Episode 4.10-11-12 (2/2)
And then he beckoned.
Lecan thought of running up the wall, but since the brick wall seemed like it'd collapse if he did that, he decided to use the stakes.
He stepped back several steps and ran up the stakes with a long jump. But his momentum was slightly lacking, thus he borrowed the power of wind at the last moment.
”Wind!”
Jericho agilely jumped onto the adjacent building's roof. And then he nimbly jumped from one building to one another and got down on the ground through a broken wall in the end. Lecan followed after him as well.
”Good work. We're going to the first shop now.”
Shira had already been waiting there.
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They arrived at a huge shop.
Lecan was surprised to see a mere drugstore could be this huge. However, the store is very prosperous.
The people coming and going in all dressed well. The entrance is wide open, several clerks are serving multiple guests at once.
A clerk called in the back of the store when he saw Shira, and then the store manager rushed out to greet Shira.
”Thank you very much for coming here. We've been eagerly looking forward for your arrival as we figured it'd be today or tomorrow. Please come on in. We'll have tea ready for you, Shira-sama.”
”You don't have to. I barely got sleep in these past five days, I wanna go home quick. Would be nice if you could take these stuff off us now.”
”Yes! Of course we would. It's these two barrels I assume.”
”Two kinds of Magic Beast Ward Potpourris for now.”
”Ooh! Two barrels full of potpourris! It's quite an amount this time. We are truly ever so grateful.”
”I'll deliver the rest later. Ah, right right. This huge thing with wolf-like face is Lecan. He's my apprentice.”
”Shira-sama's apprentice!?”
”The one coming next time might be this guy, take care of him now. And also, these potpourris are freshly made and are still wet. Be sure to dry them off for a month at least before you start selling them.”
Instructed by the manager, the store's employers took the bags out of the barrels. And after counting the number he paid Shira for the goods.
Lecan's eyes were wide open to see the amount of money exchanged. Since the price will be even higher when it's sold to the store's customers, he wonders if these potpourris really are that valuable.
They went around five stores in the same manner. It's evening already.
The rest of stores were all huge like the first one as well. However the quality of customers differed in some ways.
Conversely speaking, how every one of those store managers dealt with Shira so politely really drives home the fact that she holds a special position as an apothecary in this town.
After leaving the fifth store and walking down the road a bit, Shira spoke to Lecan.
”Lecan. You can head home now. We're taking a break tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I wanna sleep... No, wait a minute.”
After pondering a bit, she speaks.
”You said you wanted to go to dungeons, didn't you.”
”Umu.”
”Though you probably knew already, the closest dungeon is two days walk away from here. Probably won't even take half a day for you though.”
”Golbul Dungeon huh.”
”Yah. It's gonna take ten days for water to dry off the herbs. A wee bit longer for the moss and nuts. Let's have ten days off. I'm gonna sleep for ten days. Afterward, it'll be twenty days without respite.”
Then Shira gave Lecan one gold coin, saying it was his salary.
[Episode 4 Herbs Gathering Finished/ Next Time [Episode 5 Golbul Dungeon]