Vol 1 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Volu day for Yamano Masaru
Morning at the inn, the owners’ daughter started co to wake me up when the breakfast is ready She’s cute too She’s around a high schooler’s age, her hair is tied in a pony tail and works a lot while having a s up To eat breakfast I head to the dining hall but it’s already pretty crowded Because it’s delicious and cheap, not only those staying but also a lot of adventurers from outside come to eat However, they are all male They eat too, but quite a lot of bastards cohter here
Of course she’s cute, I was staying here in the first place I tried to order, but I really lost control ofThe guys seated on the next table conspicuously started to grab their weapons I al suddenly ceased theAfterwards, they seeh the proprietress and ignored the daughter This inn’s food is cheap and delicious I’ve looked at other inns in the neighborhood, but every one was fairly expensive cohtly unsanitary conditions Since I’h the inn lady that day
My daily routine is observing the adventurers that stare at the daughter These fellow adventurers are violent, watching behind the scenes their conflict fro They keep each other at bay, at present, probably not one adventurer has effectively approached the daughter Therefore, it seeilant of new custoe as the daughter That alone looked like soh I have no interest in participating in this hatsoever
After eating breakfast, thinking of today’s plans while relaxing, the inn lady talked to me
“Masaru-chan, you’re taking it slow today, huh?”
The other adventurers see a break suddenly leave, except for several people There are lower class adventurers that gather in cheap hotels If you don’t work seriously, you can’t even afford to stay in this inn
“Yesterday I got soood to rest today”
Because of the orcs and wild rabbits hunt I have a pocket full of money There’s no need to force myself to work
“Besides look! I became E rank”
Saying that I show my card
“You already raised your rank, wonderful!”
The inn lady like a parent thinks of me as a child
“Even though I look like this, I’”
I diligently practiced in the beginner’s training My Staainst the other fellow trainees two-on-one I was at ease against 5 orcs
“Really? But I’ve been told that being freshly ranked up is dangerous, so please be careful”
I obediently answer “yes” There’s no need to tell erously
“Ohhh, the Wild Rabbit has ranked up?”
Looks like the conversation with the proprietress was overheard It was said by an adventurer that stayed behind in the dining hall
“Well, yes”
Naturally everybody staying here knows the rumour about me They readily callmy name
“You’re solo, aren’t you? We could let you join our party, you know?”
An awfully… condescending attitude While thinking how to refuse, another person came
“What? Are you searching for a party, Wild Rabbit? Then join ours Our ranks are higher than these other guys”
“You have no more than one D rank! If you like come try here”
“With these guys, no h If you want to join one, join ours”
“What did you say?!”
“No, well…”
Disregardinga quarrel Their appearance is scary on top of behaving very rude, these guys are really unpleasant
“Just stop it there! You’re troubling Masaru-chan”
“No well, we ain’t forcing hiht?”
“Yeah”
However, thanks to the proprietress, the adventurers were dispersed
“I’m sorry, thanks for the help”
“That was probleuys aren’t so bad”
“Is that so?”
“Despite their looks, because they act careful, they rarely come out injured”
But then that’s no good If it can be done safely the better, but I wish to get more experience and I’m worried I won’t be able to act freely
“I have just becoht? I feel it’s better I think about it slowly”
“That’s right There’s no need to hurry”
Yeah It’s best I take it slowly I’ve only been here for teeks
“It’s about tio out I’ll return for dinner”
“Take care”
If I stay here any longer, I h, I don’t have a place in particular to go, so naturally let’s head to the Adventurer’s Guild
Arriving at the guild, I go review the requests posted at the hall Escorting, gathering rawmedicinal plants There’s also recruitment for part time work at construction sites and restaurants In relation to subjugation request, a list for deether, usually all you have to do is hunt theood requests The reward for escorts is good, but the binding period is long The price of raw materials and medicinal plants are all over the place, but despite the rewards being high there are set limitations by rank The rewards that a second to last E rankcan receive are shabby, to begin with I haven’t seen what all those raw materials are and also I have no idea where to find the for a part ti wild rabbits is by far better
“Isn’t it the Wild Rabbit? Are you looking for a request?
“Yes, well”
Someone besides me talked The adventurer knows nize I stealthily erased my presence so I shouldn’t be noticed, but as expected I can’t hide froht besides me
“Are you solo? We can let you join on a request we have”
Once again, I’ attitude Sure, I’uys act so self-important? Even so, why? What’s with this popularity? Is it thatskills are needed?
“Certainly it’s a rabbits”
As soon as I try to ask, they deny it
“I don’t knohat you mean”
“That’s to say It’s the Ite one”
It wasn’t popularity, but what I could carry U if I have to say myself
“It’s OK if you’re put at the back”
I see The adventurers at the inn were ai for that?
Just to , but this is boring
“I caught 35 wild rabbits yesterday Do you have an idea how much the reas?”
“… Unh, Umm”
25 Gold x 35 rabbits = 875 Gold The adventurer is probably calculating it in his head He’sa somber face
“Well, that’s the way it is”
I promptly depart and leave that adventurer alone Soliination, but it’ll be annoying if I’ rabbits And yet he would probably offered only a stingy payo hunt rabbits today?
I properly prepare rasslands were a short distance away I proceed through the grasslands away from the main road Places near the city where there are fewer nu Presence Detection I can find wild rabbits
“Found one, so…”
I approach using Stealth and Ninja Walk, lightly throw the knife and kill it Such a dangerous beast back then, now is merely a small fry Around the time I kill the 10th one, I take a break This is 250 Gold It is around 25,000 japanese Yen If it’s to earn h, but the probleive experience! I’m sure I hunted a considerable number, but ild rabbits, from around level 4 I haven’t been able to level up Is the amount of experience minuscule? I’h rabbits toOn the other hand, the forest is scary Everyone says unanierous I was attacked by orcs practically around the perimeter, if that happened to an ordinary novice adventurer I’limpses towards the forest Let’s stop today I’ve already earned enough anyways
“How ot today? 10? The wild rabbits also invade the plantations Please be sure to hunt them”
The gate keeping soldier said that So there were plantations?
After asking about it, it appears they are beyond the gate on the opposite side and looks like they are very vast I’ I had no business on the opposite of the city, there’s not helping it!
However, I got good info about the wild rabbits I was thinking whether he would scoldthe without reservations
“I’ll be going all out next time”
“As expected of the Wild Rabbit, you’re so reliable!”
Can you fucking stop calling me Wild Rabbit?
“How about one?”
Suddenly I had the idea and took out one rabbit It’s to thanks the trifling info I received
“Is that ok?”
“I can catch ht?”
One or two rabbits are nothing
“That’s right, I should give you my thanks We’ll have a feast today!”
While doing that, the other gate guards started to gather around us Looks like they had free tiht when traffic paused
“And, so nice I’ that!” said some brawny soldiers when they saw us
“Hey, please take this”
I took out one rabbit for each person In total 5 rabbits It now looked as if they were extortingthelad After all it seems soldiers’ salary is really low
I didn’t enter town for the ti and just went to see the plantations
It’s still theto do I was told the plantations towards the south are vast, so I’ the city’s tall walls and coh wall that stretches forever perpendicular to the city’s walls As a protection against wall rabbits, this should be enough
A portion of the plantations should be lush green with growing produce, but rather it was , is it being prepared for produce to be sown? I get over the wall and keep advancing It , but no other roads could be seen Several people are in the distance, I could see people working and one noticesthat I’ lost interest they went back to work Since it would be bad if I get in the way, I continue along the wall One place on the wall there is compost piled up It has a terrible stench I don’t knohat the raw materials were and I don’t want to know, but it was fairly advanced in the fermentation
I kept walking some more and the h cutting across the plantation, surely it’d be natural to be amazed that one day someone said they didn’t know there was a plantation here There’s a gate, and equally there were soldiers stationed here doing checks, but for now I continue towards the outside of the city This e it takes around 5 days to reach the i to the imperial capital eventually, but todaynear the city and a splendid bridge spans across it
I didn’t see the bridge but soon I could see the river It was a se While thinking “Is this a splendid bridge?”, continuing further a proper river could be seen It wasn’t a large one, but it has a 100 meters width with a slow current The previous one was a canal to draater for the plantations I could see tater wheels erected in the direction of the water canal A bridge solidly built out of stone comes into view, it doesn’t see waters
I saw so leather ar sword and bow, this is indeed another world
As it is I approach the angler A white-haired grandpa He has a solid physique and years of experience with his equipment Is he some kind of retired adventurer?
“Can you get any catch?”
“It is so-so Are you perhaps interested in fishi+ng?
“Yes”
Honestly I’, the extent ofit in a fish pond as a child However, I’ht
“What are you fishi+ng?”
“This”
The elderly fisher showed e fishes They are around 30 centith What are these? I’ve seen them somewhere
“Their appearance is bad, but they taste good”
I remember There are deep-sea fish like this Its head and ot some sharp teeth
“C-caught one”
While I was looking at the fish, it see what he’d do with a rod without a reel, he lifted the fish in one go while yelling “heave-ho!” The fish that fell next toaround
“Get away from it It can easily bite off a toe or two”
I reflexively take a step back The angler took out a knife and skillfully stabs the fish to finish it
“Are there a lot of these in this river?”
“That’s right It’s better if you don’t approach the river”
The guardrail is only waist high One could easily fall if not steady or staggering