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Chapter 126 - Healing Potions Sell Anywhere, Huh

After receiving the apology and thanks from the father of the girl I saved, my business was done, but it seemed the Shibuya branch manager wasn't going to let me leave so easily.

"What did you want to talk about?"

I asked, crossing my legs as I sat on the sofa, consciously trying to appear mysterious.

"I’ll get straight to the point. Who are you?"

He asks a difficult question. Still, I have to answer. I must be careful. Kiryu, with his Truth Discernment skill, isn't here, but he might be hiding somewhere, or listening in with cameras or bugs.

"It’s hard to answer when you ask who I am. I’m just a D-rank adventurer."

"Why do you have so many Healing Potions? I’ve already confirmed that you’re selling Level 1 Healing Potions to the Ikebukuro branch and Level 2 Healing Potions to the Head of Headquarters and Claire Walker."

Claire is one thing, but he even knows I sold them to the Head of Headquarters? This guy looks like a meathead, but apparently he’s not.

"I’d rather not discuss my clients. It’s a matter of trust."

"Trust? You, a witch?"

"Witch or not, trust is important when you’re doing business."

He probably already knows I’m the one who sold them, but there’s no need for me to state it explicitly.

"How do you get your Healing Potions? Are they drops?"

He phrased it as a definitive question, "Are they drops?" That confirms it, Kiryu is listening. It’s a question a normal person wouldn’t notice, but if you know your opponent has a Truth Discernment skill, it sounds unnatural.

"Who knows? It doesn’t matter, does it? At the very least, they aren’t stolen, so there’s no problem."

"...Do you have a connection to the Head of Headquarters?"

"I’ve never met him. I was interrupted by Shindo-sensei before, you see."

"Ah... I heard about that. What a disaster. That man used to come here often too."

What an active person. And an annoying one.

"Right, so I’ve never met him."

"Then your contract is with Yoshino?"

All his questions can be answered with a yes or no.

"I wonder. As I said before, I don’t want to talk about my clients. But I have met Saegusa-san."

"Hmm... Are you from Frontier?"

I can’t answer that. I could deny it, but that would lessen the effect of my threats.

"I’m getting tired of all these questions. They’re so tedious. If you have more, write them down on paper and send them to me later. I’ll write my answers and send them back."

I deliberately glared at the branch manager, feigning irritation.

"I am also a representative of the guild, which protects the peace of adventurers. I can’t overlook a suspicious person."

"So what? Are you going to arrest me? I’ll kill you. I’m sure it would be considered self-defense."

"With magic?"

"I don’t need something like that."

I pulled the handgun I got from Claire out of my bag.

"A gun... Why do you have something like that?"

The branch manager half-rose from his seat and glared at me.

"Someone gave it to me. And it’s useless to try and lunge at me to take it. I’m faster than you."

Half-rising from his seat was a mistake. If you’re going to do something, you can’t telegraph it so obviously. You have to do it all at once. A surprise attack is meaningless once it’s been spotted.

"...I give up. Let’s stop this. Put that away. I’ll pretend I didn’t see it."

The branch manager raised both hands in a gesture of surrender, sat back down, and leaned against the back of the sofa.

"Well? Can I go home now?"

"Hold on. Do you have any interest in joining our side?"

Is he asking me to betray Satsuki-san?

"No. This guild has no merit. You should be a little more refined. What’s with the receptionists’ outfits?"

"They were a hit, so it’s fine."

They’re certainly a hit with men.

"You won’t get any female adventurers, though."

Yuuka-san and her friends... I guess she was just going along with the two boys in their group?

"...Then do you plan to go to Shinjuku?"

"There’s no reason to. Ikebukuro is good enough for me."

"Then that’s fine. I’d have a problem if you went somewhere else, but if it’s Ikebukuro, we won’t be surpassed."

Are they competing? Satsuki-san didn’t really give off that impression.

"So, can I go home now?"

"Wait. You’re impatient. Do you have somewhere to be?"

"No, but I don’t want to be here. A gorilla who doesn’t even offer tea is a problem."

First Harry, now this guy. Don’t they have any manners?

"Want a cola?"

"Are you an idiot? I’m leaving."

Exasperated, I stood up.

"I said wait. I want to talk business."

At those words, I obediently sat back down.

"You should have said that from the start instead of playing these stupid games. What do you want?"

"On the contrary, what can you sell? We can never have enough potions or Item Bags."

This guy, being as profitable as he is, seems like he’s willing to spend.

"Level 1 and Level 2 Healing Potions, and maybe Item Bags? You don’t need Translation Potions, right?"

"No, we don’t. More importantly, I want Level 3 Healing Potions."

Level 3... I did submit an application for the auction, so it’s not strange that he knows, but that should be information for headquarters staff. Did Kiryu dig it up?

"Level 3 is off the table for now. Not until the market price is set at auction. I don’t know how much I should sell them for myself."

"Then after the auction is fine. Sell me fifty Level 1 Healing Potions and ten Level 2 Healing Potions."

Um, how much would that be?

"Is 500,000 for Level 1 and 3.5 million for Level 2 acceptable?"

"I don’t mind."

No price negotiation, I see.

"I can get them for you right now."

"Please."

At his request, I stood up, took the potions out of my bag, and began lining them up on the floor.

"Sorry about the floor."

"It’s fine."

I laid out the Healing Potions one by one, fifty Level 1s and ten Level 2s, on the floor.

"Is this all?"

After taking out all the requested potions, I asked the branch manager.

"Yeah. As for appraisal... well, it’s fine. How do you want the money? It’s a large sum, so a bank transfer would be better. Cash would take time."

I’d prefer cash, but I don’t want to come back here just to pick it up.

"Use this, please."

I walked over to the branch manager and handed him a credit card.

"Sakurai Satsuki? What... isn’t this her card?"

"She gave it to me. Please deposit the money there."

"You can’t get a card...? So you really don’t have a family register. The theory that you’re from Frontier is starting to sound more plausible."

So he even knows that Eleanor-san doesn’t have a family register. Kiryu is seriously dangerous.

"I don’t care. Interpret it however you like. Just go make the transfer."

"Wait a minute."

The branch manager jotted down the account number from the card. Then he returned the card to me and left the room.

Left alone in the room, I sat on the sofa and waited for the branch manager to return.

Maybe I should send a little threat his way.

I decided to give Kiryu a warning.

"...I dislike being secretly photographed, but I dislike being eavesdropped on even more."

I received no response to my words. But if Kiryu was really listening, it would have an effect. If not, it was just me talking to myself.

After giving my warning, I continued to wait for the branch manager to return. After a short while, the door suddenly opened, and the branch manager came back in.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

"No, but you should at least knock."

"It’s fine, isn’t it?"

He’s hopeless. I hope I never become like that. Although, I do try to enter Kaede-chan’s room without knocking...

"Here, more importantly, this is the statement. I transferred the money properly."

The branch manager handed me a piece of paper, and I looked it over. The document correctly stated 25 million yen for the Level 1 Healing Potions and 35 million for the Level 2 Healing Potions, for a total of 60 million.

"Yes, I confirm it."

"The story is that they Dropped by a Slime, right?"

"Please do. That’s what everyone else says."

Both Claire and Satsuki-san insist on it.

"Got it. If you have more to sell in the future, let me know. The Shibuya branch has a lot of high-rank adventurers, so we can move as many Healing Potions as you can provide."

As expected.

"Well then, I’ll be leaving."

"Yeah. Sorry for all the trouble today."

"Not at all. I made a profit, so I’ll call it a win."

I made 60.8 million yen.

My business concluded, I stood up and headed for the exit. I placed my hand on the doorknob.

"Can I ask one last thing?"

As I was about to leave the room, the branch manager asked.

"Go ahead."

I gave my permission without turning around.

"Do you plan to continue selling items in the future?"

"That’s the plan. You can look forward to it."

I slowly turned around and answered with a smile.

"I see. Thank you for today. Thanks to you, one of my headaches, the problem with the minors, has been resolved."

This branch really does have a lot of problems.

"It’s fine to gather people, but you should take care of the children."

"Of course. All of them, except for one, are undergoing intensive training."

That old guy Yamabe said something like that too.

"I see... Their weapon handling and movements were beyond amateurish, so you should train them thoroughly."

"That’s the plan."

"Heh heh. Well then, good day to you."

I opened the door and left the room.

Alright! Time to go home!