I followed the stream, and it really did lead back to the town. I'd managed to safely return to civiliation.
(I should bring that goblin so pastries as thanks soti.)
So, I headed to the Adventurer's Guild to report that I'd completed the herb-gathering quest.
"Ho, isn't that Makon grass?"
"What's that?"
I was talking to the macho bald guy at the counter.
"It's a more valuable herb than the 'Aruna' grass in the request. It rarely grows in this area."
"Eh, really? Then, did I fail at the quest?"
"That would usually be the case, but, well, I'll make an exception here and change it for you. We get Aruna grass coming in year-round, and there's no ti limit for collecting it anyway."
(I see, it's that kind of a quest. It sounds like it's sothing similar to holess people collecting cans. An appropriate-seeming job for soone like .)
"Thank you very much."
(This guy looks scary, but maybe he's actually surprisingly nice. Or maybe the only thing that matters is results.)
"Here's your paynt."
"Ah, thanks."
He took so coins from below the counter.
"For that amount of Makon grass, the paynt is 3 silver and 10 copper."
"I see. Thank you."
(I have no idea how much a silver coin is worth, but I should just take them.)
The coins made a "cha-rin" sound as I put them in my pockets.
"And with that, your request is done."
I'd hardly said anything other than "thank you" there. I couldn't help being bad at conversation with soone scary-looking. The atmosphere there also made uncomfortable. It felt like I imagined it would be like to go downtown in a Western city.
I hadn't seen people of different races here, so with being a short Japanese guy it was inevitable that I'd be stared at.
I left in a little bit of a hurry.
Not knowing how much money was worth was a big problem. I needed to fix that.
So, I asked a little girl I t on the road to tell about the local prices in exchange for a tip.
One silver coin was worth 100 copper. One al was 5 to 10 copper. A night at an inn was at least 13 copper.
I gave the girl 3 copper, and she left happily.
(If I'd tried that with a Japanese girl in high school, they'd probably want 3000 yen. (~$25) With a girl in middle school, I'd get arrested. And with a girl in elentary school, a buzzer would go off before I even talked to them.)
(For now, I need to buy a bag and so clothes. Is there anything else I need...?)
My clothes had mostly dried, thanks to the weather, but they were badly torn, and I wasn't sure if they'd last another day.
I entered a random shop along the street and asked about their prices.
Secondhand clothes were a lot cheaper, and I managed to buy a complete set without spending too much money. The pants and jacket I got were made of so thick leather, and the underwear was made of sothing like cotton.
I searched several stores, and bought a bag made of the sa leather, which was more of a sack with a drawstring than a proper handbag.
In total, I'd spent one silver. To , that felt expensive compared to the cost of food and lodging.
I had 2 silver left.
(What should I do with the remaining money? Oh, it's obvious. This is a fantasy world, so I need a sword.)
I'd dread of being a swordsman when I was 14, and now the opportunity was right in front of . It was going to get dark soon, so I walked quickly along the street, looking for a weapon store.
"Welco."
I found a weapon store. They had swords, axes, spears, and so other things I didn't even recognize. It reminded of a the park, sohow.
(Ah, I could look at these all day.)
(But wait, these are all really expensive.)
Looking at the price tags, most of the weapons were around 30 to 50 silver. The most expensive one I saw was 300 silver.
(Hey, hey, that should be enough to buy a car.)
"Hello...?"
If I could get a sword for one silver, that would be fine, but these were too expensive.
"What?"
"Is there anything I can get for one silver?"
"One silver? No."
(How blunt. What a rude shopkeeper!)
As I looked at the shopkeeper, I realized that he looked a lot like a dwarf. In fact, he was a dwarf.
(A real dwarf! Amazing.)
"Nothing, huh?"
"To co into my store expecting to get sothing for one silver, you must be out of your mind. You won't find a decent weapon anywhere for one silver."
"Ah, I see. Sorry for bothering you, then."
"If you're not buying anything, then get out of here."
"Ehh?"
I gave up on that store and left. As I walked along the street, I thought about what to do next.
(I could gather so more of those dicinal herbs, but I only managed to get them because I happened to et a friendly goblin. There's no way that's going to happen twice in a row.)
(Weapons are expensive, I'd at least like so kind of basic weapon for self-defense.)
(Ah, what about magic?! Maybe I could manage to launch a fireball or sothing.)
I had gotten recovery magic, but not attack magic. Still, I had a lot of MP.
passive:
magic recovery: Lv.Max
magic efficiency: Lv.Max
active:
recovery magic: Lv.Max
remaining skill points: 2
(Recovery magic is still my only active skill, but I gained so skill points. Nice!)
(I'll have to use those for sothing. But how do I use them? I can see this window, but there's not anything like a cursor.)
(No, wait. I just had to think about using my recovery magic and it worked.)
I mumbled to myself as I walked: "I want to shoot fireballs. Shoot fireballs. Fireballs. Fireball, fireball, fireball. Fire Wall would also be fine. Fire Arrow is good too. Fire Lance would be cool."
I felt like everone nearby was staring at like I was a madman, but I tried to ignore that.
After a little while, sothing happened. I felt like I'd gotten an electric shock from inside my body.
(Did it work?!)
I checked my skills again.
passive:
magic recovery: Lv.Max
magic efficiency: Lv.Max
active:
recovery magic: Lv.Max
fire magic: Lv.1
remaining skill points: 1
"Hah! There it is!"
I didn't know the specifics of what I'd gotten, but I hoped it was sothing I could use to burn enemies. If I could do that, then I'd be fine without a sword.
(Now then, ti to find an inn for the night.)
(When I was lost in the forest with shit on my hand, I was worried about what would happen to , but now I can sort of see what to do.)
(Hmm, I wonder what the max level for skills is.)
(And how do other people raise skills? Do they see windows for them too, and allocate skill points by mumbling to themself? I wish I could look this stuff up online.)
(Maybe I'll find another random little girl on the street to ask soti.)
I was really happy that in this area little girls were willing to even talk to an ugly guy like .
(Actually, considering how happy she was about getting that copper coin, I might be able to go to a brothel for a silver.)
(Should I give it a try?)
(...)
(For now, I should just get so food. The only thing I've had today was that water from the stream in the forest. I'm really hungry.)
As the sun set, so taverns were opening. There was a good sll coming from an entrance, so I went in.
About 90% of the seats were full. I grabbed one of the remaining counter seats like a baseball player sliding to ho base, and ordered an unfamiliar at dish. As I stuffed my face with that, I also got my first experience with the alcohol of another world.
(Not bad.)
The at was steak-like, and the drink was similar to German beer. Both were the sort of thing I liked.
"Delicious."
I swiftly attacked the remaining food. I'd spent all day walking, so I was quite hungry. After I'd finished the food, I had the rest of my drink.
(Ah, sweet sweet alcohol. It's fortunate that alcoholic drinks exist here too.)
I'd finished two mugs.
"Paaahh." I looked up at the ceiling as I sighed.
(My alcohol tolerance isn't really that high, so I shouldn't drink too much.)
(...but one more is probably fine.)
I waved at a waitress to order one more mug. That's when sothing hard hit in the back of the head.
"...ow..."
There was the sound of sothing hard breaking. Soone had thrown a plate.
(What kind of a place is this?!)
"Recovery, re-recovery...?"
While rubbing the back of my head, I used my recovery magic. The pain imdiately stopped, and I turned around.
A brawl was getting started. Two of the scary-looking people I saw in the Adventurer's Guild building were facing each other. As I watched, they started going at each other like animals.
(What do I do here?)
(......)
I quietly turned back to the right and looked away. I didn't want to be involved.
"Um, excuse , could I get another drink?"
I was a little quieter than usual as I addressed the waitress.
"...are you OK? That was an incredible noise before."
The waitress was concerned about the back of my head.
(What a good person!)
She looked about 15 years old, and was quite pretty, with light brown hair to her shoulders and lovely red-brown eyes. She'd been going around the tavern energetically, and the apron she was wearing suited her well.
"Yes, I'm fine. Can I get another drink? Sa kind."
"You...you're a really calm person, aren't you..."
"Not really..."
(I'm just content if I have beer. The fight behind is not my problem. Not my problem.)
She nodded to indicate that she'd understood my order, and went to get another drink.
As I was thinking that my drink would be coming soon, sothing hit in the back of my head again.
"Agh..."
It was even worse than the first ti. I fell onto the counter in front of , and sothing hit the floor with a "tonk" noise. It was probably a wooden mug.
"Recov...recovery..."
I did recovery magic in my confusion, and the pain in my head went away again.
"...shit, this is so tavern."
I glanced behind , and the sa two guys were there.
"Are you, are you OK?"
The waitress had arrived with my drink as the sa thing happened again. I was happy about her concern.
"...yeah, sohow."
"That was pretty loud, though..."
"Don't worry about it. Can I get my drink?"
"Ah, yes, here you are."
"Ahh, delicious."
"...you're pretty tough. At least, your head is."
"Not really."
(Recovery magic really is great. If I didn't have that, I'd probably be in agony for a few minutes after that.)
"Ahh..."
"Eh?"
Then, the waitress suddenly shrieked, and there was a thump below . The stool was knocked out from under , and I fell to the floor.
"Ooooooooo!"
I unconsciously shouted out as I fell.
(What the hell?)
Even as I was still shouting, I was already using my recovery magic yet again.
Once the pain had gone away, I got up again. That's when I saw what had hit my stool: one of the brawling macho guys was lying on the floor nearby.
"Are, are you OK?"
"...all right, I'm all-ight."
The macho guy lying on the floor had hit his head hard and was unconscious. The remaining guy was looking at him smugly, and seed satisfied.
"Um, sir...?"
The waitress was looking at with concern. I was happy that she was worried about soone like . My magic had healed my body, but her gaze healed my soul.
"...what is it, asshole? You wanna go too?"
The remaining guy was glaring at . His face was bright red and he was obviously drunk.
(He must be the kind of guy who drinks until he doesn't rember what happened the next day.)
(For now, I should check his status.)
na: Otto Mcfare
gender: male
race: human
level: 23
job: swordsman
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(There's no way I could win.)
(I have high INT but no armor or defense, so I'd be done for in one hit. I wouldn't even have a chance to use my recovery magic.)
"No, not really..."
I put the stool back up and sat on it again.
"Hah! You scared? This virgin wimp is scared!"
(...well, excuse for being a virgin.)
(Or rather, why is this guy picking a fight with too?)
"...sorry."
(For now, I'll just apologize and hope he leaves alone.)
"Hah, this little runt is apologizing!"
After that, his attention seed to turn away from .
(Whew. I'm saved.)
Not wanting to be any more involved than I already was, I turned away from him again. Miraculously, my drink on the counter was still safe. I took it and started drinking.
(Ahh, delicious beer. It's delicious, but sohow...)
I couldn't enjoy my drink quite as much with a body on the floor near my feet. Behind , that guy was starting a fight with another man.
I was worried about the ntal strain on the waitress.
(That's about enough drinks for today.)
"Excuse , I'd like to get the bill."
"Ah, yes..."
I paid 10 copper coins and left the tavern.
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