Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist Vol. 6 by Kennoji

Author:Kennoji [Kennoji]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-10-26T07:00:00+00:00

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That didn’t quite happen, though. The tent orders decreased month by month. The month before last, we’d received ten requests; last month, six; and this month, a paltry single order.

Elaine and I sat in a chamber of the meeting hall. “This is bizarre,” I complained. “How could people not want something so useful?”

Elaine shook her head, befuddled. “Isn’t a tent necessary to any adventurer? After all, they work outside!”

“Mm…all I can think is that maybe everyone who’d want one already bought one.”

Paula folded her arms and furrowed her brow. “That would make sense if the tents were overpriced, and the cost up front was so high that only a few people could get them.” That wasn’t the case, however. We specifically priced them lower so that more people could afford them. “Personally, I’ve got a certain suspicion,” she added.

“And that is?” Elaine and I asked in unison.

“I don’t have any evidence, so I won’t say it outright yet. But it’s what I’d do if I weren’t from Kalta.”

Huh?

Paula refused to explain further. “If I’m right, it’s gonna suck,” she added, her expression darkening. Her demeanor reminded me of some kind of detective.

“If no one wants a tent right now, it is what it is,” I concluded. We’d made the tents to order, so we didn’t have any backstock that we needed to sell. No one in the business association had lost their outlay costs or anything.

Then, however, the sound of a horse-drawn carriage’s wheels filled the air.

Lord Valgas entered the meeting hall. “Elaine! Are you in here?”

“What’s wrong, Father?”

“I received this along with a letter from Lord Lars.” Lord Valgas handed Elaine the letter and something resembling an unassembled tent.

“This isn’t one of our tents, is it?” Elaine asked hesitantly.

“Of course not.” Paula looked displeased.

Elaine read the letter. “That’s impossible,” she said to herself.

“What’d he say?”

“Lord Lars says adventurers are complaining that our tents fall apart. He sent us this one to check over.”

They’re angry about defective products? Considering how many tents we’d made, it wouldn’t be crazy if at least one or two fell short. That wasn’t a good thing, but…

“Lord Lars didn’t just receive a single complaint—he got tons. He says it’s been quite an issue for him.”

“Seriously?”

Paula had done quality control on the tents. I turned toward her and saw her inspecting the tent Lord Lars had sent, seemingly confirming something.

“I knew this’d happen,” Paula whispered angrily to herself. “I’d never send a customer something defective!”

“What do you mean…?” I asked hesitantly.

“Take a look!”

Paula handed me the tent frame. It was definitely bamboo, but there was no sign that the tentmaker had used protective coating. However skillfully an adventurer assembled the tent, it’d break at the drop of a hat.

“Look at this too.” She passed me the canopy.

I knew what Paula was saying. “No water repellent was applied to this either.”

“Exactly,” she sighed. “I guess this kind of thing’s bound to happen, no matter what.”

Finally, I understood what she’d been implying before Lars’s letter arrived. “Someone’s making their own tents and selling them as products from Kalta, huh?”

“Darn right.

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