Three days have passed since the journey in the carriage.
I was on a carriage, letting Meir carve an oatem.
"There, you're ready to give me a sawdust! Ah, no! When you put a knife around a corner, not the way you hold it..."
"Ha! Ha! Master Abel!"
Meir didn't look very clever, but he's either keen or improving fast.
You look bored at first. I was out of focus right away, but this has been happening ever since I broke off Garm.
I was unusually lifted to see how scared Garm was, so in the blindfold, I said, 'Thanks to you for carving the oatem since you were little. The Marlens could do more or less,' he may have truly received.
Well, it's true that autoem sculpture is the basis for improved magic.
"I finally see it. That's the city of Romane."
James calls me, and I move my gaze from Mere to the city.
I could see the city surrounded by waterways.
Over the city gate, a carriage stopped near the square with the fountain.
In the square, bright white tiles are laid down below. Well maintained.
It was lined with stone buildings and quite a beautiful landscape. There is also no appearance of garbage being discarded.
I read in the book that it was a lawless city, but it seemed to have changed completely.
"Yes! Mr. James, are you behaving differently?
"Haha...... no, I have business too. I'm sure you're unfamiliar with the city, so I don't want to escort you."
You're acting differently here.
That's right. James is traveling for business.
I don't even think Me or Meir can help.
"I'm going to be in this city for a while, so if I look like I'm in trouble again, I'll let you speak up."
"Thank you for your help, Mr. James"
"No, it helped me, too. If it weren't for Mr. Abel, Garm would have eaten him to death."
James is reaching out to me.
I shook that hand back and laughed at each other.
... This guy, he's handsome, but he's scared of smiling. I don't know where it is.
"Yeah, but... but..."
Meir still seemed confused.
Maybe I was going to stick with James the whole time.
"Ah, yes! Meir will buy you all the wheat with this! Now you're free!
Meir says so all the time with the name idea, and takes the sachet out of her nostalgia.
I thought you had that kind of gold, and I saw goldsmith collars and rings peeking through the sachet.
I don't know the market price of the product, but I wonder if it would cost about a million yen lightly.
Yes, to the habit of a runaway daughter......!
If there was one in my settlement, I would have replaced it.
That's what I grabbed when I left the village, the whiskers of Meir's parents.
Isn't he being searched for with blood?
James can't possibly take it either and gets in the carriage with a bitter smile.
Finally, he waved away, saying, "See you soon".
Disappointed, Meir kneels on the spot.
"Hey, don't be so depressed..."
When I rang, Meir trembled and rose.
"Abel won't be gone, will she? See, Meir, autoem sculpture hasn't improved at all! No, sir!
I grab my shoulder a long time and bring my face closer together.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I don't know any faces over here either, and that would be more helpful...?
"It's true, isn't it? Oh, yeah, anything you want? Meir, I have money! Look, look, this, if you buy it off somewhere......!
... I thought I grew up bright in a tough environment, but oh, this kid, he's no good.
"No, you should stop doing that because it draws tail to your future relationship..."
Sounds like you should stay with me for a while and see how it goes.
There is a brittleness that bad guys are going to fool me into taking my entire fortune in an instant.
An hour later.
I was nailed to a single product in a shop called "Tail of the Chimera" in the mall.
The "Tail of the Chimera" focuses on alchemy materials and products that act as catalysts for sorcery.
Metal, the common main material of the core of the golem, a treasure ball that, when magical, gathers fire spirits.
The latter would be used to attach it to a wand or something and raise the bottom of the power of magic.
I want them. Of course I want them too.
But it was something else that caught my attention.
"Heh, customers, you have expensive eyes. I've kept it for a long time, but I haven't really had anyone interested in it. Not to mention the kind of person who jumps first. The truth is, we're not the first substitutes in a cheap shop like ours."
Someone like the owner of the store talks to me.
A blonde in a big pointed hat.
He was dressed like a typical witch, except that his hat was a little too big and he looked like a bump.
At the end of my line of sight is the great Marutai.
Even thin is wrapped in blue light. It would be a juncture for storage.
"Right! Normally, it's not like you can leave it in a little store on the edge of the city like this! Looks like there's a tie, but it's not enough. Oh, I guess it's degrading, that. Couldn't you have spent more money to tie the line? Well... this is the limit in this store."
"Even complaining about my store?
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Don't pull my ear! I'm sorry, I apologize! Get excited!
You said yourself you were an asshole like us!
No, I know it's not the same thing that people tell me.
Meir brings her face closer to the product I'm looking at.
"What is it, this? Is it such a good tree trunk?
"No, it's not a trunk. It's a branch of a world tree."
I'll rub my ears and teach Meir.
The World Tree is a giant tree in the deepest reaches of the Great Forest, called the Devil's Forest.
Because of the magic of the world tree, I hear that there are tough warcraft around the world tree.
I've never seen the real thing before, too, but I'm pretty sure it's a branch of a world tree.
I don't think there's anything else in this world, such as a tree with this much tough magic.
"Where did you get this stuff from?
"... about five years ago, a famous party living in this city stepped into the Devil's Forest. There were four of us who came in, and only one of us came back alive.
One of them was hallucinated by the Warcraft along the way, and other adventurers protected him from walking naked in the shallow woods with his weapons and protective gear on his cheeks. He wanted to make money right away, and he offered it cheap to my store, which was familiar. "
... hey, I'm kind of sorry.
If I couldn't even show my hallucinations, I'm sure I would have gotten something else for materials with more uses.
Surely the branches of the world tree will not be easy to swallow.
If he has no use for it, should he let it go even if it is cheap?
In fact, it's obvious that the shopkeepers here have been putting it down and degrading it for five years.
Unless there's a more aggressive place to advertise to the rich, but there won't be any such connections.
... Now if I make an oatem, I guess I can do an awesome one.
I stared at the branches of the world tree.
I'm sure he had pretty appetizing eyes. The store owner was pulling a bit.
It is obvious that even if it is deteriorating and left in the store, it will drop in value if it drifts.
I want to come as a store owner soon, but I have no prospect of selling it.
It would be a one-of-a-kind opportunity for the branches of the world tree to be so poorly placed on negotiated terms.
If you miss this, you won't get it again.
To spare me, I don't have a decent fortune.
If I had the money wrapped around me, I wouldn't have hesitated to negotiate.
If I had a house, I would have sold it out without hesitation.
That's all it's worth, and I can definitely take it back if I use it properly.
I had that confidence.
When I'm biting my teeth, my shoulders are beaten to pieces.
"Do you want that much? May Meir buy it for you, Meir!
"Yes, no, but it's not a good idea to make a financial loan like that..."
The branches of the world tree should be of considerable value.
Suspicious if Meir's grasping parental whiskers will suffice.
Such a huge sum in the first place, you can't have it.
"No, it's not a loan. Mr. James also said the carriage would have been in danger had it not been for Abel!
"No... but..."
I knew I was going to pull my tail later...
"Look, they're even telling me about the autoem carving! I'm not lending you anything at all!
…………
Not a loan...?
Right, this is more of a reciprocity? So this means you don't owe me, yeah.
Yes, no, don't be flushed. That can't be right.
"Excuse me, is this enough"
"Um, well, they're poking me in bad storage... even if I compromise... I'm in trouble if I don't sell like this."
Negotiations were about to end while I was worried.
"Hey, hey!
"Hmm, what is it?
Meir looks back at me.
"... you know, in the form of debt, please"
I was weak.
Hearing my words, Meir turns to the store owner.
"Well, that's what Abel says too,"
The store owner and Mair quickly negotiate with Shirasa after saying that they have taken the pledge.
That's good, I hate myself for shutting up.
I can give it back... right?
Ugh, yeah. You can give it back, maybe.
If I carve an autoem and then show it to someone familiar with witchcraft, I'm confident I can resell it. It's all right.