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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That night.

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I was visiting Mitra's room.

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It wasn't for a night crawl or anything like that.

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I was simply invited.

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Ever since Jimmy Radiak's visit.

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Mitra, who had never spoken a word during our nightly strategy sessions...

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For some reason, she visited me in the middle of the night and led me to her room.

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Mitra strolls down the dimly lit corridor without turning on a light.

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I guess for Mitra, day and night are no different.

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Come in.

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Mitra was invited into the room, and a strange sight spread out before her.

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This is..."

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Inside the room, illuminated by the light of a small lamp, there were dollworks sitting as far as the eye could see.

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On shelves and desks in the reasonably large room, and even on the floor. The room was quite spacious, with dolls made of wood, plaster, and other materials lined up in various places.

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Oh...please don't mind these things. I don't have much else to do when I'm alone in my room all the time..."

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I see..."

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Upon closer inspection, the dolls are quite elaborate.

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So, what's the story?"

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To Mitra, who was standing by the window.

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I asked her straightforwardly.

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The reason is that it is better to deal with Mitra, whose emotions and mind are hard to read, than to confirm them in a strange way.

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I asked, "Why do you want to buy this mansion, Albus-sama?"

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Is that what you called me here to ask?"

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I returned the question with a question.

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Mitra fell silent.

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I'm sorry... The reason I decided to earn mana to buy this mansion was because Burgess begged me, cajoled me, and put me on board. He said, 'You can do it!　So please do me a favor'.... So, if you want to thank me, thank Burgess, not me."

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Also, because I have no idea if I can outbid Jimmy Radiak at the auction.

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If I want to say thank you or something, it'll be after it's all over.

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You're willing to spend six million mana for that kind of reason?

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Strange?"

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Yes, while asking Mitra...

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At least I thought it was odd.

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No one who can properly calculate the gain or loss of mana would make such a choice.

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'No... It's just that none of the merchants I've talked to were like that.

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It was as if he was being told that he was an uncommonly bad merchant, and his words struck a chord with me.

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'Well, it's not a good business. Even if I buy this mansion. I would probably lose the mana because no new business would come out of it.

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Then why?

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I already told you.　Because Burgess beguiled me. No more reasons than that. Well, if you want me to give you any other reason, I'd say that I'm doing Clarice and you a favor, and I think it would be beneficial if I could get close to Gilbert Warren, the great nobleman of Kilkenny. That's about it.

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As for the rest, well.

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I wonder if I'm really capable of such a thing. I'm beginning to feel a little bit like I want to try it out myself.

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I'm not sure what I can do to repay you for your kindness. The Warren family connection is almost nonexistent to me now.

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That would be true.

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If there was a proper relationship with the Warrens, they would not have put their house on the auction block.

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I have only this one thing at my disposal right now.

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Then let me borrow it.

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Mitra's body jerked.

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I mispronounced it a little, but I didn't mean it in a weird way.

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No, I mean... I don't mean it in a weird way. This doll is quite well made. If you don't mind, I'd like to sell it to you. I'll pay you mana for the purchase.

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If that's the case..."

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Saying this, Mitra breathed a sigh of relief.

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I don't need any mana, so please take whatever you have. We are just about to run out of places to put them.

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Can you manufacture additional items?

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We can make as many as you want, although it may take some time. However, since the other two rooms are filled with dolls as well, I don't think we will run out of dolls.

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I understand. I will ask for more dolls after I see how well they sell.

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Yes.

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Saying that, Mitra sat down on the chair.

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I remember that we had been standing there talking for a long time.

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By the way, does this doll have any motifs?

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Yes... Once a long time ago, my father, mother, and I listened to a song sung by a minstrel who was invited to this mansion. This is a character from that song. I believe the title of the song was "The Princess of the Cliff.

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I see. If that's the story, I've heard it too.

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The story is not that famous, but those who live in this region should be reasonably familiar with the names of the places and their contents.

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The great fissure called the Great Villiola Escarpment is located on the western edge of the western continent.

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The story is related to the origin of that fissure.

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Roughly speaking, it is the story of the war between elves and humans.

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So, the "Elven King," the "Elven Princess," and the "Human Knight..."

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There is also a 'human witch' over there."

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Looking closely, all the dolls in the room were one of those four types.

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They varied in deformation, elaborateness, size, and material, but they were all the same.

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"Do you have any dolls based on anything other than 'Princess of the Cliff'?"

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'Yes, songs other than that. I (I) have never heard of it.

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......

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I kept thinking back over and over again to a song I heard as a child.

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She continues to make dolls with the same motif over and over again.

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I think I caught a glimpse of the darkness in Mitra's heart when I imagined her like that.

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Although the number of products I can handle has increased...

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I was even less sure who Mitra was.

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