Hakai No Miko Volume 1 Chapter 40 (1/2)
“The wagon over there, stop! If you are going to enter the city, we need to inspect the passengers and cargo!”
The squad leader, as assigned to the inspection of cargo and people coate of Bolnis, stopped the covered wagon that cahway and the cart that followed behind it
Catching sight of the on that was being pulled by a niryu, the squad leader felt like he remembered his face from somewhere He seems like he's trusted as a partner in small trades, but most likely, he's not too accomplished as a merchant With that timid but sincere face, he doesn’t seem like he'd be some sort of villain on a wanted poster
The squad leader's question of where he saw this ht next to hi him over the shoulder of the peddler
“The peddler froh you just left the city the other day, for what did you come this time?”
“Of course, for business This tion but also the cart behind us filled with goods” (formal)
Guided by his words, the squad leader looked at the cart that followed behind the carriage Just as the on Quite a few heavy things seem to have been placed inside it Tarven slaves pulled the shafts In addition, two slaves pushed froht, pushed the wagon all the way up to here All of the heavily, with their entire bodies drenched in sweat
“What’s your cargo?”
“Yes It’s things such as swords and spears which were laying in stock”
The squad leader was surprised due to the dangerous words that were co out of the peddler's mouth
“bastard! To carry in this !?”
Due to the squad leader’s threatening attitude, the merchant answered in a panic,
“I’m told that the zoan are riotous in the northern plains, isn’t that so?”
Those words cause the squad leader to frown
Suffering a crushi+ng defeat frorace for Hol order idely i soldiers frooing out to the bars and brothels
Even the squad leader ell aware that this had already beco order being placed by the higher-ups, he still doesn’t feel too great about the situation
Due to the squad leader’s face turning unpleasant, the peddler grabs the squad leader’s hand without a moment’s delay and bribes hi bad for everyone if there are ets a little fatter because of this, that would be an exceedingly great blessing”
“I see Indeed, the arguood weapons is pretty reasonable”
The squad leader’s ht of the coins in his pal a silver coin also slip onto the other coins, the peddler secretly whispers,
“This iseveryone Thinking about helping the lowly me here…”
“Oooh! I’m sure it’s just as you say”
The squad leader called out to the tax collection soldier who checked the nuo
“This person is a htfulness”
As the tax collector understood the gist of what the squad leader was trying to say in a roundabout way, he proo inspection he was in theatop a wooden table near the gate into an inkwell and carefully writes so like this?”
The peddler shakes his head at the import tax sum proposed by the soldier
“I have heard that it’s necessary to file a report if I bring in a number of weapons above a set a a further silver just to make double sure, the soldier peeks at the squad leader’s face Confir that the squad leader returned a small nod to that, the soldier rewrote the document anew
“How about this?”
“… Please”
After he scanned the docureed and paid the written tariff
The soldier couldn’t suppress breaking into a smile due to the unforeseen extraordinary additional inco with the state of the squad leader, who followed the covered wagon and cart vanishi+ng into the hustle and bustle of the city with his eyes, the soldier calls out to hi, captain?”
The squad leader answered to his subordinate while bending his head slightly to the side,
“No, you know, I feel like the youngster sitting on that carriage said soe…”
I don’t have an idea why such words escaped the boy's , but the ears of the squad leader definitely heard the boyit
“I think he said 『Excuseof weird stuff
Enriching their oallets by cheating the tariffs like this is soatekeepers Also, because the sbribes, it's becoements just like this were simply very prevalent
I have never heard of a le tiuilty as they brought in that many weapons outside the records?”
The squad leader consented to this with a “Thatht so that the child can live without having a guilty conscience”
The gatekeeping sentries exchanged broad grins due to the words of their squad leader
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“Ooh! Welcome! Hoonderful of you to visit!”
Soon after Souma arrived at the atekeeper, Grokakos eed from the mansion all joyful s while being slightly hesitant towards Grokakos, due to hi hiood luck and wealth”
“Good luck and wealth to you as well”
Grokakos returned the greeting hurriedly and asked a question
“Well then, Mr Soht be your business withI’d like to request froly to the side Following that look, Grokakos discovers the cart that was stopped on the street
“Ah, the slaves you kindly purchased fromDvalin and the others, who are tied with chains to the cart, Grokakos nodded with a satisfied look
“Yes Not only as guards, but they are alsoa cart such as this”
“That's great I’ well”
Grokakos said with an expression as if he's going to lick his lips any time soon
“Since you are here, I don't suppose that you are looking for new slaves again?”
“Yes There’s that as well, but there’s soht that be?”
“Actually I’ht Me and…” Souma points at Shyemul with his eyes “I found a place to stay, but without a location to hold the ht I see
Right now a caravan heading fro in the city The caravan’s i in the feudal lord’sin the city's acco up, every place is probably booked for tonight
“If at all possible, I’ whether or not you could introduce me to some place where I can leave those dwarves and the cart with the merchandise on it”
“Indeed, that does appear to be proble about various options, Grokakos claps his hands “How about this? Let e of those slaves and the cart Since the slaves had stayed at in with, they would be accustomed to the environment”
“Eeh!? Really?”
“Of course What do you think? Rather, how about staying in ive you a elco allowed to leave the slaves and the cart with you”
Souma said in the for ht, Mr Grokakos, I'd end up bankrupt by to Please pardon racious, you are quite wary ofwith silver coins slip into the hand of Grokakos who beco flattered
“This is just a little so, but please accept it as thanks for the trouble”
Guessing the rough nuht transiven thiscare of a cart and some slaves…”
“Please deduct the excess amount from the prices of the slaves I will buy to, Grokakos accepted the bag of silver coins
“So, I wonder what kind of luggage on the cart are you entrusting to me?”
“It’s this”
When Souh on the cart, a large amount of swords and spears were stowed there
“According to the ruate the zoan had the tables turned on the of the sort Since the plains will likely beco these to Holmea’s national ar that the subjugation force sufferedsed by a fire they had set the out from loose-mouthed soldiers was that they had the tables turned on the that occurred just recently
As expected, if it’s a skilled merchant who came from a distant eastern country, they have sharp ears, Grokakos ad with Sou Dvalin and the others pull the cart to the backyard of the mansion, suddenly claps his hands
“Oh, yes Because I got my hands on a rare slave, I’d like you to have a look at the that, he started to walk from thefor Souma’s reply Souma, who doesn’t want to displease Grokakos either, reluctantly pursues while bringing Shye
“Here, please have a look at this It’s a valuable slave I especially received from a slave dealer of the royal family purveyors”