Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3 Ojiki Zenji’s Interview

After the small fight, Yuuto followed after the Zenji family’s young master, Kyousui Zenji, into Rana village.

This village was filled with enough lively culture for Yuuto to look at the to his heart’s content. Starting with the light pink colored flowers at the gates, then the lines of houses made of not brick, but wood, to the peculiar clothes the folks here wore, everything. According to Kyousui, the women were wearing [Kimonos] and the men were wearing [Samues].

“So boy, why did you travel to Rana? Are you here for sightseeing?”

At the sudden question, Yuuto showed a slow reaction.

“A merchant called As.h.i.+daka told me… that this village had a guild. So I came here.”

Listening to Yuuto’s words, Kyousui looked at him with his eyes wide open. Then scratching his head, he responded in an apologetic tone,

“Sorry boy… but this village does not have a guild…”

“Eeeh!?”

This is bad.

Yuuto became dispirited as he held his hurting head with his hand. It could be said that Yuuto’s only source of income was the money he got from doing tasks at the guild. Though he could also earn some by selling monster hides and herbs, these are all byproducts of doing guild tasks.

Moreover, because the village was so flouris.h.i.+ng, the exchange rate of those kinds of materials should be really low. No, in the first place, he might not even be able to exchange at all.

Seeing the perplexed Yuuto, Kyousui kept thinking with a troubled face that he had done a terrible thing.

“Iya, sorry about that. This place is managed by our Zenji gang, and the small matters around here are all taken care of by us. Well… you could consult with uncle if you’d like to.”

Saying that, Kyousui once again scratched his head and pointed towards a building. The building was at the innermost part of the village. The building was wooden made, with a wonderful architecture that set it aside from other buildings. This also caught Yuuto’s eyes.