Chapter 101 (1/2)

「Ah, dammit all.」

The deep-fried fish snack in my hand broke and crumbled as it fell.

Damn, I was a little absent-minded while I was thinking about Grond.

It was great thinking about the revenge I would exact, but it was hard to control my emotions.

As I thought about it, I raised my teacup to my lips.

「Whoa, this is good!」

I changed lodging and at the new place, I drank some tea instead of resting.

The first boarding place had excellent beds, but since I didn’t intend to stay long for if I did, others might take notice.

Because of that, this place now wasn’t as great, I still had good beds brought out.

「Man, tea really is great.」

I used the roasted tea I got from the seller, and I had Minnalis make me some fish-bone chips from mackerel to pair with the tea.

You can’t say it’s a luxury but if you have those chips, they do satisfy.

Rice crackers and tea. A bit low on the totem, but Japanese love it and the combination makes you relax.

「Strange uhh? It’s a bit like brown tea, master. It smells good and is a bit bitter. It’s unfamiliar, but it is very delicious. It really is the taste of your home world.」

「The tea of the empire is black, but this is like coffee. You did well to find it.」

I shrugged and looked out at Dartlas through the window.

Dartlas was a town with a lot for trade just like Ermia.

The difference is that Ermia has magical developments also being sold along with regular things.

Also, the type of sellers you find in Ermia are totally different.

Ermia had domestic products from all around as well as foreign ones, compared to Dartlas that just had imperial and the empire’s goods.

In other words, it was a place where the two kingdoms traded.

Otherwise, there were places that produced things exchanged for the imperial goods, and Dartlas also took care of trading those things as well.

People crowded here, working with small and large businesses, and traded many goods and currencies.

Copper, silver, gold, and white silver.

A melting pot for those four currencies.

That was the shape of the place called Dartlas.

「I don’t hate it either, but I like it with a lot of milk.」

「Yeah, you can’t get it in this town but there is also stuff called matcha as well. It’s good with milk and called matcha-latte. Next time we go to the empire, I’ll take you to a place that sells it good and sweet.」

「Good, I can’t wait!」

「U, uh, master? Me too.」

「You don’t have to make that face, we’ll take you too, Minnalis.」

「Thank you, master!」

The two girls were very happy about it. I guess sweet things capture a girl’s heart in any world.

Using many known and unknown methods, we had collected a lot of information about Grond.

The first thing I didn’t know.

On the front, Grond was a good trader, everyone said.

On the back , he was very forceful and evil.

Out of everything we searched out, we found several good connections.

Grond secretly had a huge amount of bestial slaves he was sending to the empire.

When I was summoned, they used a beast slave as a sacrifice for me.

Then, Nonorik was currently used as the person who secretly made the first strike against an enemy.

Finally, he had killed the husband of a certain orphanage owner, and taken the man’s weapon as payment for the debt the orphanage had created.

「Ah, did it again.」

I broke another cracker, and it fell on the floor.

「Master, you’re like a child.」

「You spilled again. You need to be more careful with your food.」

「Sorry, sorry.」

Minnalis and Shuria could tell I was thinking about something, so they both made fun of me.

「But both of you have cracker crumbs all over your faces.」

「「Whaaa?」」

「Just kidding.」

「Ah, master?! 」「How rude!」