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Orc Harem Vol 5 Chapter 6
🕑 Added 2021-06-22 14:33:14 +0000 UTCChapter 6: Ork Company’s Motto is Win-Win
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We returned to the city and checked the matter of our application to open a stall. As expected, we are given the location in front of a portable toilet, the worst location for a stall selling sweets.
To explain about this city’s temporary toilet, it’s a very deep hole that is surrounded by wooden planks. Well, nobody will want to eat something like sweets near such thing, absolutely.
The result is exactly like I expected that it made me laugh.
Tita is pouting by puffing her cheeks. She is glaring at the allocation paper.
「I’ll protest! How can they give this kind of place to an application for a sweets stall, this is absolutely insane.」
「No, there is no need for that. Show me that paper.」
I told Tita to send application for opening a stall even knowing that this would happen because of my faint hope that even those senile old fools still have a small amount of conscience and to take a look at this allocation paper.
You can only get this paper after submitting an application. There is a rule that this paper cannot be shown to outsider.
There is also how we only sent this application late, so all the good places have been occupied. Although this commercial city is vast, so there are still a lot of places far better than this location near the toilet.
「Hm, this place is nice.」(Tita)
「Ah, that’s the location where Zacharic Company is opening a stall. The place is wide, and it’s also facing the main street. It’s the best.」(Kururu)
「I’ll ask Zacharic Company to allow us to use that location. Let’s also borrow several skilled pastry chefs and waiters from them.」
「Wait, that’s obviously impossible. There is no way they will give us a location this good aren’t they!?」(Tita)
Normally it will be like that.
Zacharic Company was able to take this location not because of a fair lottery. They used political communication and money for it. They can obtain this strategic location by going that far.
They won’t let go of it unless because of a significant reason.
But, conversely speaking…….
「We can negotiate with them for it if there is a significant reason. Then Tita, I’m sorry but go cancel the application that Ork Company made.」
「Yep, leave it to me. Also, don’t do anything that will anger Zacharic Company okay?」
「Of course.」
They are also my lifeline in my current situation where I’m being targeted by the senile old fools of the commerce association, so I won’t do anything stupid.
「Wait, why are you wearing apron!?」(Tita)
「Hmm, no, I’m going to make a bit of sweets first before going to Zacharic Company.」
「If you’re making them at this kind of timing, that means it will be the weapon to persuade them then.」
As expected from Tita. She really know me well.
This sweets will be none other than the weapon that will make the great sage and his daughters to moan and Zacharic to consent.
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I came to Zacharic Company.
Even though I came without making any appointment beforehand, Zzacharic cancelled his scheduled meeting just to make time for me.
I can’t possibly waste his time, so I entered the main topic right away.
I spread out the allocation paper and point at the location in question.
「I have a request. I want you to give me this location……or rather, I want to turn it into a joint stall for Ork Company and Zacharic Company.」
「……You suddenly say something outrageous again. There is no way you don’t understand the meaning of this location being in our possession.」
「Yes, I come with this proposal exactly because I understand. Please rest assured. I’m a merchant. There is no way I’ll make a proposal that will only benefit myself. Such thing will throw a mud at the face of my teacher, Helf Randall.」
Not only that’s how a merchant should act, that’s the minimum etiquette a merchant must have, a rule.
Only swindler or beggar will try to profit one-sidedly for themselves.
The exchange between merchants can only be formed for the first time when there is profit for both sides.
「Fumu, then what is the merit for my Zacharic Company to open this joint stall?」
「……Before that allow me to confirm the premise. There is something that Zacharic Company has to accomplish no matter what in this celebration, the largest scale festival in the world that gather people from inside and outside the country. That is making an appeal for coffee and cheap sugar. Am I wrong?」
Zacharic is a real deal of a merchant. In that case, there is no way he is planning to use the festival with the sole purpose of earning money from a single day sale.
If people from all over the world will gather, he will think to advertise his main product to the whole world that will lead to even more sale in the future.
That’s exactly why he take possession of the greatest location to put a shop there that will advertise his main product.
「I won’t deny that. Yes, that stall will be for that. I’m also thankful to Ork Company because it’s only thanks to you that both the sugar and coffee will become successful products. But, I have already paid the compensation for that. I don’t think that I’ll need Ork Company’s help for the festival, nor do I remember of any debt that I have to you.」
That too is true.
Suggesting something only by relying on the connection from managing the products together……there is no way that kind of naïve thinking will go through. A contract is absolute, you can’t ask for more after receiving the amount that is written in the contract.
「I know. That’s why I want to make an offer. A weapon for the sake of advertising coffee and sugar to even wider audience. How is Zacharic Company planning to advertise coffee and sugar? At most you will only open a café that also sell those goods.」
「At most you say? That’s a horrible way to put it, but it’s just as you say.」
「That’s weak. Coffee is starting to take root in this commercial city and its neighboring cities. It also has some degree of popularity……but, it’s still lacking to grab the attention of people all over the world. It doesn’t has the impact to grasp their heart in one shot.」
「Fumu, that won’t necessarily be the case with the mood of the festival helping won’t it?」
「It’s exactly because it’s a festival that people will get curious and drink coffee. But, will it be enough to make them want to drink it one more time?」
People would try to eat and drink strange things because it’s a festival.
They will give it a try because of such curiosity.
But, the charm of coffee isn’t something that can be understood from just trying it once. In most case, people will only have the impression of bitterness remaining behind when drinking coffee for the first time.
「Then, what kind of suggestion Ork-dono has for me?」
「A sweets that has been presented to the treasure of the Forland Kingdom that is the greatest country of this continent, the beautiful princess Rurine Forland. That princess was astonished by it and gave it her high praise. Such sweets of wonder is being sold in that stall. Furthermore it is created by our coffee and sugar as its ingredients.」
「……Surely such sweets will be showered with tremendous attention if such thing can really come true. It will become the greatest showpiece of this festival itself. IN addition, if it’s a sweets that Princess Rurine highly praised, it will grasp the eater’s heart just by eating it once. But, I’ve never heard any rumor that such sweets exist.」
「Yes, that’s correct. After all I’m planning to give it to Princess Rurine tomorrow for her to try, and then I’m going to ask her to spread the rumor in the high society. I’m going to make the legend after this. The rumor will spread before the festival start, and then the major merchants will hear about it and the rumor will resound in the middle of the masses too.」
「Something like that……I don’t doubt that such thing is within Ork-dono’s capability. But, I thought that you dislike making use of your influence as a royalty?」
He asked me with an expression that is a mix of exasperation and expectation.
「Exactly. But, Rurine is my woman. I won’t hesitate to borrow the strength of my woman, and besides I’m going to make a sweets that won’t bring any shame to her name. The sweets is going to be something that will make want her to brag to other people no matter what even if I’m not asking her to.」
If it’s Rurine, she will surely proclaim any sweets that I give her as wonderful no matter how bad it actually is.
But, Rurine’s reputation will be harmed if she do something like that. If Rurine is going to praise the sweets than it has to be something that is worthy for her praise.
「Fuh, as I thought Ork-dono is interesting. It’s a nice idea, certainly sweets will be more attractive than beverage. More so if it’s a sweets that has been given Rurine Forland’s stamp of approval. I too wish to give it a try by all means.」
「I thought you’ll say that, so I’ve brought it with me.」
I took that out.
My cake that used coffee and also the best quality of milk that I obtained by intentionally making a village for it.
Zacharic took a bite of it before he broke into a smile.
「This is, wonderful. It’s good enough already even without the stamp of approval of Rurine Forland. Very well, let’s open a joint stall together!」
I smiled and shook his hand.
Now then, there is another problem now that thing became like this.
If this sweets is turned into the showpiece of the festival, then the quantity of the ingredients that we will need will be in a different scale.
I only noticed it after this late.
Just the capacity of my ranch won’t be enough.
(Guess I’ll ask them.)
I’m going to orc village and ask for meat that I promised Kururu. While I’m there, I’ll also consult them if they can supply me with cow milk during the festival or not.
……But, it’s my childhood friends who are managing the cows huh. The trio who bullied me in the past.
I paid a great amount when I asked them for the female cow and calves.
I wonder what they will demand from me next……but, I can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs. Creating this sweets required the orc quality cow milk. Also it’ll be inexcusable if the sweets run out in just several hours after the festival started.
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