KT Chapter 268

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「It’s alcohol~!」

「A, another one….」

My younger sister and Sakuya-chan were running around waiting on tables for those around Ojii-san, who were eating and drinking. More than half of the customers were adventurers, so it would be troublesome if they got drunk and acted violently, resulting in injuries or something, which was why those waiting on tables were people who could fight, but they were understaffed, so they asked my younger sister and Sakuya-chan for help. They were not yet adults, so I was worried about them, but

「Sakuya~, next, bring me a different one.」

「Missy, a meat sandwich over here please.」

「For that missy to be running around like this….」

「Before we knew it, they even became friends….」

Ojii-san and the mysterious uncles kept them exclusively to themselves and did not let them go. My younger sister seemed like she was having fun, but Sakuya-chan was extremely tense. Or rather, missy, were they referring to Sakuya-chan? Then were those people acquaintances of Ojii-san and Sakuya? People who Ojii-san and Skakuya-chan knew, that meant that…. Let’s not think too deeply about it. They were veteran adventurers.

「This place has become pretty big too.」

「That’s true, there might be more people than the hidden village.」

Everyone helped out at the food stall that had gotten busy recently, but the food stalls and street stalls increased day by day. It had been just shops that purchased and sold consumable goods, but now, there were shops that sold weapons and armor, restaurants, and top of that, they had even built a tent village in place of inns.

As expected, the cause of this might be the Frey Town’s tax. In the beginning, it was just a tax for entering the town, but recently, it seems that one would be taxed even though it was just setting up a street stall or a food stall, and there were also taxes on the sales. Currently, the Commerce Guild was opposing it, so they were not taxed, but according to the merchants who came here, it was just a matter of time.

And so, the peddlers who did not have a lot of financial strength directly decided to come here to do business. Originally, they were having trouble getting stock in town, so this was probably perfect timing, but they were selling various goods and it had become an interesting city. Occasionally, we noticed people from the Commerce Guild, so they might set up a branch office sooner or later.

It seems that the new feudal lord had even begun to impose taxes on the adventurers. Even if the adventurers hunted prey, they had to pay taxes when entering the town, bringing in prey, and when selling it at the guild, but at the very last moment, the Adventurer Guild intercepted. Because of that, other than the necessary things needed for guild requests and for ranking up, the adventurers would sell their goods at the city in the forest.

We saw the receptionist onee-san of the Adventurer Guild and an oji-san, who was the representative of the demolition team, here as well, so it seems that they would be setting up a branch office of the Adventurer Guild.

Well, maa, if the shops were complete to this extent, it would not be necessary for the adventurers to go out of their way to return to town, then they would be able to use that time to hunt, resulting in the increase in the number of adventurer parties taking down large prey. Of course, we purchased the large prey at the entrance, so the adventurers were delighted that they saved time and effort.

For Dragon Forest to flourish this much, Frey Town would naturally not fall to the point of becoming obsolete, but the liveliness was no longer there. The cause of this might be us, but the reason why Frey Town became like this was due to the new feudal lord’s policy. It was still fine right now, but there wouldn’t be an uprising, right?

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