Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne? Chapter 112

Greed Company Headquarters

Year 7443, Month 12, Day 1

After paying the wages for the five others that aren't slaves we were about to head the dungeon the same as usual. Along the way, I started talking about things from here on out.

"Since it's about come to the point where we can clear through the 5th floor, from here on..I guess so, in another two months or so I don't think we'll be able to continue with only staying one night in the dungeon like right now but what should we do?"

I start talking to Zenom about that and,

"That's certainly true..It takes from morning to evening to get to the end of the 3rd floor after all..Things get pretty harsh if we don't take a nights rest there. And no matter how much we used to them it seems like getting through the 4th and 5th floor will take a full day as well. It might be about time for us to think about staying in the dungeon for a full week like other parties."

After looking at my face he looked up and replied.
Everyone else didn't say anything in particular but I can tell they don't really like the idea of it. After all, right among the 6 days in the week we're exploring the dungeon for 4 days, and have one half day off, and only one full day of rest. In other words, we only have 5 full days of breaks during the month. If it comes to this then it might be better to not use the standard as one week of work but rather one month.

For example, it might be good to split it into 10 days. From the first day until the sixth day we're in the dungeon, and then we have two days off on the seventh and eighth days and get some proper rest. On the ninth day we go to the dungeon but not to explore just to practice our cooperation. Nevertheless, if I think about the density of our training it still feels more efficient to do it in the vacant lot at the edge of town as we have up until now. And we rest on the tenth day. If we do this then the number of work days until now was 22.5 days will decrease to 21 days. However, the amount of time we'll be in the deeper floors of the dungeon will be incomparable to what we have until now so if we look at it comprehensively if it has any effect on our earnings it would rather increase them.

The problem is whether we can suddenly spend a whole week inside of the dungeon so putting it frankly, the amount of time we're restricted will increase more than now. You could also change the way of saying as the amount of time we can comfortably sleep on a bed will decrease. We still have to properly pay for the cost of the inn even when we're not staying there. Well, if it's an entire week, then it's like using the inn as an expensive locker but since everyone has amassed a decent amount of wealth. It's also possible to take one persons room and put everyone's stuff there for the time we're out but if someone were to take another persons room during that time it would probably feel unpleasant.

If they're interested in it, I could make use of my privilege as a Type-2 company and create a paid locker in the government office of Rombertia and Baldukk as well. It costs an amount the same level as the cost of an inn but if you gather your assets into a currency above silver coins it isn't all that bulky so if you definitely want to store your assets it's a potential option. Although, this is an asset preservation system for Type-2 companies when they're in the vicinity of the capital to do business for a few days so there's not many people who use it for long periods. That's why it requires quite an expensive maintenance cost of 5,000 Z (50 copper coins) per day.

It's a 60 cm or so cube locker but even if it's just silver coins you put quite a few inside and if you made it into gold coins then let alone a town you could fit enough of them in to buy an entire territory and still have some change leftover. I'm sure you could easily fit several billion Z inside. When you leave it to them the officials produce a list of the amounts and goods inside and confirm status as well. Obviously the license of a Type-2 company is necessary as well so even if they're a noble if they don't have a company over Type-2 then they can't use it.

After that another method of safely maintaining your assets is leaving them at the temple. As a matter of fact at the temple in Baldukk I'm borrowing a locker similar to the one at the government office. I'm saving up all of the assets I've earned from business selling armor and inside of the dungeon. It costs the large amount of 300,000 Z (30 silver coins) per month but for starters it's safe and since you can just keep leaving stuff there it's reliable for me. The only amount I have on hand is at most? 10,000,000 Z (10 gold coins).

By the way, right now I've left 370 gold coins there, a bit over 370,000,000 Z. Gold coins have a diameter of a bit over 6 cm and width of over 3 mm, so if it's just 500 or so of them then they'll fit inside of a small bag. It seems that platinum coins are one size larger but since I've never seen the real thing I don't know. Even gold coins you can only use at reasonably large stores and right now just one locker is plenty large enough so I have no problem at all.

I digressed a bit there but I guess it's going overboard worrying about the cost of their inn huh? Since I'm paying plenty in wages and how they use that is their freedom.

"..Hn..I guess so. I guess it's fine as we are now until we get to 80% completed on the map of the 5th floor. Either way when we go to the 6th floor there's no choice but to change the method we do it, let's think about it after seeing the 6th floor a number of times."

Even then suddenly spending a week in the dungeon is something to consider over. It might be better to slowly increase the days instead. I'm sure it's necessary to get used to the mentality of remaining tense for several days straight after all.

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Year 7443, Month 12, Day 2

We've been exploring the dungeon from yesterday morning until close to the evening of today and when I returned to my inn to change before dinner there was a message for me. It's from Sub-Baron Logflat. It seems that an opening will come out for a good location. I'll try going to Rombertia to take a look at it tomorrow. Conveniently it's Wednesday after all. Since we have the entire day off I'm sure I should have plenty of time to make the round-trip to Rombertia and back after seeing the company headquarters or making negotiations on it.

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Year 7443, Month 12, Day 3

After eating break I quickly got on my war horse and headed towards Rombertia. Just in case I've prepared 50,000,000 Z in funds as well. It's a bit too much but in the worst case even if I have to throw down some money I want to make sure to I have a means to get the headquarters for my company.

I went to the "Emerald Duke Grab Reception Hall" and after stating my name had them call out the Sub-baron. The Sub-baron came out right away.

"Sub-Baron, thank you for leaving me a message. It's without delay but I'd like to see the actual place but.."

"Yeah, it's fine, shall we go?"

I left my war horse at the "Emerald Duke Crab Reception Hall" and rode on the carriage together with the Sub-Baron making small talk, while first going to the real estate agency he was going to introduce me. It seems to be a real estate agency on the same level as Takishis Company that I made a request of before and the name is Girean Company it seems. After that we had a person from the company accompany us as we moved towards our destination. It seems to be a general goods store about midway down Bell Road.

I was pleased with it just from a glance. The size is moderate as well. The first floor is a shop and it seems the second floor is a living space. There's some display shelves and room to leave stock as well, this should be plenty.

"This place is nice. I like it. If I were to purchase what kind of price does it have? Also, when can I move into it?"

I tried asking the person from Girean Company. The Dog-people race merchant member,

"If it comes to purchase then, I guess so...According to the story I heard, you also need a workshop as well but if you'll search for that using our company as well then how about 38,000,000 Z? And you can move in right away. It's fine if we just throw out the people living here right now after all."

and said that. Expensive~ I'm sure that 30,000,000 is unreasonable for the market price but it still shouldn't go beyond 35,000,000 Z.

"Hmhmm..38,000,000 huh... By the way how much would it be if it comes to renting?"

"If it's renting then we'd like 250,000 Z per month. After all, the location is good so you'll never run out of pedestrian traffic. There's a branch office of the fourth knight group one block away as well, so it's quite safe."

Hmm, it's pretty vague. It pays off in about 15-16 years. However, if I decide right now then it's definite that someone would be sent over from Bakuddo by the spring of next year. In the first place, I've prepared a bit of extra money so it would be fine even if it was a bit expensive. Since it's in quite a good place after all, I guess it's fine.

"Hmn, I understand, I'll purchase it. However, please show me the inside and the structure. Also, it's fine later on but I want to see several candidates for the workshop as well."

When I said that and the merchant member made a face so happy he might start drooling. Since he's a dog. His tail which I can't see might be swinging.

"Of course we will. I'll let you in right away. Please, come over here."

He said that and invited me into the building. I followed after him into the store. There's pots, kettles, brooms, some small accessories, lined up all over the place but the cleaning has been done to a level where there's no dust anywhere. I wonder if it really wasn't flourishing even with this? Of course I'm sure it's only obvious they wouldn't let go of it if it were flourishing.

Further in the store there was a Cat-people woman who seemed to be in her 30s along with several children under 10 years old. When I nodded to her she returned a weak smile but,

"Hey, Yotlen, it seems a buyer has settled on it. It's this Greed-sama. He says he wants to see the building as well so let him in."

and the merchant member says quite threateningly. Well it's unrelated to me, if they ended up defaulting on the rent then the victim is the company after all. Also, it might simply be that because management got difficult they ended up going into debt to Girean Company as well. I somehow think I might feel a bit sorry for them but their circumstances don't matter to me at all. I rudely wander around the store hitting the pillars and walls.

I smiled at the Cat-people woman called Yotlen who was cowering away and,

"I want to see upstairs as well but is it fine?"

asked that and she nodded so I'm sure there's no need for restraint. I climb the narrow stairs and stepped foot on the second floor. Just from what I can see, the second floor is a normal living space. I look around at each room and confirm there's no particular problem. I hit the central pillar that goes through to the first floor and frown at the dust that comes from the roof while returning to the first floor again.

The Dog-people merchant member is rubbing his hands together while welcoming me,

"How was it?"

and said that.

"Hn, I guess it's fine."

I replied like that and the merchant member raises his voice to Yotlen without a moments delay.

"Hey, clear out of here by tomorrow morning, since we've just concluded negotiations!"

and said that so,

"Ah, about that though. It's no problem if you all use it until March of next year. However, in exchange for rent until then you all make sure to keep it clean."

I just said that and to the merchant member,

"I'll pay in cash right away. Also, show me the workshop as well."

said that and immediately left the store. For some reason the merchant member seemed displeased and the Sub-Baron grinning as we got on the carriage together again. When it comes to houses, if no one is living in them they damage faster. My father said it before I reincarnated. I just believe in that. We circled around the six places there were workshops candidates in order. I looked properly at them all but there was only one among them that was reasonably wide, had good water circulation, and I judged to be decent. However, it hadn't been maintained, the shelves that had been abandoned had turned into something like a layer of dirt it  was to the point where even the dust had become solid.

Well, if we redo maintenance and repairs on it then I'm sure it can be used. I decided to purchase it as well. I tried going all on haggling this one down to 4,800,000 Z.

I paid a total of 42,800,000 Z, signed the proof of trade, when I had them producing the property certification, I was relaxing in a corner of Girean Company drinking tea with the Sub-Baron.

"Sub-Baron, thank you very much for accompanying today even though I'm sure you're busy."

I said that and lowered my head to him.

"No not at all, you're an important business partner who sells "Saya" to our company after all so it's good to see where we will be going to do business from here on out. It's only obvious. And since we're still in front of this Girean Company as well.."

The Sub-baron says like it's nothing at all while waving his hand.

"Come to think of it, how was the reputation of the "Saya"? That's a high-class product that we can confidently suggest and we have confidence in the quality as well but"

I said that and the Sub-Baron hit his lap before leaning forward.

"That's right, that "Saya" but it's extremely popular. Thanks to that, since we've started using them the sales of our company have been going straight up. We've even reached the point where there was a 50% increase in sales for this month compared to last year and things are bustling with activity. As expected we were too busy so I discussed with the clerk but we're even thinking of bending our own rules and introducing slaves."

He said that with a broad smile. Ah, come to think of it one of his sales points was that they don't use any slaves.

"That's great. I'm glad beyond all else that we're able to be of use to you."

I smile while replying.

"No, no matter how we think about it, it's thanks to the "Saya". The other day when I discussed it with the clerk he said it as well and even if I ask the opinion from the employees and they all said it too. There's no particular change in the service since before and after we started introducing "Saya". Then in that case the cause of the change in sales can only be thought to be the "Saya". Everyone in our company really can't sleep with our feet facing Bakuddo."

Well, it's more or less just as I imagined. Honestly speaking, in order to see what kind of thing those pig's bowels are I tried going to a brothel in the capital. As expected I thought it's difficult to keep selling them without knowing.

And I was horrified. Did you know? I'm sure a Japanese like you wouldn't know. The thickness of the pig's bowels themselves are pretty vague but before even that they're pretty hard as well. Something like that, even comparing it to the low quality condom I tried using on a business trip to Southeast Asia once makes them look like less than shit. And, it's true that the condoms brother makes are less than the condoms of Southeast Asia as well but even then there's the difference between the moon and a snapping turtle when compared to the pig's bowels. I question the nerves of someone who can properly use something like that.

Ah, come to think of it didn't brother use it? Well it doesn't matter.

"No not at all, I'm delighted that you're pleased with them as well."

"Such modesty..and, that wrapping. Doesn't that have the emblem of the royal family on it? That's a point that the customers were quite surprised about as well, it's become a point of faith in them."

"I'm sure. I directly requested the royal family to allow me to make use of it after all. Well it's a product that's sold directly to the royal family. Just think that the quality is guaranteed."

After hearing my words the Sub-baron nodded as if it were only obvious. Just then the merchant member from before came back with the documents ready. If I put my thumb print on this with blood and take it to the government office then it's all over. I took the documents that were finished being made and then the Sub-Baron and I left Girean Company before heading to a branch office of the government.

After submitting the documents to the government office we once again returned to the "Emerald Duke Crab Reception Hall".

"How about it, will you try playing for a bit before leaving?"

The Sub-Baron said that but I a bit of unrefined business after this so I climbed on to my war horse.
Honestly I'm grateful for his proposal, I felt like something was pulling me back but it can't be helped.

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I once again returned to my future, no, it would be better to say finally got my hands on current. Since I still haven't finished the procedures to register it was the headquarters of my Type-2 company, it's not mistaken but in any case I headed towards the base of Greed Company. I tie my war horse to the stake in front of the shop, and moved over the threshold. If I interview them and they satisfy me, it might not be a bad idea to hire some cleaners.

And, I still need to make a signboard as well. I wonder where there's a place that sells signboards? Well, if I gain some new employees then it should be fine if I leave ordering a signboard as their first job.

Chapter end