The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 12

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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 012

On the day Lunein decided to visit the Elbanon Trading Guild.

Elisia announced her visit to the trading guild just one day in advance, saying she needed to see the goods herself.

Thanks to that, the guild master who had to rush back from partying extravagantly in the entertainment district was in a thoroughly foul mood.

The Elbanon Trading Guild Master and his aide were puffing on cigars while having a conversation.

“That young brat has no manners. If you’re going to visit someone’s business, you should give advance notice saying ‘I’ll come at this time, please take care of me,’ and show some sincerity. Right?”

The guild master made a gold sign with his index finger and thumb.

The aide quickly chimed in agreement.

“That’s right. Well, what would a young woman who doesn’t know how the world works understand?”

“Exactly! That’s it. What does a little girl know to be meddling in adults’ business? Tsk.”

“But will it be okay? Even so, she is the owner of that ‘Seton’…”

“Seton? Hmph, she’s probably just a brat who inherited what her parents built.”

“You’re absolutely right, Guild Master.”

Though he wondered if it was necessary to go this far against a young girl, just in case, he had replaced all the Hekail wheat in the warehouse with Hesen wheat.

He thought despicably.

‘It seems the wheat manager has changed to that girl, so there’s no need to be cautious anymore. If I switch to 100% Hekail wheat… how much profit this will be.’

Thinking this way, Elisia’s appearance didn’t seem so bad after all. The guild master waited for Elisia’s arrival while secretly grinning to himself.

Before long, several carriages arrived.

‘She must have called for reinforcements because she was scared to come alone.’

As expected of a greenhorn, the guild master sneered inwardly.

“Welcome, Miss! We welcome you to our Elbanon Trading Guild…”

“Miss?”

The guild master, who had been thinking only of Elisia and looking down on her, was startled.

The figure who got out of the carriage first looked back at him.

‘He’s huge.’

Purple eyes looking down at him coldly.

It was partly due to his height that was at least two heads taller and his physique that couldn’t be hidden even by clothes that covered his entire body without gaps.

But above all—

‘…What kind of eyes are those.’

The guild master’s body began trembling involuntarily at the overwhelming intimidation felt from the gaze looking down from above.

He felt infinitely small while the other seemed infinitely large.

The indifferent eyes that didn’t even show contempt were the gaze of someone looking not at a fellow human, but at a mere insect, dust, or trash.

Then.

“Shubel.”

A voice like one soothing an angry beast came from inside the carriage.

The man turned his gaze away from him to look at the carriage.

“Leave him be. It’s a mouth that won’t be useful after today anyway.”

“But, Madam.”

“Didn’t you promise to behave quietly when you followed along? Do you want to go back?”

Then surprisingly, the one who hadn’t even treated him as human made a sullen expression.

“I’ll behave quietly.”

“Good.”

When the man extended his hand, a white hand reached out from inside the carriage and accepted the escort.

The guild master couldn’t properly process their conversation because his head was spinning.

Elisia, who emerged from the carriage, looked at the guild master and smiled brightly.

“It’s been a while, Elbanon Guild Master. Have you been well?”

“Ah, yes, yes… Miss, no, have you also been well, Madam…”

“Of course, I’ve been well.”

She added mischievously.

“This morning I had bread made from the wheat you sent us for breakfast, and it was delicious.”

Cold sweat ran down the Elbanon Guild Master’s back.

‘What?’

He felt confused.

The eyes of the smiling young woman were very cold.

Eyes resembling high-purity rubies stared at him intently.

Strangely, it felt suffocating.

“Since I haven’t been long since inheriting this work from Mother, I brought along several experts. Please understand.”

Though her tone was gentle, she wasn’t asking for permission. It was a notification.

Usually, bringing unageed third parties was extremely rude behavior contractually, but the guild master couldn’t even object.

First, because he was already overwhelmed by Elisia’s confident and cool attitude.

Second, because of Shubel’s presence, who was looking down at him expressionlessly from behind Elisia.

“Yes…”

Seeing the completely deflated guild master, Elisia smiled mysteriously.

It would be troublesome if he was like this already. What had happened so far was just light psychological warfare.

What Elisia wanted wasn’t simply to deal with the Elbanon Trading Guild.

As Bella said, that would be too easy and meaningless.

When she moved personally, there had to be worthwhile value.

‘Right. It should at least serve as a ‘warning.”

To all the trading guilds and merchants she would deal with in the future.

What kind of ending awaited those who betrayed ‘Lunein.’ From now on, they would all learn.

For this purpose, Elisia felt the need to boost the Elbanon Guild Master’s spirits a little.

Since he was the most important character in this play, she hoped he would gather strength for the climax.

“After eating that bread, I understood why you were so proud of it, Guild Master. That’s why I brought my acquaintances.”

“Acquaintances, you mean…?”

“Good things should be shared together. One of them is actually considering importing wheat, so if the product is good, wouldn’t it become a decent business partner? Of course, I definitely think it will.”

“…!”

The deflated Elbanon Guild Master’s eyes lit up.

It was the look of someone who had found a new mark.

An introduction from the Duchy House meant providing a guarantee. It was a safer sales route.

“Ah, of course. Of course. Please come this way. I’ll personally guide you!”

Various guests got out of the carriages that had followed.

While the Elbanon Guild Master greeted the guests with a revived face, Elisia watched the door of the last carriage open.

Two men emerged from there.

“Hiccup. Have we already arrived…?”

A young man with a stern impression and a man in his mid-to-late thirties wearing an old hat pulled down low.

When the man staggered out of the carriage as if about to collapse, the young man sighed and supported him.

“Please get a hold of yourself, Lord Tairontse.”

“That girl Risha is, hiccup! ordering her old uncle around… Hiccup!”

In the man’s right hand was a bottle of honey liquor made with honey and buckwheat flour, one of the southern region’s specialties.

Elisia thought he was still the same and said to Shubel.

“Let’s go too.”

“Yes.”

Shubel gazed at the man who had called Elisia ‘Risha’ with unreadable eyes before escorting her.

The Elbanon Guild Master guided the group while going on at length about himself and his trading guild.

Only after entering the warehouse where the wheat was stored did he clear his throat and begin explaining the wheat being sold.

“Our Elbanon Trading Guild sells only southern Hesen wheat. Please look here.”

The guild master confidently brought out and showed the stored wheat.

Seeing how he even offered to let them touch it directly, he wasn’t foolish enough to show the original Hekail wheat as is.

‘Well, that would be too boring.’

To play along, she picked up a handful of golden wheat grains.

Rustle.

Wheat grains fell between my fingers, sparkling like gold particles.

When Shubel looked at me with a strange expression, I felt playful and asked.

“Why, do you think you wouldn’t be able to distinguish me if I were in a wheat field?”

“A wheat field, you say.”

“Yes. It was when I was young. My family had business in the Southern Great Plains.”

As I spoke, I realized something.

It had been a very long time since I talked about my ‘family’ to someone else.

So I hesitated, wondering if I should say more, when he asked in a low voice.

“It must have been harvest season?”

“That’s right. It was the height of harvest season. The wheat ears were ripening golden and the sky was high and blue.”

The more I spoke, the more my memories were drawn into childhood recollections.

Whoosh— the sound of wind blowing.

Wheat ears swaying in rhythm with it.

A girl in a white dress ran carelessly between the wheat fields. Every time the wheat swayed, the girl’s golden hair rippled softly too.

It was a childhood day that would never return.

“Do you know that at sunset, when you’re in the middle of a wheat field, the whole world looks like it’s dyed in a golden sea? Seeing that, my parents said this: if we lost you here, we’d never be able to find you.”

As I spoke lost in nostalgia, Shubel, who had been staring at me intently, moved his lips slightly.

“…nds.”

“Hm? What did you say?”

At his barely audible voice, I turned to look at him, and a hand that had somehow come close to my face gently lifted my hair.

And brushing it behind my ear, he said.

“I could find you.”

I opened my eyes wide.

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