「──Kain」
When we stepped out of the room, Mizuho-san called out to Kainzel-san.
「I’ll go on ahead. We’ll start the extermination in the afternoon. I’ll explore Rihar Town in the meantime」
I left quickly. I had no intention of getting involved in their past.
When we exited the branch, a crowd of children had gathered around the Pioneer and Ladarion was handing out candy.
「Ladarion. We’ll start the extermination after lunch. I plan to explore Rihar Town until then. What about you?」
She was probably trying to drive the kids away with candy, but that had the opposite effect. It was like feeding carp.
「I’ll go!」
She tossed the remaining bag of candy far away to scatter the children. Hey. You shouldn’t throw food.
I had a key for the Pioneer as well, so I climbed into the driver’s seat and started moving before the children swarmed us again.
I called out to the soldier at the drawbridge that we’d be back and followed what looked like the main street. Rihar Town wasn’t very large and there wasn’t much to see. The market area was outside the town, through the southern gate.
We followed the road and exited through the southern gate. Shops lined both sides and ahead was an open plaza.
Several carriages were parked there just like at the Town Hall, loading and unloading various goods.
「They’re harvesting grapes already」
It was still summer. Did this world harvest grapes in summer?
「Those are Besmy. They ripen in summer」
「Besmy?」
「They’re sour but taste good when cooked with honey」
「So like blueberries. They’d probably make a good shake」
I often made banana shakes with a blender, but blueberries were expensive so I never tried them.
「Is it good?」
「I don’t know what Besmy tastes like, but shakes are good. They’re even better after a bath」
Milk, vanilla ice cream, sugar and lemon juice went into the blender. It was easy to make and I drank it often in summer.
「I’ll go buy Besmy!」
Ladarion jumped out of the Pioneer and ran off to buy some. She didn’t just get talkative. She got bold too. Wait, could she even shop properly?
I had given her silver and copper coins just in case, but I had always handled the shopping myself. Going straight into buying something on his own seemed reckless.
「I bought it!」
I decided to watch and let him learn through failure if needed, but he came back with an entire basket of Besmy. That was definitely too much. It looked like at least five kilos.
「H-how much was it?」
「I gave them one silver coin and they gave me the whole basket」
「Ah, yeah, I see. Good for you. We’ll make something with it tonight, so drop it off at the Sefuti Home」
Well, Ladarion could probably finish all of it in two days. It was fine.
「Oh, wash some and put them on a plate. And bring condensed milk」
I wanted to taste them.
「That sounds like a good combination!」
She vanished with a pop and returned in less than ten seconds with washed Besmy and condensed milk. Did she have an accelerator installed?
「Yeah. Not bad」
I tried the Besmy with condensed milk and it was surprisingly good. It would make for an excellent shake.
「It’s delicious! Takato, let’s buy more! Romy and the others will be happy!」
True. Buttering up the ladies never hurt.
We parked the Pioneer at the edge of the plaza, dropped our things off at the Sefuti Home and headed back out to shop.
「Where did you buy it?」
He came back so quickly it had to be nearby. But did individuals normally sell this? Shouldn’t it go to the market or be bought in bulk by merchants?
「Over there!」
Ladarion pulled me along for about fifty meters. It was a stall lined with baskets. A street vendor, I guessed.
「Gramps, sell more!」
Ladarion called out to the white-haired old man who seemed to be sorting Besmy. He must have been the shop owner.
「What, you again?」
「Yeah. I came to buy a lot. Sell some!」
Ladarion pulled out a silver coin. I wasn’t one to talk, but his sense of money was as rough as mine. We really needed to learn how to use money properly.
「Excuse me. The Besmy tasted great, so if possible I’d like to buy some as well」
「Eh, ah, well, if you’re buying that helps me too, but what are you going to do with so much? That’s not the amount a person eats alone」
「We live in a giant village so we need a lot」
「Ah, that explains it. One basket wouldn’t be enough then」
「Exactly. By the way, don’t you sell these to merchant houses?」
There were nearly thirty baskets. Could an individual sell this much?
「We do wholesale, but this year was a good harvest. We picked more than we could sell so we set up a stall to get rid of the extra」
「If it was that good of a harvest, wouldn’t the goblin damage be worse?」
Mizuho-san had said goblins were appearing.
「Our settlement gets more damage from boars than goblins. We’ll have to ask adventurers for help again」
And despite that, they still had leftovers. How much did they produce?
「So we can buy as much as we want?」
「Yeah. Buy as much as you can carry. I’ll throw in a bonus」
The price was one silver coin per basket, but he offered three baskets for two silver coins, so we decided to buy nine baskets.
The old man looked shocked as we carried them to the Sefuti Home. I asked Miriel to wash the amount we would eat tonight.
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