120 117 stories. You can doubt it. (1/2)
”Good luck”
When I entered town speaking to a different gatekeeper in the morning, I immediately noticed something strange.
In the daytime, there are few people on the main streets of the town who were showing a lot of buzz.
When I look around, I can see the store owners gathering to talk to each other in secret.
With a little anxiety, I head to the butcher who I've heard about.
”Excuse me.”
”Hmm? Boy, what's wrong?
The butcher's shop owner looked a little tired, but he laughed at me.
”I'd like to sell meat of wild rabbits and wild rats, are you okay?
”Oh, I'm fine. It'll help.”
Leave the meat wrapped in banana leaves at the table before the owner enters the store.
Six wild rabbits and four wild rats are for sale.
Two wild rabbits were left for dinner.
”Whoa! You did a pretty clean demolition. This won't go to waste, it'll help.”
I'm confident in dismantling it.
So my face burns with happy words.
”Thank you”
”Right. How about 100 dals a mouse and 100 dals a rabbit?
100 dals for both wild rabbits and wild rats?
It's usually cheaper for wild rabbits.
I feel like I got a little something.
Oh, did you color me?
”Yes, so please”
”That's a thousand dals in all. Copper plates, okay?
”Yes.”
Receive 10 copper plates and put them in a small magic bag.
Earnings from a long hunt.
... It was a little different than a normal hunt though.
Well, that must be a hunt, too.
”Yes.”
What was soothingly offered was a slice of dried meat in a sachet.
I took it, but what is it?
”Thanks for coming to sell me meat”
Is that it?
Was it different that you bought me a raven for 100 dals?
”Hmm?”
”Oh, thank you. I thought that was the color because I bought the ravens for the same price as the wild rats.”
”Ahahahahaha, did you? But noodles are the same price around here as wild rats.”
”Really?
”Oh, as I said before, wild rabbits are popular with cavernous adventurers. Especially for lower adventurers. It seems cheap and gutsy to eat. I'd tell you to come hunt wild rabbits, but if you make good money in the cave, it's a few times more than hunting.”
I guess that means I don't have time to hunt because I'm stuck in a cave to earn a few times more.
”I'm always thin, so I'm buying wild rabbits with wild rats.”
”I see.”
As I was relaxing with the store owner, the door of the store opened with a glance.
Two men come in looking panicked from there.
Pretty much a younger couple than the owner.
”Looks like the story is true after all”
”Now Count Faltria has been taken to the Knights brought by Lord Foronda”
”I can't believe Count Faltria was betraying me!
Two people start talking excitedly when they go into the store.
From the look of it, I can see it's pretty frustrating.
They cannot leave the store because they are at the entrance and exit of the store.
The only way to get a little distance seems to be to move to the back of the store.
Move gently and quietly to avoid being noticed.
”Relax! The Knights won't move without proof. It worked because we have proof! You know that.”
The shopkeeper tells toward two noisy people.
The two people I was talking to gave me a look of regret somewhere when I saw the store owner.
”But...”
”But what? Are all the vigilantes and Gilmouth-led top adventurers in this town incompetent?
”It's...”
”It wouldn't be. If you look at the work you've done so far, you'll see that. Think about it. You've grabbed so many people before, why couldn't you grab who you are? If Count Faltria was involved, it would explain it.”
”But I was saved by Count Faltria!
”But I've made many people unhappy behind it. The captain's story finds solid evidence.”
”... you've been betrayed, us. I've worked for the Count.”
”Go home today. Don't run for booze. If you drink poorly, it's going to get rough.”
In the words of the store owner the two looked at each other and exhaled heavily.
”Sure, maybe we should stop drinking”
”... ah”
”Hey, really, don't drink. I'll see you at home later. If you're drinking, I'll beat you down.”
”Hahaha, I get it. I'm sorry. Take care.”
The two seem depressed but have a slightly refreshing look.
I could probably bump my feelings, and I could afford just a little bit.
The two of them finally seemed to notice my presence and apologized small before leaving the store.
”Sorry, kid. Everything all right?