Vol 10 Chapter 181 (1/2)
Sevens: Katana
Katana
… It was a se
But in the past few years, it had begun to grow larger
Population-wise, its mere three hundred had swelled to four hundred But even so, it’s not like it had a specialty product or anything That sained better prospects
In the past, when the village youth caer cities or Bei in the last few years
More than that, so to return
In the village, the youngic stones, and materials
Peddlers dropped by it frequently to buy off these spoils of war
And today as well, a single peddler dropped by the village
“Whew, for you to even prepare a place forhelp you’re able to periodically obtain this ic stones”
The peddler who’d arrived the previous evening stayed a night before buying stones andoff his own merchandise
Once enerated a nice profit, and the peddler looked delighted
“Well that’s good Co ather them relatively quickly”
A village that had becoo And at present, the ed former adventurer who had come back from Beim
He was a man the peddler had never even heard rue had become prosperous
He had surely taught the young lads how to fight and slay monsters
The peddler believed so, and held no doubt at the fact
“Then that’s a life-saver If you’re defeating the monsters in the area, it makes my travels all the safer, after all”
The forled a bit with his enunciation
“… Right Well, go back with care”
The peddler finished his business, and decided to leave He carefully loaded his wagon with the drops he’s purchased, and planned to set out alongside another group headed for the city
The ones travelling froroup of youths
They weren’t leaving the village itself; it see out to buy food supplies
Seeing theht
(I heard their payic stones andon it so much they have to look elsewhere for food? I don’t think the feudal lord would permit it, but…)
Recently, a nuave off the impression that they ventured out to find and defeat monsters
The peddler
(It couldn’t be that… no, really doubt it If he’s a former adventurer, then surely he knows the dread of a Labyrinth)
Could it be the village was hiding a Labyrinth without reporting it? Is that where their profit caht
But there were es who had fallen to ruin fro thee would move in such a direction
And if there really was a Labyrinth, they should be reaping evenso foolish would surely sell stones and e quantities, and cast suspicion upon itself
While they were earning a fixed amount, it’s not like they were especially profitable or anything
On top of that, it’s not like there weren’t any villages like this one out there Villages that couldn’t help but fight large nues out there that paid their taxes in ic stones
It varied greatly by country and lord, but such villages often had to pay a higher tax than others The weapons they held, and the village produce wouldn’t ah So they hunted
But pressure froht If a war broke out, those sorts of villages were often demanded to send out manpower
And the peddler was sure the village was one inclined in such a way…
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… When the peddler had left, the fore youths
Not at the plaza, but a space in the corner of the village Atmosphere-wise, it definitely didn’t look like a place for a pleasant talk
And in truth, the talk they carried out was of dangerous contents
Burani spoke to the young folk orked under him
“Oy You’re ht? If you just keep going into the cave, they’ll be suspicious that the surroundingdown”
The villagers from their late teens to twenties nodded a number of times Burani had worked as an adventurer in Beim, and they was him as a man of valor
“Boss, we’re properly reed on But if we go in the Labyrinth, won’t we able to get much more than we can around there? Why don’t we do that?”
There, Burani spoke quite fed-up
“Idiot That’ll justter our ti the Labyrinth If it looks like we’ll be found out, make it, ‘oh, we just found a labyrinth’ Or otherwise, take it down, and be done with it Until then, we’ll save up bit by bit”
The man called Burani A fore carrier, and none too skilled an adventurer at that
But sad as it may be, he was no fool He was a little crafty of a man But at the same time, he wasn’t very clever His head could turn a bit, and he had just a bit of a good grasp on the essentials That was Burani
But the ht he was considerably clever
While no one would take him seriously in Beim, it was different when he returned hoe, he could easily take them on
And deceiving the elders who never went out was also an easy task
For better or worse, for the youths who had left the village and found success, this little village wasn’t very captivating a place to return
So there weren’t any adventurers besides him who had come back
And because of that, there were ers who opposed, of course, but once their lifestyles had turned abundant, they had changed their hands
(That’s right Just like this, I’ll becoe, and I’ll be an object of adh And I’ll live a better life than any of those stuck-up adventurers who made a fool of me in Beim)
A little crafty, and living revered as a warrior, Burani was living his second life in this village
Oblivious to how foolish a life it was…
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“I refuse”
With a stiff white beard, and a body that had only grown sturdier with age, the dwarf craftsman caused me to make quite a troubled face
I could hear the sound of poundingout their work
He was the craftsman Vera had introduced, and a capable talent who could work on almost all forms of rare metal
But when I tried asking at his workplace, and had only spoken a little, he cut it short
Vera, who had come with me, looked just as troubled
“Letarta, I’d like to make this request as well”
There, the craftsman 【Letarta】 took a huff of his pipe
“Yes, it’s a request fro lady I’d like to hear it out, but it’s not happening That Fidel whelp came by, you see He said I definitely couldn’t lend a hand I’ve know the kid a long tirandfather, you know? I think I’ve more than worked off my debt at this point”
The stubborn-looking oldat my waste, he shook his head
“Bro, unlike that whelp, I don’t really care whether or not you’re worthy of the young lady But listen here, if you’re that skilled, you should properly choose out your weapons”