Chapter 2-10 : Rank Up (part 3)
After Marqise finished preparing the carriage, Sheila, Thea, Nyat, and I went to the gate and got into the carriage.
We were heading to the Merchant Guild today.
To start a conversation, I decided to introduce Thea to Sheila.
「Sheila, you might have seen her in the mansion, but let me introduce her. She is… umm… my personal maid.」(Kako)
「My name is Thea.」(Thea)
「You even have a personal maid!? That’s a noble lady for you! I’m Sheila. Nice to meet you!」(Sheila)
After having a fun chat while enjoying the view of the city through the window for a while, we arrived at the Merchant Guild.
「Well then, I’m going to visit my master’s friend now. I will go back by myself. Later~」(Sheila)
「Alright. Be careful.」(Kako)
Sheila cheerfully waved her hand at me and walked down the street, heading to the other side of the city.
She said she would go back, but… she’s not going to stay at an inn, is she…?
「Kako ojou-sama, shall we enter now?」(Thea)
「Un.」(Kako)
After parting with Sheila, we entered the guild.
As expected from a merchant guild in a big city. This place is much bigger than the merchant guild in Tranto Town.
「Ojou-sama, please wait for a second. I will bring a staff member for you.」(Marqise)
Bring a staff member for me?
What does he mean?
I don’t understand what Marqise meant but I nodded at him anyway, and then he approached a staff member standing by the line of people queuing in front of the reception desks.
The staff member then hurriedly ran to the back of the building and returned with another staff member who seemed to have a higher position than him.
「Lady Kushaq, welcome to the guild. Let me show you the room. Please follow me.」(staff member)
「A.. Alright…」(Kako)
It felt weird when he called me Lady Kushaq…
But… I wonder where he’s taking us…
I thought we would join the queue and wait for our turn, but we followed the staff member to the back section of the building.
He stopped in front of a room and opened the door.
「Please wait here for a moment.」(staff member)
I nodded at him and entered the room.
From the elegant interior and all the expensive-looking furniture, I could already tell this was a VIP room.
I see now… They took me here because I’m a lady of the Kushaq Family.
When Nyat and I sat on the leather sofa in the center of the room, a female staff member entered and prepared us tea and snacks.
Then, I realized that Marqise and Thea were standing behind me.
「Why are you two standing there? Won’t you join me and have some tea?」(Kako)
「Ojou-sama, we are just servants. We can’t join you at the same table.」(Marqise)
「Uhh… I see…」(Kako)
I still don’t fully understand the world of nobles, but I can confidently say that I don’t like that sort of thing.
I think food will taste more delicious if you eat it with other people, including your servants.
「Lady Kushaq, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.」(??)
When I took a sip of my tea, a man entered the room and bowed to me.
「My name is Yardo, the vice-guildmaster of this guild. The guildmaster is currently away, so I will help you today if you don’t mind.」(Yardo)
「Of course, I don’t mind. Nice to meet you, Yardo-san, my name is Kaー…」(Kako)
Wait… How should I introduce myself…?
Kako Kushaq…? No…
Mayama Kushaq…? No, no…
「Ojou-sama, please introduce yourself as Kako Mayama Kushaq.」(Thea)
While I was wondering, Thea, who was standing behind me, lowered her head and whispered to me.
So that’s my full name as a noble. I see…
「My name is Kako Mayama Kushaq.」(Kako)
「”Kako Mayama”… That’s a rare name but it’s a beautiful-sounding one.」(Yardo)
「Th, thank you.」(Kako)
It’s a normal name in Japan, but I guess it’s rare in this world.
「And this Mr. Catto is…」(Yardo)
「He’s my guardian, Nyat.」(Kako)
Nyat silently nodded at Yardo in response.
「I see. My Lady, how can I help you today?」(Yardo)
「I want to change my personal data.」(Kako)
「To be exact, Kako ojou-sama wants to update her data, especially her name, and upgrade her merchant rank to Golden.」(Marqise)
「Yes, I want toー Wait, what!? Golden!?」(Kako)
I was surprised by the unexpected words coming from Marqise.
I thought we only came to update my data, not to upgrade my merchant rank. Moreover, it would be upgraded to Golden, he said!?
I’m a Blue Merchant right now. Can I upgrade my rank to Golden at once?
*/TL : There are five merchant ranks : White, Blue, Green, Red, and Golden (lowest to highest). See chapter 1-7 part 1
「Understood. Kako-sama, may I see your merchant guild card member?」(Yardo)
「Y, yes… Here’s my card.」(Kako)
I took the blue steel card from my pocket and handed it to Yardo.
「I see. Currently, your rank is Blue, which means the fee to upgrade it to Golden will be 1,550 gold coins.」(Yardo）
「Whaー!?」(Kako)
A thousand five hundred and fifty gold coins!?
That is an insane amount of money!
「Understood. We will send someone to bring the money later.」(Marqise)
Marqise accepted it like it was nothing.
It seemed that he had already gotten used to it. He seemed to have seen Marquise Elvent, my new father, making transactions with crazy amounts of money many times.
「Thank you. Kako-sama, I will prepare a new card for you. Please wait a moment.」(Yardo)
After saying that, Yardo stood up from the sofa, bowed at me once, and left the room.
I turned my face and looked at Marqise.
「Umm…」(Kako)
「Kako ojou-sama, you must be wondering why your father was willing to pay such a huge amount of money to upgrade your rank.」(Marqise)
「Y, yeah…」(Kako)
It seemed that my thoughts were obvious.
「Well, to put it simply, he wants the best for his cute daughter. He said that himself.」(Marqise)
「Umm, honestly, I’m very happy, but… Is that really okay? I think Golden rank is too much. I mean… He has to pay 1,550 gold coins, you know? It’s not a small amount of money.」(Kako)
「It might be not for most people, but it is for a Marquis like Elvent-sama. I think he doesn’t want his precious daughter to only have a rank of Blue in the merchant guild. Besides, if his daughter has a rank of Golden, it could increase his social credibility in the noble community. Kako ojou-sama, I heard from Maitena ojou-sama that you made a thousand gold coins from healing Izack-sama’s arm. Do you really think that 1,550 gold coins is a huge amount of money?」(Marqise)
「Eh…?」(Kako)
Now that he mentions it… I made a thousand gold coins with only a small effort.
Is… a thousand gold coins really a small amount of money…?
No, no, no! I can’t let that way of thinking mess up my sense of the value of money!
「Well, you don’t have to think too hard about it. Anyway, after you become a Golden Merchant, you will be able to join any auctions. Kako ojou-sama, if you want to do big business in this city, I recommend you to see the auction. After all, this city has one of the biggest auctions in this kingdom.」(Marqise)
Auctions, huh…?
Father said that if I’m going to deal in expensive goods, I better participate in auctions.
I bet there will be so many rich people who spend thousands of gold coins like it’s nothing.
Thinking about it makes me nervous, but to be honest, I’m kinda interested. I’m a merchant, after all.
「I’m sorry to keep you waiting again. Kako-sama, here’s your new card.」(Yardo)
While I was thinking about auctions, Yardo returned surprisingly quickly and handed me a shiny golden card made of real gold.
My new full name was engraved beautifully on the card.
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Golden card huh, well considering she can synthesis item, its perfect excuse from explain how she got them,when she can just say benefits of connections as Golden statue lol