Chapter 262
The gray priests who were in Irkner seem to have really worked hard. I understood at a glance that I was desperately educated. And Ilkner’s residents can see at a glance how hard they were. Unlike the previous visit, we did not greet Brigitte with a big hand and did not flock when we arrived.
Although there is a part that remains turbulent, it is at a level where it can be completed with “Well, it’s in the countryside”.
“Thank you for your long trip. We will talk slowly after dinner. Please relax first.”
After finishing a long greeting between the nobility, Gibe Irkner said so.
The side servants who arrived first prepared the room, so once you have finished changing clothes there, you can relax until dinner time.
“Fran, go away when you change clothes. Collect all the gray priests.”
“I’m smart”
Talking to Fran, I asked Monica and Nicola to help me and changed my clothes quickly. When I was ready to attend dinner, I asked Monica to leave and took Nicola and left immediately.
An uncomfortable feeling of frustration swirled around my chest. Until Franc said, “I don’t know about the marriage itself” and “It would be very difficult if forced,” marriage was a celebration for me to be happy. However, this time it is a marriage story of a gray priest who does not know the marriage itself.
Orphanage director I had to better understand the special situation of the gray priest, but I was totally convinced that it could be forced by Gibe Irkner and Irkner residents It wasn’t. As for the gray shrine maiden, I was trying to break my mind to avoid unpleasant thoughts, partly because of Vilma, but I didn’t think of the male gray priest.
“This is Rosemine, here”
When I walked away, a franc stood waiting in front of a door used by the blue priest. It opens with polite action. As I entered, Gil and the four gray priests were waiting to meet.
“It’s been a long time, everyone, did you work very well? Through Gibe Irkner and Brigitte, everyone heard their hard work.”
“I am honored”
Sitting on the prepared chair, I look around the gray priest.
“I don’t have time, so I’m going to the main subject …. I heard yesterday that Gibe Irkner’s Old Nants wanted the Gray Priest and Irkner residents to marry. If you really wanted, There is a way, who do you want? ”
Everyone’s eyes were concentrated on one person. The gray priest who received attention turns deep blue and droops.
“Volk, do you want to get married?”
“Sorry, Rosemine”
“I’m not apologizing, but Fran said, I don’t know what marriage is like. It would be very difficult to be forced to marry. Is weak and is too used to accept if forced, so I want to confirm, isn’t it forced by Gibe Irkner and his partner? “
Volk who raised his face as if he shook his head, saying, “There is no such thing”. It seems that it was not the worst that I expected, and exhales relievedly.
“So, do you want to marry yourself? Are you prepared to spend a lifetime here in Ilkner?” If you are going to spend a lifetime instead of just a single season, There will be a lot of discrepancies in thinking and thinking.There are so many puzzles about building a marital relationship, not a master-detail relationship, but do you still want to stay here? ”
“… I have a lot of anxiety”
After a while of silence, Volk slowly opened his mouth and asked to squeeze out.
“Like Francs, I don’t know what marriage is. But I still wanted to be with her.”
“Okay, so I can’t get married if I’m a gray priest, so I will proceed with a sale contract with Gibe Irkner and Volk. Are you sure?”
“Please, please”
I wanted to confirm who the gray priest wanted to get married and the intention of the person himself. And I tell you that I will hear the results about the workshop slowly tomorrow and leave.
“Thank you for teaching me, Fran. Because I’m unaware of the circumstances of the gray priests … I don’t seem to be forced by someone, I was relieved.”
“It’s only Rosemine who thinks about the feelings of the gray priest, because if Gibe Irkner wants it, it’s natural that Volk will be sold.”
franc’s face says it is still sweet. As Franc says, it is natural that if the nobility wants, the gray priest will be sold. Still, you want me to be a little happier. We can’t help thinking that Volk’s feelings should be used by Gibe Irkner.
“Rosemine!”
Monica ran from the summer hall.
“What did you do, Monica?”
“The chief is calling”
Monica says that he has been told that there is an urgent story, but that he has been told that he is absent. When I finished talking with the gray priest, I thought I was going to crawl into the room with a devastating face, and I felt that my blood was drawn to the absence of the priest.
“… Can you beat me?”
“Probably”
I have Franc lifted me and hurried to the Priest’s room. As expected, I was struck with a sharp eye as I entered the room.
“Where did you sway, Rosemine?”
“I was away because there was a hurry. I wanted to ask the gray priest.”
“… Hum, this is also in a hurry. Please fill in this before the sales contract with Gibe Irkner”
The paper given to the priest was the one that the priest reworked the contract I made in response to Franc. I was asked to write a job about the workshop, with an item about what I can do.
“I have knowledge about the paper industry and I can teach it. I have knowledge about the printing industry and have experience in printing …. Then”
I will continue to write what I can think of as a volk as I think. The priest who saw the completed document carved a deep fold between his eyebrows.
“Did you talk about money with Rosemine, Gibe Irkner?”
“No, I don’t talk so deeply in Ordnance. I thought I should talk today …”
It was a few days ago that the residents consulted “I really don’t want to break up” anything, and it seems that Gibe Irkner was talking about the water in his ears. I didn’t know who the gray priest wanted until I went away.
According to Ordonants, it was a story that money had been prepared, and I didn’t know the exact price because I had never been involved in the sale of the gray priest.
The priest counts the written items while looking at the documents.
“The amount of a gray priest, on average, is about five small coins, but it varies depending on the individual’s ability. In this table, the person’s ability is converted into an amount, but it will be quite expensive.”
“That’s right. Volk is educated on the former side, and is deeply involved in the paper and printing industries. It ’s one person, is n’t it expensive? ”
The gray priest who can do anything is not cheap. The problem is that they sell cheaply and are bought more and more by other nobility.
“If you know it, it’s fine. Don’t be discounted by emotion …. Then you’re a temple head, but my boss. Since the matters relating to the contract will be the work of the chief priest, this time you should basically only approve of it. ”
“Nh? The former shrine head seems to have contracted orphans without permission …”
Reminding me of Dirk’s time, the chief grimacing frowned.
“Because the temple head is the boss of the priest, it doesn’t mean you can’t make a contract. However, it’s originally the job of the priest. If you have anything to say about this Volk contract, say it now. ”
“There is nothing special because I confirmed the feelings of Volk himself”
After talking with the chief priest, I went to dinner with Gibe Irkner.
This is not a barbecue surrounded by the residents, but a meal in a noble house. It seems that Fugo made only the soup. It was a dish using plenty of Irkner special products.
The Priest seems to be satisfied, and Gibe Irkner relaxes his expression as if he was released from tension.
“Today’s soup is exceptional. As expected, it ’s Rosemine’s exclusive chef.”
“I’m happy to keep you complimented. I’ll tell you the chef”
And after meals, they move to Gibe Irkner’s room and talk about sales contracts.
In the room, a party called Volk was called, and a young woman was snuggled next to it. Volk’s partner’s young lady looks like a sincere woman. Gibe Ilkuner was squinting softly in a similar color to Brigitte and looking at them.
こ と に I gently stroke my chest as the feelings of blessing for them are clearly visible. Whatever Volk’s feelings, his anxiety about whether it was used by Gibe Irkner disappeared.
“The head of the temple, about Volk …”
“Yeah, it’s a sales contract, please, priest, please.”
Talked to Gibe Irkner, who cut out the story, I lightly shook my eyes to the chief priest. In light of my gaze, the priest offers a contract in front of Gibe Irkner.
“This will be a sales contract for Volk”
Taking it and looking through it quickly, Gibe Irkner glanced and looked stunned. After comparing the contract with me and the priest many times, and after staring at Volk and the woman, close her tight eyes.
“… Is this so expensive? The gray priest that my father bought before his life was not like this. Certainly, with a single piece of coins …”
“It’s an apprenticeship for a gray priest who can only work as a subordinate. The price of a gray priest is determined by how much skill he has. Volk is served by a former blue priest and is also an education for serving aristocrats. It also leads to papermaking and printing under the control of Rosemine, one of the few gray priests in the orphanage who are not embarrassed and embarrassed.
Volk and she strengthened their faces and turned their gaze to Gibe Irkner. Gibe Irkner, who received their eyes, stared at the contract and became a very troubled face.
“It’s more expensive than expected … very unlikely to buy”
Based on the price of the gray priest that his father bought, if he assumed that the fork was a few small gold coins, I wouldn’t get it. The fork consists of two large coins and two small coins.
In the words of Gibe Irkner, I heard a small whisper of a woman saying “Such …”.
“How much did you expect?”
“… I thought it was expensive because it was competent, but it would be about 5 to 6 small coins”
“If you weren’t involved in the printing industry, it was about that price, but in the case of Volk, its added value is important.”
The priest slowly exhales. That’s right. If Volk is purchased by Irkuner, knowledge about the printing and paper industry will flow to Irkuner. Considering the added value, it cannot be discounted very much.
“… Rosemine”
Gibe Irkner looked at me as he thought it was easier to work with than the priest. Unfortunately, regarding price negotiations, I think that I am tougher because Benno has been struck by it.
losing here increases the chances of other nobles negotiating discounts. It can be said that only Irkner is tricked, or something like a spoofed marriage may occur. There is no discount.
Of course, I want to make love come true. I would like to support the folk who had a lot of anxiety and still wanted to be together.
Still, when discounting, I have to shake my head to the side, as Benno tells me that I can look ahead to see if I can lose.
“This negotiation is a break. No matter how many small coins you can’t do”
When I waved my head, Gibe Irkner looked at the two people who snuggled up with a hopeless face.
“But Rosemine. They loved each other …”
“Gibe Ilkuner, I don’t know what I misunderstood, but the gray priest is not allowed to marry. He can’t buy it because he can’t buy it. This story is over.
“… I’m sorry, sorry”
Gibe Irkner cried to the chief priest with a bitter face.
At the same time, a sore throat that seemed unbearable leaks from a woman’s mouth.
“What isn’t it, Priest?”
When I spoke to the chief priest, Gibe Irkner raised his face as if he was relieved. You can see the light of hope shining there.
On the other hand, after becoming a very bitter face, the priest screamed.
“I don’t think I’ll have to do anything … if you have what you want and you run out of money, what would you do?”
“I will earn”
I made a quick response after I answered immediately. It’s natural to earn for what you want. So what about selling the Volk without having to sell it to others?
“… Gybe Irkner gives Volk priority, so why not earn in about a year?”
When I suggested that, I was drooping drastically as Gibe Irkner despaired. While saying “It is not the amount that can be earned in one year”.
“It’s just a matter of getting what you need. Go back, Rosemine”
Standing up, I leave the room with the head of the priest. Looking back, I could see Gibe Irkner holding her head and a crying woman. Volk is also distorting his face to cry.
…… I think it will be some amount of money if you work hard for a year.
Unlike before, a new paper was invented at Irkner. If you find a way to use it that suits the characteristics of the paper and sell it, I don’t think it will be so difficult.
Actually, I and Lutz also made rough money by making early paper. You should earn before anyone else can imitate. The chance is now.
“Maybe Gibe Irkner is bad at business”
“It seems to me that the negotiations themselves are weak”
“… isn’t it deadly as an aristocrat?”
Rooted and negotiated is the nobility of the nobility. The chief priest who struck it with me said, “That’s right.” After that, I looked down at me with a complicated face, saying, “Your business sensation is quite heretic as an aristocrat…” holding down the temple.
“Isn’t it better if it only gives advice on how to make money? I wonder if Benno brought you up that way.”
…… It’s unusual for the chief to be compassionate.
When I looked up at the priest with a lot of surprises, I was scolded as “all on the face” and was hit with a forehead. Oh!
The next day is a harvest festival.
In the morning, Irkner residents prepare in total and the festival begins in the afternoon. I always get ready for the harvest festival when I arrive, so I don’t feel the heat of preparation. Exciting excitement is transmitted here, and the atmosphere of the festival seems to be exciting.
Today’s Brigitte is closed. You can enjoy the harvest festival in your hometown after a long time. Because there is a priesthood chief.
In such a fuss, I was heading away with Franc and Darmuel.
The Irkner Harvest Festival uses the tax collectors brought by the priest, so the priest will also perform the baptismal ceremony, the adult ceremony, and the wedding ceremony. I’m just a customer this time, Yustox has already returned.
When I entered a room that had been prepared separately, Gil, Lutz, and Damien were waiting with a wooden bill and a writing board to report.
“Lose Mine, long time no see”
“Gill, I’m glad I’m fine. Lutz, thank you very much. And thank you Damian for a long time. Then please tell me what the paper was made”
When I asked about the achievements in Irkuner from three people, Gill moved forward first. And report with your eyes shining.
“From the conclusion, we have three new types of paper. The paper is made from Rinphi, Devil’s Nansave, and Aiphone. Sissila seems to be incompatible with the glue called Degurva. I’m going to take my skin back to Ehrenfest and try it with a slam worm or edil. ”
“Are you able to make three types? Great!”
Gill smiled happily when I gave up.
“Since Trombe has the property of being resistant to fire, Nansave and Afon may have some properties, but they have not yet been discovered.”
“I have to use it and look for it. Thank you, Gil”
When Gil finished the report, Lutz reported on the fruit of a tree called Traoperle, which he discovered on a mountain walk in autumn.
“Traoperle is the fruit of this white tree. Although it is often taken in the Irkunar Forest, it seems that the bitterness was too strong to be eaten. The sticky paper that can be crushed and removed can make the hard paper you send. I would like to buy Traoperle and bring it back to Ehrenfest and try out the compatibility with Forin. “
If you use traoperle as glue, it will basically become a hard paper.
“Traoperle seems to be a special product of Irkner”
And we talked about prices with Damien. Gibe Irkner seems to be vulnerable to negotiations, so I will decide the price while considering that the Printemps firm doesn’t let go of the bargaining, while also considering the balance with other papers.
“Now we’ll create a contract”
“Yeah, thank you, Damien”
Damien left the room, saying that he would make a contract with Gibe Irkner based on the determined price. I left Gil and Lutz, looked around the room where Fran and Darmell were standing, and lightly shook their shoulders.
“Fran, are you allowed to watch outside the door?”
“… Be careful not to make your voice loud”
frantic sighing franc leaves the door and the door closes, so I jumped to Lutz. After replenishing Lutz for the first time in a long time, I stroked Gill ’s head, saying, “I ’m doing great, I ’m doing great.”
“… And how was you?”
“Ufufun. I have all the ingredients for the medicine.”
When I stretched out my heart and said, “You did your best,” Dermael whispered in the back, “It was an escort knight who worked hard,” and Rutz and Gil laughed out. did. I swell up and say, “I did my best,” but everyone was laughing and laughing.
“Lutz, Lutz. I can finally become an ordinary girl, I”
Executes normally without running down or being excited and losing consciousness. With such a voice of joy, Lutz became a skeptical face. Bring your eyebrows, cross your arms, and say “mm”.
“… If I get a drug, I’ll be fine, but how can I think a normal girl is impossible?”
“Lutz, what does that mean?”
“When I’m fine, no one can stop me, and something strange seems to stand out.”
“Terrible!”
However, it seemed that I was the only one who thought it was terrible, and Gil and Darmell agreed with Lutz by asking “Surely”.
Lutz looked at me after exchanging such unfriendly communication and exhaling.
“Well, Volk was really depressed, but wasn’t it?”
“… Yeah, the negotiations broke down. Gibe Irkner couldn’t get enough money to buy Volk. Because he can do many things, Volk is expensive, but he can’t afford to sell it.
Lutz, who has finally become a merchant more than me in the field of business, narrowed his eyes and started playing the calculator in his head.
“Just having print-related knowledge makes it quite expensive … Isn’t it going to be lowered because it’s the knowledge of the printing industry that will expand?”
“I told you to prioritize and wait a year. Now that you have enough new paper, don’t you think that if you make it and sell it, you can only make two big coins?” 19459002]
“Lutz said in my words,” I’ll be able to do it in a year. However, I need to work in Irkner. ”
“Can Rosemine be telling Volk? How do you make money or that’s an unreasonable amount?”
Gill whispered that he was so happy yesterday that he was likely to get married, but it was hard to see it turning down this morning and being so depressed.
I nodded greatly.
“Of course, I had little opportunity to speak directly, so I was wondering what to do. Volk and Gill talked to Gibe Irkuner and asked Gibe Irkuner to ask him Is it the best if it can be lent out? “
“I’ll tell you”
And the harvest festival started.
Since it is always left to the workshop, Rutz who is basically a small shrine even when he or she arrives at the answering machine Gil or Hasse, the gray priest and Damien who do not come out of Ehrenfest, are the harvest This is my first time to see the festival, and I’m looking at it with my eyes shining.
“It’s interesting to put all the expressions together”
“There are too many people at Ehrenfest,”
I’m not sitting on the stage today, but sitting in the customer seat with Printemps Shokai and the gray priests.
I wonder if I look like this while watching the cheerful voice reverberating and the priest with a dignified attitude giving blessings on the stage.
…… I have a platform and I don’t think I can’t see it.
儀式を終えた後は、ボルフェ大会が始まる。初めて見たルッツとダミアンは大興奮だが、灰色神官達はルール無用に見える乱暴さにドン引きしている。
その温度差に苦笑していると、物言いたげなフォルクの姿が視界に入った。
わたしは少し周囲を見回し、皆がボルフェに集中し、大騒ぎしている喧騒を確認した上で、フォルクを手招きして呼び寄せる。
「フォルク、交渉が決裂したことは可哀想だと思うけれど、これは譲れないのです。他の灰色神官との契約を考えると、安易に値段を下げることはできません」
「……はい」
ゆっくりとフォルクは頷いた。そして、一度奥歯を噛みしめるように力を入れ、わたしを見る。
「ローゼマイン様、ギルからお話を伺いました。……ローゼマイン様は本当に一年間でお金を貯めることはできるとお考えですか？」
「もちろん努力は必要だと思いますけれど、三種類も新しい紙を作れるようになったイルクナーならば、それほど難しいことではないと思っています。わたくしは現にルッツと植物紙を作り始めた頃、およそ半年でその金額を稼ぎましたから」
フォルクが弾かれたように顔を上げた。孤児院の工房で言われるままに働いてきたフォルクは植物紙の正確な利益も、絵本の利益も知らないと思う。
「ねぇ、フォルク。これまで分のフォルクのお給料で、ギーベ・イルクナーにフォルクを貸し出すことは可能です。ここは冬でも川が凍らないそうですし、こちらで一年間頑張ってみてはいかがですか？」
「ローゼマイン様……」
「本音を言うと、わたくしはまだ灰色神官の結婚が心配でなりません。価値観を擦り合わせて一緒に生活していくのは、同じ町で住む同じ階級同士でも難しいのです。イルクナーとエーレンフェストの灰色神官では、常識、生活習慣、価値観など、考え方の全てが違うでしょう？」
思い当たることは多いのだろう、フォルクが少し目を伏せた。そして、ゆっくりと視線を人混みの一角へと向ける。おそらく視線の先にはわたしには見分けられない彼女がいるに違いない。
「一年間、二人で新しい紙作りに励み、お金を貯めながら、イルクナーでの生活に慣れてください。こちらで灰色神官ではない生き方を見つめ、様々な家族や夫婦のあり方を見て、お相手の方と分かり合う努力をしてほしいと思います。わたくしは、フォルクだけが譲るのではなく、お相手の女性にばかり負担をかけるのではなく、苦楽を共にし、お互いを大事にできる関係を築けることを祈っています」
「……恐れ入ります」
収穫祭の後、ギーベ・イルクナーとプランタン商会の契約が行われ、わたしはその契約を元に商売に関する助言を少しして、一年間フォルクを貸し出すことについて話し合った。
そして、全ての話し合いを終えたわたしは、レッサーバスにプランタン商会と三人の灰色神官を乗せてエーレンフェストに帰る。
フォルクと彼女が寄り添って、静かに跪き、最後まで頭を垂れていた。