Otherworld Dagashi Shop Yahagi

Time passed before I knew it, and the day came for us to depart for the Royal capital.

The people on this trip would be me, Michelle, and Zonder, who have acquired the Golden Fleece.

[How nice, I wish I could play in the city once in a while.

Titti complained, and I couldn’t help but throw a tsukkomi back.

[You’ll be hanged this time if you go to the Royal Capital!]

[I know that. I was just making a joke!]

Does she really know that?

I was just thinking of her as an exile who doesn’t feel tense about her situation at all, but I’ll give her a pass for working hard as a healer in Luganda.

The lives of the adventurers saved by Titti are already more than the fingers in her hands.

[Titti-sama, when you have enough money saved up, let’s go to a foreign country’s capital city. You won’t be hanged there.]

Looking at the smiling Marco, I felt completely drained.

[You’re going to become a big shot someday, Marco.]

[You think so?]

The extremely earnest Marco takes my words at face value.

Watching our exchange, Regal loudly sighs.

[In my opinion, the same goes for you both. You two are doing quite well……]

Regal has really been cheeky these days.

Though I say that, he does a lot of things for me.

Asking Nakaram-san to take care of the rest here, we left Luganda.

The trip was quick because we used a stagecoach.

Our luggage was stored in my stand-alone house, so we had a few items on hand.

The trip went quickly and we arrived at the Royal Capital in no time.

After arriving in the Royal capital, the first thing we did was sell our magic stones.

The state-run buying station is located in a corner of the warehouse district.

The total wholesale price came up to 16.72 million rims.

The value after deducting the payment to the adventurers and the 10% tax is the lord’s share.

It has only been about a month since we started the dungeon exploration, but it has been quite a good income.

With this amount of money, I can start working on the riverbanks.

The current ones we have are rather shabby, so I’d like to build a proper place for people to draw their water and do their laundry.

I’ll start recruiting craftsmen as soon as I get back home.

After parting ways with Zonder, who said he was going to see an old friend, Michelle and I went to the government office to visit Prime Minister Essel.

His office is now located here.

I had sent him a message by glider beforehand, so our visit went without a hitch.

I had heard that Prime Minister Essel was the man of the hour at the moment and that it would be very difficult to visit him, but it seems that he went out of his way to make time for me.

In fact, even though the sun was already setting, there were still 15 people waiting for their turn in the long corridor.

[Yahagi-dono, it’s been a long time.]

In his lavish office, Prime Minister Essel welcomed us with open arms.

[It’s been a while. In any case, your office is magnificent.]

The floor and walls are made of carefully selected timber and glitter brightly, and the massive furniture is tastefully arranged.

[Hahaha, this used to be the former Queen Consort’s playroom. Speaking of which, how is Titti doing?]

[Yes. Titti is still complaining a bit, but she’s living as if whatever demon possessing her has been exorcised. She’s now a healer-slash-magician adored by adventurers. She doesn’t say it out loud, but I think she’s trying to redeem herself. She hardly charged any medical fees.]

[That former Queen Consort has now become like that huh. You really can never know what life has in store for you.]

[Well, it’s a world where a dagashi shopowner can become a lord after all.]

[Hahaha. By the way, Yahagi-dono……]

Prime Minister Essel embarrassedly rubbed his hands.

[What’s the matter?]

[You know, I want to ask about that. That new product, Mani 4WD, that was mentioned in the letter————]

The sharp and capable Prime Minister was curious about the new toy.

Would it be cruel to keep him waiting any longer?

I’ll give him his souvenir right away.

[Of course, I brought it. Here it is.]

[Ohh!] 𝚋ｅｄ𝚗𝚘𝚟ｅ𝚕．𝚗ｅｔ

The Prime Minister’s eyes lit up when he saw the box of Mani 4WD I had brought out.

[And this is the new MF model, Zako Mk II.]

[Ohhhhh!!!]

[And here’s also a nipper with the Essel family crest on them.]

[Nipper?]

[You use them like this.]

I took out the parts of a Mani 4WD from the box and demonstrated how to use them in front of the Prime Minister.

Snap!

[Whoaaaaa!]

The Prime Minister quickly used the nipper to cut off the parts of the Zako Mk II.

[This is amazing! The finished cross-section looks incredibly beautiful.]

[I see you like it.]

[Oh, yes. I’m really glad I met up with Yahagi-dono today.]

Since he seems to be in a good mood, maybe I should make a request while I have the chance.

[By the way, Prime Minister, I have a favor to ask you.]

[Hmm, what is it?]

Even though he was feigning an air of casualness, I felt that Prime Minister Essel had raised his guard a bit.

Perhaps because he’s one who receives petitions day in and day out, he’s shrinking back from people asking him requests.

[It’s no big deal. I just want to ask if you could introduce me to a merchant who deals in treasures.]

[Hou, treasures huh?]

As he realized that my request wasn’t that troublesome, the Prime Minister’s attitude softened to his original self.

[Actually, there’s an adventurer who obtained the Golden Fleece in the dungeon. He’s looking for a place to sell it.]

[A Golden Fleece, you say!? That item that, just by wearing it, your wealth will not diminish?]

[That’s it.]

[I’ll buy it!]

The conversation went too fast.

[I don’t mind selling it to you, but aren’t you being quite hasty?]

[No, there isn’t any wealthy man who wouldn’t want a Golden Fleece. Fumu, I’d like a little more time……]

The Prime Minister took the bell on his desk and softly rang it. Immediately, an officer opened the door.

[That’s it for today’s visitation. Give me the rest of them my card. I will continue receiving visitors first thing tomorrow morning.]

The officer bowed and left the room.

[Is that alright?]

[They’re making me work relentlessly day in and day out here. There’s no way they’d punish me for at least taking a breather while Yahagi-dono is here today.]

Now that he mentioned it, I sense a hint of fatigue from the Prime Minister’s forehead.

Perhaps letting him immerse himself in his hobby at least for today would be a good idea.

[Well then, how about we continue our conversation over dinner? I’ll send an envoy to your hotel and ask Michelle-dono to join us. I’d like to have a match with the Champion using the new model!]

Prime Minister-dono looked as excited as a child on summer vacation.