Chapter 035 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 1 Chapter 34

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「Good grief……」

Several minutes after going through the back street.

Coming out onto a street lined with old fashioned buildings, Shion breathed a sigh.

When compared to the showy townscape of the main street, it was a place that had an old fashioned impression. That place, which could be called retro when talked about in a good way, was left behind since the royal capital’s development──An area that is nicknamed the slums.

When speaking of slums, there would be an outlaw-ish ambiance where crime overflowed, but unlike that sort of dark side, it was a proper place where soldier patrols were neatly performed.

「Yo, Shion. It’s been a while, hasn’t it.」

「Yeah, we had just finished a request.」

「I see, I see. In that case, how about contributin’ to my sales with those warm pockets of yours?」

The one that immediately called out to Shion was the shopkeeper of the the Corinth Arms store.

It was a slightly misfortunate arms store that dealt in good quality steel weapons and armor but had better sales in the cooking kitchen knives that it created on the side.

「Sorry, but there isn’t any need for more than two kitchen knives in a two person journey.」

「Like~ I said~, we’re an arms store.」

「Then all the more reason for me to not need anything.」

Having that dialogue that they always have, Shion passed the arms store.

「Oh, why if it isn’t Shion! We just got a stock of dried sweet potatoes!」

「……Don’t want potatoes.」

Nino made a completely displeased face at the proprietess of the Enam grocery store that called out to them next.

Dried potatoes are an ideal food not only for Adventurers but for travellers as well.

Possessing a moderate chewy texture and sweetness, it was delicious whether it was eaten as is or roasted.

Without being bulky, it was a bestselling food for its price and convenient portability.

However, to Nino, because she had eaten Ichika’s cooking that was full of potatoes in the Dark Continent, she had a rejection for potatoes.

The potatoes that Ichika raised and the dried sweet potatoes here were potatoes of different variety, but that didn’t really matter.

「They’re really good though. They’re dried Jiol Forest Kingdom-grown potatoes after all. The depth of taste is different from the rest, you know?」

The Jiol Forest Kingdom, where they lived together with nature, was famous for their food being delicious.

It is said that it was due to the divine protection of the God of Water Aklia and of the God of Wind Wyrm, but there was also the aspect of it becoming a kind of brand.

It is big enough that there are cases where fake goods are sold at nasty stores, but the Enam grocery store was a sincere store that wouldn’t do that sort of thing.

「Errm, I do trust the taste but……it’s expensive, right?」

Incidentally, the typical dried sweet potatoes would be ten pieces in a cloth bag for about four large copper coins.

The price would go up and down depending on the quality, but for the cheap ones, it would be about two large copper coins for the same amount of dried sweet potatoes..

「That’s right. For ten pieces, it’d be six large copper coins.」

「Six coins? Are you serious?」

If it was genuinely Jiol Forest Kingdom-made, it would sell for one small silver coin in a store on the main street.

It was because they had that much flavor and quality and also because they had a faint magical power recovery effect.

「……Could it be, is there a question about its quality?」

「Don’t say such rude things, you shitty brat.」

After clicking her tongue, the proprietress poked Shion’s forehead.

「It’s ‘cause I replenished my stock with a large quantity of them. You get it now, right?」

Certainly, it was a trader’s common practice to drive a bargain on the price when replenishing stock with a large quantity.

「It’s fine if that is the case but……」

「Ahh, then you should buy some jerky as an apology for your earlier rude comment. It’s a product of the Kanal Kingdom, so the quality isn’t all that good though.」

Jerky was also one of the portable foods.

When compared to dried sweet potatoes, they both took time to make, but the price was suited to their relative popularity. Furthermore, it was food that is difficult to choose between since the flavor would be very different depending on the product.

It wasn’t like its animal husbandry was prosperous, but when it came to Kanal Kingdom products, it was a fairly delicate story.

「……What kind of meat is it?」

「At the very least, it isn’t Large Rat meat.」

「Please give me a break……」

In suspicious stores, meat that was questionable as to whether it was alright to eat was usually mixed in.

Being cautious around jerky that is a bit too cheap is something that all beginning Adventurers learn at the start.

「Well, there’s no need to worry. The taste isn’t very good, but it’s proper meat.」

「Like I said, what kind of meat is it……」

After buying up some food, Shion and Nino started walking towards their inn.

There were a lot of good inns on the main street, but their whereabouts would be exposed right away if they were to stay in a place like that, and would become troublesome in many ways.