"What a nice day it is out there. There is no longer any danger, so I can take my day slow and easy."
I looked out toward the city and enjoyed the peaceful life I was living. The morning wind felt nice, and the green scenery reflected back in my eyes.
"Sothing like this was unthinkable even just a few weeks ago."
It had been approximately three weeks since I ca into this world. But I felt like so much had happened already.
The re fact that I had not died yet was a miracle in itself.
"Alright, ti to start a new day. Now let’s see. What should I have for breakfast—?"
"Can we have at once more?"
Fenrir ran into my room as soon as he saw that the door was open. His small body moved around , causing to be careful of my steps. That almost made lose my balance, and I decided to pick the puppy up by the scruff.
"Stop it. I don’t have ti for you to play around like this. Also, we will go broke if we have at for all our als."
I liked at as much as Fenrir did, but at was not sothing that was as readily available as it was in my ti.
Here, the at animals were only brought in once they had exhausted all of their other uses. And to hunt for at was a deadly task.
Moreover, there were even more dangers in the forest compared to my current tis.
’Ugh, no wonder why at is so costly here. There is too much trouble and not enough reward. Most people cannot even afford to raise one animal, much less more for slaughter.’
And that was also why most of the population survived on grains and seafood.
Unlike at, eggs were more readily available and ca in all different kinds. And I wanted to have so for breakfast as well.
But when I went to check up on it, I found that we had run out just a while back.
"Looks like I will need to head out and get so eggs. Having two people to feed is such a hassle."
I was not a big eater, but Fenrir was a totally different case. He could and would chew through everything he could if he put his mind to it. And that included my food supply.
"Alright, ti to head out into town. Fenrir, take care of the shop for ."
I told the puppy before I left.
"Hey, wait—! Take with you—!"
Fenrir scratched the door to be let out, but I was not going to take him. Every ti I took him out for walks, we ended up being dragged to a place we were not supposed to go.
Not that I blad Fenrir. He had a dog’s instincts, so if sothing interested him, he made sure to chase after it. The problem was with here.
The atmosphere around the market was tense when I arrived. The shops were clean and stocked to the brim.
Even the shopkeepers were dressed up well; their faces were lathered with makeup as if it were war paint.
"The town is in a rather festive mood today, don’t you think so as well, shopkeeper? The rumor has it that the duchess will co to inspect the town today. Should she find sothing wrong with your shop, you are done for."
Miss Shirley from the neighborhood sohow found before I was able to see her, and she was the only one among the people around who decided to address .
Other people looked at with interest since Miss Shirley was talking to .
She was the local friendly gossip lady who knew everyone and was likely friends with everyone.
Just standing in front of her made feel like I had too many eyes on .
"Anyway, shopkeeper, it is rare to see you out and about at this early hour. You usually do your shopping during the evening hours. Is there sothing special going on here?"
The female asked in a poking voice. I was sure that if she could, she would prick my brain to look inside as well.
Unfortunately for her, I had nothing like that going on for her to report or catch up on.
"Ah, I just ca here to buy so eggs. Fenrir was begging for so, and I did not want to disappoint him."
I told the female, and her face fell at my words.
"Oh—! Is that so? What a disappointnt... I an, good news. That ans there is nothing we need to fear."
Even though Miss Shirley caught her mouth, her face showed her disappointnt.
I decided that it would be better for to start heading back now. Luckily for , the lady who went to get so fresh eggs ca back.
"Here you go, sir."
She handed the container of eggs, and I headed back (much to Miss Shirley’s disappointnt).
I crossed the train station, and my feet took inside before I knew it.
There was a small crowd gathered around the claw machine since I had only started it a few minutes ago.
’Looks like the claw machine is a bigger hit than I expected. I would sure love to buy more, but unfortunately, I am broke.’
The second claw machine cost over 200 faith points, and it felt like a scam when I bought the first one for 50 faith points.
As I waited in the line, it did not take long to start becoming impatient. The line did not seem to be moving an inch.
Surprisingly enough, the others around were not even looking tired, much less impatient. I was the only one who was shifting on his feet, and the others noticed.
"Hey, man, can’t you stay still? You trying to cut through the line won’t make you get to the divine machine faster."
Soone finally snapped, only to turn around and figure out that I was not much to look at. That made a few more people confident that they could bully for my spot.
"Listen here, man. You look like a casual person who ca here because they heard praises for the machine, so this ti, we shall go easy on you. Just give up your spot, and we will not cause you harm."
The people standing behind told in a serious voice. They expected to give up my place in the queue for them.
Usually, I would have protested, but this ti, I did not care and gave the space up with a smile.
"Alright, you can have it."
The person who took my place looked shocked at how easily I folded, but little did he know that the person in real trouble was him.
After all, I was the one who controlled this machine and when it functioned. Not that these people had any way to know about it.
But it was finally ti for them to learn a valuable lesson—bullying the weak was not a good idea. Especially over sothing the weak had much more control of than you.
A single click of a button, and the machine stopped for the day.
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