Square where people hiss. If you don't get excited and cool yet, your voice and enthusiasm will come through, but it's none of my business.
The reunion ceremony is over, I'll have it pulled off early.
When you make sure the ink is dry, circle the parchment. And when I bracketed it with strings, I stood it up with one hand.
Come on, give me the rest of the work in the room...
"Wait a minute, Sizuk"
"Yes?"
Captain Linus' words stop me.
When I stopped stepping out, I crept back to Captain Linus.
"What is it, Captain Linus?
"Oh, I need to talk to you about my work plans..." Huh!?
A job, a job, another new job!
"Ma, wait, relax! I'm not talking about a new job. That's what we've been talking about!
Captain Linus says it out in a somewhat upward voice as he sticks one arm forward.
That job you've been telling me about? Well, which one is it?
... I have too much in mind, it's hard.
"It's a face-to-face meeting with a representative from the Else Chamber of Commerce. mutually inconvenient and would not have met him yet"
"Oh......"
Squeeze with a good face. With that said, there was talk of that.
Mercenaries are a group of many people.
That means nothing more than a bunch of customers to the merchants.
Food, alcohol, martial arts, women…. How much merchandise do you sell to mercenaries?
Besides, the mercenaries are not experts in commerce, even if they are experts in battle.
Plus, if you add up to a stunning personality...... Well, good duck.
The merchants are selling things for a price that is too much.
At the very least, the high demand liquor and the high value weaponry are bought in bulk by the mercenary regiment and sold to each regiment member.
It's an attempt to collect and buy quantities and lower the amount per unit price.
But it's a level of water on a burning stone, or better than not doing it honestly.
It hit my admission and that procurement also became my role......
The fact that he was busy with other jobs and didn't meet the other merchant's convenience meant that he hadn't been able to meet once yet.
"So when is that face-to-face?
"It's scheduled for noon tomorrow. I'll be there, too."
Right, noon tomorrow. Tomorrow at noon, hehe......
"... what's up? Something's wrong."
Captain Linus inquires with a strange face.
"It's nothing. I'm ready, so I'll excuse myself for this."
"Oh, oh."
In an uncalled for manner, Captain Linus responds.
When I turn my heel back, this time I head to my room.
"... preparation, what are you ready for?
I proceeded to walk, listening to such a grunt on my back.
Large wooden door. It is the door to the reception room used for visitors.
Standing quietly before it, you get lightly shaped.
Rinse hair and collar ribbon. And finally, wear a mask. That's a thick mask for the outside.
And when all was ready, slowly twice, I knocked on the door.
Tips, tricks, and twice, hard sound. Continue and open your mouth.
Shizukuishi.
"Oh, get inside"
The voice of reply rises from inside the room. I opened the door quietly.
Step indoors and close the door similarly quietly. And sit face to face on the couch, watching the two people.
On the other hand, Captain Linus, his eyes are round to surprise. What a dumb surface.
The other, stranger. He would be the merchant seconded by the Else Chamber of Commerce.
Observe the person crumbly.
...... still young. I wouldn't even say run out, but I'm far from being a veteran.
The Else Chamber of Commerce will be the proof left of licking this one.
The merchant, when he stood up, raised his voice like an admirer.
"Oh! Oh, my God, you poor lady!
To put it bluntly, some lip service would also be included.
But the truth, I'm sure he's surprised.
Whatever, because you wouldn't have thought a woman who would face each other in a crude mercenary regiment would show up in such a good mood.
I wore specially prepared clothes for today's business meeting.
A well-tailored shirt with a pure white collar and a chic black bow. Underneath, a brightly dyed, blue length skirt.
It's not all old clothes etc. Brand new luxury item purchased by cutting my stomach.
My seriousness is, let's see.
When I smile, I reply to the merchant.
"Hehe, you're good, mister. Oh, may I ask your name?
"Excuse me. My name is Weiss and I belong to the Else Chamber of Commerce, Lady."
"Thank you very much. I'm Shizuku from the Fine Mercenaries."
I smile, Weiss has a refreshing sales smile, and the captain has a dumb side.
Come on, come on, get back on your feet.
I hand gesture and urge Wise to sit on the couch.
And wait for him to take a seat before sitting next to the opposite couch, the regiment leader.
"No, and I'm surprised. I didn't know it would be such a business meeting with such a beautiful young lady."
"Already joking again...... It seems true that merchants lie all the time."
"This is a painful word. But that's called a misunderstanding. Still, when it comes to my words of praise to you,"
"Oh, I really misunderstood. Mr. Weiss is a big liar."
That's what I say, laughing at each other.
"All the time, I just want to be bickering like this, but unfortunately time is finite. Let's get into business, shall we?
"Yeah, I don't have any differences either."
Yes, let's start the business. I've been looking forward to this day.
- What? No, no, no, no, no. I'm never even thinking about going to the merchant with my daily depression.
I'm just a member of the mercenary corps, and I want to contribute to it.
Yeah, even if it fails, it's not my wallet that hurts. Even if you don't dream of such irresponsible things.
No, it's true. It's true.
... and let's get this far with the brain farce. Hehe, I hope it works out ♪
"- I mean, from the current iron market, really to this amount"
So far, there's nothing interesting about it, and business talks are changing.
It is the market, it is the circumstances of the place of production, it arranges small difficult words and gives reasons in terms of amount.
It's no bother. The habit, Weiss' claim, is simple.
In other words, in a nutshell, 'As always, let me get rid of you'.
Of course, that's not wholesale by the Inquirer. No, was the inquirer to him? Fair enough......
It's time to start fighting back.
"Oh, you'll learn so much. So much so that the price of the product is complicated. I hit today's business meeting and studied a little... Not yet."
"No, no, Mr. Sizk's understanding is very quick and helpful"
Weiss says things in good shape with a smile that is palpable.
... you can afford it. Whatever you do with that grin, I want to make you cramp.
"That's right! Um, to study, I was looking at a few past contracts... There's something I don't know.... If you don't mind, Professor?
"Yeah, sure, I'd love to"
When I ask you to lay low, Wise just agrees that it's nothing.
Damn, to a habit that I really think is troublesome.
I was bringing it into the reception room, taking out a bunch of parchment.
And I rolled it out perky.
"Uh, which one could it have been?... Ah!
Out of a bunch of parchment, it's brand new, and one falls.
It fell on the long desk between me and Weiss. I hold it by my hand in a hurry.
My right hand is on the bottom right of the parchment. It was just placed in such a way as to hide the signature column.
"Shh, excuse me"
That's what I say, collect the fallen parchment.
Wise responding, following that parchment with her eyes.
"No, what do you care...... ugh!?
Hehe, that's remarkable. Did I just say the boulder was a merchant?
Did you steal the parchment in the meantime?
"Maybe, did you see the content?
"Ugh, that's..."
"You were seen. I thought it would be rude, but in fact, let other chambers of commerce get phase quotes..."
"Yes, no, I don't mind that..."
Yes, apart from getting a phase quote, it's not a commercial manners violation.
In fact, in the past, the Fine Mercenaries have done phase quotes several times.
If so, there is no other reason for Weiss' astonishment.
Yes, that was nothing more than that the current phase quote was cheaper than the quoted amount offered by the Elsa Chamber of Commerce.
To date, I have obtained phase quotes several times. And in all of that, the Elsa Chamber of Commerce has offered the cheapest price.
Can that happen, after all?
If it is possible, there is only one possibility. Yes, it's collusion.
The Leibra merchants are adjusting the amount together.
to maximize their money.
Yes, it doesn't taste good to compete properly and play cheap matches.
So where are the mercenary regiments living as if the ○ ○ Chamber of Commerce and the × × Chamber of Commerce were in another mercenary regiment?
In doing so, we have won orders, even at high quoted amounts.
That's why it's impossible. We have an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce in advance. There can be no such thing as a chamber of commerce offering cheaper prices than the Elsa Chamber of Commerce.
That leads to Weiss' astonishment. But......
Something that easily puts surprises on the table. After all, it's just a trinket.
Naturally, I don't have a hand in that surprise.
Put the mask back on. From a ladylike mask, a mask like an inexperienced female fox wrapped around an easy-going atmosphere...
"Hey, Mr. Weiss. Nothing is more trustworthy than friendship between merchants."
Whisper to the demon as he hides his mouth with parchment.
"Huh!?... hey, you don't know what you're talking about!
Momentum that's going to turn the couch upside down, Wise getting up.
Then you look like a bum. Are you ashamed of your own ugliness?
Whatever, it's too late, though.
"... I'm sorry, Mr. Sizuk. Apparently, you're not feeling well. You want to continue the business conversation later?
With a voice I've managed to fix, that's what I'm going to say, Wise.
I smile and accept the offer.
"Yeah, sure. Please, take care."
"Excuse me."
That's what I say. No, turn your back, Weiss walking out.
I shut up and drop that back off.
No, pleasant, pleasant. Daily depression is also clear.
Needless to say, my earlier quote is a handmade item.
There is no fact that collusion between traders has broken down. But......
Weiss will be returning to the Chamber of Commerce to report on today.
The Elsa Chamber of Commerce then confirms the facts to other chambers of commerce.
Naturally, it would be argued that no chamber of commerce anywhere imitates anything like leaving the Elsa Chamber of Commerce.
Because, in fact, that didn't happen.
But will the Elsa Chamber of Commerce be able to believe the words, no, the Leibra merchants?
Heh heh, be a suspicious ghost ♪
Vicious, I'll throw a curse at you.
One day at noon. Like a clear sky, my heart was clear, too.