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That day.

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Loloi and I had left the relic sale a little early and were walking around looking for Amaranthia, the bard.

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For business, of course.

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For the past few days.

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I had put the wooden dolls of Mithras along with relics and medicinal herbs on display in the store, but they were not selling well.

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But the response from customers was quite hopeful.

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The Mitra dolls...

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There are four types: "The Elven King," "The Elven Princess," "The Human Knight," and "The Human Witch.

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Each seems to be carved from a single block of wood, with no joints.

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And they are quite elaborate.

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As for the one made of plaster, we do not even know how it is made anymore.

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The relics have caught the attention of visitors who have come to see them, and several times they have exclaimed, "The engineer who made this is quite skillful.

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When I explained that this was not a relic of any kind, most of the guests just let it go.

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Clarice, too.

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He had tried to sell this doll before, before he started taking quests as an adventurer.

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But it didn't sell at all, and he gave up after three days.

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However, the fact that it caught the eye of a customer who comes to look at relics as a kind of collection means that it is still a very good product.

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So far, it didn't sell at all.

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I had found hope in that.

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I had to sell the wooden doll somehow.

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I was going to ask Amaranthia to do a trick.

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Well, it was quite simple.

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I asked Amaranthia to sing the fable "The Princess of the Cliff," which is the motif of Mitra's doll, and immediately after that, I would sell the doll next to her.

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If possible, I would be grateful if we could meet up with her every day after the peddling time at the wagon square and have her give one or two lectures from there.

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I was about to approach Amaranthia about such a negotiation...

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I am now looking around for Amaranthia.

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She is a young minstrel woman with a good singing voice, dressed like a dancer, with a dark skin tone.

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I asked around like that, and soon found Amaranthia.

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Amaranthia was singing poetry near the southern outer gate.

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The performance she was singing at the time was.

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"The Peddling of the Great Merchant Grill, Chapter 3: The Ancient Ruins of Rattakutta.

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Grill, a magician himself, explored the ancient ruins with his dependable guards. He goes through numerous traps and tricks to reach the innermost part of the ruins and discovers a phantom treasure.

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This is a typical story.

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However, there are some problems.

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However, it is a very popular performance among the peddlers of Grill, as it is quite a thrilling story with the dark deeds of a rival merchant.

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Amaranthia's narrative style, with its slow and steady pace, drew me into the story.

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Grill is later married to a female swordsman he hired as his bodyguard in the city.

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The film is interspersed with thought-provoking performances by the two, which you will enjoy if you know this.

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Instead of using explicit words, Amaranthia expresses her feelings by the inflection of her voice when she sings their conversation.

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Amaranthia is really good at singing.

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She sang, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!　Go Grill!

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Loloi was so excited that the children around her cheered for her.

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The performance was carried off in that vein, and this Amaranthia show seemed to have ended in a great success.

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I see..."

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We approached Amaranthia after the performance and told her our purpose for coming to see her this time.

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Amaranthia, who had heard what we had to say, opened her mouth after thinking for a moment.

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She said, "I have no problem singing a particular piece upon request, but... I don't think that piece is compatible with selling dolls.

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She complained, "What do you mean?

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What do you mean?"

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He said, "Wooden dolls are originally used for children's hand games.... I think it is better to sell them with a children's performance during the daytime, when children gather, than to sell them in the evening with a performance for adults.

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Indeed.

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It is just about the time when the wagon square closes, but there are already few children around.

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But it wouldn't sell for much, would it?

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Yes," he said. If the price is set at a level that is easily affordable for a child's pocket money, no matter how much you sell, you won't make much money.

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So, if possible, I want to target adults.

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Also, I wanted to use the nighttime hours after the wagon square closed as much as possible.

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Even taking this into account, I still prefer to target adults.

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I believe that the more people who see the value in the elaborate dolls and buy them for their collections, the higher the price will be.

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Amaranthia seemed a little unconvinced. When I took the Mitra doll out of storage and showed it to her, she seemed to change her mind a little.

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She said, "Indeed. This is too fine a workmanship for a child to play with, isn't it?

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Isn't it?

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Then, I think it's better to specialize in that area. The actuality is, it's not really a good idea to make a speciality of it. I was once invited to perform at a bar. Of course, there were only adults there..."

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But then, we would have to pay the tavern mana to rent the place as well.

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Besides. And besides, it is hard to believe that drunken patrons of a tavern would be interested in puppet work.

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It would be nice if there was a theater...or something."

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In the capital of the central continent, there were two huge theaters.

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The first is the "Theatre of the Dead," which is a large, open-air theatre where various troupes and minstrels give lectures day and night.

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If a skilled bard like Amaranthia were to sell puppet works related to a poem she had just sung in such a place...

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It would sell like hotcakes.

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And here in the fortified city of Kilket.

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I hear that there are such theatrical facilities in the inner gate where the nobles live, but not in the section between the outer and inner gates where the general population lives.

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I see. ....... I see."

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Then I came up with another business idea.

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If it doesn't exist, then ......, I guess I'll just have to build it."

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If it's not there yet, that means there's still an opportunity lying there.

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Can I help you?"

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Amaranthia. I still need you to tell me what you just told me.

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Fortunately, Mitra's house has a large garden.

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The actuality that it is an open-air space, it is possible to build a simple theater facility that can easily accommodate 50 people.

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As long as it doesn't rain, we can make it work.

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We will build a theater facility on the grounds of the Warren family's detached house, which is currently under our care. I would like to ask Amaranthia to be the diva there.

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Now we just need to figure out how to get the audience.

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The idea of "a business we can do with the time after the peddler's square closes" that he had dared Clarice to do was slowly beginning to take shape.

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Loloi can help too!

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Amaranthia and I had a meeting.

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Loloi was smiling as he listened.

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