Read A Merchant With Zero Combat Power Who Was A Baggage Handler In A Hero Party (Me), Was Finally Banished And Wants To Be A Steady Merchant.

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As such, I would like to hire a few trusted bodyguards."

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That night, I discussed my concerns about the current guard system with Burgess and Clarice.

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The amount of relics sold after the return from Yak Village already totaled one million mana.

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One third of that has already been given to Clarice...

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Combined with what I originally had on hand and Loloi's share, which Loloi has entrusted to me...

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The total amount of mana in my mana bag is still close to 1 million mana.

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Furthermore, considering that my warehouse still contains more excavated goods from the Earth Ruins....

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To the thieves and others, I am like a pile of treasure walking around in my clothes.

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Any good adventurers with connections to Burgess?"

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By the way.

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The items in the warehouse of a person with warehousing skills will disappear if he or she dies.

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It is not exactly disappearance, but it is believed that they are left behind in the inventory in another dimensional space and become irretrievable as they are.

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So one could say that the relics in the warehouse are safe as long as I don't voluntarily remove them...

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The thieves I'm dealing with are a gang of thieves who have been sneaking around for years.

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I don't know what kind of intimidation they might use.

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I really hate bandits.

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Loloi is guarding Albus, you know?"

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Loloi grumbled in dissatisfaction.

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I myself am completely useless in battle. It would be very hard for Loloi alone to protect me in a situation where he would have to fight multiple people.

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Loloi also has the disadvantage of running out of stamina as soon as he fights with his skills at full throttle.

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His normal fighting ability is quite high, though, so he is not lagging behind against the monsters out there. However, it is a different story when the opponents are experienced bandits.

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I think so. I think me and Clarice should join them.

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Purgess folded his arms and said, "No, that's bad.

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No, I'm sorry about that. There is a long period of time between now and the day of the auction. You've got your own thing to do, don't you?"

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There are only about three months left until the auction.

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I don't want the two of you to be stuck with me for the entire period of the auction.

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I've got nothing to do but to earn my living (mana) by taking quests with the guild. If you want, I can go out with you and do your business instead.

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Well...I've never been a relic salesman, but is there anything else you think I could do?

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Burgess and Clarice together...or rather, Burgess. I don't think they could earn enough mana from their daily quests as small servants in my business.

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Or even before that, I can't afford to pay that much for an escort. So the two of us end up losing quite a bit of money.

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He said, "That's bad, so you can just introduce me to a trustworthy adventurer through Burgess' connections.... Someone who is reasonably good, but who we can hire as cheaply as possible.

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Even so, it would cost mana to hire him after all, wouldn't it?　Then, considering the difference, it would be much less expensive for us to join your escort.

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That might be a good argument, but...

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But that would mean that Burgess and Clarice would be bought out at a considerably lower price as escorts.

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You can't just hire Burgess and Clarice for free. You have a life and a purpose.

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Burgess has to earn his mana to survive, and Clarice has a goal of buying the house someday.

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When I said this, Burgess and Clarice looked at each other and nodded.

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' "...What?"

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'Well, if that's the case, it looks like I don't have to worry about it anymore.

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What?

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I've been asked to marry my sister, and she's going to take it. And she's going to take it.

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Is that what they're talking about?

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Apparently, while we were in the village of Yak, a messenger from a certain nobleman came to this mansion.

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Clarice had just heard about it from Mitra last night.

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The aristocrat, in welcoming Mitra as his wife, had said something to the effect that he would buy the house and allow Mitra to continue to live there.

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I'm afraid I'm going to be evicted in exchange... I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to go peddling with Albus and Loloi," he said.

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When I asked what Burgess was going to do, he told me that Clarice was going to force him to go with her halfway.

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Burgess scratched his head in embarrassment.

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He looked a little embarrassed and cocked his head.

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Well...that's why. Let the two of us join you and Loloi's party.

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If we're going to be part of a merchant's guard, we should at least be able to watch the store, right?"

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I don't know what's going on, but it seems like a lot of things are being discussed without my knowledge.

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I'd love to be a part of that.

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If it's Clarice and Burgess, Loloi would welcome it.

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Leroy, too, seemed to have no objection.

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"Yeah, I'll be glad to have you."

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The Earth Ruins Exploration Party, again!

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And so we were again.

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So, we were once again a party of four.

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This time it's not (tentative) to explore the ruins.

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Then I am. I had to earn enough mana for the four of them to live on through my business.

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It was a heavy responsibility.

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With this many guards, the number of places I could go would expand. With this many people, I would be able to do a lot more.

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I was grateful for their offer, and grinned as I realized that the next business idea I had in mind would soon be ready to take shape.

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Albus's peddling party

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Albus the merchant (leader/handler)

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Loloi the martial artist (escort/advance guard)

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Burgess, the magic swordsman (escort/advance guard)

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Clarice the Swordsman (Escort/Advance Guard)

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