Book 9: Chapter 2


    Eh


    I didnt understand what Tina was saying.


    This 500 billion spina is my savings for Halt-sama.


    My mind froze, so Tina politely exined it once again.


    So I didnt misheard it, apparently.


    Tina had worked hard and saved a fortune of 500 billion for me.


    If Halt-sama needs it, I can transfer this whole amount to you.


    N-No. No, I dont need that! T-that kind of fortune


    Even if I belonged to nobility now, I spent my entire life of 17 years in an ordinary family in my previous life.


    My sense of money was that of themoners.


    I got a feeling that I might go crazy if somebody suddenly gave me 500 billion such a huge fortune.


    Thats why I refused, but


    I-is that so


    Tina was depressed.


    Ah, s-sorry, Tina. Im super happy that you worked hard for me. Really, thank you so much.


    Thoroughly flustered, I apologized and thanked Tina while gently caressing her head.


    She did it for me, after all, even if it was a bit too much.


    I couldnt just treat it dismissively.


    It was only right that I should appreciate her efforts as much as I could.


    Y-yes! I will do my best for Halt-sama!


    Tina smiled.


    I was d, seemed like I wasnt mistaken.


    Well then, I will keep the money for now like before, but if Halt-sama needs it, please do tell me. If the amount is less than the what you saw earlier, then it is possible to withdraw the funds immediately.


    Y-yeah. Got it. Thanks.


    Wait, I wonder, if Tina withdrew the entire amount, would it affect the economy of this world?


    The price ofmodities was rtively the same as my previous life, but the poption was only a hundredth of my previous world.


    Thats why the circting money was quite few.


    In terms of value, Tinas 500 billion should be the same as my previous lifes 500 billion. However, in terms of the worlds economy size, Tinas money should ount for a bigger percentage of this worlds economy. And so, I felt that it would be a bad idea if we were to simply withdraw her entire deposits.


    I had only studied very little about economics, so I couldnt really exin why it was a bad idea.


    However, my intuition told me that itll be bad.


    By the way, Tina, how did you save so much?


    How do you think I saved it?


    Tina smiled teasingly.


    She probably had something she wanted to brag.


    Whenever Tina did something while keeping it a secret from me, she would return the question how was it done back to me.


    She would then give me some hints, enjoying the process until I arrived at the answer.


    You hunted high-ranking monsters and sell the raw materials?


    Yes, I also did that. However, you cant get 500 billion spina just by hunting dragons, the supreme monsters of this world. Hunting monsters is an inefficient way of earning money.


    No, if a single dragon could fetch 50 million, I think its efficient enough


    Ah, let me exin first that the premise is that S-rank guild cards function a bit differently from normal guild cards of lower ranked members.


    How is it different?


    Yes. Only S-ranked guild cards can deposit and withdraw spina from whichever guild it is.


    Hm?


    I dont really get it.


    Based on Tinas words, it would mean that she could deposit and withdraw her money from the Adventurer Guild, Merchants Guild and even the Artisans Guild with the guild card that she has.


    However, I couldnt get the connection between this and earning money.


    Then, heres a hint. The richest people in this world, what kind of people are they?


    RichestRoyalty and nobility, I guess.Indeed. The people who hold great fortune should be the royalty and aristocrats of the respective nations. However, if you view this in terms of the world, then merchants should be the ones who predominantly own the currency. Even the royalties and nobilities had to purchasemodities from the merchants, after all.


    Oh, so thats how it is.


    So?


    So, how is that connected?


    Yes. Heres another hint. Kana-sama, the Sage who came with Guardian Hero Haruto-sama in the same time era, possessed a cheat skill that could summonmodities from the world where Haruto-sama came from.


    Yeah, I also benefited from that skill a few times, so I knew about it.


    Kana used the cheat skilll [Amazonist] to freely summon foods and weapons from their original world. By the way, spina was needed for the summoning.


    It was only natural that wed miss the previous worlds food after months of living in the Isekai world.


    During those times, I would give Kana some spina to get me some cup ramen.


    The previous worlds weapons didnt really work against the monsters, and the cost effectiveness was too poor, so Kana mostly used that skill to summon food.


    Products imitated from the foods that Kana-sama summoned a century ago are now currently circting here in this world.


    Oh, so thanks to that, the cuisines here became more delicious, generally speaking.


    I got my memories of being the Guardian Hero back, so I could also remember the situation of this world a hundred years ago.


    A century ago, I didnt encounter food delicious enough for me to loudly dere its tasty.


    However, there are a lot of delicious foods avable in this world at present.


    That is correct. And the most popr among them is mayonnaise.


    Mayonnaise is now the second most popr condiment for people in this world after pepper.


    The sales are said to be quite good, too.


    So thats how it is


    Ah!


    W-wait, perhaps


    The person who poprized mayonnaise in this world  was that you, Tina?


    Fufu, thats correct, Halt-sama.


    Tina patted my head.


    Lately, Ive been the one who patted her head most of the time, but Tina used to pat me on the head like this in the past.


    It had been a while, but it made me really happy.


    Back to the story, so Tina was the one who poprizd mayonnaise, huh.


    Then, Tina was already ahead of me when I initially nned to use mayonnaise to make a fortune back when I transmigrated here.


    It was a bit frustrating, but if its Tina, then its fine.


    So using the sales of mayonnaise, you were able to get the money that you should me earlier.


    Yes  but thats not the only reason.


    What do you mean by that?


    Do you know the H&T Corporation?


    Of course.


    I knew it, naturally.


    Its the biggest tradingpany in this world, after all.


    It was said that about 40% of themodities being distributed in this world are sold by H&T.


    So, what about it? Are you selling mayonnaise through thatpany?


    Haruto and Tina Corporation.


    Hm?


    As I said, H&T is the initial of Haruto and Tina.


    Huh?


    I created that.


    T/N: Lol is that a nod to the online shopping tform amazon? XD And Tina, goodness, youre so perfect!!!! Smart, wise, brave, kind, virtuous, gorgeous inside and out with the biggest melons in the entire Haltiverse, has a great business acuity, billionaire uwuwuw, how to be like you or at least have a waifu like you?!(Missed Chap 7/15)