To Deprive a Deprived Person-Chapter 246: Last Look

TDADP chapter 246: Last Look

8th District Ebyten. It is a district with one of the finest shops in Tencassi, The Crown. Surprisingly, one-third of the stores in the area belong to the Berne Company or its affiliated companies. Among the streets, which are distinctly different from ordinary shops, and which are generally unrelated to the general public, there is the 5th branch of the Berne Company, which has five store names at the prime location of the crossroads. If you look into the large store, you can see that well-dressed and wealthy customers are each attended by one employee of the Berne Company.

“Welcome. Welcome to Berne Company´s 5th store. What are you looking for today?”

An employee waiting at the entrance of the store greets an adventurer according to the manual. Originally, it is not a store that a adventurer can visit as a customer, but it is truly an employee who works at the biggest trading company in the royal capital. At first glance, he felt that the equipment worn by the boy, who seemed to be an imitation of an adventurer, was something that an average adventurer couldn't afford. In other words, he is qualified to enter the store. It was an arrogant way of thinking about customers, but the Berne Company, which has a store in the royal capital, has the power to push it through.

"Then, I will guide you"

A boy who doesn't say anything, the employee's man is deeply poisoned by the adventurer's mood, but he tries to guide him into the store without smiling.

"I don't need you because I'm going on my own"

"Ha? Wait, customer, please wait!"

The boy――Yuu shakes off the employee´s restraints and glances inside the store. Attention is drawn to Yuu from the customers and employees in the store.

"You don't have a lot of products"

"Naa!? What do you say! Berne Company in the capital city――no, not good!! Only those special members! Someone! Please stop this customer!!"

Among the many floors of the Berne Company´s 5th store, the so-called guest room, which cannot be accessed by ordinary guests, was for first class customers, such as Gurdem, who was working hard to serve the customers.

"This table has a wonderful color"

"It's really eye-catching. This is a Wood Payne made table. For the time being, there are no plans to receive it, so if you miss now, it will be inevitable that the price will rise further"

"Gurdem-kun is still a good speaker. I'll regret it if I don't buy it"

"Then it means purchasing"

"Ah, should I have all the tables here?"

Gurdem, who was able to successfully reach the sales target this month, after raising the price of the high-margin Wood Payne furnitures and selling them, hesitated. After that, when he had a chat with the customers, the general floor was somewhat noisy.

"The general public can't enter without permission!!

"Damn! No. Don't worry about me!"

"Stop!"

When both the guests and Gurdem turned their eyes toward Yuu, they saw Yuu walking while dragging multiple employees behind him.

"What are you doing in front of our customers!!"

"I, I'm sorry. This person has shaken off our restraints!"

"Excuses are good. You're right there――Gurdem-sama?"

One of the minions tries to instruct the escort to take Yuu out, but Gurdem stops it. At the same time, in order to move the customers to another room, he turns his hands behind his back so that Yuu cannot see them and then issue a hand sign.

"This is this. Nice to meet you, Satou-sama. My name is Gurdem Ega, who is in charge of Berne Company´s 5th store. It's an honor to meet someone of the most famous adventurers in Udon Kingdom today"

While the surroundings can't hide their upset swaying, Gurdem responds indifferently.

"Hee. You're calm"

Against Yuu, a high-ranking adventurer, the people of Berne Company regained their composure and even began to smile at Gurdem, who didn't take a step back.

"If you're upset about this, you can't do it at the Berne Company. Rather, Wood Payne's case was a big setback. I was supposed to have all of the above Wood Payne´s work by now, but my plan has gone awry''

"I was waiting for you guys to come, but you didn't get scared, so my plans were crazy, so it's like each other"

"After all, was it Satou-sama's instigation, not Mago Company?"

"Instigation? Don't say something uncomfortable. It's as if I did something wrong"

"I'm sorry for that. It doesn't mean that I'm sorry for Satou-sama, but I don't understand why someone like Satou-sama worked with a second-class merchant such as Mago Piet"

"Mago is a second-class merchant?"

Gurdem nodded slowly with a smile.

"I can say it myself, but the Berne company is the largest company in the Udon Kingdom that I and others recognize. Naturally, I who is entrusted with a branch of Berne Company also has pride as a first-class merchant. Speaking of maggots on the other hand, kamar seems to have been a success in its own way, do you know? Mago Company once made a foray into the royal capital Tencassi, but it was a disastrous result. Everything that was done backfired and at the end, he left the capital just like he ran away at night. Coincidentally, I was there at the scene, but it was so miserable that I thought he wouldn't be the same merchant as me"

Probably with Gurdem, those who were present at the moment when Mago withdrew from the royal city grinned.

"It's not too late. Could you consider switching from Mago Company to Berne Company? In that case, I promise that I will be in charge of Satou-sama"

Gurdem suggests that Yuu should cut off his relation with Mago and replace it with the Berne Company, but Yuu ignores it and begins speaking.

"There was one man in one place. He had two childhood friends. He grew up with childhood friends who were a year younger like a younger brother and a lovely younger sister. The three had a common dream: to become merchants and to have their own store. Eventually, the man had his long-awaited store in a city called Kamar. The store grew steadily, by the time he noticed it, he was able to count as one of the best merchants in Kamar. Lately his childhood friends also set up a store in the royal capital. His younger brother and sister were married before he knew it and even had children. A man who knew the two for a long time was as happy as himself, but a man who knew of bad rumors in the royal capital advised one firm to be careful. With that anxiety, the two stores continue to grow sales and the number of stores will increase.The man was relieved that his worries were uneasy. One day, someone told that man that his two childhood friends have died. As soon as he gathered the information with all the messengers, he immediately knew what had happened to them and he should decide to open a store in the royal capital. The purpose was to gather information about the people who killed them and to find and rescue the two daughters whose lives and deaths were unknown. Every day, while enduring the harassment that took place, the man continued to gather information. IThe harassment intensified and eventually employees were killed. Still, the man didn't give up. At last, the man managed to find the two girls and run away from the royal capital. He was ridiculed and abused, but the man endured and it was more important than his pride to help his childhood friends´s daughters who were loved deeply. What's wrong? Don't you laugh?"

Nobody laughed. No, they couldn't laugh. It was because Yuu released an extraordinary killing intent that affects Gurdem and the others. Even the escorts employed by Berne Company had begun to disturb their breath due to the killing intent. It's not something that can be endured by merchants.

"I said to Mago. They are not avenged and he didn't want that to happen again. Then what do you think Mago said? I'll do it because they will be avenged. No, it's not like that and the dead can't do what they want or don't want, be happy, angry, sad, have fun, or even hug only their daughters. He's not giving up. The old man who was at a good old age decided to cooperate because he was so desperate and helpless"

"Cooperation? What?"

Gurdem murmured in his heart that it was good to keep the customers in another room. Because everyone like rumors, commoners and aristocrats are the same. If this story was heard by the aristocrats who were their customers, it would have spread throughout the royal capital within a few days. If this happens, it will definitely affect the sales of the Berne Company. And the career of Gurdem, who is going through the success road at Berne Company, would have been seriously hurt.

"What was decided. I'm going to help him kill all the trash? Mago is second-class? Don't laugh at the trash. If you don't have a backing, you can say that the guys who can't sell one thing with satisfaction are better than you who don't care about it and only see the profit. Half of Lawrence´s men who killed the employees of Mago´s store have already been caught. I know where the rest of them are, so I'll definitely catch them"

"Y, You guys! What are you doing!! Catch the criminal!! No......kill!!"

Continued to be struck by Yuu's killing intent, one of the minions, already close to the limit, orders the guards with a loud scream.

"I'm surprised. Do you want to get out of the way?"

"What's wrong! Why don't we do it soon!! What this person said is a confession of a crime! Al, Also, yes! He said he would kill again! Obvious threat, eh, ei, business interruption!!"

But none of the guards tried to move. On the contrary, they looked down without trying to match eyes with Yuu.

"Come on!"

"Please forgive us, fighting with you is like committing suicide"

One of the escorts facing Yuu, begs with a voice that he squeezes out while sweating like a waterfall.

"Hmm, you're a new face"

"Ah......yes. I just got hired three days ago"

"If you leave the royal capital today, you'll be overlooked. The others can't escape and are not overlooked. Definitely"

"Hii. So, Somebody! Kill this guy!!! Kill him!!"

Employees around him hold down the confused man with their hands. Other minions and employees are similar in their hearts and the focus is on Gurdem for help.

"You're going to kill us here now?"

Although he pretended to be calm, even Gurdem didn't hide his exhaustion. The proof was that he was trying to speak with a powerful smile.

"No. I came to see your last look today"

"Last look――is it?"

"The backing will be gone soon. There's no way that the Berne Company that you're loving can survive! Yes that's right. Today, I'm going to all the stores belonging to the Berne Company in the royal capital, so please contact them"

"Certainly. I'll tell them to treat you politely"

It has never been before that the Berne Company has taken such an irreverent attitude. And, as Yuu told Gurdem, he visited all the shops related to the Berne Company on this day.

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"Still, the escort of the Berne Company!"

After Yuu left, abuses fly to the escorts in the office room of the Berne Company´s 5th Store.

"You said that when you were hired, you would never step away like an Earth Dragon. But what the heck was that!!"

The male sale clerk who breaths rough reprimands.

"Did it look like an Earth Dragon?"

"What! You are talking back to me!! Against the Berne Company in the capital――"

"Today I'm going to quit. I'll also return the contract money

"What!? You know what that means!"

"I'm leaving the royal capital today. I don't want to die"

"Y, You!"

"Don't get angry. I don't think I'm bad. So maybe it'll be extra care, but I'll advise you. You'd better hire a new escort. Let me tell you what the guys here are thinking now. How can we escape from the royal capital?"

"That's foolish!!?"

To the words of the escort, the male sale clerk looked at the other escorts, no one would deny and their faces turned pale.

"Na? We are mostly adventurers and mercenaries. If you have the ability to retire, you can get hired in a big place like Berne company, but unless you die, it's another story. It's also a talent to retire people and mercenaries? We are sensitive to surviving above all. That instinct is appealing. Don't fight it"

"Can you tell me one more thing while you're taking care of me?"

Gurdem stops the escort man who tries to leave the room, passing by the side of the sale clerk who stands out without any words.

"If we were to kill that Satou, how much strength would we need?"

"Gurdem-san, it's all about power"

"The full power that the Berne Company has?"

The escort man shakes his head, laughing to himself.

"All the power that the Finance Minister has"

"Including one of Udon Five Knights Gareth, who acts as an escort for Balue-sama?"

"Of course. Private soldiers, adventurers, Lawrence´s men, all the strength. So, yeah. If you siege on a plain with a good view, I wonder if there is a win opportunity. Don't fight in the town even if you make a mistake. It's like you're telling him to kill you in turn if you do something like that"

"No matter how much――I, as a merchant, can't judge how strong Satou is. I've heard that you were originally a good adventurer, but you don't have skills like 『Analysis』. What made you decide that we needed so much strength?"

"As you say, but we can predict the strength to some extent based on the behavior, the 『Fighting Skills』 and the magic. That ghost――Satou is a brat, but hide his strength all the time. I wonder if Mago started talking about him in the old days? That, by the way......that's ridiculous. Hahaa......"

The male escort deceived with a dry laugh and left the room. The remaining escorts also leave the room for some reason.Perhaps, it was likely to have understood even if it was not Gurdem that they wouldn't come back anymore.

"There's something I want you to check out"

Gurdem calls a man in his office. The man was one of the most capable of the minions, who could be called Gurdem's right arm.

"It's about the traitor, isn't it?"

"That's right. It is known not to meddle with Satou from Balue-sama, but Satou made a statement as if he knew about it. Therefore, it is possible that there is a traitor in the Berne Company. It's very good. The Berne Company and its affiliated companies, right. Check it out about three years ago"

"Why three years ago?"

"It's been a couple of years since Satou became a adventurer in Kamar. It would be too huge to look up further"

"I see. What if the traitor was a nobleman, not someone from the Berne Company?"

“It's the worst case. No matter how much the Berne Company is, you can't imitate a nobleman in Balue´s faction. I'll report to Balue-sama about that as well as today's matter. Even considering the nature of Satou that I had investigated in advance, it would be unnatural to take such a reckless and warlike attitude. He should be more calm and cunning than he looks"

Gurdem recalled Yuu's actions and behaviors. It was far from the image. It seems that he was intentionally making a blunder. Is the purpose to confuse here? Or is there another intention? At this stage, there wasn't enough information and he couldn't make a decision.

"Now, I'm heading to the Merchant Guild"

"Understood"

The more he thinks about it, the more anxiety increases in Gurdem. He was absorbed in processing documents as if he had shaken it off.