Volume 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

[The air feels great here.] (Luna)

[Uhn. It has the same feeling as the elf village.] (Til)

Luna and Til were in high spirits as they entered the town. I understand what they are feeling whenever you enter a foreign town, being unable to control your excitement when experiencing something new. The town has blended perfectly with nature, with waterways filled with clear water running throughout the town and spreading out into the fertile soul in the area.

[Has Youya travelled to this town in the past?] (Til)

[I didn’t but I am familiar with the town.] (Youya)

I visited this town as a player back when it was just a game, but I have never visited this town even once as an adventurer. Whenever an adventurer obtains a Magic Pet from one of the God Trees in the dungeon, word gets around very quickly. Back then we had planned to drop by Greenwood after completing the quest at the Laluzulu Kingdom, however there were far too many adventurers competing for the one egg that will l spawn sometime during the month.

We couldn’t estimate how long it would take us to obtain the egg and in the end, we decided to go to a town with better dungeons rather than Greenwood.

[If you are familiar with the town then it’s fine. Youya, is there an inn with delicious food around here?] (Til)

[Yeah yeah it’ll be great if we could find an inn with delicious food. It’ll be quite miserable if their food wasn’t good.] (Luna)

That is what you are worried about?

I smiled bitterly.

[Don’t worry about that. Phil recommended me a few places, so there is no worry about the accommodation.] (Youya)

There are many adventurers from around the world that travel from town to town. More often than not, those adventurers would visit the guild in the town that they visited, and the people who have the most contact with these adventurers are the receptionists. It is easy for Phil to gain information about other towns being a popular receptionist. In addition, Phil is a good cook. She will definitely consider the food when choosing an inn. Even more so when Luna and Til are gluttons. If we stick to Phil’s advice, we will definitely not be disappointed about the food.

Well if we consider the number of inns that are willing to take care of Raptor, the number of inns available becomes limited. Although there hasn’t been many opportunities to ride Raptor recently, I just can’t bear to let go of a precious buddy.

[Youya, let’s go. My stomach is growling.] (Luna)

[Me too. I want to eat a proper meal. I’m sick of hard bread with cheese and preserved meat.] (Til)

[I’m hungry too. Although the journey with the caravan was safe, the meals were depressing. Since it’s been a while, let’s have a feast to enjoy ourselves.] (Youya)

We headed towards the inn for three people.

It’ll be nice if the inn has nice food.

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Based on the results, the meal at the inn was delicious.

Greenwood is surrounded by fertile soil and nature, the vegetables were delicious as well.

Even Luna who typically only eats meat were saying that the vegetables are delicious. The meat here tasted normal, however when eaten with the vegetables, made the meat taste exceptionally good.

After placing our belongings in the inn and taking a break, we left the inn.

[Having this kind of luxurious adventure, I never would have expected it when I left the village.] (Til)

[Was it difficult when you began adventuring Youya?] (Luna)

[Ah.When I became an adventurer, I didn’t have money for anything, I couldn’t afford any weapons not to mention accommodation.] (Youya)

I was an orphan that grew up without knowing or meeting my birth parents. Until I was 12, I stayed in an orphanage. Once an orphan became an adult at the age of 12, they would have to leave the orphanage and find a way to survive on their own. Especially for orphans, since it is difficult for us to get a job in the first place, we had no choice but to become an adventurer.

[Youya, if you didn’t have a weapon how did you defeat monsters? If you didn’t go to an inn, where did you sleep?] (Luna)

[One way or another. In my case, when I started I used a stone as a weapon. You could throw it or attack them with it. It is surprisingly effective to attack their heads with a rock and it was a convenient weapon as well. Afterwards, when I was exploring a dungeon, I encountered an adventurer who had just died in an encounter and took his equipment and weapons which made hunting easier. For accomodation… Well there were several options. Usually I would sneak into the stables to hide from the weather or ask the church for help.] (Youya)

Inns in these world were a luxury and was something that only most successful adventurers could afford. If a similar situation were to occur in Japan, it would be similar to travelling around in Japan staying in a hotel everyday. Having a place where it’s safe with a warm and soft bed to sleep on, Luna and Til who had such things right from the start were blessed.

[I didn’t know it was like that at all.] (Luna)

[You wouldn’t know about it unless I told you about it. In order to earn a profit, there are many ways to do it. Back then, it was simply not spending money on accommodations to earn a profit from hunting.] (Youya)

In order to earn money, you would have to defeat monsters. To defeat monsters you will need weapons and equipment. To get equipment would require funding, in other words money. The cycle will never start if you had to start from the bottom. To climb out of poverty, I had to abandon the idea of living comfortably and collected money in order to obtain strong equipment. Having such a vicious environment, it is natural that many adventurers will die in the process.

[Youya, Luna is embarrassed. I had been enjoying myself and having fun without realising it. I will properly experience what everyone experiences. I will sleep in the stable instead of the inn!] (Luna)

[I’m glad that you feel that way. But letting a cute girl like you sleep in the stables at night will make me too anxious to sleep at night.] (Youya)

Luna’s face turned red.

[Til, Youya said that Luna was cute.] (Luna)

[U~waa, cheating on my big sis you playboy.] (Til)

[I didn’t mean it that way, if Til were to say the same thing I would give the same reply.] (Youya)

[Hurray. That’s mistress number 2! Luna, let’s do our best!] (Til)

Luna tilted her head. It seems like she doesn’t quite understand what Til is talking about. Til is the kind of girl who would often joke about that kind of stuff but is the first one to escape when someone makes a move on her. If the situation permits, I should let her experience what’s it like on the receiving end. It’s fine if she continues to behave like this when the other party is me, but if she behaves like this towards other adventurers, the outcome may become irreversible.

Note: I am unsure about this part, so if anyone can confirm the translation please correct me.

この子は耳年増だがいざ攻められると逃げるタイプだ。

これ以上からかってくるなら、一度はほどほどに痛い目を見せたほうがいいだろう。

俺が相手ならいいが、他の冒険者に同じことをしたら取り返しがつかないことになりかねない。

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We finally arrived at the guild. As compared to Rumberg, there weren’t as many adventurers in the guild but there were still quite a number of people who came for the magic egg. Not only people who wanted it for fighting power, but there were many people who wanted the egg for resale purposes. Frankly speaking, it is much easier to obtain the egg by waiting for someone to sell it on the auction as it fetches a high price.

However that wouldn’t be interesting, it will be much more interesting if we tried our best to obtain the egg rather than waiting for the easy option.

[Luna,Til. I’m going to register our party at the counter, both of you head over to the bar to wait for me.] (Youya)

There is also a bar in the guild that is perfect for killing time.

[Okay. We’ll wait.] (Luna)

[Finish it quickly and come back alright.] (Til)

Although we aren’t obliged to register as an official party, there are many merits to registering as an official party. Completed quests will be shown in the records, making it easier to recommend our party for quests. It is essentially required for us to register whenever we change our base of operations.

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