That said, there was still plenty of time before we set out for the Western Margravate, so we continued living our lives as adventurers.
Today’s job request is to help carry merchandise for a local shop.
“Silvia-san, you’re staying in the Northern Margrave Territory for the time being, right?”
“Yes. I’m still not strong enough, so I’ll continue training here in the north.”
We headed toward the job site together with Silvia, who had already returned to the inn after the investigation there was finished. It seemed the Margrave himself was relieved as well now that it had been decided she would remain in the northern territory for a while.
“Fina-oneechan isn’t coming today?”
“She has official duties as part of the Margrave’s family. She’s inspecting the garrison.”
“Oh, I see!”
Unfortunately, Fina couldn’t join us today because of her duties. That sort of thing came with being part of the margrave’s family, so it couldn’t really be helped.
Before long, we arrived at the shop that was our destination.
“Oh, it’s the stall kid! I’m looking forward to working with you today.”
“Ah—y-yes! I’ll do my best…”
Yep. Even this energetic shop owner called me the stall guy.
At this point, “the stall guy” had apparently become the common way people referred to me throughout the Northern Margravate.
Feeling a little deflated, we started getting to work.
Rattle, rattle, rattle.
“Oh, perfect timing. The wagon just arrived. Go ahead and carry the cargo into the back of the shop.”
“Hehe, if it’s carrying things, you can leave it to Shiro!”
“Well, that’s reassuring! Hahaha!”
Bursting with enthusiasm after finally getting another chance to haul cargo, Shiro took the lead and we began unloading the wagon one item after another and carrying everything to the back of the store.
Inside, Sue and Horn were checking the goods together with the shop owner.
For some reason, it reminded me of when we cleaned the warehouse back in the Southern Margravate. It felt a little nostalgic.
“Alright, let’s start putting the items that look fine on display.”
“Yeah, I’m counting on you.”
Once the cargo inspection was finished, we moved on to arranging the items—this time with Sue taking the lead.
Thinking carefully about how to make customers pick up the products, Sue gave out instructions here and there while considering the best layout.
“Sue really pays attention to every detail when arranging the merchandise. She’s an amazing magiciian too… as expected of a noble lady.”
“Well, the Sue we first met was pretty hopeless, though. She’s worked really hard to grow into who she is now.”
From my perspective, Sue still had plenty of room to improve. But she is a hard worker and always ready to try new things.
I hoped Silvia-san would try challenging herself with more things too.
And just like that, today’s cargo-hauling job came to an end.
“You guys work fast. With how efficient you were, we finished everything before noon. I’ve got another delivery job next week, so I’ll be requesting you again.”
“But, you received quite a lot of stock huh.”
“The martial arts tournament was a huge hit. We sold way more goods than expected. In a way, it’s thanks to that slime over there—and you girls too.”
So that was why the shop owner had been in such a good mood the entire time. Looks like he’d made quite a profit and was absolutely delighted.
When I checked the guild’s request board earlier, I noticed there were a lot of cargo-hauling jobs and wondered why. Turns out there was a story behind it.
There were still plenty of tourists around, too.At this rate, the shop owner would probably keep raking in the money for a while.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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