"I just bought 10 meters worth of ......, what a gorgeous ....... It's too gorgeous. I'm sure it will sell for quite a bit, but I don't have anyone to sell it to,....... The only rich person I know is the mayor, but he doesn't seem to be the type of person who likes this kind of gorgeous ....... The only other person I know is Efta. I guess I could try to do business through Hetty-san: ....... Hmmm.

　I was groaning with the black fabric I'd stocked for my rich counterpart in my hand.
　There are all sorts of gorgeous fabrics, but, well, generally speaking, the most gorgeous ones are the ones that everyone would associate with this guy. It's velvet, a fabric that has a wet, shiny sheen to it.
　I was thinking of this as a dueling commodity for the rich.

　It sounds like an exaggeration, but it's actually a pretty easy choice.
　You see, the clothes that we imagine kings wear in the Middle Ages are made of velvet. So it must look luxurious and sell well here too!　It's called .......
　Well, besides that, if it's velvet, it's like a fabric that's been around for a long time, and I think it's just barely on the edge of not being weirdly prying.
　There are many newer fabrics that are difficult to sell in the other world.
　For example...

　Print patterns.
　The printing technology in this world is, at best, woodblock printing. There is a certain amount of flavor to it, and it's popular in its own way, but I have to say that it's different from the Japanese patterns that are printed correctly and uniformly. So we don't treat it as such.

　Waterproof and breathable fabrics.
　The latest material that doesn't allow water to pass through, but moisture to pass through. There's a famous one called Gore-Tex, it's one of those. It's a far cry from vinyl, which is just a waterproof material, but there's no need to go to the trouble of selling such a high performance fabric, because it allows moisture to pass through.　It doesn't steam! It's not even a sales pitch, even if you do it in a place with no plastic material. And the price is too high. That's why we don't deal in them.

　Enamel fabric.
　It's a vinyl thing, but it's too fast for people from another world. That's why I don't deal with it. I don't even deal with vinyl.

　Well, even fabric stores don't sell waterproof, breathable or enameled fabrics, so printed fabrics are probably the first products they don't carry.

　And speaking of fabrics not to be handled, the same goes for leather and synthetic leather.
　To be honest, as expected of leather-related products, Elishe's are much cheaper than those in Japan. There are so many different kinds, I'd rather import them to Japan.

　I'm thinking that I should start dealing in other fabrics as well.
　I'm told that winter will come soon after the passing of the Hitotsutsuzuki season, so the demand for warm clothing may increase. You could sell woolen yarns, ready-made scarves, gloves, leg warmers and knit hats.
　The best thing to do would be to bring the heat-*cks as they are and sell them.

　Anyway, it's all velvet now.
　I heard it's called "Tengyou" in Japanese. It's pronounced "tengajou" or "velvet" in Japanese. It's said to have been introduced to Japan in the early Edo period, so it must be made of natural material.
　Well, it is not necessary for customers to examine the material for clarification, but they can use any chemical fiber - polyester, nylon, acrylic, rayon, polyurethane, etc. --I don't have a problem with it.

　By the way, the velvet I have on hand right now is 100% cupro. Yes, it's a very synthetic fiber. It's a wonderful touch.


...... So, look at this fabric, what do you think of this guy?

It's so ...... beautiful. ......

　I showed it to Deanna while I was on stall duty. It seems to look beautiful from Deanna's point of view. The difference in values is surprisingly hard to tell without checking properly.
　...... Well, Deanna's aesthetic sense is a thing, so it may not be reliable.

'You're not going to put this out in the store?　I think there's a lot of people who would like this.

'This fabric ...... is called velvet, and it's too gorgeous to sell as well as regular fabric. And the price can't be the same as a plain cotton fabric.

　Now, I buy plain fabric for 500 yen per meter and sell it for 10 erros - that is, 1,500 yen. The other products are also priced at about three times the amount he buys to avoid making too much money.
　Velvet was 2,850 yen for 1 meter (I bought it at an online specialty store, not a discount store, so it's a little higher than usual).
　It's 57 ells, which means I can buy it for five white copper coins and seven bronze coins. If you are offered a silver coin, you give the change to the seller for four whites and three bronzes - and so on.
　At the normal cost rate for 10 meters, it would cost only 570 ells to sell all of them. It wouldn't even amount to a single gold coin.

　It's such a gorgeous thing, but I'm not going to sell it for that price, frankly.
　I'd like to have at least one gold coin, or if I wanted to, two gold coins.


I'll do some more business here, and when I have more clients, I'll try to sell them. There is no need for you to go bad, but it's not a rotten thing.

　But the person to sell it to appeared on the same day.





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　Rebecca came to help out in the afternoon, accompanied by Hetty.
　Hetty is supposed to be ...... in Elishe as a backup to Deanna, but she's rather free to go about her business, probably because she doesn't need to be with Deanna all the time. I don't know what she usually does, but sometimes Rebecca says something like "I'm having a drink with Hetty today~" and I'm sure she spends her time as she pleases. I like it, the Solo family maids seem to be so free.

'Oh, you two were just fine. Look at this fabric. What do you think of this one?

...... My goodness. That's an amazing piece of fabric.

...... This is a wonderful piece of ...... luster, Master Giraud. There has never been anything like it in the vicinity of the imperial capital. It's a mountain product, ...... or perhaps from Elishe. The craftsmen in this area are not to be underestimated. ......

''Well, I don't see ...... much in the imperial city ......, no, I seem to remember seeing it somewhere ......?''

　Good. From Rebecca and Hetty's point of view, it looks like a good item.
　I'd be willing to pay a pretty steep price for this one. As long as you have someone to sell it to.

Speaking of which, will Evta-san be coming back to our place again soon?

　I asked Hetty in that vein.

'What?　E...... Younger should be here by now. Maybe.

That's pretty appropriate. Don't you have anything in mind?

'Yes. It's all up to me.

　That's just the way it is.


　We're going to close up shop at about 2:00 in the afternoon that day and we're all going to get a bite to eat!　This was to be the case.
　I asked Deanna to run an errand to the bank (not that it was an escort, but Rebecca and Hetty accompanied me), and as me and Marina cleaned up the mess, a guy I recognized from somewhere comes up to us.


　A jalopy and several worn necklaces and rings.
　A vest with gorgeous gold thread embroidery.
　A pair of downy silk pants.
　A sultry musk scent.
　Strong, drawn slave warriors.

　That's the chubby merchant from the imperial capital that I saw in the guild before.

　I've had a bit of a run-in with him when we first met,...... and I don't want to be seen pestering him to do business in a corner of the marketplace.

　So I think about it, and I turn my back or something to avoid being spotted, but I don't know if the Turk's Marina's purple hair stands out or if he's been spotted all along, but he approaches me with a grin on his face.
　The chubby guy who doesn't forget to take one look at Marina and give her a disgusted look every time he takes a glance at her.

'Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, isn't this Merchant Kun with the Turk tribe of old? What's the matter with you?　With the Turks on the side of the road here.

　What a deliberate guy. It's true that it's an open-air sale, so it must be roadside!
　But did the Turks kill this guy's parents?　It's sticky.

'It's a street business as you can see. Do you have a problem with that?

No?　No, no, no, no, no, there's no reason to complain. It's people like you that run the economy. Oh, I don't know if you've ever heard of the economy.　It's a word that's used a lot in the Imperial City.

...... No, I can understand the economy, at least.

You're a prosperous merchant of Elishe, aren't you? You're making some money on the side of the road here. It's amazing that someone as young as you can understand the language of economics.
　The potters speak with large gestures. The whole thing is a deliberate movement, or maybe it's theatrical: ....... I'm not sure if this is how it would be in another world. I'm not sure if this is what it would be like in the other world, or if it's something out of a Shakespeare play.
　But he almost said, "It's like he's making pennies on the street," this guy. It's been a long time since I've had such a pleasant manner of looking down on someone. I don't remember such a person among the executives in the era of black companies. Can you understand Ayase?　If it's 20 percent off 160,000 or 60 percent off 320,000, do you know what you'd get?　Can't a high school graduate do this kind of math?　Hmm? How often I was made fun of .......

''So what are the big merchants in the imperial city doing in this lowly market?

What? I'm just passing the time. The person I was waiting for in Elishe was late arriving. We don't have a large market like this in the imperial capital. It's quite a chaotic and interesting thing to see. If you just want to see it. Hahaha.

　It's the one that has a lot of words for every single one of them.
　It seems as if he just took a glance at our products that were still out, and he doesn't seem to have any interest in them, he really just looks at them. Well, I don't know what the merchant is dealing with, and I guess it's possible that the merchant is just a different genre.

　I don't know what the merchant is dealing with, but it's possible that they're just in a different genre. ......, but it sounds like he has money to spend.
　He might not be a bad guy to sell the ...... thing to. I'm not a local.

　I stopped the chubby one who was about to leave with a high smile.

I'm sure you've come all the way from the imperial capital to Elishe, so why don't you go and buy some souvenirs?　I have an item on hand just now that I rarely get into. I was hoping that the mayor or the nobleman sama would be able to--......, well, just for the sake of it.

　He stopped in his tracks, but a dubious-looking chubby face. The smirk that always remained on his face is also hidden.

'Heh. You're really brave, or maybe you just can't read the air ....... Do you think I'm going to buy a souvenir here?

　He looks a little irritated. Well, from his point of view, it's a "buy me a souvenir!" from the lowest of the street vendors. It would be like being told that. That's actually true.

'-- if you have an eye for things.

　I replied and pulled the velvet fabric out of my bag.

　I didn't miss the instantaneous change in color of the chubby's eyes.

'How do you like it?'　It's a beautiful piece of art, isn't it?　There shouldn't be anything like this in the Imperial City. You can pick it up and have a look at it.

'Heh ...... heh ....... That's quite a surprise. It's certainly not common to see such a smooth fabric even in the imperial capital. --Where did you get this?

'As expected, I'd say that's a trade secret ......, but you've said it before. You said you had an elf slave. That's why I was able to handle the goods from the Elf's Village with that fortune. ...... Oh, I don't know if you've ever heard of an elven village?　It's a famous place in Elishe.

　I'll say it in return as well.
　It's true that there are elf slaves, but it's a lie that there are elf villages.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this by visiting the website.
　...... I've thought about it before, but this person has a tendency to get rather excited.

I've been thinking about it for a while now, but I'm pretty excited about it. I see. I didn't learn enough about it either. I didn't know there was such a thing as an item from an elven village. As a merchant, I'd love to have a bite of one.

I'm sorry, but I'm the exclusive contractor for the Village of Elves. Oh, if you want to work through me, I'll be happy to wholesale-deliver it to you. And what are you going to do?　This fabric. I'll give you a discount now.

　I'm not going to be cheap, though. You've got to kick ass as much as you can!

'Exclusive or ....... Do you have a spirit contract?　With the elves.

Hmm?　Yes, it is. The "Spiritual Contract

I see. Well, that's that, but I think I'll buy the fabric, since it's a good idea. Maybe I can make it into a dress and give it to my wife or something.

　Does he have a wife? Well, it's no wonder that people get married so quickly in this world. If he's a wealthy merchant, he might have a political marriage plan.

And how much is it?

''Yes, as I said at the beginning, this is an item that is rarely made in the village of the elves: ....... Naturally, the price is not cheap. Well, I'm sure the great merchants of the imperial capital can afford it.

　Now, how much do I pooch?
　One gold coin or two? Two gold coins would be enough of a rip-off for 10 meters of this fabric for 300,000 yen...


I'll give you 6,000 Euros for it.

　I made a bold move.

　Six gold coins, valued at 900,000 yen.
　I couldn't help but make a face as if I were asking for help. At such a moment, I cannot keep a poker face, but I am an amateur. I think I will get used to it, though.

　As expected, the great merchant in the imperial capital was surprised by this, and after a moment of agitation, he exhaled and said with a huff, "6,000 el.

''6,000 el, just barely enough on hand, but that's not the price of what we're dealing with in a place like this. You were actually planning to sell it for less, weren't you?

　A chatterbox that is trying to haggle or put a check on the price.

''No, I was rather planning to sell it for more. I may continue to have a relationship with the big merchant summers of the imperial city, and I'm still learning about this.''

I see. Then I don't have a choice. Well, if you're going to have a relationship with me in the future, I'll just buy it at asking price this time. No, no, it's good to have it on hand.

'Thank you!　Keep up the good work.

　That's how I managed to sell the fabric I bought for 28,500 yen for 900,000 yen!
　We're going to have a big night!





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　I got six gold coins at once. It's good to earn steadily, but it feels good to earn them all at once like this.

　I wonder if it is all right, though I paid six gold coins to buy it. Will my dad yell at me? No matter how much, it's not 900,000 yen for 10 meters of dough.

　I cleaned up, enjoying the weight of six gold coins, and when I finished, Deanna and the others returned.


'Oh, welcome back. Listen, the dough you just saw--

I'm home. Oh, I need to talk to you about that fabric over here, and the three of us were talking about it, and I just remembered that the fabric--

I sold it for a whopping six gold pieces!
''Isn't the Night Demon King Shangfu ......?　Maybe it's just a resemblance: ............ what?
What?
Yeah?

..................

''Master Jirou, you're early. The Night Demon King's Upper Cloth would not come down to 50 gold coins even if it's cheap. ...... If you only sold it to the citizens of Elisheh, I think you can find it and buy it back and it's still not too late. ...... The only people who know about the Night Demon King's Upper Cloth are the nobles and great merchants in the imperial city.

............ um, n


　The King's Upper Cloth of the Night Demon is the fabric of the cloak worn by elven royalty, Rebecca had seen it once, Hetty knew the name, and Deanna said, "I'm pretty sure my father wore it: ....... I didn't recognize it because it was a different color".

　I wish I could have remembered more ...... sooner. ......!
　I didn't know velvet existed in this world, let alone that it was such a rare item!

　I feel like losing money though I did not lose money. The fabric itself can still be purchased at any price, so it shouldn't be a blow to you.

　I hate the chubby guy who knew about the night demon's upper fabric and bought it without hesitation!　
　And I'm sure they'll be coming back in the future saying, "Sell, sell, sell, sell again for six gold coins!

　Well, the next shipment will be next year!　I might be able to get away with it, but I think velvet might be a little harder to handle in the future: .......

　But, well, it's no use worrying about it anymore.
　The speed with which you change your mind can make a difference in your work.

　We're going to have a big night, just like we planned.


　I was only thinking at this time that I had sold my hard-earned goods cheaply, and that I felt like I had sold them cheaply and lost money.
　I wondered what kind of action the big merchants would take when they found out that the small ...... micro merchants were monopolizing a large profit margin, ---- even that kind of thing. was completely out of mind.

　And the bill will be paid for in the worst way ----.