Legend Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Entering the guardroom, Ranga prompted Rei to sit in a chair. Because Set wasn’t here, he leaned the Death Scythe against a chair so that it could be used at any ti.

As a wry smile floated on to his face, Ranga poured a cup of water from a jug and took a sip to show that there was nothing strange in it before giving it to Rei.

「Sorry about this.」

As he hadn’t eaten or drank anything while riding on Set, Rei gulped the water down in one mouthful.

Cold……though the temperature wasn’t great, it still felt good because he was thirsty.

「How about another cup?」

「Yes thanks.」

Pouring another cup of water, Ranga finally sat down opposite Rei.

「Well, what should I hear first. No, let’s go with the self introductions first. Although I said this earlier, my na is Ranga and I’m serving as a guard captain in this city of Gilm.」

「My na is Rei. The Griffon out the front is Set.」

With the short self introduction over, Ranga finally spoke about the main subject.

「Is that so, first of all, we’ll start with this question. What is your purpose in the city of Gilm.」

「I want to know sothing before answering the question. This city of Gilm you ntioned. Is there an Adventurers Guild here?」

According to Zepairu’s knowledge, there would be a branch office of the Adventurers Guild if it was a big city. However, Zepairu’s knowledge had been relegated by Rei to be used as a reference only. And……

「Naturally of course. It is common to have branch offices of the Adventurers Guild in small villages, is there any reason why there wouldn’t be one in this city of Gilm?」

Naturally there are, Ranga said as he nodded.

(I thought so. With this it’s definite. Zepairu’s knowledge is……quite old. I should check how much error there is later.

He started to speak while letting out a sigh in his mind.

「That’s good. After all, I’ve only been living with my master since I was born. I’m ignorant of the state of society. As for my purpose, that’s easy. I ca to beco an adventurer.」

「……Judging from your question a little while ago, you didn’t even know if there was an Adventurers Guild branch in the city?」

Although his tone is soft, not missing the feeling of a lie, Ranga asked another question.

On the other hand, Rei lightly shrugged his shoulders.

「I said it just before, I’ve been living with my master since I was born. Because my master was crazy about magic, I’m quite ignorant about common sense.」

「……Magic (majutsu)? Wait, magic (maho)?」

Ranga asked curiously. In this respect again, the unreliability of Zepairu’s knowledge beca apparent again.

「Magic (maho)? My master called it magic (majutsu)……is it called magic (maho) here?」

「……I see. You certainly don’t know much about the world. It was called magic (majutsu) several hundred years ago. Nowadays, that na isn’t used much and is instead called magic (maho).」

Several hundred years. Rei, who frowned his eyebrows, imdiate continued his story.

「It that is true, then my master is certainly ignorant to a great extent.……well, I was told to go out to train and was sent away with space magic (majutsu) ……no, how to put it, I was teleported to a strange place I don’t know and it wasn’t very funny.」

「Training?」

「Ah. After I mastered basic magic (maho), my master told to train myself to improve my power.」

「I see, so you want to be an adventurer for that reason. By the way, is the Griffon outside from your magic (maho)?」

Rei shook neck after taking a sip of water.

「Set doesn’t follow by magic. Have you heard of a skill called tar?」

「It’s a skill to ta a monster. Then, in that case?」

「That’s right.」

「Un, so it’s not summoning magic. ……In that case……」

Ranga started to think after listening to Rei’s words.

Rei had a bad feeling about the silence. Ranga opened his mouth to speak.

「There are adventurers who more or less ta monsters in the city. However, even then, they were rank D monsters I think. For a rank A monster, Griffon……there are no adventurers.」

Though Ranga said so, for Rei who didn’t have a concrete understanding of the world, the difference between rank A and D wasn’t very clear. However, he expected that it was ranked by fighting power and danger.

「Also with that, though I digress, you also have to pay taxes to enter the city.」

In this world of Elgin, one silver coin equals ten copper coins. One gold coin is ten silver coins. One platinum coin is ten gold coins and ten platinum coins is one light gold coin.

For Rei to explain it in simple terms, one copper coin is 100 yen, one silver coin is 1,000 yen, one gold coin is 10,000, one platinum coin is 100,000 yen and one light gold coin is one million yen.

「So, with the exception of adventurers, both rchants and travelers have to pay a tax of one silver coin to enter the city every ti. 」

Adventurers not being charged tax was a simple story, that is because adventurers don’t use the city as their ho. Though it is natural is you think about it, if there is a request, it is necessary to go in and out of the city. Paying one silver coin every ti they entered would cost a lot. Therefore, the nobles that ruled the city gave an exemption to taxes if an adventurer who belonged to the Adventurers Guild showed their guild card. This is because the return they get from adventurers returning requests is greater than one silver coin.

On a side note, the idea originally spread because a certain avaricious lord refused exemption of taxes for adventurers in the territory he governed. Because of this, all the adventurers left the territory of the lord and new adventurers didn’t co. As a result, all the people who could receive monster subjugation quests were gone, and in a vicious circle, rchants who heard about it didn’t co either ……the lord was surprised that the tax revenue had decreased and forcibly collected more taxes, it caused the people to revolt and in the end, the lord was killed. After the story spread, the exemption of adventurers from tax beca an unwritten law.

When Rei heard the story from Ranga, he unintentionally let out a sigh.

「In other words, at present, I’m still not an adventurer. Therefore, tax is necessary?」

「That is so. Didn’t you receive a parting gift from your master?」

Rei shook his head slightly in response to Ranga’s question. In the first place, he couldn’t receive a parting gift because his master didn’t exist to begin with.

「Un, what to do. If possible, I would lend you money but it’s prohibited by the law……」

Ranga gazed at Rei while muttering.

In Ranga’s position, he couldn’t afford to let a suspicious person into the city. However, the person in front of him, called Rei, didn’t seem to be a bad person. If the rank A monster Griffon and the large scythe could be used, then he must be a skilled person. The position of the city of Gilm was on the frontier and there are a considerable amount of monster subjugation quests. If there are skilled adventurers, they can protect the city. He didn’t want to miss a skilled person right before his eyes.

Furthermore, at the mont, the city of Gilm was a frontier city located in the Mireana kingdom, a powerhouse in the central part of the continent of Elgin.

「That’s right. Is there anything you have that you can sell? It’s possible for to sell it in a store in the city for you.」

「Things that I can sell……hey.」

To Ranga’s question, he suddenly though of the items that were given by Zepairu’s organization and stored inside the Misty Ring. Other than magic items, there were also a lot of materials such as the bones and scales of dragons. However, as expected, he hesitated about selling them. At present, Rei’s position was a commoner that wanted to beco an adventurer. He was 165cm tall and had a small back. It would be suspicious if he took out materials and items that would be considered legendary class. He also had the desire to turn the materials into equipnt for himself and Set.

(……No, wait?)

Thinking about it, he suddenly got an idea. Though the items in the Misty Ring that he got from Zepairu couldn’t be sold easily, it was different if it was sothing he obtained himself.

「How about this?」

From the list in his mind, he took out the corpses of 20 Flying Blade Squirrels and the fur of the Water Bear.

「Th-this is……you have an item box!? These are the Djarum that build nests near the edge of the forest of monsters, and isn’t the the fur of a Water Bear and that lives in it! 」

An expression of surprise appeared on Ranga’s face when Flying Blade Squirrels - Djarums - and the fur of the Water Bear suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Still, although Rei didn’t quite understand, the type of magic item called item box, such as the Misty Ring, must be rare, as for those with a storage capacity such as the Misty Ring, there were few enough to be counted on one hand.

「This, I’m wondering……did you……kill them?」

「Ah. I ran into a Water Bear after being teleported into the forest……did you say Water Bear? It started to attack but with Set I was able to take it down sohow. Anyway, it took more ti than expected because it was the first ti I fought.」

Rei nodded with a wry smile at the naming of the Water Bear, it seems that the na was the sa as the literal description in his mind.

「Then, the place you were sent to was the forest of monsters. Although there are a few forests in the area, only the forest of monsters have confird sightings of Djarums and Water Bears.」

「Forest of monsters?」

「Ah. Though there are many low rank monsters, the forest is regarded as a dangerous place as it is inhabited by high rank monsters. Because monsters rarely co out from the forest, adventurers are unwilling to go into it. Though sotis people will go if the material of a specific monster needs to be obtained. Even then, it’s unbelievable to be able to defeat a rank C Water Bear in your first fight.」

「Well, I don’t mind if you try to imagine it. So, can this fur and the Djarums be bought?」

「Ah, ahh. I can arrange it imdiately.」

Ranga returned to his senses at Rei’s words, called several subordinates over and sent them into the city with the fur and Djarums. After doing that, he turned to bow at Rei.

「I’m very sorry. Because the assessnt and purchase is ti consuming I have to make you wait a while here in the guardroom」

「Don’t mind it. I brought a Griffon over and couldn’t pay the tax but you still recieved warmly. There isn’t anything to be unhappy about.」

「Thank you, I feel better now that you said that.」

Ranga had a wry smile on his face, originally he was polite because if tried to intimidate the other party, who had a rank A Griffon, he didn’t stand a chance of beating it……though it is true that Ranga himself didn’t like rough thods.

The thod worked out well for him this ti.

Rei and Ranga continued the small talk in the guardroom……an hour passed since the beginning of the questioning. After the ti for lunch was over and the afternoon shift began, the soldiers which had gone to sell the fur and Djarums returned.

「Captain, we’ve just returned. Here is the money we got from selling the goods.」

Ranga passed a small bag, that the soldier had given him, to Rei.

「This, usually the fur of a Water Bear is worth 7 gold coins, but because the fur was a bit damaged, they only gave 5 gold coins. Because the Djarum haven’t been dismantled, they gave a total 7 gold coins and 1 silver coin after the cost of dismantling.」

According to the soldier’s words, there were 7 gold coins in the bag.

(7 gold coins……in other words, 70,000 yen. That’s a bit less than expected.)

Though Rei clicked his tongue in his mind, he can only bla himself for his mistakes during the dismantling.

He took out one gold coin and passed it to Ranga.

「Yes, that is enough for the tax. Here is 9 silver coins change. Also, put this necklace on Griffon where it can be seen when you walk through the streets. It shows that the monster you brought into the city is tad or summoned. If a tad or summoned monster acts violently or damages property, the punishnt is directed against the master. In addition, I recomnd the inn Dusk Wheat, it is in the eastern part of city and can accommodate animals the size of Griffons. I an, it’s the only inn that can house Griffons.」

「I understand. By the way, where is the Adventurers Guild?」

「When you enter the city, you will see it at once if you go down the main street.」

「Thanks for everything.」

「No worries. So, welco to the city of Gilm. I hope you enjoy it here.」

With that, Ranga sent Rei out of the guardroom.