The merchant caravan arrived at Wuyao Snake Manor earlier than expected, on the second day following the manor meeting.
It happened that yesterday's manor meeting concluded with the decision to expand the marketplace slightly, which enabled the merchant caravan to smoothly settle into the marketplace.
Clothing, farm tools, circus performances, sugar figurines, poultry and eggs, kittens and puppies, medicinal plasters, ring toss, and riddles... the caravan offered a dazzling array of goods. Of course, the merchants dealing in valuable merchandise didn't show up; it was the small traders and peddlers who came.
"Master, would you like to take a stroll through the marketplace?" Butler Morris asked as he approached the living room.
Russell had just finished his knightly morning practice, sweating profusely, and was now resting in a chair while casually looking at some new books.