The Great Sage Who Did not Remain in Legend - 29.1
“Mergin, wake up.”
The captain woke up Mergin, who had fainted and had not eaten or drunk anything.
“Here, today’s bill.”
The bill written on the paper was 1,200,000G.
“That’s expensive.”
“Shut up. Do you know how much everyone drank? All the barrels of liquor are gone.”
Looking around, the place was a mess. All the customers seemed to have left, but the hostess, Rikka, and Iris passed out drunk.
“You let Rikka and Iris drink? Even though they’re about to come of age, they’re still minors.”
“I don’t know. While I was busy cooking, they started drinking somehow.”
“So, you didn’t drink either, Captain?”
“I was cooking the whole time. Of course not. Here, have some staff meal. Only the usual cheap liquor is left.”
“I like that, so it’s fine.”
Mergin ate the staff meal and drank the usual cheap liquor with the captain.
“Here, Captain. Today’s payment.”
Mergin handed over a leather pouch filled with gold coins.
“That’s a lot. There’s 2,000,000G in here.”
“Use the rest to buy something for Rikka’s coming-of-age celebration.”
“You should buy it yourself.”
“If I do that, she’ll get the wrong idea. Besides, I don’t know what to buy.”
“Anything will do. She’ll be happy just knowing it’s from you.”
Is that so…
“Then I’ll think of something else as my gift. Keep the rest. I earned 9,000,000G by sheer luck, so I have enough money.”
“Are you sure?”
“This place barely makes a profit, right? When Rikka comes of age, you’ll need money for her dowry, won’t you?”
“Idiot. I still have savings from my hunter days.”
“Haha, that’s right. But still, keep the rest. It’s more money than I need.”
“You really don’t care about money, do you?”
“As long as I can eat decent food and drink cheap liquor, I’m fine. I got this money from Iris’s hunter qualification, but she refused to take it.”
“How did you earn it?”
“There was a request to collect snow flowers during this season. Usually, they’re 10,000G each, but they were priced at 100,000G. I had some in stock, so I delivered 100 of them.”
“Is there a plague going around?”
“No, it seems there’s a noble or rich kid with a fever that won’t go down. The antipyretics alone won’t cure the disease, so it’s just prolonging their life.”
“I see… Poor kid…”
“Commoners’ kids would die without any life-prolonging treatment. It’s sad, but there’s nothing I can do.”
“Yeah… Rikka used to have high fevers often when she was little. I thought she was done for many times, but she somehow pulled through… And now she’s almost an adult.”
Sniffle, sniffle.
“Why are you crying?”
“Because, you know, she used to get high fevers a lot since she was born. When she was around three, she collapsed with a high fever, and we didn’t know the cause. I was so worried she might die.”