Rice

Wataru wanted to somehow give Nayuta and Setsuna some rice, so I decided to cooperate just a bit.

Oi Wataru, a little help here?

Ah, coming.

I had Wataru bring a bag filled with husked rice out from the warehouse into the kitchen.

And then Kinue-san turned them into rice balls.

Then, I

We made rice balls out of some rice Wataru brought, want to eat them? Well just treat it as part of your free meals, so go ahead.

With that, I gave them to Nayuta and Setsuna.

They looked like something surprised them, but I didnt lie.

Wataru was also surprised by seeing them. Why?

Wow, this is the legendary rice that everyone in Wakoku has only ever heard in legends. The ultimate item, onigiri!

Is it alright for us to eat them? They would sell for a high price if we brought them back to Wakoku.

No, theyll go bad on the way there ah, maybe they have [Storage]?

Om, nom un, its delicious, but its not that good. Maybe genuine Wakokuans would have a different impression of it? Id expect nothing less of something that has been passed down by Hero-samas

If you want, why not buy a bag of rice? A hundred gold should be enough.

How much is a bag?

This much.

I held up the bag.

A single bag is ten kilograms. I tried out overcharging them by asking for a hundred gold (equivalent to around a hundred million yen), but will they buy it?

A hundred gold coins thats expensive for a single bag

Hero-sama, by the way, how much are these wholesale?

U-umm one bag is ten gold coins.

Asked for the wholesale price, Wataru answered with the price he pays.

Incidentally, this guys buying a bag of this every month despite having a debt. He seems to be halving it with Haku-san though.

Such a markup.

Oi oi, the number of people that can buy this is limited, you know? Also, resale isnt allowed. Wanting to sell it out of the country is a ridiculous thought. You cant miss this chance to get it yeah?

Twenty gold.

Out of the question. A hundred and ten.

It went up!?

It goes up with my mood, didnt you know that? I gotta make a profit.

Theres no other suppliers, so I can be as bullish as I need in negotiating.

To say it another way, I dont really mind not selling it. Its not like itll rot and its not taking up storage space. DP is super convenient.

Well, its not like I have to sell it. Well, guess you dont want it.

W-wait! Th-thirty gold!

Nayuta called out when I started putting away the bag of rice. However, I still havent raised the price enough.

Ill assume this talk never happened.

Forty coins, t-thats my maximum could I talk to my boss? Immediate cash is impossible.

Well, sure. Ill give you it ahead of time. Ill set the preferred price as forty gold coins as a minimum The talk will go faster with the actual thing yeah? Ill send them a bag a month from now on according to how much they pay alright? Tell them to think over it carefully.

With that, I handed the bag of rice to Nayuta it was heavy, so Setsuna picked it up.

Dont you think that well run away with it?

Its alright. Ill just add a hundred gold coins to Watarus debt if that happens. Sound good, Wataru?

H-hey, Kehma-san, could you come here for a sec?

Wataru called me over, so I followed him.

Whyre you wanting to increase my debt!?

The whole thing about giving rice to Wakoku was brought up by you after all. Go ahead and be the guarantor as well. Ah, if you dont want to, I dont mind not giving them even a single grain of rice. That ways easier for me.

Moreover, theres no problem even if they escape.

Understood. I can get a hundred gold in a month they definitely wont run away though!

How very Hero-like of him, being able to get a hundred gold in a month.

Why do you trust those two so much even though you just met them for the first time today?

Well, its cheap considering the fee for information about Wakoku. If everything works out, itll have been free. I dont know if theyre genuine or not, but they did show me their passports and identification.

I see, so he thought about that too?

By the way, their passports were lacquered black with Wakokus golden crest on it. Its relatively extravagant.

With that, our discussion ended so we headed back.

Ill be adding a hundred gold coins to Watarus debt if you run away. Make sure to pay if you do not want to lose the Heros faith in you.

Definitely! Please Nayuta-san, make sure not to run away with it, alright?

Ah, un understood. I cant betray Hero-samas faith.

Incidentally, one bag of rice is 50 DP. Ive gotten used to overcharging recently, havent I?

Well, if youre able to find a direct route rather than procuring it through the empire, you can end the deal right then.

How gracious. Hmph, well find it right away. There has to be a route that they use to get it in the first place.

Be that as it may, its coming from right here.

If youre able to find somewhere other than here, Id love to hear where it is.

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Done with introducing the three of them, I went back to my room as the village chief.

Wataru wont go off blabbing his mouth after I said that much stuff to him, and more importantly, Nerunes monitoring him.

And now we have another source of easy money.

Youre so good at making money, Kehma. Reliable!

And for some reason, Rokuko dropped by. The timing was so good that it felt like she was watching me through the monitor the whole time, but I didnt say anything in particular about it.

But still, those sisters, they were Wakoku spies?

They werent exactly trying to hide it, so maybe theyre ninjas.

Ninja? Is that the name of some secret service?

Well, thats a possibility too. Its the name of an occupation associated with the Mikado and Daimyo of Japan.

I just gave her a simple explanation of it for now. I said that they were shadows specializing in intelligence gathering and craftiness.

Ninjas! Shuriken, caltrops, smoke bombs ninjutsu!

By the way, theres shinobi too. Theyre much more pragmatic.

Ah, thats okay.

Whats okay?

Haah, but thats a bit refreshing. Those sisters are actually ninjas that aside, theyre Wakokus spies. In that case, we dont need to fire them then!

Well, handling them will be easy enough if theyre gathering information that openly and we can even exchange rice with them. But theres still an important point remaining.

The hermaphroditism?

Its not a problem if she was just born with that body. Rather whyd you say that? Theres something more important.

Well, Kehmas been watching them for a while now, so I was wondering if you had a preference for it or something. I wouldnt lose in terms of boobs, but I dont have anything down here would it be better if I grew one too?

You absolutely shouldnt.

Its not like I could even if you wanted me to, its not like Im Kehma.

Like I could do something like that. ah, I do have [Super Transformation] huh. Yep.

Theres a restriction that the thing I want has to exist though. Ah, we went off topic.

So whats the important thing?

DP, her DP. The elder sisters daily DP is 0, remember?

Ah, that was a thing, huh!

Right. The mystery of why Setsunas daily DP was 0 still remained.

And yet Rokuko forgot such an important matter. Maybe its a reaction from her doing her best recently? Thats relieving.