Translator Corner
This is
Yukkuri demasu...
The 12th
day without sun.
I swear I’ll
write a horror piece about the Mist one day... just you see.
And oh yes,
new heroine, all right! Will Kazura get beautiful flowers on both of his hand?
The title came from Honme and Tatemae distinction. Honme is one's true feeling, while tatemae is one's behavior or opinion showed to other people.
The title came from Honme and Tatemae distinction. Honme is one's true feeling, while tatemae is one's behavior or opinion showed to other people.
As usual,
this is not a literal Japanese translation, so there bound to be a mistake....
The Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
The Editor:
NaoSou
Chapter 20:
True Feeling and Facade
While
giving off the sound knack-knack every time his leather boots threaded on the stone
floor below him, Isaac was walking on a corridor in the Nelson’s residence.
As always,
Isaac wore the same piece of leather light armor but instead of the sword he
usually carried, he now held a brightly colored yellow bouquet on both of his
hand as if it was something very important.
After
walking for awhile he reached his destination in front of a certain door,
Isaac, who became nervous, took a deep breath.
The
sunlight that came through the opened window was bright and sometimes, pleasant
wind could be felt caressing him.
While
struck by the genial winds, Isaac who carried the bouquet closed his eyes.
「Ormasior-sama[1], please grant me a
courage.....」
He lifted
up a prayer to the War God he believes in with a small voice, and then he
opened his eyes.
「Ugh, why do
I become this nervous? Maybe it’s because this is the first time we’ll meet
after 4 years....」
Isaac put
his hand on his chest that thumping wildly against his own intention and took a
breath again.
He combed
his short golden hair using his hand, after 10 seconds passed by, his had
adjusted his breath, and with a small voice cheered to himself 「I can do
it!」. Then, he
opened the door in front of him slowly.
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「Ahhh,
really, that buffoon is too insistent! It’s fine if he just gave me a gift, but
why I need to hear that buffoon’s boastful speech? I don’t want, even not for a
split second, to get married with that merchant. I just don’t understand it.」
Below the
shade of a tree in the nook of the well maintained courtyard at Nelson’s
residence, a young girl of approximately 15 years old could be seen resting her
head on the wooden table in front of the tree.
Next to the
young girl was a young maid whose composed face had little marks of freckles
that made her stand out. The young girl whined and grumbled with an irritated
expression on her
The girl’s
current location was completely surrounded by head-height garden shrubs, so her
currently languid pose couldn’t be seen by others.
The girl
wore a high quality dress with white undertone and frills, her waist long dark
brown hair was gently flowing and had a beautiful luster.
She had
well featured face; her long, slit eyes were impressive. Without a doubt she
would grow into a splendid beautiful lady that will draw the envy of many.
However, that
beautiful face was now distorted in irritation, her high quality leather shoes,
which she wore in her feet, kicked the table where she was lying now and make
an intense pounding sound.
Because she
kicked the table, the copper cups that were arranged on top of it made a
clattering sound.
「But,
Liese-sama[2], if it is really that
unpleasant to you, why Liese-sama didn’t just reject the gifts and then just
said to the others that Liese-sama didn’t had any intention to get married....」
The maid, who
now had tired expression, began to address the girl who continued kicking the
table – Liese. Liese turned her face and sternly glared at the maid.
「I’ll tell
you something, Ayla[3].
If I really said that, I wouldn’t get gifts anymore, right? I will take the
grandiose gifts that those stupid merchants and other men had brought with
great pleasure, and then vaguely ward off any marriage talk with empty conversations
and friendly grins, while giving them a little bit of flattery. After that,
they will become more assiduous in bringing me gifts. If I clearly refuse any
marriage preposition, then it may be gossiped that I am interested in Isaac. My
Father already wishes me to marry Isaac, if
there is a chance, he would really make it to come true.」
The maid,
Ayla, was sighing inside her heart, as she made a light bow to apologize.
Liese and
Ayla were used to converse like this, as for Ayla, she really hope that she didn’t
need to say anything, as if she was a piece of furniture.
But if she
didn’t speak a word then Liese will become angry at her, so she just helplessly
kept her company and heard her story.
Afterwards,
Liese kept complaining and grumbling, then from a distance, the sound of the
door that leads to the courtyard opening could be heard. She sensitively
reacted to that sound and quickly fixed her slouching body posture and
corrected her disheveled garment. She then took a cup from the table and drank
from it with a graceful manner.
「Good
morning, Liese-sama. May I intrude on your tea drinking?」
Her
previous irritated complexion was completely disappeared, Isaac came from a
place that was 45 degree from Liese, who was already on standby and prepared
her attitude. She put the cup on the table when Isaac came from behind the
garden shrubs and greeted her while weakly smiling.
「Ah yes. The
green trees are so beautiful that they made me want to drink some tea while
looking at the scenery, so I asked Ayla to prepare some. Do Isaac-saa also want
to join?」
Invited by
Liese, Isaac seemed to be regretting it from the bottom of his heart.
「I am honored
to be invited, however, I will be travelling to inspect the new fortress that
is under construction alongside the border of Balveil. Although it is a
precious invitation and extremely joyful....」
Liese
already know from his father that Isaac would go to inspect the fortress today.
「Yes, I know
it.」
She
murmured softly, while she look at Isaac and put her hand on her mouth and made
a deliberate surprised expression.
「Oh my, that
is so very far away..... The other day you already went to conduct an inspection
on a faraway village and today you will go to inspect at the fortress? Father
is too harsh on his men......」
「Fufu, I
think you are right, however, even if I am only an inexperienced person, to be
entrusted with an important duty to inspect the fortress, I am very happy.
Although it will be a difficult task, to think Nelson-sama will be helped by
this, I will preserve through any hardships.」
Isaac said
this while showing a truly happy expression, Liese immediately looked at him
with a blank expression.
「Thank you.」
She replied
Isaac with a floriferous smile[4].
Until then
Isaac was pinned down by the nervousness, however he somehow can hold a normal
conversation, but after receiving that smile his face immediately flushed red
and he averted his eyes to the surroundings to calm himself.
「N-Noo! Umm,
I think you would be pleased to receive it and so I brought this with me!」
He said
while presented a yellow bouquet that he had brought to Liese.
「Oh my, what
a beautiful bouquet! Thank you very much, Isaac-sama.」
Liese
received the bouquet and held it in her chest like it was something important,
and then she replied with a delightful smile to Isaac.
Isaac’s
face, who once again receive Liese’s smile, became even redder than it was before.
「No, it’s my
honor to see you so delighted! Well then, with this I excuse myself!」
After
giving a deep bow, he quickly left the courtyard at a quick pace.
Liese was watching
the back of Isaac who walking away, and when Isaac disappeared from her sight,
she handed over the bouquet to Ayla.
「Ayla, use
half of this to decorate my room. I will give the other half for you..... Wait
a moment, why your eyes look as if they had seen something pitiful?」
After handing
over the bouquet to Ayla, who looked at the door where Isaac had left with gaze
filled with sympathy, Liese got up from her chair and stretched herself.
「Ah, so
tired. There is no more scheduled meetings with other people today.」
Liese was
sighing in relief, from her handbag she took out three blue gems that had the
same shape tied together.
「Well then,
I will sell two of these in the city, then I’ll use that money for my shopping
spree. Ayla, if there is something that you want, you can say it, I’ll buy it
for you.」
「Liese-sama,
I think that Isaac-sama is a really wonderful person. Are you dissatisfied with
him as your marriage partner?」
Ayla asked
while moving her eyes between the bouquet and Liese. Liese made a small humph,
and after looking at the door where Isaac left the courtyard, she started to
speak.
「Ah, that’s
right, I think he is a wonderful person. His face is good, he is kind, and he does
his job well... I think if we get married he will cherish me. However, I will
lose my freedom...」
「Why is that?」
「Since he
also had the same thought with my Father. If I get married I will succeed the
House of Istelle[5],
so I can’t live in luxury anymore, right? Though I won’t declare that I want to
spend money like water, living a modest life like Father or Mother for the rest
of my life, sorry but I don’t want to.」
「......」
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Meanwhile,
after leaving the business district on the city outskirt for the sake of
selling Arcadian Bugs with higher price, Kazura’s group arrived at the high
class business district on the city center.
As they
were walking to the city center, the surrounding buildings become more
impressive. There were a lot of 3-storied fine buildings; there even
temple-like large buildings.
The people
who came and went in the street also wore magnificent attire just like the
buildings; here and there Guards could be seen.
Kazura’s
group looked around restlessly to find the grocery store, and when they found
it, they entered the shop.
In the
shop’s inside, just like the previous business district groceries, there were
few foods that were displayed. Not only there was price inflation, but there
was also price increase that befitting the high class nature of the shop.[6]
「Welcome.
Did you need something, Sir and Madam?[7]」
When they
entered, they were quickly greeted by the middle-aged man shopkeeper that came
from inside.
The clothes
that he wore were quite expensive, it seems.
「No, we just
stopping by to sell Arcadian Bugs, however would you like to buy some?」
「Oh....
Arcadian Bug is it? Recently it became hard to get these....」
Valetta
took out a bag with Arcadian Bugs and the shopkeeper was confirming the inside
of it.
After
confirming the content, the shopkeeper took out an Arcadian Bug and knocked it
to its back. Seems like he wanted to measure the size and complexion.
「Hmm. I’ll
buy this 8 of this for 15 Ar each, how do you think?」
As expected
from a shop that handle high grade ingredients.
Compared
from the previous shop that could only purchased it for 12 Ar, this shop
purchased it for 15 Ar, 3 Ar higher.
「Hmm well,
15 Ar is it........ Could you purchase it at a little higher price?」
「Hmmm.....
I’m sorry, but our shop limit is 15 Ar, you see.」
Valetta
thought that it would be waste to sell it on the first shop after taking
trouble to come here to this high class business district. She had nothing to
lose, but it seems that this shop can’t buy it higher than 15 Ar.
Valetta
said that she will see what the other shop will offer and after putting away
the Arcadian Bug, she went out from the shop.
「Then, shall
we go to the other shops?」(Val)
「Um, I have
a preposition. While Valetta-san is selling the Arcadian Bug, how about I go buy
the nails? Since I think it can save us some of our time.」(Kaz)
「Eh.....
Kazura-san will go alone?」(Val)
Since
Kazura understood that Arcadian bugs could be sold for a higher price in here,
he talked in high spirits about going to another shop to Valetta, but she
looked at Kazura with an uneasy expression.
「It will be
all right. Since the other shops displayed the price on the board, I think they
won’t sell at an unreasonable price.」(Kaz)
「I also will
go, so it will be fine!」(Myra)[8]
Valetta
smiled after seeing Kazura and Myra who was also smiling and making an eye
contact as if saying 「please~」.
「Is that so?
Then, please procure the nails. About the money.....」
「Ah, you
don’t need to worry about the money. Since, I have brought some goods from my
country to sell.」
Valetta
tried to took out the bag with the money from selling the firewood, but Kazura
displayed the goods inside the sack-bag to her.
Valetta
looked at Kazura and the bag he carried, and then she became uneasy about what
kind of goods that Kazura will sell. She worried that Kazura would sell
something outrageous.
「I
understand. But, please take the money just in case if it is not sufficient. I think
that the price is about 40 Ar for a bundle of 100 nails.」
「I
understand.」
After
Kazura said that, he saw Valetta off while she entered another shop. He surveyed
the plaza for a shop that had the appearance of a general store and after
finding it, he went to that shop while olding Myra’s hand.
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「Good
morning~, excuse me, I have something I want to sell~」
Kazura, who
was now inside the general store, called to the shop inside.
Inside the
shop were various wood accessories in the shape of animals, glittering polished
copper hand mirrors, and various goods displayed.
The ones
that were located in the interior seemed to have a higher price, like the green
turquoise gem necklace and other goods.
When Myra
came across the copper hand mirror she rushed to it and raised a voice a “Wah”.
She was being careful to not touch it, while curiously peeking at her
reflection that she seldom saw.
「Yes, yes,
what kind of things doyou want to sell?」
The
shopkeeper was an old woman who was wearing elegant clothes and was sitting at
the chair inside the shop. In her hand, there was an account book. When Kazura
called to her, her hand stopped working on it. A very kindhearted smile was
floating in her face while rubbing her hand[9] and walking over to
Kazura.
Inside the
sack-bag that Kazura brought with him there were 10 wooden ocarinas, he took
out 2 of them and presented one of it to the old woman.
These were
handmade ocarinas that he bought personally at a general store in Japan for 2,980
Yen[10] each. The surface was
coated in varnish so it had a pretty gloss.
「How about
it? I wonder if you could purchase it?」
The old
woman, who received the ocarina, looked closely at it while her hand was
stroking the surface as if to ascertain it.
「Uumm, what
do you call this? Maybe because of my age I can’t seem to remember it......
Uumm」
「This is an ocarina,
but do you know about it?」
Kazura
inquired the old women who looked puzzled at the ocarina in her hand.
「Ah...
That’s right, this is ocarina. Forgetting could be very bad when you become
old. Hehehehe」
The old
woman said that while laughing.
(So, ocarina also existed in this other world. With this, I don’t need
to be worried about selling it.)
Thought
Kazura. He had checked it on the internet[11] that the ocarina is a
musical instrument that had existed since ancient age. So he was secretly
delighted that his decision to purchase it proved to be useful.
「And so, I want
to sell 2 of these ocarina. For how much will you willing to buy it?」
When Kazura
asked, the old woman’s face became serious. She rubbed the ocarina while
“uumm”-ing for a while, after that, with bitter face she opened her mouth.
「The ocarina
you sell had a poor demand recently. No matter how glossy the mysterious wood
used to made it, a small ornament like this is too unpopular.」
The old
woman said so while still stroking the ocarina. Kazura thought that the old
woman misunderstood the ocarina for another thing.
「The Ocarina
is not an ornament, but a musical instrument.」
He said it
while laughing and then put the ocarina to his mouth, to show her the sound
that ocarina produced.
Hearing
that tone, Myra who was looking at the copper hand mirror ran back to Kazura.
「Waa, what a
beautiful sound..... How nice.」
She said it
while looking at Kazura.
The old
woman who heard the sound of ocarina had her eyes opened and solidified, but
Kazura didn’t noticed it as he stopped blowing the ocarina and smiled to Myra.
「Yes, you
can also try to blow it.」
And then,
he handed over an ocarina to Myra.
Myra
immediately put the received ocarina to her mouth, and delightfully produced
whistling sound.
He once
again turned his attention back to the old woman who watching with a pleased
expression. She had fixed her surprised expression in a hurry and smiled pleasantly,
just like before, while rubbing her hand.
「Is, is that
so? Is that so? Ocarina is a musical instrument, right? But, just like what I
said before, it will be difficult to sell it since it’s not that popular..... For
how much does sir customer want to sell it in the first place?」
「Eh?
.........Ummm, let’s see..」
Hearing the
old woman words, Kazura folded his arms and began to think.
Because the
firewood that he had carried from the village with all of his might was sold
for 62 Ar, he didn’t think it was possible to sell the wood ocarina with a high
price.[12]
Anyway,
from what the old woman spoke before, ocarina also existed in this world. Also
judging from her story, it’s not something expensive.
Kazura for
the time being, ‘it will be nice if it
sell at this price’ and put his hope up as he spoke.
「How about 1
piece for 20 Ar?」
「*shock*!?」
When Kazura
suggest the price and thought if the price was too impossible, the old woman
was shocked and burst into coughing fit.
Seeing the
old woman’s reaction, Kazura was wondering if the price was too high and made
an immediate correction.
「Ah, that’s
a lie, I’m just joking! I will sell both of it for 20 Ar, how about it?」
「Fu, 2 piece
for 20 Ar!? I understand, I will bring out the money, please wait a moment!」[13]
To Kazura
price correction, the old woman became flustered amd returned to the shop’s
interior. She quickly came back with 2 copper coins.
「Yes, this is
20 Ar..... Uum, but this won’t cover the cost of the nails...」
He received
two 10 Ar coins and he also gave the ocarina Myra was blowing to the old woman.
Kazura rethought about the content of his bag.
As for the
opposite side, the old woman who received 2 ocarinas was stroking it with
delightful face.
Seeing the
old woman like this, Kazura thought.
(I wonder if she really likes the ocarina
that much?)
Kazura
thought wrongly. Once again he looked over at the shop interior.
There,
various colorful gems were displayed inside and is eyes showed interest.
He saw the
smallish sapphire-like gem. The transparency was bad and the working was rough.
After
seeing that, Kazura peeked into his bag and took out 2 cm diameter round bead
of red crystal.
That red
crystal was something that he had bought in the gift shop section in the Home
Center[14] back in Japan. In the
Power Stone Corner various gems were sold in massive quantity together. He could
sell it in the other world he thought about it a little and bought it.
That red
crystal (he thought it was called rose quartz) was cut by a machine into a perfect
sphere. It had a pinkish transparent color and was beautiful. However, maybe
because it was mass-produced, the price was very low. Only 250 yen[15] for one gem.
「Umm, I also
want to sell this, what do you think?」
Kazura said
it while presenting the red crystal (250 yen with tax) to the old woman who put
the ocarina that she was stroking on the shelf nearby. But for some reason her
hand was trembling when she received the red crystal.
「Eh-e-eeeeeh!
I will buy it!」
The old
women stared the red crystal with gaze so strong the eyes could pop out at any
moment and a broad grin was on her face. Kazura was quite surprised looking at
her.
But, Kazura
saw the old woman once again shown her pleasant smile, so he thought that his
eyes made a mistake.
「Is that
true? Then that’s good. How much will you buy it?」
「Let’s see....
this is only, well.... about 200 Ar I think.」
「200 Ar!?
This is 200 Ar!?」
200 Ar was
an amazing price; Kazura unconsciously raised his voice and took the red
crystal from the old woman.
Then the
old woman, who looked at the red crystal with popping eyes, became panicked and
then began to speak.
「Aaaa, I-I
made a mistake! 2,000 Ar! I’ll buy it for 2,000 Ar!!」
「.......Wha-?
2,000 Ar?」
「Yes! I will
buy it for 2000 Ar?」
The old
woman was suddenly shouting and took back the red crystal; she had fall into an
extremely excited condition after seeing a beautiful jewel that she had never
seen before. She had misunderstood Kazura’s exasperation, thinking that it was
because the price she offered was too low.
And yet, it
was her fault that the price incased, because she offered to buy it for 2,000 Ar.
From her quick estimation, she believed that it could be easily sold for more
than 3,000 Ar. That’s why she immediately blurted out the 2,000 Ar price.
However,
she saw that Kazura had his jaw dropped and his mouth opened. She then noticed
that she had made an unthinkable mistake, and immediately, her face became
pale.
「Kazura-sama,
the stone in here, is written 1,200 Ar. It’s expensive, right?」
The old
woman, in panic wanted to speak to correct the price, but as if to obstruct it,
Myra looked at the gem on a shelf at the shop’s interior while speaking like
that. Now it was too late for her to correct the price.
Kazura came
to and noticed that he had been cheated.[16]
If he
thought about the whole conversation until now, there was no mistake that she
had beat down the prize of the ocarina when he sold them to her.
However,
that dealing had already been concluded. She also wanted to buy the red crystal
with a cheap price, although it’s still higher from the dirt-cheap price that he
bought it for.
Kazura let
out a big sigh. He needed to reflect about his naivety. He gave up on the
ocarinas, and thought about them as a tuition fee.
「Aaaaah,
then 2,000 Ar...... No, will you buy it for 2,500 Ar? If you don’t want it I
will go to other shop.」
The old
woman should have made a nice profit but unfortunately, she made a mistake while
trying to cheat Kazura. But even if she bought it at 2,500 Ar she could still
made a decent profit.
The old
woman, while cursing at her own carelessness, said with a low voice:
「........ Please
come again[17].」
☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽
I think the
title refer to Liese view on marriage: Her Official Stance: I’ll consider
who will I marry, so keep courting me with lavish gifts. Her True Opinion: I
will not marry everyone, since I won’t be free!
I dare to bet
1 km3 of smoke haze that the red crystal will be bought by Liese. Then
Liese-ojou-sama will hunt Kazura for more luxury item.
I haven’t read
the next chapter, since I read as I translate. So no, spoiler!
Also, hail Myra
the Wise.
[1]オルマシオール
Orumasiouru = Ormasior
[2]リーゼ. Riize = Lise or Liese
[3] エイラ Eira = Ayla
[4]花の咲くような笑顔Hana no Saku youna Egao. A smile
that was so bright or charming just like a flower, hence the floriferous
adjective.
[5] イステール : I-su-te-e-ru: Isuteeru: Istelle .Not Ai-Steel but
“EEs-Tell” for you English speaker.
[6] Not only it was expensive from Food Price Inflation,
but the price is even higher since it was a high class store? Those nobles and
rich guys are being robbed!
[7] The attendant speak way more formally that the
shopkeeper on the previous business district. It lost in English, since I suck
at formal English....
[8] Thank God she came with Kazura!
[9] Rubbing hands is a typical shopkeeper gesture in East
Asian culture... I don’t really understand it...
[10] About ~24,87 US$ (per exchange rate in September
2015).
[11] All praise Internet, The All Knowing (but beware of
misleading information)...
ED: He is comparing a
luxury item to a firewood.... The merchant in me is crying.
[12] Kazura is so-so-so-so wrong.... He should bring along
his wife... eh... I mean... Valetta along, so he won’t get swindled...
[13] Kazura officially sell things way way way way too
low... He really need to take his wi-I mean, Valetta with him.
[14] If anyone forget, this is what Japanese called their
hardware store, that sell almost anything you could think off... (except human
food, maybe)
[15] About ~2,08 US$
[16] That’s take too long Kazura! You lucky that the lol- I
mean Myra was kind enough to accompany you!
ED: Somehow, a small child
is smarter than him. I worry for the future.
[17] Maidowari. Usually said when the customer had finished
transaction with the shop. It means thanks for the patronage (and came again
next time).
he got cheated XD
ReplyDeleteIf you didn't familiar with the price you should bring someone who does, especially if you buy something in traditional shop in third world country.... If not you will get cheated....
Deletefinnaly he got income, huft
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteHail Myra the Wise and down with Kazura the Fool
ReplyDeleteWell.. Myra is the honor student and kazura is the troublemaker student.
DeletePreviously, Valetta show the example "ask each shop the price" but Kazura didn't take the lesson in serious...
Yeah hes an idiot lol
DeleteThanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteI think winning the lottery destroyed Kazura's sense of money.
He was willing to sell a 2980 yen Ocarina for the price of 2 potatoes (potatoes were 5 Ar in previous chapter). That's like 1500 yen a potato.
Selling the 250 yen crystal for 2500 Ar (500 potatoes!) probably won't help his sense of money either.
Well author didn't think too mmuch and want just to show use how much the MC is stupid..
DeleteKazura just lack the otherworld common sense, that's why he better didn't do stuff by himself without consulting with others.... valetta need to 'discipline' him well... later....
DeleteYou have to remember that the price of foods is extremely inflated due to the disease and the crops problems.
Deleteso rather than stupid i think Kazura isnt aware about the market price, well he isnt thought it carefully and only read what in internet without further research. even something can be build in old age isnt meant they can make same thing as nowday world can make in term of quality he must seriously think about it now
ReplyDeleteHe more than just stupid. It's already at incurable level.
DeleteHe bought that waterwheel for 10mil. That's stupidity. He could just wait or offer an extra 1mil, that should do the trick, but no~
DeleteThe way he wastes mine is just beyond me. Even if you have money, wasting it, regardless off amount, is still stupid.
Him taking modern things to a god forsaken technology time, and getting tricked in business is just stupid. A modern man, who has gone through education to that age should know better. Also modern people aren't that kind either, making you a more sly person.
Thanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteNot only there was price inflation, but there was also price increase that befitting the high class nature of the shop.[6] <- I believe that this means that not only has the price gone up due to inflation, but its lineup is made of already expensive products as beffitting of a high-class store (let's say they have very expensive caviar; part of the price is due to inflation, but other part of the price is because caviar was already expensive before).
A very kindhearted smile was floating in her face while rubbing her hand[9] <- in the west it's usually a sign of shady merchants, since it's associated with expecting a lot of profit; it may have something to do with hygiene, or perhaps it's a way to warm the hands up to not make a blunder when handling something, I don't know.
Thanks for the new chapter!
ReplyDeleteI'm quite irritated in this chapter:
ReplyDelete1. the woman rubbing her hand + a nice smile
2. "What is this called a gain? Old age hehehe"
3. "This ornament is ...."
4. "What a nice sound" + Big bad wolf eyes
5. Lets not talk about the gems thingy
Ignorant is bliss!
Will he ever learn?
Thank you... His nativity really pisses me off lol
DeleteSigh.. Vallete was right to worry on what he would sell.. Lol. Hmm I hope that high class girl falls for Kaz. I wonder what will happen....?
ReplyDeleteED: He is comparing a luxury item to a firewood.... The merchant in me is crying.
ReplyDeleteeditor-san you are wrong you know? a jewel is only an ornement but the firewood is more useful: you can use with fire to warm yourself, you can use it to defend in case of attack, and you can use it to hit people so you can rob them *-*
Damn he is so naive... he is a modern person! The situation should have been reversed.
ReplyDeletehow fucking stupid can this guy be for christ sake
ReplyDeleteSomehow I want to beat up Kazura
ReplyDeletePunch him in the FACE!
DeleteThis... This is actually quite painful to read... I mean it's to the point where i'm physically cringing when reading those parts. I usually don't like calling people this but he IS quite stupid, an idiot or naive at the very least. He seems to not know common social ques, still insist on spending money like it's water with 0 noteworthy return (even going far enough to make prices exponentially bigger to get things NOW when waiting awhile would have given the same or similar results for so much less. I almost dropped this at that point =/) and not to mention the acute lack of common sense at times.
ReplyDeleteTruthfully i would have dropped this if it didn't fall into the niche of a particular type of ln i like reading and like most niches there aren't that many choices. =(
I feel the same way. It's like a lot of Japanese LN's have good concepts but really fail in the character department. Almost every MC is retarded or thinks it's cool to let people walk all over them. They basically have Wimp Lo as the main character.
Delete.........how retarded can you fucking be, if its modern day handcrafted good and it costs 29 dollars, don't sell it for basically a dollar in times when 1, lower quality if it even exists, 2, inflated price because its a very skilled artisan work, and 3. She doesn't know the name of it or that its a musical instrument, yet you think it exists in that world after telling her all that?
ReplyDeleteAH! The MC's stupidity really urks me! lol Thanks for chapter!
ReplyDeleteHow... how could a salary-man, even a young one at 25, be this bad at economics?
ReplyDeleteI mean, this is just common sense. It can't even be justified as "well, it's another world" because Val just gave him a crash course in how similar market trade is. Not only did he drop the ball with not realizing that seizing on the shopkeeper's mistake as to what the ocarina is could boost his "oooh exotic and expensive" marketing behind it, but it's obvious that more time/effort/money was put into that thing than a bunch of nails or a potato... yet he sold them for less than that.
At this point, I'm actually amazed no one has swindled him of his lottery money (considering he left for this location where the secret entrance is because of solicitors!). I think even Myra would probably have more business acumen than the MC. Come on. No MC needs to be THIS stupid.
Also... why does the MC even need to sell items like ocarinas to get money? They use copper and silver coins, mostly, right? Copper, as a precious metal, is dirt cheap. Silver is too (an ENTIRE KILOGRAM, which could make about ~40 coins in our world - silver coins in this world have to be smaller/lighter, is about ~$500, or about 58,600 Yen). So... why not just buy small bars of silver (which will be of higher purity undoubtedly and worth even more) and exchange it for money at a merchant who specializes in money trading/exchange (because people from other countries have to exchange their money at some point)?
ReplyDeleteIf silver is too high profile, copper is even cheaper at about $5.50 per kilogram - or about 630 Yen. Also at higher purity. Any decent merchant should be able to verify if it's silver or copper and exchange for money. Even if some reason you couldn't, salt is so cheap it's almost free and it's expensive on the other world. I mean... come on. Why bother with this ocarina foolishness, especially if the MC is going to be a moron about it?
Rubbing hands together is the universal sign of anticipation. Shopkeeper is showing eagerness at new opportunity to make a deal.
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