Chapter 140: Party Name and Party House (1/2)

“…Those were jokes just now. It is a party of you and me, so let’s just go in the direction of JeanKuro…” (Jeanne)

“It is a bit embarrassing, but not bad.” (Hikaru)

“No…I would like a bit of a spin to it. JeanKuro… Junk… Junk means trash in english, right?” (Jeanne)

I don’t know what’s happening with the automatic translation of Jeanne, but the Junk part, I heard it just as it is. It must be the same for her.

“Junk means trash or defective product.” (Hikaru)

“Hooh, that name fits me perfectly.” (Jeanne)

“Perfectly?! Trash?” (Hikaru)

I don’t know what was the reason for her saying that, but it was also an intimate word for me. Defective product, trash, incompetent… Mother said those words often to me…

I feel like putting that as our party name is a bit too self-deprecating, but if Jeanne says she wants to, I have no problems.

“Then, is Junk going to be the party name?” (Hikaru)

“Let’s add a bit more. Is there no good word? I don’t know much english.” (Jeanne)

How about making it french? -is what I thought, but she probably wants it to be in english for some reason.

“To be more precise, wouldn’t it be ‘piece of junk’? Also, if we add a word before junk, it would change the meaning to ‘Broken X’. Spam mail is also called junk mail after all.” (Hikaru)

“Fufu, I have been troubled by junk mail.” (Jeanne)

Junk mail, huh.

Would the ones I got be considered junk mail too?

Harassing mails from anonymous parties feels like they would be in a different category, but Jeanne being able to call them that makes her strong.

“How about stacking them up and calling it JunkTrash, or Junkie…that one would be bad, huh.” (Hikaru)

“Hm, got it. Battle Junkies.” (Jeanne)

“Battle Junkies?” (Hikaru)

I see. Jeanne wanted to fight, fight, fight, and get stronger.

Battle junkie might fit her just right.

“Then, let’s register as that.” (Hikaru)

Once you get decently famous, your name will be spread around like Crimson Vials, so a haphazard name would end up creating embarrassing moments, and we are a beginner party of bronze ranks. In terms of ability, we are good enough to explore the 3rd Floor, but that’s that.

At any rate, we can change the party name whenever we want. We can just leave it as a placeholder for now.

After we finished the party registration, I cut into the next matter at hand.

“The guild can serve as an intermediary for places to stay, right? We are searching for a slightly spacious property.” (Hikaru)

“Yes, introductions to dwellings suitable for explorers, right? ……Wait, eeeeeh? Living together?!”

“Please don’t retort at every single thing…” (Hikaru)

This female staff member seems to like gossip, or like, she isn’t that serious.

No, room sharing is a notion and culture of Earth, and a man and woman living together does give that impression. Hmm…

“We are looking for a decently big property with two or more private rooms. Ah, I don’t mind the rent being a bit on the high side. I do have the money from before.” (Hikaru)

“I see. Please wait for a bit.”

We can earn quite a bit of money from dungeon exploration, so there’s no problem with the rent.

Depending on the situation, we could also buy it. It would be weird for us rootless grass to buy a property though… Well, whichever the case, I don’t have that much money.

“Oi, Kuro, there’s no need to buy such a big place. It is going to be costly.” (Jeanne)

“No, we would need our own private rooms, and if we are going to go hardcore on exploring, our luggage will grow, so it would be best for it to be spacious. Also, I have surplus money, so leave it to me.” (Hikaru)

“I see. Then, I will leave it to you.” (Jeanne)

I have Shadow Storage, so I haven’t had issues with luggage space.

But no matter how I look, the equipment of Jeanne takes space, and it requires maintenance too.

There’s no need to worry about money for the time being, and we will be able to earn from here on.

“Excuse the wait. I have found properties for couples!”

“We are not a couple.” (Hikaru)

The properties that the female staff member showed us only had written information, so I couldn’t tell how they are.

Well, my conditions are clear here.

It should be in the Great Water Spirit’s territory, close to the dungeon, far from the church, and -if possible- close to the bathhouse.

With all of that, the candidates narrow down quite a bit.

Or more like, it would end up being conditions that would bring me close to my current lodging.

When I told her that, the female staff member made a complicated expression.

“Isn’t that first class land? I do have candidates, but they are crazy expensive, you know? For example; one month is 20 silver.”

“It really is expensive. Even though the inn was pretty cheap.” (Hikaru)

With 20 silver, I can stay in my current lodging for more than 2 months.

It would mean that renting would be more expensive than an inn.

“The inns for explorers have the city serving as a subsidy. This is an explorer city after all.”

I see. It is true that 20 silver is high, but I can understand if that’s the case.

We get an explanation for each one of the properties.