3 Dores (2/2)

After eating a single serving food of dried meat and soup, Kiro roams around the house, looking for the Village Chief. Finally, he found chief Geoffrey, He was sitting on the wooden bench at the back of the house.

Chief Geoffrey saw that Kiro was looking for him. He proactively starts the conversation.

”Mm, you seemed to be done eating, how is the food? It was the local dried meat product here In the village.” (Geoffrey)

”It is good, I haven't tasted such strong smoke-dried meat before.” (Kiro) was being honest here, Even though the food was simple, nonetheless, It was delicious.

”Hahaha, That is good to hear, It was our Villages Pride Smoke Meat after all.” (Geoffrey) heartedly laughs.

Seeing Geoffrey make life easy for him, Kiro didn't hold back and ask a question.

”Chief Geoffrey, I'm here to ask you something, I don't know if you are an expert from this kind field, I would like to know if you ever heard the name Greasy Grass before.” (Kiro)

In a short amount of time pondering how to earn money, He suddenly remembered the Rare Greasy Grass inside the Diante Forest.

Because of his Innate Appraisal Skill, It wasn't hard for him to find the rare grass once more, he thought that if he wanted to survive in this world, he needed money to support his traveling expenses until he found a nice place to settle in. After all, he can't stay here forever from this village and take advantage of the generosity of the Old fellow.

”Greasy Grass? Hmm, If I remember correctly the direction you came from was near the Diante Forest right? Did you perhaps find one?” (Geoffrey) saying that he looks at Kiro with deep thought.

”Yeah, I think I saw one inside the forest, but at that moment, I don't have time or luxury to pick up some herbs.” (Kiro)

”If what you saw really is a Greasy Grass, you'll make some fortune out of it, from time to time adventurers will come by to our village just to seek those rare grass. But only a few succeeded to find one, If I didn't recall it incorrectly Greasy Grass, it was a very proficient herb for making a mana potion, If directly eaten It could even boost your mana recovery.” (Geoffrey)

”Really? If that's the case, I might go back to the forest and look for it.” (Kiro) eyes flash with greed, He is a penniless person who desperately needs some money.

”Hold your horses, Young man, didn't you just get attacked by a group of monsters, Yet here you are proactively seeking trouble? Aren't you tired of living?” (Geoffrey) strictly rebuked him.

”I heard it from Milo that your carriage was attacked by a group of monsters, just forget about it. No matter how much money you earn, If you can't live to enjoy the fruition of your hard labor, then It is pointless.” (Geoffrey)

Milo? Kiro finally remembered the watchtower guard, He was speechless from those words coming from the chief Geoffrey, he remembered that for the sake of his temporary merchant Identity he made an absurd story, even now he couldn't believe someone buys his story.

”Hehehe, don't worry Chief Geoffrey, from the place where I saw the greasy grass, It was an open field, there was no monster in the vicinity. It was just my mind at that time, preoccupied with escaping.” (Kiro) cracked a laugh, he didn't know that the grass yields a lot of profit.

”By the way, what's the market price for a single stalk of greasy grass?” (Kiro) tried to avoid the topic by asking a new question.

”If It was before, 1 stalk of greasy grass is equivalent to 50 silver coins, so if you can find a bulk, from a normal family with that kind of money, They'll have an easy life for at least half a year.” (Geoffrey)

Kiro's eyes flash with greed. He never expected it to be so expensive.

The currency of this world was divided into 4 types of coins.

10 Iron coins = 1 Copper coin.

10 Copper coins = 1 Silver coin.

100 Silver coins = 1 Gold coin.

100 Gold coins = 1 White Gold coin.

Only means, If he got a single stalk, he could live without worrying being broke for at least a month or two.

If he could harvest a lot of herbs, He might possibly have an easy life for a fresh start.

”Is that so? Thank you, Chief Geoffrey, I'll be back at my room.” (Kiro) says excitedly.

Geoffrey looks at the back of the Young man who disappeared from the corridor. With his rich experience, he could clearly tell the greed from Kiro's eye. Even though Kiro tried so hard to hide his expression, his simple gesture couldn't escape from Old Geoffrey's eye.

***

Returning from his room, Kiro was walking back and forth at the entrance of his room.

After a long while, he finally decided to go back to the Diante Forest.

Without trying to say goodbye from the Village Chief. He went out of the house quietly.

He didn't want to meet the village chief right now, lest the Old fellow worries for him for no reason.

So he decided to head back to the entrance where he came in earlier.

Seeing the familiar tower guard Milo, He waves his right hand at him.

”Hey Kiro, where are you going? Don't tell me you're going to go back to the forest?” (Milo)

”... Hehehe, Yep, but not in the place where the monsters were lurking around, but it was in the place where I rested. I just need to verify something.” (Kiro) makes some random excuses.

”Haah~ Even though you are young, but you're already at the age where we adults don't interfere with your life. Even so, you have to come back before evening, or else chief Geoffrey might start a search party If you didn't come back In time.” (Milo) reprimand Kiro.

But he wouldn't stop him from going out, after all, It wasn't his place, plus, the young man is already at the age where they don't need adult interference in whatever business he has to do.

***

Going back to the forest, with his newly developed brain, Kiro already memorized the right pathway to get back in the middle of the forest.

After walking for a half-hour, soon enough a familiar sight appeared before him.

Looking around Kiro finally activated one of his Innate Skill.

”[Appraisal]!” (Kiro) mumbled the keyword, then he finally saw what he was looking for.

[Greasy Grass] - Rarity: Rare

- Greasy Grass Is a type of rare grass that only grows in the part of the Diante Forest.

- Consuming will boost up your MP recovery rate by 5% for an hour.

What's more shocking, there's a bunch of them growing with bulk at the same place.

Sadly he couldn't take all of It. The reason why it was in high demand was because of rarity and the freshness of the stalk and the quality of the herb. Once it is pulled out, Kiro doesn't know how long the liveliness of the stalk will last.

Even though Kiro wasn't an expert from this kind of field, he wasn't a fool for not knowing the grass might not be preserved for his long journey, without proper equipment to sustain the freshness of the grass. So he decided to just pluck 10 pieces of stalk. He already made up his mind that he'll give Two pieces of Stalk to the village chief and another one for the tower guard.

When he was about to leave the forest.

A creaking sound could be heard behind the bush.