Year 7442, Month 4, Day 20
The next morning, I run as usual after waking up and after changing into a some worn-out clothes I had some breakfast in a random store before going to Janlud"s
store. I doubt I"ll run into Begulu at this time. After keeping an eye out for a while from outside I enter the store after all of the tables are full.
Obviously I"ll have to share a table but that was originally my objective so there"s no problem. I sit at a table with an especially rough looking bro and order that
disgusting breakfast set. After handing over the 5 large Shizu coins to pay I smile once at the bro in front of me eating this s.h.i.tty bad food as if it was the
best thing ever and bite into the hard black bread.
"I somehow feel full."
I whisper with a grim face after eating about half of it.
The bro that hadn"t paid much attention to me until then hears my whisper and his pointed ears move a bit. An elf huh. I continue to whisper.
"I need to earn some around here~"
The elf bro stops eating and is paying attention to me as I hold my cup of soup while talking to myself.
"Hey, bro, don"t be grumbling while making such a gloomy face. By the way, about that bread but are you not planning to eat it?"
I make an expression as if I just noticed the elf bro that started talking to me with a face as if he wanted the bread.
"Hn? Ah, you"re saying to me huh. Did I say it out loud, sorry about that. I couldn"t help but let it escape from my mouth."
"Yeah, it"s fine, don"t worry about it. And, that bread, are you planning to eat it?"
He was eating this places food that deliciously. I"m sure he"s gluttonous after all. It doesn"t particularly matter though. But, it seems he jumped on the
conversation well.
"Hn? Ah, do you want to eat it?"
I intentionally make a vulgar grin while saying it.
"Ah, no, if you"re not going to eat it, that is. And, what about it?"
I"m sure my expression was the same unpleasant face as the poor people who wander around here. The bro was a bit overawed but still looked at my black bread while
saying it. I make sure not to change my unpleasant expression while saying.
"I don"t particularly mind giving it you but do you know of any kind of job? If it"s one I can make a lot of money all at once then I"d have nothing to say."
"If there was a job like that then I"d be doing it myself. No way there would be one. It"s already fine. I"m leaving."
After saying that the elf stood up from the seat and left. Hmn, I guess it won"t go that easily. I guess I should think about it a bit more. Since he seemed pretty
rough I thought he might be one of Begulu"s underlings so I tried testing him but it seems to be different. I guess that"s true. According to what I heard Begulu"s
group is only about 2-30 people it seems so I won"t be able to meet them that easily. See, you already understand as well right? I"m trying to gather information
about the things I heard form the failed adventurers who called me a s.h.i.tty b.a.s.t.a.r.d the other day, "Come to think of it, speaking of Boss Begulu, it seems he"s going
to do something big".
Ah, just remembering it p.i.s.ses me off. I haven"t forgotten that ugly b.i.t.c.h Jelil.
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That ugly b.i.t.c.h doesn"t matter at all but I have interest in the "something big" that Begulu is about to do. Well, it"s something that those failed adventurers who
are the losers of life were saying in a.n.a.logies so I think it"s most likely attacking a caravan somewhere. I want to confirm the date and location of it. If he"s
going to do "something big" then Begulu will probably directly take command and if that"s outside of Keel then it"s convenient for me. If I can confirm which Begulu
is my target until then I can snipe him outside of the city where no ne can see me right?
In another few days I"ll go to Doritt and tie up that contact agent and take his information and determine which Begulu I"m searching for. Even if it"s neither of
those two if I follow the line from the point of contact then I should be able to find the real Begulu that is Begulu B. That guy always had his mouth half open with
a s.p.a.ced out face and no matter how you look at it he doesn"t seem like he has any loyalty towards Begulu or an organization (though I don"t think there is one).
When he honestly came to say thanks to me I"m sure it was just because he had a favor towards me. It was for an accident I caused myself though. Come to think of it
appearance and loyalty aren"t related huh.
However, it"s certain that point of contact lives in Doritt and he seems to have been born there so I doubt he has contact with Begulu all the time. I think it would
be best to just think he is connected by money. I regretted it when I couldn"t kill him in the first place but I guess it"s good I left him alive. I can"t seem to
hate him though. However, if it"s for Myun"s sake even if it"s just for sealing his mouth that"s plenty of reason for me to kill him.
He seemed like an idiot but when we faked Myun"s death he properly came back once more to confirm it so I"m sure Myun"s death was told to Begulu B. There was nothing
after that as well. Well, it"s better to do it just in case. You shouldn"t stray far from your initial resolution. I"ll return my debt of grat.i.tude to Myun.
Just like this I put some more resolve into it and ate some food that wasn"t good and pointlessly treated others while gathering information but in the end I wasn"t
able to gather any new information at all.
I mostly just got more support that Begulu has some kind of plan to earn big.
I changed as it gets closer to evening and started on my way to "Ritton". Hehheee, I"ll definitely take one shot at that good looking girl that"s just my type that I
couldn"t get more than a glance of last time. I carefully use my hand to brush my hair before opening to door to "Ritton". I"ll quickly finish the conversation with
that Jabba b.a.s.t.a.r.d and finally get the real deal of VIP treatment with some ultra first-cla.s.s service.
After opening the door, the gentlemen named Sebastian was standing at the front desk with a good posture so I greeted him. After immediately realizing me Sebastian
brought me to the conversation room like, ah, is it a waiting room? invited me in, and asked me to sit and wait as he disappeared. It seems he went to call for
Haritaid. After waiting for more than 10 minutes, though it was considerably faster than last time, Haritaid appeared.
"Oh~ Greed-Sama, welcome and thank you for coming today. I had been waiting for you."
Jabba is saying something with a creepy smile stuck on his face.
"No, not at all. And how was the results? Will you start using them?"
In order to not lose to him I returned the smile.
"Yes, yes, of course please let us start using them! I won"t forget the favor of letting me a product as wonderful as that! I definitely would like to sell them! Our
establishments good customers "instinctively made a noise" and that was itself a great delight! I myself couldn"t hold back from testing it out but in comparison to
that product I couldn"t help but think that what I"ve used until now was less than trash. I ended up getting excited beyond my age!"
Hm, of course that"s the case. Jabba continues on,
"That product will without a doubt become greatly popular. I am really grateful to you. Ah, that"s right, about the price but.."
Mu, come to think of it I was promoting the condoms, or rather "Scabbard".
"How about this much?"
After saying that he raised up 8 of his caterpillar fingers on both of his hands. 8000 Z huh. It"s slightly cheaper than what older brother guessed but it"s a lot
more expensive than the amount I predicted. However, I couldn"t help but for my blood from my sales days to boil.
"Mwu, no matter if it"s a small product, 8000 Z is...That is something that takes a considerable amount of work in the production. Thinking about that I"d like
10,000 Z."
After I say that, Jabba says with a respectful expression.
"Certainly, certainly everything that Greed-sama says is completely right. I"m very sorry. I"ll purchase it for 10,000Z. However, while I know it"s a wonderful
product, I know that the limit of that product is 10,000 Z. While I"m running a humble establishment such as this, in order to manage it proper and honestly, I must
pay my employees compensation, I must pay the government taxes as well."
"Of course I"ve thought of adding a service fee on top of the cost of that product but not all of the good customers that come to our establishment are n.o.bles or
extremely wealthy like Greed-sama. As far as I can imagine, you eventually plan to spread this product to shops other than ours right? In that case, if it"s that
expensive I don"t think other shops will be able to purchase it. I really want to hold a monopoly on that product as this store but I doubt you"re aiming for that
sort of thing."
Mu, as expected of a manager. Going off of Jabba"s appearance and occupation I had decided that he was honest with his desires, greedy, and had a petty personality.
However, the statement just now had enough persuasion to overturn all of those. It might just be me seeing things favorably but it seems he"s doing a reasonably
serious job of management and it seems he"s thinking about the spread of the condoms. I want to poke at him a bit and confirm things.
"Then, what kind of thing do you think we are aiming for?"
After hearing my remark Jabba opened his eyes a bit and immediately replied.
"You say some unusual things. Things that are already obvious. Your have two large goals. One is known without being said improving the quality by putting it on the
high-quality route. Of course this has a variety of meanings included within it. Even if you compare it to the bowels of a pig, the looks and sensation of putting it
on, the sensation of touch during the act itself is important as well but above all the feel of luxury that you"re using such a high cla.s.s good as rubber for such an
act is an important point as well."
"The other one I was certain of after actually trying it but is to prevent the spread of illnesses among the employees of this establishment and the gentlemen that
are our customers, is it not? I believe it"s as expected because the raw material of that product is different, unlike the bowels of a pig, while it"s extremely thin
and easily exceeds its ability to relay the sensation and warmth but what isn"t even worth comparison is the durability. I have foolishly guessed that the durability
of this product is it"s primary characteristic. Since the bowels of a pig go bad just from being even the slightest bit intense. In addition to that if you were to
allow me to express my thoughts the amount of rubber actually used in this product being extremely small is also big."
Hmm, I had actually thought that the durability of the pigs bowels might be a bit higher though it seems that"s wrong. Even if I identify the pigs their status just
shows up as Pig (Selectively breed for livestock use) so I thought they were the same as the pigs on Earth but I guess they are different things that resemble each
other. Or rather I didn"t know about using the bowels of pigs for anything other than sausages. Also hormone cooking. Ah, if I think about that then the bowels of
pigs on Earth were probably less than rubber as well. The amount of power put into biting a sausage won"t be able to tear that condom, or rather thin rubber.
However, there"s various meanings hinted in Jabba.the.Toad"s statements until now.
In the first place my objective, or rather, he"s pretty much perfectly guessed the original characteristic of condoms. With just that you can guess the height of his
observations. And the second. It"s only obvious that after using it you would be able to tell they"re better than a pig"s bowels but not just confirming the
improvements in comfort from there but the ability to prevent the spread of disease from the increase in endurance shows he has a considerably high ability to think.
I"m sure he also heard some opinions from customers but the fact that he can use his own experiences as a base and give an impression that is organized like that is
worth high points.
I guess it"s only as expected of the one who manages a shop older brother suggested to me. I don"t think older brother is related to this though.
And the largest point of them all is that he doesn"t try to take a monopoly on them. Monopoly itself isn"t a bad thing but the degree with its relation to life, in
other words it"s demand and use as a necessary product and the supply power for it and depending on the price decided for it the macro economics could end up causing
it be only a temporary profit making it into a limited item. Particularly in an industry like this, the most important thing obviously is the product that is the
quality of the employees so it"s difficult to make a huge mistake in regards to the synthesized service offered and the price the service is offered at. The condoms
are limited to an additional service offered and it"s not the thing the clients are coming for. Even if there was that would probably just be at the start. Since
the amount of rubber used isn"t a lot he references the fact that we should be able to create a reasonable amount as well...This guy...he"s good.
Honestly speaking I made light of him. I thought it would be fine if I just sold the few I had on hand, write older brother an appropriate letter and have some tea
but I feel that we would profit the most in the end if I properly interact with this guy. Even if it"s an occupation I guess you could say as expected of the mouth
of a chicken*. I wonder what the owners of other places are like? Do they all think on the same level as this guy? I"ve only heard a bit but it seems that this guy
brought "Ritton" to this point in just his generation. In other words this guy must be special. I guess I"ll listen to a bit more of his story.
"As expected of Haritaid-sama. You see very well. The fact that you"ve understood that far, this Greed is in great admiration. Just as you said we have no intention
of selling them in monopoly to just this "Ritton". And that you were able to see through their original intention, I respect your great insight. This is just my
prediction but Haritaid-sama doesn"t intend to continue with just this "Ritton" right?"
I tried baiting him. If it"s just as I"m imagining them he"s not just planning to make his store bigger. A second store, or third store, or depending on the
situation he might even try to develop it into a chain...can"t be right..I guess it probably wouldn"t go that far. Even if Orth"s culture level is all over the place
if he was able to think as far as making a chain store it"d be some abnormal that I"d have to start doubting if he"s a reincarnated person.
It"s the same as about Earth"s 16th century on Orth and there"s disciplines and apprentices that work for shops and craftsmen and after the employees become
independent they are treated as a completely different store. Obviously it"s normal for them to have some connections to the store of their origins but it doesn"t go
as far as the "shareholding businesses" on Earth. I think it was just that j.a.pan was unusual in using the same name for reputation purposes early on something like a
voluntary chain. Even that j.a.pan only started establishing voluntary chains on a high level around the 20th century and there was no sign of franchise chains until
Old Man Colonel brought in his fried chicken place. Normally when someone goes independent they only have their own to rely on.
"Mu..It seems that I can"t keep any secrets from Greed-dsama. Even though I haven"t talked to anyone about it yet I feel as if the inside of my head has been peered
into. Just as you were able to discern. Fortunately I"m a commoner so there"s no obstacles with moving around within the kingdom. In the vicinity...I guess so, I
want to make another "Ritton" in Viscount Penlaid"s territory and leave it to someone."
Mwu, after all. I guess as expected it"s not a full-on voluntary or franchise. However, he had the idea of stores after a second store. But, it seems that after all
this guy is abnormal. The toad continues,
"I want to make it common sense that if you go to the store "Ritton" you will receive the finest service. That"s if you only sell that product to just this "Ritton"
then it"s inconvenient for me as well."
And said that. Depending on how things go it could be a long relationship with this guy. He"s a too valuable of a talent to just leave in the s.e.x industry.
"I see now, "Ritton Second Store" "Third Store" is it... It"s certainly a splendid idea."
Just like modern day Earth, there"s no bank or organization like that in Orth yet. Even on Orth banks were created around the 15th century I think it was. There were
syndicates from further back than that but it was limited to just the model, I think it"s core was a city state government. I don"t know if there"s syndicates in
Orth or not but even for large companies that do transactions all through the Kingdom of Rombert like Webdos company I"ve never heard of them holding branch stores.
The currency is being made by the temple as they watch the circulation and it seems that there"s a common currency for all countries so there"s no such things as
money exchange.
"!! Second Store..It has a good ring to it. It seems that Greed-sama is clever in the expression of things. No, as expected of someone born in Bakkudo which produces
rubber it seems you have an extremely high level of education."
Huh? Come to think of it, did I mention where I was born? I guess he read my confused expression, the toad says.
"Ah, if you"re mentioning rubber then it"s produced in Bakkudo right? And the lord there is Viscount Greed. Since you"re in possession of a plate with the emblem of
Marquis Webdos it was simple to guess."
I guess that"s true. Sebastian saw my status when I first came to the store as well so he should already know I"m the second son of Viscount Greed.
"Well then, about the cost, I"ll convey to the family to sell it at 10,000Z per unit. The first delivery will be after July, after that a caravan will come to Keel
from Bakkudo once every three months. What kind of quant.i.ty of the product would you need for each delivery?"
"I guess so, if it"s every three months then...Hmn, please wait just a moment."
After saying that the pseudo-frogman started doing math with his caterpillar fingers. Like I could wait.
"Around how many customers do you get per day?"
"Eh? A, Ah, around 30 people per day.."
"Then I guess it would be around 6000 units. Then I believe that around 600 packs would be good. If it"s too many then you can just reduce the orders for the next
time by a bit but if it"s too few you"ll end up having to be patient without them for a while."
Don"t open your big mouth so widely it"s ugly. He was shocked and opened his mouth again.
"As expected of Greed-sama, your calculations are fast. But, for what reason is it that amount?"
"There"s 30 people in one day for three months, in other worlds you can think of it as 90 days. This means that there"s a total of 2,700 customers per 3 months.
However that"s just that the number of customers is 30 and the "strong" ones could end up going several rounds on their own, so taking that into consideration I
thought double? or so would be."
"Hmm, it"s just as you"ve said. I believe that your predictions and thoughts are correct. Particularly if we use that product then we won"t have to take into
consideration the days the slaughterhouse is closed, so we"ll be able to operate everyday."
I nod while smiling. I thought as far as that. The toad continues
"Then, 10,000Z for 600 packs worth, 60,000,000 Z it is."
And said confidently. Huh? Can this guy not do calculations? Ah, I was thinking of it as one pack. If it was 10,000Z per each individual condom then no matter how
much you think about it, it"s excessive profits and spreading it is just a dream. Older brother said that the cost of a pigs bowels is 1,000Z or so for one. If I
don"t make the price the same as that then it won"t spread. Even if I increase the price at most it"s be 10% or so.
"No, the cost is 10,000Z for one pack. So it"s 6,000,000 Z. We are thinking that we want to supply it at the same price as the bowels of a pig."
"!! What! So that was the case. I"m very sorry for trying to haggle the price down without confirming this! It seems that this establishment will be able to go
without hiking up the price. I"m truly very sorry!!"
He started apologizing while rubbing his head to the table. Ah, no, even with this cost it"s still blowing up the price considering the amount of raw materials used
to make them. In the first place I thought it would be a huge profit if we sold them for 500 Z each after all. Honestly speaking it doesn"t take much effort at all
to produce them and the only work is drying them out. Even with that if it"s just this quant.i.ty then if everyone makes them it should only take a few hours. Since we
are doing production with about 15 people now. 40 packets per person. All they have to do is roll up 10 condoms and put some lotion with it into a rubber bag and
close the opening. For an operation that doesn"t even take a day getting 6 gold coins is an insanely good trade.
"No, not at all, please don"t mind it. Please forgive me as well for my rudeness in objecting to it without confirming first."
After that I mentioned that I wanted thim to come to the knight group every three months to pick up the deliveries and I was finally about to switch over to the
thing I really wanted to talk about.
"Now then, Greed-sama, since we"ve safely finished our business, as a sign of our friendship please definitely let me offer you with the greatest service I can
offer, do you have the time?"
And he said that. Uhhyaaaoo~~
"That is, for an inexperienced person such as me..I"m greatly indebted for your consideration (grin)."
"Then..Sebastian! The preparations from before!"
Oh~ He said preparations. Does this mean he had already prepared for it in advance! As expected of Haritaid-san, he can see beyond just business. Well done!
I follow after Sebastian who quickly appeared. Haritaid-san is following after me with his flabby body as well. Yeah that"s right, the owner himself is going to give
out the order for no omissions in the service. It can"t be, for him to go that for for my sake..Sorry about that.
H..Huh? Huhuh? That should be the direction of the exit? Sebastian? Huh? We left. Haritaid-san is smiling without showing any sort of strange place. Ah, I"m sure
this is, we"ll leave once, and enter again through the back? There"s no way that"d be the case.
Right now I"m...eating together with Sebastian and Haritaid in a private room in "Dakkuluton".
In other words...It"s serving (food).