Chapter 590 (2/2)

「Okay」

「Ooh, thanks. Then, let’s go」

When they saw Fran back at the merchant association again, they must have thought she had come to complain about the lack of information. The same person in charge as before had turned pale, but when he found out that was not the case, he became very polite.

「I don’t know what’s going on, but you are really helpful. I didn’t expect they’d let me get the documents so easily」

Some of the information about the cargo may violate the confidentiality of the merchant association. Even though Lovren was a B-ranked adventurer, it was rare for him to be shown such information so easily.

But this time, when he asked, he was immediately taken to the reference room. He seemed to be really surprised by that.

「Usually, we have to ask what kind of documents we want, and they’d bring it to us later」

In addition, it was forbidden to take them out of the country, and even making copies of them was not looked upon favorably.

If someone were to look at the documents, they would be able to find out all about the inner workings of the Merchant Association and the status of its purchases. That was why they usually didn’t disclose all of their information to adventurers.

「I mentioned Weena Rhyn’s name when I came here earlier」

「Aah, that’s certainly quite frightening. If they go against her, they won’t be able to survive in this country」

In the meantime, we arrived at the archive room. There were already several documents on the desk.

They also served tea for us, along with some snacks beside it.

This was already more than satisfactory. It seemed that they were really afraid of Weena Rhyn, as they were trying to make things as convenient as possible for Fran, who seemed to be her subordinate.

「What are you looking for?」

「The cargo of the boat that was attacked」

To my surprise, Lovren said that he was going around the town to investigate the cargo of the boat that was attacked by the Modoki.

In some cases, he even talked to the captain of the boat.

「I was trying to figure out if people were being attacked for their Magic Power or if a specific cargo was being targeted. Fran, please check the documents over here」

「…Okay」

For a moment, Fran looked really uncomfortable.

But she couldn’t say no after coming all the way here.

『Fran, do your best』

「…Nn」

So, the two of them read the documents and made a list of the ship’s cargo. It was a task that required a lot of patience, but Fran still managed to do it.

She almost dozed off a few times, but as soon as I called out to her, she got right back up and got back to work. Well done, Fran!

It was an hour later when they finished checking all the documents.

After comparing it with the list of other merchant cargo that Lovren had already gone through, he came to one conclusion.

「Did you find out anything?」

「Yeah. Every boat that was attacked always had a certain cargo on board」

「What is it?」

「The Scarlet Waterweed Potion, or the Scarlet Waterweed from which it is made」

Indeed, all the boats were loaded with Scarlet Waterweed Potion or Scarlet Waterweed. The rest were foodstuffs, but it was unlikely that the modoki would target bread and wheat.

「I’m not completely convinced that they’re targeting people’s Magic power…」

「They could target the Magic Beasts instead. It’s weird that they only attack people」

「I know, right?」

If they wanted to get magic power, there would be more appropriate prey. A magic beast like the Lake Murderer would have more magic power than a human. And if it was the Modoki, they wouldn’t have any problem preying on them.

「…Let’s go to the Atelier」

「Atelier?」

「The Atelier where the Scarlet Waterweed Potion is made」

「Where it is?」

「It’s in the Commercial Fleet」