Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu

Chapter 389: Regular Patrons struggle and a secret crisis (Top-Mid)

It is a word that has finally begun to spread after Tsige became a country.

A new word that’s beginning to gather envy right after the word Top Rankers that pertains to the top adventurers that head to the wasteland.

These people who are called regular patrons are the ones who are now able to freely come and go from the Mist Town which had been impossible to do so for the adventurers until now.

The Mist Town is called the Safe Room or the Mountain of Treasure in the wasteland, so the regular patrons are a target of never ending attention.

At times they would be tailed with animosity, and at times they would get proper reception; all of them trying to know the method to become regular patrons.

But it seems like they have been silenced by the ones of the Mist Town, most wouldn’t speak a word.

The Adventurer Guild is also being careful about getting involved with this matter as they communicate with the regular patrons.

It is without doubt one of the top secrets of the current wasteland, and it may be little by little, but it has begun to leak from a minority of adventurers.

It was right at this time.

“Aah! What’s the meaning of this?! The material I asked for is not coming in?! This is the top location to get materials in Tsige! You are the Muzo Company-san that has in stock stuff that doesn’t even show up in the market, right?!”

A bad natured man was raising his voice in a visibly splendid reception room of a company.

At his side there’s a slender man in fancy attire.

From the looks of it, a merchant or a scholar and their bodyguard.

That’s the kind of vibe the two give.

There was no sign of the two leaving despite how kind the receptionist was being.

Judging from their talk, the problem is because of the bad performance of the Muzo Company in fulfilling the contract, so leaving aside them being a nuisance and how loud they are, the issue lies with the company.

The receptionist could only lower her head and apologize.

The materials that can only be obtained in the wasteland are all special in their own way and powerful. In other words, they are used in important situations most of the time.

If it were a normal dispute between company and customer, it usually can be resolved with money, but there’s cases when both sides can’t back down.

“Customer-sama, we are truly sorry. I am the one who has been left in charge with the 1st Gathering Division; my name’s Sho. Let’s continue this in a different room… I will make sure it will by no means be a bad deal for you.”

This apology that looks sincere, and the polite and gentle smile she had as she guided them.

The two customers who were raising their voices loudly were led to a deep part of the store.

The female receptionist was unable to endure her tears and had to withdraw with a number of people accompanying her.

The one at the very front of the very long line of customers came up next, and a new business discussion began.

This is a situation that has been seen pretty often in the Muzo Company as of late.

“The coming and going of people is increasing instead of decreasing, and if we were just looking at the sales as a whole, it is on the rise. But what’s awaiting for the future are dark clouds; that’s the kind of feeling that sight of before gave.” (Muzo)

The representative of the Muzo Company frowned at a place that seems like the customers can’t see, but he can.

It is rare for someone as cold as him to show such emotions.

He was on the top two of Tsige’s ice cold faces together with the former Adventurer Guild branch chief, Lucas. Because of that, cold sweat flowed down from the forehead of the secretary.

By the way, Lucas has begun to sing praises about life, so right now the representative of the Muzo Company is the only one at the top of the ice cold faces.

“We have been steadily increasing the support adventurer parties, and we have been speaking to the skilled adventurers faster than anyone else by using the wasteland rankings.”

The one working as the secretary is a young woman.

This world is composed mostly of beautiful people, but within all of those, her attire and the etiquette she shows were also polished, and she possessed beauty that could pull gazes on her.

But well, the one who hired her also saw her ability when employing her though.

That’s why she didn’t get arrogant from her own beauty, and was able to do the necessary report swiftly.

“…How is the place of Toa-san doing?” (Muzo)

“‘They have formed a good relationship with several companies’, is how they leave it vague, so we haven’t been able to form an exclusive contract with them.”

“Honestly speaking, if the Kuzunoha Company were to take them in, we would be able to just give up though -just like that orphanage.” (Muzo)

“…Yeah…”

“However, despite them being the undisputable first place, they are not regular patrons of the Mist Town. The qualifications to become one are still not clear.” (Muzo)

“Yes. But most of the parties that have spoken about their personal experience said that they were unable to come and go to the Mist Town after that.”

“…Meaning that we went through the trouble of giving money to promising adventurers just to lower their worth, huh.” (Muzo)

“My apologies.”

“It was my decision. There’s no fault in you. And?” (Muzo)

“Regarding the two of before, they were requesting amber inky cap mushrooms.”

“Amber inky cap mushrooms? …Raw?” (Muzo)

The representative tilted his head slightly at the material that was spoken of.

“No, they said it was okay even if it was dried.”

“That’s impossible. If I remember correctly, it is true that you can’t obtain them unless you are decently deep in the wasteland, but if it is okay even if they are dried, we should have in the inventory.” (Muzo)

He is right.

That material is something that can be obtained at pretty decent amounts even in the wasteland.

If it were raw, the difficulty would shoot up, but the dried ones can be stored, so it shouldn’t be a difficult job for the Muzo Company by any means.

The representative placed a hand on his forehead.

He could now see why those customers were so angry.

“…About that…it has become harder than predicted to maintain the materials. The rare materials that the contracted adventurers are bringing in has increased. The super rare items that wouldn’t have been difficult to stockpile before have increased in demand at an outstanding speed.”

“It was brought up as a topic of discussion last week, right? To think it would be at this speed. Looks like this isn’t the time to just be watching the number of sales go up.” (Muzo)

“…Yes.”

“A drastic change that even Patrick Rembrandt compared to a tsunami. I thought I had prepared myself for whatever would come but…this is overwhelming.” (Muzo)

A sigh leaked out from him.

“…”

“Representative?”

“If the keel were to break while acting tough, it would spiral into a situation we won’t be able to recover from, huh.” (Muzo)

“??”

“I will be going out for a bit.” (Muzo)

“Eh?! W-Where?!”

“I will be back by evening. I want to share this information urgently, so please cancel the appointments I had tonight.” (Muzo)

“…Understood. I will call for a meeting at once. Is 3 okay?”

“Yes, I will leave it to you.” (Muzo)

The two wrap up the conversation smoothly.

The representative didn’t specify the place he would be going, but he did order what should be done.

The secretary obeys.

This is the usual sight for them.

She is a secretary, but at times she would serve as a double.

The representative of the Muzo Company that had been blessed with a capable talent had left onto the city of Tsige while the sun was still high up in order to at least serve as a stress buffer.

“Even though I am already having him be considerate with me… I don’t really want to put too much of a burden on him. I can’t ignore the glaring of Rembrandt-san either. Good grief. How long has it been since I have felt like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place?” (Muzo)

He wiped the sweat that didn’t come from the heat of the sun, and a truly rare complaint leaked out from the Muzo Company representative.