I stared at him expressionlessly.

As a result, his hunched shoulders gradually relaxed:

"It's you, I don't have any extra water to sell."

"I can see that."

His clothes were very shabby, probably made from a quilt, used to temporarily keep him warm. His whole body was full of vigilance, and he didn't look like a businessman at all.

Oh~~That’s it.

"This is the first time I have seen a traveling businessman go bankrupt."

"..."

The profiteer I teased curled his lips unwillingly.

"Did you encounter a robber?"

"Why, why do you know?!"

The other party instantly cast a surprised look. He had never looked at me before.

"I guessed, but now I know."

Of course it’s not a guess.

At that time, after he deceived me of twenty dimensions, the Divine Eye gave me the message:

[The chance of Mr. Profiteer being robbed before entering Woolworth is 70%]

Look~~even my plug-in thinks he is a profiteer.

"Let me guess again - it happened on your way to Woolworth?"

"Hmm...! What's your relationship with that group of people?!"

"...Don't be so scared. Do you think I know the bandits near Woolworth?"

"Then you..."

"Okay, okay, I was just lucky enough to guess the truth, but you... why are you back again?"

I don't know exactly where Woolworth is...but it sounds like a big city, so it must be far away from our small town.

After encountering a robber, this guy did not place himself nearby, but came here...

"Could it be that... in your mind, most people in this small town have little knowledge, so you want to use this opportunity to continue your businessmanlike behavior?"

The town is remote and backward, so most people are easily deceived by outsiders with ill intentions.

I didn't expect him to answer me honestly, but as a member of the town, I had to question this guy with a "criminal record".

The other party smiled bitterly and spread his hands:

"Don't worry...it takes capital to do bad things."

"Oh, you're not penniless, are you?"

"Hmm...let's see...there are less than a hundred dimensional copies left."

He groped among his clothes.

Is there only so much money left...The robbers are really ruthless.

"Well, it seems that I can't do any bad things, but I can just have a few drinks."

"How many drinks?"

"There is a good and cheap pub nearby."

"...Are you inviting me? Forget it...Drinking in broad daylight is weird enough. Besides, I have to find a place to stay. Besides..."

"You can only have the strength to think about these complicated things after drinking, right?"

"..."

"My treat."

"No, everyone pays what he deserves."

I nodded slightly and walked forward.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Barrick."

......

Forty minutes later, in the pub.

"Oh~~You are still good at drinking, brother Barrick."

"Who is your brother? I'm obviously older than you... hiccup... you, your ability to drink is pretty good... hiccup..."<

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Barrick's previously pale face was now flushed red from the wine.

"This is such a nice place...burp...cheap...burp..."

"After all, it is a pub that entertains locals, and the price is not much higher than the cost."

"What a great place...burp..."

Barrick kept burping and talking, he was already drunk and a little confused.

I also felt vaguely drunk, but I was undoubtedly much more sober than him.

While drinking with Barrick, he slowly revealed his information to me:

He and his wife and daughter originally lived in a small city in the west. Two years ago, he experienced his first bankruptcy. With the remaining funds, he became a traveling businessman and has traveled back and forth to various places since then.

I looked at his dark face that had been washed away countless times by wind and dust. The wrinkles on the left and right marked him with signs of aging in advance.

According to what he said, last time he took a shortcut with his colleagues and happened to pass by and came to the small town of Vige.

"Then you think: I won't come here anyway, so you might as well become a profiteer."

"Haha... Then I met you... burp..."

"Then my luck is really bad~~"

"Hiccup... don't complain, it's really my fault... hiccup... But I regretted it as soon as I got your money... hiccup...

...."

"Oh? So you never spent it until it fell into the hands of robbers?"

"No...after I left here, I gave the money to the beggars on the roadside...hiccup..."

Is this the so-called power of conscience?

Well...it's just twenty coins, not to mention it's for charity, so I'll just treat it as charity after a long absence.

But...

"Excuse me for talking too much, but you are so indecisive that you cannot be considered a qualified profiteer."

"Hiccup...yeah..."

Barrick did not refute, and then sighed heavily.

"Even an ordinary businessman can't be a good person...I've been bankrupt twice, and I can't even get enough money to go back this time..."

"This is an unexpected factor, not your ability."

I comforted.

"Hiccup... I can't handle emergencies... Isn't it a matter of my ability?"

"Well..."

Oops, the conversation suddenly came to a real topic.

The atmosphere suddenly became depressing. This was a situation I wanted to escape from.

"..."

"..."

"Have you ever asked me... hiccup... why I went bankrupt... but still came to your town?"

"Hmm."

"Hiccup... Because during the few days I stayed here, I found something that I longed for so much that I still couldn't forget it after I left... hiccup...

..I was so devastated after being robbed...I didn’t have enough money left to go back to the west...I think that only when I get here...hiccup...can I calm down."

"...Oh? What do you mean?"

"Stability, long-term stability, hiccup..."

Barrick's slightly squinted eyes suddenly opened. He winked at me and said the exact same answer that I had in mind. Then he leaned back on the seat as if he was relieved and smiled with two rows of big yellow teeth.
Chapter completed!