I took the ice cream and told them both about the details of 'online shopping' and the promotion where you can pay a billion Eidolcs and get free shipping forever, but it seemed like they were too busy eating the ice cream to listen to me.

　Was it a mistake to serve the ice cream first?
　There were four of each of the six flavors, for a total of twenty-four, but there wasn't one more left.
　I ate gracefully during the meal, but it was because when it came to the ice cream, we were fighting like hyenas, competing to get as much as we could out of it.

　Or rather, my portion........
　I thought that if I put it in the 'Interdimensional Warehouse' it wouldn't melt, so I thought I could keep it for a few days.......

''Of course I've heard about it. I've got the details.

I see. The rewards for Taro-san and the other party members for defeating the sand beast are converted into an information-only currency called Eadoluq, right? But if you can buy these things, isn't it more profitable?

That's too good to be true.

　Most of this world is covered with desert, so the distance between inhabited places is quite open.
　When trading, sand drift ships are used, but many ships are lost due to sand beasts, and imports are said to be terribly expensive.

And on top of that, there's a tariff. The conditions vary from country to country, but in the Kingdom of Bart, the tariffs are the same amount as the price of the goods.''

　The low success rate, high tariffs, and difficulty of importation meant that there were very few merchants doing multilateral trade, and it was not uncommon for imported goods to cost tens of times more than the local price, Lalabelle explained to me.

'You should buy these as soon as possible,'

'Yes. You get twice as much ice cream for the same price.

　These two guys, for someone from this world, are very flexible and rational in their thinking.
　The same was true of Major Thunder, so maybe it's because it's Major Thunder, who is a commoner class with many restrictions on his normal life, and Larabell-san and Mew, who were also a bit of a hubby in the upper class.

　I was honestly wondering what I would do if they said, 'It's a shame to pay a billion Eidolcs when you can't get anything.
　Of course people who don't have an education, but no matter how advanced their education is, ''Which one is more beneficial in the long run?'' There will be a certain number of people who don't understand that this is the case.

　In my company, there were people who graduated from a much better university than I did, but could not understand these things.
　It's one thing to be able to study and another to understand these things.

'Mr. Taro, we are forced to move efficiently.

After all, that's what she looks like.

'If you're a beautiful girl, a man will follow you if you do something a little silly.

'Right. We Dobbs said, 'You're on your own!　You can be eaten by a sand giant lizard! And that's the end of it.

　
　'Is it some kind of gag?' It seems like a good idea.

'Master Lalabelle, let's collect a billion Eidolcs anyway.

So you're saying that you have to kill a lot of sand beasts.

''Sand beasts can multiply quickly if you're not careful, so it's not a problem at all if you kill a lot of them.

　Lalabelle and Mew said with a smile, but they were both very good looking by my standards, which made me feel even more scared.

''I was just wondering, can't we deposit the divine coins?''

I think I can do it.

　Earlier, when I was checking the bank transfer function, I was confirming that the divine coins I had on hand could also be converted into Eidolcs.

''How many divine coins do you have, Taro-san?''

You don't have that many, do you?

　Because I didn't get any divine coins from killing sandworms.
　As a parting gift from Major Thunder and Baron Stein, I only picked up as many god coins as I could from the sandworms that the other hunters had defeated on the sandflowers.
　I also borrowed them from those who had died, but only their wallet, which I left behind in a hurry because the ship's vault was empty because it had been taken out by the captains who had escaped.
　In total, it must have been about 13 million dorks.
　There were also gold bullion and jewels, but these didn't seem to be redeemable.

''We've got our fair share,''

There.

Oh, are you sure you want to do that?

　Lalabelle and Miu had a large amount of divine coins piled haphazardly behind the tent.
　It's money, but I don't know how to treat it like that.

''It's the amount we collected when we defeated the sand beast after we got here, but we have no use for it.

'We don't get merchants here, and no one would steal them if they were piled up over there.

　What thief would risk his life to cross the Sandworm's nest and steal from the Sand Scorpion in fear of an encounter with them?

'You can try to charge for this too,'

I understand. I'll make sure to get a proper accounting of what I charged and what Lalabelle and the others charged....

　They say it's polite to be close.
　We have one billing account, but when I told him that I would make a proper division and bookkeeping of who can charge and how much they can spend, Mr. Larabell told me it was unnecessary.

''Taro-dono is an honest man compared to his brother, isn't he?

Is that right?　I think it's normal.

　Money is a really scary thing, and this is what gets us in trouble and even murder.
　Lovers, couples, friends and relatives.
　It could easily destroy a previously good relationship.
　'A lot of people say it's not a good idea to say too much money money,' but I think it's better to get that part right.

"My brother and others said, 'You can contribute to this country, too. You should be grateful,' and all the sand beast materials and divine coins were taken away from me.

I do the same.

'I see...'

　That guy is really bad.
　He had a similar attitude towards me, so I'm not surprised.

Besides, Taro-dono is the only one who can shop. It would be strange to say that the relationship is equal in nature.

'Yes. If you can buy a lot of other things besides that ice cream, I can only look forward to it. I'll have to pay a billion dollars for it anyway. No problem.

　OK.
　Then..........

　When I reminded myself to deposit what I had and the large amount of divine coins that Lalabelle and Mew won in three months, it all disappeared.
　When I hurriedly checked, my Eidoluq balance had increased to 688,931,245 Eidoluq.

　Two people earning more than 200 million druk in three months........
　Why had that king shipped them off to an island?

330 million more.

Would a month be difficult?

''Mr. Taro, we don't have enough material for our portion of divine coins. Can't we manage to get there in time?

　Is this a result of leaving most of the materials unattended because they were taken down without being in my party and are even more difficult to transport?
　Mew calculated that it was possible to earn 330 million druk in a month, as the materials were also replaced with money.

''But we can't afford not to make it in time. We need some certainty here.''

Would you like more uptime?

'No, I can't keep that up for a month. So I think I'll take down the 'named'. There would have been another Sand Scorpion mutant here.

You know what? We avoid each other.

　'Named' was a sand beast that operated as an individual and was very huge and strong.
　It was treated like a boss monster, and as the name 'named' implied, individuals that were recognized by humans had names.
　Even if they weren't recognized by humans and hadn't been named yet, the reason why such strong individuals were called 'named' was because they were going to be named one day anyway.
　I had heard from Major Thunder in the King's Capital that there was such a strong sand beast, but I didn't expect it to exist in this vicinity as well.

''Didn't the divine coins you get from defeating a 'named' is an order of magnitude higher?'''

Instead, they're terribly strong. The Sand Scorpion is prowling around in a massive habitat. He's abandoned his breeding program and is growing larger every year. His own kind, the Sand Scorpion, is nothing more than fodder for him.

'Strange intuition is another characteristic of 'named'. He's avoiding us.

　So you're avoiding them because you don't know if you can beat them at this point.

''After all, Lalabelle and the others are also avoiding it because they don't know if they can win?

　As long as we live in this empty oasis, it would be a risk if one of us were to be killed or injured.
　It's possible that they couldn't make good use of the material anyway and left it to rot, or left it to become food for the other sand beasts.

''Apart from that, I could always take them down if I wanted to, but...''

That's true. There are a lot of properly named "named" individuals that are still alive today. The master of the Sand Scorpion is the weaker of the two.

Is that so?

　I thought it would be too much trouble to go out of my way to take them down because they'd be running away.

'I'm bored when I'm in the desert like this, taking down regular sand scorpions every day. I thought I'd raise them.

'I left the carcasses of the sand scorpions I killed every day to see if they would grow as fast as possible.

What's the point in raising it?

Life here is boring every day.

''It's the same life cycle. I'm even going to exercise my body by slaying the Sand Scorpion, so I thought we'd have some fun with the event where we raise the 'named' and defeat it.

'True, that's about the only thing that seems to be fun here. That's been successfully resolved, though.

'Shopping for good and unusual things. I'm looking forward to it. Let's get free shipping soon.

'Well...'

　I felt just a little bit of sympathy for the 'named' who was kept alive to pass the time and would be killed tomorrow for the electronic money.