The next day.
After quickly getting ready, Miyabi-san visited my room.
“Good morning, Ryouma-han.” [Miyabi]
“Good morning, Miyabi-san.” [Ryouma]
“I thought I’d wake you up, but it looks like you’re the early type. Anyway, breakfast is ready, so if you can eat, you should have so first.” [Miyabi]
“Thank you.” [Ryouma]
I ate at the sa dining room last night. Everyone here eats at such a fast pace. But then again, so do I.
“I’ll leave the rest to you, Miyabi.” [Pioro]
“I’ll do my best!” [Miyabi]
“Good luck!” [Pioro]
What are they talking about?
“Ryouma-han, where are you going today? Ryouma-han, you haven’t gotten used to this town yet, right? In That case, I’ll be your guide.” [Miyabi]
“I’m grateful, but what about your work?” [Ryouma]
“Don’t mind. Don’t mind. The president’s daughter is still just 12 years old. It’s normal for not to be working. Tending to the store is just practice for the future.” [Miyabi]
I guess that does make sense.
“Although there is a certain 11 year old kid with a store who’s even about to open a branch store. I wonder if that boy is an exception.”
Well, since she’s going to be showing around, I should put off the adventurer work and just make furniture today.
“Alright. In that case, I want to make so furniture today. Can you show to a store I can buy wood from?” [Ryouma]
“Just leave it to . I’ll be sure to bring you to a good store.” [Miyabi]
As she said that, she puffed out her chest and went outside. I followed her, but as soon as we got out, the ril bird I’d sent out yesterday, Drei, returned.
“Oh.” [Ryouma]
“What’s— Kyaa!?” [Miyabi]
Drei perched himself atop my shoulders. He flew right between and Miyabi, so it couldn’t be helped that Miyabi was startled and ended up jumping aside. Oh, her tail is moving a lot! …I feel like I’ve once heard that the foxes in my otherworld don’t show their emotions much through their tail, but I wonder if that’s not the case for the fox tribe here.
But then again, it’s only now that she’s moving her tail a lot, so it might just be how she reacts when surprised. Like a spinal reflex of sort.
Anyways, I should apologize for startling her.
“Sorry for startling you. This one here is my familiar.” [Ryouma]
“Familiar? So, that’s what it was. I don’t believe I’ve seen such a beautiful monster before, though.” [Miyabi]
“It’s called a ril bird. I had it bring a letter to my store at Gimuru.” [Ryouma]
While explaining I took out the letter inside the pipe attached to Drei’s leg. It was the response from Gimuru. Apparently, Drei reached them yesterday before closing ti.
Everyone will be departing early morning today for Renauph. They should arrive in 3 days. Just as planned.
I passed that info onto Miyabi-san too, and we started walking again.
After buying so wood at the store, I stored the wood in my Dinsion Ho, then we went our way to my store.
I chose the storeroom as my workplace. The acid slis began making components, while the sticky slis and I put them together and reinforced them with sticky liquid and nails. Gradually, we produced chairs, desks, and shelves.
Miyabi-san just quietly observed while we worked. I thought she didn’t have much free ti, but she’s really just watching.
Eventually, though, she asked a question.
“Ryouma-han, what are these critters?” [Miyabi]
“You an the slis?” [Ryouma]
“No, no, no, no, no. That’s definitely wrong. Definitely. There’s no way slis like these could exist! Why in the world are slis making furniture!?” [Miyabi]
“They can make them if you teach them. They can even learn martial arts and weapon arts.” [Ryouma]
“Seriously!?” [Miyabi]
“Seriously.” [Ryouma]
I made a rod with Polish Wheel, then I handed it to a sticky sli and ordered it to show Miyabi its moves.
“…It’s using a staff!” [Miyabi]
“See?” [Ryouma]
“Were slis always so dexterous?” [Miyabi]
“At first, they were just normal slis, but after a lot training, they beca like this.” [Ryouma]
“I see… I had no idea they could turn out like this.” [Miyabi]
“Most people don’t. Everyone who’s seen them for the first ti were shocked.” [Ryouma]
“Why don’t you publicize this? It’ll be a huge discovery, won’t it?” [Miyabi]
“I wonder…. People don’t seem very fond of slis, and I don’t plan on announcing it just yet.”
That would be a waste, after all. As I muttered that to myself, Miyabi-san watched the slis again.
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After that a few seconds of silence lingered, then Miyabi-san asked this.
“…Ryouma-han, what are you doing next year?” [Miyabi]
“What do you an?” [Ryouma]
“You’re eleven now, right? Are you going to the academy next year? After all, you’ll be turning twelve. Your store seems to be making a lot, so you can probably afford it. Are you going?” [Miyabi]
School, huh…
“I don’t really feel like it. Right now, I just want to train and adventure as I please. And from what I’ve heard, the social aspect of the academy is rather troubleso, so there’s not a lot of opportunities to actually study.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, Miyabi-san sighed deeply.
“Haa~ So you knew.” [Miyabi]
“You know about it too?” [Ryouma]
“Of course. I’ll be going to the academy starting this year, so I’ve already gathered intel about it. Dad also taught all sorts of stuff regarding it.” [Miyabi]
“I see… So, why did you bring this up all of the sudden?” [Ryouma]
“Well, you seem to have a good personality, so I was thinking school would be easier if there was soone I knew. People there are probably stiff when it cos to relationships, but more than that, I’m good at magic. If I went to the academy and stood out, it wouldn’t end with just so weird noble following around.” [Miyabi]
“If it’s that bad, why go?” [Ryouma]
“I’m going to be a rchant, so I need to make connections. The academy makes it a policy not to differentiate between nobles and commoners, so it’s much easier to get close to nobles there than elsewhere. So, I was thinking it would be nice to have soone I could talk to without having to be so tense. Moreover, you’re really good at magic, so it would put at ease if you were going to school too.” [Miyabi]
She’s quite determined despite only being a child… rchants sure are scary. Though it seems it’s not really that strange for students to enroll with this goal in mind. Still, is she really that good at magic that other people would beco envious of her?
“Are you good at magic?” [Ryouma]
“Just enough to use an interdiate fire spell, but that’s already enough to put you ahead in school.” [Miyabi]
When I asked more about it, apparently, most students can only use beginner magic upon enrollnt. And there are even students who will be learning magic for the first ti. If those are her peers, then being able to use an interdiate spell is more than enough to put her ahead of others.
Speaking of which, although the fox tribe people are beast people too, I hear they have unusually greater mana than the others. I feel like I’ve talked about this with soone at the guild, but maybe that’s why Miyabi is good at magic.
This country doesn’t discriminate against other races, so it doesn’t matter even if one is a half. If soone tries to discriminate against soone in this country, they’ll only end up being shunned. Apparently, there was quite a bit of discrimination in the past, but an otherworlder who ca before set things right. There’s still so envy left when it cos to the advantages that races have over each other, though.
“I see.” [Ryouma]
“Well, it can’t be helped if you’re not going. I’m not gonna try and force you. It’s not like I was expecting anything in the first place. It’s just that if you were going to school, I was planning to help you stay away from weird nobles and introduce so good ones to you.” [Miyabi]
She was thinking of supporting ? What a determined child. Doesn’t seem like a bad person too. She seems to have her work cut out for her, though. Still, I wish her the best.
As I encouraged her internally, I continued working. I got her help on the simpler stuff too, and like that, we managed to complete the furniture and tools.
After completing the furniture, I told Miyabi-san that I would be going to the adventurers guild, then go back to the store.
“Ryouma-han, there are no jobs in town for adventurers right now. At most, there will probably only be herb collection jobs or jobs that require one to hunt small animals.” [Miyabi]
“Really? In Gimuru I heard that a strong monster appeared in this town.” [Ryouma]
Has it been hunted already?
“Ah~ You heard about that? It’s because of that that only E Rank and above can pass the north right now.” [Miyabi]
“Is the monster than strong?” [Ryouma]
“No. A D Rank part would be more than enough, but unfortunately, there are no such adventurers in this town.” [Miyabi]
Because of the presence of the dragon guild in this town, large monsters like the wyverns frequently fly its sky, scaring the nearby monsters, so there’s usually not a whole lot of monsters that could be found nearby.
As a result, the higher ranked adventurers don’t have any prey left to hunt, so they end up going elsewhere. It’s only natural for a person to leave town if he can’t make any money.
The guards just patrol the gates and the streets, so the area the monster is lurking isn’t under their jurisdiction. Without any adventurers to turn to, tis like this are quite problematic. Anyway, that’s why people aren’t allowed to go to the northern part of town unless they’re E Rank or above. Fortunately, the requirent isn’t above D Rank.
“So as long as one is E Rank, he can go, right?” [Ryouma]
“That’s right. The guild will also request so lumber and herbs that can be gotten from the northern woods… Oh, right. You’re an E Ranker, right? I won’t tell you not to go, but do be careful. You have make sure to run away if the monster finds you.” [Miyabi]
I thanked Miyabi-san and headed to the guild. It’s hard for a non-adventurer woman to approach the adventurers guild, so I didn’t take Miyabi up on her offer to show the way.
I went to the reception desk as soon as I got to the guild and gathered so information. May source was the male clerk tending to the reception. He was the sort of guy who just did his job without much care, so when I showed him my E Rank guild card, he didn’t say anything and just brought the available jobs for the north. I got so intel regarding the monster that appeared in the north too, and as it turns out, it’s apparently a monster known as Smash Boar.
The smash boar is a monster with short but sharp fangs. Its body is big and durable. Its skin is tough, so its hard to hurt it without sufficient strength.
After confirming the above details, I was sure that I had the right monster in mind. Only D Rank and above could accept the subjugation job for it, so I just took a herb collection job and went back to Pioro-san’s store.
Along the way, I thought back to the letter I got when I first got to this world.
The grandparents the gods used to give a credible background are actually real people. Gayn and the others went out of their way to summon their souls and even got their permission to use their nas for my sake.
The place my grandparents lived at is a place called Cormi Village, located within the Great Shurus Forest.
The Great Forest of Shurus is a treasure trove of dicinal ingredients and many precious stones could be found within the caves that dotted it. Many villages were founded in it in hopes of gathering these precious resources. Cormi Village was one such village.
But the Great Forest of Shurus was den to many monsters, and was renowned within the kingdom as a dangerous region. Even its shallowest areas are fraught with D Rank monsters and greater. To make things worse, the adventurers that died seeking precious resources continue to lurk the forest as zombies, skeletons, ghost, or so other type of undead.
The road to Cormi Village was fraught with danger on a level far beyond that of Renauph. It’s not a place one should tamper with mindlessly. But not only did I receive permission to use their na, they even gave ownership of their belongings. They didn’t have a successor, they just hid their stuff, so they told they would like to be inherit those things along with their will.
It’s just sothing they’re hoping for, so it’s not really sothing I have to do, but in order to get their things, I would have to go get them myself. As such, Gayn advised to go practice with a monster that moves similarly to those in the forest first before going. One such monster I could use is the smash boar.
It actually wasn’t impossible for to reach the village as soon as I got to this world if I relied on my ki and my martial arts, but there wasn’t any guarantee that I would be able to co back alive. As such, I just stayed in Gana Forest. And before I knew it, because of my hobbies, three years had already passed.
I’ve left the forest now, so I might as well go. There are strong monsters in the treasure trove of resources. They’ll make for good training. And besides, although it’s just in na, they’re still my grandparents, so I’d like to fulfill their request.
I’ll have to make so preparations to go the Great Shurus Forest.
I went back to Pioro-san’s store while thinking that to myself. I had supper at the store too.
When I told them that during alti that I would be going to the north tomorrow, Pioro-san asked , “Won’t you please get rid of that smash boar?”
in the next mont, Miyabi-san ramd [1] into Pioro-san and Kurana-san chided him with a terrifying smile.
To the smash boar is a training tool of sort, but to Pioro-san, it’s an obstruction to trade and sothing that could be good rchandise. Apparently, the smash boar’s at is soft, odorless, and delicious.
If I do hunt one, I should bring it here. I might not have accepted a job, but it can’t be helped if I were to accidentally et it and end up killing it. After all, no one would just stand and watch himself get killed, so there’s no way I can hold back if I do co across it.
I’m sure no one will complain if I get rid of it after accidentally coming across it, right?
…Huh? D-Did I always have this sort of personality? C-Could have I degenerated after fighting so many thugs? [2]
No. I have to be careful.
[1] – Not sure if literal.
[2] – You know what they say about fighting pigs and becoming a pig yourself.
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