346. Stone coins on Yap Island




 The next day, I was waiting in the salon instead of going out to the dungeon or something, when Erza and Ena, two of them, came back from outside.

'We're back.'
Sorry to keep you waiting.
How did it go?
Yes, he told me to stop.
'Well, I know that if you don't allow me the freedom to choose my profession, Lyota-san's curse will fall on me, Master.

 Ena said teasingly.

'Oh, don't say the word curse anymore, Ena,'
"Ha-ha, yes.

 An uncomfortable exchange between best friends.

 Elsa and Ena's independence.
 In order to do so, they first need to stop repaying the Swallow's Grace.
 At the same time, it would mean that the Lyota Family would almost stop doing business with Swallow's Grace.

 I've checked with my friends, all of them are against letting anyone other than Erza and Ena into the new sub-branch.
 In other words, the business dealings with Tsubame's favor using the sub-branch will be terminated for now.

 So I'm going to look for a new buyer ...... Well, as I'm sure I do, everyone is planning on making Elsa and Ena's new buyer as well.

 I thought they would be reluctant to resign because of that, but it went surprisingly easily.

''Well, let's go next then.''
Where do you want me to go?
Hashemi.

 With that, he took the two of them and headed to the transporter room.

     ☆

 Hashemi's Dungeon Association, its president's office.
 Me, Elsa and Ena are facing Aaron, the president.

''So, I'd like you to bring the new buyer they've started up in this town. I don't know.
Huh. ...... It's ......
Does it have to be a Randall exclusive?
'No, not at all. I'd rather trust the person you introduce me to. I will, but I will .......
Oh, God, it's so annoying. Say it out loud!

 Ena pestered Aaron.

'That ...... credit,'
Trust?
The two of you have no credibility as buyers.
What do you want me to do? Do you want me to vouch for you?
It's .......

 Aaron is in trouble again.

''Although Satou-sama is a skilled adventurer, he is not a merchant. Without trust as a merchant, or some kind of collateral, it would be difficult to convince the other adventurers.
Such as .......
"Hmm.

 So that's the story.
 It's obvious if you think about it.

 It's difficult to get your clients to trust you even if you start up a company out of the blue, that's a given.

 It would be good to have a guarantor for that, but I'm an adventurer and I'm out of my field, so it's not enough.

'What kind of guarantee would you like?'

 Ena asked bluntly.

'There's no easy way to get funding with some backing. That's the best guarantee I can give you.
The funds don't come easy: ......

 I thought.

"Let's go with the stone coin from Yap Island: ......
What did you say?

 Aaron asks back, and I look up.

'I'll bring you a guarantee.'
'What? I mean, is that something you could bring in?

 Aaron is puzzled.
 From what I've heard so far, it's true that he asked back, "Is it something that you can bring? He would be confused.

'Oh, wait a minute. Elsa and Ena will stay here as well.
Yes!
You're in charge.

 Leaving them nodding, I left Aaron's room.

     ☆

 The next time I came back was after sunset.
 As expected, I couldn't let him slip out in time (...), so this was the time.

That person is .......

 Aaron looked at the girl I'd brought in and was puzzled.

'I'd like to introduce you. She's Aulum.
Nice to meet you.

 That's right, I brought in a girl with devilish horns on her head and a dress that looks like a gothic loli.

 It's the spirit of the Aulum Dungeon, Aulum.

"Haha ...... Aurum.

 Aaron couldn't pinpoint it.
 It couldn't be helped, normal humans don't meet dungeon spirits, much less expect them to come out of the dungeon.
 So I decided to explain it to him straight away.

''She is, as her name implies, a spirit of the Aulum Dungeon.
............ eeeeeeeeee!

 Aaron is surprised by the time difference, as he doesn't immediately understand when I explain it to him.

'A genie is that genie?!
Yeah. It's a real Aulum.
'What? So, but ...... or even ...... ......

 Clearly, I can see that Aaron is confused.
 On the other hand, Elsa and Ena, the two people who usually dealt with Aulum, were genuinely doubtful.

''Um, Lyota-san, why is she?''
Do you want her to vouch for you?
No, no. Aurum, will you do that thing I asked you to do?
Easy! We'll see.

 Aulum nodded in high spirits and held up his hand.
 Then a golden statue appeared in the Chairman's office, even though there was no omen at all.
 A golden statue that looked exactly the same as Aulum's.

''Whoa!''
It's amazing.
Mmm, brilliant.

 Aaron was grandly surprised and Elsa and Ena were usually impressed.

 I said to Aaron.

'Here's the collateral,'
What?
''This itself is also pure gold, so it's worth a high price, but it's not. This is a golden statue of the person himself, given to me personally by the Golden Dungeon Spirit Aulum.
......

 As expected of Aaron, who even became the head of the Dungeon Association, he immediately understood what I meant.

 Yes, if it's just gold, it's just an asset.
 It would be just as bad if I put all my assets into it.

 But if it's the golden image given by Aulum himself, it's a different story.
 That would be a "credit".

 It would be a credit that Aulum, the golden dungeon spirit, is an ass-holder (、、、、).

I don't know.
'Yes, sir! No problem at all.

 Aaron said, and I smiled at my friends.