Vol 1 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3: A Walk in the City
Satou here Whenever I earned enoughwith roup of friends The few tiood I had it in japan In terms of sanitation and service, I have not seen a country that surpasses japan
As I stretch n to me
It appears to be a stone city that I ames
The wealth gap is quite large, as I can see wo patched-up dresses a size too short, and th shorts
Al visible is a two-story stone house, but it seems like other materials like wood and bricks are also used in the construction
There are vanes on the top of those towers, so are they winda in this city for a while anyways, so let’s take a look later!
Seeined
Still, what an aaht of such a fantastical scenery
Such doubt lingers inout a realistic town like this, so if it really were my dream, it should be more tacky and bland
The person who ames, so I hope this world isn’t one that depletes my SAN stat 1
“You there! You just ca around, so coive you a discount, ‘kay~”
“Come on, come on, it’s not cheaper than the other places, but there are clean beds and delicious food cooked with love!”
Braided and tied with a ribbon her brunette hair has been tied into aclearly due to our proxiirl Thirteen years old as the AR reveals
This overly cheery girl is huggingcusto you would only see at college fairs
“Moht a customer!”
As she advises her daughter, a wide-set auntie walks out from the kitchen into the bar
Yup, softness is justice!
Next to Madam’s face, the AR displays inforame-like dream The data shown is similar to the Yamato Stone before, yet the items are somewhat different More details are displayed actually
Being h, since affairs only make everyone miserable, so no need to dwell on it!
“Due to yesterday’s Starfall, e… Fortunately, I had my coin purse with me, so I could enter the town!」
Hs work here, but if I ask to pay ten days in advance, I can figure out the exchange rate between the Large Copper and Silver coins
“Then let hts in advance”
I take out two Silver coins from my pocket and hand it to the madam
Aight, I got a place to stay, and now I really want soy bar yesterday, and I’m a bit famished
“If you could wait two hours, I can bring out hot meals The kitchen is closed, so there’s only ready-made quiche and some side dishes”
“Then, please give me that”
The oes into the kitchen, and in place of her, Martha-chan darts in, holding a rope-bound notepad seen in historical dramas
“Alrighty~ okyaku-san2, I’ll write so please tell me your name」
“Satou-san, is it? Please tell e~」
“Traveling merchant, fifteen”
Martha-chan is very shocked, but continues to scribble on the pad, which seems to be made of papyrus
Having finished writing, Martha-chan seems to want to chat, just as thedishes of food
Might be ination, but the madam purposely cuts between me and Martha-chan, and puts down each dish on the table
I give her a Copper coin in exchange I feel like I’ a ten-yen coin
The main course is a solid quiche made with a lot of potatoes
The food is cold, but it’s ined
“Moht out of the oven!”
“Sorry, not yet”
“Okay~! Bye, okyaku-san”
Who are the coward merchants?
Did I affect your business? My bad
“So the De exists?”
So be it, the De, and the Hero
It’s better if I don’t dig deeper
U for a De attack!
This place is scarier than I expected!
“Don’t you know the legends? Dragons are very lazy! They’re always sleeping in Dragon’s Canyon, and rarely leave there The last tio, and the tion caoats and sheep were all eaten, it was very tragic!”
I want to chat more, but the madam is needed in the kitchen
The pickled vegetable side dish isn’t chinese cabbage, but actually cabbage
That’s diced parsley on top probably
Wait did you already finish cleaning? It hasn’t even been ten minutes you know?
I do have the Map, so I knohere stores are, but information is important
“Thanks for the offer, but I want to buy soo myself”
“H, Eastern Boulevard has stalls that sell it!”
“If you want brand new clothes, there’s a store on Central Boulevard that can tailor, it’s the best, but also very expensive”
“Ready- , but you use some hard words You can buy those on Tepta Boulevard, but it’s a little pricey!”
“Thanks, after going around the stalls, I will head to Tepta Boulevard for a look!”
Ooh, show me around? How nice!
Even though the madam warned over and over for us to coo in the end
In high school, girls I was friends with always told uy!”
No, I have to stop opening up old wounds
Martha-chan brings me to East Boulevard, where there are various stalls lined up along a five hundred-meter wide area Each store only about half a jou Is it ht smell of soy sauce
“Ah~ That section sells food, or produce froes, so they’re closed past noon”
The stores selling clothes are at the back of the area, so I head in that direction while browsing the other stores with Martha, seems like not all stores that sell foodstuff are closed
“How much for three Gabo berries?”
“So much, they’re only worth one no?”
“Five for two Micros”
Haggling is necessary, huh I’ feels like a pain By the way, the Gabo berry is a fist-sized root vegetable that looks like a pumpkin dyed red 4
Martha-chan shows n on her hair
“Yeah, very much!”
Hehehe, I knew she would ask that!
Otherwise, it’ll take forever to shop
“Really, you think so?”
Maybe the store owner thought ould buy it, and he immediately announces the price
Oh? I thought she would ask me to pay for it, looks like Martha-chan is a hue, I was going to buy it for her regardless
“Can you sell for one Copper?”
When I started negotiating the price, Martha-chan probably thought it was unfair for me to pay, so she pulls my sleeve and saysby the exchange rates I’ve seen so far, five Micro should be one Copper, and five coppers should equal one Large Copper
“I want one Copper and four”
“Fine, sold”
I take out the exact change fro the hairpin, I affix it on Martha’s hair It feels kinda like going to Summer Festivals with the kids of my relatives
>>> Skill obtained: “Haggling”
>>> Skill obtained: “Negotiation”
Thanks to the successful haggle, I gained a lot of skills They seem very convenient, so I add skill points and enable them
“It’s nothing, just a sign of gratitude for being uide”
By the effect of the now-enabled Evaluation skill, when I look at an itee of two to four Coppers, which is probably the typical price
“What’s going on, Satou-san?”
“They’re servants and house maids”
“Huh? Isn’t it common?”
With an incredulous expression that seems to be sincere, Martha-chan stares at me who feels respect for the kids You ?
Oh, oh! There they are!
Most of the beastkin are on the west side, so I haven’t seen any of them!
“How dirty, don’t coe appearance”
The Dog Ear Tribe girl falls to the ground, dropping the lu all over
“What did these kids do?”
How unlike irl apologize, it was impossible for me to stand by
I pick up the luirl dropped
“Gi-, give back, give back”
I tie up the lu it to them
“Yea”
“I see, there are a lot of people on the main road, so be careful!”
“What is it?”
Hmm? They were really cute no?
“In this city, are beastkin hated?”
You es?
Changing the topic, Martha-chan finds so, and follow her lead There are ses
Speaking of which, there aren’tswords The only people that do are ones who look like guards or gang members Outside of that, people atas short swords in their belt
“Hey, they’re cute!”
Martha-chan’s opinion of the caged anies
Looks like she want to pretend that nothing happened
I also didn’t see any glass products, only items processed from quartz or other jewels
For some reason, If I start at the market price, people don’t seein to catch on Starting the negotiation with at half of the market value, then work towards it after three or four calls works nicely I’ this occasionally, but it’s too much of a hassle
There is a group of people gathered at a square in the middle of the East Boulevard
Dressed in holy robes, a thirty-so out his ser lost interest in the middle and dispersed
“That’s the Chief Priest of Zaikuuon Seeants are decreasing”
“No, they decreased because he couldn’t do anything”
“Thing is, ay at Zaikuuon Teic If you want to contribute to a temple, it’s better to choose ones that can heal your injuries like Parion and Garleon”
The Fat Chief Priest is so desperate, he starts pulling on the people leaving The regular priests are trying to stop hi involved, I walk past them and leave
The clothing sector not only has stores that sell second-hand clothes, but also nu I find a stall hidden a the second-hand stores that actually sells new items, so I purchase some underwear
But it’s troublesome not to have any towels, so I buy ones of different sizes
“Look, Satou-san It’s a dragon mask!”
“Thesethe harvest festival! The silver one was very popular last year”
“What do you think, young on mask that stands for safety and prosperity!”
To divert s sold next to the masks
“The dragonis for those playing the hero, while the blond one is for the one playing the hero’s servant or the princess!”
In the end, following her advice, I bought the silver
There are several stores that sell clothing on Tepta Boulevard
For shoes I pick out a pair of sturdy, waterproof traveling shoes that matches my robe, as well as a pair of sandals
While I wait for the shoes to be ready, I discover a bag that looks very si
But, see, so I buy it The color of the leather and the he as they’re not compared side by side it should be okay
“Excuse s here?”
“Ah, please do Address it to Satou at the Gateside Inn”
Their service is really good!
I pick out street clothes in the next store
“How about this robe? It !”
“In that case, how is this waistcoat?”
“Hey, hey, Satou-san, doesn’t this waistcoat fit better?”
“That will fall off in two or three years, so it’s fine!”
Outside of jackets and suits, I basically buy new clothing every season
The waistcoats at Seiryuu City have openings going fro people see inside There are various styles, with the opening going only to the shoulders or to the torso
“This one is in this year’s trendiest color!”
The shi+rt the clerks are reco costs about three times more than the clothes Martha-chan showed me There is no label, so I used the Evaluation skill, which can’t make a mistake
Yeah, let’s give up on this store
Two stores over, there is a shop displaying some fashi+onable robes, so I decide to check it out
“H looks expensive, but also very pretty!”
“Thank you veryco, yet I a ready-”
“If you want to have so store on Central Boulevard, and I’m sure once you pay a visit, you will find products suitable to your tastes”
I buy a fashi+onable robe in white with silver e, as well as a merchant-style dark-brown robe at this store There is also no charge for delivery It really reminds me of the forest-related internet retailer 6
I did get to buy everything I wanted, but I am really curious about the tailor in Central Boulevard, so I decide to see it with Martha-chan
Ied couple welcomes us
“Excusefor a sturdy, merchant-like robe in conservative colors”
The oes into the back for samples
Sitting straight up next to me, Martha-chan, for once, has beco her tea