It was the next day that Alea the ant-man had a meeting with Gin from the central wholesale market and the representatives of the shopping district association.
　All the arrangements were made by Alea, and I attended the meeting and participated in the discussion.
　Ginn was
If you're willing to let me do the testing and still charge me for it, I have no objection.
　So they readily agreed to it.
　Although there were some negative opinions among the representatives of the shopping district association
The vacancy rate in the Kaido Street shopping district, which Liberty Combe developed as a public works project, has remained at around 10%. There are no more requests from neighboring residents to open new stores, and it would be a shame not to take advantage of that...
　Attitudes softened after Alea's explanation of the current state of the shopping district.
　Finally.
Any new out-of-town merchant association or other entity setting up shop in Liberty Combe's shopping district must be affiliated with a shopping district association and must follow the decisions of the association.
　They tentatively agreed to this condition.
　
　This decision will need to be communicated to the owners of each of the shops that are members of the shopping district association to obtain their approval, so they asked us to wait about a week for the final approval.

　After the meeting, I returned to the lord's office to do some paperwork, but on the way, Foldente came in.
''I've brought Don Tacosuco of the Don Tacosuco Trading Company,''
　A small woman and a swordsman, who seemed to be her bodyguard, followed Foldente as he entered the lord's office.
It's very nice to meet you, my name is Don Tacosuco, the chairman of the Don Tacosuco Trading Company, which does business in the frontier city of Batcombe in the north of here. My name is Don Tacoacoaco, and I'm the chairman of the Don Taco Commercial Association.
The sun is shining today....
　Dontacosuco rubbed his hands as he said this, and repeatedly bowed his head to me and asked me to shake his hand.
　I responded to this with a smile.
"Thank you for taking the time to visit us.
　I returned the greetings and urged them to sit down to the reception set.

　When Unja and Aura brought me tea and sweets, I started talking to Dontacosuco with Foldente.
''But first, I would like to ask you to do me a favor.
　Dontacosuco looks at me with a smile as he sips his tea.
It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the market.
　Don Tacosuco smiled and told me so.
　
　In the course of our conversation, Foldente told me in his thought wave that Dontacosuco had a friendly smile and that he was instantly at ease with the people in the shopping district association.
"If the president of the Chamber of Commerce is someone as charming as Miss, I'd love to see her join the Liberty Combe shopping district.
　He even pulled out a story like that.

(No matter how well we've gotten along, it's a bit annoying to have the contents of the pre-resolutions leaked to outsiders...)
　In this case.
As the matter is still undecided, if you apply again when we make a decision, we will process it.
　I got Dontacosuco to agree with me by replying, "I'm not going to tell you what to do.
　I'll remind the shopkeepers' association later on not to divulge the details before the resolution.

　Afterwards, we again formed a sales union for the sale of dragon scale armor, and we discussed the idea of joint quality control.
　Dontacosuco was.
If you're willing to write a letter of recommendation for the King's Landing, I'd be happy to agree at once.
　While saying this, he presented a letter of recommendation in front of me.
　The content of the letter of recommendation is to prove as the lord of the frontier city that this Dontakosuco Trading Association is a trading association that does not commit fraud, and all that is left is for me to sign the letter of recommendation.

　As for this Dontakosuco Trading Association, I had asked Gelter, the lord of the frontier city of Batcombe and Biblina's own father, through Biblina, to talk to me beforehand.
Yeah, don't worry about that place. Dontacoaco may be a bit of a dick, but he's not a bad company. He's been doing honest business in Batcombe for nearly ten years already.
　I have received a response from him.
　Dontacosuco already had letters of endorsement from a man named Gelter of Batcombe and Takla of Gatacombe, who also showed them to me.
　I signed this letter of recommendation because it had Geltor's approval.
　Then Dontacosuco smiled happily and said
''Then, as promised, I will cooperate fully with the Dragon Scales Armor Dealers Association.
　That's what he said.

　
　That said, if it's just to sell wholesale to Batcombe, with whom we have already established a trusting relationship, there's honestly not much of an advantage to the Don TacoCo Chamber of Commerce in joining this union as I first offered to Foldente.
　It's a trade association that is already trusted by the lord's Geltor, so there's no particular obstacle to joining this union, which would be an extra step.
　However, it's a different story if you're able to obtain this letter of recommendation.
　The fact that the three cards were in place meant that Dontacosuco Business Association had applied to open a store in the King's Capital, and it was confirmed that they would be given priority in processing their application.
　Then they would want to sell dragon scale armor in King's Capital, and it would be a cloud of difference if they didn't have a quality certificate from the sales association.
　In the King's Capital, the poor quality dragon scale armor had just appeared on the market the other day, so other than the goods from the Quin Trading Association that were sold with this certificate attached to them, they were almost unnoticed....
　
　Thus, I signed a letter of recommendation from the Dontacosuco Chamber of Commerce.
　Dontacosuco signed an application to join the Dragon Scale Armament Sales Association.

　With this, one of the issues regarding the dragon scale armor that had been one of my concerns was resolved.
　After seeing off Dontacosuco with a smile, I once again sat back in my chair.

　Here, there was a knock at the door of the room.
　I was sure that Foldente, who had seen Don Tacosuco off, had returned, but it was Vivalina who came in.
"Safate, I have some serious news from Sara," she said.
　As she said this, Biblina handed me a letter.
　
　The letter from Sarah was.

A horde of unidentified monsters that can blend in with their surroundings has been spotted in and around the old frontier village.
　It was written in the book.
　It said that although Sarah, who had sensed the presence, had turned into a salamander and fought this off, there was no doubt that there were multiple magical beasts.

　I frowned at the fact that the concern I had felt when I had read the report from Lil Pop before had actually happened.

　The demonic beasts had been kicked off by Sarah, who had turned into a salamander, and so far there was apparently no sign of them appearing again.

　However, this is a story that can't be left alone.
　I headed with Biblina to the underground labyrinth management tower's janbarea.
　Gianbarea is analyzing the giant monsters that I captured in the past, so I decided to ask her about them.

　When I get one thing taken care of, there's another matter of concern....

　Nevertheless, since I became the lord of the frontier city, I would continue to negotiate like this and complete the work of Liberty Combe.
　I regained my spirits and hurried to the underground labyrinth management tower.