Let's Manage The Tower

Rumors of horseless carriages first appeared in the Central Continent from the northern city.

To be precise, those who came into the city using the eastern street from the northern city saw a mysterious carriage and made it into a sake dish.

The first few days reacted to something stupid, but a few days later the situation changed.

After the pilgrimage from Mixen, the pilgrims who returned to the northern city started saying the same thing.

Of course, just because you are a clergyman, you must never lie, there is no such thing as a decision.

However, by its very nature, it is fatal for a clergyman to continue lying to discredit him.

Therefore, in such a case, it is generally within the scope of common sense not to lie.

But if a priest had said the rumor, he might have laughed at it the same way.

However, in this case, because all the priests who were in the same pilgrimage line affirmed it with their mouths shut, they began to think it was true.

Once they think so, wait for the news to confirm the veracity of the rumor.

Anyway, lies don't last that long.

After all, rumors of horseless carriages continued to spread uninterrupted.

There's been a lot of sightings of the continent heading south along the streets.

Moreover, the speed was found to be faster than normal pedestrian carriages, of course, and faster than large crown caravans.

It is only natural that if such information flows, something desirable will emerge.

From adventurers who often travel, to merchants who do business, to good businessmen who want rare things, they were beginning to wonder if they could get a horseless carriage somehow.

That's when Bartolo, the guild master of the eastern city merchant guild Oro Gathering, heard rumors of horseless carriages.

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"... was it too late?"

Looking at the report from his subordinates, Bartolo murmured as he left it on his desk.

The report stated that the horseless carriage had already left the eastern city and started descending further south on the continent.

If I could, I wanted to negotiate while the horseless carriage was in the eastern city, but the idea was wasted.

"Yes, in this case, chasing them is a difficult business. It seems to run faster than any existing carriage."

Bartolo looked reluctant at the words of his subordinates who had been following him as his assistant for many years.

Bartolo knows about the incredible speed with which he runs the streets.

Rather, I was wondering if I could get it because of the rumor.

When Bartolo realized that it was difficult for him to negotiate directly, he sighed and said something stupid.

"... bad timing. If we leave one more day late..."

There are only myself and two of my men here.

Even if I tell you the truth, no one else is listening.

I added information about the horseless carriage while my men laughed bitterly at Bartolo.

"Adventurers using the carriage seem to be on their way to their next destination with little time to stay in town or village. Getting caught for a long time is a difficult business."

"... is that so?

"Yeah, it looks like he's only been in the same town for about two days."

Bartolo turned his eyes to the information.

A merchant usually stays in a small village for a few days.

To sell things, but also to rest.

It's the same even for an adventurer going away, and it's nice to have a forceful army leaving in less than two days.

"How comfortable is it to travel in that carriage?

It is an ideal carriage for merchants, such as being able to proceed without having to rest.

When I got there, it was Bartolo who became suspicious on the contrary, but his men leaned their necks to contemplate.

"I don't know about comfort, but I'm sure it's easier than other carriages.... after all, there is information that I was traveling with my children."

"... what?

Now my men shrugged their shoulders to Bartolo, who looked completely suspicious.

"Rumor has spread that we were together from the town of Lüssen to the village along the way."

Nothing stands out more than a carriage ride with a child.

In other continents, where monster raids are not as common as in the Central Continent, there are stories that peddlers sometimes travel with children, but at least on this continent it is said to be suicide.

Regardless of comfort, it is an adventure to travel with children within the Central Continent if you are not so good at it.

Of course, the movement of merchants with children is one of the acts that adventurers hate the most.

Of course, there may be circumstances that cannot be stopped, but merchants also tried to refrain from such acts.

Bartolo, who was stunned for a moment, said that he was stunned after closing his open mouth.

"What? Is the owner of the carriage a suicide candidate?

Within the Central Continent, his subordinates shake their necks to the side of Bartolo, where they typically react.

"I don't think so. After all, there are rumors of A-rank parties. Instead, they may think it's better to leave it by their side."

Bartolo once again looked stunned at the words, and then roared.

"... I see. That could be enough."

Unfortunately, Bartolo has never hired an A-ranked adventurer.

It's only natural that the higher the rank, the higher the commission.

Rather, there are very few A-ranked adventurers who can see where they are fighting.

That's why Bartolo was convinced that he was traveling with his children.

"This is... not a rope."

"That's right. But that's why you're not giving up, right?

Bartolo smiled at his men's faces as if they were sure.

"Of course."

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Bartolo, who was organizing the information of the horseless carriage that came in one after the other, felt like he wanted to beat himself up.

"This is... no good. Give up"

"... yes."

My men nodded bitterly to Bartolo, who had said so clearly.

As the horseless carriage approached the southern city, detailed information from the adventurers and merchants who came into contact with them gradually increased.

Some of the confirmed information related to the cost of making a carriage.

When Bartolo heard the amount, he was half convinced and half-faced to make a decision.

It's not much, but it's not the kind of money you can get into a mid-sized merchant guild.

On the contrary, a major guild won't be able to do it.

It was a number that went through so far.

Conversely, the Bartolo has yet to give up because of that amount (?), but it can be said that the customer could not stand up at all.

"But there must be plenty of places besides us that have sunk."

"Instead, many major players thought that they would be able to reach themselves."

Bartolo and his companions, including the remorse that they could not obtain themselves, were filled with remorse for those who had not yet given up while saying such things.