Sono Mugen no Saki

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“First of all, let me explain from the definition of the profession that you call adventurer.”

And thus, The rookie’s course’s lecture began.

The lecturer name Werner Lai, and though he seems to be a human, but it is actually a vampire. This town’s society is advanced out of the norm.

However, there were only 4 people there, over at the wall of the auditorium.

The course is done three times a days, the course in the middle tends to have less people, but isn’t this too little?

I wonder what the little things that were lined up at the entrance. …… Are you sightseeing?

“Since all four of you have come from outside, be aware that the adventurer’s common sense here is different than where you came from.

Since the two of you have been here for about a month……………. Yukito, you came to town today, do you know what a profession of adventure is? Yeah, it’s outside’s definition.”

Yuki, who was called Yukito, responds with a slightly pouty face.

“Yes. The outside’s adventurer is similar to mercenary specializing in Monster vs People. In general, it is less profitable than the professional mercenaries’ hunters and it is not popular. A good point is that it is recognized as a occupation for someone trying to gain prestige.“

The answer is almost 100% consistent with how I saw things.

Well, we weren’t adventurers outside the wall, so we were only knowledgeable about the rumor and the adventurers.

The other two, or at least Filos, was a part of the knights, so they wouldn’t be familiar with the realities of the adventurers.

A knight in the kingdom should be a sort of n.o.ble, or at least a wealthy family. It isn’t even close the low-cla.s.s job of an adventurer.

“In a nutsh.e.l.l, correct. I was never an adventurer outside, but there are many adventurers who come here from outside.

It is common sense to say that an adventurer is the kind of occupation to look for a introduction letter in a dangerous garbage dump.

It’s hard to swallow, but it seems to me that it is a profession with no high wages, no honor, no guarantees, no safety, at least from a average human’s perspective.”

The image of occupation I had is crumbling down, but was true. There is no image of the adventurer as a theme of the story and the game seen better than in my previous life.

Even if it is dangerous, it is would be possible to fight if there was a chance of a fortune. I would have done it too.

“Well, that’s what adventurers are, but this city, it’s totally different. First of all, Dungeon exploration is a hobby to the public of this city. “

“Eh?”

It was unexpected sentence, and Yuki gave strangely high voice.

I didn’t raise my voice, but I surprised, too.

“Yes, when people see it different, a reaction like this would be normal, wouldn’t it? The two of you have already been in Labyrinth city for about a month, and you’ve already completed the trial, so there will be no inconsistency in recognition.

Well, since there are only four people here, I will accept questions and answer them at any time, Yukito-san.”

“No, that’s…… okay. Please continue. “

Yuki looked down with an awkward expression.

“Then let’s continue. In this city, Labyrinth exploration is for, and adventurers are the entertain

ers.

There is no doubt that the main job is to explore the dungeon, but in the perception of the inhabitants of this city, adventurers are the ones who offer entertainment, such as idols and stage actors.

And as for the adventurers themselves, the labyrinth exploration is not an show, so what I said here should be considered as the public’s idea of what an adventurer is and does in this community.”

I do not know the meaning well, but the cat was saying that “it’s easy to take the stage”, or something like that.

“It is a story without a body and a conclusion, and their popularity rises as they look good. It’s a shallow group….. There aren’t many who get much money immediately after their so-called debut, some people dive in the Labyrinth while shooting for money ,and some of the popular adventurers earns a good amount without doing a full-fledged labyrinth exploration.

The people on the poster in this Hall are like that. Filos-san and Yukito-san are good examples of that aspect.”

I had a dejected look when I saw Yuki.

I feel like when looking at Yuki’s face from a little while ago, he’s making a lot of different faces. It was a bit funny.

“Well, even though it’s popular business, it’s a Labyrinth capture. Because the treasure and the drop item which can get in the depths are expensive, it is a straight path to become strong if you want to earn money. Though being an idol isn’t too bad, either.”

There was also a story I couldn’t ignore, so let’s ask a question.

“I’m sorry to ask you a question. …… What kind of drop. Does the monster drop anything? If so, What kind of item does it drop?”

In most cases when a monster is defeated, at once gets reduced to nothing but the demon element. It rots in a blink of an eye. after it rots, it turns into mist and disappears.

Some of the weapons that it used will remain, but monsters’ weapons are mostly looted and not well taken care of.

“A drop item is a system that exists only in the labyrinth of this city.

When you defeat a monster in the labyrinth, it may change into something called a drop item. It is a part of the monster’s body, could become a medicine, a weapon, or food.

There is also the thing that falls from the level, and this is called the level falling, and it is considered a drop item in the dungeon which drops into the hand. Selling these is the main source of income for adventurers.”

It seriously became a game.

“What part of the monster would you use? If it’s outside, it’ll rot immediately.”

“Oh, I have experience fighting with monsters outside. The monster disappears, that hasn’t changed, but the item appears separately from it here.

There are various uses, and it becomes the material of the weapon, and it is food. Unlike the main body, this drop item is a result of demon reduction… It doesn’t rot.”

“Can you eat it? In the past, I ate the Goblin corpse as it is, but it was very unappetizing. “

It was unappetizing to the point it is a bit of a biological weapon level. Even if it drops as food, I’m not happy at all.

Though if there is nothing to eat, I would eat it.

“What, have you ate it raw? It is not supposed to be eaten as is…….

There are various tastes, but what appeared as material and food is still something that can be ingested. Some drops are used for medicine, and not all of them are delicious.

Especially goblins, it’s almost impossible to eat raw, but because the drop of meat is used for medicine, it is a example of the popular drop items.

If food is exhausted in the labyrinth, wouldn’t you have something to bake and eat? “

Well, one wouldn’t want to eat a bad tasting thing, and especially if it doesn’t sell or if it isn’t used for anything.

“I think most adventurers has had the experience, but I don’t want to eat that again.

It is not possible to eat if there is just curry powder, but I do not want to eat it if possible. I’d offend my Goblin coworker. “

What about Gobutaro-san?

…… No, it’s not it. I wonder if I would be angry if I was the first person in the tribe to be eaten.

“Out of my colleagues there is a goblin named Gobutaro, but he is the weird kind of guy who loves goblin meat.

Goblin meat is a kind of drop that is left in the labyrinth, so it doesn’t circulate much in the market, I think it’s sold slightly expensive for a small amount.”

Do you get angry when you say things you don’t like first?

Moreover, it is cannibalism to eat things of the same species. Is that normal?

“Well, let’s get back to the lecture. It’s one way for an adventurer to earn money, but it varies a lot.
It is the main income to capture the labyrinth that I said earlier and to redeem the drop items and treasure, but others are:

etc.
If you do this, the guild will do the paperwork, so it doesn’t take much effort.”

……Wait, that’s a lot.  the jobs have been thrust to a high place.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I have a lot of questions.”                                                            “What is it? I think everyone else has questions, but first, Tsuna.”                “Yes, well, labyrinth capture, drop items liquidation to cash. I don’t know the difference between quests and missions, but this is nice too. The same is true for arena compet.i.tions. The information for being a training officer, instructor, on sorcery, and the information on skills I don’t understand very well, though I can sort of tell from the reality. More than that, since it’s a bit much for my common sense… “

When I looked around, three people other than me were stunned. No, Gowen knew better.

“The last four are almost the same thing, so let me explain it together.

A talent industry is possible as for the adventure person a popular business earlier. The occupation of adventurer in this town is to be a star. If they become a high rank, the average person and the adventurer are included as fans. It means that the fans can make money by selling goods and going out to events on the shopping floor. “

“What is TV?”

I can only think of the same thing as the television that I know.

“It doesn’t exist outside of Maze city, but there’s something like a box where you can put a video on and watch it.

I can’t imagine what people would have seen, but when I perform on such things, I get a stage fee.

A famous adventurer that interviewed or appears on variety shows that has nothing to do with it, but it will catch the eyes of people in the city. “

I’d hate to know better.

Is there really a TV? There will there also be PC or Internet?

“That’s a movie, isn’t it?”

A question came up from Filos for the first time.

Apparently, this area is a branch that wasn’t included to the month’s advance survey.

“In the case that you do capture the labyrinth, the whole adventure remains in the video recording.

Whether you want to publish or not, you can choose what to do with the footage you sell, but you can edit and sell it to a scale of about two hours max.”

It sounds exactly the same as the video editing I know.

Do you have a surveillance cameras in the dungeon?

“The video is supposed to be taken during the trial, did you hear that from a friend?”

“Oh, come to think of it… Like I said, I heard about ut.”

There seems to be a video of our Filos already. He seemed to be conscious of being watched.

Try to keep in mind that this is an important scene.

“The Guild decides the price and the number of shipments, but if you have some experience, they will be flexible.

And a few percent of sales are going into the pockets of the adventurers. If you have a criminal record, there are cases in which guilds will buy, but not be dependent on.”

“Do I have to sell it?”

“Yes, the video itself remains in the guild as a record, but you don’t necessarily have to sell it. to be honest, people use the records for training, so most records are h.o.a.rded without being sold.

Later, I can respond to requests to visualize the time of the moment, but there aren’t many requests for things like that. “

It might be a lot of numbers, and the image which does not change with others might be interesting. Would it be interesting if it was put together in two hours? [GO OVER]

“By the way, it is possible to sell not only to the fans, but also to other adventurers. For example, the video of the overpowered frontliners because it can show what the unexplored areas look like, what kind of monsters will be there, and how to get there someday. This sort of thing happens in a certain floor, and the footage of the field boss is selling well. When there is a request from various places, and when a special condition is cleared, it is possible to request it from the Guild for sale.
Recently, some people upload to a free video site for advertising purposes though.”

 Huh, so you can you can use it to learn how to be a cheat?

It’s like a overpowered video without cheats, and it’s not going to sell if it affects our future.

“What kind of goods are there?”

The person in question is Yuki, By the way.
He has this tired look on his face, though I don’t know what that feels like.

“There is no specific definition. It can be called the goods even if it is a video from earlier, and it is possible to sell it unless the guild rejects the application. if it is actually sold, and the book of the autograph such as the video, the captured information, the weapons which had been used in the past, figures, dolls, buns, bromide, photo collection, tapestry, pillow, and there is also the sale of audio, only not video. things such as a songs or a discs recorded on the radio is also cla.s.sified together.
Especially when armed with a single article, it is the sort of goods of the fan would drool over. It is perfect when the it is signed too. There used to be people who tried to sell pants, but that was rejected. ”

Yuki seemed puzzled. The things I wanted to do was like a huge flowing river, but the point is that it isn’t the same as when you could be skilled in many things in the previous life, excluding dungeon capture. Or should I say Manjuu? Why is the a Manjuu limited? [E/D: I don’t get this joke very much, if someone knows what kind of manjuu joke he’s trying to make, Please PM me.]

というか、まんじゅうってなんだよ。なんでまんじゅう限定なんだよ。

“Well, do they appear in Eromanga and H-Videos?”                                                    “What did you just say?”                                                                                                   “There is, don’t  you think?”                                                                                             “Yeah.. EHHH!?” [Yuki]

Yuki, you’re being loud. If there are videos, things like that will absolutely exist. Eros are amazing. With new technologies come into existence, there is miraculous content that attracts people when new technology comes out into thee world.

“There are some adventurers who don’t make money in the ways we have talked about, don’t have an honest job, or have a huge debts. Their appearance in things is completely optional, and being the hunter of an adventurer pays well, plus the guild also does the mediation, though it isn’t great. This sort of selling things has a tendency to make the adventurer who appeared to be less popular. You don’t have to be an adventurer to appear in a show separately anyways. Well, because some people like to be in videos, so those kind of people star in videos regardless if they get paid in the shows or not……. Because there are only guys in here, there are also female adventurers who sell these videos as a hobby. Because I recommend some of them on my blog, It would be good if you saw it if you have the chance.”

How confusing… I don’t have a very strong imagination, so I’m dying here. Brothels seem very high level, but it would be nice if it was easy to get there. Also, there turns out to be internet and blogs. I’ve already said this before, but this place is really modern.

“And that is a good point. And while this is digressing, the Muscle brother Clan is pa.s.sonate about showing off their muscles, but their videos aren’t selling at all. I’m in debt because of my stocks, though I’ve been considering to star in a adult videos recently… It won’t sell.”

I didn’t need to know that.                                                                                                “Do you remember the muscle thing at the entrance? You were a part of that.”

“Well; after all, Tsuna looks like he would appear in a h.o.m.o’s video, but it is better if you refuse those requests, because that is a dark part of society.”            “Is this a joke?”

This is a good checkpoint, forgive me, but why are you giving me a h.o.m.o meta? Give me a break. Yuki is beautiful, and Philos is a gentleman.               But what kind of mood is everyone giving off? Things like that, including my past life, I’m not that kind of guy…. I’m not.                                                                   No way, does this mean that the devil in gla.s.ses that judged us when we entered the city weren’t guild officials…. Right?

“Are you ready to ask? Then I’m going to continue. If you are a registered adventurer and you are requesting these jobs from the guild, you will receive Guild commission and taxes from the rewards.                                                           Unlike the Royal Capital, there is no living tax, so you don’t need to apply for a tax-related job if you are only an adventurer.                                                              Depending on the amount of money given for the request and the amount for compensation, the price is approximately 3-5% in the lower ranks, 7-12% in the middle ranks, and up to 15% in the high ranks, and the amount is deducted by the job’s fee and tax.                                                                                    This is not a description of how much tax is taken from each reward, so please check on your own if you are interested.”

That’s nice. Outside, 7 people was normal, depending on the province… My hometown was poor, on top of having the absurd tax of 9 people. I had never looked into it because I wasn’t interested, but I wonder what was the tax in my previous life.  [E/D I don’t understand thee use of Kozo  and Koichi, help me out please -> 凄いな。外だと七公三民位が普通で、領地によっては……というか故郷の村は大体、九公一民という頭おかしい税率だったのに。
複雑で興味もなかったから調べた事なかったけど、前世日本ではどれ位だったんだろうな。]

“If you bought something. for example, real estate, such as a land or a house, or if you have a separate tax, it is usually enough to know that the tax is being generated because your contractor is processing the the building. ”                      “What is the sales tax here?”

Is what Yuki said. Let’s leave the difficult things to him.

“That’s right, Depending on the good, roughly a few percent of the price of commercially available goods is set as consumption tax.
However, most things like cheap groceries and necessities are 0%, and luxury goods on the contrary, the consumption tax is also high, such as precious metals.
What is required by profession…… For example, if you are an adventurer, the consumption tax will be reduced, for things such as a potion used in the maze.
Most of the time you can see the price tag anyways, so it’s not something to worry about.”

In modern j.a.pan, food and clothes don’t have tax, but luxury cars, home ownership, and entertainment products that are not related to life has high taxes.
There is a discount for each occupation, for example, art supplies will be cheaper if you are Ill.u.s.trator, or the tax of tools or building materials would be cheaper if you are a carpenter.
You don’t need anymore than that to just live.

“The following are the benefits of an adventurer.
First, if you are registered as an adventurer, you will receive discount services for living and training facilities. This is a higher rank you are the higher the discount rate, and the same with additional services.
This applies to everyone who registered this time. If you are a registered at the guild, you will be charged 10% discount, and your general medical expenses will be 30%. The guild will compensate for this discount.
When you rank as an adventurer rises, for example, there are preferential treatment such as being able to stay in an upscale room if it is a inn.
To tell the truth, this sort of discount is special to this place, but the grade and the service of the girl at the brothel will get better as your rank rises.”

The h.e.l.l…… If you don’t rank up, you won’t ever get high grade women as a partner? It would be better to pay a higher rank to do it, though it is a good gimmick to motivate adventurers.

“In case of death of injury in the labyrinth, treatment costs is free, apart from general medical expenses. This includes meals, clothes, and room charges during hospitalization. There is also a private dormitory for those from outside the wall. This is available as a trial period and only for one month. Also, Philos-kun and Gowen are also using the dorms.”

Dorm, is it…… It seems like a good place to stay. I was ready to sleep.

“By the way, what is the dorms like?”

It was not for the Lecturer, but to Philos.

“It’s really comfortable. The size… I don’t really know, but I felt like I used two rooms when I was a knight. Water, Kitchen, and Bathroom facilities are shared, I’ll share it with you, Though I have a bath.

That’s great, dude.                                                                                                               I don’t want to compare it to the rent in j.a.pan, but the concept of the furniture, shared water, and even though there the bathroom was the same size that even the Knights used was common was extraordinary.     Incidentally, when I was working in Royal capital, what I and my brother used to live in was a stable. Of course, the horse is the landlord and we were the freeloaders. It is the one that Mr. Cliff who had an apprenticeship with slave merchant made jealous.

“To add to that, the large public bath has a set time limit. you can use the private shower 24/7. If you earn a certain amount of money, everyone will go to a public bath or health center nearby, so there are no users.
Rents after a free period of time are a common 1k in the Maze City…… It is a room with a simple cooking ground and a bath and a restroom in a room, and the charge of roughly the same is generated by the monthly fee.
It is better to rent a room outside, but the dormitory is next to this guild building, so some people continue to borrow it for their convenience. Some people still linger in the dormitory in high rank.
About the details of the district, please check the brochure that I gave you earlier.”(E/D: 1K = one room apartment)

Is the dormitory next to here? This is helpful because the school was a long way in my old life.
The Stables era was close, but it is out of the question.

“Then, if there is no other question, I will go to fifteen break.
Please use it because the drink etc. are sold by the vending machine of the first floor. Mr. Tsuna and Yuki have come to this town today, so let’s give them some extra service then. ”

as the vampire said that, he gave out the silver coin.

“You can buy one drink. Please be careful not to use it except on the vending machine located on the first floor. ”

Oh, this is basically j.a.pan.