“I’m sorry about this. But with this situation, Boss has no choice but to go.”
“No, it’s okay. There’s nothing we can do about it after all.”
“If possible, can I ask you guys to help out at the warehouse next door? Boss was planning to ask for additional help with that anyway.”
“Understood. We’ll get to work on it after our lunch break.”
Just when I was wondering what to do after this, we received an additional warehouse cleaning task. We are asked to do the same thing, so we all agreed.
Thus, we ate our lunch and started working afterwards. However, Sue and Ao were loaned out for another task.
“This may also be different.”
“Mmm, it looks like it.”
Ao sorted out the suspicious items from the previous package, and Sue and the person inspecting them earlier were checking them out.
While working, I occasionally glance at them. It seemed that about 30% of the packages they received were genuine and the rest seemed to be counterfeit.
Leaving Sue aside, can Ao tell whether the tea is of good quality or not?
My ability to use appraisal is a secret so I’ll leave it to them.
“This is a ridiculous number of fakes……”
“It’s quite a lot. It’s really a big surprise.”
An hour after we had started our afternoon cleaning, the owner of the warehouse returned from the Margraves’ residence. He had also brought along a butler, we’ll that’s what the person beside him appears to be.
Both of them were surprised at the number of fakes that Sue, Ao and the other guy had sorted.
“The smell and color of the tea leaves are very different from the real ones. That should be obvious at a glance.”
“It seems that they mixed the real and the fake, but the proportion of the fake ones is larger.”
The person who seemed to be the butler also sighed at the obvious forgery. At that moment, the warehouse owner beckoned me over.
Ah? Just what is going on?
“Head Butler-sama, the adventurers here, together with my own people, have discovered the fraud.”
“Aren’t they still young?”
“Yes, they have all just registered as adventurers.”
“Hoh~, that’s impressive then.”
Well, the warehouse owner introduced me as the leader of the group. When I turned my gaze to the others, they looked back at me with eyes that says I could leave the cleaning to them.
“Speaking of which, there was a report from the Merchant Guild that some rookie adventurers were able to collect a lot of medicinal herbs. Are you guys also involved in that?”
“Yes. Yesterday, we took our first herbal collection class. We are lucky enough to be able to collect a lot of medicinal herbs during our practical class.”
“I see. Even though you guys are just newcomers, you seem to be a pretty good group. You are also very polite.”
“Thank you very much.”
I received a compliment from the head butler who was wearing a suit.
After I replied, he whispered something in my ear.
“Could it be that the blonde lady over there who checked the tea is Miss Sue?”
“Ah, yes. It’s Sue.”
“Thank you very much for your help. In fact, the mansion wants to apologize to Miss Sue for the commotion the other day.”
“Is that so? There must be some circumstances going on then.”
“Yes, there is a special circumstance regarding that. I would like you to come to the mansion after you finish reporting to the guild today, would that be okay with you? You can keep the clothes you are wearing as they were.”
“I understand. I think it’ll be fine, but I’ll check with the others just to be sure. Also, about that, can I take the cat-eared child who is carrying a package over there and the slime who sorted the goods with Sue?”
“No problem. Thank you for understanding.”
The incident the other day was significant. It is inevitable that the Margrave will show up.
I summoned Sue, Shiro, and one of the adventurers staying at the inn and told them about what the head butler had mentioned earlier.
“I understand. I’ve caused so much inconvenience to the Margrave, so please let me come along.”
“I don’t want to stay home alone, so I’ll come with you!”
“Leave this to us. It involves nobles, so we’ll leave it to Shun.”
In this way, I got everyone’s OK.
When I informed to the head butler about it, he said that he would send a carriage to the inn before evening.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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