Plan (2)

I need to know their rival first to decide the next move. I hope I don't do anything dangerous and cause much trouble. I have to avoid to stand out very much.

"May I know, who is your rival, Sam?"

"His name is David Wardenia, he is a highly materialistic man. He loves golds more than anything, he even can sell and compromise almost anything to make a profit. He is well-known as veteran smugglers in the underworld. He usually does illegal trading at Black Market to sell those stuff. And now he wants to make a store to camouflage his dirty works."

"His characters are very complicated isn't it?"

A veteran smuggler, love money and do everything to destroy his rival huh.

"But if he loves money, why don't you just give him a lot of money?"

"That's not easy Vin, he is very greedy and crafty. Once he knows that he can get money from us, he will do that until we collapse like a parasite."

"Sound like pain in the ass."

"Indeed."

"What about we reveal his crime to His Majesty?"

"That's the most rational way to destroy him, but he never leaves any evidence."

"So you still want to negotiate with him?"

"Yeah, you will come too."

"Huh? Aren't I just need to protect Lady Sophia?"

"Sophia will come too as a representative. If only I come to meet him, he will think our company is insulting him. He is noble after all."

This noble society is sucks.

"Will there is a chance, he will attack us when we come?"

"Maybe, judging from his personality and the bandit earlier. I assume he will use sleeping-drug and kidnap Lady Sophia and demand a ridiculous thing."

"Don't you guys have strong adventurers as your guard in the city?"

"We can't hire B-rank adventure for escorting quest, Vin."

"Then what are their rank?"

I ask while pointing to the adventurer who guards our wagon.

"They are D-rank adventurers."

"What??!!"

This is very bad. I thought he has some strong adventurers in the town and will help us to negotiate.

"Why don't you hire C-Rank adventurer?"

"C-Rank adventurer won't do the job like escorting. They used to live in the Capital and won't go to a boring place. Even we give a very good price, they won't risk their lives to protect us."

I need to calm down first.

"Is David has some adventurers/powerful fighters as his man?"

"I think he has some strong fighters. If not, he won't survive to be a smuggler for a long time.

Damn, everything is changed now.

Should I leave them?

"I know my request is unreasonable for you, but we don't have many choices. If my lady fails the trial, she will lose her parent's trust and must live independently."

I don't care about that. As long as I survive, I can try everything and start from the beginning.

To enter the town, I just need to wait around 5 years and become an "adult" to make an Identity card.

For food and water, I can eat fish and drink water from the river.

"I'm sorry, I can't take this quest because too dangerous for me. I need to survive and find my parents."

"Is that so?"

"I'm sorry Sam."

"How about we will pay you ten gold when we finish our negotiation?"

"This isn't about money Sam."

"Then I will provide all your necessities until you reach 14 years old?"

"I already can take care of myself."

"I will enroll you in Elementary Academy too. How about it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Elementary Academy is a place where a child who reaches 14 years old to learn and develop their potential. They will learn manner, arithmetic, world history, basics of martial arts, and how to use weapon and magic."

"Then who are you exactly?"

He can say something incredible easily.

"My lady Sophia is the sole successor of Avalon Merchant Union. She will inherit the store and everything if she passes the trial. With our help, we can help you to find your parents easily isn't it?"

His proposal is very good to be true.

"How can I know that you're not lying?"

"I can't prove it now, but I will prove it when we reach the town."

"Okay, I will decide when you prove it."

Honestly, I want to enroll in that Academy. I need knowledge about this world and I only rely on this boy's memory but it's still insufficient. Besides that, I won't go without anything you know.I've been worked very hard to kill those bandits. At least I want to get compensation.

Hmmm...

I need to think about how to handle those strong fighters. I was very lucky because I only meet lowly bandits, and kill them easily. But that would be different if I meet powerful people like High-ranked adventurer or Real Knight.

A high-ranked adventurer is very strong. Not only their physical body is bigger than mine, but their magic is also dangerous as well. Their status is higher than me and they have experienced too.

A real knight is also dangerous. They wear full armor like the knight in the movie and my katana won't able to pierce it. Plus they were well-trained and their body is strong as well.

And my condition isn't very good. This body is different from my body on earth and I need to adapt to this body and I almost die because of that. My arms and legs are shorter, so my movement isn't as good as on Earth. I use the buff as a substitute for my weak body. That's why I prefer throwing dagger than duel with swords. Throwing dagger only needs technique, power, and precision. I still can do perfectly with this small body.

"But why are you so adamant about protecting your new store? Isn't it will become easier if you just move your store to another place?"

"But we already invest a lot of money to open that store. As a merchant, we can't waste our money."

"But the outcome of your pride is dangerous you know."

"This is how is merchant live."

I don't know his logic. Back on Earth, there were a lot of people who prioritize their pride over anything.

I think people like that just looking for self-satisfaction and recognition from other people.

I'm different from them because I live without pride itself from the start. I live as an assassin and obey my master command like a loyal dog. I never complain about his order even once.

That's why I choose my survival as the first priority. If I can survive, I can start everything from the beginning and restore my pride.

What's the meaning of your pride when you already died?

At least your name will be remembered by everyone. Only that.

But still I can't force my ideal to anyone, so I decided to let him be.

"Hmm, I will tell you something. I can neutralize low-class debuff. So IF they use sleeping drugs, I can use my " Cure " to neutralize it."

"You're Support Role?! I thought you were an Assault Role because of your strength."

"Yeah, I just bit talented with sword."

"I see."

"But even he plans to kidnap Lady Sophia,won't he will be suspected because we come to his mansion?"

"Of course he won't do it in his mansion. He probably ambush us when we leave his mansion later."

"Won't he will be suspected too even he do that?"

"As long as he has money, he can use many alibis and never presumed."

"I see. My role is Support and my level is 25. I already have a class too, but I can't tell you about that.I'm quite confident with my sword technique and throwing dagger as long the enemy isn't strong person who can use ridiculous magic. I tell you about me so you can make a plan."

This is a fantasy world and different from Earth. This world has magic and I need to assume something like teleportation, nuke-like magic, human flying in the sky is possible to happen.