Resurrected Immortal 488

Chapter 488 – 488. Water Gate Territory Tirnis (2)

Upon arriving at the gate of the mansion, the lord, the owner of this mansion and the manager of the estate.
Count Tirnis came out to the door and greeted the party.

“Count Aldev Tirnis is meeting the queen.”

“It’s a lot of hard work. Count Tirnis.”

As the current king’s royal family, Queen Diane, the highest ranking member of the royal family, was greeted by Count Tirnis as a representative.

“The news of His Majesty’s death this time is really…”

The conversations that followed were only formal conversations between aristocratic societies.
Accepting Count Tirnis’ condolences with a calm nod, Count Tirnis guided the royal family and knights into the interior of the mansion that had been prepared in advance.
Earl Tirnis, who had already been informed by letter from the royal family that the royal family would visit this place upon the death of the king, made all preparations to faithfully fulfill the role of the family that had been passed down from generation to generation.
It is none other than the role of Count Tirnis’s family to safely pass the funeral of this king, who is the first to greet him in his own generation.
With Queen Diane as the lead, Artia’s Knights escorted Prince Damian, Helena Hobby, Yuria, and Evan as they walked in.
Since the Knights of Artia and Eunhyeon, who were left behind without joining the escort, were prearranged to stay at a hotel operated inside the territory, the three of them, including Eunhyeon, headed straight to the prearranged hotel.

“Hyunah. What are we doing now?”

As soon as she entered the hotel and unpacked her luggage, Erin asked Eunhyun with a look of anticipation.
Erin, seeing the sea for the first time, seems to want to capture the lengthy scenery she had seen before.
Seeing that face, Eleanor smiled too, and she proposed to Eun-hyeon.

“The departure is tomorrow morning, so wouldn’t it be okay today?”

“Well, not really.”

I didn’t come here to play, but that doesn’t mean I don’t take advantage of it when I have plenty of time.
Above all, this expedition is also a new experience for Erin that she has never experienced before.
With their eyes shining and shining like that, how could I say no?

“Okay. Let’s go take a look.”

“Thank you! I really like it!”

Erin happily jumped into Eunhyun’s arms and she rubbed her face against his chest.
Patting Erin’s head, Eunhyeon and Eleanor looked at each other and smiled.
Immediately after leaving the hotel, the three headed to a market crowded with many people.
It is not an ordinary stall market, but a fish market full of various seafood caught through fishing.

“Wow…”

Erin admired a little as she watched the crowds of people.
Before long, the salty scent of the sea stimulated Erin’s nose.

“Eww…”

Erin, who covers her nose and slightly frowns, seems to have a little difficulty accepting the first smell of the sea as her five senses are more sensitive than others.

“Are you okay?”

“Okay, it’s okay… It’s my first time… It’s not unbearable though. As long as you adapt…”

Erin blew her nose, which she had inadvertently blocked, and she carefully took in the scent of the sea, trying to adjust herself somehow.

“Whoa…”

She took a deep breath and the more she breathed in, the stronger her scent rushed into her body, but it wasn’t too hard to accept her initially intense saltiness.

‘I also smelled the rotten smell of the corpse. That’s about it…’

Erin, who had experienced various stench while working as an adventurer, was not weak enough to give in to this.

“Song! Miss Eleanor! Hyuna!”

Erin quickly regained her initial vigour, and she pulled each other’s arm from the center of Eunhyeon and Eleanor to lead them.

“Okay.”

“You have to walk slowly.”

Seeing the bright side of Erin, the youngest member of her family, Eunhyeon and Eleanor looked around the market with Erin while smiling.

“Wow… There are so many things I see for the first time.”

Erin’s eyes widened when she saw the variety of seafood on display at the fish market stalls.
So far, all the fish and shellfish Erin has seen or eaten are small-sized fish that can only be found in valleys in the mountains.
The sight of various kinds of seafood, including large fish that look bigger than a human arm in a huge barrel, is a wonder to Erin seeing it for the first time.

“Why are there so many fish?”

“That’s because they sell what they catch on this shore right away.”

It is a special benefit that only lands adjacent to the sea can have.

“Tirnis, unlike other territories, is managed through fishing and trade rather than agriculture, and it is a special territory within the Kingdom of Pernias.”

The land of this manor full of salt is unstable for farming.
Therefore, the Territory of Tirnis imports grain from nearby territories at a reasonable price, and in return, sells seafood caught by fishing, or makes a profit by collecting tolls from merchant ships that enter through the floodgates.

“Being able to cook and eat a variety of fresh fish right away is a special feature that can only be enjoyed in this manor.”

“… Can’t you eat in Pernin or Armitas territory?”

“Yeah. Because it is a fish.”

Fish is relatively faster than other food ingredients.
The distance from Tyrnis to Fernine or Armitas is about two weeks, even if you keep running by wagon.
There is a realistic limit to transporting seafood, which decays immediately after 2 or 3 days, to various places.

‘If we develop transportation technology that maintains cryopreservation… When should I think about it?’

Eun-hyeon thought of another business item in her head and walked around the fish market with her two wives.

“U-what is that!?”

Erin backed away in awe at a creature for sale at a fish stand.
She hides behind Eun-hyeon and sticks her head out, unable to take her eyes off the barrel containing the creature.

“What kind of legs do you have so many… ?”

It is very bizarre to see its brown skin and eight legs wriggling like tentacles and moving around in the barrel.

“Kuk-kuk… Miss. Are you from the capital?”

Seeing Erin’s reaction, the stall owner grinned.

“That, by the way… ? How did you know?”

“It’s the first time I see an octopus, so I can’t help but think that way. Furthermore… The fact that she looks very pretty is different from the girls here. I just thought he might be an aristocrat from the capital or an adventurer.”

As if there were not one or two people who reacted like Erin, the stall owner just laughed as if Erin was cute.

“Heh. So surprised to see her octopus. It was a very funny face.”

The stall owner, observing up close and intuition that the beautiful young lady was startled and hiding behind the man, gave a pleasant smile and expressed his honest feelings.

“… Octopus?”

Erin put on a puzzled expression at the first word she heard.

“That’s the name.”

She let go of Erin’s hand, which was holding her clothes on her back, and Eun-hyeon bent her knees to closely observe the state of the octopus in the barrel.

“Can I touch it?”

“Then whatever. It’s better if you buy it.”

At the words of the owner who was willing to fall, Eun-hyeon grabbed the octopus’s head and lifted it up without hesitation.

“The color is nice. It’s big, and it’s strong.”

“Hmm? Can you see?”

The owner of the stall showed interest in Eun-hyeon’s calm attitude as she grabbed and lifted the octopus’s head without hesitation.

“A little bit.”

“Tongue, Hyuna! Eight! Arm… !”

Erin tugged at Eun-hyeon’s clothes and made a fuss about her as the slime-filled legs of the octopus climbed up and wrapped around Eun-hyeon’s arms.

“Away! You bastard!”

“Are you okay. Because it’s like this.”

Haha!”

The stall owner burst into laughter at Erin’s response, who screamed at the octopus in awe, but couldn’t bear to touch it and only lashed out with her mouth.

“Whoops.”

Eleanor, who was quietly watching it from behind, also covered her mouth with her hand and suppressed her laughter.
The people around the market also burst into laughter as if Erin’s behavior was cute.

“Ooh, don’t laugh!”

Erin, unable to understand why she burst into laughter at the sight of herself, exclaimed hastily as her face blushed, but her evasiveness only amused those around her more.
In the market atmosphere that became more noisy because of the fun happening, Eun-hyeon smiled and asked the stall owner.

“How much is it?”

“One silver coin.”

“It is quite expensive.”

“However, I can’t find anything like this anywhere.”

Certainly, to Eun-hyeon’s eyes, the octopus wrapped around her arm looked of good quality.
But even so, it is also undeniable that a silver coin is unusually expensive.
Considering that the monthly salary of a young man serving in Pernin’s army is about two pieces of silver, you can get a sense of how expensive the octopus in front of her is.
Perhaps Eunhyeon, Eleanor, or Erin came from the capital city, or they were wearing clothes made of relatively luxurious fabrics, so they deliberately set a high price.
Eunhyeon smiled and brought her face closer to the stall owner.

“Give me a service.”

“… I will.”

The owner of the stall smiled wryly at the small voice whispering in his ear and nodded his head.
I’ll let her go, so Eun-hyeon warned her not to slap her back too much. The stall owner immediately understood.

“Are the two women in the back family?”

“Wives.”

“Hoo. He has good skills at such a young age.”

The stall owner exclaimed as if there was nothing surprising.
It is not known to common people, but it is common among nobles of noble status to have several concubines following the royal family.
Rather, it was strange that he did not show an arrogant attitude despite his status as an aristocrat and politely took honorific words.
In addition, the relationship between the two women, who appear to be husband and wife, is very strange to the point that they are very familiar.

“I apologize for trying to deceive you.”

The stall owner immediately apologized.
Trying to rip off someone like this is a violation of business morality.

“It’s okay.”

“As an apology, I’ll pass this on cheap.”

What the stall owner took out was another barrel the same as the one that contained the octopus.

“This… ?”

“I see. If you know the octopus, you probably know this.”

When he opened the lid with a confident smile, the three of them checked the contents inside.

“Hee!?”

Something black and long wriggled and swam in the barrel, splashing water out.
Erin, who had pushed her upper body closer to check the contents of the box, stepped back in surprise.

“Haha.”

As if she knew that would be the case, the stall owner, who confirmed Erin’s reaction, smiled at her.

“… What is this?”

As expected, Eleanor, who is not very knowledgeable about seafood, put on a strange expression and asked the stall owner, but it was Eun-hyeon who answered her question.

“… Call it an eel.”

“Eel?”

“As expected, my brother knows. This eel fish is a specialty that is often caught on the coast of Tirnis. It is very popular, especially among men.”

“Is it popular? Why?”

“Hehe.”

The stall owner laughed without immediately answering Eleanor’s question.
Soon after, she checked Eunhyun’s face with a sinister smile.
She checked Eunhyeon’s slightly subtle expression, and she continued to speak.

“It’s great for stamina.”

“Yes?”

At the completely unexpected answer from the stall owner, Erin put on a dumbfounded expression.

“If you only eat this, even men with no energy can’t control the overflowing energy and become ferocious beasts on the bed.”

“… Ah.”

Realizing what she meant, Erin blushed and slightly averted her gaze.

“How is it? Shouldn’t this be enough to deal with her wives at night?”

“…”

Eunhyun slightly frowned and did not respond.
It’s not that I don’t have money at all, but I didn’t really want to buy and eat eels at this overpriced price, as spending too much wasn’t very in line with my personality.

“No. Just octopus…”

“Are there more besides this one?”

“Hmm? Uh, that, right?”

The stall owner was taken aback when Eleanor, who was staring at her eel, interrupted Eun-hyeon’s answer and asked a question.

“Give me everything.”

“… What?”

“Give me everything. Here’s the money.”

Without hesitation, Eleanor took out her pocket, which contained her bundle of silver coins, which she had exchanged in advance, and handed it to the stall owner.
The owner of the street stall, holding in her hand a large amount of money, enough to buy 50 eels, put on a dumbfounded expression.

“… Eleanor. Can I eat all of this today?”

“No. I have no intention of eating today. We can take these home with us.”

As long as there is a means to jump over and return to the dungeon house at once using the gate, no matter how far away it is, it is very easy to store large amounts of frozen food as long as there is a refrigerator that can be stored for a long time.

“… Do you want to eat eels like that?”

“Yes? No. Are you going to feed them all?”

“…”

Contrary to Eleanor’s confident attitude, the stall owner who was listening to the conversation was taken aback.

“Whoa, whoa…”

The stall owner stuck out his tongue as he watched Eleanor passionately express his opinion.

“What kind of aristocratic wife can’t be so quick-witted?”

It was at this moment that the stall owner’s perception of a noble and dignified aristocratic woman was instantly shattered.

“I don’t need change. Please pack quickly.”

“Ah, I see!”

When she urged her with a cool line like the king of extravagance, the stall owner hurriedly got up from her seat and packed her eels.