When Swaying Bear cried “Kuu~n“, without hesitation, he entered the forest and walked to the place where Jade-san and his party were. After a while, a large rock came into view, and Jade-san and his party were also there besides the rock.
“Mylene-san, Yuna-san, I was waiting for you. Who is that man over there?” (Jade)
“…Guildmaster.” (Miguel)
Miguel, the one watching over the bandits, opened his mouth before Mylene-san could introduce the person to us.
He didn’t know the face of Crimonia’s guildmaster, but he knew of Sheleen’s guildmaster.
“My name is Rokochi, the commerce guild’s guildmaster of Sheleen.” (Rokochi) (ローコチ)
The guild master introduced himself to Jade-san and his party, then looked at Miguel.
“You are Miguel, the bandit of the merchant named Reedent, aren’t you? You seem to know who I am.” (Rokochi)
”Yeah, I at least know the new Guildmaster’s face.” (Miguel)
“Then let’s have a quick talk. I have heard about the incident from Mylene-san of Crimonia’s Commercial Guild. If you help us catch Reedent, I, the guildmaster of Sheleen’s Commercial Guild, promise to reduce your penalty.” (Rokochi)
“Really?” (Miguel)
“It’s up to you whether you believe it or not.” (Rokochi)
“No, I believe you. If I don’t, I will fall down together with Reedent-sama. So, if the two guildmasters promised me, I shall believe it. If you deceive me, however, I will resent you in my grave.” (Miguel)
“I keep my promises. Besides, it makes no sense to punish a small fry like you. Our aim is the big fish, we don’t have time with you.” (Rokochi)
“Small fry…” (Miguel)
“You don’t even have a store and you are at the mercy of Reedent, you are small fry. If you don’t want to be called as such, work hard, own your own store, and contribute to the commercial guild. And only then shall I apologize for calling you small fry.” (Rokochi)
“Pfft~, it’s a promise. So what should I do?” (Miguel)
Miguel laughed at the Guildmaster’s words, changed his thoughts, and looked serious.
“You don’t have to do anything. If you do something poorly, he may become suspicious, so just having a normal conversation would be enough. You need to be in the position of a subordinate who still trusts Reedent.” (Mylene)
“Got it. That’ll be easy.” (Miguel)
Then, as we were preparing for when Reedent came. I put down the bag of cotton.
It’s my cotton, but we have to make sure that the merchant Reedent received it.
Well, of course. Catching him red-handed would be solid evidence. So, having finished my preparations, I hid behind the rock.
“It’s nice to have a place to hide.” (Yuna)
“I guess they didn’t want the handover to be seen. I don’t think even Reedent would expect that to be a bad thing.” (Mylene)
I, Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear, Mylene-san, Guildmaster, Mel-san, Senia-san, and I hid behind the rock, while Jade-san and Toya hid behind the trees.
It’s hard for me to hide.
It’s not because I’m fat. It’s because of my clothes.
Then, after waiting for a while, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear cried “Kuu-n.”. When I checked my detection skills, I saw a human response.
“Did he come by any chance?” (Mylene)
“Seems like it.” (Yuna)
“Really, Swaying Bear-chan and Hugging Bear-chan are amazing.” (Mylene)
“Yeah, very helpful.” (Senia)
Mylene raised her arm to signal to Jade-san and the others. Jade-san saw the signal and raised his arm to signal back.
We lie low and wait.
After a while, we heard the sound of someone stepping on the grass.
“Reedent-sama, I’ve been expecting you.” (Miguel)
Miguel talked to the person who came.
“So, what is it this time?” (Reedent)
I’m behind a rock, so I can only hear parts of their conversation.
“It’s High-quality cotton. I think it will sell well to the aristocrats when made as cushions, comforters, and such.” (Miguel) 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝙡.𝙤𝙧𝒈
It’s mine. If you get it dirty, you’ll pay for it.
“Well done.” (Reedent)
“Thank you very much.” (Miguel)
Yeah, you did a good job of letting him steal my stuff.
“And what about the money to pay the bandits?” (Miguel)
“That won’t be necessary.” (Reedent)
“What do you mean by that?” (Miguel)
“The Adventurers’ Guild and the Commercial Guild have made their move. They will be subjugated soon.” (Reedent)
“Then my part is over. Now you will allow me to have the store as you promised, right?” (Miguel)