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I Got a Cheat and Moved to Another World, so I Want to Live as I Like (Web Novel) - Chapter 372 Part 2
Chapter 372 Part 2
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「Three sticks! Thank you for your patronage.」
「Four sticks! Is there a higher bidder here?」
The voice from the external sound system of the MC hits me hard in my weakened head. The volume is turned up higher than before, probably because the surroundings have become noisier all of a sudden.
I look around me and see the guests, there were sharp glints in their eyes, their arms extended straight up and their fingers raised.
(Smell fetish!)
The ladies and gentlemen in this room here are after the 『boots with a sharp odor that would strain one’s eyes』. I was astonished when I realized this fact.
(…..But it’s not surprising.)
In Santa Claus-like vice guild master’s case, with his round body, tolerance, and his mature personality, I would end up convinced no matter what hobby he might have.
Even while I was thinking about this, the number of fingers on the chair was increasing.
(I guess what the MC is saying since earlier represents an amount of money, but I wonder how much is one stick?)
I am interested, but at the same time, I don’t want to know. Because I feel it would destroy my sense of value.
「I didn’t expect such a fine product to come out right from the start.」
This was the voice of the vice guild master who sits beside me. He was still extending his arm and holding up his finger with a look of a combination of surprise and happiness on his face.
「Seven sticks! Eight sticks! Nine! …… Is there anyone else? Well then, this item will go for nine sticks!」
The sound of a wooden board being pounded with a mallet echoes following the voice of the MC.
I turned my gaze to the side as the surroundings erupted in cheers. There, I see the vice guild master with his arms raised while raising one of his thumbs.
It seems that my superior has made a purchase.
「What a pleasant surprise this is.」
He said that there were no rumors about notable items at today’s auction. Therefore, there were no major buyers participating in the auction, and he was able to get a good price for the goods.
Surely, the vice guild master wouldn’t have come to the auction had I choose not to go with him.
「You must be a bringer of luck, Tauro-kun.」
The old man with the magnificent thick white beard spoke in a good mood, but only on this occasion, I would like to appeal to him that it’s the opposite.
On the stage, the next item was brought in, and the air shook like a curtain again with the words, 『please check it for yourself』.
(The time given to everyone to check the item should be short.)
Learning my lesson, I got through it by holding my breath. After repeating this process more than a dozen times, the auction ended without incident, and the vice guild master and I left the venue.
By the way, there seemed to be no other items that can make his nose twitch, so the vice guild master only bought the first one.
「I shouldn’t be saying this as I get to buy one, but I think the organizer this time wasn’t very good.」
The vice guild master said this when we were on our way home in the golem carriage. He said that if there were that many items, they should let people know about them in advance, even if they had to spend money on advertising.
It would be more profitable and, more importantly, no one would miss the opportunity to get some of the goods. He said that the major buyers who were not attending this time’s auction would definitely be grinding their teeth.
「Some of them might even file a complaint.」
Santa Claus said with a victorious smile on the cream-colored leather seat. However, I am not so pleased with the flat box on the chair in front of me.
This is the 『highlight of the day』 that the vice guild master has obtained.
(Can’t he see that this is a confined space?)
The air is said to be trapped with magic, and it certainly doesn’t smell like anything. But what would happen if the carriage were to fall off due to a jolt?
Thinking that this can happen anytime, I couldn’t calm down.
「Now then, Tauro-kun. Did you figure out who sent the letter?」
Santa Claus, who didn’t seem to notice my worries, moved his eyes to the side and asked in a mischievous tone.
『The man who wrote the letter from the Lily Valley to the vice guild master. I know him too, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that I remember him.』
The goblin-like guild master was the one who described it that way. Certainly, the reason decided to go along with the vice guild master was to find out who he was.
And because the conditions had been so perfect, even I would know who it was.
「I think it was the panty thief. But I didn’t know he had gone to the Lily Valley.」
The vice guild master nodded slowly.
The panty thief is a thief who 『pushed down a woman on the side of the road, took only her underwear, and ran away』which was once caused an uproar in the royal capital.
My involvement in this accident was that I was on the side that caught the panty thief. However, I only watched most of it, and I don’t remember being useful in any way.
『The love for the smell of women’s underwear that has been worn for too long.』
At the time, the vice guild master predicted the motive of the culprit and recruited a female adventurer returning from an expedition as a decoy. He dressed her in a denim miniskirt and let her roam in the city.
Despite being stripped of the thief-class female adventurer successfully caught and restrained the culprit, who must have liked the smell.
(I’m always impressed by how sharp the vice guild master is when it comes to reading people, but to think he has this kind of hobby behind his back.)
I shake my head lightly from side to side, remembering the old man with a big nose who was the culprit.
I heard that the percentage of recidivism is high for this type of crime, just like a bad habit. However, after hearing how things went after that, it seems the old man with a big nose is on the low probability side.
「So he’s been rehabilitated, huh.」
Santa Claus nodded and began to speak again.
『He trained diligently as a launderer and started his own business. Now, in the Lily Valley, he combines his hobbies and works to make profits without bothering anyone.』
The content, by the way, is such a success story.
The reason why the vice guild master was so involved in him and happy with his success is probably that he is of of the few people who share the same hobby.
(There must be so few people who have the same taste.)
Today’s auction is supposed to be a minor one, but there were quite a lot of people attended the event. If it were a more major one, it would have attracted even more people.
But even so, the number was still very small compared to the crowds that flowed through the red-light district like a school of fish.
「You don’t look like enjoying it very much, aren’t you, Tauro-kun?」
When he finished telling the story of the old man with a big nose, the vice guild master switch the topic to me.
He went out of his way to invite me, but I affirmed it without embellishing my words. Anyone who has seen me since the start of the auction would assume the same.
「However, I think you might have the knack for it.」
The vice guild master laughs mischievously.
I look at the item he won on the seat opposite me and shake my head, saying that that’s not possible. But the vice guild master added, 『this one is for advanced enjoyers, so it can’t be used as a standard』.
「Then let me ask you this, Tauro-kun. What if these were the boots of a woman you knew? Wouldn’t you want to smell them?」
And then he dropped Explosive Onee-san’s name, one of the top workers in Jayanne. I doubted it for a moment, but the red boots he won in the bid weren’t hers.
Feeling reassured, I tried to give it a thought.
(A dynamite body which is not too soft and not too hard, with parts that bulge where it should and parts that don’t bulge where it shouldn’t.)
Moreover, she is intelligent and serious at heart, despite her attractive, selfishly proportionate body. If there were a caste system in this world, I’m sure she could climb to the top by herself.
And that Explosive Onee-san loves to wear these boots for everyday use.
(Fumu, this is…)
What I am reminded of is the sweet but bewitching citrusy scent of Explosive Onee-san. Even though I know the shoes are different, it doesn’t give me a bad impression.
Seeing me troubled about it, the vice guild master smiled and opened his mouth.
「Don’t associate this scent with a bad smell.」
According to some people, bad smells are 『warnings of food that is going bad』. Apparently, the smell of rotten food or ginkgo nuts is such an example.
On the contrary, this scent is considered to be 『the scent that stimulates our instincts』.
「It’s the kind of 『scent』 that triggers the mating season in the animal kingdom. And humans, being animals, are no different.」
The fat old man continued his explanation while stroking his magnificent white beard. It’s not hard to understand if we consider the scent like a pheromone.
「For example, even though it’s the same socks, the ones with rotting sweat would make you feel uncomfortable, but the fermented ones would make you want to sniff them again, no?」
I wonder about that. In my mind, putrefaction and fermentation are the same.
But when I look back and think about it, some things do make sense. At the auction, my nose was so surprised that I shed tears, but it was only due to the intensity of the stimulation rather than the feeling of wanting to throw up.
(No, it should just mean the decomposition of organic matter by bacterial growth, and the way it’s called is only different depending on whether or not it’s beneficial to people.)
I was having second thoughts, but the fact that it was 『beneficial』 meant that the vice guild master was right. My mind was whirling around in circles and I couldn’t get my head around it.
I decided to stop thinking with logic and answer honestly with my feelings.
「….I do want to smell it, I think.」
However, this is only on the condition that the boots are Explosive Onee-san’s boots. Of course, Light Cruiser-sensei and Cool-san are also acceptable.
「But it only depends on who the items belong to.」
As I desperately tried to convey this to him, the vice guild master smiled joyfully and said, 『that’s where it all starts, you know?』
