Chapter 9 (1/2)

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As I looked at the bulletin board, some bronze rank requests seemed to be stuck on it. Pet searches, cleaning someone’s house, collecting herbs. The requests at this rank seem to just be ch.o.r.es. Although there are also some monster extermination requests such as slime extermination and pest control, there are not many.

First of all, I select the herb collection request as a test. It’s not good is a beginner overworks himself. I’ll be with Claire as well, so I don’t want to be in a life and death battle in the beginning.

I hand the request letter over to the elder sister in order to accept it.

The request is to pick up herbs in the forest surrounding Koper, I was shown a picture of the herb needed as well as a short explanation on how to collect it. The reward is two copper coins per herb. The time limit is one week. There is no penalty for failing it.

If we encounter any monsters and defeat them, we can sell their cores directly to the guild.

The client was apparently the adventuring guild itself. They put out the requests in order to train beginners in recognising danger. The growth of the herb is short and because the demand is high, the request is always available.

I decide that we need new equipment, so after leaving the guild, we go to a nearby equipment shop. Shops such as these generally sell both weapons and protection, because of this they are known as equipment shops.

When we enter inside, various equipment is displayed in front of us. Swords, spears, axes and bows are all displayed on the wall. There’s even armour and a s.h.i.+eld on a mannequin.

「Is there a weapon Claire would like?」

「I’m quite good with a bow. At home I frequently went hunting」

Claire moves over the area where bows of various sizes are being displayed. She takes each one and carefully examines it. She seems to testing how each one feels.

「Do you like it?」

「Yes master! It is very easy to use, but the price….」

When I see the price tag, it is indeed expensive. Although the prices of the cheapest bows start at 3 small silver coins, this one cost an incredible 3 gold coins. (TLN: Changed large gold coins to gold coins)