Vol 1 Chapter 3.1 (2/2)
Well, I had predicted that this would happen. The things that I should buy first are the goods that are needed for an adventurer. Yup. I know this really well.
But you know, the only clothes I have are what I am wearing on my body. Even though they won’t get dirty with magic, I have always worn the same clothes. Even at the night. Even for the next day, and the next day after that. Unacceptable. As a college girl who is fas.h.i.+on-conscious, this is unacceptable…… I couldn’t postpone this anymore.
Please don’t condemn me for this.
Well, in other words, it’s that thing. You see, I bought clothes first. Then I bought some necessities like a bag and a knife, so all the money I had quickly decreased in front of my eyes.
I had toured around many stores and as a result, the remaining money was 4 silver and 57 copper. This is everything that I have.
Thank goodness that the cost for the one month room and board already had been paid for earlier. As long as I return to the inn, then I can still eat something.
I must use the money on the important things……
But, I might have use a bit too much. My bad.
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When I returned to the 「Red High Boots Inn」, bringing the goods that I had purchased with me, the sun had already begun to set. I placed the goods in my room and then went to eat the dinner. After borrowing a washbasin, I returned to my room.
As always, I put 『Barrier』 inside the room. I could hear sounds from the outside, but the sights and sounds on the inside couldn’t be sensed from the outside. I have many things to test and to ponder after all.
First, is a hot bath. Other people will bring hot water in a washbasin to their room, but I only borrowed the washbasin. Since I can use Fire and Water magic, then I don’t need to ask for hot water, after all. If I create a water and then warm it with fire, then it will be fine.
While chanting 『Warm Water 40 Degrees[16]』 I put the hot water in the wash basin. After 10 days, I can finally enjoy a hot bath. It…… feels…… so gooooood.[17] Ah, Viva Bath. Viva Warm Water.[18]
I wanted to soak up to my shoulder, but this wash basin was a bit too small. I decided that when I find a larger basin, I will buy it.
After bath time was over, I ventilated the hot water, as steam, out of the room with my magic and then went to return the basin. When I arrived back to my room, I put the Barrier back up once again. Now for the next task.
First, I want to store the clothes that I had worn until now, since I want to keep the things I brought from j.a.pan as long as possible.
Since the dust was terrible when waiting in the queue for exiting the city, the coat still had its uses. Since my money was not enough, I couldn’t buy a mantle. Ah, let’s also put the coat’s hood on when I go to the Adventurer Guild. I don’t want my face to be seen too much after all…… Ah, that’s wrong. Hiding it will attract the attention of others. Is there any way to disguise myself without concealing myself? It might work if I had a wig.
There was no one who pointed out my black eyes and black hair, but so far I hadn’t seen anyone with black hair.
It was easy to recognize the 『Black Healer』 as someone with long straight black hair, so if I changed my black hair, then it would be difficult for people to recognize me. There is no need to inform unknown people that I am the 『Black Healer』. Let’s try changing my hair color using magic when I carry out my work as an adventurer. A reddish brown hair shouldn’t be that weird for my look. Alright! Let’s try it out.
『Dyeing – Reddish Brown – Loose Wavy Finish』[19]
I turned my hair color to reddish brown and put a light wave to it. How’s that? From what I could see, the hair do look like reddish brown and loosely wavy . Aww, how I wish for a mirror…… Ah, that’s right!
『Ice Mirror』[20]
I created some ice with a reflective surface like a mirror.
I saw my reflection in the mirror. Yup, I looked natural. Furthermore, the impression I gave off was really different from a straight black haired hair girl. Yup, looks nice.
From now on, let’s go with this appearance as Reene the adventurer. In addition, I don’t need the coat until I leave the town.
I took out all the items inside my Item Box.
While we’re at it, let me do some explanation. Item Box didn’t mean that I only had one box, it’s more like many lockers. Each thing was put in a different place. For example, (although I absolutely won’t do this) even if I stored a blood dripping corpse of monster inside, it won’t stain the clothes already stored inside.
Since it stopped the pa.s.sage of time, the Agamena Herbs that I picked before were still fresh, and the apple look-a-like fruits were still delicious. If I store my lunch inside it, then it might be still be puffing hot and edible.
Now then, the contents of my Item Box was only this much.
Smartphone, portable music player, 10 Agamena Herbs, 3 Apple look-a-like fruits I picked from Azure Forest, and money: 4 silver and 57 copper. The coat’s feather, scarf, sweater, and tights.
Which reminds me, I had stored these clothes without was.h.i.+ng them. It’s a good thing that time didn’t pa.s.s inside the item box. While I still remember it, let’s also wash the clothes that I had purchased. After all, it was simply lined up inside the store, so it was dirty from dust and finger marks. I took a look at the clothes that I had bought today. Yup. If I had to say, I had bought a lot.
Even so, it wasn’t like I had bought so many pieces.
First, the underwear. There weren’t any small types like what I wore in j.a.pan, only long pumpkin pants, the one called drawers.[21] For the top, there wasn’t any similar to a bra, only camisoles.
Then, several outer clothes.
It seems that for this world, the fas.h.i.+on doesn’t expose too much skin, and even in the summer, everyone wore long sleeved clothes. There weren’t any s.h.i.+rts with open neckline and the skirt’s hem was also long. I was glad that it was winter in j.a.pan. If I came to this world in the summer while wearing a cami, miniskirt and mules then I might be preposterously standing out.
When I asked for a recommendation for long clothing that wouldn’t hinder movement, they showed me long cullote skirt. If I wore this, then it would be easier for me to ride a horse. Then, a matching open collar s.h.i.+rt. Furthermore, a one piece dress and a long T-s.h.i.+rt looking cloth as a subst.i.tute for pajamas. Then short boots, a knife, a bag, a comb and a pouch that I will use as my purse.
The clothes that I bought today and the ones that I put into Item Box were cleaned with 『Cleaning』, 『Drying』, and then were enchanted with『Condition Stasis』 , 『Antimicrobial Deodorization and Dirt Removal』 and『Physical Defense and Magic Defense UP』. I changed into the camisole and drawers and then put on the T-s.h.i.+rt pajamas before storing the rest of the clothes into Item Box. I also put 『Condition Stasis』 and 『Improve Offense』on the Knife before it went into the Item Box. Yup, with this, everything has been put into order.
Let’s move to the next agenda. The next thing that I will do is this. Let’s try it a bit.
I took out only one Agamena Herb. In the carriage I had heard about what they called as an apothecary, it seems that they are people who use a skill to make medicine. I looked at the Agamena Herb’s status once more.
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― Agamena Herb ―
Haemostatic・Wound Medicine
Drinking it as a decoction could restore a small amount of HP
『Compounding』will create Potion
『Compounding』 with Moses Herb and Blue Dewherb will create Ether
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What is this 『Compounding』 skill? If I use this skill, then I can create potion
In what way should I try this? Since it was written that 「Drinking it as a decoction」 then ordinary people usually boiled it, while apothecaries used their skill, right? If I boiled this normally, then I might obtain the skill. After all, this skill is really convenient.
For now, let’s get some water.
『Water Ball』
A ball of water was formed in the air before me. Let’s boil it.
『Heating』
The ball of water began to bubble as it was boiled. Then I put the Agamena herb into it. The color began to slowly change.
『Compounding』
Since there was nothing to lose, I chanted the skill name. I imagined the potion inside a game. A gla.s.s bottle with red liquid. Then, just like my imagination, a gla.s.s bottle with a liquid inside it appeared.
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― Potion ―
Medium HP Recovery
Drinking it will recover 350 HP.
Applying it to a wound will cause small recovery.
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It finished! Was this gla.s.s bottle created from magic? If the inside are consumed, then will it disappear? My, how eco-friendly.
And then, there was a ping sound ringing inside my head. Alright. It’s here. Skill get!
― Skill 『Compounding』 has been acquired ―
I opened the status and in the Skill column there was 『Compounding』written on it. Alright. I immediately took out one more Agamena Herb and tried using the 『Compounding』 skill. Without boiling any water like before, I created a Potion. It also had the same effect. It was surely identical with the previous Potion.
I looked at my remaining MP and saw that it had decreased by 25 from the『Compounding』 just now. Well, since I had also created the bottle, then it might be using that much amount of MP. Then, wouldn’t the apothecary work be fairly difficult? Even creating 10 Potion will consume 250 MP. That’s remind me, Jin-san had said that the medicine produced by apothecaries had a high price. Since the number that can be produced in one day is small, the price of it will be expensive. I can understand this.
Yup, with this I can use 『Compounding』. To have such a user-friendly skill is extremely fortunate.
Then, the next one.
Which is, testing Dark and s.p.a.ce magic.
There were seven attributes, but with the addition of the Null attribute, it was actually eight attributes. The attributes that I didn’t have were Dark and s.p.a.ce. It didn’t really mean anything, but for a game maniac like me, not getting a ‘full completion’ left me with a bad taste.
What kind of Dark Magic that I should use? Was it like a black magic or something? Dark, dark, dark…… Ah, then what about darkness?
『Darkness』
The room suddenly became pitch black. A true darkness without a single point of light. I quickly recited 『Cancel』 and when the room became bright again, I was relieved. Yeah. Darkness is a bit frightening.
I saw my status and 【Dark】 was added to the Attributes column. Alright! Dark Attribute get!
The next one would be s.p.a.ce. s.p.a.ce is warping s.p.a.ce or creating s.p.a.ce, something like that?
So that means, s.p.a.ce-transfer magic.
The whole room was covered with barrier that I put awhile ago. For the test, I stood at the edge of the barrier near the door, stared intently at the bed while imagining myself transported to it.
『Transfer』
……Huh? I am not moving at all.
『Teleport』『s.p.a.ce Transfer』『Teleportation』『Instant Movement』『I want to go to the bed』『From here, poof, to there』…… I had chanted as many as I could. But, it didn’t happen.
Why? Until now, didn’t every spell that I had chanted always work? Aren’t I currently using my vehement imagination? So even with the 「Imagination Empress Misuzu」’s imagination, there are spells that I couldn’t cast……
The status didn’t have any changes at all.
Let’s check this out at the library. There is a possibility that the magic referred to as s.p.a.ce Attribute Magic might be different from the transfer magic that I had thought of……By any chance, did this world not have transfer magic?
Hmm, it’s strange that I can’t do transfer magic. After all, isn’t otherworld summoning is something that belongs to the transfer magic family?
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When I woke up on the next morning, I thought about immediately going to the library to investigate the s.p.a.ce Attribute.
But you see, today is Lightday so it seems to be a rest day for the library. I thought, shouldn’t they open, especially since it’s a rest day, but apparently this is how this world’s bureaucracy work.
Books are precious. Hence, even to enter you must show your ident.i.ty card, to read you need a letter of introduction, and to read prohibited books, you need a letter of introduction and must be accompanied by a Court Magician. The library is also guarded by numerous guards, and even when you leave it, there will be a strict check performed on you. It’s open from the morning bell until the evening bell.
With this, I plan on going to the library tomorrow afternoon, since the Healer work is only in the morning.
This means, my schedule today is fully open for the whole day.
Then, should I visit the Adventurer Guild?
I thought that the Adventurer Guild was also closed on Lightday, but when I asked Agnes, she said that it was open every day. I could only work as an adventurer when I don’t have my Healer work, so it will be from Waterday (Wednesday). However, it’s better to receive a job early, so I can leave the city first thing in the morning. Isn’t this efficient? Yup. Let’s do this.
I dyed my hair with 『Dyeing – Reddish Brown – Loose Wavy Finish』. I didn’t want to be seen when I left the inn, so I coiled the cloth, that I bought as a towel, around my head like a scarf. The outside of the city had dry ground so the cloud of dust was thick, but the city was paved so it was easy to walk and the road was cleaner. The buildings constructed out of mud walls and bricks were really different from j.a.pan. It’s as if I was travelling in an old German town, walking leisurely like this was really fun. I believed that this girl, who wore the clothing of this world with this world’s scarf atope her reddish brown hair, was blending relatively well with the city.
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The Adventurer Guild had the appearance of a village administration office. There were several tables at the Counter Area, where the Guild’s staff was working. There were counters for each task where the responsible staff members sat behind the table facing the counter. Since I could see stairs and doors behind the counter, there might be more offices further inside.
Opposite from the counter was the s.p.a.ce for the adventurers where a wall was covered with many papers. Everyone was looking at that wall, so I am sure that those were the quest papers.
There were several tables for the quest application counter located further inside, and behind that counter I could see a kitchen. So it seems that the adventurers could have a light meal while meeting with fellow adventurers.
Yup, it really was like a government office. Although, compared to a village administration office, the people inside the building felt more grim. There were many people with scary looks, perhaps because the adventurer job is a dangerous occupation.
Some of the adventurers, who noticed me looking around while standing still, were throwing probing gazes at me. It’s scary, so please stop looking. Since there was no people who deliberately approached me, I moved to the reception counter while putting on an undisturbed face, although my heart was thumping hard.
「I want to register as an adventurer.」(Reene)
「Do you have an ident.i.ty card?」(Receptionist)
「Yes, here it is.」(Reene)
「Thank you, I will be taking this…… So, Kanzack-sama, do you want to register as a Healer?」(Receptionist)
「No. A Magician.」 (Reene)
Registration as a Healer would make it easier for me to be found out, so I can’t use it. That’s why I used Magician.
「Magician?」(Receptionist)
「Fire and Water.」(Reene)
Yes, I a.s.serted. After all, most Humans only have one or two attributes. The only Human that had three attributes in his status was Jin-san. Well, since the occupation in the information card is Healer, then it will easy to see that I can use either Light, Water and Earth magic, though. Practically, Fire and Water magic are convenient for attacking and also camping. It would trouble me if I couldn’t use 『Fireball』 or 『Freeze』 in front of others. So it would be impossible for me to refrain from using Fire in public. The same case with Water.
The receptionist onee-san seemed to want to say something, but she continued with the application without saying anything. Across the counter, there was a box with numerous small crystal b.a.l.l.s. It’s the same magic tool that was used by the clerk at His Highness Leon’s office. 「Gaia’s Note」, if I’m not wrong. Then, the onee-san placed my ident.i.ty card atop of it.
「Please place your hand over it and pour a little mana on it.」(Receptionist)
Just like what she said, I placed my hand and poured out a little mana.
「Please state your name, race, age, and occupation.」(Receptionist)
「Reene Kanzack, Human, 22, Magician.」(Reene)
I answered with a break in between replies and then the crystal began to s.h.i.+ne.
「Yes, this is enough…… This is Kanzack-sama’s Guild Card.」(Receptionist)
It was a slim metal card the size of a name card, just like my ident.i.ty card.
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《Adventurer Card》
Name ：Reene Kanzack
Race ：Human
Age ：22
Job ：Magician
Attributes ：Fire, Magic
Registration Area ：Fantasma Kingdom, Coltea
Guild Rank ：F
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「Since this is Kanzack-sama’s first registration, you must begin from the lowest guild rank, F. By receiving quests and acc.u.mulating accomplishments, the rank will increase. This guild card can also be used as an ident.i.ty doc.u.ment, so you can use either this card or the ident.i.ty card when needed.」
So you mean I could use the different ident.i.ty doc.u.ments? At times, I am a Healer, at other times, an Adventurer? I had said that I was a Magician when registering, but it seems that this onee-san was a quite plucky woman.
「Won’t it be a problem to have several ident.i.ty doc.u.ments?」(Reene)
「No, it won’t. Since the owner of these two cards is registered on the Gaia’s Note, using either of them won’t pose any official problems.」(Receptionist)
The people who had access to Gaia’s Note would know my activity as a Healer when confirming my ident.i.ty doc.u.ments, but normal people could be said to have no means of knowing about it.
「However, the magic tools used for checking ident.i.ty doc.u.ments at a city entrance doesn’t possess such detailed feature. So when entering and exiting the city, you must use the same card.」(Receptionist)
I see, if I use my ident.i.ty card to enter the city and then use my adventurer card when exiting the city there will be an error.
「The first registration is free of charge. However, reissuing the card will cost one silver, so please keep this in mind.」(Receptionist)
I received the returned ident.i.ty card and the guild card and put them inside my Item Box. The onee-san then began her explanation about adventurer activities. Well, it was the generally identical with the clichéd fantasy novels, webnovels and games.
Start from rank F, receive points as the result of completing the quest, when the amount of points is enough, then the rank will be increased, F → E → D → C → B → A → S → SS.
Rank will decide the type of quest that can be received. The escort or transporting valuable items quest could only be received by people with experience and a rank above D.
To do a quest, you need to take the quest card that you want to do from the quest board, and then inform the staff that you want to take the quest, who will give you the quest permit. How the quest could be completed differed depending on its contents. For a subjugation quest, you need to bring back severed parts as proof, for a bodyguard or transport quest, then you need to bring back the completion sign from the requester. After that, you will receive the quest rewards.
Hmm, well, it wasn’t that I wanted to become an adventurer to earn a lot of money. I only need just enough money, so that I could travel to many places. Let’s do this steadily without rus.h.i.+ng. But since I am also happy to earn money while travelling to another city, it might be already nice if I can take an escort quest for D Rank. Okay, let’s make this an objective for the current adventurer work: become a D Rank!
I said my thanks to the onee-san, then headed towards the quest board. Since I had came to the Guild, at the very least I must go see what kind of quests are available. If there is anything good, let’s take it.
I approached the quest board. The people who looked at the request board inside and the people in at the dining area was scrutinizing me. They must have thought me I was just a mere young girl. Whoaa, this looks bad. I timidly approached the F Rank Board and the onii-san there moved aside to open a s.p.a.ce for me while giving me a broad grin.
I lightly nodded at him and approached the board. Don’t be bothered by them, Reene. They are bugs, just bugs. While stealthily casting 『Search』 and『Protective Membrane』, I looked at the board.
The work at the Adventurer Guild could be generally divided into Subjugation, Escort, Delivery, Monster Core/Material Collection, Herb Collection, and Inner City Commission.
The Inner City Commission Quest was something like fixing roofs, painting fences, or buying groceries.
The quests that an F Rank could take were not important ones. It was mostly Inner City Commission, Herb Collection and Low Rank Monster Core/Material Collection.
So, now for the main point. I had experienced many things as a Healer, so I believed that my spirit had become relatively stronger.
But, as expected, the things that I was hopeless at are still hopeless. What do I mean? It’s collecting monster’s parts.
Yeah, I could kill a monster that was attacking me. I believe this was unavoidable. However, I couldn’t make myself deliberately kill them just to collect their materials. Of course, since the monster might attack people if we leave them be, killing them might be a good thing to do.
But you know, just for ill.u.s.trating my case, these were F Rank Quests:
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《F Rank Quest》
Materials Collection
Target ：Killer Bee’s Stinger
Zone ：Coltea’s Surroundings
Quant.i.ty ：20
Time Limit ：No Limit
Reward ：1 silver
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《F Rank Quest》
Materials Collection
Target ：c.o.c.katrice’s Beak
Zone ：Coltea’s Surroundings
Quant.i.ty ：5
Time Limit ：No Limit
Reward ：1 silver
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I could make myself kill monsters. I did not enjoy it, but I had done it in the forests. I was reluctant to deliberately kill them not because they were attacking me, but I could do it one way or another.
But you know, I must cut the corpses after I kill them.
The Killer Bee is still a bee. A stinger won’t be just sticking just on the tips of their b.u.t.ts, it’s actually rooted further inside. In other words, I need to rip through the bee’s plump abdomen to get the stinger. No way, can’t do it! I can’t possibly do it!
The c.o.c.katrice is a large chicken like monster and if you get pecked by its beak, then you will turn to stone. Can I cut a chicken’s beak? Impossible. It will not going to happen.
…… What should I do? There were no quests that I could take. There were no Subjugation Quest for F Rank, but Subjugation Quests are also impossible for me to do for the same reason. After all, you need to cut the monster’s parts as the proof. This is something that I can’t possibly do. What should I do? This is harder than the clichéd another world script that 「Adventurers can obtain a lot of money.」
Stop it, Reene! The money you have right now is just 4 silver. If you can’t work as an Adventurer, there won’t be enough money!
While agonizing in front of the quest board, I forgot about the surrounding eyes,.
I had thought about it a lot, but there was nothing left to do but Herbs Collection, Monster Core Collection, and helping inside the city quests.
When doing Herb Collection quests, perhaps I would be attacked by monsters mid-quest. Even so, I could defeat them. Since it was F Rank and near Coltea, so not that many monsters will appear, I am sure that it will be fine.
And like that, I took two quest cards.
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《F Rank Quest》
Herb Collection
Target ：Macacari Leaves[22]
Zone ：No Restriction
Quant.i.ty ：5
Time Limit ：No Limit
Reward ：1 silver
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《F Rank Quest》
Herb Collection
Target ：Cat’s Flower Stalk Gra.s.s[23]
Zone ：No Restriction
Quant.i.ty ：10
Time Limit ：No Limit
Reward ：1 silver
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Also, I will take the Monster’s Core Quest. I had defeated monsters in the forest, but since I didn’t look back at them, I didn’t notice the core’s presence at all. From what the Knights had said, even if you kill the monster with magic by burning them to cinders or freezing them to pieces, the core would still be left behind.
However, you can’t collect a core from very weak monsters. Since the monster that needs to be defeated has a slightly higher rank, the price of the core was more expensive than Materials Collection. I took two Core Collections quests.
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《F Rank Quest》
Core Collection
Target ：Wild Dog’s Core
Zone ：Coltea’s Surroundings
Quant.i.ty ：5
Time Limit ：No Limit
Reward ：6 silver
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《F Rank Quest》
Core Collection
Target ：Poison Cat ’s Core
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