Looking down from high ground at Breitburg the biggest merchant town in the southern part governed by Brihedar margrave, I’m thrilled by seeing a big town after a long time.
I heard that the population’s about two hundred thousands.
It was not that great compared with town in Japan Heisei era but from living with many people in poor village for this past years, its looks like a really big town to me.
And I had spent a week to reach here.
The mountains that lie between Baumeister knight territory, the caravan brings cargo once in several months so mountain path exists for now.
Though it apparently take one month for around trip via there.
I had the thought that they came to do business with us even without specialty products but it seems to be half public service with almost no profit.
Brihedar margrave, the south’s greatest noble that unified the noble in this southern region, seems to make an active effort regularly for the vassal Baumeister house and its territory people until in deficit.
I heard this story before from Erich nii-san, Baumeister house received considerable damage in personnel and financial from unreasonably dispatching troops.
And this dispatching troops requests came from Brihedar margrave side.
Father greed might also have been substantial but a vassals could not decline request the lord they served, they come only twice a year so far after that incident when the caravan comes three times a year, this also to prevent criticism rather than apology.
Erich nii-san told me all about that circumstances.
The road in the mountain range exists for now because of that.
I strengthen my body and go through the way while detecting people.
Monster in this mountain range seems to comes out accordingly.
This place treated as monster territory but it’s rarely appear along the mountain road.
That does not mean nothing appear as normal bear and wolf appears frequently so precaution was needed.
And the reason why I do not use flight magic.
I don’t want my family and territory people who look at the mountain to see me flying.
The other reason is that I want to exercise a little for my physical fitness.
I return home with teleportation after I make progress as far as advancing about one day, the next day I starts to move back into teleportation advanced point from yesterday.
It take extra time because of that.
But thanks to magic I succeeded in going over the mountain half the caravan time.
“What’s wrong boy?”
“I’m shopping in the town as errand.”
I moved into Breitburg gate after the excitement.
Breitburg great forest’s monster territory that close by which adventurers seclude themselves, that’s why this Breitburg is surrounded with three meters wall.
Monster never invaded to the outside even once though, maybe this is to fight against human.
Helmut kingdom not in war for a long time but that does not mean nothing happen.
Small-scale skirmishes between nobles because of territory and water rights always occur once in a few years.
Noble with territory in particular have many conflict like this.
Brihedar margrave also actually not in good relationship with some nobles house in its vicinity.
By the way, the rights dispute with other nobles never happen to Baumeister house.
Because it is physically isolated by mountains.
“Do you have a warrant card boy?”
“I’ve none. I’ll make a member’s card in commercial guild later.”
“Is that so. Can you pay one copper coin for entrance town tax?”
“Yes, I can.”
I actually have a warrant card but it’d became serious problem if anyone know that the eight ages of Baumeister eight sons in Breitburg.
So I tried to enter the town as a boy from the nearby farm village.
Almost everyone that live in a town have warrant card but only a few people in farm village has it as there no place to issues it there.
Because you need to go to Breitburg to issue it.
Then what a county bumpkin do to enter town for shopping?
The answer is to join a guild.
Adventurer guild is the most appropriate but it need at least 15 ages to enter.
I can cheat my age a little since there no family register in this world but it would be useless for me today.
So that left artisan guild or merchant guild.
There many kid like me became apprentice of renowned artisan and merchant.
And there many case that they go to Breitburg as errand by the instruction of their master or boss.
“I see. So you want to sell that rabbit?”
The gatekeeper guard confirmed several rabbit skins that hanging on my waist.
This is something I had obtained in the middle of mountain road.
“Yes, I’d sold it as I heard that it was needed for member’s card in commercial guild.”
To be exact, it was needed for warrant card.
The town residents own the warrant card from the beginning, the member’s card that belong to various kinds of guilds will serves as substitution.
You had the obligation to show this in trading goods for crime prevention.
It was surprisingly strict but there also shop in the slums that do business without warrant card, and guild member’s card originally a trap for outsider to establish whatever they want.
I can make a member’s card easily also thanks to that.
I sets foot into Breitburg after paid one copper coin for the tax to the guard.
It seems we must pay the tax when entering the town.
Though one copper coin not really that many.
Coincidently, the monetary system was unified in all Lingaia continent.
Although money design was different in Helmut kingdom and Urquhart holy empire, the convention of gold, silver and copper used has been unified, so no problem in using it anywhere.