After this matter, I added another rule to the three rules about otherworldly items that my grandfather had left me.

'Never have anything to do with matters related to politics!'

Sometime later, the man in the Kumamon t-shirt also dropped by and said, "The last time, the reason I left you that task was to give you a lesson. In the capacity of a merchant of otherworldly items, you mustn't let money cloud your mind."

"Because only death awaits those who are too greedy in this business!"

His words moved me. He had no obligation to help me, but he still did.

I wanted him to stay and do business with me, but he told me that he was accustomed to wandering from place to place. If he stayed in one place for too long, he might lose his way, so he politely refused my offer.

He didn't even stay for a complete night before leaving.

He is truly a mysterious fellow! I gazed at his back as he was leaving and shook my head.

Time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already winter. I looked outside...