Otto's Peddling Record of Joy and Sorrow

Summary

After successful business in the city of Guineb, Otto prepared to continue his journey along with Frufoo. As Otto packed his merchandise into his dragon carriage, he was spotted by Guineb's representative Colin Lavril, who invited Otto to go to his own house to talk, which Otto reluctantly accepted.

At Colin's house, Colin asked Otto to reveal the method he used to cross the mountains and arrive to Guineb, since the bridge to Guineb was broken; however, Otto refused to tell him. Colin then introduced his son Ahim Lavril, and explained that Marone Lisbon, who Colin claimed was his son's fiancée, was kidnapped by bandits hiding in the mountains, and they needed to know his method so she could be rescued. Otto still refused to reveal his method, but he instead proposed to communicate the rescue appeal to the outside, in exchange for his future business receiving special treatment in Guineb.

Ahim, as ordered by Colin, accompanied Otto in the task. While they were travelling, Ahim asked Otto to stop the dragon carriage so he can go urinate, to which Otto complied. After a while, Ahim called out to Otto, claiming he was stung by a bug and required assistance. In order to help him, Otto left to help Ahim and was knocked unconscious by an unknown force shortly after finding him.

When Otto woke up, he found himself bound by in an underground jail cell and was greeted by a woman who introduced herself as "number one" and referred to Otto as "number two". After talking to her, she reintroduced herself as Marone. Otto reached the conclusion that he was kidnapped by the bandits too, which proved to be correct when they came to their cell. Otto asked the slave traders what happened to Frufoo, to which they answer that she worked for them now. Otto then asked about Ahim, and the slave traders revealed that Ahim collaborated with them and was the one who allowed Otto to be kidnapped. After the slave traders left Otto and Marone alone, the two started to talk, and Marone revealed that Ahim was not actually her fiancé, that she was also tricked and handed over to the slave traders by Ahim himself.

The next day, Otto and Marone were loaded into Otto's dragon carriage, which was led by Frufoo. Before that, Otto had already revealed he had a Divine Protection to avoid getting hurt; however, he revealed it as the "Divine Protection of Guidance" instead of his actual one, the "Divine Protection of Soul Language".

Before departure, Otto and Marone formed an unknown agreement. When they finally departed, Otto was forced by the slave traders to show them how to cross the mountains (Ahim being the one who told them Otto knew), since they had plans to get far away from the city and form a new hideout. While they were travelling, Otto talked to one of the men and asked about Ahim, and the man revealed the details of their contract: Ahim would have to periodically hand over women and food to them, and in exchange, the slave traders would stop messing around in Guineb. When the dragon carriage reached a certain point in the path which Otto had previously told the driver to go through, Otto called out to Marone, and she, as part of the aforementioned agreement, clung to the carriage's inside with the help of her chains, and Otto did the same. In the next moment, Frufoo purposefully overturned the carriage, letting the slave traders fall off a precipice.

Later, in a hospital located in another city, Otto and Marone's injuries were treated. Otto told her that an official investigation about Ahim's case, which would most likely lead to Ahim being arrested, was likely to be underway in Guineb. When Otto told her that she had the choice of returning to Guineb, Marone blatantly refused. Otto then gave her a bag full of money, which was said to be enough for a woman to find a new life by herself. Otto claimed this money was given to them as a reward for stopping the slave traders' activities. Overcome with emotion, Marone embraced Otto and thanked him. She proceeded to ask Otto's real name, to which Otto replies that it was fine for her to keep calling him "number two".

After he separated from Marone, Otto continued his journey with Frufoo. It was revealed that Otto had partially lied to Marone, and that the money he gave her was not actually a reward, but his personal savings, and Frufoo scolded Otto for it. Frufoo joked about Otto being naturally unlucky but said she thought it was completely fine that way, and she looked forward to Otto's dream (having his own store) being fulfilled.

Characters

• Otto Suwen
• Frufoo
• Colin Lavril
• Ahim Lavril
• Marone Lisbon

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