Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

19 Stories: Shopping malls in different worlds

"Mr. Kazra, it's morning. Wake up."

"Mmm..."

The next morning.

When Ichigo woke up to the feeling of being shaken by his body, the accommodation was brightened by the light of the day inserted through the lattice window, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the disciplined.

It doesn't seem to be long since the sun has risen yet, and the indoor air is limp.

Barletta and Rosru are also beginning to prepare to leave, just like the people around them, and only for good and mullahs are sleeping wrapped in capes.

Occasionally, I get mixed up in the hustle and bustle and say, "No luggage! It seems that thieves emerged in the middle of the night, as exemplified by the fact that they hear voices such as" etc.

Baretta smiled when she saw Ichiyoshi open her eyes, good morning.

"Good morning...... are you going out of town?

"Yes, it's time for the city store to start opening in a few moments, so I thought I'd go sell what I brought"

What you bring is firewood and arcadian worms.

I don't know how much firewood is worth, but Barletta used to say Arcadian worms are a luxury ingredient, and some Armal furs are tailored by Roslu, so that's likely to get a lot of money.

That said, Ichigo still doesn't even know the monetary unit of this world, so it's not going to be considered how much it will be worth.

"Heh, stores open early this morning... do you have a store that specializes in buying firewood or something?

"No, anyone needs firewood, so they go from one end to the store for sale. Arcadian worms go to grocery stores for sale, and I think Armal furs can be sold in stores that handle clothing"

"Hmm, will you buy anything you need from any store?"

Mullah is also waking up to Turna while Ichiyoshi and Baretta are talking like that, and she's starting to get up to herself.

He didn't say he was sleepy or anything, and he seemed to be quite successful in preparing himself, unlike the best Japanese child he knew.

Seeing such a mullah, he panicked and put his cape back on his body, carrying a backpack full of firewood.

The line that left the lodging came through the boulevard, which was becoming crowded as early as possible, to an area lined with lots of shops.

The center of the area where the store is located is a large circular square, and all the buildings installed along the perimeter of the square seem to be some kind of store.

The square had a diameter of fifty metres, with front carriages with luggage parked everywhere, some of them starting to set up stores.

The square was already busy with many people and several shops had crowds.

The stores in the square were also partitioned to some extent, and the stores seemed to be clustered around roughly every type, such as stores selling groceries and clothing.

"Okay, let's go sell firewood first.... Mr. Kazra, is something wrong?

Yes, once Barletta called out, Ichigo continued to half-open his mouth yesterday to gaze at the sight of the square.

At any rate, the sight that you see in a movie or something about a long time ago is actually spreading in front of you.

I was just impressed by the sight of the first exhaustion, such as a store selling food I'd never seen before, or a store selling real swords and spears.

"What? Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't think there was such a splendid commercial compartment, I could see it..."

Beside Ichigo, Mullah glistens her eyes and runs her gaze to many shops.

Mullah, like Ichigo, seems impressed by the sight she sees for the first time.

"Hehe, there are a number of other compartments with as many shops as there are here. If you go to the heart of the city, you'll find shops that handle luxury goods."

"Hmm, does that mean there's a common people's section around here?

"Yeah, the more you go to the center of the city, the more affluent the neighborhood will be."

Apparently, the structure of this city is that the center of the city brings together the rich and the rest of us live in an area away from the center.

Indeed, the buildings that are built around here look more splendid than the houses that were built around the area where we arrived in Isteria and dived the gate.

"So let's go sell firewood"

"Right."

I head to the nearest store to sell the firewood I brought.

The shop on its way was a two-story building made of stone, and the door to the store's entrance on the ground floor was wide open, with a large piece of cloth in the store, as well as footwear made of grass knitting and thick cloth, as worn by Yiliang.

When a line entered the store, a middle-aged man appeared from the back, supposedly the owner of this store.

"There you are. Can I help you?

"No, I was wondering if you could buy me some firewood and I stopped by. How about some?

That's what Barletta said, pulling out a bottle of firewood from Ichigo's carrying back and handing it to the store owner.

When the shop owner who received the firewood did the trick of seeing the weight with his hands, he nodded several times whether he was satisfied.

"Hmm... this is pretty good firewood. How much is he carrying?

"How about 80 Al?

When Barletta presented the amount to the shopkeeper, who asked looking at the firewood he was carrying, the shopkeeper exaggerated and laughed after a moment of proper expression.

"Ma'am, whatever it is, it's too expensive. Fifty Al is the price for this."

"Really? Then let me hit something else."

When Baretta said that and just tried to leave the store, the store owner

"Wait, 55 Al, I think I'm coming out. Your daughter's a good businessman."

so he gently raised his hands and posed for surrender, smiling bitterly.

"It's too cheap. Let's not go as far as 70 al. I can't do this anymore."

Stopping his foot towards the exit, Barletta looks back and offers a discounted price of 10 al.

The shopkeeper also looked troubled and gave a bare gesture of roaring a little and thinking.

"Sixty...... no, it looks like 62 Al will come out. I really can't do this any more. If you can't do this, hit the other one."

To the shopkeeper who said so, Barletta also seemed to think with her hands on her mouth for a few seconds, but she opened her mouth to see if she had decided to respond.

"Sorry, I knew I'd let you hit the other one"

To Barletta, who apologizes for the look on his sorry face, the shopkeeper

"Fine, fine, if you can't sell it anywhere else, stop by me again. I'll let you buy it for 62al. I know it's hard not to get used to it, but good luck."

And I laughed at Barletta.

Barletta thanked the shopkeeper and smiled, pointing her legs out of the store.

"Mr. Barletta, you were pretty good. I'm glad the store guy promised to buy it for 62 al."

"True, I have to apprentice too."

"Ha, I was nervous...... but you put a little aside, and he seemed to find out that he wasn't used to negotiating"

Barletta replied with a bitter smile to Rosru and Turna, who work their bargaining labor.

From a good point of view, it seemed like we were really negotiating prices in grandeur, but what do business professionals know about hidden tensions, etc.?

To be honest, I didn't really think I could negotiate prices as well as Valletta did.

Maybe it also had to do with Barletta's appearance, but Ichiyoshi is a man, so he is hopeless in that regard at the store earlier.

"How much is this firewood in the market?

"That's about 60 Al. Winter is more expensive, but that's more or less the case during the summer season like now."

Asking the question while pointing to the firewood on his back. Roslu replied so, not to mention re-carrying his own back.

"Now we're going to sell firewood and fur, too. Mullah, come."

"Father, why don't you stay with Master Kazura?

Mullah alternates between Ichigo and Roslu as she swells her cheeks with a drop that she seems to have put in her mouth at some point.

My left hand already holds a good cape and seems willing to be with me.

Whether they were fed with sackma drops or cans is something I've missed a lot in this short period of time.

... Though I may just be wondering if we could get something together.

"Oh, I don't mind. I'll take a good look at it so it doesn't slip away."

"But..."

Are you reluctant to do so for the best, Roslu and Turna look sorry.

But Roslu grinned bitterly at the way his daughter looked at herself as she grabbed a good cloak with a pleading look.

"Okay, I'll be back as soon as I can, so please, until then,"

When I asked for my daughter, everyone decided where to meet me in front of this clothing store and disappeared into the crowd with Turner to sell the goods.

"Well, we'll sell the goods, too."

"Yes, I'll see you later"

Following the Roslu's, the other villagers disappeared into the crowd, and all that remained on this occasion were Barletta and Ichigo, and Mullah.

There are firewood and arcadian worms to sell, but for now, I want to sell firewood, so the three of them went into the store next to the store earlier.

Then an hour later.

As he left the tenth store, Barletta sighed small.

Mullah is holding hands with Ichigo so that she doesn't fall off.

"Phew, I knew you had nowhere inside to buy me for more than 62 al..."

"That's right... there was a place where you could get me out to 61 Al, but is it tough over 62?"

As in the first store, Barletta bargained for the price pale, but I still can't find a store that would buy it for more than 60 al of the price.

At first it was Mullah who looked at the store with pleasure, but now she doesn't give it to her mouth but has a slightly tired look.

In the end, I decided to go back to the first store and sell firewood because if I were looking for a store that would buy more firewood than this, it would be subtracted from my time selling and shopping for Arcadian worms.

The distance is only a few dozen meters away, so you can reach the first store right away.

When the three of them returned to the store, the store owner greeted them with a look like, after all.

"What do you think, 61 Al was at best in the other stores?

"Yes...... excuse me, can I have it bought off at 62al?

Barletta seems sorry. If you ask her to do so, the store owner

"Oh, it's a promise. I'll let you buy it."

I said, I took eight copper coins out of my pocket and handed them to Barletta.

"Ten Al copper coins are one in six. Two Al copper coins... Indeed. Thank you."

Ichigo asked Valletta to help him, but when he unloaded his backpack, he removed the firewood from his backpack and stacked it in the store's empty space.

"Now I have to go sell Arcadian worms. The grocery store is that way."

After finishing selling firewood, the three headed to the grocery store shortly after the break.

The area where grocery stores are gathered looks busier with more people than other stores.

There are planks and flat stones in front of each store, and they seem to state the price of each sale.

Before coming to Isteria, Yiliang had learned only a little bit about the letters of this world from Barletta, so the numbers could be read at once, and if the letters were very few, they could be read in a maggotic form.

"Uh, nut-imo one five-al... that one five-al? Even with all that firewood, it's 60 al, but this potato is pretty expensive, huh? Is it a luxury item?

"No, this potato is a regular potato that can be picked in the village at this time of year... I can't believe it's getting so expensive..."

Apparently, food is soaring because of food shortages.

When Ichirano peered inside the store, the potato that one of them would be 5 al was displayed in a wooden box mixed with other groceries.

The potatoes are like sweet potatoes with a length of about 10 cm, and the thickness is only about a ring made with the index finger and thumb of the hand.

Even after spending all the money selling firewood, it is quite soaring that only twelve potatoes can be bought.

I walked into the store hoping that I would be able to buy out luxury ingredients such as arcadian worms, but the amount offered to my mistress who came out in response was 12 al for eight.

"I'm sorry. Now there's more demand for potatoes and beans than for little arcadian worms. If it's a store closer to the center of the city, they might buy it at a higher price, so why don't you go?

"Really... ok, I'll go. Thank you."

I walked all the way to Isteria two days each way around the corner, so if you can sell it high, that's better.

The three of them followed the square in order to get closer to the center of the city.