V6C119 (1/2)
(119) Haru’s role
Translator: Tseirp
As an apology for forcibly making us accept the request, he showed us many profitable harvesting requests that can be done near the Cat Sith village. Limited to this time only, there won’t be a cancellation fee even if we canceled the requests so I gratefully accepted all of them.
“Thanks, I was really troubled. That girl has been doing that all day since the morning.”
While processing the requests, the receptionist man said that with a smile.
“I wish to cooperate with her since there’s the circumstance on hand but it is the Adventurer’s freedom to accept a request or not after all. That’s why I was troubled.”
“I’m troubled too … even though I wanted to spend my time peacefully. Well, I was free so it doesn’t matter.”
If I strongly rejected it, Haru would feel guilty.
I’ll make sure to caution her later but I don’t intend to blame her.
“Ah, please sign here.”
Among us, only Haru belonged to the Adventurers Guild so she signed the documents.
“Sorry for making it like I’m forcing the request on you.”
“If you feel guilty then can I just refuse the request?”
“Sorry but please don’t do that. I’m a cat lover after all.”
The receptionist man looked at the Cat Sith shaking hands with Carol with a warm loving gaze like the ones owners give their pets. … Just because he likes cats, he settled it in a way that was good for the Cat Sith, that’s clearly an abuse of authority.
Indeed, that race may look cute to cat lovers. They’re cutely sized too. However, I’m a dog lover so I won’t be fooled by that cuteness.
Moreover, after listening to the circumstance, I realized that the receptionist man made a big mistake.
” … I see. But once we accept this request, that Cat Sith will no longer have a reason to come here.”
The man stiffened when I said that with a grin.
“Sorry, forcing a request is something that should not be done in an Adventurer’s Guild after all. I’ll cancel the request ―”
“No no, I don’t mind. For the act of drawing swords and attacking, even if the opponent doesn’t suffer any wounds, in the worst case scenario, it might even lead to expulsion. Moreover, the request is just for the collection of unique Silver Vine in the forest so I don’t mind.”
“I see … erm, please tell her that she is welcome to come to this Adventurers Guild anytime in the future.”
The receptionist man said in a slightly depressed tone so I felt slightly satisfied.
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“And so, I look forward to working with you, Stella.”
“Me too nya.”
I said as I bent down to shake hands with the Cat Sith Stella.”
Touching the squishy squishy paw pads felt great.
“Please don’t press my paw pads that much nya.”
“Oops, sorry.”
“I don’t mind nya. Leaving that aside, is it through that you possess a carriage?”
“Yeah. Is the village the Cat Siths live in reachable by carriage?”
I heard that it was a hidden village so I would be troubled if it was only reachable through an animal trail and not a carriage.
“Of course nya. Since there are also individuals who use carriages among the Cat Sith nya. That’s great nya. It would take forever if I relied on my feet but we would reach latest by the day after tomorrow with a carriage nya. Since the Cat Sith race isn’t really cut out for walking.”
Cat Siths walk slowly. It’s probably because they only use two legs. She certainly doesn’t look that fast.
They would escape on all fours when in danger but they normally walk on two feet. It was apparently something to do with their Cat Sith pride.
“It’s Fuyun’s time to shine after such a long time.”
When we went to the stables, Fuyun looked at us and neighed. He was probably excited. Since we have not seen him for some time.
When we first came to this town, there were plenty other horses but now the numbers had dropped to less than half so he looked lonely.
“Well, once the Horse Chasing Festival begins the stables would likely fill up once again.”
The Horse Chasing Festival was originally meant to be held now but it was postponed due to the disturbance from the monster outbreak this year.
Nevertheless, a portion of the cows have already been slaughtered and as such, the marketplace was bustling with people.
It was a great experience buying viscera meat for the first time in this world.
It was also perfect that they won’t turn bad once stored inside the item bag.
“By the way, Carol. Is it alright to only purchase one barrel of Silver Vine given that we are going to the Cat Sith village? I thought it would be better to purchase more.”
I loaded the Silver Vine barrel onto the carriage.
Normally it would be fine to store it inside my item bag but Silver Vine is apparently a taxable item.
Smuggling would be a crime and more importantly, paying the tariff might level up my Commoner level.
“It’s because Silver Vine is taxable. Also, the Cat Sith village doesn’t have the concept of currency. A portion of the merchants only has currency enough for the use of trade when they go to other towns while residents in the village do so via bartering. Bringing too much would lead to a loss.”
“Really?”
“That’s not true nya.”
Stella flatly denied when I asked.
What’s going on? Perhaps Carol’s information is outdated and they have in fact already introduced a currency system?