Volume 1 Chapter 17 (1/2)

~Side Ryouh

Ah~…… I slept well It’s been a while since I last worked that hard… Hh? ………… Not good!

“Good ht now?”

“It’s already almost lunch As expected Ryouood that Ryouht’s rest, will you be having your uild now so I’ll have it when I coet uild This is bad, there’s no uess I’ll have to do it

I put up a Barrier of Concealthen

Using thened body, I run up to the roof of the nearest building, and ran on top of the roof I then activate the short distance ht for the guild Like this, I soed to athered when I got to the rooathered”

“Sorry for ed to et started Your payot 3 medium silver coins froot today was 30 sold coins each

“Hey, hey, old enerous?”

“Seriously You gave it, so we’ll accept it but you do know that all we did was look out, right?”Asked Jeff-san and Wereanna-san because of the unusually high amount Even the veteran dwarf adventurer, Gordon, asked

“Isn’t the pay too high? Even if you say that ere near a place froht spread, it’s not like we actually did anything directly Just half of this would be fine, no?’

The guild h, and said

“Nah, that amount is undoubtedly correct The reason for that is…… Ryouht? That the name of the infectious disease in the latrine pit was the Idake Disease, right?”

“Yes, I had confirmed it with, Identify, therefore it is definitely correct

“Apparently that disease is quite proble I know about the details regarding that, and as it turns out it has a pretty low death rate Only, it spreads fast, and it leaves its survivors unable tounable tounable to work, in the end it’s pretty

And so, the reward for this tih death rate, the old ones and kids have a high chance of dying and as for those that do survive, including adults, they’ll all end up unable to work So I’ that into consideration”

When the guild , everyone broke out into a cold sweat

Looks like it was really dangerous…… Although it’s also because of the after effects, but not being able to work is just tooIn a world without insurance or a country that will offer relief for its citizens, it’s a lethal strike In the end, if one were to catch that disease, it could lead to only one conclusion, starvation

“It’s good that ere able to stop it ahead of time, nya……”

“In a sense you could say that it’s scarier than a disease with a high death rate”

“If you catch it and die, you pass on But if you et to enter hell”

As the direction of the conversation moved, the Guild Master mentioned this

“This ti As for what’s going to happen to the janitorial position of the latrine pits… right now, it’s quite alook and asked

“Youit back to the people of the slum?”

“Unfortunately, that’s impossible Even if you tell thees has been fired and that you’ll be paying the for to believe it And also, apparently, they were given a new job, and also from their point of view…

Other towns aside, since this town here is near a mine There are a lot of jobs here that people don’t like to do, physical labor, dirty labor… those kinds of stuff But because there those kind of jobs are numerous, the people of the slum are able to find neork So it’s not like there’s any particular reason tothe latrine pits…

And first of all, the one at fault was the public office They also can’t tell theain so fro to e to happen? This tiot lucky that Ryouain”

“That’s right, putting it bluntly, it’s because we’d be paid that the guild was able to push it on to us But frouild we’ll probably have to force the people that have a lot of failed missions or those that broken the rules to take on the job”

“That kind of thing, just leave it to the out”

“Don’t say it so casually…”

“Please do calm down, I’ll also take requests while I’ that time”

“Thanks”

“Nya? Does Ryouma live in a different town somewhere?”

“Acutally, I don’t live in a town but in a forest”

“Forest?”

“Do you know the forest of Gana? Froet there…”

“If I’ht?”

“That’s right I live deep inside that forest”

“In the forest? Why in a place like that?”

“It’s because I’randparents that picked e we lived in was particularly cruel to outsiders, so in the end I had no choice but to leave the village Fortunately, e and skill I would need to survive Thanks to that, I was able to live by myself in the forest I did live in the forest for 3 years, so I wonder if it’s because of that, that I’ to find it more comfortable to live in the forest rather than in a place with people”

“3 years!?’

“Wait a moment Ryouma-kun, how old are you?”

“11 years old”

“So you’ve been living by yourself in the forest since you were 8 years old?”

“You’re crazy…”

“Then, how coe like this?”

“Well I had been wondering if it was really ok to continue that lifestyle since e At so here, and so I decided to go with them to see what a town inhabited by people is like”

“Are you going back?”

“Well, I am worried and I also have some attachment to that house I ht also be able to find a place to live in deep in the forest around here”

“Uo all the way to the forest to live?”

“Well the house is , like this it’s quite the carefree lifestyle, you know? Oh, money also isn’t needed”

“Ryoue is too early”

“That’s true…… I can vaguely feel it”

“Well just think hard enough about it to have no regrets I’d be grateful if you stayed here, but it’s better if you choose to live here without being burdened Just go live the way you want

For themoney were confiscated, and the people orked with them had their salaries cut All those funds retrieved will be used as finances for the town so for the mean time there will be money So at the very least the toill have s

……Anyith this I’ve given you guys what I needed to give you And also, there’s one last thing I need to let you guys know A few days froation of the , that o but it’s only this year that it will be officially declared as abandoned There are several kinds ofnest inside that mine Their mostly just a bunch of small beasts but the scope is wide so they want to hire adventurers for the job Take those jobs and kick their asses Dismissed!”

Like that ere dising where Elia and the rest aiting for ether and so they had waited for ive my thanks, take my seat, and have lunch with them At which point Elia said this

“Ryou!”

“What’s the matter all of the sudden?”

… I feel like we’d also had a si special training froht want to join too”

“The truth is, this trip is not only just a trip, but also for the sake of serving as Elia’s battle practice”

“My household does not discrio on a journey for the sake of practicing ood one is, they can also beco one’s knowledge and getting a better outlook on life is good for the fa like that, it’s necessary to have the strength to do so We could just assign some escorts for our heirs as well, but then it will be unco any effort, the results will be half-baked So with that in ain the power to protect herself in the future”

“Froic and acadeather some experience”

“I see, so that’s why you ca until just a while ago I’ve been practicing and this afternoon as well I’ll be practicing again So how about it? Won’t Ryouood opportunity

“If I won’t be in the way, then please allowthe afternoon training

We went out the city on carriage and after 20 minutes arrived to a rocky place, where Jill-san and the rest aiting for us It seeic

“Ryouh, huh?”

“Jill-san as well, I heard you’ve been busy too”

“Well in its oay”

“Coo practice!”

Said, the excited Ojousa today?”

“Fire and ice is ic power, if I practice a lot, I’ll able to use a lot of powerful ic, huh? Just what you’d expect from someone that specializes in fire

“Ryouood for Ryou attributes The Ojousaic power since this ”

After that, our teachers became Sebasu-san for Elia, and Camil-san for me

“Well then, shall we start?”