Volume 3 Chapter 30 (1/2)
Chapter 3 Episode 30
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Daytime, Day 25th, 4th Month, the Year 2813, Western continent calendar.
On the port's pier, several Galleon s.h.i.+ps were quietly anch.o.r.ed.
”””Welcome, Baron Mikos.h.i.+ba-sama!!!”””
Approximately 10 people welcomed Ryouma after he goes down from the Galleon s.h.i.+p to the port's pier.
The leading people of those people were Henry, Andre, and Luida.
And those who lined behind them were their aides.
”My name is Andre. One of the leaders of this town. Although this is just a remote town, we will provide our best hospitality.”
Andre bowed his head deeply after he took one step forward.
He was able to do this kind of scene because of his former occupation as a merchant.
Contrary to his looks, his movements were flowing perfectly.
Following him, those who stand behind him also lowered their heads.
It seemed that they had arranged all of this beforehand.
Since despite being pirates, they had welcomed Ryouma with a perfect etiquette.
”No no, thank you for picking us up, and nice to meet you too...”
After saying that, Ryouma nodded his head lightly.
If this was j.a.pan, this kind of greeting was barely pa.s.sable but since cla.s.s system existed in this world Ryouma's manner made people felt a considerable sense of incongruity.
Furthermore, Ryouma was a n.o.ble while Andre was a commoner and a criminal...
Because of that, originally there was no reason for Ryouma to bow his head to Andre.
Andre who saw Ryouma's act felt strange but he was not foolish enough to say something at this place and offended him.
He then proceeds on showing the town toward Ryouma with a smile on his face.
”You seems to have bought only a few attendant?”
Luida looked at the soldiers who came down from the s.h.i.+p following Ryouma while tilting her head.
Roughly counted, there were 20 people following Ryouma.
They wore black leather armors and holding spears in their hands, they were completely armed as if about to go to war and yet their number was too small for that.
She guessed that he brought the minimum number necessary for his defense.
”Indeed, I only brought a few...”
”Huh?”
Ryouma answered her ambiguously while Luida could've only tilted her head in wonder.
It was actually a good thing for Luida and the others that Ryouma only brought a small number of escort soldiers.
However, they could not felt satisfied with that alone.
Of course, Luida had no intention of tricking Ryouma.
They really wanted to join Ryouma.
However, that was Luida and her comrades' convenient thought, for Ryouma it was another problem altogether.
Indeed if one were to take Ryouma's words at face value then it can be meant that he only brings the necessary escort toward a friendly partner, but Luida felt something was wrong.
Luida who was standing on the pier with Henry on her side asked a question toward Henry while looking at Ryouma walking ahead of them with Andre leading him.
”You... What do you think?”
”Ha? About what?”
”What do you mean about what... Of course, it's him... Don't you feel something is wrong?”
”Is that so? I don't feel anything wrong particularly. On the other hand, I feel the opposite? He is treating us equally after all. His act is not something that normal n.o.bleman would do. As expected, maybe it was because he was a former commoner. He is not your ordinary aristocrat.”
Henry grinned while stroking his beard.
There was a lot of aristocrats who will not bow their head no matter how much one bowed one's head and yet, Ryouma returned Henry's greeting who was a pirate, although it was a light reply.
That att.i.tude shocked Henry.
However, such att.i.tude did not leave any bad impression.
In fact, Henry who had been oppressed by the n.o.blemen in the past felt fresh and such an act left a good impression on his heart...
”What I feel wrong is precisely that... Why did he give us that amount of courtesy?”
”Well, that obvious, it must be because he knows our value. Besides, his act is leaving a good impression no? What is the problem when the other side shows a friendly att.i.tude?”
”But that... Don't you think it was too convenient for us?”
This was what Luida was worried about. The situation was too convenient for them.
That also included Ryouma's att.i.tude.
Although it would have been natural for him to shows a high-handed att.i.tude despite being a former commoner, and yet, he didn't show such att.i.tude at all.
”Haa? What are you saying? In an effort of making a good impression, we've sent the demi-human to him you know? If his impression toward us was bad even after giving him that, it would have been a great loss for us... In the first place, wasn't it you who suggested on giving that demi-human to make a good impression?”
Currently, the number of demi-humans Henry had captured was 3 people.
All of them were dark elf women but, the one he had sent to Ryouma was the youngest and the most beautiful one among them. -
Because their rarity was too high, it was impossible to sell them immediately but, if one were to sell them with a wholesale price then it would be easy to get tens thousand to hundreds of million baht.
Henry thought that Ryouma took a friendly att.i.tude because he had given him that much as a gift.
”That...”
Luida finds it hard for her to rebuke Henry's words and decided to kept silent.
”Suspicion must be handled according to the time and situation you know? Everything now has been working well after so much effort. Don't read too much into things, you might hurt that person mood instead you know?”
As he remarked that, Henry left the pier while he shook his head as if feeling amazed.
”I guess... so...”
Everything developed according to their plan.
They were able to establish a place for negotiation with Mikos.h.i.+ba Ryouma, and his impression on them was not bad either.
The reason why Ryouma only brought a small number of escort might be because he trusted Luida and her gangs.
Luida left the pier while thinking that to shake off the uneasy feeling and doubt inside her heart.
Everything had been going well. She can't be suspicious and made everything turn bad.
Such thought crossed her head.