When it was three hours later, I called the people I should talk to before Baia and the others arrived.

Whatever. Amartya and Arneb.

"I'll do it," the two of them say with a shiny eye as they call in the person and ask if they can help me with the job.

Now, you two.

I wonder how much you can give me in three hours.

Three hours later.

We were expecting Mr. Baia.

The door was knocked.

"Go ahead."

I'm coming in.

Now Mr. Baia, who quietly opened the door and came in.

Mr. Baia, as Lishmond told me, brought the people he spoke to.

Altria was as usual. When you enter the room, thank me. [M]

Mr. Deneboa has a musty face and enters the room.

Well, this is good because it's the way it always is.

"Huh. Mr. Lewie. I'm fine."

To say so was Mr. Bonovibi.

Waving and behaving friendly like that, you wouldn't think the ac was strong.

I wave.

"Excuse me."

It is Lanschue who enters the room with courtesy.

A woman with silver hair stretched to her waist and a child's face.

He's about the same height as Tina, so he's not that tall, but he's a little taller than me. Because I'm wearing waste with teeth that have about 10 centimeters of something on them.

"Excuse me."

That's what I said and came into the room looking the most unusual.

I can still accept that my lower body is a snake's body, but for some reason I'm wearing a mask that hides half my face.

Mr. Hada wore seperate swimsuit-like clothes that exposed her belly, shoulders, etc., on her lower body covered in green scales.

The clothes can be seen in ethnic costumes, but they are somehow masked.

I said to him, "My eyes are too good to keep my vision down."

But if it's that mask, aren't you completely out of sight? I think.

That's what I thought, but in a comic book that comes out of a monster daughter I called in my previous life, I remembered that Ramia used something like a pit organ to chase the protagonist, and I said nothing more.

"Hey, lord. Bayer's wife called me. What can I do for you?

Coral is the one with this cute voice and lotus leaf tone.

When I asked her how old she was, she said it was one thing below me, so she called it "sweet."

I put it on the rat ear and tail peeking from my orange hair at the red crossing tied behind me, and I'm still bumbling my tail to the left and right.

There's a gap in talking with a cute face and lotus leaf tone.

He says it's easier for him to do this.

"You've come well. Coral."

I've never been a sister in my previous life or in this world, so I stroke my head when I look at Coral.

"Here, don't stroke your head"

"Ha ha, sorry"

With that said, I won't stop stroking my head.

This kid. Something's funny about your reaction.

One stroke, and I'll take my hand off Coral's head.

"Damn, it would be nice to have a broken set of hair"

You say bumpy, but you don't resist hard. This kid.

Maybe he hasn't been touched in the head much.

"So, Lord Lewie. Let me tell you why you called us."

"Oh, right. Actually."

From explaining what Via saw, tell everyone why she did what she said.

"The journey. Understood. So you want to borrow our hand."

"Exactly. Can you give me a hand?

"I want to confirm one thing"

That's what Mr. Denebola asked me.

"Something?

"Do we get paid to help Lord Lewie with his work?

Hmm. Cheng Cheng, do you mean I won't give you a hand for free?

"Lord Denebola. Though I think your tribe's territory is too profound to seek further profit when you say it's easier to live at Lewie's hands?

Altria has stabbed the nail.

"My tribe was subordinated to Lord Lewie. But it is the duty of those who stand on top to labor their men. I'll admit that life has gotten easier. But it is your negligence that brings little benefit to our tribe."

My ear hurts. I'm pretty sure the profits from the deal are a little shredded by tariffs.

So it's a delicate place to ask if each tribe has enough profit in it.

"As much as it gets easier, the money doesn't make it, but if it doesn't make a profit, it doesn't end up being meaningless. On top of that, you are not allowed to work for free."

"You. Seems like you want to get your neck slashed on this spot."

I'm trying to pull out the sword that Altria has on her hips.

Shit. We need to keep this place down.

"Yes, sir. Both of them. Don't be discouraged."

Mr. Bonovibi slaps his hand and sharpens the attention of both of us.

"But, Mr. Bonovibi"

"Neither is Denebola saying anything wrong. But I think it's okay for you to say no until the end of the conversation."

"Mm-hmm. Sure you do."

"It would. So, both of us. Let's hear it till the end."

Denebola and Altria turned away when they looked at each other only for a moment.

Phew, now we can move on.

I have to thank Bonobi.

When I told him I had eyes, Bonovisan winked back. [M]

"Well, shall we continue our conversation? So, if you could help me with this job, if I could do this job, I would have a policy."

"Policy? What?

"Name it, the Free Trade City Plan, not Rakuza"

"Free Trade Urban Plan?

"What is it, is it?

"Simply put, we're going to be able to do business freely in this city, regardless of origin, status or race."

"Seriously?

"Yeah. Seriously."

"Then why don't Lord Lewie do it?

"There is one problem with this plan. It takes a merchant who controls the merchants to do business freely. If I were to take control of the merchants, there would be a place I couldn't get around."

"So the merchants are in control, and Lord Lewie has his hands on what the merchants are left to do?

"You're right. Lancheye."

This kid's got a quick head spin.

"The journey. Is this the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, where the most prominent candidate for merchant control of the merchants came to speak?"

"Exactly. That's why I was wondering if you could give me a hand. Because if it works, we can get rid of tariffs."

"Okay, that talk, your sister got on"

"I'm on it too."

"Me, too."

Mr. Bonovibi, Mr. Baia and Mr. Hada said they got on.

What about the others?

"If only the two of you were riding"

It's going to be good for my tribe.

"If you have orders."

Coral, Lanshye and Altria said they got on.

I wonder about Denebola.

Looking at you, you seem to be thinking about closing your eyes.

"... right. I'll get on with it, too."

All right. Now we've got the manpower.

Shall we start work tonight?