The companys people divided the captured bandits into three groups, tied them with a different rope for each group, and then tied them again to a tree that has a bit of distance with each other .
Like this, It would be almost impossible for them to run away suddenly .
The three divided groups are probably for the three carriages to carry, and also to avoid making false reports at the ti when the rchants were being questioned face-to-face after handing them over to the officers via the towns guild, I think .
Ah, of course, I cannot simply transfer the 18 bandits and the carriages, hence, we used ropes for them to walk along with the carriages .
If they stop walking, they will be dragged by the carriage and fall together with their friends who were also tied up with a rope . And, even if its not an asphalt road, the road will still be able to make a certain grated daikon .
(rchant) Please, sit over here!
The person who seems to be the rchant, lead us to the shade by the carriage . He intentionally took down the boxes from the carriage for us and set up the seats and the table . Although its just a wooden box, its properly covered with a cloth .
I would normally sit on the ground as it is, but its still a great service to be treated like this .
The rchant couple also sat on the chair because it will be difficult to talk with each other if its only us who is sitting on the chair while they are sitting on the ground . Other than the rchant and his wife, the others are properly sitting on the ground or large stones .
The food was already on top of the temporary table . It seems that the food preparation had been in progress while the others were tying up the bandits .
Hard bread, dried at, dried apples, and water .
They didnt have ti to boil the water because they didnt want to keep us waiting . Hence, there was no soup prepared . Sabine-chans expression was gloomy due to the nu were even less than expected .
However, the amount of dried at and dried apples is quite high . Maybe its a special service .
Colette-chans diet has improved significantly since she starts living with , but she used to be in a rural life in the countryside . Compared to those days, its already a great satisfaction even if its only dried at and dried fruits .
As soon as we got to the seat, the rchant couple also got to their seat and started the al together .
There were no long speeches or toasts before the al . We will talk while eating slowly, thus, it will take ti to finish .
When I bit the hard bread a little, the rchant started talking .
(rchant) Princess Shrine Maiden-sama, we are truly indebted to you for saving us that ti
(Mitsuha) Aaaah please stop it! my back beca itchy if you call like that! Please just call Mitsuha!
(rchant) Eh . . but that is
After persuading the wavered rchant to call with only Mitsuha, at first it beca Mitsuha-sama, but I persuaded him even further and we finally settled with Mitsuha-san .
I wont be able to have human relations or talk normally when Im called with -sama .
(TL Note: the translation was make humans that is the sa like make friends . . so yeah . . its exaggerated . ( `) )
(Mitsuha) So, yeah, thats why we travel to various kingdoms and would like to see here and there
Of course, honestly speaking, theres no way I can say ~for making treaties with each kingdom . Its a story related to the national strategy, which is a state secret . Hence, its not sothing you can recklessly talk to everyone . Especially to the rchants .
Therefore, I made up an appropriate reason and decided that it was an excursion .
In fact, I dont want to be publicly known that much by other kingdoms .
If theres a rumor that a girl who had repulsed the invasion of the empire alone has co, it will be easy to imagine what kind of attitude the other kingdom will take .
Thus, from the outside, it will simply be the kingdoms elite unit has defeated the imperial army, and the brave noble girl who took the lead in order to raise morale was honored for her achievents and was given a Viscount title .
Of course, the residents from the royal capital, including the people who were in the royal capital at that ti, wont believe in such story . Additionally, among them, there were quite few spies and rchants from other kingdoms .
However, they cannot complain about the official announcent from the kingdom, nor can ask questions as a representative from the other kingdom .
If they do such a thing, their kingdom will be insulted and there will be many obstacles coming to them . That would supposedly be bad . Especially against a kingdom that might have been blessed by a goddess .
That is why so information was also flowing among the commoner through rchants and such in nearby kingdoms . However, if they got a little drifted away, the rumors wont spread widely . Between the commoner, that is
Of course, the royalties and higher-ranked nobles of so kingdoms will be inford only to the extent that the residents from the royal capital know .
However, even if soone went all the way to spill uncertain information such as other kingdom seems to have been protected by the goddess too, it wont make profit for them at all, and conversely, only disadvantages will be expected . So, they leave the information diffused .
The lower-ranked nobles may have so knowledge from so inford people, but most will know only to the extent of unreliable rumors .
But, what needs to be worried about is that .
Yes, my figure has spread .
How far has it spread? And what is the amount of information attached to it . . ?
Aah . . it was a blunder
Well, lets leave it at that, and now back to my conversation with the rchant .
(rchant) So, you are going to the royal capital of our kingdom after this?
(Mitsuha) Ah, yes, thats the plan . we plan to stay in a suitable town sowhere beyond the big river tonight .
(rchant) Eh? But it will still take tens of kiloters from the main road to cross the Alm River Ah, no, its nothing .
The rchant said so and glanced at our car .
Yup, since a while ago, they were eyeing on it, right~
I want to know! What exactly is that!?
Such an aura stands out from the rchant and the others . But I deliberately ignored it .
(Mitsuha) Um, everyone, who are you in the kingdom?
If my information is shared one-sidedly, the balance wont match . We also have to get information!
(rchant) Oh, yes, we are a variety rchant group Rim Trader, going straight from the capital until the border, then turning a little along the border to head to the capital again . By this, the goods from the royal capital can be sold in the frontier area, and the goods from the frontier area can be brought ho to the royal capital .
Well, thats . . , the towns and villages near the border have the influx of goods from the neighboring kingdoms, to put it bluntly, smuggled goods . Those goods are safely stocked at the price which they were brought in before excluding the carry-on taxes, therefore it makes a fair amount of profit
Uwaah that was a straight ball!
Well, the rchants are not involved in smuggling it, they are just buying it normally, so theres no problem . Besides, we have recognized each other so there wont be any possibility that us, who have heard it, will report it to the officials .
(Mitsuha) Well then, you guys know my identity, right? From where do you . .
Yes, here is what I want to check .
(rchant) Yes, it was from rchants connection, we could get it from rchants who happened to be in our kingdom, who ca to do business, who wanted to gather information in the comrcial guild, and such
And, I received a picture from a colleague . Its this . .
The rchant took out the picture from the pocket and of course, it was that one .
Not the replacent card version for the tournant, but the color version that was sold later .
(rchant) I always carried it with when I went travelling for business . Well, its so kind of a lucky charm for and this ti, it might be thanks to this thing that we were saved .
Well, it might be if he said it like that . Such is the fate between people .
(rchant) one picture was one gold coin . .
(Mitsuha) What the heeeeecckk!?
100 tis the original value .
No, even the original price is the costs of a simple printed matter .
Nevertheless, its cruel .
(rchant) No, it was a really good purchase, you see I have to thank that rchant later
Supply and demand .
Custor satisfaction .
Werent those the words that I had uttered?
But, sohow, Its not stupid .
One picture for one gold coin .
No, well, Its still fine!
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