Arms dealer in another world

“Welcome. What are you looking for?” Cecilia looks around at the cloth rather than revealing her identity immediately, as if to move carefully to the end.

“Everything looks good. ”

“Of course, something from this city, something from another region. Among them, I only prepared for the cheap and the good. There are a lot of beautiful elf girls to hang out with. ”

“Can I see the second cheapest and the fifth most expensive? ”

In Cecilia's question, the merchant stops momentarily. But it was literally a moment, and soon I regained my composure and said.

“Of course. Just a moment. So...

Then the merchant handed over a few sheets of cloth to Cecilia. Cecilia looks at the clothing and nods.

“Thank you. Here's your price. ”

That's how Cecilia and the merchant broke up.

Apparently, it's a very common trade.

I see it, but the security I didn't miss was different.

“Shall we head back to the lodge? ”

“Sure."

Soon after returning to the lodging, the two scattered the fabrics they had purchased from no one.

One of the few cloths was different from the usual items. You see a little note between the cloths.

The contents of the note were simple. At any time after midnight, he asked to have a second contact at a bar on the outskirts of the city.

The guard carefully examined the note as well as the other parts of the cloth, said.

“There was nothing suspicious about the merchant. Are we sure this is our friend? ”

“If the work is not wrong, it certainly is. ”

“Unless something goes wrong. ”

Work can always go wrong. Just like when I went to meet the Silver Dollars and met the Red Crystal Tribe that just destroyed them.

You can't do anything if you're worried that something might go wrong. You should be cautious, but if you did not feel any suspicious energy in the process before or after, it was right to act.

“Are you going to see him? ”

“Yes."

“Okay, well, take care of it for a while. ”

“... I hope so. ”

Cecilia sighs a little as she answers.

It is also my job to introduce security, as I am more familiar with the anti-Imperial Union. However, it was difficult to easily decide how to explain the unique existence such as security.

If nothing had happened, it would have been the escort that did business on its own before coming here.

Of course, there was an excuse that the collapse of tissues, including Tiniel, was inevitable. The question was whether they would be able to take good care of their security in this organization.

At the same time, he was also concerned about how he would be reflected in this organization.

If it were an ordinary elf, even if it was a humbled Half Elf, it would not have been as clean as this. The problem was that three Celia were Dark Elves.

In the former organization, there were beings like Tiniel who took care of Cecilia's rear. Despite being Dark Elves, it was not so severe.

But this place could be different.

Dark Elves. Corrupted by the forces of darkness. It is regarded as being close to the machinery itself, so it is close to being hated beyond the level of receiving a thousand on the continent.

The guard, who was looking at Cecilia, was prepared in his own way. I'll do it again if I have to.

The rendezvous was a bar on the outskirts of the city.

Carlas forbids people from walking through at night, but he doesn't stop drinking from night to morning in bars.

Yes. Drinking all night long in bars and bars is a long tradition in Kalas and the surrounding area.

Thanks to you, there are several taverns all night long all over Calas. Just as the Empire was worried about rebel molecules going through the gap, several city guards were stationed around this particular bar.

Security and Cecilia entered the bar just before curfew. They both decided to order something else instead.

"Two coffees here, please. ”

“I understand.”

Cecilia's the escort who ordered the coffee.

Crab said.

“I don't think I've ever had coffee in the world before. ”

“I've never done it before. ”

There was coffee on the continent of Pangea.

However, not as a global national beverage such as the earth, but consumed as a state in several regions and continents, and belonged to a rare beverage that could not be found in other provinces. even though it was surprisingly part of a common beverage in consumed regions.

Shortly after ordering, I had two cups of coffee. I just called it 'coffee’ and wondered what variation would come out, but I also found something familiar for the guard.

“Turkish coffee. ”

“Turkey... what? ”

“This is how we used to call coffee in our world. ”

Turkish coffee. It is coffee made by boiling bean powder in water, literally ‘sweet’.

Coffee was commonly seen in Turkey, the Middle East and Southern Europe, such as the name, among many methods of coffee delivery. I've also had several experiences with guards who are familiar with the bow of the Middle East.

Cecilia, on the other hand, is a world person, not an elf, but more unfamiliar than a guard.

It was my face, it was clear that I had never tried the coffee itself before.

“Smells good. ”

“It looks like you didn't put any sugar in it, so it should be pretty good. Be careful."

“That's okay. That's enough...

Then Cecilia frowned with coffee in her mouth.

Naturally, Turkish coffee was generally a fairly strong and bitter type of coffee, as many Coffee Berry Acts see on a global basis. Unless you deliberately drop it gently, or add sugar or other additives.

Coffee in front of you is based on Turkish coffee

Lothar looked pretty thick. Seeing Cecilia's vote, it was a wool without any sugar.

“I knew it. ”

Then the guard also drank a cup of coffee.

Turkish coffee for the first time in the world. I soaked the entire mouth from the tip of my tongue with a unique dark taste and aroma.

The craftsmanship and quality of the coffee itself were not bad. Although it was lacking in guarding's taste for coffee that he wanted to grind two of the finest circles and pour directly into the French press.

“Not bad. ”

Unlike such security guards, Cecilia tasted the coffee carefully and made a tea for beginners with big blood. The guard smiled and asked the waiter.

"Is there any sugar here? ”

“Sugar? Nothing like that. ”

“I understand.”

Obviously, the price and consumption patterns on this Pandora and the Earth were very different.

Although sugar and regional differences exist on Earth, it is not so precious unless it is an economic blockade state such as Somalia or Venezuela or North Korea.

On the other hand, Pando was different. Sugar was also produced in parts, but it was not easy to find on each continent.

If coffee was a drink that was enjoyed in some areas or mainly in others, sugar was in high demand in many places, but the supply was low and unreasonably expensive. Sugar in coffee was a luxury I could not have imagined in such a shabby bar.

The guard said to Cecile Leah with an indispensable look on her face.

“There's only one way to get used to bitterness. ”

“… became. ”

Looks like Cecile finally gave up on coffee.

Leah ordered some water. Guards relaxed coffee and waited for midnight.

After a while, bells rang throughout the city to announce midnight. Since the curfew was two hours ago, the streets must be empty now.

It was a bar that was open all night, so the atmosphere was buzzing. Occasionally, the city guards would sneak around the bar, but he was also unfamiliar with the atmosphere.

They didn't ask for action, especially for the contacts. I just wanted to see you here before midnight.

only.

Then the guard and Cecilia waited patiently, chatting.

I wonder how long I've waited.

It's already past midnight here. A man approached and said:

“Excuse me. I've lost something. Have you ever seen a red floral handkerchief? ”

Cecilia replied.

“I've seen a yellow floral handkerchief before. ”

“I see. Let's go together for a while, then. ”

This was also a tangential code. The guard and Cecilia take a look around and naturally stand up behind the man.

Soon they followed the man to the corner of the bar. The bar was surprisingly complex in structure compared to a non-spacious space, and following the man, no one else around was seen.

“This way, comrades. ”

The man revealed his true colors as if he no longer needed to hide his identity. The place that followed the complicated path was underneath the bar.

Suddenly, it looked like an ordinary warehouse with a bunch of big barrels. But take out one of those barrels and get on the floor.

The wooden plank reveals a secret passage that leads down further underground.

“That's pretty thorough. ”

It was not bad to see a patrol that valued irony above all else.

Going down a little further, the stench pierces my nose in the darkness with no light spots.

“May I turn on the light? ”

“I'm fine.”

In the dark, three Celia, given the man's permission, lights the fire with magic. The magical light that follows the party allows you to sense some of the main stool.

Escort, Cecilia, and up to three men. This was the sewers.

In Pangea, the sewers were only installed in cities that were basically large. There were many places where installation was not possible, but it was characterized by its own size.

This collar was built not at the level of pipes or small aqueducts, but almost at the level of underground caves. I was not lacking in people or elves.

“Excellent place to hide out. Smells a little off. ”

The guard said a man nodded.

C.

“That's what I said. ”

“You haven't found it in the Empire yet?"

“It's been rarely managed since it was first created. We know the structure here better than the guards. ”

Soon the three began to move through the sewers where the filth flowed. The sewers were enormous, but the flowing sewage was less than his chin, allowing him to move without greatly soiling himself.

After moving around for a while, you notice a magical lamp embedded everywhere. The man who was walking earlier turned around and said,

“Here. Now follow the light. ”

“I understand.”

The man goes home, as if it were his own. Follow the light like the man said. It's been a long time since you showed your true colors.

Overall, the hideout was a space divided by a partition, like a cloth, in one large space.

He chose a particularly large area inside the sewers and dug a larger space and used them to make a nest in the anti-empire coalition. The number of ‘comrades’ around me was more than a few dozen.

It's hard to imagine an apartment of this size underground in the city. It's literally dark under the lamp.

The ‘comrades’ who saw the guards and Cecilia asked each other with a look of caution.

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