Chapter 68 (1/2)
Translator: ae
Chapter 68Rock Salt Smells of the Himalayas
I met up with Diana and told her about the situation
Based on what happened just now, the transaction would have gone through even if I didn't bring Diana along, but would it havejust in case? No He has already agreed to the negotiations There was no need to throw out more of my cards
Diana will be on standby this time
Thus, I went to the rock salt shop a little away
”Good uy with the Elf You've finished your salt?” [Salt shop owner]
I walk around with Diana a lot and have recently been recognised as the guy with the Elf (or rather following the Elf) by Erishe citizens
Everybody see else today Do you still have that thing I received froo?” [Jirou]
The rock salt shop is as its na salt and rock salt
In this country, where salt is as good as free, it's a little iffy to treat it as a coular salt that you can siet it withoutfor it, so there's a premium on it Well, a piece the size of your fist is around 3 Els or 5 Els, the price of your pocketabout what this rock salt shop sells, … Well it sells rock salt, but they deal mainly with salt for uses other than consumption
Of course, they sell salt for consumption, but other than that ―
Rock salt slabs Adorable red or pink rock salt slabs Beautifully cut into rectangles, it can be used like bricks as a building material, or as interior decoration
Rock salt candles Hollow out the centre of the rock salt, stand a candle in the hollow and lighting it gives a pale light
Rock salt bath salt Pouring candy-sized rock salt into the bath and taking a bath reduces sensitivity to the cold, srock salt cut into equal sizes as tiles, you can create a fashi+onable space
Rock salt saucers Saucers and plates made of rock salt The salt will naturally dissolve, and you can have roastedto season it
Rock salt sauna construction Using rock salt slabs and tiles to build Saunas Perfect for refreshi+ng the body and soul through far infrared effect But It's expensive I want to ular rock salt for horses and rock salt graters These are the stuff that this salt specialty shop sells It's a proper street-level store and by contrast, is quite prosperous
I also buy rock salt for the horses, my mansion, and my actual ho a good price for natural salt that I can alularlyfor is the item I was shown the last time I was here
In this shop, table rock salt is only white The coloured ones are for horses, decoration, bath et cetera
However, there is a thing that cannot be used for any of the purposes mentioned before The shop oas troubled about what to do with it and showed it to me previously
At that time, he said he didn't need it, so I asked for a little bit to try using at my mansion, but…
”That one? You're weird to want even that kind of stuff” [Salt shop owner]
When I declared that I wanted a large aed in its sockets At any rate, it orthless and just accu at the back of the shop
The rock salt shop owner is a gorillmacho man who mines the rock salt with his disciples and carries the heap back He's a man of steel, who even if he encounters a demon beast, will use his pick axe to turn it into just rilled rock salt meat platter out of it on the spot
So, his products are a luxury, and he's not so poor that he needs to purposely sell that weird stuff
The iteh for my purposes today, so we proceeded with the transaction
”So, you don't mind if I use this as I see fit, do you?” [Jirou]
”I don't knohat you're going to use this stuff for but go ahead Instead, I' happens to them, okay? None, I tell you” [Salt shop owner]
”Not a proble you wait” [Jirou]
I had split the item that I received from the rock salt shop into 100 and wrapped theht fro
Diana is ot to pick the best moment to use it There's also no need to show her weird stuff
Ah, when I say weird stuff, I us business
”Oh You're late The Elf… Is she not around?” [Shop owner]
”Eh, I'uess she decided to set off before it got dark I couldn't find her anywhere… Anyway, I've brought the goods If you don't trust ive up for today…” [Jirou]
”Let oods” [Shop owner]
”Sure Here it is It just arrived froe It's the best” [Jirou]
I unraveled the string of the heoods out reverently
”Hn What's this!? Black… Rock salt?” [Shop owner]
”Yes This is black rock salt mined from the Elf's sacred land, the 'Himalayan Mountains'” [Jirou]
Yes It's a non-auspicious colour, so it can't be sold, and discarded behind the rock salt shop… Black has a bad i siin of this 'Himalayan Mountains' is of course, our Earth's Himalayan Mountains
It came to mind when I saw the black rock salt at the salt shop It was siht throughIt was actually the same when consumed… Rather, I couldn't tell the difference between salt flavours
”I've never seen salt of this colour… If we're talking about salt, it's white or a slightly reddish, and the market rate is set” [Shop owner]
”Yes I was also shocked when I first saw it” [Jirou]
”… This precious salt is e, I see…” [Shop owner]
”I don't know it this is compatible to the Elf-woven lace you have here, but I am confident that my product is not any lower in terht exactly 100 What will you do?” [Jirou]
”Yes, but…” [Shop owner]
It's not 'Yes, but…' This bogus business even though the negotiation itself was, essentially, already established Well, I wasn't planning to back off If he had not accepted the trade, I would just call on Diana and the military police to publicly execute him
”Fine I'll do it Let's trade!” [Shop owner]
It wasn't 'you'll do it'
”Thank you With this, I'll trade with this… So, just in case, but I am the exclusive retailer for this product in Erishe, so please don't sell this in Erishe, ok?” [Jirou]
”Ok Got it I've got it” [Shop owner]
Thus, the negotiation was established
The bogus business to himself He was quite a decisive ly, he o to Marishera …? No Would it be better to return to the imperial capital once and trade with the aristocrats… Hehehe To have ended up having to coht that I wasn't as shrewd as I used to be, but… I'h
To the man himself, it was probably as if a joke had becoht that he had been a fraud until now, but by using this pipeline, he could earn a lot by selling the 'real thing' after a long tie amount of lace without a hitch and returned to the shop quickly to check the goods
The workmanshi+p was not very fine, but since they didn't have machines that could weave lace, obviously, they had to hand weave it They were all white or beige (although that ht just be because they've been UV burnt by the sun), made with hemp
I had only encountered lace on curtains, so I couldn't really tell if it was good or bad… In the first place, the lace on a polyester curtain was probably not lace, was it… since it wasn't made out of hemp, but polyester…
Well, I could just sell the reh net auction at 1 yen
It'll end up at a suitable price Probably Anyway, I got thee, so it didn't matter either way
”Huh? It's that lace? What's up? Why are there so many?” [Rebecca]
Rebeccsan came over to play in the afternoon and peeked in at the inspection with deep interest
Rebeccsan usually drops by when she needs to come to Erishe After that, she'll stay until the shop closes, and goes back with us That's our regular pattern
Today, too, she dropped by after doing her shopping as usual
She seemed very interested in the lace I obtained Maybe it was actually really good stuff…?