Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 26. Can I Borrow It? Using Such a Sneaky Trick!?
I came to the Agriculture Guild, but considering it’s only been a day since I last visited, I doubt much progress has been made.
When I spotted Rigal-san, I raise my hand to give a quick wave, just to let him know that there was someone here who wanted to talk to him.
Speaking of which, calling a waiter in a restaurant can be tricky, right? They often don’t notice me. I wonder if I have some kind of stealth function
Regal-san seems to have good intuition, as he noticed me right away. That alone made me like him more.
“Oh. You’re here. Let’s talk over here for a bit,”
he said, raising one eyebrow, and leading me to a separate room. His eyebrows were just as sharp and noble today as well.
He roughly pulled out a slightly wobbly chair and sat down heavily. I also sat in the chair he offered to me.
“First of all, the fundamental point is that, normally, farmland near the town can’t be rented out unless you’re a member of the Guild.”
Oh, that’s a good place to start!
Come to think of it, fresh food supplies to towns are really important. If the farmland is far from town, maybe it’s a bit more lax. I can understand why there are conditions for renting out land, and I get why.
“Anyway, we can’t just rent it out, but we thought that dividing the land into sections and leasing it out separately might be better than leaving it unused. We also wanted to loosen the requirements so non-Guild members could rent, hoping to increase the number of tenants,” Regal-san explained.
“Interesting,”
I said, considering.
So, even if I’m not a Guild member, I might be able to rent it?
“Well, the matter was put on hold when we found out that green magic was difficult to use on the land, but at the time, we were considering two options: putting a guarantor or paying a fee to resolve it,”
I listened while nodding.
A guarantor? That’s tricky. The image of Grandpa Jill flickered in my mind, but I didn’t want to bother him.
Paying a fee probably means paying a larger deposit or something similar.
I don’t have that much money, so renting this might be difficult.
Regal-san seemed to understand what I was thinking from my expression. He nodded once and said,
“Well, for outsiders, both options would probably be difficult.”
Yeah, that’s true. There is a risk in lending to outsiders.
“Anyway, that’s only if we’re talking about leasing,” he continued.
“So, at the moment, there are no tenants interested in the land as farmland. We’re managing it as pastureland, but even managing it costs money. After discussing it with my superiors, we came up with the idea of entrusting the management of the land to someone else, rather than renting it out.”
So?
In other words, If I can manage those three fields without damaging them, I can use them?
But there’s no way I can manage that much land alone.
When I asked for more details, it turns out that if I pay the current management fee for the pastureland that the Guild is handling, they can continue managing it as pasture like before—meaning that the contract is essential to prevent the fields from being destroyed.
So, I’d be renting the land from the Agriculture Guild as the caretaker, and then I’d hire the Guild to manage it as pastureland for me, paying the management fee? That way, I could manage part of it myself, and the Guild would take care of the parts I can’t handle. That seems like some kind of loophole.
But then again, I want to rent a small piece of land, and the agricultural guild wants to save on maintenance fees, so we should work it out in a smart way.
It’s a bit complicated, but I think I got the gist.
Honestly, the conditions are quite favorable. The remaining issue is the cost. How much would it be?
The management fee Rigal-san showed me was a pretty delicate amount.
It’s probably manageable if I work hard, but it’s quite a tightrope walk. If I want to work in the fields, it would be difficult to take on as many requests as possible from the Adventurer’s Guild.
Still, if I think of it as rent, the fee seems reasonable.
Hmm, I’m torn.
My neck slowly tilts as I ponder.
What should I do?
Suddenly, there was a gentle knock on the door. Regal-san answered “Come in,” and the door opened.
It was Jude-san.
“I’ve heard what you’re planning,”
Huh? How?
Jude-san’s cat ears stood upright, facing me. They look high-tech.
Why is he here? I wonder, but then I remember that I must have told Martha-san where I was going when I left his house.
“I will invest!” he announced suddenly.
“No, no, no,”
I rushed to say. Why is this happening? Ah, wait—in this kind of situation, I should have shouted, “What?! No way—!”
“You haven’t properly accepted my thanks for saving Luna.”
“I’ve already received my compensation,”
I replied, cutting him off.
Judo had been so adamant, he made sure to pay for the supplements. To the last dime.
He looked at me with some resentment, but I just wanted to thank him for helping me. Receiving a huge sum in return for a favor would be strange.
“You’re going to rent a field and grow vegetables, right? If so, I have a reason to invest in that project,” he said, staring at me with those deep green eyes.
Please, could you stop looking at me like that? I’m weak against those eyes.
“please grow vegetables Luna can eat,”
Hmm.
I think that if I used vegetable seeds from Japan, I could grow vegetables Luna can eat. It’s quite likely, at least.
Although I put up some resistance at first, I was eventually persuaded by Jude-san.
I got him to agree to me delivering any vegetables from harvest and to give him a share of the profits once a year.
Since he didn’t agree to monthly payments, I get the feeling that he might try to delay or brush it aside if I leave it unresolved.
Regal-san quickly prepared the paperwork, and the contract making me the manager was finalized in no time. The pastureland management contract was also perfect. While I was there, I asked about plowing the areas I wanted to turn back into fields, and it turned out the Agriculture Guild would take care of that as well.
The Agricultural Guild is so handy. Why didn’t Dawn-san ask the Guild for help?
When I asked, I was told that the Guild generally dispatches people based on work plans. There are few staff available to respond to requests that require immediate response, so they send sudden short-term requests to the Adventurer’s Guild.
I see.
In any case, Regal-san is a very capable man, having already compiled all the details and prepared the documents in just one day. I admire him. From now on, I’ll keep relying on him—mowing the grass, mowing the grass, etc. I really hate mowing grass.
Thanks to this, I’ve secured a place to live and farmland.
The days of sneaking out in the mornings and evenings to open my storage to avoid prying eyes might finally end. It’s quite emotional.