Disciple of Immortal
Lesson 25: Protecting the Lost
When I hurried back to [Fairy's Feather]... a sign was hanging on the door of the store that was closed.
... after all, Pomera was tough on her own.
It would still have been difficult to tell Philia about the store.
Together with Mel and Rosmond, I was on my way to meet, negotiate and contract with the leading merchants of the city of Polo Rock, under the introduction of the female merchant Isabella.
However, Mel, the shopkeeper, was the one I needed most, and her assistant seemed to have done enough Rosmond, so I decided to go back to [Fairy's Feather].
Today, with Isabella's suggestion that we should not close the store as much as possible, I was forced to turn Pomera alone while the number of products was unacceptable, but... it seems that the limit has arrived.
"... are you okay, Mr. Pomera?"
I opened the door and called out, but there was no response.
I couldn't see her.
In the back of the store, there was a pomera struggling in front of a bunch of documents.
"Ah! Kanata-san, are you finally back..."
Pomera exhales a deep, reassuring breath.
"What, is that the paperwork...?"
"The contract or application that Isabella brought back... the sooner the better." After all, I can't do anything without Mel, but for now, Pomera is looking at it so that I can explain to her. "
"I see... that's why you closed the store."
"That's true... but I couldn't stand the merchants who persistently pushed me to sign up for products full of missing items, lines of unreduced customers, a pile of unanswered questions to check my inventory, and I ran away to check my documents... I'm sorry"
Pomera mouths without strength.
"No, no... you did a good job, Pomera-san." I knew there wasn't enough manpower, so maybe I should have kept it closed from the beginning... "
I smile so bitterly, and then I look around the store again.
"...... Where's Philia?"
"That's why... it looks like Pomera's eyes are turning away and things are getting complicated."
"Something complicated...?"
When I heard it back, Pomera nodded.
"Before I knew it, Philia-chan was out of the shop and walking outside... and she seemed to be lost."
Philia left the store on her own....?
Philia is innocent, but as far as I know, she doesn't behave too selfishly.
It was unusual for Pomera to burst out on her own without any objection.
That said, since [Fairy's Feather] got really busy, the contract continued to have sales, store numbers, and product brush-ups... and Philia couldn't care less.
Philia may have missed you, too.
"You know I got lost out there...?" I'm sorry, I don't see much of a situation.... "
"Ah, no, it seems that Filia-chan has already been protected by a kind person." When I saw a child walking near the dark zone, I became anxious and called out to him and let him rest at a nearby house... Someone like that came and told me about it. ”
"I see... then you've already solved your stray."
I thought Philia was completely missing.
However, if it is already protected, isn't there any problem anymore?
"I immediately tried to pick up Filia-chan, but I wanted her to wait because it might be a mistake, so Pomera was also spinning the store, so I decided to wait for her at [Fairy's Feather]. However, that was almost an hour ago..."
However, they may have brought Philia out there, so it seems that she was struggling to decide whether she should go or wait...
"Now that I'm back and we're alone, I'm not going to let you in." I can't let you stay too long and cause trouble.... because Philia is so stubborn, she could cause some ridiculous problems. I'll go get Philia. I don't know if it's the other person's place..... "
"... that was the most complicated point, and I was left with it."
Pomera hands me a card.
I thought it was a business card, but it was strangely thick and decorated with gold.
... somehow, I had a bad feeling.
"Greed Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Greed..."
After I read the sentence, I raised my eyes and made face with Pomera.
"You're even more of an enemy boss..."
Mel is at odds with Wonts, the town of the Greed Chamber of Commerce.
In the first place, the reason that Wonz became seriously hostile was apparently the result of Greedo, the chairman of the chamber of commerce, being reluctant to show up as an unexpected leading merchant.
And Isabella, one of the towns of the Gleed Chamber of Commerce, who was with Mel, spoke of substantial hostility with Gleed, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.
Isabella was obsessed with black magic and seemed to be hiding from Greedo to increase her influence in the Chamber of Commerce.
Until we get Greedo out of the Chamber... I don't think so, but he's definitely engaged in treachery.
How did Philia end up like that?
What are you doing in the first place, Greedo?
No, maybe it's Greedo's plot to protect Philia in the hall.
Isabella said that she had grown old and faded, but it was certainly a masterpiece that Greedo had become a millionaire in just one generation and entrusted the territory to become an aristocrat.
"I see... what should I do, Kanata-san?" Pomera is also scared to move easily..... "
But in that case, we're not going any further.
Should I talk to Isabella first rather than go to Greedo?
No, she's not an easy visitor either.
Anyway, should we go to Greedo's house and see what he's up to?
"...... I'm going to go see Greed." Pomera should wait for Mel and Rosemond to return... and talk to Isabella if she has the chance. ”