I checked the documents brought by the blonde-haired Locus, who came to brief me on the important things happening in the Estate.
“The food situation in the other two villages, as well as in Elden Village, has stabilized a lot. The supply of agricultural equipment is sufficient, so unless there is a problem, there will not be any starvation.”
Contrary to his usual carefree attitude, he was very serious when it comes to working.
Lagos and Reville were also initially skeptical of Locus, but now, they fully acknowledge his skills and experience.
I was also trusting him so much that I entrusted almost everything about the Cardis estate to him.
“You must have heard that merchants will be visiting in a few days. I have finished checking the strawberries and strawberry jams that were supposed to be sold. If it’s fine with the Lord, we’ll proceed with the transaction as usual. Do you need anything else?”
“I don’t think so. You’ve done a great job, Locus.”
“Of course, I should. After all, that’s why I’m getting paid for, right?”
“No, Locus’ worth is more than what I’m paying you for. After you got here, it got a lot easier for me to run the Estate. I’m really grateful that you came to the Cardis Estate with Kroc.”
“Well…!!, Thank you.”
Locus said while managing his facial expression, coughing, as if he was embarrassed by my compliments.
“HEY, what’s the big deal? It’s an Estate with only three small villages. You can’t even brag about that as some kind of an achievement.”
Locus and I frowned and turned our heads towards the source of the murmur.
There, Kaneff was leaning back and rattling in his chair.
“BOSS, why are you suddenly rubbing salt in the wound?”
“What? Am I wrong?”
“It’s not a matter of right or wrong. It’s true that Locus worked hard, and why are you being such a snob right now?”
“…….”
Kaneff turned his head around with a distressed look, not answering my question.
Locus, who watched the scene, asked as if it was ridiculous.
“Lord. Why did you ask me to come here all of a sudden? Didn’t you usually come to the Elden village and get the report?”
As he said, most of the time, reports about the estate are heard when I directly visit the Elden village.
But today, Locus was made to come to the farm to report and that too in Kaneff’s room.
“Well, I wanted to do it the usual way, but today, Boss insisted on calling Locus here and getting the report………”
“Haa….What’s wrong with you all of a sudden, Leader?”
“Ah…”
When I said what happened Locus sighed and asked back as if he quickly guessed something.
When Kaneff behaves strangely, there was only one reason.
“Is it because of the honey beer?”
“…….”
Kaneff answered the question with silence.
Locus became a little agitated and raised his voice.
“When the honey beer is completed, did you think we would run away with it? Why are you so obsessed with it, Leader?”
“Don’t bullsh*t me! You were going to sell the honey beer to the merchants first, aren’t you?”
“We weren’t going to sell it. Merchants gather information like ghosts and come looking for it.”
“That’s the fu*king problem! You should have prevented the information from leaking!”
“WHAT!? We made a brewery in the middle of the fuc*king village. How can there be no rumors? This isn’t some kind of a secret military base.”
“You punk!! How can you compare Honey beer brewery to a secret military base? Of course, Honey beer brewery is more important than a secret military base!”
“Huh….haha haha”
Locus burst out a disappointing laugh at Kaneff’s endless coercion.
It was normal to be angry when the other person makes an absurd statement, but Locus didn’t even get angry because Kaneff made a ridiculously absurd statement.
Rather, Locus seemed like he felt it was a waste of time listening to it.
I continued the conversation on behalf of Locus, who was speechless.
“What are you so unhappy about, Boss?”
“……?”
“…I kept asking you when the honey beer would be finished, but you didn’t tell me…. So, I thought maybe…you guys are up to something behind my back.”
“It’s not like I didn’t tell because we’re hiding something, it’s because we don’t know either. I don’t ask Raccoon grandpa about the beer on purpose because I was afraid that it might make him feel pressured.”
Until now Raccoon grandpa had been just making honey beer in little quantities in his basement. It was his first time making beer on such a large scale.
So naturally, like everyone he became nervous as he kept worrying about failure.
Thus, people around him, including myself, deliberately refrained from asking him questions about beer production.
Only a few days ago, I got the news from Raccoon grandpa that the results could be expected soon.
When I explained Raccoon grandpa’s situation in detail, Kaneff showed a slightly softened attitude.
“Then… you aren’t going to sell honey beer to merchants?”
“Well… If the brewery operates normally, we will naturally sell beer to merchants.”
“I KNEW IT?”
“Ah! Don’t get me wrong. I’ll secure enough honey beer for Boss. I also want the farm members and the villagers to enjoy honey beer.”
When Raccoon grandpa accepted my proposal of making honey beer, he said he want the honey beer produced here to help the estate, but for me rather than selling the beer to merchants at a high price, the happiness of people around me enjoying the delicious beer was the first priority.
“…really?”
“Yeah… Why would I lie to Boss?”
“Um.”
When I spoke truthfully about my thoughts on honey beer, Kaneff loosened his distorted expression and returned to his usual appearance.
“If you say that much, well…”
He glanced at me while looking around.
It was as if I was looking at Speranza, who when get to know what she did was wrong and didn’t know what to do after.
I smiled generously and nodded my head to Kaneff.
-TUK.
Locus, who was next to me tapped my arm. When I turned my head, he whispered to me in an incredulous tone.
“How on earth did you persuade that stubborn leader?”