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Under the near-crushing pressure, Natsuki Subaru himself was not particularly averse to cross-dressing, or even becoming a woman. In his moments of despair, he had even wondered whether, if he were a woman, that pressure might simply drift away on the wind.
The loan option offered by the Myriad Worlds Merchant System was immensely tempting to Natsuki Subaru. Even changing sex would not have been a problem, but... after changing sex, he would be forced to travel to other worlds to conduct aid trades. That was a little too much for Natsuki Subaru to accept.
There were already so many demi-humans in the New World. Who knew whether other worlds would be the same? What if the customers coming to patronize her business were not human...
Natsuki Subaru hurriedly shook his head, throwing those terrifying thoughts out of his mind.
Borrow 100 Trade Points, repay 110 Trade Points a week later—meaning 110 Saint Gold Coins. With his intelligence and talent, would that not be easy?
Natsuki Subaru encouraged himself and began imagining what he could sell in the New World to make a fortune.
His mind kept racing, leaving Natsuki Subaru without the slightest trace of sleepiness.
The Western fantasy medieval world already had glass, so he could not make glass and sell it there. But those glass marbles children played with could perhaps be considered treasures.
Then... Natsuki Subaru scratched his head, as if suddenly enlightened. Had not the thing that troubled him most at Roswaal Mansion been how oily his hair got?
Those bathing products supplied for nobles at the mansion were simply trash among trash in the eyes of a modern man like him! Their production costs might have been high, but their actual effectiveness