Dragon and Ogre, Sacrifice and Sin (4)

It was my first time riding a magical airship, but it was so cramped that I couldn't help wondering whether it was really safe to ride in it.

The ship was shaped like a squat, chunky, square sea lion, and was about the size of four containers joined together. Most of its space was taken up by cargo.

Humans were just an afterthought; cargo was the main event.

The margraviate was indeed a source of rare monsters and plants, and the Adventurers' Guild apparently took temporary custody of anything adventurers discovered, then shipped it to the Holy Capital to be sold.

The money accumulated at the Adventurers' Guild in the Holy Capital, so adventurers who earned money in the margraviate returned triumphantly to the Holy Capital carrying deposit certificates.

In other words, no money stayed in the margraviate.

——Currency is heavy, so it can't be loaded onto an airship.

I said to Mira-sama,

——Then we should transport it in small quantities. If two airships make the round trip each month, it's not impossible to carry it.

——I've proposed that to the Adventurers' Guild, but this is only a "branch office," so it's inferior in influence to the "headquarters" in the Holy Capital...