Chapter 22 (1/2)

Because I’m a Weapon Shop Uncle Chapter 22: The Uncle and the New Town

Translator: lovelyxday

Editor: rairai

The Uncle and the New Town

Duofa Town is really a flouris.h.i.+ng and busy place!

Such a lament couldn’t but help escape from me, who had spent all those years living in the village.

Our village has such a small area, and the population density was definitely a lot lower compared to here. The houses were all mostly thatched wood houses. As far as a marketplace, we don’t dare expect too much. Occasionally a travelling salesman would pa.s.s by to sell his wares. It had always been a small, self-sufficient agrarian economy.

It wasn’t like the crowds were rubbing shoulders and following in each other’s footsteps or that the place was overly decadent, but the crowd continuously flowed. Along the street, you could see stores selling fruit and vegetables, the peddlers hawking quite noisily. On both sides were stylish stone houses, with the walls decorated with interwoven read and yellow. Everything looked neat, and did not lose its simple and unadorned charm.

Travelling businessmen’s carts were also in abundance.

The only thing that made me unsatisfied were the people of this place.

All of the people wore gloomy expressions, and the only smiles were business smiles.

You could not hear the sounds of children laughing or the sounds of friends talking.

If we used the language of Dante’s Inferno, it was like they were watching the struggles of the sinners, but they wouldn’t throw them a rope. As we walked through the small town, I felt like we were entering h.e.l.l.

h.e.l.l dressed in the skin of heaven. If I could choose, I definitely would not live in Duofa Town. I would prefer to spend the rest of my life happily in the Newbie Village.

I could understood about seventy to eighty percent just by looking at the expressions of the residents. Like Ka Luona said, they’re being controlled by some kind of pressuring tactic. If I had experienced this while I was on my own, I definitely would be too lazy to throw the rope. But since Ka Luona is watching, I have to set an example. Moreover, I still need to look into Mademoiselle Phantom’s matter/issue.

I sighed. The more elaborate the plan, the more likely for it to meet with an accident. Thus, I definitely could not make any kind of grand plan.

Right now, I was dressed like an adventurer, a breathable bandage wrapping around my four limbs. A long cloak wrapped around my exterior, concealing my whole body. I also wrapped my head in a scarf, only showing the small area around my eyes.

I had a reason why I’m doing this. The first was in order to make my movements more agile, and the second is to disguise my stature. For people with super observation powers, even if they can’t see the face, can identify people based on stature alone.

But first, I should go sell my veggies.

I randomly picked a vegetable store. Inside, there was a forty year old middle-aged man. He bore a fake smile to receive me.

That smile looked fake, but I patiently haggled with him.

Since my goal was actually to search out information, the price of vegetables was not all that important. I asked without interest for information.

“This vegetable, isn’t completely fresh.”

“But the quality was definitely preserved. If you don’t believe me you should take a bite to see. Your stuff is also quite good, is it stuff brought here by traveling merchants?”

“Yes……the flavor is quite good. Ah, yes. Oftentimes merchants will come here, but this is the first time I’ve seen you.”

He sized me up with suspicion.

“Cough, that’s true. I am a newly debuted businessman. I just took a shortcut through the forest and was accosted by wolves. My entire face was wounded so terribly, I can’t show it to people.”

“Heavens, it’s great that you’re still alive. That wolf king, who knows how many people it’s killed.”

“Many thanks, but it was only because my luck was good. Aie, uncle, your winter clothes are so thin. Are you alright?”

The middle-aged man put down my vegetables to the side, and sized me up.

“I’m fine. Age is a kind of cold-resistance.”

There’s no way he couldn’t feel the winter when he was only wearing a thin s.h.i.+rt and a singlet.

When weighing the food he tried to secretly hide a bit away. His technique was not bad, but it was impossible to be enough for me.

I had been a.s.suming a face of one who does not know the ways of the world, for this moment.

I saw that the store had no other customers and immediately scowled.