Chapter 12 – Can’t Trade?

I see the three looking at each other with a troubled expression.

I mess up.

I wondered if they have something like a barrier, but I guess information about the country’s defense is not something I should ask about.

I wish they should have just given me a light reply like “there’s a barrier” or something.

What should I do now that the atmosphere has deteriorated?

If I apologize, it’s going to make the atmosphere worse.

….okay, let’s just pretend it never happened.

「So, where is the place where I can trade?」

「Eh!…..ah, trade, yeah, it’s nearby.」

I must have really bothered them.

Dadavis-san’s eyes are swimming.

「This way.」

Dadavis lets out a small sigh and makes his horse move slowly.

Ah, it looks like he decided that I never asked that question too.

Thank goodness.

With a sense of relief, I looked at the sky.

There was a beautiful blue sky.

「It’s a beautiful day….areh?」

What is that?

There’s some kind of membrane in the sky?

Is that a barrier?

…..ah, I see.

It looks like there’s a very thin barrier.

Perhaps this barrier is an intruder detection type rather than intrusion prevention type.

There’s no way a barrier like this can prevent any intruder after all.

「Your lordship, what’s wrong?」

Chai looks at me curiously as I stare upward.

Koa also glanced back and looked at me.

「Nothing, I just thought the weather is nice.」

I turned my head and looked at Dadavis’ party on horseback.

They were big and their armors were thick.

I thought they were big because they were knights but it looks like I’m wrong.

All of the beastkins I have seen since we entered this village have buff physiques, though not as buff as Dadavis.

I’ve also seen females and they are taller than me too. They’re also buff.

Well, not only the beastkins but also humans are bigger and buffer than me.

….I might be a midget in this world.

No, I’m sure I am, haaa.

「Ano, is there anything wrong?」

It was Dadavis who asked that and when I turned my gaze to him, I found that the three of them were looking at me anxiously for some reason.

Eh?

Why?

「No, nothing’s wrong…..」

My response made the three of them relax.

I’m not sure why they’re so afraid of me.

How can I deal with it if I don’t even know the cause?

「There it is.」

I look at the building that Dadavis pointed at. It looks like a house that’s already been battered by time.

There’s no sign so we could never have found it if Dadavis’ and the others did not guide us.

「Thanks.」

I get off Koa and approach the house.

I’ll have Koa and the others wait for me outside.

「Koa, you and the others will wait here. I won’t take long.」

It shouldn’t take a long time to sell things.

「Your lordship will be by yourself?」

Koa sounds dissatisfied.

However, I don’t think I can bring them inside that building.

「I’ll be fine. I’ll call you as soon as I find anything wrong.」

Koa thought about my answer for a moment and nodded as if she had given up.

「I have to thank Dadavis’ group too. You’re a lifesaver.」

Now that they’re done guiding me, I guess this is where we part ways.

I’d like them to introduce me to some teachers but that will be difficult given how scared they are.

Areh?

Why are the three of you getting off your horses?

「I’ll introduce you to the owner of this store. I think that would be better in a lot of ways.」

Introduce?

It would be better in a lot of ways?

Could it be that not everyone could trade?

Are there rules?

…..I have to know the rules of this world as soon as possible.

I guess I’ll be in their care today.

「Ah, right, can any kind of magic stone be sold?」

The magic stone I’m going to sell is a magic stone that I poured magic power into and changed.

I asked the one eyes if it was okay and they said, “It’s okay” so I brought them.

However, I was a little anxious because I didn’t know how far the common sense of the one eyes had adapted to this world.

Since they already help me this much, I think it would be better to have them look at the magic stone first.

「What do you mean by any kind?」

Kimir tilted his head.

It would be easier to show them the actual thing than to explain it with words.

I took out two magic stones from the bag on my shoulder.

A red magic stone and a blue magic stone.

I have verified that the red magic stone strengthens fire magic and the blue magic stone strengthens water magic.

Since I experimented with the said magic accordingly, I’m sure that my conclusion is correct.

「Here they are. A red magic stone and a blue magic stone.」

I showed the magic stones to Dadavis and the others.

The magic stones have been beautifully transformed by the magic I poured into them and they look even more beautiful under the sun.

「Wha! What are those!」

Kimir suddenly raised a surprised voice as soon as he saw the magic stones on my hand.

Dadavis and Cafiret both reach for the magic stones on my hand.

「Grrrrrrrrrr」

Dadavis and Cafiret’s hands froze when they heard Koa’s growl.

「Koa, calm down. It’s okay.」

Please don’t freak them out more.

Should I use heal on them again?

Or should I ease up the tension….then, I should use relax?

Relax?

…..isn’t forcing them to be so….similar to brainwashing?

Let’s not.

Who knows what kind of spell I’ll cast?

「A-ano, I’m sorry but, can you show us the magic stones?」

I hold out the magic stones in front of Cafiret.

「Go on」

「Thank you very much.」

Cafiret stares at the magic stone in his hand.

And he casted some magic.

「Amazing. I feel a very pure magical power.」

Whoah, you can tell something like that?

Is that what that magic did?

「However, these are….」

Dadavis looks at me with a puzzled expression.

I have a bad feeling about this.

「What?」

「I think you can’t sell these magic stones in this village.」

My bad premonition was right, wasn’t it?

However, if I can’t trade it for money, I’ll have to find another way to earn money.

Maybe I should ask them if there’s a job that even I can do?

They are scared of me but they have been with me this far and never left me so maybe they can introduce me to a job.

「I think the only place that has enough money to buy these magic stones is the magic stone store in the royal capital.」

Well, before I consult them about a job, it looks like there’s…..what?

The only store that has enough money to buy these….is the magic stone store in the royal capital?

What does that mean?

I look at the blue magic stone in my hand.

Are these magic stones more expensive than I imagined?

The one eyes said two or three but maybe I only need to sell one.

「Oh, I see. I guess these magic stones are expensive.」

Cafiret shook his head.

Eh, am I wrong?

「I can feel the magic of the forest from this magic stone. Moreover, this magic stone is packed with quite a large amount of magic power. There are no magic stones like this!」

I tilted my head to Cafiret’s words.

You said it’s the magic power of the forest, right?

That’s strange. I poured my own magic power into it. Did something change?

I look at the blue magic stone in my hand.

…….I don’t feel anything other than my magic power….

「This sure has a tremendous amount of magic power.」

Dadavis, who received the red magic stone from Cafirret, says as if impressed with the magic stone.

Is it really that great?

Well, I packed as much magic power as I could.

After quite a bit of trial and error, I was even able to compress magic.

However, because of that, it became a magic stone that can’t be traded.

That’s a problem.

And although I was told, “There are no magic stones like this”, I have tons of them that I also transformed into something like that lying around my house.

「Ano, can you sell this magic stone to the king?」

Ki what?

Ki….king!

「Ehto」

The conversation is shifting to something bigger.

As for me, I only wanted enough money to hire some teachers.

However, if I can’t trade it in this village, I have to go to the royal capital.

Areh?

If I sell it to the king, do I have to go to the royal capital?

…..I thought I could easily sell them for money and hire a teacher.