583 Got Found Out
There was an urgent bidding war at the auction house yesterday. They were selling Bearuds.
Materials from four Bearuds. The pelts were virtually flawless, thus they fetched for quite the prices.
The meat was of the highest grade and freshness too. Of course it went for a lot as well.
"I was fortunate enough to purchase one of those pelts. So you know, it got me thinking. Who and where can I find the person who brought these pelts to the trader?"
My mind was at peace at this point. I'm busted completely.
I didn't tell her everything. Yet this coincidence just can't happen every day.
Selram must be convinced that it was me already.
(Now then... How will this roll I wonder? Next, she's gonna say...)
I won't say anything. Staying silent is my only option.
Not like I can worm my way out with excuses anyway. I can only wait her next moves.
"I've been wanting to meet this person, you see. If they were an accomplished merchant, I'd love to offer them a position in my company. And if they were a hunter then I'd like to sign an exclusive contract with them, you see. But."
Selram paused and took a breath before resuming.
"I just had a second thought. My intuition is warning me to abandon the idea. There's this indescribable chill on my spine for some time now. It started since you talked, you know? My intuition is never wrong when it comes to this stuff. What a shame. Really a shame."
Selram shook her head with her hands up in the air like she gave up.
This was a bit anticlimatic even for me. I was sure she'd try to cajole me too.
Yet, she really stopped talking. She's given up for real.
"Saito, just how vast is your true strength? I'd love to fight you at full power at least once."
Balga suddenly made that demand.
I'm tired of going all out so no thank you.
"Ah, I'll have to decline."
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I'm probably the only person in this city that can put such a sad face on their champion.
Balga looks like he's crying shame from the bottom of his heart.
"I understand that he's a mighty person capable of slaying Beruads. However, I cannot see what prompts Balga-sama to shower him with such high assessments."
Kyaro voiced her bewilderment at Balga's insistence on me.
I know that I'm gonna get stuck showing off my power again with the way this is going, so I try to divert the topic.
"Hey. How was Kyaro and Balga fight like? I can't imagine Balga winning against Kyaro and her spirit magic in an archery competition."
"Ah, Saito you haven't heard or watched it, I suppose. Let me be the one who narrates it."
This topic got a nice reception. Selram is going to be the narrator.
"Our cutie pie lost after all. Balga is such a monster~."
"Oy, don't call me that. My strength is nothing compared to Saito's."
(Oy Balga, don't swing it back to me.)
I panicked a bit but then Kyaro started to narrate her life story.
"I owed Selram-san so much at the time. I hail from a hidden village. I had left the confine of my home to travel the world when I found myself on the run from a magic beast in a certain forest one day. I roamed aimlessly without my baggage, food and weapons after losing them during my run. I did succeed getting away from that magic beast. It was such a mighty foe my power could never hope to beat. I never saw its figure with my own eyes, however the sheer amount of mana it emanated even from so far away was enough to make me flee in terror. My legs couldn't stop shaking from the malice I sensed back then."
I know how strong even a single elf can be. Hence, I can't imagine how powerful that magic beast must be to corner her enough she chose to flee.
"As I barely managed to clung to life, Selram-san picked me up. She offered food and water, saving my life in the process. But. Naturally those couldn't have come for free."
The story is going in a weird direction, but it's still better than having me as the topic of conversation so I keep my mouth shut.
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