Isekai ni Demodori Shimashita? Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12 –  First Negotiations

“Please… buy my most precious possession(, the stationery that I brought from my old world)!”

The moment I finished saying this, the dining hall that had been noisy until now, fell quiet.

It seems that I was a little impatient with my money raising, and said it in a louder voice than expected.

When I looked at the Prince and the Squad Captain, the two of them were completely frozen for some reason.

Feeling gazes, I looked around the dining room, and found that all of the gazes in the room were focused on our table.

What’s the matter? While I was wondering this, I returned my gaze to the Prince who had finally broke free of his petrification, and opened his mouth a little panicked.

“S-, Sakura. You did certainly say that you were fifteen, but I’m not sure that’s a good idea. No, I’m not making light of your resolution, but I think that sort of thing should be, something you treasure a, little more you see.”

He began speaking about something I couldn’t understand at all.

The Squad Captain beside the Prince nodded anxiously as well.

Having seemingly heard our conversation, I could hear from the other tables,

“Fifteen? Can’t be. However you look at her she’s a child… But I don’t think the Prince would lie and…”

and the like.

This again? I am not a child.

Wondering what everybody was so fl.u.s.tered about, thinking it was odd I looked at the Prince when the innkeeper came running out from the kitchen, before hugging me.

What is this? Or so I was wondering, when I looked up at the innkeeper and found that they were glaring at the Prince like they would an insect.

“You. Just because you’re a prince, you were going to buy the body of such a small child!? Taking advantage of a person’s weakness and doing something so cruel to them, even if you’re a prince I won’t forgive you!”

Eh? What are they talking about?

By ‘small child’, they probably mean me. I look quite small after all. But buying my body? How did that appear?

“No, I didn’t say a thing about that! On the contrary, I tried to stop her!”

The Prince retorted fl.u.s.tered.

Wondering how the topic turned into this, I once more thought back on the conversation up until now.

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Ah-…

“Wait, wait a moment! I didn’t say that I would be selling my body! My belongings! I only meant that I wanted to sell my belongings!”

I unconsciously screamed out in panic.

The Prince and the innkeeper turned my way.

If I don’t quickly wrap this up, I think it’ll get perilous.

“Like I said! The ballpoint pen and one of the notebooks I showed you! I want to sell them!”

I exchanged glances with the Prince and the innkeeper while blathering on.

“I have not even the tiniest intention of doing what the innkeeper talked about!”

Screaming, my face was probably bright red from the shame. It’s extremely embara.s.sing. I can feel the heat on my face.

“Really? You’re not lying, right?”

The innkeeper peered in on my face in worry.

Did it seem like I was lying to cover it up?

“It’s not a lie. It’s all right.”

Seemingly a.s.senting to my words for now, the innkeeper returned to the kitchen, still looking a little worried for me.

“Don’t use such misleading words, geez…”

The Prince collapsed into the chair in a slump.