Dungeon Master Makeup Money

Episode 19: Buy Back

If you also retrieve the pendant, you see the body rolling around again.

Everyone was like a mummy, just like Prince Pesh.

They are not like mummies who have been rotten by the fact that their bodies have been left alone for a long time.

Sun turbulence generated over the fort does not have the ability to burn objects, but creates intense heat and generates airflow to flow heat around. But the fort was sealed to a heat escape by my labyrinth manipulation.

As a result, the fort became super hot like a steaming kiln, and the people inside quickly lost moisture in their bodies, and Prince Pesh, who had only to lose one arm, also became a dry mummy.

To be honest, in this state, it's hard to determine that you're Prince Pesh even if you look at a body without equipment.

They needed to have a mysterious death.

"Most bandits died in suspicion when we came to crusade, and we almost crusaded a dozen bandits at the end."

Exactly. Crusading over 200 bandits for four seems suspicious.

Therefore, I cover it up with even greater suspicion in order to apply suspicion.

Even if some kind of investigation were to be conducted in the future, you wouldn't notice cuts under evaporated skin just suspicious of corpses killed by strange objects.

Back in King's Capital within that day, we were on our feet to the Adventurer's Guild.

"Now, what...?

Liliana, the receptionist, was listening back again because she couldn't believe what I said.

"So from here we've destroyed a bunch of bandits in a southeastern location"

To be clear, Mr. Liliana still seemed incredible.

"All the adventurers were also in trouble with the bandits rooting that place, so a massive crusader had been sent by the Wang Capital. But no matter how many times we sent the crusaders, the crusaders arrived, and Ajito was empty."

Probably Prince Pesh's fault.

If we use the position of royalty, we have any means of obtaining information even if the person is not in the King's Capital.

"I can't believe just four adventurers crusaded that..."

Melissa is not exactly an adventurer, but she doesn't imitate it to correct it.

But we have to correct only the fact that the four of us crusaded them all.

"That was after many bandits already fell ill or something when we went to the fort. We were going to deal with some of the people who were alive, but we were weak opponents, so we could easily take them down."

That's what I'll do.

"Okay. However, if you hadn't been asked to crusade, the bandits wouldn't have been paid the bounty."

The bounty hasn't been hung thanks to Prince Pesh keeping his hands around.

If it were something that could hang a lot of prizes, it wouldn't be as good as us. A powerful adventurer would have come to crusade. In the end, the struggle has been crusaded by us without reward.

"Yeah, you don't have to worry about not getting paid"

No problem at all.

Because the treasures taken from the bandits are left intact, there is no need to hold them to trivial amounts like bounty money.

However, if there is a place where you can take it, take it.

"We recovered all the treasures the bandits were storing. Inside, there were carved daggers with family crests, something that the owner might understand."

"Really, maybe the original owner will come to buy it back, so you will stay here for a few days"

"Fine."

I stayed one night in an inn near the guild that day. By the way, I took two rooms in the men's and women's rooms. I don't imitate sleeping together in one room like I did when I stayed with Sylvia.

Dawn, the next day.

We were allowed to use one reception room on the second floor of the guild.

Waiting only within the company in the morning, it was time before noon and visitors finally arrived.

"Excuse me, sir. We have a customer."

"Let me through."

"Yes."

Sylvia, who was waiting at the entrance to the reception room, goes outside to pick up the person approaching the reception room. By the way, Sylvia's current outfit isn't for adventurers, it's the maid outfit she wears when doing chores at home. Sylvia, who picked up visitors, should be a maid of honor from wherever she sees it.

Sylvia is coming back.

Then a man in a suit comes into the reception room with three escorts.

Me and Melissa, sitting on the couch, get up and greet the man with a smile.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mars the Adventurer.

My name is Melissa.

"Well, wasn't there someone polite for a crude adventurer"

A man sits on the couch opposite us.

The three escorts stand behind the couch.

We sit on the couch, too. At the back, Ira stands as an escort and Sylvia, who serves tea to men, stands near the entrance.

After thinking about everyone's role, this is the kind of standing I got.

"So, the fact that you came under us to crusade the bandits is to buy back treasures stolen by the bandits?

"Say what! It's our family heirloom."

"But they took it away. Under the laws of this country, those who crusade bandits are given ownership of their treasures. So even if it was originally yours, it should be my property, and it should be properly determined by national law."

"... how much do you want me to load"

Men are nobles who have gone on for generations.

It would be problematic if such a person were to violate the laws laid down in the country.

But still, I want my family heirloom back.

So the man was determined to get it back with money.

Of course it's a negotiating place where you don't have to worry about the eyes of the country or anything, so I decide to let you pluck it.

"What are the stolen treasures like?

"It's a golden dagger with a swan-inspired family crest. It is a treasure that our ancestors have inherited, one that shows us to be the Lord. I dropped it because I was in a rush when the bandits attacked me, but if I had a chance to get it back, I want it back."

I understand the circumstances of the man.

"There it is?

"There was."

Sylvia looks at the inventory and makes sure.

Inventories were kept within yesterday to ensure negotiations went smoothly.

I made sure there was a treasure I recovered from the bandits. Silvia gives in front of the box placed behind the couch and fishes Gossogoso for what's inside. It's an ordinary box with no contents, of course. Remove the dagger of interest from the storage ring by pretending to fish the box.

"Is it this way?

"Oh, here it is...!

A man reaches out, but Sylvia pulls her hand softly and puts the dagger in front of me and Melissa.

"What are you going to do!?

"I'd like to negotiate and go where I find out there's a real one."

My role is to show them that I'm a greeting and a capable adventurer.

When it came to adventurers, it was still thought that men were a stronger profession, and I was also the leader, who could intimidate them more than someone in the women's group could represent them and talk to them.

Melissa's role sitting next to each other is to negotiate with the other.

Sylvia standing near the entrance is a visitor's response.

Ira standing behind him is escorted as a swordsman.

Each has a role to play.

The problem was that there was no one in the party who could see at the time of the negotiations. Melissa also possesses some knowledge, but could not assign it to the detailed value of the treasure.

But we have one more member we can count on.

'Take a look, you dagger. Obviously, it's an ornamental dagger, but the money used is real. The family crest carved on it is also exquisite. You have to be a very capable craftsman to build this. If we add them, we'll have a hundred gold coins. "

The labyrinth nucleus (dungeon core), which has seen various treasures in the labyrinth, determines a fair price.

"So let's go from 150 gold coins"

Melissa will negotiate on that basis.

"No, you made a lot of money."

For two days, as a result of continuing to negotiate with the buyer, 1,500 pieces of gold were packed in several bags in front of me.

The people who were offered the repurchase amount were likely to get angry with the high amount.

Some of them plotted to make the escorts they brought attack us and take our treasures, but without exception, they were all stunned by Ira. Naturally, they plotted to take it, including a gratuity, and let them hoist the amount even further.

Inside the toolbox, there is still a treasure that the owner is likely to understand, but there is no need to make any more rough money.

"Well, the request and bandit exorcism are over, shall we go home to Alistair"

"Right."

"But you'll be touring Wang Du the next time you come. Now I've taken Melissa to her parents more than that."

"Ladies and gentlemen..."

It had already been decided to use a pendulum (Dowsing Pendulum) to guide Melissa under her parents.

We were going to make a stopover, but we were able to arrive in Wang Capital earlier than originally planned because we had contemplated a date based on the assumption that the escort was sometimes a merchant and would stay in a village or town en route.

A few stops would be fine.

At that time, the conn and the door are knocked.

"May I have a moment?"

It was Liliana who came in for us at the Adventurer's Guild in the King's Capital.

Ms Liliana had one piece of paper in a slight panic.

"What's up?

"Actually, I got some information about Melissa's parents this morning, but I was in the middle of a visit, so I delayed contacting her."

"I'm sorry. Speaking of which, you were making a request"

It was Melissa, who, like me, had put out a search request in the guild, but she no longer needed a search request because she already knew where her family was. I was just left behind because of all my busy schedule.

But thanks to the pendulum (Dowsing Pendulum), it's almost like I know where my family is.

"I know where my family is, thanks to some magic tools, so please take down the request"

"Are you going to go?

"Yes."

"Really? Stay well even if you go to the border city of Alistair."

... Huh?

"Um... what you have in your hand is a sketch you drew to gather information?

"Yes, I am."

Liliana asks me to show you the sketch.

Wow......

"That guy..."

"Mr. Gaelio, right?"