Heading South

When I told Marrow, who had come to the Hamada domain, about my plan to use the Anis River through the wetlands as a canal, he was incredibly enthusiastic.

He said he definitely wanted to give it a try.

He was the kind of man who'd charge into dangerous places if he thought there was money to be made, but he wasn't merely reckless.

He was a genuine merchant with a nose for business. Hearing my plan, he'd probably decided it could make an unbelievable amount of money.

Well, if we could use the river as a canal, we'd have the shipping trade all to ourselves.

Even if other merchants wanted to copy us, they couldn't do it without the slime repellents I'd come up with and motors powered by golem cores.

As soon as Marrow went to the Marrow Trading Company's branch in Astrantia, Primula came to Sakura.

She'd probably heard about the ship from him.

We sat at the table in front of the house and talked.

"Sorry, Primula. At this rate, I'm going to end up sending your father somewhere dangerous."...