Chapter 436. Merchant and the Scales of Conscience (2) He also has self-awareness.
Trap the low-end merchants to clear their debts, then make them desperately pay off their debts and engage in smuggling.
I don’t know how dirty this is.
If not, I wouldn’t have chosen this way in the first place.
There is also sympathy.
But only sympathy.
“I can’t help it. What can I do to earn gold coins?”
In a world like this, this is the only way for a half-sized business to survive.
Yes, only these dirty ways he gave me.
Isn’t that better than starving to death?
Everything is better than the karma of a greedy merchant.
“That’s right.”
Cagin didn’t blame him either.
He, too, agreed with a curious look in his eyes.
“What can I do to make money?”
After coming out of Budell’s shop, Elyom heard footsteps chasing him.
‘…Wow, are they really chasing you? Is it real?’
Ellium, who deliberately turned around and moved through an alley with few people, tasted the feeling of being moved by their uniformity.
‘I just expected that they wouldn’t let go. Isn’t this too much?’
Before she informed the company of her intention to leave, she had told the inn she always stayed at and the merchants she knew beforehand.
It was good enough for now.
It was because as soon as I left the store, I heard signs of people following me.
Even though she looks like this, the reason she has survived so far is because she has better senses such as eyesight and hearing than others thanks to her mixed blood with a beastman.
Until now, there have been several times when I noticed the danger ahead of time and avoided it.
It is the same this time.
Well, normally, she would have shied away, but she deliberately let her opponent chase after her.
It’s a really bold thing to think about.
In a situation where even a little life could come and go, he dared to attract an opponent with a knife.
There was a level of awareness that it was something he could not do if he was his usual self.
‘Well… because I’m sure. but.’
By the time she had walked to the point where she was completely out of sight of others.
At last, a presence blocked her from both sides.
A group of four, two each with their faces covered, blocked her back and forth at the end of the street.
“Did I really think I would be so reticent?”
I try to talk, but I can’t answer anything.
In any case, there is darkness.
It would be easy to make a mediocre merchant’s mouth heavy without even knowing a mouse or a bird.
It is possible to move only five or six gold coins.
Thinking about it really made my mouth ache.
A person’s life is five or six gold coins, so that’s it.
I don’t know if it’s cheap or expensive.
However, money is as attractive as it is to think that it is unfair.
She raised her eyebrows at this thought.
As expected.
“…Well, actually, it’s cheap, but I mean.”
As soon as she laughed, the assailants flinched.
It’s hard to believe that this was the reaction of someone who had been attacked by surprise.
And soon you realize
The duo who blocked Elrium’s back were suddenly caught by a woman who had jumped off the building, and they slammed into the walls on either side and fell silent.
“Aigoo~ It’s not too hard to sell yourself. Did you really rush? Looking at this, even the merchants seem to be having a hard time eating it.”
The escort Seinaga brought by Arel appeared casually with an expression that he was blocked.
“..!!”
The remaining two widened their eyes at the sudden uninvited guest, as well as the presence of her who took care of two of their colleagues at once.
Only then did they understand.
It was they who were induced in reverse.
From the beginning, who was aiming and who was being targeted?
The premise was the opposite.
“When I was young, it looked so great when peddlers came to the village sometimes. I feel like I’m making a lot of money.
It was an object of admiration for children. But no.”
“…That’s a common fantasy.”
When Elrium replied in a bitter voice, Seina roughly kicked the saggy assailant away into a corner of the alleyway and shrugged her shoulders.
“But looking at this, it seems that this side is also having a hard time making ends meet.”
“Nothing is easy in this world.”
“It looks like that. There are also scammers and there are guys who are aiming for pockets like this. It’s scary.”
Seina deliberately joked while glaring at the other two.
“It’s a shame I passed by accidentally.
It could have been really bad.”
“For that coincidence, I also want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am alive thanks to you.”
As they talked, Elium glared at the two remaining assailants.
“Well, it seems rather unlucky for them.”
Chit! Talking wildly!”
i like it by accident
It was clearly known that it would attack and induced it.
He clicked his tongue and quickly turned and ran away.
He quickly gave up on the request.
Although it was a request from the higher society, this was obviously an unexpected situation.
There’s no reason to do what you’re told to do, even taking risks.
‘Obviously he’s not an ordinary person!’
I was convinced that the level of the scoundrels living in a corner of the city would not be able to defeat them.
‘That’s real.’
In a way, it’s a very wise decision.
With the guys running away without looking back like that, Elium looked devastated in the direction they fled.
“Are you running away? Is it okay if I leave it alone?
“Don’t worry, Mr. Merchant. I don’t miss it.”
On the other hand, Seina took her time and walked out.
There’s no reason to be anxious.
If your opponent is a trained professional, you can pay attention, but at best, you’ve hired a slob running around the corner of the city.
“I memorized the sign. How far will I have to go if I run away?”
“…That’s right.”
“Mr. Merchant is not going to die.”
There is no reason to speculate.
Elyom went back without hesitation.
Seina lightly untied her hands and chased after them.
Chasing after the kids who don’t know how to hide their presence is because it was extremely simple for her now.
It was on purpose that he had to be so relaxed.
“Then I don’t know what Arel-nim is trying to do. I’m not going to tidy it up for now.”
In fact, I didn’t tell Eliom, but there were more assailants.
It seems that she was quite wary of things like that or something.
I only left four people as an example to her to warn her.
It was intended to show her that he was dealing with them directly in front of her, and to put a bluff in advance so that he would not say anything about it.
Arel asked me to show that much on purpose so that she would truly despise them and turn her back on me.
Perhaps Arel knew from the beginning that she was measuring between the two sides which line was stronger at the end.
And by now, the real conclusion must have been reached.
“Then I don’t want you to cheer up.”
Seina murmured and followed them to pursue the rest of them.
A few guys got used to it.
They are the ones who crawled in without knowing the subject even after being scolded last time.
This time, it was necessary to engrave some lessons.
Apart from what Arel thinks, that’s because it’s her job as an escort.
“Haa, I thought I would just hang out with Arel-nim this time.”
Seina grumbled half-jokingly and followed the trail.
After returning to the inn where he was staying, Elim let out a deep breath as if relieved.
The air in the lungs spontaneously escapes like tension at once.
That Seinara got help from the escort, but still, you never know.
If you’ve reached this point, there are many eyes on you, so you can rest easy now.
‘…It really turned out as he said.’
All of this ended up being as Arel advised.
‘It’s obvious that they’ll abandon you anyway.’
Having said that, he predicted that this would happen.
Well, she half thought that too.
Because he already knew that they looked down on her.
“…It really happened that way.”
“yes?”
As if Arel had been waiting for her, she talked to herself.
Looking back, I wonder if he was drinking alone.
I hope you’ve been waiting
Elliot was slightly surprised.
“Could it be that I can be alone without an escort?”
“well? Seina told me to wait… is there anything special?”
Arel himself shrugged his shoulders, saying he was not worried.
“How does that make you feel?”
Elliot shut his mouth.
Even if you already know in preparation, you really can’t think of words to express when you really check how they treat low-level merchants like themselves.
“You seem like the type who doesn’t talk much when angry?”
On the other hand, Arel is smirking as if it were a stranger.
Actually, it’s someone else’s job.
“how is it? Do you still feel like you want to notice that company?”
“…It can’t be. Worst of all.”
Elliot struggled to control his emotions and gave a sneer.
Well, if you make a tearful face here, it won’t be the reaction the other person wants, and it won’t cost you a penny.
To a merchant, whining is unnecessary except when trading.
“I am starting to see them as insignificant. Yes, no.”
“Yes, I think that answer will suffice.”
Arel nodded a couple of times.
Perhaps she fully understood that you had enough heart to turn your back on him.
“Arel-nim, what should I do now?”
he said.
He said that he would give them a chance to pay back many times over, not just transfer.
Of course, if it’s retaliation, accusation is enough.
In addition, if it was Arel, it would be possible to get rid of her only through the price of the deal.
But it doesn’t fill the castle.
I wanted to make him pay a more serious price as he suggested.
She wanted that too.
“Simple.”
Arel picked up a roasted bean he was eating as a snack, peeled the bean’s skin, and shook the remaining bean pod while chewing on the kernel.
“If you are a merchant, you should take revenge like a merchant, right?
I need to get rid of it like this. is not it?”
Revenge a merchant can do.
Even without hearing the method, it came to her mind.
“I’ll leave you with a little business.
Would you like to try it? Including the test to see if you can do it right.”
“Yes, I would rather ask.”
she is adamant
“Money is money and white is white. You have to pay that way to be a merchant, right?”
It would be completely determined.
“There is something I want to try.”
“Ohh? Say it.”
He calmly listened to her suggestion.
It’s as if you’re deliberately trying to get into a fight using resentment.
* * *
After 2 weeks.
Cherpal of Budell’s office frowned at the disturbing news that came one after another.
Even if it wasn’t so, he had been a little uncomfortable since he had lost sight of Elrium.
I don’t think a low-end merchant would do anything.
But the problem wasn’t that.
Heard unexpected news.
“…products using eyes don’t sell?”
“The response has noticeably decreased compared to before.”
The smuggling through the eyes stopped after Elyom escaped.
There was also a judgment that it was more dangerous anyway.
But even with that out of the way, products using snow would still be in demand for a while.
At least for the next two months or so, it should hold up steadily.
Could it be that there was a mistake in your eyes?
he questioned.
“Has the demand already fallen…? It’s a shame. Then I’ll have to reconsider this business soon.”
He clicked his tongue and revised the list of products he handled in his head.
However, she has no lingering attachments to others.
