68 Episode 68: Rock salt has a Himalayan scent.txt (1/2)

I meet up with Deanna and explain the situation.

From the feeling I got earlier, it seems like it would be fine from a transactional standpoint without Deanna, but I wonder if it would be better to show Deanna for a change to make an impact.　No, the other side is already willing to negotiate, so there's no need to cut more cards out of your hand that you don't need.

This time, Deanna would be on standby.

Then, we headed straight to the rock salt shop a little ways away.

'Hello~'

Oh, you're the Elf-sama's companion brother. Have you run out of salt yet?

I've been walking around with Deanna a lot, and it seems that the perception of being a big brother with (or being taken by) an elf-sama is spreading among the citizens of Elishe these days.

People like elves too much.

We're talking about something else today. Do you still have that thing you gave me a while back?

A rock salt shop, as it is, is a store that sells salt and rock salt.

In a country where salt is nearly free, it's a delicate commodity to sell. However, as for rock salt, it seems to be priced differently from ordinary salt, which can be dug out of the ruins of a salt lake at any price, because it has to be mined in some way. Well, a chunk of salt the size of a cobbler costs about 3 or 5 ells, which is pocket-money level (......).

By the way, the rock salt shop sells ...... that is rock salt, but they mainly sell salt that is not used for food.

Of course, they also sell edible salt, but other than that -- rock salt blocks.

Rock salt blocks. Pretty red and pink blocks of rock salt. You can cut them into beautiful rectangles and use them as building materials like bricks or as interior decorations.

Rock salt candles. A hollowed out rock salt candle that emits a pale light with a candle inside.

Rock salt bath salts. Putting crushed rock salt into the bathtub improves your sensitivity to cold, makes your skin smooth and smooth, and refreshes your mind with negative ion effects.

Rock salt tiles. Cut up rock salt in the same size as the ones in the bathtub can help create a stylish space.

Rock salt saucer. Various plates made of rock salt. Because the salt dissolves naturally, you don't need any seasoning to have delicious grilled meat.

Rock salt sauna construction. They construct a sauna using rock salt blocks and tiles. You can refresh your body and mind by the far-infrared effect. But it is expensive. I want to build a sauna in my house eventually.

It's also a salt shop that sells rock salt for horses and a salt grater for rocks. It's a proper street shop and seems to be doing rather well.

I also buy rock salt for horses and salt for the house and family home at this store.

It's ridiculous to buy natural salt for free because it's so expensive in Japan.

The one I'm looking for is the one I was shown when I came here before.

The store sells only the pure white edible rock salt, and the colored ones are used for horses, or for decoration, or for bathing.

The colored ones are used for horses, ornaments, baths, etc. However, there are some that cannot be used for any of those purposes, and I had asked them to show me some before because I was having trouble handling them.

At that time, as it was not needed, I got a little bit of it to take home and use it at the mansion, but...

'That one?　You're an odd one to still want something like that.

When I offered to get a large quantity of them, the store owner's eyes went black and white. After all, it's the kind of stuff that's piled up in the back of the store, which he declares to be worthless.

The owner of the rock salt shop is a goldmine who goes out to dig for rock salt with his apprentice and brings back a pile of it. Even if a magical beast appears, he's a stiff guy who will just meet it with a pickaxe and barbecue the rock salt plate on the spot.

So we have plenty of products, and we're not so needy that we go out of our way to sell weird stuff.

I'm sure there's enough room for that item to be used this time as well, so I got the number I needed.

So, this--you don't mind if I use it freely, do you?

I don't care what you do with it. But I can't and won't take the blame if you eat it and get out of it.

No problem. Thank you.

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Oh, sorry. Sorry to keep you waiting.

I carefully tucked the items I got from the rock salt shop into a burlap drawstring bag I bought at another store and prepared about a hundred of them.

I didn't bring Deanna with me after all.

Deanna is an inbox. You have to choose how to use it. And there's no need to show them something strange.

Oh, by ”weird,” you mean the double scam and the impostor.

Oh, oh. You're late. Isn't Master Elf around at ......?

'Yes, I looked for you, too, but I can't find if you left in the middle of the day. ...... Anyway, I've brought the goods, but if you don't trust me, I'll have to give up this time. ......

Show me things.

'Yes, that's it. It's a product that just arrived from the village.

I unpack the linen drawstring bag and take out the goods with a grudging motion.

''Hmm, what's this?　Black ...... rock salt?

”Yes, sir. It is black rock salt from the Himalayan Mountains, the sacred land of the elves.

Yes. It was dumped in the back of a rock salt shop because it was an ominous color. ...... It's a common perception that the image of black is bad in both countries.

By the way, the origin of ”Himalayan Mountains” is naturally the Himalayan Mountains of the earth.

I've been thinking about it since I saw that black rock salt at the rock salt store, and it looked like a product my sister used to buy by mail order called ”Black Salt of the Himalayas” ...... or something like that, because it was the same thing. It's actually the same ...... and I don't know if the salt tastes any different though.

I've never seen salt with a color like this ....... It's a common practice for salt to be white, or at best, only reddish in color.

Yes. When I first saw it, I was amazed, too.

”...... Precious salt from the village of the elves or ......

I don't know if the lace weaves in proportion to the lace that your elf has woven, but I'm proud to say that this one is also very valuable. Well, I have just brought a hundred of them to you.

Yes. ......

That's right, it ain't ....... This is a bogus contractor who pretends to be bothered by every single one of these negotiations, when the negotiations themselves should have already been concluded. Well, I'm not going to make any concessions either, and if they don't agree to the exchange, I'm just going to call Deanna and the military police and put them to public execution.

''Alright, it's a no-brainer, let's trade them!

Come on, man.

Thank you. So, we'll exchange this for this one: ....... So, just for the record, this is an item that is sold exclusively by me on Elishe, so please don't sell it on Elishe.

Yeah, I know, I know.

And so the negotiations were concluded.

The bogus vendor quickly cleared out his shop and withdrew from Elishe with a gloating smile. That's quite a bit of action, and that's pretty good.

With an annoying hokum on his face, he said, ”Do you want to go to Marichella ......, or should I go back to the imperial capital once and sell to the nobles ....... Hehehe, I thought I was roasted too, having to come to the countryside to do business like this ....... I can hear him muttering something like ”I'm getting lucky ......”, though.

To him, it's just like a gourd to a panel. He's been a cheater so far, but maybe he thinks he can use the pipe he's made this time around to make a permanent ”real” profit or something.

As for me, I was able to get a bunch of laces without any problems and immediately went back to the shop to inspect and inspect them.

The construction is not that detailed, but I don't think they have the skills to machine knit lace yet, and of course it would be hand-knit. All the colors are white or beige (maybe it's just sunburned by UV rays), and the material is linen.

I'm not sure how good or bad lace is, as I'm only familiar with curtains: ....... To begin with, polyester curtains are lace, but they're probably not lace: ....... The material is also polyester, not linen .......

Well, you can sell the leftover ones at the internet auction for one yen.

It'll be a fair price, maybe. I don't care because I got it for free anyway.

”Huh?　It's not a race. What's going on, so much stuff.

Rebecca came to visit me in the afternoon and peeked in with interest as I was inspecting the items.

Rebecca usually stops by whenever she has to go to Elishe. We usually hang out afterwards until closing time and then go home together.

Today, as usual, we're just stopping by to do some shopping.

She seemed very interested in the lace I got. Most of them are good ones, or are they ......?