Chapter 143 (1/2)

143. Weight gain because of the continuous party!

It is a party.

It's only been a week since the last party, but the only thing I did in this country was gathering information and keeping the store counter.

The product store is finally open the other day, and customers are coming.

… Of course, n.o.bles come to scout and evaluate my store, but they were mainly lower-cla.s.s aristocrats, and not many has come.

It seems that the n.o.bles do not go to the shops by themselves no matter what, usually it is the shop owners who goes to the mansions with the product they want to offer, then from there the n.o.ble select the items that piqued their interest.

In other words, going to a small shop in the city on their own is contradicting their own pride.

Among them, there were light-footed n.o.bles who didn't mind such things, but most of them were lower-cla.s.s n.o.bles.

Those people talked various things with me, and I gave them j.a.pan made souvenirs that is [Not strange in this world, but quite rare] as present. Of course, they are different from the goods that are for sale. Because they gave priority to go on their own over their pride, I respected them for that.

Of course, there are no souvenirs for the va.s.sals who came to scout instead of the Lord.

The va.s.sals who realized that they didn't get any, even though other n.o.bles received one, put the face that implies [Eh? What about us?]. But I don't care. It's a thank-you gift to the n.o.bles who visited this place on their own, so there's nothing to give to the n.o.bles who sent their va.s.sals.

Just like that, this is just a lazy shop that only opens occasionally, selling small quant.i.ties of accessories, alcohol, silk products, sweets and other products that do not contribute to the country's technological skills and productivity.

Of course, purchase for the purpose of stocking or resale is not allowed. This is just an antenna shop, not a shop for ma.s.s sales and profit… tte, that's wrong!  It's not an antenna shop, it's to cover up the fact why I don't live in a luxury hotel even though I am alone!

Well, that's why I arranged this store, but it's usually closed. The store is not open today, too, because I need to attend a party for the first time since last week. Even if the party starts in the evening, women take time to prepare.

Then, the time for the party of a Count from Army Faction has come.

No, I prefer navy faction, but if I only a.s.sociate with naval houses, it seems that Marquis Mitch.e.l.l's position will be worsen, I can't help it. And of course Marquis Mitch.e.l.l will be attending today's party too.

The Army cannot come to our country unless the Navy carries them by ship. And for the ship here, it is impossible to carry so many soldiers on a very long voyage.

A small number of infantries far away from home, equipped with swords, spears, bows and arrows, and some muskets, is not a major threat. So I'm not very interested in the Army …