27 Wagon and Horse

After completing the exam. Rosalina returned to Frans' room, surprising the old man with her achievement in the exam, thus causing Frans to ask Rosalina to reconsider his suggestion of joining the Merchant Union.

Rosalina remained firm in her stance. She refused, preferring to be an adventurer plus a peddler.

Frans could only bite his fingers. He really regretted having to let go of a talent like Rosalina. But the woman's determination seems to have been really solid.

Frans began to process the trade permits for Rosalina. He gave Rosalina a Merchant Union membership card. With the card, Rosalina was able to do business throughout the territory of the Amberley Kingdom.

For other kingdoms, Rosalina needs to re-register in the Merchant Union of that kingdom. This is done because of the differences in the rules between each kingdom. For example, there are some kingdoms that legalize the live monster trade, dangerous drugs, and etcetera.

After everything was settled, Rosalina officially became a merchant.

The woman could now see a system window that stated that one of her missions had been accomplished. Mission about registering as a merchant.

This mission, Rosalina actually received it about five days ago, but it can only be completed at this time for one reason or another.

Rosalina was eagerly awaiting the reward she would get from the mission. Namely a smartphone, which Theo said contained messages from her family.

She said thanks and goodbye to Frans then walked to the door. Eagerly to return to her home. But before Rosalina could get out of Frans' room. Theo gave her a message.

Rosalina fell silent. Then shake her head slightly.

Reading this, Rosalina's face suddenly contorted. She really wanted to go back and receive her reward. But in the end, she could only turn to face Frans again.

"Hmm? Did you forget something, Miss Rosalina?"

"Umm, I just wanted to ask. How is the spice market in Amberley?"

"Spices? Like what?"

"Pepper...?"

"Ooh~ for now, pepper and the majority of spices such as nutmeg and so on are still very rare. Right now, a place that produces regularly with much quantity only from the Maidytera Kingdom. For Amberley, demand and supply are not balanced.

"Our supply is too little, so if you ask if it sells or not? It will sell well. Not to mention, spices are items that are highly sought after by the nobility. Why are you asking this? Do you want to do business in this field?"

Rosalina was silent for a moment. What Theo said about the spices seemed to be the same as what Frans said. Etheria's current situation was similar to that on Earth back then.

"I have some pepper, would the Merchant Union buy it?"

"Huh? Are you serious? How much?"

"About 250 grams."

Frans smiled broadly. The amount is small, but still valuable. Frans immediately said that he would buy it. But before that he asked first.

"Are you sure you want to sell it here? If you go elsewhere, to a merchant in town or directly to Altira's Lord's place, the price can be much higher."

Rosalina shook her head, "Selling it directly is profitable, but the risk is high. There is a possibility that they will come to me to inquire about the source of the pepper. I'm still weak and just a novice trader. I don't have the strength to protect myself yet. So, I guess selling it to the Merchant Union is much safer. That's on condition that you don't tell outsiders that I'm the one providing it."

"Ha ha ha ha!" Frans laughed out loud, "Good, good… looks like you've thought it through."

The old man stretched out his hand. Rosalina shook the outstretched hand. The agreement has been agreed.

Rosalina will bring the pepper tomorrow. Frans understood, he would have the receptionist downstairs to lead Rosalina to his room on the third floor.

With that Rosalina left. Frans who was left in the room couldn't lower his smile. He had a feeling that the woman in front of him might shake Amberley. Where the hunch came from, he didn't know himself.

At least until now he was quite satisfied. Rosalina wasn't too greedy. If it's a usual novice trader, they might immediately go elsewhere after Frans told them that the price of pepper was much higher outside.

As Rosalina said, doing so carries the risk of an investigation and assault on her. Spices are a rarity in Amberley.

Anyone would want a source or a place to get this spice. Even Frans himself was curious about the source of Rosalina's pepper.

Elsewhere, after exiting the Merchant Union building. Rosalina didn't go home right away. She wanted to go home, it was just that today's mission Theo had given her, hadn't been completed.

The mission was to buy a wagon and a horse.

'How much does a wagon cost? I hope it's not expensive...'

Rosalina thought while imagining the money she currently had. Previously, Rosalina had received a gift from Lord Altira of one hundred gold coins. Then she got a bonus from the guild of fifty gold coins. After that, the proceeds from the sale of the goblin materials gave her twenty gold coins.

With that, the total income earned from yesterday's mission was 170 gold coins. Coupled with the money she has, Rosalina currently has 37 bronze, 503 silver and 170 gold coins.

Bronze coin is the smallest currency. But strangely, on the system, bronze coins were not recorded at all. There are only silver, gold and red coins.

Apparently, the system doesn't accept bronze at all. Even in the Shop, the minimum price Theo could give was one silver.

In Etheria, one's average monthly expenditure was thirty silver, or three hundred bronze coins.

Ten bronze coins equals one silver. Ten silver is equal to one gold coin. As for red coins, one was equivalent to a hundred gold coins.

Rosalina's salary as a treasurer in the guild was one hundred silver coins every month. So, yeah, Rosalina is actually living pretty well in Altira. That's also why she can have her own house even though it's small.

If Rosalina continued to pursue her profession as treasurer, the future prospects were promising, she could become one of the pillars of Guild Headquarters and earn an unimaginable salary.

But unfortunately that is not the path that Rosalina wants to take.

Back to the present situation, Rosalina arrived at a workhouse that specializes in selling various kinds of wagons, carriages, caravans and so on.

Rosalina stopped by, telling the seller her goal was to buy a wagon.

"5 gold for the small one, the medium size 15 gold, and the big one like there is 25 gold."

"Hmm, I want the medium one. Here is the money. Please deliver to this address."

"Ooh! I like fast buyers like you. Do you need the horse too?"

"Hmm? You sell horses?"

"No, I'm not selling it. However, we work closely with horse sellers. Because the new merchants who come here are not just one or two."

Rosalina scowled a little, as she believed that buying it here might cost more than the horse seller itself.

The salesman understood what Rosalina was thinking.

"Relax, young lady. I'm not going to raise the price of the horse."

"Are you sure? Then how much does one horse cost?"

"For a horse suitable to tow your wagon, around 35 to 50 gold each. You can use one, but your horse will tire quickly. My recommendation, at least buy two."

"..."

Rosalina was silent for a moment. She was counting. If the cheapest one is 35 gold, then two are 70 gold coins. Plus a wagon for 15 gold coins. Then the expenditure was 85 gold coins.

'In the end it's still expensive... sigh...'

Rosalina had no other choice, she immediately bought two horses at once. Plus, she didn't hesitate to buy the 50 gold coins one.

Rosalina's plan was to explore Etheria. For that she needs the horse of the highest quality!

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