200 – Golden Thrush 2nd Merchant (1)
The Golden Thrush Merchant was named after Roina Melitz, the owner of the guild, after seeing a golden thrush she saw in a dream when she fell asleep while contemplating the name of the guild.
It is a gigantic merchant troupe proudly established in the city where high-ranking aristocrats stay as lords, and rather than settling down and selling goods, the main source of income is peddling, which earns money by traveling all over the country while operating several inbound lines at the same time.
Originally, a peddler refers to one peddler who usually carries a light load, but the golden thrush operates an organization consisting of as few as five or six wagons and as many as 10 or more, called a peddler.
The so-called leader of the peddler is a cadre who is especially trusted by the Golden Thrush, and the leader of the peddler who comes to the desert here, Bolgang, is also the husband of Roina Melitz’s younger sister.
In addition, he was a person who properly knew the value of Urgo, made a relationship with him, and even introduced him to the nobles, trying to attract Urgo into their arms by any means.
Thanks to this, Urgo also looked at them favorably, and when the village was in trouble, the village promised support in return for helping them with their work, and they helped each other through the crisis.
Since it was such a request from Urgo, Bolgang lightly accepted the request to accompany Chester and Monia.
It was Urgo’s request, but most of all, there was no shortage of food or drinking water just because there were two of them, and their good looks and well-spoken words didn’t seem like an accident.
Most of all, Bolgang liked that Chester was recognized as a strong man by Urgo. If Urgo couldn’t do it, he began to think about whether he could bring Chester to the top.
‘By the way, what the hell is that golden staff?’
Since the sword staff was developed on another continent far away, Volgang, who did not know the concept of a sword staff, regarded the Anubis that Chester was carrying as a golden staff and was curious about its source. Where the hell did you get that thing from?
For some reason, unlike machetes and daggers that are meticulously maintained every day, even though they did not receive any maintenance, they boasted a brilliance that did not change at all from when I first saw it.
No matter how you look at it, it was an unusual item, and as much as it had such an item, the escort of the peddler and other merchants could not treat Chester carelessly. Possessing such an item was likely a person with that level of skill, unless he had obtained it through luck.
A ignorant idiot might have been enchanted by a golden staff and played tricks on them or stole their goods and ran away, but the golden thrush peddlers knew very well that this was a pitiful idea for a ignorant idiot.
they are not stupid
Above all, who doesn’t seek out information about the person he or she will travel with in advance?
He knew most of Chester and Monia’s movements after they came to the desert by interacting and talking with the people of the Scorpion tribe under the sand.
An unidentified wandering couple with monstrous skills. That was the image of the two people that the peddler had.
More than anything else, the clever little dog they run and the monkey who can speak human language further spurred the idea.
“The way they look at Rex makes me feel bad.”
“yes?”
“yes. You must have eyes for animals. Chit.”
Monia seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the peddler’s attitude, but as long as they helped her, she kept quiet so as not to create a big fuss.
The peddlers weren’t the only ones from the Golden Thrush Merchant.
They hired three more mercenaries. And they needed to go far by the owner’s order, but one knight decided to accompany them until the middle because they were on the same road. A few peddlers who don’t belong to the Golden Thrush Merchant, but pay to join them. And a few guests who pay to accompany them because they want to travel.
There were so many different people gathered at the pedestal.
The mercenary took an interest in Chester. At first, he was interested in Monia, but after Chester massaged him properly, he calmly withdrew his interest and instead became interested in his skills.
Chester also worked as a mercenary and was planning to move, so he talked to them and shared information.
“Ah, then is your grip strength innate?”
“right. I inherited it from my mother.”
“Wow, I’m envious. If we had one like that, we would have made a name for ourselves.”
Everywhere men like to show off their strength, and when word spread that Chester’s grip was strong, people claiming to be strong would come and arm-wrestle Chester.
After getting to know each other quickly while running into each other, Chester was able to hear a lot of information.
First, the name of the continent they are on is the Matoto Continent.
It seems that 30% of the country is a country with a hot climate with many mountains in the desert.
That there are 4 countries, 156 territories, and 207 noble families. Three of the countries are kingdoms, and the other is a city-state formed by gathering several cities.
Among them, the largest and strongest country is the Kingdom of Naturus, which belongs to the nobleman’s territory where the Golden Thrush Merchant is located.
Recently, the kingdom of Homemade, which is sandwiched between the Kingdom of Naturus and a mountain range, is a place where small conflicts are taking place due to political disagreements.
Thanks to this, the mercenaries became able to eat and live through the war.
In the Kingdom of Naturus, it is General Yahatan from the desert who is leading the war in this area, and in the Kingdom of Homemad, it is General Tamin who is leading the war in this area.
And even information about the recently famous knights and mercenaries.
Just as Chester asked for various information, Monia also got close to various people and obtained information from a different perspective than Chester.
If Chester told the story from the point of view of people thrown into the war, Monia could get information from the point of view of people living the war.
What he got from that was that General Yahatan was preparing an operation recently. That General Thamin is suffering politically and there is not enough material. Because of the recent war on another continent, a large number of good slaves were brought in. It is said that dark things such as drugs are circulating more actively than before using the war.
“You’re not getting caught up in our war, are you?”
“Well. If it’s possible, even if it’s not our kingdom, it might be better to get out quickly if you can get on a boat.”
“Yeah. There is nothing more stupid than war.”
said Monia, enjoying the warmth of Chester’s arms.
If you were an aristocrat, you would say that you could go to war if necessary. Among nobles, it is common for land wars to break out due to trivial disagreements.
In fact, even the people here did not take the war seriously. It was said that it would not end soon.
As long as the scale doesn’t grow significantly, war is treated like that.
Only the people around them suffer, but for others, it is an opportunity to make money through active logistics for the supply of war materials.
As they talked, the two slowly began to take off their clothes. Rex and Ant were living in the next room with a partition, even if it was just a thin board, so there was nothing to hold back.
“This peddler said he would go to the capital of Naturus Kingdom first.”
“Capital. You can check your route there and go find a boat.”
“yes. As long as it’s the capital, there will be roads leading anywhere in the kingdom. It’s probably not a kingdom so small that it can’t do that.”
Roads were the channels through which goods and people moved, that is, the blood vessels of the kingdom. If the capital of a kingdom was established, there must be roads leading to all parts of the kingdom. A well-maintained road is a symbol of the power and wealth of the country and the influence and power of the king.
“Then start working as a mercenary in the capital, and the destination is a coastal city.”
“great!”
After taking off their clothes, the two hugged each other and shared a good time.
* * *
“… … .”
Kalea, who participated as a tourist in the Golden Thrush’s 2nd peddler’s corps, looked at her neighbor’s carriage while looking in the mirror under her darkened eyes.
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Last night, in the carriage where the two unidentified couples were staying, a terrible, persistent, viscous, hot, melting sugar-like sound continued to resonate.
‘It’s terrible. I need to ask them to change the location of my wagon.’
Judging from the loudness of the sound, it doesn’t seem like it would make any difference if they changed their position a little, but it would still be better than being so close together.
“Kalea, are you awake?”
Her friend, Leona, who had traveled with her, called out to Kalea with a slightly tired face.
The two are noble ladies who have been close since childhood, and in order to have last memories before getting married, they told their parents and planned a trip for just the two of them.
The third and fifth children of each family, who had lived ignorant of the world and enjoyed only the luxury of aristocrats, could not carelessly send their daughters on a trip.
“Leona, it would be better to change the position of the wagon.”
“yes. But look outside, Kalea. The foggy forest is pretty.”
“Oh, really?”
The two poke their heads out of the carriage to see the misty forest.
Perhaps there was a large lake in the forest, and the misty forest spreading under the road that spanned the mountains they were passing through was a breathtaking and indescribable sight.
The two of them laughed and chattered that this alone was worth the trip, but when the door of the carriage next to them suddenly opened, their mouths fell silent.
And a little while later, Chester came out of the wagon, loosely dressed in trousers, for his morning exercise.
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