The ship of the sther rchant Association, which Lovren had led us to, was small but had a rather grand appearance. The railings were carved, and there were even plants on the deck. This place might have even been regarded as the lobby of an ordinary rchant association already.
The entire ship itself seed to belong to sther rchant Association
At first, I thought it was a rather ordinary thing, but apparently, it was difficult for a small business association to even own a single ship here, so they’d rent a corner of a large ship to use as their office. In other words, they were using the so-called tenant system.
With that in mind, I could tell how wealthy the sther rchant Company was, as they could own an entire ship in this Comrcial Fleet.
I wondered if they would listen to us when we suddenly visited such a rchant association... But to my surprise, we were able to et with their top brass without much difficulty.
「I heard that you, one of the top Adventurers in this lake, ca to visit us unexpectedly」
It seed that it was thanks to Lovren that we didn’t have to wait long. But co to think of it, there was no way that a rchant association of this size did not know Lovren, a famous Adventurer around this lake.
「Could you introduce to the young miss beside you?」
「She is Fran. Even though she looks like this, she’s still an Adventurer, you know? She’s been a great help to 」
「Nn. I’m Fran」
「I see. My na is Gregory from the sther rchant Association. I am pleased to be able to make your acquaintance」
He hadn’t realized that Fran was the Black Lightning Princess? Although he was polite, I felt like he was treating her as a companion of Lovren up till now.
「So, what can I do for you today? If there’s anything you need, I’ll do my best to get it for you」
「Thanks, I appreciate your kindness, but I’m not here to make a deal today」
「Hou?」
The conversation started with a smile. But soon enough, the other side’s face turned grim.
「Actually, I’m working on a request from the Adventurer’s Guild. I was hoping you could help with my investigation」
「Investigation?」
「We’re investigating the anomaly in the lake」
The mont Lovren said that Gregory stiffened for a mont. It was only for a mont. His expression did not change, neither did his voice.
But for us, who had strong suspicions from the start, even that was enough of a hint. Both Lovren and Fran looked convinced that Gregory knew sothing.
「Hohou? Then what brings you to our rchant association? I don’t think there’s anything I can do to help you with your investigation about the lake, right?」
「Then, would you mind showing the bookkeeping records and the warehouse of sther rchant Association?」
「What did you say!?」
We know that they may have prepared a forged version of their bookkeeping. But our purpose was to see how the other party would react.
And if they really did bring out fake bookkeeping records, we might be able to use it as evidence to prove their cris. No matter how well they did their bookkeeping, it could never be perfect.
「Can you please let check all the bookkeeping records containing the sales records of the Scarlet Waterweed potion at sther rchant Association, as well as the storage warehouse where the Scarlet Waterweed potion is stored?」
Having been convinced that the sther rchant association was hiding sothing, Lovren beca quite bold.
「Hahaha. What are you talking about... you know that’s impossible, right? It’s our rchant association’s trade secret after all」
「That’s why I’m asking you to do sothing about it」
「Do you have any suspicions about our rchant association? Do you think we have sothing to do with this incident?」
「Well, yes」
「That’s ridiculous. Our rchant association has nothing to do with it」
Gregory stood up with a stern expression on his face. It was probably his way of saying that he had nothing more to say.
「Please leave now. It’s truly a sha, Lovren-dono. I thought you were a respectable man for an Adventurer. We’ll never do business with you again」
Gregory turned away and walked toward the doors.
But we couldn’t let him get away. After all, this guy had lied about a lot of things. Not only did he say that there was nothing he could do to help in the investigation of the lake, but he also lied about his claim that they had nothing to do with the lake’s anomaly.
He was really suspicious.
『Fran, this guy definitely knows a lot』
「Nn. Wait. I still have sothing to talk」
「But I don’t」
「Maybe you don’t, but I have」
Fran’s words made Gregory look even more pissed. But before he could raise his voice in anger, Lovren opened his mouth.
「And also, unlike , she’s working on a commission from a different place. We’re just working together on the investigation」
「From different place?」
「Fran-san has been entrusted with full authority by Weena Rhyn to investigate the recent anomaly」
「Weena Rhyn, you said!? A kid like her is working for her...?」
「Fufu. She is indeed a kid, but her strength is well known. She’s a B-ranked adventurer that even has her own alias, and she also happens to be a special instructor at the Academy of Magic」
「What...!? An alias!? Could it be, she’s the Black Lightning Princess...!?」
「Nn. I’m Fran, a B-ranked adventurer. Nice to et you」
「I can vouch for her identity」
When Lovren said so, Gregory stopped in his tracks.
He seems to be struggling with sothing.
But it was no surprise. I suspected that Gregory just wanted to pretend to be angry and make Lovren and Fran leave.
However, it was a different story when Weena Rhyn’s na was ntioned. To put it bluntly, she was a much more influential figure in this country than the Royal Family. There was no way that a re rchant association would refuse an order from soone who claid to be Weena Rhyn’s representative.
If he still refused to allow us to check their bookkeeping records and warehouse, it’s like he was saying that he had sothing to hide.
Lovren already had so clues and was suspicious of the sther rchant Association. So, if he still refused Fran’s request to conduct an investigation even after she ntioned Weena Rhyn’s na here, his suspicions would be confird.
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Well, Fran and Lovren were already convinced of it, but it seems Gregory thought that he could still handle this.
With Lovren’s confirmation, there was no doubt that Fran was Weena Rhyn’s representative. I suppose he could argue that it was just hard to believe, but...
Gregory froze for about ten seconds, but eventually, he nodded bitterly.
「Very well then. But since it will take so ti to prepare for the bookkeeping records, let show you our warehouse first」
Gregory called a person and told him to lead us to the warehouse. Then he said that he would prepare the bookkeeping records while we checked the warehouse and then left.
I attached a piece of string that I had created using my transformation skill to Gregory. If it was soone like Gregory, he wouldn’t even notice it. Well, if he turned around for no reason, he might see it though.
However, I managed to remain undetected. Gregory ordered his n with a yell, and they were clearly visible through the thread. No matter how thin it was, it was still a part of .
「Oi! We’ll have to advance our plans! Hurry up and prepare to withdraw to the holand!」
「Is sothing went wrong?」
「The Adventurers have noticed us!」
「Th-that is... How could a re Adventurer notice our plan...!?」
「Idiots! Do you really believe all that propaganda about them being incompetents and incapable of doing anything was real? I’ve told you to think of them as being on par with the Red Knights, right!?」
「I-I’m sorry」
「Enough. Anyway, I’ll leave the preparations for the withdrawal to you. And also, tell the President」
「V-very well. But what about the Adventurers?」
「I’ve ordered soone to take them to our third warehouse. The rest can be left to that creepy corpse. I’m sure it’ll be happy to kill them」
「A-are you sure?」
「According to that man, those black corpses are stronger than the Red Knights. So, I’m sure it’ll be fine」
As I’d expected, there was no way he would just let us check their warehouses so easily, and it seed like sothing was waiting for us there. But, corpse, he said? In other words, it was an undead? He even said that they would withdraw to their holand, didn’t he? It seed that these people were from another country――from the Kingdom of Raidos, I guess.
(Master, how is it?)
『It seems that an enemy is waiting for you at the warehouse. Stay alert』
(Nn. Okay)
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