Chapter 308: The identity of the revolution’s antitheism (1/2)

Adventurers are so free.

Tsige is currently in war, but there’s adventurers coming one after the other into the city.

The wasteland is like the last goal of an adventurer after all.

Question, right now Tsige is in a war between the Aion Kingdom with independence on the line, so why are they coming to Tsige in this period?

The answer is over here.

“War? Not interested. Do as you please.”

“Even if you mess up and run out of money because of the war, it would still be okay since it is in the wasteland.”

“No matter who is in control, Tsige won’t disappear.”

“I will think about it once the prices of commodities rise.”

It may be because most of the people I asked were newcomers, but these were most of their opinions.

With adventurers that have been in Tsige for a long time and have made it into their base, and the types that have bought a home here, they would mostly cooperate in the war for the sake of the city.

I suppose it is a fork depending whether they are attached to this city or not.

Also, there’s one other thing to think about.

The part that merchants don’t discriminate.

I am one of those merchants though.

Merchants and adventurers; these two types of people are currently wishing to enter Tsige at an incredible rate.

The well-established ones who already have a business firmly standing in another city, veterans, and people that are sent here to do research; there’s already so many that it is hard to keep tabs on them.

The rookies that want to plant their flag, youngsters that want to become merchants, and former adventurers who want to become merchants are just incessant.

This may sound unconvincing as someone who has become a merchant, but Tsige isn’t a city that’s suited for beginners.

This is a place where veterans and geniuses want to set out for a challenge.

The already existing stores have faced competitions that couldn’t be compared to other cities in order to continue in existence.

As someone who has worked in Rotsgard as well…my impression is that it is better than Tisge, but the competition there is also rough.

Wouldn’t it be better to slowly get used to it and increase in power in the countryside of Limia or Gritonia first?

But people are weak to fast success.

If it is in adventurer terms, there’s ones who would enter the wasteland without knowing their own ability.

And in merchant terms, it would be a merchant going independent in Tsige…

Then getting squashed.

If it is adventurers this would happen at their 1-2 time entering the wasteland.

If you entered without permission, at your first time.

If it is a merchant, it would be around the third month. 90% of them would collapse.

…No, there might be even more than that.

I don’t know how it works in other places, but a party reforming is like a daily occurrence.

It would also be normal for merchants to lower their store signs and become the apprentice of another store.

There’s a lot who would have their hearts broken and would search for something that’s not an adventurer or merchant to live their lives.

“I heard that the recruitment of the self-defense force that Rembrandt-shi proposed has 20 times more people joining in.”

I think about the problems of Tsige while watching the grilling meat cooking orderly.

I was enjoying grilled meat alone at my favourite meat store that works energetically since morning, when the owner Ryan-san saw me and spoke to me.

20 times more, huh.

You can choose as much as you wish then.

“There’s probably going to be people who will use this chance to change their adventurer profession.” (Makoto)

The cow entrail that was slowly cooking at the side had transparent oil seeping out of it.

It should be ready to eat!

When I bit into it, it was just as I thought, a lot of delicious fat began to ooze out.

It wasn’t good to have alcohol at lunch in broad daylight, so I went for tea with strong bitterness.

“It seems that way. There’s quite a lot of people who can’t earn a living as adventurers, and the newbies are actively dispersing to other places, but there seems to be a lot of youngsters who dream big… I am glad to see that you liked those entrails. They are popular!”

“It is as delicious as always. It doesn’t stink, and the fat is tasty. It is personally a taste that I would like rice together with, but the mainline accompaniment is bread, right?” (Makoto)

“Rice, huh. That still hasn’t resonated in Tsige. It is something that the Kuzunoha Company-san has dealt with since the very beginning, right? We are thinking about having them on the menu too sometime soon. I heard that you went to the Lorel Union which is the home of that food. I would like to learn that light footwork of yours.”

Rice with grilled meat is a staple.

But there’s a lot of different opinions regarding this.

I don’t think this combination is the best the whole time.

There’s no need for rice when drinking alcohol and eating grilled meat, and at the times when I want to enjoy a full meal, I would like rice with it.

It is a complicated thing.

The meat store had administration difficulties for a brief period of time, but after beginning the grilled meat style, they have been doing real well.

Now, they even increase their employees when it is lunch, and it has become a popular place where people don’t stop coming at noon or at night.

The manga meat that I ate here is still my go-to even now.

If this one disappears from the menu, even if there were grilled meat, I would not even feel like coming here anymore.

I have ordered one today too, and it has fulfilled me.

That’s…just great.

“Rice can be the main role or the supporting actor, and it is a leading star in the cooking industry, you know. There’s a variety of types, so when you are jumping into it, you can come to me and ask for advice.” (Makoto)

“Please do. By the way, about that peculiar salad you introduced to me, Raidou-san.”

“Aah, what about it?” (Makoto)

“I have decided to put it in the regular menu.”

“That’s something you can bring out depending on the season. It won’t get in the way of the meat. I am glad to see it clicked well.” (Makoto)

“The thing is, we haven’t decided on a name.”

Dressing up small sliced pieces of vegetables and pickled vegetables, and at times adding vinegar or something to it.

In Nagano it would be called random, and in Yamagata they would use slimy seaweed which they would call ‘dashi’.

In Asora, it is something that Mist Lizards and Wingedkin like.

Even so, it is not like we can just call it dashi.

It is hard to put a name to something, huh.

“Well, you can ask for suggestions to the people that come, you know.” (Makoto)

“Hmm, so you don’t remember the name of the dish that served as the source?”

“Yeah, I don’t remember where I ate it. It is just vegetables in season, pickled vegetables with strong taste, and dressing them, but there’s a lot of depth in it.” (Makoto)

“If you mix the sizes, it becomes even tastier!”

Hoh, I thought you had to maintain a specific size.

This kind of stuff is what the cooks specialized in this try out.

“Aah, I see. Then, wouldn’t it be interesting to make the meat the same size, grill it, and mix it with that?” (Makoto)

Like crouton, no, crispy bacon?

“! Adding meat to that?! Huh, it is true that it would be an interesting variation.”

Oh my.

Ryan-san has gone to his own world.

Well, I was eating grilled meat on my own in the first place, so it is okay though.

Rather than cutting them small, it seems like he has kept it as dice sized, so rather than dashi, isn’t it more of a cocktail salad?

“Now then, I will be going now. The bill please.” (Makoto)

“‘You don’t need to pay’, is what I want to say, but even if I do, you still leave coins, Raidou-san.”

“I won’t eat without paying.” (Makoto)