Chapter 27 – Changgwan – 3
There was a place called Haomen in the martial arts area I saw in the previous world.
A clan formed by the gathering of lower classes such as thieves, pickpockets, gamblers, gisaengs, and fortune tellers.
It is an organization that collects and investigates a lot of information because they have their eyes and ears everywhere in the back alleys of the city.
I heard that there is also a report from gisaengs who listen to the conversation of executives who have become light-headed while drinking at Giru.
How much information can you collect by doing that?
In modern movies, there are scenes where a member of the National Assembly or the president of a large company calls a woman at a bar. In other words, there is a feeling that collecting information in such a situation is a kind of cliché.
“Indeed, such information…”
At my words, Beatrice smiled bitterly.
A flower garden of red flowers, an office on the top floor.
Looking at it now, it seems to have a similar structure to an adventurer’s guild. The only difference is that the interior is more luxurious and fancy?
In the spacious office decorated mainly in red, probably to Beatrice’s liking, I was sitting in what appeared to be Beatrice’s seat, and I was receiving her report.
In the room, Chloe and Zeke standing next to me, and Beatrice and two women sitting across from me. And in the corner sat Isabelle drinking her tea.
“Isn’t it too hard?”
“Yeah. Of course, there are no such stories.”
When I told him that I had seen a system like Haomun in a book, that was the reaction.
It is said that people usually listen to a few things when talking about trade.
However, if there is a problem, most of the information has already passed its expiration date. The travel time between regions is long, and there is no such thing as a jeonseogu, but it is not something that ordinary people can use.
“However, it is not that there is no information at all.”
“Like. You mean that?”
As Beatrice looked at the woman behind her, one of the women standing behind her pulled out some of her papers from a desk near her.
Chloe stepped in and she took it.
“… Information about the Müller estate?”
He looked at Beatrice at Chloe’s words, which she had been reading slowly.
“Honestly, reliability is low. In the first place, there is no such thing as a family of merchants telling the truth. There’s alcohol involved, and I often exaggerate myself for a deal.”
“Even taking that into consideration, you mean it’s plausible that you prepared like this?”
“Yeah. It is said that the price of various materials skyrocketed, and as a result of having someone check it out, the amount and type of goods prepared by the merchant were also different from usual.”
Chloe nodded her head and handed over her papers.
Upon closer inspection, it was clearly written.
“I am sure of mine.”
“Yeah.”
My father said it, so it wasn’t nonsense, but the fact that the market fluctuated like this must mean that internal disputes are about to surface.
And if you’re quick-witted, you’ll notice it sooner or later.
She looked over the papers for a while, then looked at Beatrice.
“When did you prepare?”
Just because I was looking for this, it probably wasn’t something I prepared from then. Of course, it would be difficult for me to notice that I, the second son, will manage from now on, just because I was contacted in advance.
Beatrice, who looked at me with a polite and quiet attitude, cautiously opened her mouth.
“I’m not as organized as you said, but I have a little bit of know-how.”
“Know-how.”
What she was talking about was some kind of statistic.
“The job of the guests who come mainly at this time. There are no new shops on this street, and there are few customers who visit even when there is nothing special going on. The number of adventurers increases or decreases. Such information. There are a couple of things we get from that.”
He looked at Beatrice with an interesting gaze.
He seemed to speak calmly with a small smile, but he could see that he was nervous.
He nodded her head as if to continue.
“Aren’t you preparing for war?”
“War.”
I looked at Isabel, the head of the adventurer’s guild.
“Did you ever tell me?”
“No. There is not.”
Isabelle speaks plainly.
Well, you must have heard the story that I visited the adventurer’s guild, and in fact, there are many suspicious signs, so it’s not strange to notice.
“Right. We are preparing for war with Müller.”
“As expected. Then what came to us…”
“Well, there really is no particular reason. There is also an idea to take a look at Changgwan Street, which is an area managed by the police department. And now you know.”
“Yeah. It must be about sexually transmitted diseases.”
Beatrice said with a serious face.
“Inspections are conducted periodically. There are no major issues so far.”
“Then narrow the cycle a little more. Judging from the situation, rumors are likely to arise, and there seems to be no problem even if they are noticed.”
Suddenly, the STD test cycle speeds up. Even small things like that are informative.
“All right.”
“I will give consideration to the cost of the examination. Zeke.”
“All right.”
Zeke nodded at my words.
Originally, Changgwan prepares for the cost of the inspection, but Yeongji also moderately reduces it. Of course, personally inspecting is at your own expense.
At my words, Beatrice bowed her waist and greeted me.
“Thank you.”
“Then shall we move on to the main subject?”
“Yeah.”
I said it first, but Beatrice was preparing information anyway.
If you notice it roughly and say it in advance, it must mean that you have something you want.
“What do you want?”
At my words, Beatrice hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.
“As you know, Changgwan Street is holding pretty stable.”
“Is it?”
“Yeah. There are no problems at this time.”
Beatrice nodded at Zeke’s words.
“Yeah. Some stores go bankrupt and some new ones open, but the organization that manages them is very stable.”
“Isn’t that nice?”
Beatrice said that I was not wrong.
“It’s a good thing, but in other words it’s saturated.”
“It’s saturated.”
Peace is maintained and the population increases. The reason is understandable, but the land of Franz is wide. It is still developing, and there is still plenty of room for the planned urban development.
“There can be no shortage of that.”
“That’s right. If you look at the back alley as a whole, it’s not that much. When a back alley is full of people, there is a dispute. Peace is maintained now, but soon conflicts arise again and organizations are formed and ruined repeatedly.”
“By the way?”
Speaking of words, there’s nothing special about it. It’s a dispute, but it’s just a back alley. If it doesn’t spread to the sun, there’s no reason for us to touch it.
“We are the problem.”
“You?”
“Yeah.”
Beatrice began to explain her organization.
The largest organization of back alleys including Changgwan Street in this area. Meeting me now on behalf of a street organization proves that.
Beatrice smiled bitterly.
“We have a slightly higher status among the organizations that operate Changgwan.”
“Looks like it.”
The research materials also described this Changgwan in detail.
“People who want to be prostitutes are flocking to our organization.”
“Hmm.”
I looked at Zeke at Beatrice’s words, but Zeke shook his head as well. Is it that you don’t understand that much?
But does that matter?
“As people increase and the organization grows, you have to become independent.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to grow the organization more?”
“It is still the largest organization around here. We wouldn’t know if we were an organization like that, but it’s a burden for us to grow this organization, which started as Changgwan, even bigger than this. The reason why we can act as representatives of the back alley is because we maintain this position and also serve as a kind of coordinator. If you break that, people around you won’t look good on you.”
Hmm.
Does it happen? Even if it doesn’t look good, I can handle it.
“I think you have enough power.”
Officially employing magical power holders as employees. Even if a war breaks out, I think I can handle it enough.
“We also have pride. An organization that started as Changgwan. It is rewarding to focus on the Changgwan and provide better quality services to our guests.”
I could feel the sincerity of Beatrice as she spoke with a serious expression. It must be professional consciousness. Then what do you want?
As if Beatrice had swallowed her saliva for a moment, a gulping sound could be heard in her throat.
“I want to advance to the Müller estate. No, I want to be independent from Müller.”
“At Müller? You mean setting up a branch?”
At my words, Beatrice looked to the side.
Two women who had been standing behind came forward.
“Sasha. It’s called Nina. Say hello.”
“This is Sasha.”
“It’s Niña.”
Both sisters had blond hair and crimson eyes and resembled Beatrice, but each had its own characteristics. Niña greeted the bob cut of her short hair with a friendly smile in her drooping eyes, and Sasha, with long hair that fell over her shoulders, looked coldly frozen in her sharply raised eyes. Stood
“She is my biological daughter.”
“Hmm. Indeed. I thought they looked alike.”
Beatrice looked at the two and said.
“She is my daughter, but she is clever and knows the back alleys from a young age. After winning the war, opening a new shop will help clear up the messy back alleys.”
“I see.”
You mean to reduce the size of the saturated organization by making it independent of Müller. Even if they become independent, being so far apart is practically the same as running a separate organization. It must be that Franz’s relationship with the back alley organization will be maintained, and the daughters will be active in Müller. I know what you mean. Got it.
Then Chloe, who had been listening beside her, stepped forward.
“So the reason you’re saying it now isn’t that you need Franz’s help, right?”
Chloe glared sharply at Beatrice and said.
Be scared
