Beastland (2)

The stall also wasn't near to any other stall and quite far from the main road that goes into the city.

But there's already a few people standing waiting for him.

"Brother, you are a few days late. We were worried you might have not come this year"

The man had dark brown hair and lots of silver rings on his left cat ears.

"Volco... I had a small accident. But don't worry, I brought finest swords than before"

The others who stood a bit far, were suddenly rushed over and asked if he brought more potion this time.

Hugo has a rough time handling the people asking things as he needs to cautiously take out the elixir and potion.

"I brought triple the amount than usual. Please let my guard to organize first, you can come after an hour"

The people nodded and slowly walked away but were still waiting near the stall.

"Mr.Jusco stall isn't your stall quite far from the road there. And there no other stall near you"

Lana who helped organize the material realized that he was secluded than the others.

"The officers said it was easy to spot me here. Besides, people like to gather around my stall so, it will be nuisance for the the merchant if I open my stall near them"

"Did the merchant pay their fee to open the stall here?"

"Oh we do. It's 5 gold coins for ten days, but it depends actually. You can pay it daily for 10 silver coins"

I count it in my head.

"Didn't by paying daily would double the amount?"

"It couldn't be helped. If you pay a total lump sum you can secure your place. But not everyone had that much in their hand, so most people who did not register as a merchant but wanted to join the market were permitted to make daily payment."

"That much? Did they gain profit here?"

Lana was shocked but she knew that the other kingdom had a higher fee, but she didn't see that many people gather around.

"For the first few days when the tournament started, the crowd would be full. Not only the participant but the villagers who live nearest would also come"

"But there are still less people"

"It's time for them for the sacred ritual before opening the battle arena. So they will headed out at noon"

A guy named Volco who was on friendly terms with Mr. Jusco answered my question.

He slightly bowed to me which made me nervous.

Did he know?

Mother said it best to hide my identity as the daughter of the Fairy queen. But then he also slightly bowed to Lana.

It was courtesy towards a woman I guess.

Despite his look that resembled a thug, he was a gentleman.

"I see. I am Mr.Jusco's niece. I am Vierra. Nice to meet you"

"I am Volco the second Chief Officers for this tournament, this man was like a brother of mine who always provide me a good liquor"

He was strong. I could see his thick layer of mana.

Hugo who was cautious about Sir. Volco and came to us.

"My lady, the twins said they were hungry"

It's about nine o'clock in the morning and the twins seem to get hungry since they usually have their snacks at this time.

The twin sat behind the big tree while waiting for Mr.Jusco to settle down. Mr.Jusco who finally finished counting and listing all the material, told us that we can go look around.

"It's already done here, you can go take a look now. Thank you for helping me organize all of this. But please don't wander to the black area stalls. It's near the end of the right corner there"

From afar I can see a small area, with all their stalls were in black. The black stalls were quite secluded from the others.