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The Otherworld, Goddess, and Anchor 07
🕑 Added 2020-10-20 14:30:15 +0000 UTCHit them back with nail bat
Translated by: SummerPeanut
Edited by: 書梅
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“Hahh hahh….. Hahh hah….one night….one whole night….I’ll have the extension until the morning….yep extend until next morning….I’ll also have all the other add-on options….it’ll be alright, because I’ll be gentle with you---”
-(Smacking sound*1)-
-There was an inappropriate statement in one of the parts of the story-
-We deeply apologize this blunder-
“Dear everyone, the goddess I’m assisting has unfortunately died due to her inconsiderate words towards a healthy boy.”
“There’s no healthy readers that would actually come to read this shitty novel so can you please stop your violence!!”
“That’s the worst comeback I’ve heard! And I’ve been thinking this every time, but isn’t this farce at the beginning unnecessary?”
The supporter retorted within 0.5s towards the complaints made by the quickly revived goddess.
“Isn’t it obvious that it’s necessary! It’s as needed as any green grass-shaped partition in any boxed lunch!*2”
“I believe it’s quite unnecessary? Anyway, main story will start now”
|■Japan. Fiona’s room|
>>100
[That apostle boy? I think he’s called Alp. Why don’t you get him to work?]
The goddess and her overseer were baffled after actually using [Anchor]’s service for the first time.
“Now then, what will happen and what will we do after using [Anchor]’s service for the first time in the previous episode? This is Goddess Fiona,fairy of all primary boys’ school toilet, reporting---”
“Firstly, please snap out of it. However, the solution is rather realistic, or rather quite the straightforward---”
[Was it called slave END again? It’s still better than that, isn’t it?]
[That’s the only pawn that could be moved after all, there’s no other choice]
|■ Fraul Kingdom. Granola’s Mansion|
“Have Alp work, eh. But, that’s, how do I phrase this--”
“Both Margot and myself are working so that he won’t need to work so it’ll be putting the cart before the horse if we have Alp work”
(I know right~~~ lololol)
“B-but… I believe the goddess has her own plan. I’m sure there’s something that only I, an apostle, can do---”
|■Japan. Fiona’s room|
“This is what will happen if you throw all your responsibilities to [Anchor] without thinking first, you know!”
“Did you really not think through first?! If you are conscious of your own faults, please do something about it! However, it’s a fact that currently he is the only one who can move freely. If we were to move someone, then naturally it would be the apostle”
[Isn’t that apostle still a child? That’s actually quite a good card]
[Precisely. Something like sales girls or cute child as mascot to attract customers is the basic of doing business]
[If he manages to attract the attention of someone important, he might be able to draw sympathy from them]
“Hmmm….Navi, can you connect the oracle(line call)?”
|■Fraul Kingdom. Granola’s Mansion|
“...does that mean I will become a seller?”
“With Alp’s current contract, he is a worker under my name. I’m fine with him helping out by selling things but---Alp, are you familiar with the market price of products outside of fruits and agricultural products?”
The boy shook his head.
“Certainly the other party wouldn’t be as wary towards a young person, however unless you know the market price, you might be deceived by others”
“If only there are still fruit products---but, you have already shipped out this year’s harvest, right?”
The boy shook his head again.
“Eh?”
“Eh?”
Bart and Margot responded almost at the same time.
“...I have finished the preparation for the shipping but it’s not possible to sell it within Fraul Kingdom right now or so I was told...
Besides that, the merchant who seems from to be from Baxia that was in-charge of the negotiations...he said that although it’s possible to sell some of them at Baxia, after calculating the transportation cost and tariffs...he would only pay 1 silver coin for every 20 fruits”
(Alp? What’s the normal price then?)
“If it’s the higher quality fruits, 5 fruits for 1 silver coin….and if I sell it directly it’ll be 3 fruits for 1 silver coin”*3
|■Japan. Fiona’s room|
“Only for a quarter of the normal price...that’s indeed a terrible price”
“Usually I would have yields around 1000 fruits every year, and would get 40 gold coins in exchange for those. Apart from that, I would also keep aside 200 fruits for bartering with other farmers. Although the profit wasn’t much, I wasn’t troubled by living cost and it could be said that I had an easy life”
[Well, not selling was definitely the correct decision. If he had sold them, the market price would have plunged]
[So is it okay to assume that we have secured the products that can be sold?]
|■ Fraul Kingdom. Granola’s Mansion|
“---as long as there are supplies, it seems like there won’t be any issue. Furthermore...coincidentally, I will have to travel to Baxia Kingdom for some negotiation talk. I’ll take him along as one of my workers. At that time, I will also bring the products---”
“If we were to involve Alp, we would have to get permission from Valencia-sama. When you go, I will accompany you”
“That would be helpful. Please do so”
(....hm? Oh right, why is Alp working as Margot’s indentured worker? What happened to the golden fruit?)
“E,erm that fruit was---”
“...ahh, if it’s about that golden fruit. It’s a bit hard to deal with...currently it’s not easy to find a buyer in Fraul Kingdom. That is why I’m thinking of ways to sell it in other countries. If possible, I would like to leave that as the last trump card”
“But Margot, you sure have changed, haven’t you? At first, you even said that you would give up that orchard”
“T,that was so that I could secure Alp dyufufu---not!
It was because I assumed it was not possible for him to travel from my mansion to his orchard.
But, the current him is none other than Fiona-sama’s apostle. I’m convinced that no harm will come to him now.
Fiona-sama, I am very grateful to you. Please...please protect Alp from now on as well”
|■Japan. Fiona’s room|
“Hahaha, it’s nothing for you to be thankful of”
“Do you realize the fact all your efforts are not even one milimetre useful unless that golden fruit was sold. Do you even understand that, die”
“Wha?! Why are you being so harsh on me?!”
“It will be troubling if you are unable to properly acknowledge the reality”
[But to think that we would only gain 40 gold coins if we sell everything at market price]
[It’s practically a drop in the bucket...it’s better than nothing though]
|■Fraul Kingdom. Granola’s Mansion|
“Baxia is a commerce country. If we sell the products directly in their capital, we could ignore various expenses and most likely earn more than selling it in Fraul. Although it’s far from enough to buy back all the workers, everything starts with one step at a time, I guess”
“...I believe in Fiona-sama”
“Alp...”
Perhaps, he thought that his uneasy expression was seen, Bart tried to make a follow up.
“I do not believe that all of these are just coincidences. It’s just that Fiona-sama didn’t tell us everything---
That I didn’t sell this year’s harvest. Also how Margot-san was refraining from doing any business negotiations with Baxia. Somehow---everything seems to be connecting to each other.
That’s why, that’s why, I’m sure that something will happen over at Baxia”
|■Japan. Fiona’s room|
“Uhehehe, fuheh, ofuuu….♪ Being trusted and adored so much by such a cute boy yet still able to remain the calm woman as per usual. Try throw some stones at me, and I’ll hit every single of them back ♪”
“I’m not sure what kind of reference you are making but please put aside that nail bat. Also, wipe your nosebleed”
“---well then, let’s prepare for the next step.
…but [Anchor]...
We have to be more careful when using it....”
“Let’s leave them as the last option. Other than that, it might be better to just ask questions instead”
The goddess and her observer nodded at the same time.
|■ Fraul Kingdom. Granola’s Mansion|
“---Alp, do you think you will receive an oracle soon?”
“Unn...I’m not sure. Usually, it feels like Fiona-sama will suddenly talk to me”
“Anyway since the day is getting dark, you should stay overnight here. Just in case of any sudden oracle. Furthermore, we also need to discuss matters before going to Baxia Kingdom. Bart-san would also accompany us there, right?”
“---There’s no helping it. Alp might get assaulted unless I go together after all.”
“That’s rude. I would properly get his consent, you know?”
“??”
Both of them smiled bitterly as they bickered around, while the boy who was watching them stared at them dumbfoundedly.
-3 hours later-
After both Alp and Bart have gone to sleep, Margot was reading documents alone.
At that time, a knock was heard and she urged the other side to enter.
“---please excuse me, milady. Will you not perhaps be resting soon?”
An elderly butler-like man entered the room with a tea set on his hand.
“I could say the same to you. For you to come at this kind of time, you must have found out something, right.”
The tea was poured on the cup placed on the table.
Right after he had finished pouring the tea, he opened his mouth.
“It is just as milady predicted, [outsiders] were involved”
“Good grief. But everything would make sense that way. Gramps, what about the connection to Baxia’s representative that recently came?”
“I apologize. I have yet found anything about that---However, he seems to have a rather high position. He seems to be the typical fallen noble”
“---no matter. I’ll meet him soon enough after all. I’ll confirm it with my own eyes”
After speaking so far, she brought the edge of the cup to her lips.
Click☆
-Goddess Fiona's believer count: 241-
-Number left until revocation: 41-
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Sorry for the late post but had to welcome kaichou’s return.
TN’s note:
1. Literally whacking sound. Not that sound.
2. Boxed lunch in Japan, especially those that you buy from stalls, usually have plastic partitions in the shape of green grass.
3. I assume 5 for 1 is the wholesale price, 3 for 1 is the retail price
