Yuexing's consciousness kept struggling in the darkness, and his eyes suddenly turned red, and Yuexing opened his eyes.
Didn't react at once
The fierce sun hit her face, Yuexing was shocked, and an inexplicable feeling hit her heart.
"over slept?!"
Yuexing suddenly got out of bed and opened the window. The cool breeze blew into the room through the open window, and the sun was shining brightly.
Yuexing turned around and suddenly found a string of exquisite bracelets lying quietly beside Yuexing's pillow, flashing with dazzling white light under the sunlight.
"Yuexing! Something big happened! Rem...!" Subaru roared and pushed open the door of Yuexing's room, only to find that Yuexing was staring blankly at the bracelet on the bed.
"Hey, that bracelet is..." Subaru looked at the bracelet in surprise.
"This bracelet corresponds to the teleportation spell I drew myself... but Rem put it down and left first..." Yuexing sobbed.
"...Don't worry, maybe Rem hasn't arrived at the mansion yet, so you still have a chance to catch up!" Subaru shook his head and yelled at Yuexing.
"...Time may not be enough...not enough. I left a reverse spell on Rem, which will be triggered as long as it is stained with blood, but by then it means that Rem is in crisis...Damn it, I
I've thought of it a long time ago, but I didn't do more!" Yuexing clenched his fist and hammered the table hard, smashing the simple wooden table into pieces.
"Time waits for no one, hurry up and ask the store owner Rem's whereabouts." Subaru said and immediately rushed downstairs.
Yuexing's eyes turned cold. After putting on his clothes, he carefully put the bracelet in his breast pocket.
I walked downstairs and came to Subaru, who was yelling loudly at the hotel owner.
"That is to say! I went out at night! Take the dragon carriage that came here, and you will... leave your share of accommodation fees and goods here!"
The owner of the house answered as if shouting. He took out the bag placed under the reception desk and pushed it towards Subaru.
"This is the stored goods and quite a lot of accommodation fees, so there is no problem..."
"You actually said that there's no problem...?" Subaru yelled.
The shop owner seemed to have remembered something, and hurriedly took out two envelopes from the drawer and handed them over. Subaru grabbed the letter with his name on it, tore it open and read it.
Yuexing picked up another letter signed by Yuexing, opened it, took out the letter paper and read it
:
"When this letter arrived in Yuexing's hands, Yuexing must have been angry with Rem."
"Rem went back to the mansion alone, but please understand that Rem doesn't want Yuexing to be in danger. It would be very dangerous for Yuexing who was there first to return to the mansion, regardless of the condition of the mansion or Yuexing's body.
This is true regardless of the situation."
"So I ask Yue Xing and Subaru to stay in this village and wait for Rem to come back in Furul. After everything is resolved satisfactorily, they will definitely go and greet them."
"All the money has been left, and enough money has been given to the owner of the house. It was agreed that we can live here for several days."
"I asked Yuexing to keep that precious bracelet for me. For Rem, it is Yuexing's best gift."
"Please, cherish yourself, and please wait there until Rem returns."
"--please"
"Yours sincerely, Rem of the Moon Star"
Yuexing's hand trembled
After Subaru finished reading, he sat down on the hard sofa angrily.
…
The conference room on the first floor came here because I was afraid of disturbing other people in the hall. There were very few people using it. Subaru’s chaotic attitude just now made the owner of the room who led him to the conversation room answer Subaru’s question and leave.
"Ah, I get it...! Even you think I'm in the way, so you say that and then leave me alone... You can't believe what I say."
Gritting his teeth and speaking, Subaru stood up. Yuexing put his hands together on his chin and remained silent, seeming to be thinking about something.
On the table in the conversation room, there are the goods and reserves left by Rem. The amount of money in the bag is quite large. It seems that Rem was entrusted with a large amount of money from Roswaal.
As long as you have this money, your life will not be troublesome for a period of time. It is with this intention that Rem kept the money.
Yuexing was thinking about the conversation she had just had with the hotel owner.
The boss just told Yuexing very clearly that there is no rental point for dragon carriages in this village, and the shuttle buses that regularly communicate between villages cannot see the road due to the fog that appears in various places.
Even if he has money but doesn’t have the key dragon carriage, Rem’s plan started from the time he stayed in this village last night.
"There should be travelers arriving in their own dragon carriages and stranded here," Yuexing said.
"It's as I thought, let's go." Subaru stood up
In order to explore all kinds of information, Subaru quickly returned to the host of the hotel and raised the topic. The host looked embarrassed at first, but still introduced several businessmen with a look of embarrassment.
"However, basically, merchants only make trips with confirmed cargo and destination. For transportation, it depends on whether the passengers will be available..."
"No, always give it a try first, thank you for telling me this," Subaru said
Subaru pulled Yuexing aside
"Let's go, I have to give it a try no matter what."
"Um"
"Maizas leader, right? I'm sorry, it's impossible to go there at this time." The thin man said this, cutting off the negotiation with Subaru.
Yuexing looked at Subaru and walked towards a man sitting on a dragon carriage.
"That's a bit of a problem, but I don't think I'm the only one who would refuse? I mean, it's because of the goods."
"goods?"
"My goods are iron products such as weapons and armor. Their value has greatly increased in the capital. Tomorrow, I have to rush over with a dragon chariot and join forces to discuss profits."
As he knocked on the loaded dragon cart, the man said this while looking at the sunset, tying the printed bandanna around his head.
"There are a lot of people here like me who serve as relays to the royal capital. This is why a village of this size is so wealthy, so there are also a few merchants scattered around... But everyone will refuse it, I guess."
"Ah, you are already the sixth person to reject me."
"Because now everyone is heading to the royal capital with an eye on profit. There is no way. Anyway, after such a turbulent thing as the king's election happened, all I can smell is money."
"That's what happened..." Subaru frowned.
"Right now, there are some explosive rumors in Mezzas. Even the king can't make any profit. It's hard to say whether there are people who want to go."
"The explosive rumors...could this be related to the King's Choice?"
"It's just rumors. As a half-demon candidate, the lord has given various supports and so on... The key announcement about the king's selection has not been delivered yet. Do you know?"
"...No, I don't really know either." He told a lie all at once
Yuexing understands that if he reveals that he is a related party, negotiations will be more difficult.
"Wait a minute, talking about it like this, I suddenly remembered that there is a person who may be able to help us..." Yuexing suddenly remembered that there seems to be such a guy who is willing to take this order.
"Really, Yuexing? That's great," Subaru said excitedly
"Uncle, I want to ask you, is Otto here?" Yuexing stepped forward and asked.
"Otto? This guy is indeed here. You reminded me. This guy may accept your suggestion and lead you this way."
The man waved and led the way easily, and followed the figure for a while. The man pointed at the buildings on the roadside.
"She should have been there since last night. Now go ask her to wait a moment."
Watching the man who said this and pushed open the entrances on both sides, Subaru raised his head and looked at the signboard.
"...Maybe it says tavern? Yuexing, what do these words mean?"
Yuexing looked up and down
"It probably just writes the names of various wines and their opening hours. They are open all day, and the prices seem to be quite reasonable."
"It is indeed a tavern."
At this time the door was opened
"I've been waiting for a long time. This guy is the one. Hey, Otto, say hello."
The man grabbed his wrist roughly, and a young man was taken out as if he was thrown out.
Just like in the memory, he was a young man with gray hair who looked one or two years older than Subaru. He was shorter than Subaru, with an oval face and delicate facial features.
"I am Natsuki Subaru. I apologize for forcing you to come here. I heard from my brother that you might accept my commission... It stinks! This wine stinks!"
Subaru just took two steps to say hello, but was hit by the strong smell of alcohol and took two steps back.
"Now, uh, introduce yourself as, uh, Otto, uh."
The drunken and red-faced young man named Otto looked at each other, Subaru, Yuexing and the man.
"So, what are you going to do? Negotiate? Negotiate? Uh-huh, talk to me or something, uh-huh, ahaha, uh-huh, it's ridiculous, isn't it, eh?"
Gradually he squatted on the ground, and then suddenly Otto laughed out loud
"If I were to introduce you sincerely, I doubt it would be as good as your brain structure. It would be unpleasant to be arrested for driving while smelling of alcohol. In this situation, you would be taken away even if you were walking on the street." Subaru said dissatisfied.
After hearing Subaru's words, the man sighed and roughly shook the shoulders of Otto who was squatting on the ground.
"Otto! Hey, wake up, you bastard! I said that if there was a business that could reverse the current situation in one fell swoop, it would be your bastard who introduced me! Are you going to brag about it because of a drinking conversation, hey!"
"A business that turned around in one fell swoop?!——"
Otto's expression, which had always had an almost dead look in his eyes, changed. Otto stood up through the man's hand, as if the alcohol-obsessed figure just now was fake, and he stood up instantly.
"This is really rude. My name is Otto Suen. I am a small businessman with a business background."
"Finally, it looks good." Subaru nodded.
"I see, there is a certain degree of identity protection. This is indeed a high-class guest. Thank you very much, Mr. Katie."
"Yes. Then, it doesn't matter if you just talk here, right? I'm going to be rude and leave here. Don't forget my face, little brother. Otto, you owe me a favor."
Otto showed an attitude that was enough to clear away the suspicion of alcoholism. The man also touched his chest with peace of mind and left on the spot.
"Then, let's start negotiating right away - guest, what do you want?" Otto said with a smile on his face.
"Let me tell you," Yuexing said.
Afterwards, Yuexing briefly explained the reason to Otto.
"Oh, that's acceptable."
Otto thought for a moment and then said
"The Dragon Cart is also a vendor's prop to me...or rather, it's a lifeline. I can't just accept it. Of course, the price will be a little higher than the regular rental of the Dragon Cart, especially if you have to go to the current Mezas to get it.
If so, there are many factors that cause uneasiness.”
"That's of course. Although I can't raise enough money to make a bid, it's nothing more than that."
"That's it, then, how about all the gold holdings..."
Otto made the first move to negotiate, trying to take the lead and put forward conditions.
It was probably from Subaru's sight that he saw that the valuables were in that bag. He laid out strategies, grasped the pace of negotiations, and then expanded his interests even if they were just a little bit, and then closed the net. This is what is called a [businessman]
"Is this okay? I understand. Then, I'll give you this bag. Can you leave right away?"
Subaru handed over the bag easily, leaving Otto dumbly to accept it. He swallowed at the heavy weight and asked in a panic.
"No, isn't that right!? Logically speaking, here we should find a compromise point between each other's demands and then start a debate to find that point!? So simply..."
"It's a waste of time, and I will definitely lose the battle anyway. There is no point in fighting if it is useless. If I can solve it with just the things in this bag, that's what I want."
Otto frowned as he looked at Yuexing
"Um...could it be that I was introduced to a very troublesome person?"
"Don't worry, I didn't intend to cause you any trouble, just relax," Subaru comforted.
"The increasingly disturbing statements are making people care so much!?"
Otto, who had just met, said angrily, and then sighed.
"I understand. This person made a condition, and the other party immediately decided to accept it. As for me, I also have the pride of being a businessman. No matter what kind of stolen money it is, I will fulfill it well... Wha, what is this?
,So much money?!" Otto was surprised
Otto immediately squatted down and vomited all the wine in his stomach.
"Wait a minute, right away... right away"
Subaru and Yuexing exchanged colors, their eyes showing surprise at the amount of money.