Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 414: The Source of Income for the Village
For several days, Tauro and his team went around to villages in the vicinity of the capital, helping with transportation and sales.
Most of the time, the village chief’s son, Garde, conducted the transactions as he went, but Tauro was quicker at the calculations, so he played a supporting role on the side.
“I’m amazed. You’ve saved me from a major miscalculation. I usually give a rough estimate of a lot of produce, so sometimes I give too much and the calculations don’t add up later. Hahaha!”
It seems like he’s been doing a pretty good job up to now.
Well, I guess that’s inevitable when you have to sell that much produce every time without even being able to calculate the amount.
Tauro had no choice but to write a simple formula on the ground and teach it to him.
“─ ─ I didn’t know something like this exists!—Oh, I see! This is how it works… it’s true, the answer comes out clearly!”
“If you write this on the ground with a stone or a stick, you can do the calculations quickly, right?”
“You’re really great! Thank you very much! Next time I’ll be able to use this formula or whatever it is and sell it properly!”
Garde was genuinely happy and thanked Tauro.
Zion, who was watching this,
“Tauro-sama, could you please teach me too next time?”
she asked.
Apparently, Zion is not good at reading, writing, or arithmetic.
“Yes, that’s fine. If you’re up for it, you’re more than welcome.”
Tauro nodded at Zion’s willingness, and while Garde negotiated with the villagers, someone would stay by zion’s side to teach her how to read and write.
After several days of such a leisurely journey, they arrived at a mountain village a short distance from the capital.
“This is the farthest away from the capital among the villages we do business with.”
Garde explained as he dismounted and pulled the carriage.
Then, using Tauro’s “Presence Detection,” he discovered that the villagers in the mountain village had noticed Garde and the village was in an uproar.
“What about that village?”
Tauro asked Garde what kind of village it was, since the response was more pronounced than in other villages.
“Yes, Keishi village. the area around here isn’t exactly the best place for growing crops, so they always buy our vegetables, wheat, and even animal feed in bulk. They’re probably waiting for me to come.”
“I see. I see. …… But then, what is the source of income for Keishi village?”
“We often exchange meat and wild vegetables for them… but now that I think about it, they’ve been paying us well lately,…….”
I guess Garde probably hadn’t given it much thought.
When Tauro asked him about it, he was at a loss for words.
In the meantime, we arrived at Keishi village.
“Oh, it’s you Garde. You came earlier this time, so I wondered who it was.”
The young village chief of Keishi Village greeted Garde in person, which was unusual.
“Ah, chief, this time I didn’t have to go back and forth to my own village, so I was able to get here quickly.”
Garde replied with a smile, a little surprised to be greeted by the village chief himself.
“Well then, just as well, let’s get on with the business here.”
The village chief said and tried to start the transaction at the entrance of the village.
“Hey hey. Usually we do this in front of the village chief’s house. You don’t do business at the entrance to the village.”
Garde complained about the way they were being treated.
“Um, well. there’s a lot going on in front of my house right now, and it’s a bit of a mess. It’s not something I can show to guests. Please Give me a minute.”
The village chief hurriedly looks to the other villagers for confirmation.
The other villagers shook their heads in response to the chief’s silent pressure.
Apparently, there was something in front of the village chief’s house that he didn’t want anyone to see, and they were currently in the process of hastily cleaning it up.
Tauro’s “presence detection” also revealed that the villagers were busy moving about at the back of the village.
“What is it, chief? Have we been on bad terms lately?”*
They must have known each other well. Garde complained about the village chief’s unnatural attitude.
“…I’m sorry. Our livelihood depends on it, so there are some things we have to keep secret.”
The village chief said something significant.
“— chief, we’ve finished cleaning up.”
A villager told the village chief.
“I see! ─ ─ Then Garde, and escort, please come to the back.”
The village chief wiped away the sweat he had not even broken and led Garde and Tauro’s group to the back.
“…… that’s overtly suspicious.”
Ankh whispered to Tauro.
“…….”
Tauro nodded at Ankh’s words. But says nothing.
Everyone has secrets, I suppose.
Perhaps it is about the source of income for the village.
Tauro arrived in front of the village chief’s house, thinking it would be best not to pursue the matter too much.
There, his attention was caught by a leaf on the ground.
“Hmmm?”
Tauro casually picks it up.
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“Ah, that!”
The village chief noticed Tauro’s behavior.
Seeing his reaction, Tauro examined the “leaf” with his “true eye”.
Magic grass_…… a kind of hallucinogenic grass harvested in the distant southern continent. A raw material for magic potions. Commonly known as “Weed.”
It was displayed.
The village chief hastily took the leaf from Tauro’s hand.
“What’s the matter, chief, why are you in such a hurry? It’s just a leaf. …… Huh? You’ve been keeping a secret lately, growing a new crop, are you? It must be that leaf! No wonder there are so many guards stationed at the back of the village, and I thought they wouldn’t let me through the back.”
Garde said something that surprisingly hit on the crux of the matter.
“!”
The village chief was clearly shaken, perhaps because he couldn’t lie very well.
“Garde, please keep this a secret! It’s a source of income that our impoverished village has finally managed to acquire. The merchants we do business with have warned us that if we don’t keep it a secret, someone else will copy it. It’s strictly forbidden to tell anyone about it.”
It seems that the village chief chose to have the matter kept secret rather than tell a lie about it now that he had been found out.
“ Is it really such a great crop? I thought you’ve been doing rather well lately. …… Well, if it’s a secret, of course I won’t tell anyone. Besides, I wouldn’t know what kind of crop it is with one leaf I’ve never seen before. Ha ha ha.”
Garde laughed off the village chief’s concerns and promised.
But Tauro knew.
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This “weed” is likely the raw material for illegal drugs, as it was called in my previous life. ……
He doesn’t know how much the village chief knows about this, but it was something that Tauro, who is also an inspector of the territory, could not overlook.