episode_0108

I had some expectations about a woman named Colin.

Because she was the daughter of the village chief, the only intellectual who was awake in the village, and was her father’s disciple.

At least I thought she was an intelligent and cultured person, but what I saw was a foul-mouthed, gangster-like woman.

“Wow~Fuck, did I just almost kill the Master’s adopted son?”

“Yeah, you idiot. My sister told me over and over again. You have to kill that temper.”

“Hahaha, it’s okay, it’s okay. It ended well without any problems.”

Just a moment ago she was swinging her sword and running wild, but now seeing her cool and easygoing appearance, I could see why she was called a mad dog among adventurers.

This woman is weird.

“Are you the master’s son, Sian? It’s been a long time.”

“Do you know me?”

“Of course. I changed your diapers when you were little.”

“…I don’t remember that.”

“You probably don’t remember because you were a baby. At that time, my older sister played with our Si-an’s vagina.”

“…..”

It was jarring to hear such words from a beautiful 32 year old woman.

“So why did you come? By the way, I don’t have any money. Adventurers earn a lot, but they also spend a lot.”

“I’m not asking to borrow money, I just brought a letter from my father.”

“Dad?”

Colin received the village chief’s letter, read it briefly, and then suddenly tore it up.

“There’s nothing special about it, other than the fact that the teacher passed away.”

“You are my father’s disciple, but you don’t seem to be very sad.”

“Oh, you were not feeling well to begin with. I expected I wouldn’t see you again when I left the village.”

“Do you know why you were not feeling well?”

“Huh? Our nephew didn’t know? He was cursed by the teacher and was making noises.”

“Curse?”

“You may not know. The Master told me the story of the curse of God.”

“Can you tell me that story?”

“Hmm? What are you going to give me?”

“ in?”

“If there’s a going, there has to be a coming. Right?”

My brain stopped for a moment when I heard Colin ask for a price.

“Can’t you do this for me, your son?”

“Sorry, but I’m the type of person who doesn’t do things that don’t make money.”“…How much is it?”

“My nephew, do you think he has a lot of money?”

“Please answer the question.”

“Hmm… I think one platinum coin would be enough.”

“….”

“If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”

“Yes, I don’t like it.”

A platinum coin?

It was absurd that he would brazenly ask for money while talking about his father, but the amount was so high that it was shocking.

I wanted to argue with her, but I held back because I thought about the fact that she was the daughter of the village chief who had always helped her and that she was her father’s disciple.

Anyway, I was about to leave after completing the village chief’s request.

Nabira spoke to me.

“Mr. Sian, I’ll talk to my sister-in-law for a moment.”

“Yes, take your time and chat with your family.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

So, leaving Butterfly behind, Gregor waited outside.

. . .

“Colin, I didn’t know you were pregnant. Have you had a change of heart?”

“Well, living alone in a foreign country can be lonely a lot of the time.”

Colin answered his new sister Nabira’s words while drinking a whole bottle of soju.

“But what do you want to talk about? We’re not close enough to let go of our regrets, right, Sister.”

“Here’s the main point. As you’ll know from reading the letter, come back home. Don’t force yourself to continue your adventurer life.”

“Then, you want me to obey my husband in the village, give birth to a child, and die? I don’t want to live like my sister.”

“You don’t have to think like that. And you can meet a husband who truly cherishes and loves his wife like Mr. Farrell.”

“Yeah, my brother was innocent and a good person. But he died.”

“Are you still blaming me for that?”

“No. It was my brother’s choice, and it would be meaningless for me, who wasn’t there, to think about it.”

Colin said as he stood up, throwing the bottle of alcohol he had finished drinking somewhere.

“Sister, I have no intention of returning to my hometown. Tell Dad well. I have no intention of setting foot on the hometown where I abandoned my mother.”

“Now, the village of Lugeron is changing. Thanks to your teacher, Mr. Ian, and his son, Mr. Sian.”

“Huh? How much will it change if it changes?”

Butterfly sighed at Colin’s sarcastic attitude.

‘As expected, persuading my sister-in-law is impossible.’

I feel sorry for the village chief who is my father-in-law, but the conflict between a father and a daughter was something that the parties involved had to resolve themselves.

After deciding that, Butterfly no longer clung to Colin and tried to leave right away.

“Store? Go have a drink.”

“Sian is waiting outside.”

“You’re so passionate. Anyone who sees you would think you’re my husband.”

“Watch what you say.”

“Just kidding, just kidding.”

“You still like to tease people.”

“That’s because I like it. Anyway, take care, unnie.

“Yes, and I’m saying this out of concern. Raise your son properly.”

“Son? Oh, you mean Aida? Aida is a daughter.”

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a son or a daughter. Do you know what that kid did? He tried to push our village girl into a dirty waterway.”

“Was it? Our Aida did well. Bad guys should be dropped into the waterway.”

“Haa… Okay.”

Unlike Ian, who only tried to show his good side to his adopted son, his disciple Colin was a real scoundrel.

The proof of this was that he did not properly discipline his son or daughter, but just raised them by saying yes and no.

After a long time, I came out of the ‘Orphaned Puppy’ inn, pressing my temples, which were aching with a headache.

Colin, who had sent her new sister off, was asked by his daughter Ida, who was wagging her tail cautiously.

“Mom, are we moving?”

Colin answered, patting his daughter Ida’s head.

Because of the dog’s nature, the fluffy texture calmed her anxious mind and body.

“Don’t go. Even though this place sucks, it’s better than a more fucked up town.”

“I see.”

Aida smiled bashfully, perhaps reassured by her mother’s words, and Colin began drinking again.

. . .

I had expected it to some extent.

Catkit Trading Company was a trading company based in Lugardrian.

Here, it wasn’t unusual to suddenly run into the woman who had scammed me, and my enemy could meet her in the alleyway as if he were meeting her on a single-log bridge.

“Pina, long time no see?”

“Okay, I was wrong!”

A being whose head is caught in my grasp.

Pina, a cat with impressive pink fur, began to tremble.

“It’s been almost a year. Since you took my money. Was it good?”

“Oh, that’s a misunderstanding! I never tried to steal Mr. Cian’s money.”

“Then why didn’t Pina visit our village?”

“That, that… I spent a lot of time and effort trying to purchase the item that Mr. Sian was looking for… ”

“Pina, if you’re going to lie, do it right.”

“Please forgive me!”

Blood, who had begun to rub her hands and feet together, seemed ready to do anything to survive.

Well, enough teasing, I asked Pina some questions I was curious about.

“But why is your condition like this? You must have made a lot of money from me.”

“nyahahahaha, that’s a lot of circumstances… ”

Now it is a one-shot cut with the blade of myth, but warbear leather was an expensive item among the nobility.

In the first place, hunting was a pastime for the nobles, and leather was something that made their bravery and achievements visible to the naked eye.

So, the skin of a warbear, which was at least a head larger than that of other regions, was expensive.

It would be normal for Pina, who monopolized such leather, to be wealthier than before, but he was more shabby than before.

To my puzzled face, Pina suddenly answered in a tearful voice.

“Oh my gosh! I got scammed!”

“Huh?”

The scammer who scammed me got scammed by someone else.

I was able to hear the detailed circumstances of the absurd story through Pina.

“So, my leather that you distributed went to Catkit Trading Company. I didn’t get a proper price.”

“Yes.”

Pina carefully entrusted the sale of the Warbear hide to Catkit Trading Company.

It was an excellent decision. It would not have been easy for a peddler like Pina to make a deal with the nobles.

But there was something she overlooked.

The upper echelons of Catkit Trading Company were unhappy with Pina’s large profits and demanded huge commissions from her.

So, the profit that Pina made from buying the warbear leather at a cheap price was almost non-existent.

Not only that, strange rumors spread that Pina had made a lot of money, so her own people, who were jealous of her or approached her in order to steal her money, treated her badly.

‘There was a reason why Elsia didn’t treat Catkit Store as a store.’

Because of its water-based nature, it was possible to run a business in a relatively western region, but Cat Kitt Business did not have the basic system that a business should have, and corruption was vague.

He said, grabbing my bleeding trouser leg.

“Sian-nim~Please help me!”

“I hate it.”

“Instant answer?!”

“Of course. Who would trust a merchant who lost their money?”

Now, five gold coins were just pocket change, but it was a different story to trust Pina, who didn’t have the ability.