The village, called Emma, is not so large in number and is naturally only large as a village.
　Nearly a thousand people now gathered in front of the village of about a hundred.
　The mayor of Emma looks at such a person in front of the village and wonders how to react.
　I was born in a common village in the country of Lavrellina, and continued to live... and for about twenty years since I became mayor.
　I was the mayor of the village, who was about to turn fifty, but I couldn't predict the current situation at all.
　Nevertheless, we are wary of nearly a thousand people... but what is not really wary of is that many of the thousand people in front of the village are women and look like prostitutes.

"And what do you want in this village? I can tell you, by the looks of it, that there is no such thing as a thief."

　The village chief looked at Ray and asked him so, but he wondered if he really should ask him.
　At first glance, Ray is not the kind of person to lead such a group, so it's only natural.
　Still, seeing him with Gryphon and others treating him as a superior, you might have thought he was the man to negotiate.k.a. negotiator.
　In the eyes of the village mayor, Ray's appearance and surroundings are beyond the reach of a powerful person.
　With that in mind, it soon became clear that the latter was probably more correct.
　Also, even if that prediction is different, as long as he is speaking on behalf of the group in front of him, it is only natural for the mayor to have a partner in the negotiations as Ray.

"It's about business. I want you to sell me your clothes. As you can see, the people here are not the sort of people to go out. If you don't have clothes, cloth and sewing tools are fine. I'll have someone make it for me."

　Cloths and sewing tools were also available from merchants who had been with us some time ago.
　Women in wagons still use the cloth they buy to make their clothes.
　Of course, it was impossible to make clothes like the ones sold by craftsmen, but many people could do enough to sew a certain amount of clothes.
　...but Ray can't do that at all.
　Marina and Bune are two of the best at that kind of work in the Red Lotus wings.
　Vihela began to grow up, and although she was not a member of the Red Lotus wing, Elena was similar.

"A cloth? I don't care, but... what kind of group are you? You're walking so confidently, and you're not a criminal, are you?"
"Yes,"

　In the village mayor's words, Ray simply says so.
　He would be treated as a criminal if he were to be exact -- or if he didn't see it -- because he was actually trying to break into Rossi's castle and steal the horse from the cavalry that had chased him.
　But the castle in Rossi is now completely in chaos and has no power to fight the Reyes.
　Nevertheless, given the relationship with the Kingdom of Milliana, it may be advantageous for some later negotiations to be made in the form of a loan... some people think so.
　At any rate, he has not been sent out of the castle to pursue him, nor has he been awarded a prize.
　...though I could hardly imitate registering the guild as the head of the prize money, given the fact that the upper echelons of the country had come.

"Well... how much will you buy it for?"

　The village mayor didn't fully trust Ray's words that he wasn't a criminal either. But if you're a criminal, you'll be interested in doing business with Ray because you're expecting that many people won't be walking around.
　Hopeful observations are that they want to think they're not criminals.
　Although it is a village along the highway, Levlarina is not that big in the first place.
　Naturally, the size of the village is not so large, and there is not much money for travelers to lose.
　Although the weather is relatively mild, there is little chance of a poor harvest, it was only natural for the village mayor to be careful.

"Marina, can I leave the negotiations to you? There's something else you need besides cloth. You're better than I'd negotiate."
"Well, I see. Then shall I undertake the negotiations?"

　That's what Marina says, and she goes before the village mayor.
　For a moment, the village mayor looks disgusted.
　Marina was apparently a dark elf, and she was appropriate to describe herself as an adult.
　In other words, they are very likely to live longer than human village chiefs.
　If that's the case, you can take it for granted that you have a lot of experience in negotiating with people.
　Ray left the negotiations to Marina in part because he didn't understand the minutiae that a woman would need.

"Oh, and will you sell me some of my own leaves?"
"Huh? Well, I don't care, for there are a lot of domesticated plants."

　For the mayor of the village, tame leaves were, as he put it, a great deal of stuff.
　You can make as many as you want, or you can buy as cheaply as you want from other nearby villages.
　That's why I'm a little surprised to hear that I want to buy my own leaves.
　...and in more developed towns and cities they would normally buy and sell their own tails, but I don't think that'
　Ray looks relieved, judging by the mayor's appearance that he can buy his own leaves.

"Then I'll ask you to negotiate with me." Please sell me as much food as you can afford. I'm ready to pay you enough, so don't worry."

　take a few gold coins out of a leather bag taken out of a mistling
　When the mayor saw it... and the other villagers stopped for a moment.
　No wonder Ray didn't pick the gold out of the leather bag, he just picked it out.
　In other words, it means that everything in the leather bag is a gold.
　Moreover, Ray's hands holding gold coins were not shaken.
　There is no doubt that it is because you are accustomed to having gold coins.
　If the mayor picked up that leather bag, his hands would certainly tremble.
　Of course, as long as I am a village mayor, I have never touched a gold coin before.
　Nevertheless, he never acted so carelessly as to handle so many gold coins.
　come to [become] money
　The village chief is convinced when he sees Ray in front of him and the group he leads.

"All right, I'll get you what you need as much as I can. There seems to be no sign of him turning into a thief out of money."

　If only he had a large amount of money, the mayor would not have made such a judgment easily.
　But the group led by Ray are women... and most of them are dressed like prostitutes who can't hide their weapons.
　Such men made the mayor trustworthy.

(Well, do we have to be careful that young people in the village don't interfere in strange things? What would happen if you acted in such a way as to offend this group of people? I don't need to think about it.)

　That being the case, the village mayor is also a man.
　If you remember yourself as a young man, you can immediately remember how interested you were in women.
　For the young people who now live in the village, these women are nothing short of eye‐poisoning.
　No, it's not uncommon for men to like women even if they're not young and married.
　What would happen if such a person lost his mind and got into trouble with women?
　As a village mayor, I'm not in the mood to antagonize Ray's side, let alone Ray.
　There are also a few men as bodyguards.
　The men had fought as a resistance... and above all, they had some confidence in their strength, having survived the battle at Mejogo.
　...that would have been a complete confidence, not some, had they overcome the battle against Jaya in Mejogo with just the strength of the resistance.
　But perfect confidence leads to overconfidence in yourself.
　If you think about it, you could thank Ray because the Resistance men did not overconfidence in their abilities and cause unnecessary disturbances... the feelings that the Resistance men turn to Ray are awe and worship... even disgust.
　This area was very different from what Ray had imagined.

"Well, let's start with a lot of negotiations. And... there's a river around here, isn't there? It's pretty big."When the negotiations are about to begin, the village mayor quits at Marina's remark.

"Well, there is no doubt that there is a river a little way from here, but what is the matter?"
"No, that's all you have to ask," Now, it's time for you to wait here, isn't it? Go to the river and take a bath."
'Wow, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!'

　The moment Marina asks me to take a bath, the women's mouths scream.
　No, it's not a shout, it's a cry that makes sense.
　That's quite natural, isn't it?
　I couldn't afford to purify myself after I was forced to wake up from a disturbance in Mejogo.
　He used to wipe his body by wetting the cloth with distributed water, but now that it's summer and he walks all day under the blazing sun, he naturally sweats, and various dirt such as dirt adheres to his body.
　Even in such a situation, we didn't complain because we understood that we were in the middle of an escape. ...some of them complained to Ray and asked him to do something about it, but considering the number of people in the party, it was still the best way to wipe themselves with a wet cloth.
　For these women, bathing in the river is simply the best form of entertainment.
　...and Marina's words make some villagers smile happily.
　If you look at that face, you don't have to wonder what kind of smile it is like to imagine.
　The mayor looked at the villagers with a slightly difficult look on his face.
　At this rate, it was obvious what the village men would do.
　Marina then opens her mouth with a smile, as if she had read the mayor's inner thoughts.

"I'll tell you, Mr. Mayor... that there's no one in this village who does such a dirty thing as peeps, is there? I'll have them watch you... if there's such a person, I'll take appropriate action?"
"Well, that's..."

　We should have said here that there was no one in the village doing so.
　But in fact, as far as some of the men were concerned, I could not say that I would not look into them.
　That's why people think that the only people in their village can do is to have a look at it, but if possible, they want it to be done peacefully.
　In any case, there are not many ways the mayor can use it.
　Thus, the mayor negotiates with Marina at a disadvantage from the start.
　... Marina doesn't want to buy so cheaply from the people in this village, so it won't really be that bad.

"Well, I have to negotiate with the village mayor... Vichela, and Sula, can you ask him to look out for the river? If there is anyone who will take any wrongdoing, tell him exactly." I've had a lot of things to do you think?

　Marina tells us with a glamorous smile that is not appropriate for the day.
　Marina's beauty fascinated the village mayor with her age.
　No, it's not just the mayor who's caught in the eye. Other men here, some of whom are fascinated, even women.
　Vichela, who has been instructed to leave the village, takes the others with her.
　Marina's face was directed at the village chiefs, so the resistance and women would not see her face, and it must have been fortunate... that she was not caught in the eye.
　In the end, only Ray and other men in the Resistance remain here.

(Did Bune go bathing, too? -- well, Bune is a woman.)

　With this in mind, Ray waited to put the things he had bought in the village, including his own leaves, in a mistling.