the diet was too effective, thus I changed the plan to only forbid her on snacking, and overeating. Of course, I did not tell Arisa about the miscalculation. I only told her that I’d make it laxer.
Mia’s shares are seasoned rice in a bamboo shoot and boiled vegetables. Even though the bamboo shoot looks like a green bamboo, it can be eaten like a normal bamboo shoot, it’s a fantasy ingredient. I’d have liked if I don’t have to peel it, but it wasn’t quite that lenient.
"Euh? What’s this karaage? It’s not a chicken, nor a pork. I think I’ve eaten this before, but I can’t rember~."
When Arisa is still chewing one piece of the karaage, the three beastkin girls ask for more, so I take out the [Whale] karaage from the heating magic tool and put it on the platter.
I have a lot, so eat as much as you like.
It was outside of my calculation to have that much. Considering where it cos from, it’s not like I cannot hold a whale at festival carefreely, but it’ll be a waste.
If I had just acquired it sooner, I could bring it to baron Muno territory via transporter, but the food situation in the territory has already been improved. Or I should say arranged instead I guess.
During the tea parties, the chattering noble won told about nobles who were troubled as to where they could direct those kind of items. Thanks to that, I procured things like old rice, dried fish, and pickled vegetables in large quantities cheaply. They’re currently being transported to baron Muno territory. I’ve hired guards to escort them due to the sheer quantities. Since they’re introduced by the viscount Shin, an influential man in the duchy capital, they must be reliable.
Let’s return to the topic.
While Arisa continues chewing, she finally rembers what the at is made from.
"I know, it’s whale right!"
As expected of Arisa.
"They ca out as Yamatoni, or Tatsutaage during lunch a long ti ago~ but, you did well to get sothing like whale at."
"Yeah, the goods arrived just at the right ti."
Yes, Arisa didn’t see the great monstrous fish. Therefore, she doesn’t notice that great monstrous fish = whale. There’s this words of wisdom that says ignorance is a bliss.
"Hamburg steak is the strongest, but whale karaage is eveen stronger nodesu!"
"Delish~"
Tama wolfs down the karaage while doing impression like a Nagoya person. I’m glad that it’s to their liking.
"Master, isn’t this at sothing that’s quite expensive? I feel like my power swells up every ti I bite it."
I wonder. I didn’t experience such thing when I food-tasted it in advance for poison before, but that might be Liza’s expression for the deliciousness.
"Every biteful~""The at is pulsing nanodesu."
Un, Pochi. I understand, that you like it, but eat it calmly. Please don’t say scary things like pulsing at.
You made rember at-man that ca out in an old ga.
"It’s truly delicious. Pochi, Tama, I have reserved that karaage. Be content with the karaage on the forks on both of your hands. Ah, Nana, don’t eat it so off-handedly, savor the taste more. Lulu, don’t be so modest, eat more."
And also Liza, calm down.
Everyone asks for second helping so much, they can’t eat calmly. It might have been a mistake to take the karaage out of the heating magic tool to the large platter.
Seasoned bamboo shoot rice and whale karaage go well together, but I should prohibit it.
"Uuu, Satou."
I have to promise the sulking Mia a new sweets, but well it can’t be helped. I should invent more food other than at.
I thought of treating lady Karina and her maids too, but they were out for the promise with the little brother-kun.
We’re planning to depart from the duchy capital in the morning of the day after tomorrow, so I guess I should make a bit of feast for tomorrow night.
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The last day of the dark auction is wrapped in bizarre enthusiasm.
The princess of the fallen kingdom is going to be exhibited today, that might be the reason. I feel like this world have poisoned a bit as I have beco soone who can plainly accept the fact that people are being sold like commodities.
This auction hall is as large as a theater hall, the first floor is filled with seats for general bidders, while the second floor has box seats-like seats for nobles. Since the agent man from before has secured one seat on the noble seating in consideration of , this ti I can bid the exhibited items relaxedly. As expected, the people who work as agents are nicely attentive. They’d make misunderstand like I’m a VIP if they gave such service.
The first exhibition was for my casted magic sword, and it was imdiately won. I tried to offer 10 set of it in jest, but they were all sold just like that. The one who’s bought it is the military accountant that has requested it. The casted magic swords have the na Nanashi inscriptions just like before. The swords are sharp-pointed one-handed swords, which are the most popular form in the duchy capital.
Actually, there aren’t only these 10 casted magic swords, I have scattered another 10 to be exhibited. It’s not only swords, I’ve also mixed in Magic Halberds among them. I’ve added it since there’s this person who lost the bidding against the military accountant before. I also made three tis more the sa kind dicines as before to be exhibited here.
Since the agent is excellent, they’re probably going to be sold out soon.
There’s a rare item called [Gift Orb] being exhibited.
It seems like it can give the user a skill. The one being exhibited now is the [Fire Magic Skill Gift Orb]. After so fierce competition, it was sold for 200 gold coins.
According to the agent’s story, Gift Orbs always gets sold at high price. They cos from the labyrinth city, and only five of them appear in the market in a year it seems. Looks like Gift Orbs that are not used for 10 years will lose their effects.
I ask the agent if there’s anyone who has Chanting skill Gift Orb, but he doesn’t seem to know. It’d be troubleso if he beca suspicious, so I didn’t ask about [Chanting] in pinpoint. I asked about 5-6 skills.
The bidding for [Aerodynamic Engine of Airship] is unexpectedly unpopular.
Calling it match-fixing would be bad, but it seed that it was arranged for the powerful nobles who wanted this kind of item.
Of course I also didn’t bid.
When I was visiting the airship garage at the duke castle, the factory manager whom I beca acquainted with told that they will be servicing a broken air power engine in a few days, so he was currently in break. It’s most likely this one. I’m going to prepare for departure tomorrow, but I’ll go there and ask if I can see the exposed parts of the engine.
The thing that I wanted the most [Research Book of Ancient Language] turned out to be sothing that went way over my expectation.
However I look at it, it looks like a half-size note book. It’s probably a belonging of a transported person. I had told the agent that I would bid up to 40 gold coins, but I raised the limit until 300 gold coins. With this, I’ll cry if the note contains things like self-poetries, or grudge notes.
Thanks to a guy who competed desperately, the price was raised too much. I could have easily bought it for 10 gold coins if that guy wasn’t here, but he opened the bid with 114 gold coins outright.
The agent told the bidder, so I looked at him, turned out it was an acquaintance.
The heck are you doing hero.
I had prepared myself to compete with the hero again for the next item, [An Unknown Black Plank], but since he didn’t bid for it for so reason, I was able to buy [Smartphone] for 23 gold coins. I’ve never seen the phone, and it also has unfamiliar maker, but it’s probably a smartphone. I wonder if the battery is drained, the electricity doesn’t run even after I’ve pushed the switch.
It’s probably sothing that the human who has [Research Book of Ancient Language] kept. I asked the agent if they could sell the way they obtained the items. I set the upper limit of the information to be 10 gold coins.
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And then, the [Princess of Fallen Kingdom] is exhibited. It’s a 9 years old girl who’s completely white.
Tama is cuter, but this girl is quite cute too.
She’s a forr princess of white-haired tigerkin. That reminds , the tigerkin kingdom was invaded by the weaselkin kingdom wasn’t it.
I finally understand now.
This is the reason why several beastkin people are gathering in the sewers since a while ago, they’re going to infiltrate this hall. Looks like so of them are infiltrating from the ventilation duct. There’s no one who guards that place so it’s fine, but the operation will be blown if anyone sees them. I secretly push back a squirrelkin girl who’s broken her balance and is going to fall with [Magic Hand].
The bidding is getting heated, it’s been raised until 120 gold coins. Both bidders are humans. One is a noble from the duchy capital, but the other is a noble from a kingdom I’ve never heard. The forr is easy to understand from his lustful expression, but the latter has bloodshot eyes that are scary. Looks like he has so kind of grudges.
I feel the presence of magic, so I look over the location where it cos from, there’s a man who produces a black ball. Apparently, that ball is going to erase the illumination in this room.
A voice shouts out "Fire!" with a cliché voice from the direction of east exit and co the white smoke. When the panic is building up, the light disappear, and the rescue team that has infiltrated from the sewer saves the tiger princess.
Nice~ I feel like seeing so kind of movie.
Since it seems like they’ll be surrounded by the guarding soldiers, I secretly give them helps them with [Magic hand] under the cover of the darkness. Since the foreign noble from earlier had started to chant Firebolt magic, I used [Magic Hand] to make him faint with a suitable-looking jar. What a dangerous guy.
I invoked [Clairhearing] beside the tiger princess, so I could hear various things.
>[White-tigerkin Language Skill Acquired]
Oops, they’re conversing in their native language huh. I allocate a bit of points to it. It’ll be fine to just complent the small nuances in my brain.
『Princess Runya, I’ve co for you.』
『Galgaoron-sama, I believed that you would surely ca to help .』
『Gal-aniki, we should escape soon.』
『That’s right, leaving aside the weaselkins, we absolutely won’t be able to escape if the duke guards co.』
『Alright, let’s pull back!』
『『Ou!』』
Since the voice sounds familiar, I look at them in darkness, they’re faces that I know after all. It’s the white tiger-kun and his follower from that ti. Even though he’s soone who rescues a little girl, he’s also kicking sea lion-kin children huh. I intended to help their escape, but that has disappeared sohow. Do your best for the rest.
When I heard about it later, so tigerkins lost their lives to the pursuit force, but it seems that the tiger princess has safely escaped. I’m not that interested with them, but I check the map in order to avoid getting involved, they’re moving through the forest toward the royal capital of Shiga kingdom, not the tigerkin country. They’re probably going for the self-dominion of beastkin. Since they’re going to the opposite direction to where we’re going, we won’t et them again.
Actually, a human forr princess was going to be exhibited after the tiger princess.
However, since the auction was suspended due to this disturbance, she was entrusted to the duke’s house by the duke’s recomndation. I’m not privy of the detail, but she seems to be an illegitimate princess of the kingdom where the fiance of princess nea cos from.
Now, then, after earning abnormal amount of inco, and shake off the ones tailing , let’s go on a stroll on the night town.
I have no ulterior motives, I’m just going on a stroll.
Even though I returned with candy set as souvenirs, I got accused of playing around at night for so reason.
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