Vol 10 Chapter 164 (1/2)

Sevens: The Trēs Trading Company

The Trēs Trading Company

… She saw the ocean

Slowly sinking down into the deep and dark depths of the waters, she saw the lights grow further and further away

Glittering sh the sea in ns of any lifeforms around

And after she reached the bottoather into her

They leisurely took their tian to fade out as well, she found herself resurfacing

A voice called out to her

『Your role has ended, …』

A shadow against the light of the sun called out in a feure had called out a name, but she couldn’t catch it

And she found herself saying so

『Next time…』

There, the shadow extended a hand The arm she extended herself to take it, was horribly sullied Beaten up, and having come up from the sea, her arm was covered in variants of water plants, and shells; even coral had stuck to her

Her heart started beating faster She looked into the water’s face to find the ie of a monster reflected back

And her conversation partner smiled

『Good work, …』

After her forgotten naain, her arm crumbled, her body fell apart, and she sunk to the ocean’s depths once htly form joined the ocean’s floor…

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… When she opened her eyes, it was still dark outside

Outside the , she saw sohts here and there across the town

The girl with her breathing in a mess moved her head, and extended a hand to the pocket watch on her bedside table When she took the golden clock in hand, she opened its lid to check the time

Once open, the lid e her read the face

She raised the upper half of her body, and got her chaotic breath in order before brushi+ng away the hair stuck to her face from her sweat

“Hah, hah… it’s four Going to sleep noon’t end too well”

Touching her left hand to her forehead, 【Vera Trēs】 looked over the room It wasn’t the room on the boat she was used to, but her own room in her mansion

It was clean, but it was furnished as if no one was actually living in it

After rising, she pinched her sleeping wear She had sweat quite severely

“It’s happening a lot lately I used to get them once a year, or never”

That nightmare was one Vera had seen a number of times Every time, she would wake up in shock

(I wonder when the first was)

Shaking her head to the side, she stripped off her pyjaarments to take a shower

Her black hair was grown out in the area she tied into angel wings, and that part reached up to her lower back But the rest of it was barely long enough to touch her shoulders Her well-shaped body held splendid curves

Even with a body like that, the girl had her own things to coreatest complaint was her reserved chest that set her apart froer sister

(Hah, if they were a bit bigger, would people look at me too…)

She looked into the bathroo back She traced her pale skin with a finger

Even after spending a ns of tanning Other people had told her she was different from others a number of times

But she wasn’t treated any worse

More than that, the sailors even called her a Goddess of fortune Because noas she was on board,- strange as it was- the boat would never sink

On the oceans inhabited by dangerous monsters, they wouldn’t attack when she was there The individual herself thought it as nothing but a coincidence, but others didn’t see it as such

And at this point, she had received a precious boat fro for the sake of her fairl, even in Beim…

“I’ll have to go shopping today We’re setting sail next week… it seeo this time around, and they told us to take it across no matter what”

Muttering that, she took off her undergarot into the shower…

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“Vera Trēs?”

Having dropped by Rauno-san’s office with Miranda, I accepted the report, and read the name aloud

I had gotten soe, I went through a drastic drop in capital

Even so, I had received ed But it still was troublesome not to have any money It would put quite a restriction on are actions henceforth

Of course, eren’t troubled with living expenses, but as I was in a position where I needed a national-level budget, I had no choice but to seek out support

And I had requested the investigation on that matter to Rauno-san

Miranda silently scanned through other documents

Rauno-san scratched his head with a sleepy expression as he explained it to me

“The ones who can answer to your hopes are probably the Trēs House They don’t currently have any adventurers they’re backing, but as merchants of Bei this city They mainly profit off of trade”

A large trading enterprise that owned a nue-scale transport shi+ps, and quite famous in Beim

If there was anything strange about them, perhaps it was that they hadn’t exclusively contracted any adventurers, while being merchants of the city of Beim, perhaps?

At that scale, it wouldn’t be strange if they were backing a nu anything like that

Rauno-san explained

“They’re working quite extensively, but that isn’t the only problem When you send out a shi+p, you see With storms and accidents, and monster attacks, it isn’t rare for it to sink But the Trēs House had a high success rate If you coap So they have that credibility to them, and a wide relation with other mercantile houses That’s why they’re one of the prominent merchants of Beim To such an extent there isn’t a fool who’ll lay hands on them”

I looked at the documents

I was trying to find a merchant ould sponsor us, but while the Trēs House was on the top of the list, they were the party hich ould have the lowest chances of success Or so ritten on the report

“You don’t think they feel like backing me?”

Rauno-san smiled as he rested his arms on top of his sofa

“Harsh as it may sound, at your level or reputation, even if you make a market for yourselves, I don’t know if they’ll even take you seriously To the Trēs Trading Company, countries like Zayin and Lorphys are s partners Even if you offer them a monopoly an those nations, I can’t say for sure they’ll make a move”

From the Jewel, the Fourth sounded conflicted

『Doing so Monopolies have their share of merits, but they have plenty of demerits as well… even to, I underestiuards down around merchants』

The Seventh was considering the other reports as well, but…

『The best choice is still the Trēs House The others ant Lyle’s faetNo, there’s even a chance they’ll clash with other merchants』

Zayin and Lorphys were dealing with non-Trēs merchants

Pushi+ng those houses aside, and even conflicting with those that set Zayin and Lorphys as their hly doubt the Trēs House would be interested

And at present, they were conducting large transactions between other countries They were a mercantile house that didn’t need my fame or connections

“… The money and terold a year is it? Work requests are a separate sum”

Rauno-san laughed

“If they’re going to contract a famous party, there are surely merchants ould put out double But if it’s an adventurer party they’re going to be using regularly, they’ll settle for a lesser suet you to themselves, is the condition What’s more, this is an estimate, you hear Play it poorly, and you’ll be on even worse terms”

With my reputations, it seems this was around the limit

(As Tanya-san said, rather than rather thanbased on my stand-alone prowess)