Chapter 593: The Rumor's Purpose
Having unexpectedly learned so valuable information from Khanna, we returned to Sheftent and t up with Lovren.
There, we also gave him the information we had received from Khanna.
「The rchant Association has ties to the Kingdom of Raidos? It’s kinda hard to believe…」
Lovren was also quite surprised. He said that the sther rchant Association, which was selling the Scarlet Waterweed dicine, was a very old rchant association with a high reputation in this country.
「We’ll need to double-check that first」
「Nn. But, Lovren didn’t notice it? That the disease wasn’t really an epidemic」
Indeed. That was what we were most curious about. Anyone who did a little research would know that the epidemic was false information, but was anyone else in the country aware of it?
「Well, yeah. In the first place, we don’t have anyone who’d investigated such things」
「Why?」
「Because there’s no one in trouble」
Although it was said that there was a shortage of Scarlet Waterweed dicine, it didn’t an that there was no distribution at all. There was always a certain amount of it available in the country. But still, it was thought that there was not enough for everyone…
「Actually, even if the disease was not endemic, I’m sure it would have been properly distributed to all patients. So, no one would be making a fuss about the shortage」
「Nn」
「And its price was still the sa as in the previous years」
Furthermore, the distribution was being handled by the sther rchant Association, a relatively big rchant association. If the source of the rumor was the sther rchant Association, no one could point out anything strange about the distribution.
After all, although it was being said that there is a “shortage of scarlet water pills,” not many people had been affected by this. The only people who had suffered were the adventurers near the lake, who had to collect more Scarlet Waterweed than usual.
「But why would they spread such rumors?」
「Well. I could understand if they wanted to raise the price of Scarlet Waterweed dicine by spreading false rumors that the disease that was not actually an epidemic had beco an epidemic… But if that was not their aim, maybe they were actually aiming at the Scarlet Waterweed dicine itself」
「What do you an?」
「They could disguise it as a dostic sale and ship it elsewhere. Like the Kingdom of Raidos for example. But I don’t know what their purpose is though」
In other words, there was a high possibility that their objective was to obtain the dicine.
「How should we investigate it then?」
「Well, I guess our best bet would be to ask around to the people in the rchant association」
Well, he was right. I would also like to hear from their top brass if possible.
「Where is the rchant association?」
「Its headquarters is in the Comrcial Fleet」
It seed that both the atelier and the headquarters of the rchant association were located in the Comrcial Fleet.
「The problem is that we can’t just barge in without an appointnt and expect them to listen to us」
「Don’t worry」
「You got a secret plan?」
「Just give them Weena Rhyn’s na」
Both Fran and I already witnessed the trendous influence Weena Rhyn had in this country.
I didn’t think there was anyone who would dare to defy us with Weena Rhyn’s na. We were already at Komon-sama level, weren’t we?
(Note Trivia (skip this if you’re not interested in these details as it is quite long XD): Mito Komon (Tokugawa Mitsukuni), was a Japanese Daimyo (feudal lord) that lived in the 17th century. During the latter half of the Edo period and the iji period, a kōdan (narrative tale) nad “Mito Mitsukuni Man’yūki” fictionalized the travels of Tokugawa Mitsukuni. This tradition of dramatizing his life continued with a novel and, in 1951, the first television series to portray him as a wanderer, masquerading as a commoner, who castigated evil in every corner of the nation. The most morable phrase of the series is 「この紋所が目に入らぬか!!」 (Kono mon dokoro ga ni hairanuka!!) “Don’t you know whose family seal is this!?” while his escort shows up with the Tokugawa family’s emblem. Well, you should get the idea about the references already)
(Another Trivia: In the light novel Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku, the main protagonist quotes Mito Komon frequently)
Moreover, she gave us a valuable but frightening assurance that she would cover things up for us.
I have no intention of abusing it, but it was tis like this that we needed to use that power.
「Hahaha. Now that you ntioned it, you’re on a mission for Weena Rhyn-sama, aren’t you? Let’s go with that strategy then」
「Nn」
We had planned to head to the Comrcial Fleet by boat at first but decided to ride on Urushi instead. It was much faster that way.
If we didn’t get lost, that was.
This lake was the size of a small country. If we ever lost our direction, we could get lost. In fact, it was said that several ships a year fail to return because of it.
This ti, however, the Comrcial Fleet was relatively close to shore, and we had a guide to lead the way. Well, there was no need to worry about getting lost, since Lovren was familiar with the route.
「I see it」
「Haha! So fast! Amazing!」
「Woof woof!」
About three hours after we left Sheftent, we had managed to find the Comrcial Fleet.
Lovren seed to be in high spirits. He seed to like the experience of riding the flying Urushi more than he thought he would.
His praises also put Urushi in a good mood.
「The ship is a little behind that one in the center. Can you go down there first?」
「Okay, Urushi」
「Woof!」
It was hard to tell from above, but it seems to be the ship of the Adventurer’s Guild. The Adventurers on deck were surprised to see Urushi descending from the sky.
So of them even raised their weapons, but the commotion quickly died down when they saw Lovren on his back.
It was a good thing we had co down here. If it had been any other ship, we might have caused a commotion.
「Well, let’s head to the sther rchant Association first」
From here, the Comrcial Fleet was apparently much more organized than I had thought. The Comrcial Fleet seed to look like a ss of ships, but in fact, the specific placent of each ship was carefully regulated.
Therefore, it seed that those who were familiar with it already knew where so things were.
「Which ship?」
「That one. The ship with the red flag」
It looked surprisingly close, but we had to take quite a detour to get there. Well, we had to move from ship to ship. Sotis we crossed a simple suspension bridge that connected the ships and even had to move from ship to ship in a small boat.
「Can’t we just ride on Urushi?」
「We can’t. It would only cause a fuss here」
Well, it couldn’t be helped. The Comrcial Fleet was just like a town after all. Flying over it on Urushi was just like running around the town on Urushi.
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