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The Reincarnated Thirty-Something Woman’s Otherworldly Reform Life

[Ideas Sometimes Come Out of Nowhere]

Translated by: ME

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「Milady, it is dangerous if you jump out suddenly!」

The escort knight was crying out to me with a ghastly expression and a pleading demeanor.

Oh dear.

「...I'm showwy. I wanted to twy and shee for myshelf how the people eating feel...」

If I said that, they would have opposed it... Sorry.

I won't do it again... probably.

I wiped my face with the wet towel I had brought and fixed my hair with my fingers.

I felt the gazes of the three of them, seemingly wanting to retort that it was a premeditated crime.

「It really is dangerous, you know?」

When Lily pressed the point with a troubled look, Magnolia nodded.

「Yesh. I'll be careful.」

「.......」

Dean was looking at Magnolia with a subtle expression... He probably thought that I didn't say I wouldn't do it.

...That is correct. I don't say things I can't do. I'll try my best, but lying is wrong.

Carrying the four of them, the carriage passed through the back alleys, ran for a short while, and stopped in front of a haberdashery.

「I won't buy much, sho let's go to a haberdashery inshtead of a cloth wholesaler.」

Urged by Lily, I nodded.

The escort knight got off first with alacrity, and I was helped down from the carriage slowly.

And he stuck right behind me.

...Hmm. It seemed I lost credibility all at once.

The haberdashery was a cute shop that gave a compact impression. The iron sign designed with ribbons and clothes was very fitting.

Inside, clothes and small items were displayed in an easy-to-see manner. They were practical items, not too flashy.

Judging from the feel of the items placed there, it seemed to be a shop frequented by commoners.

Scraps were gathered in a basket near the entrance, and I quickly scanned them.

「Welcome.」

A middle-aged woman with a gentle atmosphere called out to me.

When I picked up a scrap and checked it, she answered with a smile.

「Hello. How much ish this?」

「Small bundles are two medium copper coins, large ones are three medium copper coins.」

I signaled Lily with my eyes and had her choose a pattern that looked good.

Magnolia took out about five handkerchiefs she had sewn and showed them to the shop woman.

「Do you buy things here?」

「Yes... My, what beautiful cloth. The embroidery is beautiful too... Did you do this, little miss?」

When I nodded, she was terribly impressed and carefully examined even the fine stitches.

「Let's see. How about five medium copper coins for five pieces?」

「Yesh. Pleashe do.」

I nodded obediently and concluded the business deal.

When I bought the scraps Lily chose for me and paid the money.

Suddenly, a fragment of a solution popped into my head.

「...Um! What does the shop do with cloths shmaller than these scwaps!?」

For a moment, the woman opened her eyes wide at Magnolia's momentum, then tilted her head in wonder.

「Let's see. Slightly larger ones might be used for patching holes, and really small ones might be used for kindling?」

「Those... I don't mind if it's the unnecesshawy powtion, but could you let me have them pewiodically?」

The woman checked with Magnolia, looking troubled.

「We don't mind, but... won't your mother or father get angry?」

「Yesh. How much would you shell them for?」

Even when Magnolia asked, she didn't get a favorable reply, and was told to ask her parents properly.

As a bonus, she gave me some of the small cloths mentioned in the conversation for free.

Looking at the colorful scraps in my hand, I mulled it over, rearranging the ideas welling up, scrutinizing them, and running simulations over and over.

(...The reaction wasn't bad, but since I'm a child, it's not even a discussion.)

It's used for kindling.

In a sense, it's garbage that isn't very useful, so they probably hesitated thinking that if I was asked or forced to take it, it might cause trouble with the child's parents.

I think that worry is justified. It's adult consideration.

(But, I can probably use this! ...The initial cost isn't that much, and it doesn't require strength.)

Azenda is a land without any particularly large industries.

They hunt and fish only for what they eat, but since technology isn't developed, at present, it doesn't stand as an industry to transport far away.

Even if transported, it would probably be dried meat, salted meat, or dried fish.

Currently, most is local production for local consumption.

There are several kilns for pottery, but again, it's not that thriving. Even if I wanted to boost it, Magnolia has no knowledge.

Sake brewing is the same; it seems they make not only wine but also cider, ale, and distilled spirits, but this also doesn't seem to be on a scale or quality to be a selling point. The Magnolia of the previous life was quite a drinker, but naturally, she can't make it herself, nor does she know how to improve it.

As for something unique within the country, there is shipbuilding technology, but since there is currently no intention to strengthen relationships with other countries to that extent, there is no feeling of expanding it as a business.

At least, not right now.

I could probably use the skills to make other things, but specifically, Magnolia doesn't understand the difference between ordinary carpentry or metalworking and those related to shipbuilding, so she can't think of a way to utilize the skills effectively.

Something that doesn't exist yet, and doesn't conflict with the interests of existing things.

...There might be some overlap, but the purpose of purchase would be different.

It also fits the somewhat rustic, pastoral Azenda in a good way. I don't know full-scale techniques, but Magnolia understands the basics.

I visited several haberdasheries, cloth wholesalers, and workshops, but everyone had similar reactions.

It would be easy if they jumped at it, but the fact that they don't is also proof that their character is decent.

...Perhaps to make me leave, everywhere gave me small piles of scraps. Even when I offered to buy, they said money wasn't necessary, perhaps because it was troublesome or they wanted to drive me away quickly.

Satisfied that she had squeezed out a solution for the time being, Magnolia wrapped the mountain of treasures she obtained with almost no capital in a large cloth she had on hand, and with a mufufufu strange smile, she scared Dean and the escort knight.

Suddenly, she turned her eyes outside while moving.

...Looking at the stalls selling food, she wondered what they did with the leftovers.

It's a world where refrigeration and preservation technologies are likely not developed.

Do they only stock what they can sell out? Fire sale? Give it away? Discard?

It would be good if a system that circulates well could be created.

It is a world far from the age of gluttony. Is there a way to use it up well without wasting it by discarding?

Seeing her small mistress seemingly enter a long contemplation, Lily stared at the mountain of scraps.

Apparently, she had come up with something again.

She had been seen thinking about various things lately; was this the solution?

She couldn't help but think, shouldn't she think about playing more relaxedly like a child? But whether it was Gerald or the two in Azenda, they were always busy with something.

(Is it in the blood...?)

While slightly exasperated, she was also looking forward to what she would do.

Well now, it seems she needs a large amount of cloth.

The adults she tried to deal with seemed cold. Negotiation must be quite difficult.

She suggested that she could ask for her, but was refused, being told it was okay for now. At the same time as negotiating, she seemed to be assessing something.

(I mean, is Lady Magnolia really four years old...?)

Lily asked the question in her heart that anyone would quite naturally have.

In the seat opposite, the knight sat with a gloomy expression, being swung around by the unfamiliar escort target.

...Poor thing, she thought.

To accompany a master who has survived in tough environments, one must also be tough.

(I'll give him some stomach medicine later...)

Quietly, Lily sent cheers to the young escort knight in her heart.

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