"My lord, indeed I agree with lord Arwen's suggestion. It will be able to raise our status in the eyes of humans but the problem is our own commodity, my lord"
Commodity? Is there something wrong? Is the food production lacking? As far as I know, everything is more than enough.
"Is there a problem with our commodities?"
I could only end up asking Vincent that because I was also confused about what the problem was.
"My Lord, you may not realize or ignore it but your commodities can increase one's strength. Although it does not last forever because if the food has been digested completely the strength will be lost.
This is where the problem lies my lord. Imagine if our commodities become common food outside? It's like we're giving away our power to an enemy that threatens our safety."
Ah so it's like that~
I finally understood why the two of them needed to report this to me. It's true that I modified all the plants in whisperwood village but I didn't know that the effect would be big enough.
(Um? What if I modify it again to return to normal?)
I thought about it and felt that it was worth a try. But before that,
"I will try to change our commodities into normal commodities but there are a few things I want to ask.
First, how confident are you that our people who trade later will be safe? I don't want their safety to be jeopardized.
Second, what about the price? Don't let us be fooled by human traders. Merchants are people who put profit above all else. Expecting honesty from them is quite impossible.
Third, how common is our commodity? Are there enough people selling the same commodity as us? If so, I hope we don't sell commodities in raw form but I want us to sell processed commodities."
Arwen as the head of the intelligence division answered all my questions.
"My Lord, we have been trying for three days now. In addition to direct monitoring, we also tried trading the regular game. As long as the sword princess is in charge, it should be fine.
As for the prices, in order to avoid prejudice, the sword princess has set up a massive price board for everyone to see. This is to prevent price games from sellers and heartless bids from merchants. Everything has been calculated by the Branz Chamber of Commerce.
As for our commodity problem, most of our commodities are rare foods. The price for rare commodities should be determined according to the negotiations between the chamber of commerce, the sword princess and the merchant leader who brought the rare commodities. This also applies equally to processed materials."
Hmm is that so? Does that mean I should come and negotiate? Is it safe to go out there? I thought about that because I had Rika by my side. I couldn't leave her out of my sight. Moreover, it would take half a month to go back and forth to the city.
One thing you need to know, the phone network doesn't exist in this world and wifi only covers my home area. If I go out, I'll be completely unable to update Amelia and Rudy.
However, it would also be an interesting experience when visiting a human city. I had been in the forest for too long and wanted to see the center of life in another region
I kept thinking about that and finally came to a decision.
"Alright then. I'll come to the Branz fortress to negotiate. Send a messenger there first and let it be known that I'll be coming to negotiate the price of the commodities. Let's open trade with the humans in Branz fortress"
***
At Night.
I informed Amelia that next Sunday we would be going on a visit to the human city so it would be impossible for us to update her until we returned.
Amelia was worried at first but as I tried to convince her that this was for Rika's experience, she could only agree in the end.
After all, there was Blacky, Ava and Aila-
Wait....
Blacky is too big to go into the fort. Is this not a problem at all? I need to ask Arwen's grandfather.
Besides negotiating, I also need to find information about summoning people from the other world. Maybe I can get some useful information there. After all, light magic has a lot to do with humans.
Before leaving I also tried to learn more about magic and my skills.
I always felt strange why magic never worked on me. I kept repeating how to use magic but it didn't work.
Until finally,
"Wait a minute. Why don't I try using my skills to generate magic."
Thinking that, I tried it but in a different way. I took mana and activated my creation skill. There I entered the description thoughtfully into the prompt.
[Create fire ball magic]
At that moment, a basketball-sized fireball appeared in my hand. With a perfect shape and good stability.
"I did it!!!"
I was so excited. After many experiments, this was how I used magic. What hindered my progress was that I didn't go through my creation skills.
Does that mean I can also do a lot for my creation skills?
I started spending all day inside the house to learn my skills. Rika was playing outside with Flora so I didn't have to worry about her safety.
"Let's try making toothpaste. But where should I start?"
I started to google and looked up the formula and process of making toothpaste.
After that I focused and pointed my hand at my desk. There appeared some kind of runes and eventually toothpaste appeared.
Only, it wasn't contained in the toothpaste container.
"It's possible!!!"
I was so excited. This was really a breakthrough in the use of my skills.
I, who was getting more and more optimistic, wanted to make something extraordinary.
[Making a car ....]
I entered a detailed description of making a car but,
[Rejected, insufficient mana]
It failed.
It turned out that mana was the main reason it failed. I need to pay attention to this in the future.