It was a few days after Nilsi and the others had gone out to explore that Mr. Lan asked me like that. At that time, I was relaxing with Frene and Yuin.
Mr. Sadda is a merchant who is a friend of Mr. Lan's. He was already a wreck when he arrived here. I was sure that Mr. Sadda was taking his time to recuperate.
I wondered what Mr. Sadda wanted to talk to me about.
What was the story?
'......It's probably about the kingdom of Fairytorov. Sadda is the son of a merchant who is also active in the kingdom of Fairytorov.
...... of the Kingdom of Fairytorov?
The Kingdom of Fairytorov is my homeland, but it was a country that I feel nothing for now.
'Perhaps they will talk about your family, too. What do you want to do? If Lelunda doesn't want to hear the story directly from me, I'll go talk to her. ......
Mr. Lan says such things because he also knows how I have been treated by my family.
When he says that, I think about my family.
Family. My sister and parents, who are my blood family. When I met the griffons and the seafoats, I thought, "Ah, this is family. After that, I never really thought about it. Family is only connected by blood.
When I was in the village where I was born and raised, I didn't seem to be living - I was just breathing, without thinking. When they abandoned me, I finally got my footing. So you might say I'm cold, but I don't feel much for my family.
I have my contracted griffons, Gaius and his family, and Ran-san, who are very important to me. So - I thought I would be able to accept whatever they told me.
So I answer.
"I'll listen to you. I'll be fine.
...... Is that so?
I'm fine. Frenet and Ewin can come with you, too?
Yes. Yes, of course.
Ran nodded, so I decided to bring Frené and Ewin with me.
I was going to talk with Sadda at the plaza.
I thought it was because Mr. Lan was wary of Mr. Sadda, even though he was a friend of mine. Even if they were friends, they had only recently arrived in this village. Mr. Lan is on the alert and careful not to let anything happen to this village because of the arrival of a newcomer. It is surely so that something like what happened to Ms. Loma will not happen again.
He wants to make sure that both the newcomers to the village and those who have lived here for a long time do not hurt each other. We must not let them do irreparable harm to each other.
You must be the godchild. I am Sadda. I am the head of the Venetian Chamber of Commerce. Pleased to meet you."
Sadda-san, a friend of Mr. Lan, was a young man with brown hair. He was about the same age as Ms. Lan. Compared to the beastmen, he was a little thinner. It must have been very difficult for him to come all the way here.
There was no danger before we came here. That's probably because I was there. There were many things I could have avoided somehow. But even though I didn't have that, Sadda and the others came here.
Sadda-san often turned his attention to Yuin, as if he was concerned about him.
Sadda, when did you take over the Venetian Chamber of Commerce? And you are a fool to come all the way here when you are the head of the Venetian Chamber of Commerce!
I wanted to see you, ...... Lan.
I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I'm not sure what I mean by that. Well, I'm glad to see my friend Sadda too. If I had made one wrong move, I would have died, you know? You should be aware of that, right?
I have no idea how great it is to be the head of the Venetian Chamber of Commerce. The fact that Ms. Lan is surprised means that she is in a position to do so.
I'm not sure how much I can do to help you, but I'm sure you can do a lot.
I am Lernda. Pleased to meet you.
Yes.
Sadda, what did you want to talk to Lernda about?
Sadda answered when Lernda turned to him.
Many things have happened in the Kingdom of Fairytorov since Lan left. I thought I would tell you about it. So I thought I would tell you about it.
I see. ......
Yes. First of all, there was a civil war in the kingdom of Fairytorov. In the process, it was learned that Alice, who was supposed to be a child of God, was not a child of God.
Yes.
I was so surprised by the story of the civil war and my sister's story that I raised my voice. I looked and saw that Ms. Lan also looked surprised.
The kingdom of Fairytorov is in civil war?
I was surprised to hear that my sister had been involved in a civil war. The civil war has already ended, but there was a dispute over the succession to the throne in the Kingdom of Fairytorov.
The kingdom of Fairytorov is in dispute over the succession to the throne, Sadda began.
--A story of a girl and a merchant 1
(The merchant said that he wanted to talk to the girl. The godchild decided to listen.)