Chapter 42 The best way to sell your feet
Chapter 42 The best way to sell your feet
It was a bright Sunday.
I woke up about an hour earlier than usual.
The destination I want to go to today is ‘Hans Antique Bookstore’.
This place was located in a location where you had to take a carriage for about two hours from the capital Delerson.
Trying to move as quickly as possible, as it takes a long time to move.
I roughly took off the gob, and immediately changed into plain clothes. After tidying up my hair in front of the mirror, I headed straight to the staff cafeteria.
“Here, I want some breakfast!”
After making a request to the staff in the kitchen, I sat down. Thanks to everyone sleeping in on the weekend, the staff cafeteria was very quiet.
After waiting a while, the waiter brought me a tray with hot soup, two strips of bacon, and half a baguette.
Since I was also hungry at the time, I quickly emptied the prepared food.
At this level, I can work without difficulty until lunchtime.
I got up from my seat only after I thriftly emptied the cup of water. Now all I had to do was leave the imperial palace.
But I felt something uncomfortable. It feels like I forgot something important.
I ran my hands all over my body and finally realized what I was missing.
‘Ah, that’s right. A whistle and an imperial failure!’
It’s like coming out with nothing but a pass.
This is why people shouldn’t move quickly.
It’s annoying to go back to my room, but I couldn’t help it because it would be a big deal if I didn’t bring it.
“Whoa. It’s bothering me.”
After letting out a sigh, I stepped back into the room.
In the meantime, I was almost obsessed with work, so I couldn’t recall the information of the original work often. Well, it was too long ago to see it all until the end.
However, thanks to my recent adaptation to work, I have enough stamina left to study the language and culture of another country.
The fact that I was able to recall the original episode was also largely due to my surplus stamina.
‘Do I really need to exercise at least a little every day?’
As I walked with a bit of useless thinking, I arrived at my room before I knew it. I hung the black whistle around my neck and kept the royal family card in the inside pocket of my jacket.
Now is the time to step out of the imperial palace!
I quickly walked through the corridors of the imperial palace, and before long I was able to come out through the front door. As soon as I came out, the morning sun greeted me.
“The weather is perfect for going out looking for books.”
Muttering in a satisfied voice, I looked around. It was to catch the wagon that roamed the imperial palace grounds.
However, in a flowerbed next to the road, I found the back of a woman with a very familiar blue bobbed hair.
‘It looks like Mulia.’
Only one person, at least as far as I know, is Mulia, who wears short black hair.
She was walking slowly around her flower bed with a book slung by her side. Is she looking for a place to read?
I was curious about her and approached her with her trot.
“Good morning, Lady of Count Fordward.”
“Ah. Secretary.”
Mulia looked at me for a while with a look of surprise and then greeted me in the morning.
I asked, pointing with my index finger to the book she was carrying by her side.
“Do you want to read outside?”
“Yes. Sometimes you need to bask in the sun.”
“Right. I live in my office almost every day, so I often miss the sunlight.”
Mullia agreed with me with a gentle nod of her head.
“Still, I have to focus on my work during work hours.”
As expected, Mulia never gets over it.
“Of course I do.”
“Yes. That’s enough.”
Silence fell between us as Mullia shut her mouth. After a while she asked me a question for some reason.
“Where is the secretary going?”
“Recently, there was a store I wanted to visit. So I decided to take the time to go.”
“I see.”
Mulia gave a short answer.
Well, this should be enough for her conversation with her.
Just in time, a carriage was about to pass nearby. I shouted at the coachman and waved.
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“I have to go a little further this time, so I’ll just go. Have a nice weekend, Lady Countess Fordward.”
“Yes. Have a safe trip.”
Mulia bowed a little in this direction. I waved her hand at her and hurriedly got into her carriage.
Then I immediately informed the driver of my destination.
“Go to the front door.”
* * *
Immediately after exiting the main gate of the imperial palace, I moved to the carriage stop to catch the carriage heading to the outskirts of Delerson.
Fortunately, there was a coachman who went out of town, and I asked him to get into the carriage right away.
The cost of moving is 10 copper.
Anyway, the cost was a little expensive because of the distance. But considering the level of my salary, this is a pittance.
‘Above all, I don’t have to move stealthily like when I go to a secret bank.’
In the moving wagon, I sat cross-legged. Then, while looking out the window, I reviewed the original setting.
While staying in the Ekater Empire, Russell, the main character of the original work, receives a request from one of the nobles who supports him to find a certain book.
It was an old book that was very hard to find.
However, because the commission money was large, Russell and his party sold their footsteps here and there to find the old book.
After struggling for days and days like that, they succeed in finding the old book.
Today’s destination, the Hans Antique Bookstore!
‘But I don’t remember what that old book was… ….’
Still, one thing can be affirmed. The fact that the old book that the main character’s party was looking for is of no use to me.
What I’m trying to find there is a book about Sergel Kingdom, located at the southernmost tip of the Arsenia continent.
I especially like books about language and culture.
In the imperial palace library, no matter how much I washed my eyes and searched, I couldn’t find it, so I was selling my own.
Since it’s the imperial palace library, I thought it would have everything but books that didn’t exist in the world…….
To be honest, I was a little disappointed.
But at the same time, I also thought that it was inevitable.
Currently, there are only four countries that trade with the Eckhart Empire. The list does not include the Kingdom of Sergel or Hermoa.
From a practical point of view, there is no reason to study countries other than trading countries. Of course, I can’t see that being right.
The wagon had already left Delerson and was speeding along a lonely country road.
On both sides of the road, green wheat fields stretched out, and behind them, several houses were huddled together to form a small village.
Going a little further, we entered a forest road overgrown with bushes.
‘At times like this, it would be nice to have a smartphone… ….’
Two hours pass by just watching a few videos on your phone, but unfortunately, this is the world of a novel set in the Middle Ages.
I have no choice but to kill time while watching the scenery.
But later, I got tired of looking at the scenery, so I chose to take a nap.
“I have arrived!”
At the coachman’s voice, I immediately opened my eyes.
Finally, we have arrived at the village where the Hans antique bookstore is located!
I jumped off the carriage, stretched, and checked the current time with my pocket watch.
9:30 Am.
This should be enough.
“I’ll be here by 3:30 p.M.”
“Yes. Have a good look at your business.”
After the coachman greeted me, I moved to a place where I could stop the wagon.
Let’s see…….
Since it’s a small town compared to Delerson, the streets are fairly quiet. Even so, there were more people than in the Nedville estate.
‘I’ll have to ask people where the old bookstore is.’
There was a lady who was about to pass by me just in time. I called Mrs. In a polite voice.
“Did you know that Hans Antique Bookstore?”
Fortunately, thanks to her detailed directions, she was able to reach the Hans Antique Bookstore without getting lost.
Even from the outside, the building gave off an old feeling. It is said that if someone slaps it, it seems like it will fall down helplessly.
Fortunately, there was a sign reading ‘OPEN’ on the entrance door.
‘That’s great.’
I opened the door and went inside. The moment I entered, I felt as if the early evening had arrived.
It’s definitely a bright morning outside, but there’s not much sunlight here.
Thanks to that, I felt quite dim and strangely cozy at the same time.
“Who are you?”
What, where did you hear that voice?
I looked around and found a desk in the corner of the store and a human figure sitting in front of it.
I narrowed my brows and examined the figure closely. At first glance, he was a frail old man.
“It’s not a place that young people like this would come to… ….”
The owner clicked his tongue and coughed out of breath. It seemed that he had lived his entire life keeping this store.
I walked over to the desk and briefly introduced myself.
“He’s from Delerson. There is a book I want to find.”
“I don’t think there’s anything a young person would find in an old bookstore like this.”
After making that assertion, the owner shook his head slowly. But I pretended not to hear that and gave the name of the book I was looking for.
“I am looking for books on the language and culture of Sergel Kingdom. I heard that there is no book that is not here.”
“No matter how much it is, it won’t be as good as the imperial library… ….”
“They don’t have the books I want.”
“Whoa… …. I wonder if you even went.”
“Well, I was lucky enough to go there.”
Here, I was a little sorry to show off as an imperial employee, so I just covered it up. Fortunately, the owner went over without a big deal.
“Let’s see…… If it’s a book about Sergel’s kingdom…….”
The owner, who had been speaking in a low voice, struggled to get up from his chair with his cane leaning against the bookshelf.
He walked between the bookshelves with a very slow gait, and my footsteps following him naturally slowed down.
“Hmm. I think it was about here…….”
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I turned my head to the bookshelf the old man was looking up at. I quickly rolled my eyes here and there and glanced at the title, and found a book with “The Language of Sergel Kingdom” Written on it.
“Here it is!”
I quickly pulled out the book. I looked at the cover and the inside and luckily it seemed to be in pretty good condition.
“By the way, young man, why are you interested in Sergel Kingdom? It’s already been 30 years since we stopped communicating with the Empire.”
“Ah. I recently became interested in foreign countries.”
I looked around moderately.
Anyway, thanks to the owner, I learned a new piece of information. It means that trade with Sergel Kingdom has been cut off for a very long time.
‘I’m glad I chose Sergel Kingdom as my final destination.’
I made up my mind to study the language of Sergel Kingdom diligently.
-Continued