Vol 2 Chapter 1 (2/2)
Shrewd Accountant: “Yes” Scribbles
Young Merchant: “Next week let’s go up to 100 points Next month, buy up to 250 points of wheat”
Shrewd Accountant: “?!”
Young Merchant: “What’s wrong?”
Shrewd Accountant: “That’ll raise the price by three times?! That’s co wheat like that Where in the world e get the funds to do that?!”
Young Merchant: “If you check, I’h funds for it”
Shrewd Accountant: “Even so, this is highly irregular”
Young Merchant: “Is it?”
Shrewd Accountant: “Just what do you intend? If you do this, we’ll lose a significant a our warehouses with so much wheat!”
Young Merchant: “Ahahahaha It just looks that way We’re not just buying it, don’t you see?”
Shrewd Accountant: “What do you mean?”
Young Merchant: “We’re selling the gold frodoms” Smiles
—– The Palace of Winter, a Large Rooy Committee
Seneschal: “Just fro the border roads, there were 12 people yesterday”
The Hero: “H faster than we expected”
Lone Winter King: “Mmm”
Elder sister Maid: “As I thought, freedo after all…”
The Hero: “Well, it’s difficult to say”
Lone Winter King: “We have to teach words to those who have no words to say”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “Indeed…”
The Female Paladin: “Bah Why don’t we just kidnap a few?”
The Hero: “Are you really a Paladin?”
Lone Winter King: “Well, even if the pace is this slointer will still end”
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Explanation
Points: In Econoe rise or fall froood
Crop Failure: A case of bad harvest arising from bad weather, poor soil conditions or other circumstances which may cause crops to fail
Buy: In a stock or co price for their goods or stocks When the price of the good rises beyond a certain level, the traders will automatically buy as a failsafe so they will not ood falls below a certain level, the traders will auto so that they do not lose all of their money Nowadays, this all takes place electronically and autoo bankrupt if his position collapses overnight
Profit Margin: The difference between the cost of purchasing the good and the selling price of the good The key to being a ain when it is cheap again
Selling Gold frodom: Even when I read this on the forums (TL Note: and when I translated it), I had no clue what it was saying It’s fine even if you don’t understand right now (though at thisMerchant is probably the only one who understands) When you start to understand what this means later on, you’ll probably applaud him
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The Hero: “That’s right At the very least, we’ve won over quite a nuthened the existing routes Over tiy But at this rate, we’ll be squeezed out Yeah… It’s an incredibly massive hurdle”
The Female Paladin: “We’ll send out missionaries, but the Holy Order of the Lake doesn’t even have fifty We can’t hope to match the Central Continent”
The Hero: “Hmm…”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “Missionaries? — Can we do it without missionaries?”
The Female Paladin: “Do you have an idea?”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “How about poets? My country is renown for its Bards Luckily for us, since it’s al in my Royal Capital If we contracted these people, they could spread throughout the land singing They could sing about the Teachings of the New Church and about codoms
Songs are powerful, right? Farmers don’t kno to interpret or remember difficult words and sermons either If ant the from a Bard will probably be far more widespread”
The Feood idea!”
The Hero: “How many are there?”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “I don’t know exactly, but I would be willing to say close to 500”
Lone Winter King: “Alright, I’ll be counting on you then I’ for this as well”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “Okay… Hmm, we should write up Letters of Recommendation for the Bards and send theive one silver piece per bard?”
The Hero: “That’s good! Umm… Hoould the Scholar say it, an incentive?”
Lone Winter King: “Incentive?”
The Hero: “We’ll pay those who demonstrate that they can do work”
Elder Maid Sister: “Umm…”
Lone Winter King: “Yeah, what’s up?”
Elder Maid Sister: “Aren’t we supposed to be discussing a war?”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “Well, in a situation where the De ourselves would be very stupid”
Elder Maid Sister: “Then I think we should not fight with the Church either”
The Hero: “…Hmm”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “What do you mean?”
Elder Maid Sister: “I think the people from the Church would probably abuse the Missionaries and Bards They would call them liars, tools of the Demons… Heretics”
The Hero: “They probably would”
The Female Paladin: “How stupid of them”
Elder Maid Sister: “At this rate, our conflict with the with each other”
Lone Winter King: “That’s true”
Elder Maid Sister: “That’s why I think the content of the e that the Missionaries and the Bards and the leaflets we’re going to give out should not be overfloith criticisainst the Church”
The Female Paladin: “But it’s clear that we do oppose those people No matter hoe phrase it, we’re still at odds with them”
Elder Maid Sister: “That e majority of believers are just siht? To these people, the differences between the Churches barely make sense”
The Hero: “That’s…”
The Fenore it? Just keep quiet?”
Elder Maid Sister: “I don’t think that would be an appropriate response either I think we should praise instead of criticise The Holy Spirit of Light is a noble existence Justice, deterree on Which means, these are points that the Church of the Central Continent cannot refute, and hence the people who respect the faith will respect us as well”
Queen of Ice and Snow: “But that won’t win us followers from the Settlers, will it?”
Elder Maid Sister: “That would depend on the methods that we use Much of the wastelands to the South have not been developed It will be hard work, but there are opportunities The opportunities to cultivate the land are a gift frodoms can open up these areas to settlers, where serfdom does not exist, where anyone orks there is entitled to the fruits of his labours without fear of famine Taxes will be loell If we do that, surely there will be lots of people willing to move here?”
Lone Winter King: “So we’ll entice them with food and land… Theoretically that should work, and we could even turn that dreaded emptiness into a weapon”
The Hero: “Is everyone whom she teaches this capable?”
Elder Maid Sister: “When I have to take care of ”
—- The City of the Gulf, Merchant’s Quarter, a Large Office in the Chambers of Commerce
Shrewd Accountant: “Councillor, the price of wheat in one up by six points”
Young Merchant: “What’s the effect on the market?”
Shrewd Accountant: “The noble a significant nue it for gold The faruarded After all, this isn’t just a conificant exchanges taking place in that sector”
Young Merchant: “Is that so?”
Shrewd Accountant: “The current price isn’t very different fro a stronger reaction just yet”
Young Merchant: “Understood — What we’re going to do next is issue Agricultural Futures”
Shrewd Accountant: “I’m not familiar with the term What do you mean?”
Young Merchant: “That’s because I’ve just invented them Here, listen up”
Shrewd Accountant: “Why don’t you use the blackboard?”
Takes out chalk
Young Merchant: “It’s winter now Winter Wheat is sown in autu Currently, the wheat has been sown, but they haven’t been harvested… And they’ll only be harvested in six s could occur to jeopardise the harvest that would take place six months later”
Shrewd Accountant: “Me”
Young Merchant: “But if so this period, the wheat yields may fall dramatically and the incomes of the Landlords and Farmers will fall Otherwise, there could be brilliant weather, and every farmer could experience a bumper crop of wheat that nificantly”
Shrewd Accountant: “Mmm” Scribbles
Young Merchant: “This is where we issue a Wheat Future In other words, an agreement to purchase the wheat after it is ready”
Shrewd Accountant: “Do you mean ill pay in advance?”
Young Merchant: “That’s right”
Shrewd Accountant: “So the Landlords and Farmers sell wheat which they don’t have yet”
Young Merchant: “That’s right However, when it co of the year, in early spring, we can be assured that they will be able to sell that certain quantity of wheat”
Shrewd Accountant: “In other words, if the crop is good, the Landlords would already have sold the wheat and they wouldn’t have to incur additional costs in trying to find a buyer”
Young Merchant: “If during or before the transfer, some kind of crisis occurs such that the Market Price increases, ould also be able to get wheat below the Market Price”
Shrewd Accountant: “Can you predict the Market Price?”
Young Merchant: “The Central Continent, Holy Empire and Church have issued the excom a war is high Eeven if we do e to avoid a war, that will also be to our benefit”
Shrewd Accountant: “Why?”
Young Merchant: “If we e to avoid a war, then the population will not decrease What we lack right now are funds and shi+pping ability Those can be considered the ‘pulses’ of the Market Since there is more demand for the food, the stock of wheat will artificially be depleted, and hence there’s no way that the price of wheat can go down”
Shrewd Accountant: “…”
Young Merchant: “Conversely, if the yields of wheat in the continent exceed our expectations, the Union o bankrupt”
Shrewd Accountant: “…I see It’s a way of artificiallythe Market Prices As far as this Wheat Futures thing is concerned, we’re still tied to the nobleht?”
Young Merchant: “That’s one way of putting it There are possible options”
Shrewd Accountant: “I don’t understand your aim…”
Young Merchant: “This relies on the judg about the Market Price of Wheat for the next year As long as we have the Wheat Future, so to speak, we’ve basically borrowed a large a for it We don’t have to worry about hartime harvest, they have to remember to separate the Wheat which they need to transfer to us”
Shrewd Accountant: “Is that so…”
Young Merchant: “Our present goal is to suppress the price fluctuation of Wheat This is the first step Even in early spring, the amount of wheat which they can freely control would be very little They would barely have any left on their hands However, if the price of wheat were to suddenly rise… Actually, it doesn’t even need to rise very high Everyone thinks, ‘It would be terrible if such a thing happened’ This uncertainty would be to our advantage Using the Future, they would hand over the Kingdoold It’s a cheap investment” Smiles
Shrewd Accountant: “—“
Young Merchant: “The Central Continent nobility are beginning to taste what a slightly long winter is like It’s the start of a fun dance This Waltz — buy, sell, exchange The effect of this drives the entire Continent”
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Explanation
Market Price: The ood is deterood In this case, the good is Wheat
An Agreement to Purchase the Wheat After it is Ready: One type of Future A future is an agreeiven tiiven price A future helps to stabilise the price of a good whether its Market Price increases or decreases, so that the seller can be assured of a un in 16th Century Belgium Back then, the Wheat Future was not a sale for ood
Waltz: A type ofto
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—– The City of the Gate, Independence Committee, Office
Knock knock
East Fortress Base Commander: “It’s open— Come in— “
Fire Dragon Lady: “How are you, Commander?”
East Fortress Base Coood, not bad The weather is brilliant but I’ve got a mountain load of work No matter how much I do, it never ends”
Fire Dragon Lady: “If it never ends no matter how much you do, how about you just don’t do any of it?”
East Fortress Base Coed lady!”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Not at all!” Glares
Wealthy Demon Merchant: “Hahaha You’re still the same”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Oh! It’s Uncle Cloud Dragon”
East Fortress Base Cootiations”
Fire Dragon Lady: “A? Should I come back later so you can talk freely?”
Wealthy Deh there are many parts You really are a very brave person, you know”
East Fortress Base Commander: “No, no The Free City isn’t just a naot to do e can I am very honoured that atrip here to see us”
Aide-de-Camp: “Yes, indeed Ahh, Your Excellency, please have some Cocoa Tea”
Wealthy Demon Merchant: “Hahaha With this, I don’t have to scrutinise any fine print or offer anyreally”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Well, that is because the City of the Gate is governed by a Free Council According to the laws for civil servants, those who are found accepting bribes will have their heads chopped off — Uncle? What is your business in this City?”
Wealthy Demon Merchant: “Haha, just some daily necessities Salt, metal, potatoes, maize Cocoa Beans Cotton And maybe some ores as well”
Fire Dragon Lady: “When you say it like that, it appears your organisation is going to be a very massive business in the City”
East Fortress Base Commander: “The Wealthy Merchant would like to sell potatoes to the City, and purchase salt here…”
Aide-de-Camp: “Oh my”
Wealthy Deet our shi+pht Ah, it hurts to talk about it”
Fire Dragon Lady: “I see…”
Wealthy De so insensitive in front of the Human Base Commander? Please excuse my dementia”
Fire Dragon Lady: “…”
East Fortress Base Co of it To plainly speak, we also took quite a beating from you Demons Lots of my subordinates were disbanded, but I suppose e live in this world, we get used to all this conflict… I’ — that’s how I think anyway”
Wealthy De yet so tenacious”
East Fortress Base Co about the salt”
Wealthy Demon Merchant: “Then I’ll leave it to you Thank you for all the generous tea”
East Fortress Base Coentleman out”
Aide-de-Camp: “Yes!”
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Explanation
Cocoa Tea: This tea is round and roasted in order to extract the fatty oils that give it the flavour before adding sugar to the mix
Money from Under the Sleeve: This refers to bribery In the Edo period in japan, in order to give bribes to officials, a paper bag ofhidden by the long sleeves of japanese clothing at the ti its proverbial reputation
Cocoa Beans: Fro cocoa beans, one is able to obtain either cocoa to drink or chocolate In real life, Cocoa was brought to Western Europe by Coluenous to the Demon World
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Door closes
East Fortress Base Commander: “What a powerful presence”
Fire Dragon Lady: “That’s because Uncle is quite an authority figure in the Demon World He may look like that now, but he used to be very fearsome in the past”
East Fortress Base Co I need to discuss with you”
Fire Dragon Lady: “So do I”
East Fortress Base Coo first”
Fire Dragon Lady: “I’… Have you heard of the Demon Race known as the Pale?”
East Fortress Base Commander: “The Pale? I think we’ve done battle with them, but I’m not too fauish the Demon Races anyway”
Fire Dragon Lady: “The Pale are a De of the pale-skinned descendants of the Elder Gods There are se-sized members in their Race, which appears to consist of a federation of ether, they excel at warfare”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Hmm…”
Fire Dragon Lady: “The Dragon Race and the Fairy Race don’t really interact too much with them Well, actually, we don’t really havewith other races — The Pale were historically one of the Four Great De would be chosen, or a Royal Race There were soht to conquer the Demon World”
East Fortress Base Commander: “This stinks of a conspiracy”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Recently, there have been Dehted around the City…”
East Fortress Base Commander: “…”
Fire Dragon Lady: “I haven’t confirmed this information myself yet, but that’s the word on the street The City of the Gate is a precious land where Humans and Demons may interact freely Of course, we shouldn’t bar De here, but— “
East Fortress Base Co”
Fire Dragon Lady: “…”
East Fortress Base Coate Shall we entrust this to the De about it Leave it to me”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Thank you… And what did you want to say?”
East Fortress Base Coht”
Fire Dragon Lady: “?”
East Fortress Base Commander: “The Wealthy Merchant requested for salt”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Yes, and?”
East Fortress Base Commander: “There isn’t any salt in the City”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Well…”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Isn’t this a problem?”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Such as it is, it’s an unreasonable request The Deh, and the price is accordingly high as well Even the Dragon Race has only one salt mine under our control”
East Fortress Base Coo to”
Fire Dragon Lady: “?”
East Fortress Base Commander: “The Human World”
—- In a Courtyard, the Me
The De: “…Ahh! Ahh?!”
Tumbles
The Dehh Wh-What? My back hurts No, my whole body hurts… Why…”
The Chief Maid: “So late? It’s been two days”
The De: “Ohhh”
The Chief Maid: “Please try to understand the limits of your body”
The De, I can’t stop”
The Chief Maid: “I understand your emotions but— “
The De: “Where are we?”
The Chief Maid: “I specialise in taking care of my principal If you don’t exercise at all, and just sit here reading books and reports all day, yourto become stiff”
The De: “I suppose that’s true”
The Chief Maid: “Shall I make you some tea?”
The De: “It’s fine, but why not”
The Chief Maid: “I arateful”
The De that”
The Chief Maid: “But you saved the life of this slave”
The De: “…Sorry”
The Chief Maid: “No, I didn’t h”
The De: “What? New research?”
The Chief Maid: “No, I’ve come up with a neay to make tea”
The De: “What? That doesn’t help anyone at all, I don’t want it”
The Chief Maid: “A world co This is what it means for life to have colour The Path of the Maid is one which places much emphasis on this colour”
The Derateful for tea in any case”
The Chief Maid: “Understood, Mistress”
The De: “Mistress?”
The Chief Maid: “It’s a title, please wait”
The Chief Maid runs off
The Dee people… One could even call us the very definition of a strange people They don’t er than us We like to keep the room in order”
Clank… Clink clink clink
The De: “— Economic Fundamentals, Optimisation, Pareto Efficiency, Do-Out Phenos like these are inexhaustible This is probably what one could term a set of values Fro/creation of a new set of values Through this set of actions caused by the creation and beginning of this set of values, the world has been broadened Through the acquisition of this nepoint, we are reevaluating every world event In other words, we are expanding the nules we look at the world from
I believe that by holding li of knowledge and learning This is the raison d’etre forthe world through new concepts When conceptsbirth to a flux which none of us are able to predict or iine What we are left with is a fruit The fruit of the World
Theoretically, we see that T = n (n+1) /2 Hoonderful… Hoonderful it is to know that But, above this, the world is wonderful This world is rapidly, rapidly expanding, not just for us Demons, but for…
The De: “…for anyone with a soul How splendid it is to call them that In the distance, just how far does this expansive world stretch for? What sort of Combinatorial Explosions will take place? When two concepts like ours come into contact, what sort of fantastic world e be able to witness?
The Human World… Perhaps to an ordinary Deinable What sort of castles will it have? Will their villages be sie will it be? If only I had more pictorial or video evidence…
We flow, goods flow and cash flows too In fact, it is difficult to think of sos which appear, rarely completely disappear Nostill res of the records of billions and billions of worlds being sung Why doesn’t everyone else hear it too? I really want to see it, that which is so proud, so high above, that which sings No matter how I think about it, or how anyone else does… We’ll never reach it”
The Chief Maid: “Mistress, the tea is here”
The De there?”
The Chief Maid: “…I said I would show you the new method”
The De: “Hmm”
The Chief Maid: “Ahh!”
The De: “Ahh?”
The Chief Maid: “Ahhm wait, wait, umm!”
The De?”
The Chief Maid: “Quickly, catch!”
The De: “Eh?”
Throws
The De: “Hot! Hot! It’s hot!”
The Chief Maid: “Are you all right!”
The De: “What’s with this cloth, ahh!”
The Chief Maid: “It’s a new method”
The De: “…”
The Chief Maid: “Knowledge sure is a I will devote myself to further study”
The De!”
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