CH 119

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We Prepared to Sell the Medicinal Herbs “So these are the herbs we planned to sell.” Mr. Kalis took the bag from Sebastian and looked inside. As I had been the one to make them, I felt just a little nervous at having a real tradesman inspect them… “Hmm… They look to be of very fine quality… Of course, I have never sold herbs myself. But I’ve been a merchant for a long time…and have never seen herbs being sold that were of this quality.” “Is that so?” Mr. Kalis was sighing with great emotion as he held the herbs and inspected them. And for some reason, Sebastian looked very proud as he heard this…even I felt a little proud. I didn’t know why I had been given this ability, but it was now a part of me. And so it felt good to have something I made with it be praised. “Well, everything is here. Hey, someone!” “Yes!” Mr. Kalis shouted to the back of the store, and a few men and women came out. He handed them the herbs and gave them detailed instructions. They were probably the clerks here. “Now, do as I said.” Mr. Kalis handed the bag of herbs to the clerks. They answered him enthusiastically and then went to a nearby table and spread out the herbs on it. “They are separating them, as we won’t be selling them in large bundles here.” “I see…so they are for personal use…?” “Yes.” The herbs in the bag were merely bundled and separated by type, while the dried and powdered ones were wrapped in cloth so they wouldn’t get mixed up. As each type was bundled together, it would be very inconvenient, unless customers wanted to buy all of it at once. And I doubted that anyone would do that, if it was for personal use. The clerks took out the herbs and started the process of separating them and wrapping them with paper or cloth. And then Mr. Kalis took out a long table from the back. “What’s that for?” “Oomph…phew… This is where they will be displayed. This is the first time we’ll be selling them, after all. And so I want to place them outside.” So saying, Mr. Kalis took the heavy-looking table to the front of the store. I see… Like this, passersby will be able to see that they’re selling herbs. It would definitely make things easy to understand. “Ahhh!” It was with such thoughts that I watched Mr. Kalis go out to set the table. But just then, I heard a shriek coming from outside. …Was that Mr. Kalis? What happened? “…Mr. Takumi, let’s go and see.” “Yes…” “Hah…I did warn him in advance…” Ms. Claire and I looked at each other and then headed outside. If something happened, we might have to help… Well, Johanna was also there…and so was Leo. For some reason, Sebastian was sighing behind me, but I ignored him and went outside. “Mr. Kalis? What…” “There’s a…fe…fenrir!” “…It was Leo, wasn’t it?” What we saw when we went outside, was Mr. Kalis, who had fallen on his buttocks after letting go of the table. And Leo was pushing her nose into him with a worried expression. …So he was surprised because of Leo…? “Kalis… I told you about this already. That Mr. Takumi has a Silver Fenrir called Leo…” “…Ye-yes. You did say that, but…” Sebastian moved out between Ms. Clair and I and walked over to Mr. Kalis. Apparently, he really had fallen after being surprised by Leo. …But Leo was just so adorable and… Well, maybe it was because she was rather large. “Kalis. Good Leo would never hurt anyone. So don’t worry.” Said Ms. Claire. And then she went up to Leo and petted her on the head. “Wuff.” “Kyau. Kyau.” “Oh, you want to be petted too, Sherry? There, there.” “I’ll pet them too!” Sherry looked a little jealous as she saw Leo looking very pleased, and so she also came forward to be petted. Upon seeing this, Tilura started to pet them as well. I didn’t really care, but Leo’s back had really become Sherry’s regular spot, huh… “…Are you sure…?” Mr. Kalis got to his feet after watching Ms. Claire pet Leo. Leo’s size and general appearance seemed to still intimidate him, but perhaps that feeling would fade once he touched Leo’s fur. And I guided Mr. Kalis towards Leo and then raised his hand and placed it on Leo’s body. “Ooooh… It’s so soft… So it really doesn’t attack people…” “Wuff.” After touching Leo’s fluffy fur, Mr. Kalis was greatly moved by the soft texture, as well as how tame Leo was. Leo nodded knowingly and barked with approval. …Well, I don’t think that Mr. Kalis was completely over his fear yet… But I hoped it wouldn’t take too long. It didn’t seem like it was so bad that he would have to be treated like Mr. Ekenhart. Besides, it wasn’t really possible to carry people and run around in the town. …If Leo ran at top speed in the town, it would certainly cause a scene… “Phew… I’m terribly sorry, Mr. Takumi.” “Not at all. It’s true that Leo has a surprising appearance. But you will get used to it.” Mr. Kalis apologized after he moved his hand away from Leo, and then he continued to prepare the front of the store. He picked up the table that he had knocked over, and then put it in place. Then he set small signs on the table. They were the descriptions and prices of the herbs. And as always, in spite of being written in a language that wasn’t Japanese, I could read them just fine.

CH 119

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