Translator: Skythewood
Editor: Hiiro
Day 18 Evening White Weirdo Inn
We ask the Adventurer Guild to recommend us a place to stay, so everyone goes to an Inn.
White Lovers Inn? Is this a love hotel? Or a souvenir shop?
What kind of person will bring 20 girls to a love hotel? Just what was the Adventurer Guild thinking when they made this recommendation? Did they see the Monitress’ Skill and thought this is the Monitress’ harem? ...No, nothing. No, I’m thinking about confectionery from the north, something like that? What Skill is making Scornful Eyes-san so sharp?
While the name is troubling me, the reason for my troubles disappeared. The sign actually says 『White Weirdo Inn』!?
<白い変人, can also be read as White Pervert (Hentai)>
Summoning Mr Policeman! There’s a pervert! A white one! And it’s an Inn! Call the police!
「Welcome, I already heard from the Adventurer Guild.」
「Bye bye, I’m going to burn down the Adventurer Guild.」
It’s a poster girl, she’s really cute. But that sign is the problem!
「Hold it right there, dear customer. Don’t worry, the name of our inn is just a little strange. Don’t burn the Adventurer Guild down!」
「No, I can’t help but worry. There’s no way I can relax in the White Weirdo. If you know it sounds strange, why don’t you change the name?」
The poster girl held onto me in tears. It’s a bother to go to the Adventurer Guild to burn it down, I can just shoot it from here...
「Haruka-kun, why are you holding your staff like a rifle? Why are you aiming at the Adventurer Guild? Why do your eyes look like that guy from Golgo? Don’t make a girl cry!!」
<ゴルゴ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgo_13 manga about a hitman>
「Huh? I’m not going to shoot, that’s right, I’m just… Erm, because of the devil in me?」
「I can understand if you say the devil got to you momentarily, but what you just said means you are acting on your own volitions!」
「Huh─ But Monitress, can you say something like 『I stayed at the White Weirdo’s place for the entire night』?」
「... Shoot.」
Quest received, will carry it out free of charge.
「I told you don’t shoot! The ladies at the Adventurer Guild are willing to recommend us because we are a nice Inn, that’s why we have so many patrons, and also...」
The poster girl starts crying for some reason as she desperately tries to stop me.
「I understand, don’t worry, I won’t shoot.」
I pat her head, and she yells with a blushed face 「Dad, the customers are here」 and returns to the Inn.
Yes, it will be fine. I’m going to the Adventurer Guild tomorrow, so I don’t need to shoot from here.
For some reasons, the girls are staring at me with eyes similar to that guy from Golgo, huh?
The food is tasty, it has been a while since I had a proper meal. The bathhouse charges a separate fee, and the room is clean. Yes, just change your damn name.
I heard the White Weirdo is a hero from the town the Innkeeper’s family is from. Who picked such a queer name for that hero.
When monsters appear en masse and swarm the town, someone fights the monsters alone to let the townsfolk escape. That hero fought until the evacuation was done, then perished with the monsters and the town. No one knew what that man’s name was, so they called him White Weirdo.
The Inn was given this name in memory of that hero. That hero definitely doesn't want to be called that, and will prefer they forget that name. White Weirdo...
「I heard many stories about the White Weirdo from my father, mother, grandfather and grandmother since I was young, and only noticed this name is strange recently… But I’m still grateful and respect him, he’s a person I admire.」
Hmm─ looks like there’s no way to change the name, since she has been brainwashed since she was young.
「When the White Weirdo let everyone escape, he said 『This town is my home, I will never leave. I will protect my home to the very last, so everyone, build a new home, a new happy home.』. He then fought the monsters alone. Hence, we want to build a happy new home, and chose the name 『White Weirdo』...」
Yup, this will be a legendary story if we omit that last part.
I gave up on getting them to change their name. Even if I tell them the Inn will go bankrupt, they won’t change their name.
I relax by myself in my room. I’m level 9, let’s check my 『Status』.
There’s no fly, but I got 『Sprint Lv1』. Does this mean fast movement or a short burst of speed? I can’t tell since I have done both before.
There’s also 『Air Walk Lv1』, walking in the air, I’m the god of the NBA! If I can fight in the sky, I can eat roast birds in the future.
<TL: Referring to former professional athlete, Michael Jordan>
<TL: Referring to former professional athlete, Michael Jordan>
From my stats, I’m trending towards being a Mage. My InT and MiN are over 130.
Does the Mages in this world sprint towards the enemy to attack? Since my abilities as a mage increased after charging at the monsters, that should be true, right? Transitioning from a rear guard into a charging Mage? The Different World sure is scary!
🞛 It feels like someone is demeaning me somewhere, saying my communication skills are destructive!?
Day 18 Night White Weirdo Inn, Girl’s room
We stayed in five 4-person rooms and one single room for Haruka-kun.
The girls are staying in 4-person rooms to save money and also for safety considerations. We can change it into double rooms once we get used to life here, but we need to stay in groups of four in case of emergencies. Everyone is working hard to master Sense Presence and Detect Enemy, but only half of us have learned one of these Skills. And only four of us have mastered both.
This is already great progress! We only started training for one week, and those who had the Skills didn’t know how to use them properly. And now, we can take shifts to stay on guard now.
A certain someone who says 「Oh, I obtained it?」 and learning skills so casually is strange. And he looks more happy about catching fish instead… Anyone who says 「I’m wondering if I can fly?」 and 「I didn’t get the flying skill」 is definitely weird. Everyone is working hard.
We only spent half a day collecting all the information by splitting up, making full use of our communication abilities as girls.
I quarantined the culprit who made the whole Guild cower in fear; A short while later, I was asked to get a certain person who’s communication skills are destructive, and explain what actually happened again; The Guild made an exception to purchase our Mana Stones, so I asked him to take care of that. But he created panic at the Purchase Counter, so I made him sit down in seiza… He caused so much trouble, but the person who caused it is not reflecting on his actions… Anyway, we consolidated the information that we gathered individually, and got everything we want to know, be it good news or bad news.
The good news is that this town is relatively safe, because Oda-kun will show up periodically. Oda-kun’s party tends to avoid places where they are dangerous or unsafe.
「Periodically」 either means they will travel between other towns or set up a camp nearby. And now, Shimazaki-san can finally meet Oda-kun’s party. They have really changed drastically.
But I finally understand after talking to them, the Shimazaki-san’s party right now is their real self.
They must have lots of painful experience, so they are always combative, exclude people outside their cliques and adopt such a forceful attitude. They are protecting themselves by intimidating others with this facade. However, no one will help them if they put up a facade in the Different World, but they refuse to show their weakness.
So they lost their allies. Trapped in the forest with monsters, the boys turned strange and we… ostracized Shimazaki-san’s party, which is as good as leaving them for dead.
We are going to die… they thought. They then remembered Oda-kun’s party who saved them, but Shimazaki-san’s party did something so mean to them. If they are going to die, they want to apologize before they die… and thank them too.
We… didn’t believe Shimazaki-san’s party.
Even so, they still apologized to us and headed into the woods─ where Oda-kun headed into… and disappeared.
And they should have died in the forest… Five level 1 girls who have never fought before will die. No one will gain salvation, so everyone closed their hearts.
And, we should have died in the forest too.
However, the future where no one is saved got denied. The monsters that represent our death got massacred. Shimazaki-san’s party and us… got rescued? No, it was complete annihilation.
Our end, despair, and even our deaths were annihilated before our eyes. As if someone was saying: 「What are you guys doing here?」
You just need to annihilate your impending doom, stomp despair to the floor, and tell death ‘Not today’... Everyone thought that’s impossible, or at least, we used to think so. However, he said this is normal in the most natural manner, and showed it to us, burning the image deep into our eyes.
「Impossible」 was just an excuse, our despair was killed by Haruka-kun.
And before we know it, we can smile again, talk about tomorrow again, and have happy thoughts again.
Because any tragedy would be destroyed by him, and he could do it if he wanted to. Everyone turned stiff, and so did I. Moving without hesitation, that’s how Haruka-kun is.
Shimazaki-san’s group finally can see Oda-kun, but Haruka-kun is going to leave.
If we can tell Death ‘Not today’ forever, then we can just destroy our farewell with Haruka-kun. Just like all the things he has done so far, and I won’t let him complain about it.
And we also got bad news from our search… Terrible news.
🞛 Telling the Monitress that she is a Monitress is the best compliment.
Day 19 Morning White Weirdo Inn
Okay, 「an unfamiliar ceiling.」 Great, I finally said it… I was almost about to give up! Ready to live the rest of my life without fulfilling this old meme. This is really an unfamiliar ceiling, there’s no problem at all!
Not an unfamiliar Cave, unfamiliar forest or unfamiliar High School girls. It doesn’t matter whether the Inn is called White Weirdo or White Lover. This is a real unfamiliar ceiling! I saw it before I slept, but what I say goes!
After being transported into a Different World, it took me 20 days to say this line, isn’t that strange?
「Never mind, I finally reached the town in a Different World─ Mission Accomplished (Fin?)」
「Good Morning, can you please not end the story so early in the morning? And Haruka-kun, you only followed us to town, that’s not your goal in the first place. You didn’t accomplish any goal, so is it finished? And why did you add a question mark behind ‘Fin’!?」
Instead of a morning call, does this Inn have a morning retort service? And it even includes Scornful Eyes, thank you for your hard work.
「Good Morning, Monitress, you are a Monitress today too. (Smug face!)」
「Why are you saying that as if it is a compliment? Why make a face as if you said something good? And the Monitress won’t change daily, so I have always been the Monitress. Speaking of which, we don’t have a class anymore, so how long are you going to call me Monitress?」
Unfortunately, the Monitress doesn’t know that in our school, telling the Monitress that she is a Monitress is the best compliment. Well, that’s what I decided?
「Then what are you doing here so early in the morning? Hungry? Can’t wait for breakfast? Want some mushroom?」
「Why do you think of me as a glutton, Haruka-kun? Am I always hungry? No, I want to discuss something with you!」
Looks like I’m mistaken, she doesn't have the gluttony Skill. But she does have the… No, nothing!
「We collected information at the Guild yesterday… There’s something we have to tell you...」
The Monitress is hesitant to say it, even though it is my problem, she looks as pained as if she is getting cut by a knife. She is pushing to start this difficult topic.
「Oh, you want to tell me about the Level Wall?」
「Huh, how did you… Who told you? So… you know… everything.」
So they really heard about the Level Wall and are struggling to break the news to me. How do you convey bad news that must be conveyed? It can’t be helped, Level Wall is a rule of this world.
For Skills related to weapon effects and Martial Arts, the minimum requirement for swords is Level 20. Those who don’t reach the requirement can’t activate those effects, and you can only start using the basic Martial Arts 「Slash」 and 「thrust」 at level 20. These might be a simple slash and thrust, but the power of the Martial Arts are completely different, and those below level 20 won’t be able to defend against that.
That’s the Level Wall, the reason why Levels are absolute in this world. Just being lower leveled than your opponent means you will be killed by a weapon Martial Arts Skill. The opponent can also use a defensive Martial Arts to nullify your attack. No matter how strong or how high my stats might be, I will lose because my level is lower.
The Monsters also have Weapon Martial Arts Skills, and killing is the norm in this world. Since I can’t get Weapon Martial Arts Skills, I will be dead sooner or later─ it’s game over.
Someone told me first thing in the morning that I’m a goner… That’s why I say she is a Monitress today too.
No one wants to say it, but it’s dangerous not to, since I won’t know that my life is in peril. She might get hated for telling me this cruel truth, but she still told me.
「Ohh~ the old man told me. Ehh─ the old men trio?」
「Oh, so the Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild, Hakiesu-san is part of the three? You don’t even want to remember the Guild Master’s name?」
「Thank you, Monitress. There’s a panda under your eyes.」
<くま(dark circle) and 熊(Bear) sounds the same..>
<くま(dark circle) and 熊(Bear) sounds the same..>
She must have stayed up the entire night thinking how she should tell me, and is worried about my future. Even a panda is showing up beneath her eyes?
「There’s no panda! I can’t even imagine what having a panda under my eyes means? Why did you turn panda eyes into an actual panda!?」
So it’s not a panda, I wonder how Kumamon is doing? I never saw him before, so it’s probably not part of our class?
Let’s have lunch then! It’s bread! Dry bread! It’s hard, but it’s still bread!
「There’s bread, so I’m going to buy flour! I’m going to collect ingredients, and seize all the food ingredients in this world into my hand! Fuahaha!」
「Why do you want to conquer the world just from eating one bread? It’s troubling for the Different World!」
I got scolded by Fish Girl, because I didn’t compliment the fish? Speaking of which, she did say her parents are fishes, so she must have deep feelings on this matter.
「Are you home sick? That can’t be helped. Don’t worry, your parents must still be swimming happily around?」
「Don’t turn my parents into fishes!」
I got scolded, but she said that, right? Did I mishear it? Could her father be Fish-kun!? Her mother too!? The original world might be stranger than the Different World.
<Fish-kun, a celebrity ichthyologist https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%95%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%83%B3>
「What are we doing today? Going out so early in the morning? Visiting the Guild in the morning? Are you going to a Guild?」
Even if I want to go shopping, I will need to make a trip to the Guild first, since I’m broke.
「Why are you making the morning trip to the Guild sound like going to McDonalds for breakfast?」
「Everyone there is gathering around the table to chat and drink beverages? The wall even says 『One for just 100 Ere!』?」
One cup is 100 Ere, so 1 Ere is about 1 yen? There might be a 100-Ere shop, but not any bookshops…
First will be the problem with money. There are a lot of Mana Stones, but they are all F Class, and won’t get me much cash.
However, I won’t need to spend much, since a Lv 9 can’t equip weapons and armour, so I can only use the stick I have on me. Leather armour won’t work either, so I don’t need to spend money to replenish my equipment. I can’t be an Adventurer anyway, so I don’t need equipment, and I don’t have a Job.
As expected, what I need is food and crockery and seasoning! I still have salt with me, it’s not depleting at all! Just how much salt did Villager A buy!?
🞛 Classes being meaningless is said to be a historical mystery.
Day 19 Noon Omui Guild
No one is picking on me or meeting my gaze. They even open a path for me automatically… I wish it was that convenient. Anyway, I will go to the counter…
「My apologies, that’s all the money we have. We will definitely pay you the rest in the future! So please… let us off with that for today!」
「「「「Please!」」」」
No, I’m not a bandit or even an Adventurer. I’m Jobless and my home is a cave. So I really am super suspicious!
「Sorry, Haruka-kun, there’s too many Mana Stones so we haven’t finished processing them yet. Just from the ones we have processed exceeds the amount of cash the Guild has on hand. Can we pay you in instalments?」
「「「「Please!」」」」
At least they aren’t mistaking me for a bandit or suspicious person. Yes, I think so too.
「Normally, the Guild will return the Mana Stones it is unable to purchase back to the owner… But Haruka-kun isn’t an Adventurer, so we shouldn’t be purchasing from you in the first place. However, we will be troubled if such a large amount of Mana Stones goes somewhere else, or rather, it will be a pity...」
According to what the old man Guild Master said, the Guild will earn a 10% commission when they purchase the Mana Stones. This is a rule set by their Headquarters..
These Mana Stones will be used on the Adventurer Guild and Adventurers, so Adventurers are prohibited from selling the Mana Stones elsewhere. If they did, they would be struck off the Guild’s members list. But I’m not an Adventurer, and don’t enjoy the privileges of being a Guild member.
The old man said it’s an exception and gesture of gratitude, but is feeling guilty from taking the 10% commission from someone who isn’t an Adventurer.
He can’t complain even if I sold them to merchants. The Guild wants to offer me a good price without shortchanging me, but can’t take in all the Mana Stones because of the amount. However, the Guild’s operations will be affected if I sell such a large quantity for cheap.
「And of course, we can’t order you and understand we are in no position to impose this on you… I’m sorry, but please.」
They seem awfully concerned, but I don’t really mind. They are asking me for a favour, but the conversation is stalled because of their concerns.
At this moment, a Reception lady with dark circles under her eyes broke the silence and said quietly:
「Once we complete this deal, I can use the bonus… to buy new clothes...」
「I don’t mind, and I think some of your staff has to work late, so remember to give them a bonus. That’s all?」
Whatever. There’s no bookshops here, so I can’t buy books even if I have money.
「I can’t register as an Adventurer, but Monitress and the others did, I think my four other acquaintances already registered with the Guild, I hope you can take care of the 24 of them. So don’t worry about this, I mean it.」
The place had a relieved atmosphere, and the Reception lady even cheered. Oh, she got reprimanded. Yes, I understand how she feels, I’m always getting scolded too...
I collected my 8 million Ere for now. Are you people retarded? Of course you will run out of cash, just buy my stuff at a lower price point!
「8 million? But those Mana Stones are all F Class, right? Isn’t that the lowest class?」
The Reception lady who got scolded walks forth smugly and starts explaining. Hmm, she got out of a lecture...
「That’s because Class S monsters are legendary. A is on the level of a catastrophe, there’s no way to win so you can only run. If you take on a Class B with the entire nation… you might win? If we muster the full might of the Guild, we might defeat a Class C? As for Class D, you need a party of first rate Adventurers to edge out a close victory? One top rate Adventurer should be able to defeat a Class E. After that is all Class F, there’s no other Classes. The King will personally congratulate the party that defeats a Class D monster.」
That won’t work! The Class system is meaningless! I was wondering why there are only F Class Mana Stones, there’s no way to gauge its value like this.
「F Class is divided into 1~10 subclass, and there are also + and - for each subclass, making a total of 30 subclasses.」
「But why stop at F!? Why not just go all the way down to Z? That’s so weird!」
「That is a mystery throughout all of history. This is the first time I have seen a 『F10+』 too, the rest are around F5~8. Just this F10+ is worth more than 10 million, the Guild will go bankrupt!」
By the way, this lady is the one who cried at the Purchase Counter and glared at me. Is she an Appraiser? She seems well versed in such matters.
「Is this really fine? This is a … very selfish proposal on our part, and you won’t gain anything from this. To be honest, I shouldn’t be bringing this up in the first place...」
「It’s fine, I’m planning to collect Mana Stones and selling it to the Guild through the Monitress anyway, and I will secretly get information from the Guild through them too.」
「Please don’t say that so openly in the presence of the Guild Master and all the Guild staff? Never mind, we are hoping you can do that too… I will pretend I didn’t notice...」
In the end, it is decided that the Guild will pay by long term instalments. Since it’s long term, I just need to make it known that 「if anything happens to the Monitress and the others, I will collect all my Mana Stones back or sell them for cheap to the merchants」, then the Guild won’t take me lightly and make matters convenient for me. With the Guild that can collect information as an ally, we will be safer too. If I threaten them with that, they will probably do their damn best.
「I’m going shopping. If you have any shops to recommend, please tell me.」
There seems to be a shortage of Mana Stones, the price is inflated, so I made a killing.
I asked for the location of the shop too, so let’s go.
「Haruka-kun...can I have a bit of your time?」
The moment I became rich, the Monitress appeared? High School girls are scary!
「A hold up? Coercion? Extortion? Or panda?」
「Enough with the panda already! And I won’t rob or extort your money. It’s the opposite!」
The amount being larger than expected made her anxious, she really is a mother that is always worried.
「Oh, you mean the share I gave you? It’s fine, maybe there will be a time when you will need it..」
「But a bag full of Mana Stones can be exchanged for a huge amount of money? It’s scary just holding on to it.」
I gave the Monitress one bag of Mana Stones in case of any emergencies.
If they got injured or broke their weapons, it will be dangerous if they don’t have enough cash on hand. So I gave her these Mana Stones as an emergency fund and liquid assets. But she is troubled as the value is more than what she expected.
「If there’s any leftover in the future, you can return it to me, I guess?」
「You mean you are fine with anything? Money is important, you know?」
But I’m staying in the Cave rent free, picking the mushrooms for free, and my clothes will never tear or break… My lifestyle is like 「What’s money, is it tasty?」
And I’m a Loner, so my social expenses are always free! Leave me alone!
「Hold on to it, just in case. If nothing happens, that means you are lucky, which is great too?」
「Yes, thank you. I will make good use of it for everyone.」
I finally convinced the Monitress. Can I go out now?
「Kid, I promise to repay the favour, so like me introduce you to a nice shop!」
Oh, it’s the Spear old man, he wants to introduce a nice shop to me! A place where you do lewd things with beautiful girls from a Different World? In contrast, there are only noisy Goblins in the forest.
「It’s not even noon yet though?」
Well, how do I put this? Let’s say something neutral for now… my Detect Enemy is showing 20 foes right now.
「No no, it’s not that kind of shop, it’s a Weapon shop. It’s a bit weird, but it’s a good shop not many people knows about.」
Why is this old man so useless! I want a refund from the Green Wolves, yes, let’s do that.
I don’t need money since I’m Lv 9, but I have the money. If I find something good, I can tell the Monitress and the others, so there’s nothing to lose. And this old man is doing this to repay a favour. I also want to visit a Weapon shop in the Different World too.
...But as a High School boy, my urge to visit a lewd shop is stronger. I’m serious.
🞛 My Affection Points with the Opposite Gender have been taken away
Day 19 Noon Weapon shop?
Instead of a Weapon Shop, this is a street stall? Even for a traveling peddler… this is too shabby?
「These are all items with dubious histories and special products from the Dungeon, a shop that’s really suitable for you.」
Because I can’t equip normal weapons sold at a normal Weapon shop, so you recommend me to a suspicious shop. Hey!
I have the Appraise skill, but I don’t know much about weapons. Never mind, let’s take a look first...
『Parasitic Mistletoe Vines: 【Wooden Stick, Strengthens Staff】? ? ? ?』
Hmm─ Starting right off with 「?」, am I supposed to collect all the 「?」 equipment? There’s a 『Spiked Shoulder Pads: 【Ferocity UP】』. Yup, this definitely won’t do. If I wear this, I won’t be able to turn back from a life of 「Atatatatatatat」...
『Necklace of Seven (30 percent): 【Seven Slots】』
I thought it’s the necklace version of my Item Bag, but there’s nothing inside, is it defective? 【Seven Slots】, the same description appeared in Villager A’s equipment after my 『Appraise』 rose to Lv 5. Are my 『Cloak?』, 『Leather Gloves?』, 『Leather Boots?』, 『Cloth Shirt?』 and 『Staff of Tree?』 all part of the 【Seven Slots】 series?
「Can you tell me what this Necklace of Seven is? And what does it mean by Seven Slots?」
I asked the super suspicious looking hooded stall owner. Even if I’m not buying, asking is still free.
「It allows items to be combined, you can get 7 effects if you put in 7 different accessories, but the effects will be reduced to 30 percent.」
Oh, what a convenient tool. If I can get equipment with poison resistance, sleep resistance and so forth, I can get seven types of resistance, although the effects will only be 30%.
I want it, but 30%... An accessory with 100% poison resistance will become 30% effective, which is a little awkward. It’s better than nothing, and I don’t have a necklace anyway. After I became rich, I might even accidentally buy things that I don’t really mind having.
No, the important thing is the 『Parasitic Mistletoe Vines』 from the 「?」 series. My only weapon is the 『Staff of Tree?』, I want to buy it if it can strengthen my weapon. I don't know how much it will improve the weapon and what its effects are, but I’m down with it if I can get stronger.
I will buy it, I don’t have any other weapons anyway… It will be candidate number one.
『Magic Reflect Cloak: 【Can reflect spells】 Magic Reflect (small)』
This is good. I haven’t been attacked by magic yet, but since the Level Wall means I don’t have resistance against magic attacks, this is a great item. And it’s a Cloak, maybe it can be combined into my 『Cloak?』? I still have 6 slots left. Even if it can’t reflect everything, I can use it in conjunction with my level and Skill as my trump card to resist magic. I’m buying this, even if it’s expensive!
Now that I think about it, I want to buy a staff, cloak, clothes, gloves and boots. Let’s find some!
「Hey─ you still want to look? You want to go through everything? That will take an entire day.」
The old man seems to have gotten sick of it, isn’t he here to repay me? Bear with it. Of course I will browse all of it, how can I make a decision without looking through all the merchandise? Really.
I want a bunch of things and am loaded with cash. I never thought I would experience splurging in a Different World.
The clothes 『Anti-Blade suit: 【Clothes that can’t be cut】』 sounds good, but the clothes I’m wearing can’t be cut, torn or burned, and I can clean off any stains easily. Let’s go for the 『Power Glove+7 PoW+7』 here… No, seven is kind of awkward. I should buy 『Fire Staff Fire Magic+10%』 instead. But 10% will probably be replaced by 20% or 30% soon, which will make this a waste.
『Anti-Blade hat: 【Hat that can’t be cut】』 Ehh, even if my head isn’t cut, it’s over if my head gets smashed, right!?
Huh? 『Mana Sword: 【Increase Sharpness of Sword with mana Requierement: Lv 50】』 Uwah, a sword! I want it.
But Lv 50, no thanks… But I can hold it, I’m fine with swinging it just once...
Sniff, huh? What’s this? 『Staff of Space: 【Very effective for people who can use Space Magic】』. Which means, I have to learn Space Magic myself? Why you… I have high expectations for the Staff of Space, but I have to learn the spell myself? This is Staff fraud! The elderly will get tricked! I was almost tricked! Or rather, I want to get tricked… I want it so much.
It might be useful if I bring it with me… No, that’s what a bum thinks. I need to find things that are necessary and useful, I can’t hold on to hopes and dreams in the Different World.
I can’t stand that old man, he wants to repay the favour, but went to eat dinner by himself! I’m searching on an empty stomach too, and even the stall owner is holding on in tears. Really now, the Different World old man these days has no perseverance at all.
As for rings, I have my 『Ring of Impoverished Soul』, it’s scary so I try not to pay attention to it. I hope there’s a 【Seven Slots】 ring too! Alright, let’s see your Rings! Huh, What? Which Ring? All of them of course! Let me see them all, hurry! Hurry Hurry Hurry!
「Please, I can make it cheap or give you a discount, please decide on your purchase. I’m hungry and sleepy, I can’t endure it anymore!」
「Hey─ young man… the clerk is too pitiful, can you hurry up? I’m pitiful too. It’s already dark, and I can’t see the merchandise properly anymore.」
How can a businessman bail on me? He should be asking me to buy more, this is disappointing.
「It’s fine, I can see in the dark, and I can use Appraise. Go on, bring out the Mana Lamps.」
「「... I want to go home.」」
Are you guys lost kids!? In the end I got captured by the Monitress who is out on patrol for counseling.
I finally browse through all the products, list out the candidates and am finally choosing seriously… I just need to go through 2 rounds of selection, you know?
This is the minimum list of necessary items, so it’s not a waste of money.
「How much are these?」
「Oh, all these? I’m renting a cheap stall, and you are Gatek-san’s benefactor, so the original price will be fine. However, all these are expensive merchandise, and will be easily over 10 million Ere.」
「I only have 8 million Ere, can you give me a discount? I will bargain with you until morning, you know?」
「「「...Hey!」」」
In the end, the Monitress made the decision to remove the 『Shining Cloak: 【Shines cooly】』, 『Pot Luck: 【A pot that the salesman convince you into buying, supposedly will bring you luck if you put it at home】』 and 『Ring of Pheromone: 【Affection points from the opposite gender might increase?】』. The price got reduced to 8 million. The 『Ring of Pheromone』 got taken away? 「Affection points from the opposite gender might increase」, you know? ...No, it’s fine.
By the way, the 『Ring of Pheromone』 cost 2.6 million, it’s really expensive… My affection points… Got taken away?
🞛 You will be treated as a unscrupulous businessman if you don’t have a door gift, that’s the woe that Omui is facing
Day 19 Late Night White Weirdo Inn
I’m hungry, I haven’t had dinner yet. I only told her that I don’t have money for the lodging and dinner… And got scolded. I got scolded today too?
「I just told you money is important, and you came back penniless!? Are you a bourgeois? Baudelaire? Are your poems taboo because of offenses against public morals?」
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire#The_Flowers_of_Evil>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire#The_Flowers_of_Evil>
I got scolded because I went shopping? And all the girls joined in, is it because I didn’t bring back any gifts? She called me a bourgeois, how mélancolique.
The Monitress confiscated a part of the proceeds from selling the Mana Stones, and helped me pay for my lodging and meals. I sneaked back to my room to lay out my stuff, enjoying the feeling of splurging. I laid out the goods by categories, the gloves go here… Erm, the Cloak takes a lot of space, so that goes on the ground, the Ring does on the table.
「Hmm, this is… Cloak of Evasion? Evasion UP (small), huh?」
There’s too many things for my mind to process… or rather, I’m really sleepy! There’s still so many… Oh, I don’t have a place to sleep…
「Oh no, it’s almost morning… I want to sleep… Is my brain sleeping already?」
Never mind, since there are Seven Slots equipment, let’s combine them… Oh, it just normally… turned into one… it got sucked in? So this is combining? Anyway, the place is tidied up, so let’s sleep… What do I do about money? My affection points… Got taken away? Affection points…
🞛 Is this a liquidity crisis? What is the financial system in the Different World like?
Day 20 Morning Weapon shop
I don’t have any money. The Guild owes me a lot of cash, but they can’t pay me yet.
Is this a liquidity crisis? What is the financial system in the Different World like? I’m a good NEET, a Shut-in who works actively, and a Loner who tries hard. I want money.
As for what I can sell, I will be paid by instalments for my Mana Stones, and I already took all the Guild’s cash yesterday. Let’s see what I have in my Item Bag… There’s quite a lot.
I visited the Weapon Shop in town that sells normal swords, spears and armour. I can’t equip or afford them though.
「Old man, do you take in Goblin’s clubs?」
I asked the bald old man. Since I have plenty of them and can’t use them for anything, I want to sell them even if they are cheap!
「Yes, but the price is low, starting from 500 Ere for one.」
What a rip off, the shop is selling clubs for 1,000 to 2,000 Ere, but is buying them for 500, flipping it for twice the price. Even if we account for the maintenance of the shop and the baldie’s salary, 50% is still… No, if it’s the old world’s ‘Weapons Off’, I won’t even get 100 Ere. Maybe this is a good shop.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_Off>
「How many can you buy?」
If he agrees to buy 10, I can get 5,000 Ere as an allowance.
「How many? This is a weapon shop, I will buy everything you can bring. This is a legitimate business here.」
As expected of a business down in a proper shopfront, he will buy everything I bring. This old man is a good baldie.
「Here (clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang).」
「...」
「...?」
「... I’m sorry for being cocky. Just 50 clubs will be fine, please have mercy!」
This baldie is no big deal after all. But just buying 50 of my clubs will be a big help, I finally have cash now, it’s money, I don’t need to get scolded by the Monitress and borrow from her again.
「I won’t be able to buy another batch for the time being, no shop can take in that many. My shop is already overstocking by buying in 50, you will have to sell the rest somewhere else.」
「Well, you can sell them easily if everyone in town is equipped with one.」
「A town where all the residents are equipped with clubs is scary! The tourists will run, and a quarrel between husband and wife will destroy the whole town!」
Yes, I will hate such a town too. In the end, I sold 51 clubs and one stick, the additional sales are the Goblin Leader’s club and Kobold Leader’s stick.
More accurately speaking, the other party is begging me to sell them, they seem to be very valuable? I can’t tell from it’s appearance though. The old man says he will use the Goblin Leader’s club to decorate the storefront… He also said the clubs of high Level Goblins are precious, and is troubled about which one to pick. He takes so long to shop despite being a guy, what a bother.
「This is all the cash I have in this shop. I can’t buy from you again in the short term, but please come again. If my variety of clubs is so wide, then this will be the number one shop in the country! So please!」
This old man sure loves clubs… By the way, he’s a blacksmith.
I feel this place will specialize in selling clubs the next time I visit. How passionate.
Day 20 Morning White Weirdo Inn
Since I have the money, I went to pay my lodging fees for today.
「Here, for you, plebeian poster girl.」
「Ohh─ Thank you for your patronage─」
Fufufu, I’m rich, a millionaire. I was expecting to get 25,000 Ere, but end up with 1.65 million Ere instead, what a killing.
One night with a meal cost 4,500 Ere, while multiple nights cost 4,200 Ere. A meal cost between 500 to 1,500, and the bath entry fee is 1,000 Ere.
I can stay for multiple days as a frequent guest and treat the Inn like my home. I don’t want to be called a frequent guest of the White Weirdo though.
「Haruka-kun? Why do you have a bag full of money? Aren’t you broke last night? You even ask me to lend you some money for food and lodging, so why are you so cocky when you pay your bills just now!? Why is the changes in your wallet so drastic, like a tsunami!?」
「It’s nothing much, my funds just fell from 8 million Ere to zero, then bounced back to 1.65 million Ere the next morning. It’s like a surplus or something?」
My money was confiscated, the cruel and merciless tyrant mother… My allowance is only 50,000 Ere...
I don’t need weapons, and I still have medicine. But I have to buy seasonings and food ingredients! And daily necessities? How about a trip to the General Store? I already found out the location from the Guild, although I only have 50,000 Ere on me.
「Ehh~Haruka-kun’s money got confiscated too~? Isn’t that mean~ We finally got the chance to go shopping~?」
The Vice Monitress party is back, B-san is shaking a lot today too! She got confiscated because she is shaking too much? No, there’s still plenty left. Yes, I’m vulgar.
「Haruka-kun, I’m grateful for your concern about our money, but you should worry about yourself more, since you are the one who makes us the most worried.」
Vice Monitress A looks A today too, but that’s nothing to confiscate from an A.
「Mine got confiscated too! She told me I don’t need a dress… and I end up buying children clothes...」
C-san is here too… So there’s Vice Monitress A, AA and E. No, I mean F… G, cough cough.
Detect Enemy shows two enemies? No, it’s three! Am I being sniped by a hitman? The Different World sure is scary.
Day 20 Morning General Store
This is a nameless General Store. Actually, I ignored the signboard and didn’t see it’s name. I heard it has the widest variety of goods.
「I want to buy seasonings, preserved food and daily necessities.」
Hmm, what a pity. If this pretty lady is five years younger, I will visit the store every day.
「A traveler? For seasonings, we have salt, pepper and four types of herbs. If you have the budget, we also have sugar.」
Well, sauce is a modern product and soy sauce is developed in the east. But it will be nice to get herbs.
「Do you have any preserve food other than jerky?」
「If you need to store it for a long time, we have wheat flour, barley flour, dried persimmons, and expensive dried mushrooms. We also have sweet potato, dry bread and different types of vegetables.」
So there are sweet potatoes. I’m not expecting much since there isn’t any in the forest. Mushrooms are expensive, but I don’t need them!
I checked the daily necessities and saw a hat? 『Black Hat: 【Covert UP】 Defence +30 Hide Presence』. Huh, isn’t this an equipment? Because the General Store sells everything? This hat is great.
「What’s this?」
「Oh, I got this off a thief who came here. We strip everything from him and sold everything except this, so it’s just 1000 Ere.」
Deal. It’s a knit hat, but it does offer some defence. And this aunt… I mean big sister is really strong.
Next is the daily necessities. Soap is expensive but mandatory. Towels, or more accurately, a piece of cloth and hand towels are needed too. I brought my own toothbrush, but my toothpaste is running dangerously level. There doesn’t seem to be any replacement for my toothpaste, and the toothbrushes here are just twigs. I have to take good care of mine.
This place seems to have a higher level of civilization than the Middle Ages I know of, since the General Stores are selling spoons. From what I know, people in the early Middle Ages eat by using their hands and knives.
There is glass here, but they are expensive, have a murky colour, and warped shape. Let’s buy some potion bottles anyway. The paper is expensive, thick and rough. Papyrus should be thinner than that. The quality of iron is also all over the place. I never thought a General Store can be used to determine how advanced a civilization is. They are still pretty far from the 21st Century.
「Help me, Monitress, I have run out of my allowance.」
「I just gave you some this morning, why is it gone before the afternoon? That’s equivalent to 10,000 yen, how did you spend it all? And why are you treating me like a blue earless robotic cat?」
It’s the Monitress’ Scornful Eyes. Praise be the Scornful Eyes, gratitude to the Scornful Eyes.
I thought 1 Ere is about 1 yen, so it’s 2 yen? I can’t really know.
Anyway, I proffered the things I found at the General Store.
「These are dried fruits I bought as a gift, please share it with the others?」
Good, her Scornful Eyes are drawn to the dried fruits.
So I got admonished yesterday because I don’t have any gifts, it’s important to be considerate (and bribe) others.
「Really now, don’t waste too much money, there’s no next time.」
She’s still angry, but she isn’t as intimidating as before, her heart has turned into dried fruits now.
「I mean it!」
Monitress said as she quietly stuffed 5 silver coins into my hand, that’s 50,000 Ere. She then hurried back to the Inn for a girls meeting. To get ready for the next time I get scolded, I’m going to buy more!
🞛 It’s sad for sentimental High School girls to be given strange nicknames
Day 20 Noon Omui Guild
How do I put this, is this really a Different World? Aren’t quests posted in the Adventurer Guild things that you need to risk your life over? Why are all the quests so boring? That’s just making an honest living! Don’t they have hope, dreams and allowance money? Isn’t this a job search portal? The enemy of NEETS!?
I don’t mind construction work, but the pay is too low.
Same for goods transportation.
Escort quest takes too many days, and the pay is poor.
Monster subjugation. Goblins and wolves are so cheap, so I just need to match the requested numbers.
Normally~ shouldn’t there be quests like 「Ehh!? There are dragons in this world!?」 or 「Ughh, there’s such a monster here...」, terrifying quests that pay amazingly well? Dream on. Even the working hours are stated clearly here.
「Haruka-san? Why are you looking at the Quest list?」
Oh, it’s the most serious lady amongst the receptionists. Not the one who gets scolded, but the one who does the scolding. So you are the Reception Monitress?
「I don’t have money, so I’m thinking about defeating the monsters in the quest and selling them secretly?」
W-What! This reception lady is also a Scornful Eyes practitioner! As expected of the Reception Monitress!
There’s the Monitress’ Scornful Eyes in the morning, and the Reception lady’s Scornful Eyes in the afternoon? What about at night… a suspicious store that opens late at night? Will there be Scornful Eyes from an adult for a High School boy? I want to go.
「Please don’t just say that, and be sneaky about your actions too. You don’t even care about others seeing you, and just look openly at the Quests board.」
「But no one will look at me in this Guild, so such gazes don’t exist, right?」
That’s right, the people around aren’t looking at me or meeting my gaze. So no problem.
「Besides, didn’t you collect 8 million Ere yesterday? It’s already gone?」
「Oh, about that. The spear old man told me about a good store and brought me there, and I stayed there late into the night… and my 8 million is all gone, something like that?」
Huh? The spear old man who just entered the Guild got dragged upstairs by the Reception lady? He must have done something wrong, what a troublesome old man.
I need an Identification Document to exit the town, if I don’t have one, I will need to pay an entry fee when I enter again. But I can’t become an Adventurer, so I don’t have a Guild card; I’m not staying here long term, so I don’t have a resident card; and I’m not doing business, so I can’t enter the Merchant Guild. What do you want this NEET to do?
Without an ID, I will need to pay to enter the town, but I’m going out to hunt because I don’t have money. I can’t hunt if I don’t have money, but I won’t have money if I don’t hunt─ a vicious NEET cycle! Life in town is hard as expected.
I got it, I will sneak out and sneak back in. The town is surrounded by 2 metre tall walls, so I can get over it with Air Walk. The problem is, I will get scolded if I get caught, and then the Monitress will take over the scolding after the guards are done. I don’t have any more dried fruits (bribing chips)!
I’m wearing 『Cloak? (Seven Slots)』, which had the 『Invisible Cloak: 【Become hard to discern your presence】』 that I bought. More accurately, it got combined into the Cloak, there are six slots left.
I don’t know what the effect is. Will I become invisible or hard for others to notice me? I just need to be sneaky and others won’t notice. I sneak out and back immediately, there’s no problem. The super long version of the 3 seconds rule. I activated Hide Presence and Covert, pull up my hood and put on my 『Black Hat: 【CovertUP】Defence+30 Hide Presence』, and now...
「A suspicious person? Should we report him? Why is he sneaking out instead of sneaking in?」
「Ohh! Erm, the Febreeze gang? Don’t scare me like that.」
I’m wondering who that is, so it’s rhythmic gymnastics girl and Volleyball member A and B. The swimming club’s Exhibitionist Girl is missing? Even though she is part of the Four heavenly Musclebrain Queens? So she really is the weakest one? And got taken down right at the start?
「Stop it with the Febreeze already! I will burn you if you dare say telephone poles.」
Volleyball members A and B glared at me, they still seem pissed about being called twin telephone poles on TV. It’s sad for sentimental High School girls to be given strange nicknames…
Huh? I’m the one being glared at?
「Where did Exhibitionist Girl go? Did she finally get arrested for indecent exposure?」
「No, we are looking for her too… And she won’t strip in town, so she won’t get arrested.」
After my Sense Presence leveled up, I can differentiate the presence of the girls from others, but I can’t identify them though. The presence in the vicinity… is that her?
「She hasn't stripped yet, but seems eager to? Isn’t that bad?」
She’s running around the store with clothes in her hands, is there a bargain sale? She still had the sense to not change in front of the clerk, and I hope she will maintain that in front of a sentimental High School boy too.
「Exhibitionist Girl─ you are buying clothes even though you will strip? Aren’t you a nudist? Or do you need them before you strip?」
「Don’t say something so horrible, I’m not a nudist!... I’m wearing… clothes… I’m wearing them.」
Oh, so she has some kind of trauma, did she get arrested for indecent exposure in the past?
「Oh─ this one is cute, it suits you.」
Because she is showing hollow eyes, so I changed the topic. But it’s definitely cute for the clothes in this world. She was comparing the two clothes in her hand, and both look nice.
「I-I-Is that so? D-Does it really suits me?」
I see, she got sidetracked because she saw the cute clothes, and got anxious when the fitting rooms are in use? That’s dangerous, if I didn’t find her, she would have stripped here.
「I think both of them suits you, what’s troubling you?」
「Buying both will be over my budget, but I just can’t choose, and the sizes are just right. I’m troubled about which ones to choose, so I wanted to try them on, but the fitting rooms are not free!」
She’s not checking the size, and is just choosing the one that suited her better, as expected of a girl.
「Just buy both, I will lend you the money. Pay me back ten times every day, alright?」
「That’s the most terrible loan there is! The type you will never take? A-Are you trying to make me pay back with my body!? So you are after my body after all!?」
「Forget about the interest.」
「I see… that’s true… I’m not worth any interest...」
For some reason, she looks like she is going to die. Anyway, I lent her a silver coin to buy the clothes. The three people behind me also assaulted the bargain sale, so I lent money to them too.
「You all will work hard for me to repay your debts.」
「「「「As I thought! Are you going to make us sell our body at a suspicious shop?」」」」
「No, even without the suspicious shop, being called Exhibitionist Girl is suspicious enough. Yes, so it’s fine.」
「This has been bothering me since long ago, whenever Haruka-kun says no problem, there is always a problem, right? And I’m not Exhibitionist Girl, I bought clothes!」
That made it sounds like she is buying clothes while naked, an arrestable offence!
The four of them left town with their Guild card, and didn’t have any problems. I sneakily followed behind them, which also isn’t a problem.
「「「「Why didn’t they discover you?」」」」
「Well, I’m sneaking out to avoid being discovered.」
「「「「You just walked out normally though? Don’t act so casual about it...」」」」
And so, we walked far away from town to look for spare change (monsters), I hope we can find a group of spare change (monsters), for us to massacre.
Found one, 『Goblin Lv 2』, how miserable!
No good, that’s just 500 Ere. (Whack!)
I need higher valued spare change or a group of spare change. (Whack! Whack!)
I want to test the new effects of my weapons, but the enemy is too weak. (Dong! Psst! Splat!)
The Four Heavenly musclebrain Queens will be troubled if they can’t repay their debts. (Dong Clank Clank Clank Clank!)
There’s only Lv 1~3 wolves around town. (Whack! Gong!)
It’s not much if we divide the loot evenly. (Splat! Gyah! Gyii!)
And there’s the thing that happened last night. (Gyi─! Whack! Shyaa! Guuh─! Shyaa!)
Since the 『Staff of Tree?』 has Seven Slots, I want to combine the Staff I bought into it. (Shyaa! Gyii!)
I take the staff out from my Item Bag. (Whack! Gyi! Guuh─! Geeh─)
And the 『Mana Blade』 I bought because it was cool, but is unable to use it. (Dong Shyaa Shyyaaa!)
The blade in my hand combined with the 『Staff of Tree?』. (Whack! Gyi!)
I can use the weapon that has a Lv 50 requirement? (Shyaa! Bleagh! Shyaa!)
Yes, I can use it. I can use Slash if I inject mana in? (Gwah! Shyaa!)
It’s a 『Staff of Tree?』, but I can cut my opponent. (Shyaa! Guuh! Chee! Shyaaa!)
The 『Staff of Tree?』 doesn’t have a Level restriction, so the level 50 restriction of the Mana Blade is removed after the combination? The 『Staff of Space』 I put in is… (Dong Shhhhyyyyaaaaa!)
How annoying, I’m thinking about something, can’t you die quietly?
「Hmm─ I want to test it properly, but they are too weak… Isn’t there something with… more weight? So I can experiment...」
「Don’t mumble and massacre the monsters at the same time, we can’t keep up with the Mana Stones harvesting!」
I got scolded, so the problem is the affection of the opposite gender towards me. I should have bought the 『Ring of Pheromone』, but it’s 2.6 million… I guess the only way is to bargain the price down?
In the end, we got less than 20,000 Ere each… Can I bargain it down to 20,000?
The opponents are mobs, so I can’t raise my level. The Four Heavenly musclebrain Queens’ debt is repaid on the same day, so I can’t sell them to a suspicious shop. I won’t sell them, but I want to visit that shop.
🞛 I want to leave town tomorrow, but I’m being slandered about trying to take over the town
Day 20 Night White Weirdo Inn, Girl’s meeting
「Haruka-kun is planning to leave alone after all.」
「Yes, he even made preparations to go back.」
「Really now, even though there’s no problem with him living in town.」
「Ughh─ there’s plenty of problems, but the townsfolk have given up on pursuing the matter though… Just like the Guild.」
「Haruka-kun is probably waiting for Oda-kun’s squad, for our sakes and for Shimazaki-san’s group.」
「But why! He’s our Tamer, right!? Why is he going back!! Why is he leaving us alone!? We haven’t done anything yet… Haven’t repaid the favour!! … Nothing at all...」
「That’s right~? Isn’t there~ anything that can stop Haruka-kun~ from leaving~?」
「Even using my body didn’t work… Didn’t work...」
「Erm, there’s something that can stop him from leaving, but we don’t have it here though.」
「「「「「Huh? What is it!?」」」」」
「A Library.」
「「「Oh─ That’s impossible.」」」
As expected of the librarian… but it won’t work. This requires the building of a library… If it’s just the building he can do it himself… And make it super luxurious!
If he can read a lot of books, he might be able to build it in one night… he will definitely build it in one night. For the sake of the Library, he will even build the Sagrada Familia, and do it faster than the old world.
And so, as long as the library is here, he will definitely, without question, stay in this town and never leave.
If you want to chase him out of the library, he will take over the entire town instead.
Because the Haruka-kun I have known for 11 years is always reading.
He is always, always reading, what he wants the most are books.
We owe everything we have from Haruka-kun, even our lives. But we can’t give him anything, and can’t do anything for him.
Today, we discussed what we should do and how we should do it as usual...
Up until today, they are people who can’t help crying as we keep racking our brains.
Because I told everyone the reason.
「Haruka-kun probably wants to return to the Cave to stop the boys from coming here.
Because we and Oda-kun’s party are in danger, he plans to stop the boys there. He doesn't want us to be killed, or kill others… He wants to settle this alone...
However, no matter how strong Haruka-kun is, there’s still the problem of the Level Wall.
He might be stronger than anyone else, but there is still a chance that he will die. The possibility is there no matter how strong he gets. Even so, he still wants to do this alone. He might be the strongest, but he is also the weakest… more frail than anyone… In more danger than any of us...」
Anyway, I confiscated his money, so he won’t be able to make preparations.
Before that day comes...
🞛 I’m just having breakfast alone, but it sounds much worse than that
Day 21 Morning White Weirdo Inn
It’s been a while since I had breakfast alone.
N-No, I’m not being ostracized! There’s just no one with me! I’m just left behind! As for whether I’m being bullied… I can’t deny that possibility?
The girls are Adventurers, so they went to work early in the morning. I’m a NEET, so I’m eating alone.
See, no problem at all! This is the right course of action for our different profession. Please read the mood and say that, okay? That’s right, I’m eating alone.
The girls are Adventurers and move in a party. I’m a Loner, so I have my meals by myself.
Look, we are acting in the most suitable way for our specialty. Please say I’m right!
The girls are Adventurers, they accept Quests. I’m a Shut-in, I eat breakfast alone.
Yes, there is no problem with my theory and I realize once again that the problem lies with my Title. I’m just eating by myself, but my Title made the social perception worse than it actually is!
The residents of this world must be whispering about me too.
It’s here! Breakfast, there’s eggs! Poached eggs!
Eggs seem expensive. Should I catch a chicken? Set up a chicken farm in the Cave? That will give me chicken meat too.
The Monitress and the others went to work early in the morning. Today, they are being trained by the four beautiful girls from the old man’s party.
Five of them and one instructor will form a full party, so they formed four parties for an expedition. The party limit is 6 members, will multiple parties form an army?
The Monitress’s group is stronger than me, but they lack experience and their techniques aren’t polished. They are still relying on their stats, Skills and Cheat for now. They are learning how to fight normally today, and not force the issue with their stats and Cheat. They can learn the necessary skills and knowledge of an Adventurer, I want someone to teach me too! How nice to be taught by a beauty.
And so, the Monitress’s group is finally working like Adventurers. They will take quests from Monday to Friday, aiming to earn 250,000 Ere a month, that’s about 500,000 yen?
It sounds a lot, but the lodging, meals and bath will cost around 150,000 Ere per month. The remaining 100,000 Ere will be used for equipment maintenance, upgrade weapons, savings in case of injuries, and consumables like potions and provisions. They will want to buy clothes and daily necessities too. Their finances are rather tight, but they will have more leeway if they can earn 500,000 Ere a month. But there’s only small fries around town, so they can’t earn much if they stay in town? That’s why they are working hard in this town to solve the issue of money.
They seem adamant on making me get the 「Mooching off Girls」 title… Or maybe I’m being bullied? They should have realized by now that if they want to earn money, they should go to the forest and hunt Goblins!
If they go straight through the forest towards the Cave, it will just take two days even if they have to fight along the way. That’s how we got here.
Walk from the town to the Cave to hunt, then return to town to sell your loot… By repeating this, they can just camp outside and stay in the Cave to save on their lodging fees.
The girls are divided into 4 parties, if they rotate the parties, they can easily earn 500,000 Ere a month, and cut their expenses in town by half.
To do so, they will need someone to stay in the Cave, which isn’t something that the girls should do. Maybe a forest-type girl can do it, but that will be a denizen of the forest, a savage. A Shut-in and NEET on the other hand… leave that aside for now! Anyway, I’m a Loner and have gotten used to being alone… And with parties taking turns to visit twice a week, I can ask them to help me purchase necessities, and I can visit town occasionally too.
Besides, I can’t join the Guild, so there’s no reason for me to stay in town.
This is the most effective way and the most efficient use of time. My mushroom harvest rate will also go up, so does my most important survival rate.
But… the reason they want to retain me might be related to the Level Wall.
And the reason is… they are afraid that I will die alone in the forest one day.
However, I might get killed by a human if I stay in town…
Who knows when I might die without anyone to help me.
They are afraid and worried, hence their uneasiness.
That must be the reason...... She confiscated my money?
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