(Risking My Life) Proposing to Miss Hazel - Chapter 44
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Chapter 44
“Felix, hurry up and open it.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Felix hastily unwrapped the letter and broke the seal.
Felix’s eyes sparkled brightly as he read through the letter first. His lips twitched, unable to hide his joy.
“Why, what is it? What does it say?”
“Hazel, hold onto your heart.”
“I’m holding it.”
“Take a deep breath.”
“Huff, huff.”
Felix turned the letter around and thrust it in front of my eyes.
My hand gripping my heart tightened with force.
“Wow…”
Is this for real?
The letter contained content that would have made me collapse from lack of oxygen if I hadn’t taken deep breaths beforehand.
To summarize the contents:
Sleep Tight, Sleep Well, and Lampflower Bouquet had all sold out within three days of being stocked by the trading caravan.
And every customer reordered the products within three days.
People who heard the rumors flocked in, and advance orders were pouring in, with even Benu’s mayor on the waiting list.
A trading caravan employee had departed for Ruden Village and was expected to arrive in a week.
They wanted us to produce as much as possible by then from the total order quantity.
The total quantity was-.
“One, ten, hundred, thousand…”
1000.
It was a thousand pieces.
To be exact: 1,000 ‘Sleep Well’, 1,000 ‘Sleep Tight’, and 100 Lampflower Bouquets.
I doubted my own eyes and asked Felix.
“Felix, I didn’t miscount the zeros, did I?”
“No. I’m looking at it too.”
No matter how many times I looked, I couldn’t believe it.
Total quantity: 2,100 pieces.
It was a number I’d never heard or seen before.
“But what’s this?”
I checked the gold coin attached to the bottom of the letter and tilted my head in confusion.
Felix read the memo written below the gold coin.
“It says it’s a token of faith from Kaiden Goldenhands? Could it be…”
“A Goldenhands gold coin?”
“Yeah, that’s right. The coin has a palm print stamped on it.”
I clutched my heart once again. I felt dizzy from lack of oxygen.
A Goldenhands gold coin.
An all-access pass to any restaurant, club, or hotel operated by the Bashar Merchant Guild.
Anyone who possessed this could even borrow money directly from Kaiden Goldenhands. Interest-free for three months.
It was essentially a VIP badge for the Bashar Merchant Guild, a legendary item that every merchant knew about.
I muttered in bewilderment.
“Is it okay for them to give us something like this? We’ve only done business with them once.”
However, Felix raised his nose high to the sky as if this stroke of fortune was only natural.
“Mr. Kaiden has good judgment. He recognized that gold would spring forth from Golden Sundries Shop.”
***
That afternoon.
I jingled a bag of silver coins as I climbed up to the Herb Gatherers’ Hut.
I caught the uncles who were getting off work, gathered them all together, and pointed my finger at the baskets full of white claw grass and lampflowers.
“From there to there, give me everything. I’ll buy it all.”
This was something I’d always wanted to say in my life.
It’s usually a line you’d say when buying dresses or jewelry, but so what? To me, white claw grass is diamonds and lampflowers are sapphires.
“Ooh.”
The uncles, impressed by my spirit, applauded first. They looked like they’d just watched an entertaining one-man show by a skilled performer.
But the response that came back was a refusal.
“That’s difficult. We also have basic quantities we need to supply to the trading caravan.”
I wasn’t discouraged.
I knew Bill would give this kind of answer.
I curled up the corners of my mouth and shouted loudly.
“Double!”
“!!”
The uncles’ eyes widened.
They stroked their beards and began discussing quite seriously.
“Not bad, right? She said double?”
“Bill, what do you want to do?”
“We can make up excuses, can’t we? We’ll say the hut caught fire.”
“Right, the penalty fee isn’t that much.”
“These people are still trustworthy…”
“Triple!!”
My decisive blow stopped the uncles’ conversation dead.
Bill, the representative of the herb gatherers, walked over to me and extended his hand.
“Deal.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, there’s no reason to refuse.”
Bill’s lips curled up. I held his hand with both of mine and asked carefully.
“Then… couldn’t you give me a little discount?”
The uncles simultaneously burst into laughter, holding their stomachs.
Even though they weren’t drunk, their laughter sounded like it was soaked in alcohol as it shook the hut’s roof.
“Hahaha, give her a discount!”
“Hazel, that guy already gave in at double! He was just teasing you by dragging it out, but you shouted triple.”
“Tsk, those guys who don’t know how to do business.”
We eventually finished negotiations somewhere between double and triple. An extremely double-leaning triple.
Honestly, I had come thinking double too. Triple was… I just wanted to try shouting it once.
After completing the deal, the herb gatherer uncles rushed to Rupert’s Tavern.
They said they’d drink until their noses were crooked since they struck it rich today.
“Uncles, don’t drink the new menu item!”
That stuff is very dangerous.
***
My next destination was the Village Central Square.
This was today’s most important schedule.
A chilly wind blew across the dark night sky.
Thud, thud – tense footsteps could be heard from all directions.
From the east came blacksmith Uncle Franz.
From the west, Uncle Paul from the leather workshop.
From the south, Anna from the clothing store.
From the north, Hazel from Golden Sundries Shop.
It was the beginning of the nth Baron competition.
I absolutely had to win this rock-paper-scissors battle.
Because without Baron, I couldn’t handle the white claw grass and lamp flowers.
But the uncles and aunties who spotted me sighed and turned around.
Uncle Paul openly clicked his tongue.
“Tch, today’s competition is ruined.”
Uncle Franz scrunched up his already scary face.
“When was the last time I got to use my relative properly.”
Anna muttered in a dejected voice.
“Sigh, I have so much hemming to do tomorrow. And Maribel is no help at all.”
I hurriedly grabbed the departing adults.
“Why are you leaving? Let’s have a fair rock-paper-scissors match!”
“Sure, we’ll fairly withdraw.”
“What?!”
No matter how much I held onto them, it was useless.
The aunties and uncles had already lost their will to participate long ago.
That day’s Baron competition ended in my victory without any battle.
When Baron appeared late, the adults promised him next time and disappeared.
Of course, they didn’t forget to thoroughly tease me and Baron.
“Baron, you can work with Hazel tomorrow. Hazel needs you, doesn’t she?”
Excuse me, Anna. That’s not wrong, but it’s quite misleading.
“Oh my, Baron is so lucky. Hazel’s popularity is through the roof these days. I even saw some man pestering her for a meal.”
Uncle Paul, you can’t pierce the sky with anything. And what’s this about my popularity? That man is your cousin.
Words of explanation rose to my throat, but the adults had already scattered like smoke.
Baron approached with his characteristic pretty eye smile.
“Um, well, Baron, so…”
Flustered, my tongue got all twisted.
Not knowing what to say, I just scratched my neck, when Baron asked with a fresh smile.
“What did you throw?”
“Huh?”
“Rock, paper, or scissors?”
“Oh… actually, everyone forfeited. I suggested rock-paper-scissors, but…”
Baron seemed to enjoy my discomfort, even adding “hmm” sounds while quietly waiting for me to finish.
At least it’s fortunate he knows his own personality is strange.
“So what were you going to throw?”
“Scissors…? But why are you curious about that?”
“To play rock-paper-scissors.”
“With me?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
I played rock-paper-scissors with Baron in a half-dazed state, and as a result, I cut his week’s wages in half and ended up getting lunch from him while we worked together.
All I did was throw scissors, but I have no idea how it ended up like this.
‘Baron… he’s really a strange person.’
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