Chapter 02 – Hunting and Cashing Out (1/2)
CHAPTER 2 – HUNTING AND CASHING OUT
I’ve arrived at a town.
After going to the opposite direction Princess Helen departed, I arrived at a modest town.
The wall of stones surrounds the town, like a fortified western style town.
It seemed to be built to fight some kind of monster, city walls that are built to protect.
When I reached the town entrance, I was called to a stop by armored soldiers.
There are two soldiers, with a simple armor, and equipped with a long spear.
「Stop! Who and where did you come from」
「Eh?」
「Answer」
The soldier pointed his spear at me.
「Uhmm……even if you ask me where I’m from」
I hesitated. Even if I told him I came from Japan, he wouldn’t have an idea on where that is.
「Why are you not answering」
「Wearing queer strange clothes」
「What a suspicious person」
「Ehーー?」
THAT is clearly a false charge. It’s true that I’m wearing Uniqlo clothes but, it’s not that I would look like strange right.
……Ahh, but it might be really strange.
Leaving the soldiers apart, my clothes does seem to look different to that of the residents that I see here and there.
First it was a princess and a knight, and next to that are bandits.
The next person I met was soldiers.
Therefore, I did not notice that I wear different clothes from the ordinary person.
Well, what should I do…….
「Not answering huh, seizeーー」
「Wait, look at that」
One of the soldiers wanted to seize me, but the other soldier called him to a stop.
The soldier that was called to a stop looked around my waist that was pointed with a finger.
Thinking what are they pointing at and looked at my waist, there it was, the fan that was given by Princess Helen. I put it in my pocket, but the upper half of it was visible.
「Ah, this?」
I took out the fan, and asked.
That crest, that looked like it has a history.
「That is the Royal Family’s crest! In addition a fan, that means……」
「Her Royal Highness Helen’s personal belonging!? No, but, it is rare that Her Highness had bestowed such a thing. The lord knight Marquis-sama asked a bestowal after gaining war achievements, but it was rumored that even with his success, he couldn’t receive such a thing」
「But……」
「No, however……」
The two soldiers started whispering to each other.
If the two’s story is true, this seems like a this was a very valuable thing.
I stared at the fan.
I thought about the time I received it, and the person that gave it to me.
Princess Helen…….
「Excuse me」
「ーー! W-What」
Startled by being called by the soldier, I asked back in a hurry.
「Can I be allowed to test whether that is the real thing or not」
Thanks to the fan, I guess, the soldier’s attitude became softer.
「If it is the real thing, it should be endowed with the Royal Family’s magic power」
「Uhmm……what should I do?」
「Excuse me」
The soldier held up his hand to the fan, and chanted something.
As a result, as fan glowed with a shimmering light, and a three-dimensional crest rose up.
「P-Please excuse us!」
「Please pass!」
Apparently, it was confirmed as the real thing with that.
The two soldiers became more and more humble, and made their spear to a stand, they made the standing at attention’s “Atteeeention!!” pose.
「「Welcome to the town of Roizen!!」」
They said.
I passed through the entrance.
Seeing the commotion, the residents near the town entrance became onlookers, looking at me at a distance.
「That was Her Highness Helen’s」
「It appears to be the real thing」
「Then that means……that person is close to Her Highness」
「I wonder if he’s a new noble」
With my enhanced hearing, I could hear the onlooker’s voices clearly.
It somehow, feels really good.
It feels good, but I have to think about more important things.
Clothes, Food, and Shelter.
The basics of living.
Clothes, for the time being, my current clothes will do （Still, I have to change them to new ones sometime soon）, food and shelter are probably urgent problems.
To solve thatーーmoney is needed.
Means that, it is necessary to earn money.