The 17th Story: Valles sightseeing part 1
I gave Gafi-san the complete set of equipment, and it will take 3 days for the repair, so I decided to go sightseeing Valles for now.
If I think carefully, aside from the escort I work too much.
I got money in a hurry, and now I am free so this is a good chance.
"Hey, I am planning to go around Valles for a while; can I ask you some things?" [Yoji]
"Oh, I will tell you everything I know" [Elban]
Elban who was sitting on the inn"s counter stood and answered.
"Well, are there any places where I shouldn"t go?" [Yoji]
"Then, that would be the slum town behind the residential area, it is a place dimly lit in the daytime, and sometimes there are murders during the day. The town is quite safe with the influence of the count, but there it is useless" [Elban]
"Where is that place?" [Yoji]
"Until some time ago it was drawn on the town"s map, but… Oh, here it is!" [Elban]
Spreading the map of the town on the counter.
The town has a circular shape, with the south gate on the lower side, the eastern on the right, the western on the left, the road is straight from the count"s castle.
And it is divided into 4 sections, the accommodation s.p.a.ce, the entertainment district, the commercial district, the factory district, and the letters are written clockwise.
"Well, it is around here. This is our inn, right under the north gate, the residential district is on the right side, this parcel in the back end near the rampart is the slum" [Elban]
"This is the factory district where craftsmen like Gafi gather and make various things" [Elban]
"What is this under that?" [Yoji]
"There they sell weapons, armors, items, and everything else in the commercial district, and right next to it is the adventurer guild, around here" [Elban]
"What is next to that?" [Yoji]
"The area from the eastern gate to the south gate is the entertainment district, there are bars, gambling grounds and halls" [Elban]
"Heee~" [Yoji]
"Well, here you can enjoy a lot, I want to go, but right now I don"t have too much money" [Elban]
"Also, beyond the 2nd gate here are the mansions of the n.o.bility, so ordinary people cant enter, either way, there are gatekeepers" [Elban]
"I understand, thank you very much" [Yoji]
"Oh, no problem, enjoy it" [Elban]
"Well, I"m going" [Yoji]
I decided to go sightseeing around Valles halfway clockwise.
I go out to the main street and start walking towards the west.
Around here is the factory district.
There are various large and small buildings, and in the front there are craftsmen making lot of things.
Originally I graduated from the faculty of engineering, and I am interested in their job, but since I am an outsider I will have to do with watching from the distance.
The sound of iron refining and hitting metal echo.
In another place I can see people sewing.
It is easy to understand that the daily items for the whole city are made here.
As I walked around 2 hours I arrived at the west gate.
Anyway, I came near the guild, so I enter.
As usual there are a lot of guys lined in front of Celine.
A woman receptionist who is beside her is relaxed attending the adventurer girls that come.
Celine seems to be busy so I will give up on talking to her.
Therefore, I see the requests book lined up on the guild"s wall.
"I still don"t understand" [Yoji]
I still can"t read many characters. I somehow can keep conversations going without discomfort, but I still can"t read nor write.
While I was thinking, the edge of my clothes was pulled.
"Onii-san, is there a problem?"
The little adventurer who I helped yesterday was standing there.
I just decided to ask Cain.
"No, I would like to know the contents of the application; can you read it, please?" [Yoji]
"Eh? You can use magic but you can"t read?" [Cain]
"No, no, I can read the letters of my country, I just don"t understand these letters" [Yoji]
"Hmm, well onii-san is really different. I feel like I have learned about the languages at the private school. So there are other words in the other countries…" [Cain]
I thought it was bad in an instant.
I didn"t know that they used a common language in the entire continent.
Well, it is okay because he was convinced that I was different.
"Well, for the time being tell me about the subdual requests for rank F monsters" [Yoji]
"Well, there aren"t that many requests for rank F monsters here. If there were we would be doing it" [Cain]
"Oh!? I see" [Yoji]
"Yes, rank G is generally ch.o.r.es, F expensive ch.o.r.es or simple quest, so there is no choice but to do the lowest rank e to gain some money" [Cain]
"Is that so, so you can"t live so comfortably" [Yoji]
"Oh, which rank is onii-san?" [Cain]
"I-I am rank G" [Yoji]
"Eeeeeeeeh!?" [Cain]
"Hey, you are too loud. Everyone is watching" [Yoji]
"No, onii-san is lower than us!" [Cain]
"So. Help me here" [Yoji]
"Hey, onii-san, the dismantling shop owner said that the buffalo is a middle-rank C defeat quest. Why can onii-san, a G-cla.s.s beat it?" [Cain]
"Well, since you asked, I just used my head a bit and made a hole" [Yoji]
"No, onii-san is strange" [Cain]
Cain said that and turned to the side in a sulky state.
I felt that whatever I said would be useless, so I separated from Cain and left the guild.
Translator: Leoito