The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is quite a big building unexpectedly. It is a two-storey refined looking building made of brick and has quite a big presence in the middle of all the rustic looking stone buildings in Erishe.
As soon as Shello-san entered he called out to the reception table, “Is Toby here?”. In a short while, a person who seemed younger than Shello-san came out from the back. It appears to be man in glasses in his mid-thirties.
“You should be calling me Tobias at my workplace, Shello. It is quite rare for you to be making an appearance here. Furthermore even Rebecca-san is with you too today….It’s been a long time, Rebecca-san.” [Toby]
“It’s been a long time, Toby-kun. There is something that we need your help with today.” [Rebecca]
“Help? Is it regarding the purchase of magic crystal again? If that is so we would need to make a profit here too. If it’s not for that we would be happy to get as much from you.” [Toby]
“Aa, it’s different. We came for something different today…..Oi Jirou.” [Shello]
I walked towards the guy named Toby after Shello-san called me. I wonder if they were old acquaintance since he has been talking in a familiar way with Shello-san and Rebecca-san. The eyes behind the glasses were glaring at me sharply giving me the feeling that this person should not be dealt with by ordinary means.
“This is Jirou. Rebecca’s elder sister’s son so in other words, he’s her nephew. He came to Erishe from the Imperial City in order to become a merchant but on his journey he was attacked by robbers. Iya I give up on it.” [Shello]
“……In order words you would like to register without the letter of introduction? Shello?” [Toby]
Uwaa~ doesn’t this lie sounded too obvious? Moreover, the setting as Rebecca-san’s nephew seemed unreasonable. We don’t even look alike and our race is different….. At the very least you should let me say something too….
When Shello-san nodded, Toby-shi looked at me dubiously and started scrutinizing me. No matter how I look at it, he seemed to have seen through the lie. Seriously thank you very much.
I have come to the conclusion that it was impossible to leave this to Shello-san. This was the result of leaving the negotiation to a muscle brain character! I need to complement it somehow and convince Toby-shi.
“……Tobias-san. Actually I have currently lost my memory. I am Shero-san and Rebecca-san’s nephew….I think since I don’t have the memory of it. We don’t have something such as an invitation letter. Based on the circumstantial evidence, due to the robber’s attacked, my head might have been strongly hit and I ended losing my memory possibly…..” [Ayase]
“In other words, there are no other ways of proving that you are Rebecca-san’s nephew apart from Shello and Rebecca-san’s testimony, isn’t it?” [Toby]