7 - The Trēs Trading Company 特里斯贸易公司

… She saw the ocean.

......她看到了大海。

Slowly sinking down into the deep and dark depths of the waters, she saw the lights grow further and further away.

她慢慢沉入深不见底的水底，看到灯光越来越远。

Glittering small and red lights drifted through the sea in masses, but there were no signs of any lifeforms around.

闪闪发光的小红光成群结队地在海面上飘荡，但周围没有任何生命体的迹象。

And after she reached the bottom, the small light began to gather into her.

她的眼睛睁不开了。当她到达底部后，微光开始向她聚集。

They leisurely took their time, and once those lights began to fade out as well, she found herself resurfacing.

他们悠闲地慢慢走着，当那些光也开始熄灭时，她发现自己又浮出了水面。

A voice called out to her.

一个声音在呼唤她。

『Your role has ended, …』

『你的角色已经结束了，......』。

A shadow against the light of the sun called out in a feminine voice. She got the feeling the figure had called out a name, but she couldn9;t catch it.

在阳光的映衬下，一个影子用女性的声音呼唤着她。她感觉那个人影叫出了一个名字，但她没听清。

And she found herself saying something.

她发现自己说了些什么。

『Next time…』

『下次......』。

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她摇摇头，脱掉睡衣，穿着内衣去房间的浴室洗澡。

On the oceans inhabited by dangerous monsters, they wouldn9;t attack when she was there. The individual herself thought it as nothing but a coincidence, but others didn9;t see it as such.

"哈，哈......四点了。现在睡觉可不会有什么好结果。"

It was clean, but it was furnished as if no one was actually living in it.

即使在公海上度过了大半年，她的皮肤也没有晒黑的迹象。别人曾多次告诉她，她和别人不一样。

“I9;ll have to go shopping today. We9;re setting sail next week… it seems we have some valuable cargo this time around, and they told us to take it across no matter what.”

But she wasn9;t treated any worse.

左手抚摸着额头，【Vera Trēs】打量着房间。这不是她习惯的船上的房间，而是她自己在豪宅里的房间。

Even after spending a majority of her year on the high seas, her skin showed no signs of tanning. Other people had told her she was different from others a number of times.

『Good work, …』

虽然很干净，但里面的摆设就像没有人真正住过一样。

She raised the upper half of her body, and got her chaotic breath in order before brushing away the hair stuck to her face from her sweat.

在那里，影子伸出了一只手。她伸手去接的那只手臂，已被玷污得惨不忍睹。她被打得遍体鳞伤，又是从海里爬上来的，手臂上沾满了水草和贝壳的变种，甚至连珊瑚都粘在了她身上。

（不知道第一次是什么时候。）

“It9;s happening a lot lately. I used to get them once a year, or never.”

她的黑发在绑成天使翅膀的地方已经长出来了，那部分一直长到腰部。但其余的头发几乎没长到肩膀。她的身体曲线优美。

And her conversation partner smiled.

喘着粗气的女孩动了动脑袋，伸手摸向床头柜上的怀表。当她把金色的钟拿在手里时，她打开了钟盖看了看时间。

Having dropped by Rauno-san9;s office with Miranda, I accepted the report, and read the name aloud.

......当她睁开眼睛时，外面还是一片漆黑。

起床后，她捏了捏自己的睡衣。她出了不少汗。

她抬起上半身，整理了一下自己混沌的气息，然后拂去被汗水粘在脸上的头发。

不仅如此，水手们甚至称她为幸运女神。因为无论遇到多大的危险，只要她在船上，--奇怪的是--船就永远不会沉没。

Even with a body like that, the girl had her own things to complain about. Among them, her greatest complaint was her reserved chest that set her apart from her younger sister.

她的对话伙伴笑了。

"维拉-特里斯？"

她的心跳开始加速。她望着水面，发现水面上倒映着一个怪物的形象。

这个噩梦薇拉已经做过很多次了。每次，她都会惊醒。

Outside the window, she saw some lights here and there across the town.

『干得好，......』。

即使拥有这样的身材，女孩也有自己的抱怨。其中，她最大的抱怨就是她那与妹妹截然不同的矜持的胸部。

0;I wonder when the first was.1;

"我今天得去买点东西。我们下周就要启航了......看来这次我们有一些贵重的货物，他们让我们无论如何都要带过去。"

After rising, she pinched her sleeping wear. She had sweat quite severely.

在她被遗忘的名字再次被呼唤之后，她的手臂断裂，身体散架，再次沉入海底。

Muttering that, she took off her undergarments, and got into the shower…

She looked into the bathroom mirror to find her own violet eyes looking back. She traced her pale skin with a finger.

说罢，她脱下内衣，进了浴室......

"最近经常这样。以前我一年才出一次，或者从来没出过。"

窗外，她看到整个小镇上有一些灯光。

0;Hah, if they were a bit bigger, would people look at me too…1;

… When she opened her eyes, it was still dark outside.

Touching her left hand to her forehead, 【Vera Trēs】 looked over the room. It wasn9;t the room on the boat she was used to, but her own room in her mansion.

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Once open, the lid emitted its own light, letting her read the face.

但她并没有受到更差的待遇。

“Hah, hah… it9;s four. Going to sleep now won9;t end too well.”

More than that, the sailors even called her a goddess of fortune. Because no matter how much danger struck, as long as she was on board,- strange as it was- the boat would never sink.

一打开，钟盖就发出自己的光，让她看清了钟面。

Shaking her head to the side, she stripped off her pyjamas, and headed to her room9;s bathroom in her undergarments to take a shower.

Her black hair was grown out in the area she tied into angel wings, and that part reached up to her lower back. But the rest of it was barely long enough to touch her shoulders. Her well-shaped body held splendid curves.

The girl with her breathing in a mess moved her head, and extended a hand to the pocket watch on her bedside table. When she took the golden clock in hand, she opened its lid to check the time.

她对着浴室的镜子，发现自己的紫罗兰色眼睛正在回望。她用手指描绘着自己苍白的皮肤。

And at this point, she had received a precious boat from her father, and was working for the sake of her family… Vera Trēs was a prominent merchant girl, even in Beim…

在有危险怪物栖息的海洋上，当她在那里时，它们不会发动攻击。她自己认为这只是巧合，但别人却不这么认为。

“Vera Trēs?”

There, the shadow extended a hand. The arm she extended herself to take it, was horribly sullied. Beaten up, and having come up from the sea, her arm was covered in variants of water plants, and shells; even coral had stuck to her.

After her forgotten name was called out again, her arm crumbled, her body fell apart, and she sunk to the ocean9;s depths once more. Breaking up into small pieces, her unsightly form joined the ocean9;s floor…

（哈，如果再大一点，别人是不是也会看我......）

Her heart started beating faster. She looked into the water9;s face to find the image of a monster reflected back.

而此时，她从父亲那里得到了一艘珍贵的船，正在为她的家庭而努力......即使在贝姆，薇拉-特里斯也是一位杰出的女商人......

That nightmare was one Vera had seen a number of times. Every time, she would wake up in shock.

我和米兰达顺路去了劳诺先生的办公室，接过报告，大声念出了名字。

I had gotten some fame, and a name like Holy Knight to myself, but in exchange, I went through a drastic drop in capital.

我得到了一些名声，自己也有了圣骑士这样的名号，但作为交换，我的资本却急剧下降。

Even so, I had received my money9;s worth, and my treatment from the Guild had changed. But it still was troublesome not to have any money. It would put quite a restriction on are actions henceforth.

即便如此，我的钱还是物有所值，公会给我的待遇也有所改变。但没钱还是很麻烦。这对我们以后的行动会有相当大的限制。

Of course, we weren9;t troubled with living expenses, but as I was in a position where I needed a national-level budget, I had no choice but to seek out support.

当然，我们并没有生活费的困扰，但由于我的处境需要国家级的预算，我别无选择，只能寻求支持。

And I had requested the investigation on that matter to Rauno-san.

我还向劳野先生提出了调查此事的要求。

Miranda silently scanned through other documents.

米兰达默默地翻阅着其他文件。

Rauno-san scratched his head with a sleepy expression as he explained it to me.

劳野先生一边向我解释，一边用困倦的表情挠了挠头。

“The ones who can answer to your hopes are probably the Trēs House. They don9;t currently have any adventurers they9;re backing, but as merchants of Beim… well, they9;re one of the merchants controlling this city. They mainly profit off of trade.”

"能满足你希望的，大概就是特里斯家族了。他们目前没有支持任何冒险者，但作为贝姆的商人......嗯，他们是控制这座城市的商人之一。他们主要从贸易中获利。"

A large trading enterprise that owned a number of large-scale transport ships, and quite famous in Beim.

一家拥有多艘大型运输船的大型贸易企业，在贝姆相当有名。

If there was anything strange about them, perhaps it was that they hadn9;t exclusively contracted any adventurers, while being merchants of the city of Beim, perhaps?

如果说他们有什么奇怪的地方，也许就是作为贝姆城的商人，他们并没有专门与任何冒险者签约吧？

At that scale, it wouldn9;t be strange if they were backing a number of promising parties. Yet the Trēs House wasn9;t doing anything like that.

“Goddess of Fortune?”

以我的名声，这似乎已经是极限了。

“I have no idea what you9;re talking about. Fall? Would a cliff be involve? Even like this, I still have quite a resistance when it comes to hitting or cutting at girls, you know.”

『最好的选择还是特里斯家族。其他人都想得到莱尔的名声，所以相对来说会比较好抓，但这个人不会因为把莱尔收归门下而得到什么好处。不，他们甚至有可能与其他商人发生冲突。』

Pushing those houses aside, and even conflicting with those that set Zayin and Lorphys as their main bases of operation… I highly doubt the Trēs House would be interested.

看完了文件，米兰达把视线转向了我。

“If you want a chance, it9;ll be with the girl, is what I9;m saying. It9;s unbelievably low. Of all else, I haven9;t heard any talks of her being a flippant one. And at present, the time she spends aloft is longer than her time on land. I asked the sailors, but apparently, she9;s a goddess of fortune, and not a target of romantic affection.”

“Anyways, if we want to have a chance, it9;ll be with that Vera girl, you say? Lyle, think you can get her to fall?”

扎因和洛菲斯正在与非特里斯商人打交道。

Finished reading through the papers, Miranda turned her field of vision to me.

我看了看文件。

把那些家族推到一边，甚至与那些以扎因和洛菲斯为主要经营基地的家族发生冲突......我非常怀疑特里斯家族会对此感兴趣。

The Seventh was considering the other reports as well, but…

Rauno-san explained.

"如果要承包名方，肯定有商人会出双倍。但如果是他们要经常使用的冒险者队伍，我相信他们会以较低的价格成交。条件是，只要他们能把你带到自己身边。更何况，这只是估价。玩得不好，你的条件会更差。"

“… The money and terms of the other places are all much the same. One thousand gold a year is it? Work requests are a separate sum.”

（正如坦尼娅女士所说，与其说他们看重的是我作为雇佣兵的功劳，不如说他们看重的是我的个人能力。）

"他们的工作相当广泛，但这并不是唯一的问题。当你派出飞船时，你会发现。风暴、事故、怪物袭击，船只沉没并不罕见。但特里斯之家的成功率很高。如果与其他船相比，差距可就大了。所以他们的信誉度很高，与其他商行的关系也很广泛。这也是他们成为贝姆著名商人之一的原因。到了这种程度，没有一个傻瓜会对他们下手。"

从宝石那里，四世听起来很矛盾。

劳诺说："这只是个传言，你知道的。"还说这是个不可靠的小道消息。

劳野先生微笑着把胳膊搁在沙发上。

而目前，他们正在其他国家之间进行大宗交易。他们是商行，不需要我的名声和关系。

七世也在考虑其他的报告，但是......

她问得很自然，我便双掌一指她，摇了摇头。

If they9;re going to use them as bodyguards, even if they weren9;t too smart, strong people were best.

I looked at the documents.

Rauno said, ‘it9;s just a rumor, you know,9; asnd said it was an unreliable tidbit of info.

“They9;re working quite extensively, but that isn9;t the only problem. When you send out a ship, you see. With storms and accidents, and monster attacks, it isn9;t rare for it to sink. But the Trēs House had a high success rate. If you compare it to others, it9;s a considerable gap. So they have that credibility to them, and a wide relation with other mercantile houses. That9;s why they9;re one of the prominent merchants of Beim. To such an extent there isn9;t a fool who9;ll lay hands on them.”

劳野先生笑了。

“Harsh as it may sound, at your level or reputation, even if you make a market for yourselves, I don9;t know if they9;ll even take you seriously. To the Trēs Trading Company, countries like Zayin and Lorphys are small fries in the realm of trading partners. Even if you offer them a monopoly an those nations, I can9;t say for sure they9;ll make a move.”

I was trying to find a merchant who would sponsor us, but while the Trēs House was on the top of the list, they were the party with which we would have the lowest chances of success. Or so was written on the report.

如果要让他们当保镖，即使他们不太聪明，强壮的人也是最好的。

“If they9;re going to contract a famous party, there are surely merchants who would put out double. But if it9;s an adventurer party they9;re going to be using regularly, they9;ll settle for a lesser sum, I9;m sure. And it9;s all as long as they get you to themselves, is the condition. What9;s more, this is an estimate, you hear. Play it poorly, and you9;ll be on even worse terms.”

"如果你想有机会，那就去找那个女孩，我就是这个意思。这简直低得令人难以置信。我还没听说过她是个轻浮的人。目前，她在海上的时间比在陆地上的时间还长。我问过水手们，但很显然，她是幸运女神，而不是浪漫爱情的对象"。

And at present, they were conducting large transactions between other countries. They were a mercantile house that didn9;t need my fame or connections.

“You don9;t think they feel like backing me?”

Hearing about goddesses of fortune, I tilted my head.

That9;s why Tanya-san told me to call out to the merchants after slaying a dragon or two.

听到幸运女神，我歪了歪头。

"......其他地方的钱和条件都差不多。一年一千金是吗？工作要求另算。"

"听起来很残酷，以你的水平和名声，即使你把自己做成了市场，我也不知道他们会不会把你当回事。对于特里斯贸易公司来说，像扎因和洛菲斯这样的国家在贸易伙伴中都是小巫见大巫。即使你让他们垄断这些国家的贸易，我也不敢保证他们一定会采取行动。"

Warriors over tacticians.

Rauno-san smiled as he rested his arms on top of his sofa.

Zayin and Lorphys were dealing with non-Trēs merchants.

"你觉得他们不想支持我吗？"

『Doing something like that would be troubling. Monopolies have their share of merits, but they have plenty of demerits as well… even to, I underestimated Beim. As expected, we can9;t let our guards down around merchants.』

"总之，如果我们想有机会的话，就得找那个叫维拉的女孩，你说呢？莱尔，你觉得你能让她堕落吗？"

『The best choice is still the Trēs House. The others will want Lyle9;s fame, so they9;ll be relatively easy to nab, but this one won9;t get much merit from taking Lyle under their wing. No, there9;s even a chance they9;ll clash with other merchants.』

As she asked that quite naturally, I pointed both my palms at her, and shook my head.

『做这样的事会令人不安的垄断有其优点，但也有很多缺点......我还是低估了贝姆。果然，在商人面前，我们不能放松警惕。』

With my reputations, it seems this was around the limit.

0;As Tanya-san said, rather than rather than my merits as a mercenary, they may be evaluating based on my stand-alone prowess.1;

From the Jewel, the Fourth sounded conflicted.

战士胜过战术家。这就是为什么塔尼娅小姐让我在杀死一两条龙之后，再向商人们发出召唤。

Rauno-san looked at Miranda.

"我不知道你在说什么。坠落？悬崖会牵扯到吗？就算是这样，我对打女生、砍女生还是挺抵触的，你知道吗？"

"幸运女神？"

在这种规模下，如果他们支持一些有前途的党派，也并不奇怪。然而特里斯家族并没有这样做。

我想找一个愿意赞助我们的商人，虽然特里斯家族在名单上名列前茅，但他们是我们成功几率最低的一方。报告上是这么写的。

战士胜过战术家。

劳野先生解释道。

劳野先生看着米兰达。

Rauno-san laughed.

“No matter how difficult the voyage, if Vera is aboard, it will succeed… it isn9;t just the sailors that believe that. The people of the Trēs house do too. That9;s why Vera9;s a goddess of fortune.”

"无论航行多么艰难，只要薇拉在船上，就一定会成功......不只是水手们相信这一点。特里斯家的人也这么认为。这就是薇拉成为幸运女神的原因。"

I looked at the documents, as I put my hand to my chin, and pondered over it.

我一边看着文件，一边用手托住下巴，陷入了沉思。

0;If we want money, this is the best place… with other merchant houses, they9;ll have relations with other adventurers or mercenaries. That9;s not bad, but I don9;t like how it feels they9;re going to restrict our movements.1;

0;如果我们想要钱，这里是最好的地方......与其他商行一起，他们会与其他冒险者或雇佣兵建立关系。这不是坏事，但我不喜欢他们限制我们行动的感觉）。

As I thought, Miranda looked at my face, as she giggled to herself.

正想着，米兰达看着我的脸，一边自顾自地傻笑起来。

“Come to think of it, you9;ll need a sea route to go north, right? How about hopping aboard one of the Trēs House9;s state of the art ships? It9;ll shorten the way there and back.”

"想一想，你们需要走海路去北方，对吧？跳上特里斯家族最先进的船只怎么样？这样可以缩短来回的路途。"

Rauno-san as well.

劳野先生也说。

“Come to think of it, it9;s just come in to the port. A large scale model with quite some speed to it. I heard it was Vera9;s personal one, but there9;s no doubt about it.”

"想起来了，它刚到港口。一个大型模型，速度相当快。听说是维拉的私人飞机，这一点毋庸置疑。"

The state of the art ship the Trēs house didn9;t want to sink at all costs, was naturally given to Vera-san.

特里斯家不惜一切代价也不想让它沉没的最先进的飞船，自然是送给维拉小姐的。

“Well, putting seducing the lass aside, you9;ll at least have a chance to talk and see if you can get some support.”

"好吧，撇开勾引小姑娘不说，你至少有机会说说话，看看能不能得到一些支持。"

There, the Fourth let out an interested voice.

在那里，四爷发出了感兴趣的声音。

0;… To be honest, it would be possible for us to get there by ourselves.1;

I became a bit interested in the man known as Rauno.

There, the man in charge replied.

I said that with a smile, but it doesn9;t look like he believed it.

"我确实认为屠龙很重要。但这里有一个逃避骑士身份的家伙......好吧，如果没什么，那就这样吧。把奖赏交给我吧。有了伊尼斯，这笔钱马上就会变成房租和生活费，而我在这里只能得到鸡肋。"

他坐在沙发上，对面是一张矮茶几。克拉拉把请她喝的饮料放在嘴边，似乎并不打算参与谈话。

The region the Land Dragon subjugation had come up in would take much too long to reach on land. They would need to cross a mountain range, and while it wasn9;t impossible, a land route wasn9;t much of an option.

Novem told the man their business.

“I do think dragon slaying is important. But here we have a guy who ran from knighthood… well, if it9;s nothing, then so be it. And just hand the reward to me. With Innis, it immediately disappears into rent and living expenses, and I only get chicken feed over here.”

He sat on a sofa, opposite with a low coffee table between them. Clara put the offered drink to her mouth, and it didn9;t seem she would participate in the conversation.

The one to oppose those two opinions was the Fifth.

Miranda laughed at his words.

我站了起来，向他问道。

『仔细想想，我还从来没有在船上测试过我的技能是否有效。不过在小船上倒是可以用。』

0;When he9;s so unsteady in life, why is his work so thorough?1;

"不想。我想和伊尼斯保持良好关系。而且你至少应该付房租和生活费。"

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『Ah, that sounds nice. If he can raise the speed of ships, then Lyle9;s got something to offer to the Trēs House.』

“That rumor was true? What9;s more, Damien of Arumsaas has holed himself up in your mansion… what are you doing this time?”

“We are not requesting a free ride. Our objective is to shorten our travel period. We will be able to pay money to compensate.”

“How interesting. Last time Novem denied Princess Annerinne, but I wonder how it9;ll turn out this time around.”

“Don9;t want to. I want to stay on good terms with Innis. And you should at least pay rent and living costs.”

“I9;ll leave the payment with Innis. And I9;m not doing anything too big this time around. I9;m just going off to complete a request.”

"我们听说有一艘船向北驶去它的移动速度比其他船快一截你能带我们上船吗？"

… Novem brought her feet to the Trēs Trading Company.

『啊，听起来不错。如果他能提高船的速度，那么莱尔就能为特里斯家族做出贡献了。』

（......老实说，我们有可能自己到达那里。诺维姆微笑着说。

第三。

I thought.

"真有意思。上次诺维姆拒绝了安奈琳公主，不知道这次结果会如何。"

反对这两种意见的是第五人。

......诺维姆带着她的脚来到了特里斯贸易公司。

我想。

陆地龙臣服的地区从陆地上到达需要太长的时间。他们需要翻越一座山脉，虽然这并非不可能，但陆路并不是什么好选择。

米兰达被他的话逗笑了。

『他可能会撞坏什么东西，到时候就会引起争议，所以你最好就此打住。不过，如果只是为了测试，应该不会有什么问题。不过，特里斯和女神......是巧合吗？感觉可不像。』

And a guild ship would also take too long. That was on top of the dangers of it sinking.

They were let into a back room of the firm, and the man in charge came out to give them his greetings. The man in his thirties wore a stylish suit, and had a soft demeanor.

而公会飞船也需要很长时间。而且还有沉船的危险。

Rauno gave an unmotivated response of, ‘It9;s a pain. And it works out one way or another, even if we default,9; as he lay down on the sofa.

Hearing that, Rauno-san covered his mouth.

She carried a letter of introduction from the guild, and dropped by with Clara to ask if they9;d let the party board their ship.

我一边想着五世的话，一边把所有的文件整理好，递给米兰达。她用手指在封面的装订处画上了薇拉的名字。

我笑着说，但看起来他并不相信。

I thought over the Fifth9;s words, as I got all the papers together, and handed them to Miranda. She used a finger to trace Vera9;s name on the front binding.

"那个传言是真的？更何况，阿鲁姆萨斯的达米安已经躲进了你的宅邸......你这次又是为了什么？"

诺维姆把他们的事情告诉了那个男人。

"我会把钱交给伊尼斯。这次我也不会做什么大事。我只是去完成一个请求。"

“We have heard there is a boat bound north. That it9;s movement speed is a cut across the rest. Would it be possible for you to take us on board?”

I stood, and addressed him.

（他的生活如此不稳定，为什么他的工作如此周密？）

我对被称为Rauno的这个人有些感兴趣。

听到这里，劳野先生捂住了嘴。

他们被允许进入公司的一间密室，负责人出来向他们致意。这位三十多岁的男子穿着时髦的西装，举止温和。

“I have read over the Guild9;s letter of introduction. I never thought the Holy Knight of rumor9;s party would make such a request of us. But it isn9;t a passenger ship. It has the necessary facilities, but we can9;t just have you hitch a ride and leave, can we? I do think it would be safest if you rode a ship provided by the Guild.”

在那里，负责人回答道。

Novem spoke with a smile.

『Come to think of it, I9;ve never tested the effectiveness of my Skill on a ship. It does work on smaller boats, mind you.』

『He may crash something, and there9;ll be disputes, so you9;d best stop it there. Though there shouldn9;t be any problems if it9;s just to test it out. Still, Trēs and a goddess… a coincidence? Sure doesn9;t feel like it.』

她带着公会的介绍信，和克拉拉一起顺路去问问他们是否允许一行人登船。

The Third.

"公会的介绍信我已经看过了。没想到传闻中的圣骑士一行会向我们提出这样的要求。但这不是一艘客船。它有必要的设施，但我们不能让你们搭个便车就走，不是吗？我认为，如果你们乘坐公会提供的船只，那才是最安全的。"

劳诺没精打采地回答道："很麻烦。9;他躺在沙发上。

"我们不是要求免费搭乘。我们的目的是缩短旅行时间。我们会给钱补偿的。"

There, the man pretended to think hard on it…

说到这里，男子假装认真地想了想......

“Unfortunately, even if you offer money, I think it9;ll be difficult. It9;s our state-of-the-art large-scale vessel after all. Some parts of its craft have been kept to absolute secrecy. If you insist so heavily, could you board a different ship? It9;ll be one of our own ships, and with the guild9;s high recommendation, we won9;t mind you riding free of charge.”

"很遗憾，即使你们出钱，我想也很困难。这毕竟是我们最先进的大型船只。它的某些部分是绝对保密的。如果你这么坚持，能不能换一艘船？这将是我们自己的一艘船，加上公会的大力推荐，我们不会介意您免费乘坐的。"

From the smiling man, they could feel a considerably strong intent to refuse. At that moment, a knocking sound rung through the room.

从微笑的男子身上，他们能感受到相当强烈的拒绝之意。这时，一阵敲门声响彻房间。

The man made a troubled expression and apologized, before standing, and heading for the door.

男子露出不安的表情，连声道歉，然后站起身，向门口走去。

“What is it? When we9;re dealing with guests…”

"怎么了？我们在接待客人的时候......"

The man9;s voice outside was barely audible.

外面男人的声音几乎听不见。

“… No, wasn9;t this matter my jurisdiction…”

"......不，这不是我的管辖范围吗......"

It seems they were arguing outside the room.

看来他们是在房外争吵。

Clara emptied her tea, and looked at the door.

克拉拉倒掉茶，望着门。

“It sounds difficult. As expected, they don9;t want us to approach their goddess of fortune? Well, there are those sorts of rumors about Lyle-san.”

"......在这种时候？不过，我们还是可以在任何地方找到冒险者来担任守卫......明白了。我去问问。也告诉老板一声。"

谈判以失败告终。诺维姆是这么想的，但是......

"我为之前的事道歉。我们的情况发生了变化。如果您能接受我们的请求，我们将接受之前的事情。当然，我们也会为此支付可观的报酬。"

“… No, there9;s something strange.”

After hearing the rumors about Lyle, no parent in their right mind would ever let their precious daughter aboard the same vessel. That9;s why Novem and Clara were the ones who had come to negotiate.

"......不，有些奇怪。"

看到男子态度的转变，诺维姆笑了。

And the man…

“… At a time like this? B-but still, we could find adventurers to take up guard duty anywhere… understood. I9;ll try asking. Tell the boss that as well.”

门开了，那个男人走了进来。他看起来比以前更不耐烦了，但笑容没有垮掉。

She could hear some flustered voices on the other side of the door.

她听到门的另一边传来一些慌乱的声音。

It had ended in failure. That9;s what Novem thought, but…

说着说着......

“I apologize for before. And our circumstances have changed. If you will accept a request of ours, we shall accept the previous matter. Of course, we will also pay a considerable reward for it.”

And said that…

Seeing the man9;s change in attitude, Novem smiled.

"您能详细说说吗？"

听到关于莱尔的传言后，任何一个正常的父母都不会让自己的宝贝女儿登上同一艘船。这就是诺维姆和克拉拉来谈判的原因。

而那个男人......

"听起来很难。果然，他们不想让我们接近他们的幸运女神吗？嗯，有关于莱尔先生的那些传闻。"

“Could you go into the details?”

The door opened, and the man entered. He looked a little more impatient than before, but his smile hadn9;t crumbled.