Orc Harem Vol 2 Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Orc-san And Business

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It was fun just looking around at the stalls. Time passed like that.

「Hee, something like this is here. Uncle, can you give me that comb?」

「Sure. You got good eyes lad. You won’t be able to buy this comb from just anywhere.」

「I’m buying it because I know that. Here is the money. Okay, it’s a present for you Tita. You have a really beautiful hair after all, so you got to take a great care of it.」

I handed the comb that I just bought to Tita.

It was a comb that was made from wood, but its material was good, and on top of that the tips were rounded up so they wouldn’t hurt the scalp. The distance between each of the comb’s tooth was also uniform and close to each other.

It was only made from wood and the only good thing about it was the craftsman’s skill, but it was definitely a first class item.

「I’ll treasure it. This is nice. It’s easy to brush my hair with it.」

It looked like Tita was also pleased with it.

The price was a bit high, but it was cheap if Tita could become even more charming from it.

After buying the comb, we went strolling once more.

「Oh, that one will be nice for our lunch tomorrow. A hard-baked bread using rye. That bread’s taste won’t worsen even if it’s kept for long, and it will taste good if it’s eaten together with the jam that is sold together with it.」

「Ah, that’s good. Let’s buy it.」

「How about we also buy bacon? It will be wearisome to only eat jam.」

「Agreed!」

Like that we were also securing our meal for tomorrow.

As expected it was a good choice for us to use caravan.

Enjoying the scenery outside from the window, slowly teaching Tita letters, and at night we could enjoy the traveling market like this.

The trip would take far longer than driving our own carriage, but there was also time that we could only spend here.

Tita got dizzy from being in a crowded place for too long, so we moved to the prepared resting space.

「You’re tired right? I bought something nice for that.」

「Uwaa, this apple, it’s cold.」

「There must be someone selling ice. Magic that use ice is nice. After all it’s said that anyone who can use that magic won’t have any trouble to earn a living for their whole life.」

Ice was always needed all year round. Cold thing was a luxury in this world.

That was why magician who could create ice was treasured.

「Can you also do it Ork? Earning money using ice I mean.」

「I’ve done it in the past. I used it just to earn fund for starting business. I’m not doing it now.」

「That’s a waste.」

Tita smiled while eating the apple with crunching sound.

It felt good seeing this girl eating so joyfully like that. The foods tasted far better compared to when I was eating alone.

I felt a gaze while we were conversing like that.

So the bait finally caught something.

「Can I sit beside you?」

「Yes, please do.」

I switched my tone to be business-like.

It wasn’t just my tone, but also my way of thinking.

「My name is Theodorf Zacharic. I’m just a mere peddler.」

「Hahaha, that’s too humble. I know about Zacharic Company. You aren’t just a peddler, but a major merchant who laid out bases in many cities and connected the world. I thought that there might be a contact from that company if I join this caravan, but to think that the company president himself Theodorf-sama will personally come to talk to me, it’s really shocking.」

Theodorf Zacharic. He looked like an elegant gentleman nearing old age, but he was a super famous person in the business world.

Zacharic Company was the biggest company in the cities around here. Their trait was in connecting the cities.

Each city would have different supply and demand. He made use of that gap to the greatest degree to enlarge his company.

It sounded simple to do that, but in this era it wasn’t that easy to go from city to city. Building a distribution network was something extremely difficult.

The information transmission speed in this world was also slow, so managing the supply and demand of multiple cities and transporting the appropriate products from city to city were also very difficult.

His company was obtaining astounding profit only because he managed to achieve such thing. What was the most terrifying from him was how he was still maintaining his network even now.

It was terrifying that his success wasn’t just a one-time fluke, but something that he established to become a continuing business.

「Oh ho, so you know about me. You are really diligent in your study, as expected from such a young successful person. Ork Brand’s menchi katsu. That thing is really well done. My grandsons will go to eat it at least once a week.」

「I’m still just a novice. The current me is nothing more than a newcomer who manage to make one product become a hit by chance.」

「Hmm, well, it’s just as you say……but, what I’m rating you highly for is your skill in transforming your hit product to become money. At first you only had a tiny stall. Then after you manage to sell your product to some degree, you immediately increase your chain store. This speed of development deserve a special mention, but you would be just a capable merchant if you stopped there. Instead you thoroughly branded your product, and then you sold that brand. ……While you still keep hold of the spice that is the most important part of that product. Truly, I can only call your performance as magnificent.」

「It looks like that you yourself have really done your homework well mister president.」

All the schemes that I played with Ork Brand’s menchi katsu had been seen through.

The money that I could get from menchi katsu wouldn’t amount to much no matter how many of it I sold. So I turned it into a brand, sold the right for it, and then I devised it so that I could continue taking the margin from the sales.

That was the trick to continue earning money from that product for a long time.

「Yes, I was interested with it after all. Besides, actually I already have my eyes on you since a long time ago. It was since I knew about your achievement at Folrama.」

……Hou, so he knew about that.

No, it was only natural. That city was his backyard after all, and in the first place I sold that business in that city.

「Hahaha, so you know about that.」

The test that was given to me by the merchant god Randall. He handed me ten million gil and then asked me to do something absurd like doubling that amount in three months.

「Yes, it really stood out after all. I was surprised. At first your business was overly-theoretical and you went ahead with only theory. It was a shoddy business. And yet, you quickly became able to apply theory into practice and became a successful person. You magnificently made your business a success, but after that you very easily sold away that business and vanished for some reason. I was the one who bought that business and raised it even further, and now that business is one of the main cornerstones of my company.」

「I’m grateful that you have taken the time to develop a business that I started to be that big.」

I thought it was only natural that he knew about this was because it was his company that bought the business that I started up to clear my test.

「That person who I had me curious all this time suddenly appeared again without a single penny to his name this time. Then he quickly became successful again. After that you joined my caravan as a guest. It’s only natural that it made me want to have a drink with you while having conversation about this topic.」

Zacharic clapped his hands after saying that.

Then a platter that was filled with things like best quality wine and cheese were brought to us.

Nice taste. The foods weren’t just high class, they also had quality.

That wasn’t all. The foods also matched my preference.

Surely he had investigated beforehand about what kind of shop I liked to visit to learn about my taste.

He was displaying his influence and sincerity to me.

「Then, I shall gratefully partake.」

「Yes, the young miss too, have some of this. Are you two perhaps lovers?」

「Y-yes, that’s right-」

Tita still wasn’t good with talking to human. She had been clinging tightly on my arm since some time ago.

「I’m jealous. I guess it’s true that a capable man always has good woman approaching him.」

「Yes, that’s why I wish to become a man who is worthy for her.」

Tita who suddenly became the center of the talk reddened and shrunk into herself.

Even so she also properly ate the cheese and said things like 『Eh, what’s this, it’s really tasty』. That was really like her.

「Why did you let go of that business in Forlama? Can you tell me the reason? It was a business that had its eye set on the future. With your skill Ork-dono, you should be able to grow it even larger. You yourself are surely aware of that.」

「That was a test from my teacher. He told me to double my fund in three months. That’s why, I lost interest after I managed to clear that test.」

「After creating something amazing like that, you don’t need it just because you have cleared your test? Hahaha, that’s surprising. Our scale is different. ……And you aren’t just boasting. After all you managed to make your next business to be successful this swiftly. You remind me of that man.」

「By that man you mean?」

「Helf Randall. My one and only rival.」

That was a name that I knew.

Or rather…….

「That person is my teacher.」

When I said that, Zacharic opened his eyes wide before bursting into laughter.

「Hahaha, I see, I see. So you are that man’s prized student. Then no wonder you can do at least that much. Aa, everything is connected now. Even so, even that man could do something wasteful like this. How could he let go of the prized student that he has raised with much effort?」

「That was our promise right from the start after all. Teacher also asked me to do business together with him, but I have something that I should do.」

「Is it alright if ask you what is that something?」

「Yes, it’s to go to a journey, meet the best women there are, and create a harem. For me doing business is nothing more than a way to allow my women to live happily without any inconvenience.」

Zacharic’s eyes opened wide once more.

「I see, I see, your eyes, they are completely serious. ……Interesting. It also looks like that you still haven’t earned enough for your purpose.」

「Yes, that’s why I intentionally put down my name for the first class seat in order to lure you out. I thought that someone will surely contact me if they have an interest toward me. I have with me a get rich quick scheme.」

I grinned.

Actually this was the biggest reason why I used caravan.

There was a limit in doing a big business by myself.

Currently I wanted a sponsor and the sales network and information network that a first class company possessed.

Even the organizers of the caravan would at least check the guest list of those using the expensive first class seat.

If they saw my name that became known from Ork Brand’s menchi katsu, I predicted that some sponsor candidates would come to contact me.

「Are you telling me to trust a man who is doing business as a side job of harem making?」

「I’m telling you to trust me exactly because of that. You can also see it from the Ork Brand’s menchi katsu, I can’t do a business that completely take my time. After all I have something even more important than business, and that’s exactly why I need a collaborator. I can make a proposal that can help my collaborator to profit.」

「Umu, what you say make sense. Then I guess I’ll listen, about this so called get rich quick scheme.」

「Then……」

I said that and took out the material from my rucksack.

「You’re well prepared.」

「Yes, I already predicted that someone would contact me after all. I used this caravan just for that.」

「As expected from Randall’s disciple. ……Hmm hmm, I see, this seems profitable. ……And then, you are firmly in control of that pillar of this business. This business cannot be established without me, and you yourself won’t let go of the profit. It’s a good plan.」

「What do you think?」

「Of course, I accept. After all if I refuse this, you will simply sell this plan to another merchant immediately right? Unfortunately I know several people even among my acquaintances who will leap at this chance if they learn about it.」

「Then, the deal is sealed with this.」

Zacharic and I exchanged a firm handshake.

This was a matter that needed essential preparation to do.

A month after this, Zacharic Company would carry out the preparation, and then I would start moving.

Surely the preparation would be finished by the time I brought back a cute girl of the divine steel tribe from the holy land. Then I would earn a lot of money in order to make my women happy.

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