Chapter 7: you live, the capital? The Volzard
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When I stepped into the city of Volzard with Kurtz-san, I felt like I was in another world.
The scale of the city wall, which is about seven or eight meters high, is large, and from the looks of it, it seems to be over 500 meters on one side.
''It's quite large, isn't it?''
Yeah, but that's the old city wall, and it's three times as far as the new city wall.
Yeah, it's that big?
According to Kurtz, the city has been repeatedly expanded in the form of new walls built around the old walls.
The buildings in the city are made of stone foundations, wooden posts and beams, and what I thought were earthen walls, but they are made of concrete-like hardened walls.
The color of the walls is pastel, or maybe it's a gentle color, and it gives the impression of a country town in Europe.
The road is wide enough for a horse and carriage to pass each other with room to spare, and if you look closely, there seems to be a drainage ditch.
The atmosphere of this town is very different from the rest of the world, but it feels like it's going on for some reason.
Well, it's better than stinking or dirty.
The town seems to be quite well maintained.
Do you understand? We're in the farthest reaches of the city, facing the Devil's Forest, but we don't want to lose to the inner city.
Are these roads and other improvements still done by magic?
That's true, if it weren't for magic, it wouldn't be so neatly done.
Kurtz-san has a look on his face that says what he's talking about, so it seems to be a world where magic is used normally, after all.
I'd really like to see a construction site that uses earth attribute magic or something like that.
On the other hand, I'd be surprised if I told you that in Japan, a city more advanced than this one is being built without magic.
The first thing that caught my eye when I walked into the city was the color of people's hair.
Blue, light blue, green, yellow-green, pink, red... They don't seem to have dyed their hair because it's the same color down to the root of their hair.
And there are also people who look like beastmen here and there.......those ears are real, right?
The old man isn't wearing a catsuit with beast ears or anything like that in broad daylight.
Various shops were lined up on the central street of the city, and there were colorful textiles and tools of unknown use that I don't see in Japan, and various smells of spices wafted in.
It looks like a bazaar in Morocco or something.
After all, this is what other worlds should be like, and it makes you feel like you're exploring it.
The guild was located about fifteen minutes' walk from the gate closest to the forest, towards the center of the city.
All of Volzard's job opportunities, from hiring officials to helping people move, are said to be gathered here.
It was not a concrete-like wall, but a fine stone building that looked like a form of the word quality and robustness, and from the outside it appeared to be four stories high.
'That sign with the crossed swords and hammers on it is the guild.
The rough stuff of adventurers and craftsmanship...?
That's right, well, we have an easy job for you to do, so don't worry about it.
Yes, I don't think I'll be able to do the hard work all of a sudden, so I'm going to take it one step at a time.
Even as Kurtz-san and I talk about such things, I'm getting excited about what's next.
Speaking of the guild, a beautiful receptionist sister is the promised thing, right?
While the beautiful sister is taking care of the work for you, you develop a good rapport with her...........it's the standard for otherworldly stories, right?
However, the one who was at the new registration window was a tired-looking old man named Otto.
And I didn't want to see him again, he was there.
"Then put your hand on this...
Oh, well, you know...
Yeah? Have you ever heard of The Crystal of the Magic Eye? This is a spell to see the attributes and the amount of magic you have.
Huh, huh...
Of course, it's impossible not to know, but since I used my magic so hard in the forest, I put my hand on it with a faint hope that it might turn out differently, and of course it doesn't respond.
''Ah ... that's unusual, next time I'm over here ... ah ... that's enough, F-rank.''
I mean, an F-grade is....
Yeah, it's the lowest rank, well, you can't use magic and you'll die if you go into the Devil's Forest.
Huh....
Even though I was expecting it, I wanted to throw away my sarcastic crystal ball.
But Otto-san continued to say something unexpected.
"Don't get me wrong, no matter how strong your magic power is, if you don't have any achievements, you'll never reach the E rank.
'Oh, really?'
Of course, with a little magic, you'll die if you enter the Devil's Forest with no experience.
After the judgement, I filled out the form and they made me a registration card for the guild.
It's politely inscribed with a big, bold "F".
Well, if you have no magic power in terms of measurement, and even more so, if you have no work experience whatsoever, it's no surprise that you have an F rank.
By the way, do you have a place to live?
'No, the merchant unit I was with was wiped out, so...'
How did you survive the Devil's Forest?
Huh... well.
Oh, you've survived all this time with your magic, that's a lot of luck.
Yes, it is indeed possessed, three vicious skeletons.
''Um ... about the inn ...''
Oh, of course. Do you know of any cheap lodgings that might work?
Is this a boarding house?
After all, this is the farthest reaches of the city. People are valuable, and we're trying to provide housing for them so that we don't have to send anyone else.
Does it come with food and stuff?
That's up to the landlord to decide, but it usually comes with a price.
So, please, introduce me.
Hmm, there's room at Amanda's, they'll feed you.
It was a bit clerical, but he registered me quickly and efficiently, and introduced me to a boarding house, Otto, he's a really nice guy, sorry to think of you as a tired old man.
When I told him I was almost penniless, he told me about the loan system.
I took the map that Otto-san wrote for me and went to the lodge immediately.
Kurtz-san said he would follow us to the boarding house, and he's a seriously nice guy too.
Before heading to the lodgings, I decided to use the guild's loan system to borrow some money.
I have enough money in shadow storage to play and live for the time being, but it would be suspicious if I suddenly spent it.
Members of the guild who register for the first time will be able to borrow up to 10,000 hectares, interest free, for one year.
Even if they say 10,000 hectares, I don't know how much it's worth, so I'm in trouble.
On the way to my lodgings, I asked Kurtz-san how much it was worth.
He said, "Mr. Kurtz, how many months can I live on 10,000 herts at the cost of living here?
Well, we've been staying in a cheap hotel for what, a month now?
Oh, I should have asked....
It's too much of a hassle to go back to the guild again, so I'll ask at the boarding house, and if it's not enough, it's when it's not enough.
The lodging house was located about two streets back from the road that runs through the center of the city.
I'm told that the ground floor is open for dining, but it's already past lunchtime, so it looks like it's closed in the afternoon.
However, when I pulled the door with a bill hanging down, the door was unlocked.
'Well, hello ... is this Amanda's shop?
Sorry, we're closed for the day, come back in the evening.
When I called out from the entrance of the shop, a pleasant voice returned from the kitchen.
''No, no, I'm not, I'm the one who was introduced to the boarding house by the guild...''
Oh, there you go, sweetie, just wait a minute and put this over here and then you can put it over here and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there.
Amanda, who showed up wiping her wet hands on her apron, is a woman with the appearance of a mother who is a mother of balls.
Her height is just under 170 centimeters, and her width is very voluminous, with three sizes of 120, 140 and 130.
She looks like a beer barrel, but is she pregnant?
But if it's not, it's poorly done, so I can't ask you about it.
Your reddish brown hair is bunched back in one piece, and your eyes are crisp and clear.
'No, I'm a chaperone, it's Kent over here who wants a boarding house.
Kent, nice to meet you.
Well, you're a very slender little boy...
Kent is the only survivor of a merchant unit that was attacked by a demon on the way through the forest.
Oh, my God, that must have been so hard for you...
No, no...
I was hugged by Amanda when she heard what happened.
Is this the smell of Volzard's mother, mixed with the smell of sweat and spices, is this the smell of Volzard's mother?
I mean, I'm choking........
'Muggaa........mogaa.......puhaa....
Oh, I'm sorry. And you, Kent, you got any money? Do you have any work on hand?
''Yes, I borrowed money from the guild, my job was to help the master healer, but it was only a chore, so any job that could be called a job...''
'Well then I only have half of this month left, so I'll just go with the next month's rent, which is two thousand five hundred hectares a month, and if you add breakfast and dinner, five more hundred and three thousand hectares a month.
Thank you, then, with food, for now, two months in advance...
What do you mean, your rent is due at the end of every month?
'Really? But I'd like to pay you at some point...
'Well, if you want to pay, that's fine... but then I'll give you a free meal for the month, you're a rare girl...'
I learned this later, but it seems that in this world, it's normal to basically pay after the fact, and requests from guilds and such are all paid when the work is done, not when you get half the money and the rest of the request is accomplished... and so on.
Instead, it is a serious breach of etiquette to not pay or bargain after a job is done, and they can't complain even if they can't make a request to the guild ever again.
If that's the case, then the story that the evil princess said about being able to return to the original world may not be a lie!
I paid two months' rent, and now I was about to ask to be shown to my room, and my stomach rumbled in a big way.
I feel like I've started to work my magic and I'm going to be hungry soon.
'Oh, well, you haven't eaten lunch, then I guess I'll have lunch with you, how about the garrison?'
All right, then I'll buy you a drink...
'Oh, have a seat at this table, Maisa! Lunch for four!
Yeah, how is it that there are four of us all of a sudden...
A girl who popped up from the kitchen, who looked two or three years younger than me, with hair that looked just like Amanda's, but with a hirsute, skinny appearance and crinkly green eyes.
'Who? This guy......
It's Kent, who's moving in today go ahead and say hello.
Yeah, isn't he going to die a little sooner or later?
"Idiot! How dare you say that, it's not good luck....
Oh....is it possible that the former lodger...
Amanda gave me a reluctant look at my question before she spoke.
'You'll find out sooner or later anyway, and yes, the girl who was there before me dove into the dungeon not long after she moved in and never saw her again...'
Oh, you have a dungeon?
There is, but don't dive down into that place. As far as I'm concerned, it's a b*tc*!
Yeah, what is it?
I glanced at Kurtz-san and nodded my head as I glanced at him.
'I wouldn't recommend the dungeon unless you're a skilled adventurer, much less an F-ranked Kent.
But in the shallow end...
No way, what do you mean, if you enter the dungeon lightly like that, you'll just be food for the demons, listen to me, if you stay with us, I won't let you hide in the dungeon while I have a black eye, and if you don't like it, then get out!
Wow, okay, okay, I won't dive, I mean, I can't dive, I can't do it now.
Amanda's swordsmanship made me promise not to dive, but after all, dungeons are what other worlds are all about, and I want to dive.
While I was grabbing lunch, I was beginning to think about how I could dive into the dungeon.
The room at the boarding house I was shown to afterwards is a room just off the stairs, with just a bed, a cupboard, and a table, and is about 3 tatami mats in size.
There's a small window on the wall at the end of the room, but the sunlight is........not promising.
I mean, the bed, the cupboard, and the table are all just some kind of wooden boxes.
The bed is just five wooden boxes lined up in two rows of five boxes each with a futon on top, the cupboard is just four boxes piled up horizontally, and the table is just two boxes stacked on top of each other.
'Oh, there are still things in the boxes that belonged to the kids who were there before me, so you can use what you can,'
Yeah, I understand.
Hoho, if I was making fun of it, it was surprisingly, it was storage furniture.
But as casual as Amanda may be, the girl who was there before was someone who died in the dungeon, right?
Well, even the things in the shadow storage were salvaged from the carriage that was attacked by the monster, so it's hard to be extravagant.
In this world, it seems that the basic rule is to use what can be used without wasting it.
That means that I, who was summoned and then thrown away..........am being treated too badly.
I'm going to say goodbye to Kurtz-san of the garrison here.
Then, Kent, if you have any problems, you can come to me at any time.
Thank you so much for everything, really, for everything you've done for me.
Hey, that's my job, so take it easy, be strong.
Yes, I'll report back to you when things settle down.
We gave him a firm and powerful handshake and promised to meet again.
Kurtz-san has been so kind to me that it pains me to hide all sorts of things from him.
I'll have to go back later to thank him again.
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When I stepped into the city of Volzard with Kurtz-san, I felt like I was in another world.
The scale of the city wall, which is about seven or eight meters high, is large, and from the looks of it, it seems to be over 500 meters on one side.
''It's quite large, isn't it?''
Yeah, but that's the old city wall, and it's three times as far as the new city wall.
Yeah, it's that big?
According to Kurtz, the city has been repeatedly expanded in the form of new walls built around the old walls.
The buildings in the city are made of stone foundations, wooden posts and beams, and what I thought were earthen walls, but they are made of concrete-like hardened walls.
The color of the walls is pastel, or maybe it's a gentle color, and it gives the impression of a country town in Europe.
The road is wide enough for a horse and carriage to pass each other with room to spare, and if you look closely, there seems to be a drainage ditch.
The atmosphere of this town is very different from the rest of the world, but it feels like it's going on for some reason.
Well, it's better than stinking or dirty.
The town seems to be quite well maintained.
Do you understand? We're in the farthest reaches of the city, facing the Devil's Forest, but we don't want to lose to the inner city.
Are these roads and other improvements still done by magic?
That's true, if it weren't for magic, it wouldn't be so neatly done.
Kurtz-san has a look on his face that says what he's talking about, so it seems to be a world where magic is used normally, after all.
I'd really like to see a construction site that uses earth attribute magic or something like that.
On the other hand, I'd be surprised if I told you that in Japan, a city more advanced than this one is being built without magic.
The first thing that caught my eye when I walked into the city was the color of people's hair.
Blue, light blue, green, yellow-green, pink, red... They don't seem to have dyed their hair because it's the same color down to the root of their hair.
And there are also people who look like beastmen here and there.......those ears are real, right?
The old man isn't wearing a catsuit with beast ears or anything like that in broad daylight.
Various shops were lined up on the central street of the city, and there were colorful textiles and tools of unknown use that I don't see in Japan, and various smells of spices wafted in.
It looks like a bazaar in Morocco or something.
After all, this is what other worlds should be like, and it makes you feel like you're exploring it.
The guild was located about fifteen minutes' walk from the gate closest to the forest, towards the center of the city.
All of Volzard's job opportunities, from hiring officials to helping people move, are said to be gathered here.
It was not a concrete-like wall, but a fine stone building that looked like a form of the word quality and robustness, and from the outside it appeared to be four stories high.
'That sign with the crossed swords and hammers on it is the guild.
The rough stuff of adventurers and craftsmanship...?
That's right, well, we have an easy job for you to do, so don't worry about it.
Yes, I don't think I'll be able to do the hard work all of a sudden, so I'm going to take it one step at a time.
Even as Kurtz-san and I talk about such things, I'm getting excited about what's next.
Speaking of the guild, a beautiful receptionist sister is the promised thing, right?
While the beautiful sister is taking care of the work for you, you develop a good rapport with her...........it's the standard for otherworldly stories, right?
However, the one who was at the new registration window was a tired-looking old man named Otto.
And I didn't want to see him again, he was there.
"Then put your hand on this...
Oh, well, you know...
Yeah? Have you ever heard of The Crystal of the Magic Eye? This is a spell to see the attributes and the amount of magic you have.
Huh, huh...
Of course, it's impossible not to know, but since I used my magic so hard in the forest, I put my hand on it with a faint hope that it might turn out differently, and of course it doesn't respond.
''Ah ... that's unusual, next time I'm over here ... ah ... that's enough, F-rank.''
I mean, an F-grade is....
Yeah, it's the lowest rank, well, you can't use magic and you'll die if you go into the Devil's Forest.
Huh....
Even though I was expecting it, I wanted to throw away my sarcastic crystal ball.
But Otto-san continued to say something unexpected.
"Don't get me wrong, no matter how strong your magic power is, if you don't have any achievements, you'll never reach the E rank.
'Oh, really?'
Of course, with a little magic, you'll die if you enter the Devil's Forest with no experience.
After the judgement, I filled out the form and they made me a registration card for the guild.
It's politely inscribed with a big, bold "F".
Well, if you have no magic power in terms of measurement, and even more so, if you have no work experience whatsoever, it's no surprise that you have an F rank.
By the way, do you have a place to live?
'No, the merchant unit I was with was wiped out, so...'
How did you survive the Devil's Forest?
Huh... well.
Oh, you've survived all this time with your magic, that's a lot of luck.
Yes, it is indeed possessed, three vicious skeletons.
''Um ... about the inn ...''
Oh, of course. Do you know of any cheap lodgings that might work?
Is this a boarding house?
After all, this is the farthest reaches of the city. People are valuable, and we're trying to provide housing for them so that we don't have to send anyone else.
Does it come with food and stuff?
That's up to the landlord to decide, but it usually comes with a price.
So, please, introduce me.
Hmm, there's room at Amanda's, they'll feed you.
It was a bit clerical, but he registered me quickly and efficiently, and introduced me to a boarding house, Otto, he's a really nice guy, sorry to think of you as a tired old man.
When I told him I was almost penniless, he told me about the loan system.
I took the map that Otto-san wrote for me and went to the lodge immediately.
Kurtz-san said he would follow us to the boarding house, and he's a seriously nice guy too.
Before heading to the lodgings, I decided to use the guild's loan system to borrow some money.
I have enough money in shadow storage to play and live for the time being, but it would be suspicious if I suddenly spent it.
Members of the guild who register for the first time will be able to borrow up to 10,000 hectares, interest free, for one year.
Even if they say 10,000 hectares, I don't know how much it's worth, so I'm in trouble.
On the way to my lodgings, I asked Kurtz-san how much it was worth.
He said, "Mr. Kurtz, how many months can I live on 10,000 herts at the cost of living here?
Well, we've been staying in a cheap hotel for what, a month now?
Oh, I should have asked....
It's too much of a hassle to go back to the guild again, so I'll ask at the boarding house, and if it's not enough, it's when it's not enough.
The lodging house was located about two streets back from the road that runs through the center of the city.
I'm told that the ground floor is open for dining, but it's already past lunchtime, so it looks like it's closed in the afternoon.
However, when I pulled the door with a bill hanging down, the door was unlocked.
'Well, hello ... is this Amanda's shop?
Sorry, we're closed for the day, come back in the evening.
When I called out from the entrance of the shop, a pleasant voice returned from the kitchen.
''No, no, I'm not, I'm the one who was introduced to the boarding house by the guild...''
Oh, there you go, sweetie, just wait a minute and put this over here and then you can put it over here and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there.
Amanda, who showed up wiping her wet hands on her apron, is a woman with the appearance of a mother who is a mother of balls.
Her height is just under 170 centimeters, and her width is very voluminous, with three sizes of 120, 140 and 130.
She looks like a beer barrel, but is she pregnant?
But if it's not, it's poorly done, so I can't ask you about it.
Your reddish brown hair is bunched back in one piece, and your eyes are crisp and clear.
'No, I'm a chaperone, it's Kent over here who wants a boarding house.
Kent, nice to meet you.
Well, you're a very slender little boy...
Kent is the only survivor of a merchant unit that was attacked by a demon on the way through the forest.
Oh, my God, that must have been so hard for you...
No, no...
I was hugged by Amanda when she heard what happened.
Is this the smell of Volzard's mother, mixed with the smell of sweat and spices, is this the smell of Volzard's mother?
I mean, I'm choking........
'Muggaa........mogaa.......puhaa....
Oh, I'm sorry. And you, Kent, you got any money? Do you have any work on hand?
''Yes, I borrowed money from the guild, my job was to help the master healer, but it was only a chore, so any job that could be called a job...''
'Well then I only have half of this month left, so I'll just go with the next month's rent, which is two thousand five hundred hectares a month, and if you add breakfast and dinner, five more hundred and three thousand hectares a month.
Thank you, then, with food, for now, two months in advance...
What do you mean, your rent is due at the end of every month?
'Really? But I'd like to pay you at some point...
'Well, if you want to pay, that's fine... but then I'll give you a free meal for the month, you're a rare girl...'
I learned this later, but it seems that in this world, it's normal to basically pay after the fact, and requests from guilds and such are all paid when the work is done, not when you get half the money and the rest of the request is accomplished... and so on.
Instead, it is a serious breach of etiquette to not pay or bargain after a job is done, and they can't complain even if they can't make a request to the guild ever again.
If that's the case, then the story that the evil princess said about being able to return to the original world may not be a lie!
I paid two months' rent, and now I was about to ask to be shown to my room, and my stomach rumbled in a big way.
I feel like I've started to work my magic and I'm going to be hungry soon.
'Oh, well, you haven't eaten lunch, then I guess I'll have lunch with you, how about the garrison?'
All right, then I'll buy you a drink...
'Oh, have a seat at this table, Maisa! Lunch for four!
Yeah, how is it that there are four of us all of a sudden...
A girl who popped up from the kitchen, who looked two or three years younger than me, with hair that looked just like Amanda's, but with a hirsute, skinny appearance and crinkly green eyes.
'Who? This guy......
It's Kent, who's moving in today go ahead and say hello.
Yeah, isn't he going to die a little sooner or later?
"Idiot! How dare you say that, it's not good luck....
Oh....is it possible that the former lodger...
Amanda gave me a reluctant look at my question before she spoke.
'You'll find out sooner or later anyway, and yes, the girl who was there before me dove into the dungeon not long after she moved in and never saw her again...'
Oh, you have a dungeon?
There is, but don't dive down into that place. As far as I'm concerned, it's a b*tc*!
Yeah, what is it?
I glanced at Kurtz-san and nodded my head as I glanced at him.
'I wouldn't recommend the dungeon unless you're a skilled adventurer, much less an F-ranked Kent.
But in the shallow end...
No way, what do you mean, if you enter the dungeon lightly like that, you'll just be food for the demons, listen to me, if you stay with us, I won't let you hide in the dungeon while I have a black eye, and if you don't like it, then get out!
Wow, okay, okay, I won't dive, I mean, I can't dive, I can't do it now.
Amanda's swordsmanship made me promise not to dive, but after all, dungeons are what other worlds are all about, and I want to dive.
While I was grabbing lunch, I was beginning to think about how I could dive into the dungeon.
The room at the boarding house I was shown to afterwards is a room just off the stairs, with just a bed, a cupboard, and a table, and is about 3 tatami mats in size.
There's a small window on the wall at the end of the room, but the sunlight is........not promising.
I mean, the bed, the cupboard, and the table are all just some kind of wooden boxes.
The bed is just five wooden boxes lined up in two rows of five boxes each with a futon on top, the cupboard is just four boxes piled up horizontally, and the table is just two boxes stacked on top of each other.
'Oh, there are still things in the boxes that belonged to the kids who were there before me, so you can use what you can,'
Yeah, I understand.
Hoho, if I was making fun of it, it was surprisingly, it was storage furniture.
But as casual as Amanda may be, the girl who was there before was someone who died in the dungeon, right?
Well, even the things in the shadow storage were salvaged from the carriage that was attacked by the monster, so it's hard to be extravagant.
In this world, it seems that the basic rule is to use what can be used without wasting it.
That means that I, who was summoned and then thrown away..........am being treated too badly.
I'm going to say goodbye to Kurtz-san of the garrison here.
Then, Kent, if you have any problems, you can come to me at any time.
Thank you so much for everything, really, for everything you've done for me.
Hey, that's my job, so take it easy, be strong.
Yes, I'll report back to you when things settle down.
We gave him a firm and powerful handshake and promised to meet again.
Kurtz-san has been so kind to me that it pains me to hide all sorts of things from him.
I'll have to go back later to thank him again.
When I stepped into the city of Volzard with Kurtz-san, I felt like I was in another world.The scale of the city wall, which is about seven or eight meters high, is large, and from the looks of it, it seems to be over 500 meters on one side.''It's quite large, isn't it?''Yeah, but that's the old city wall, and it's three times as far as the new city wall.Yeah, it's that big?According to Kurtz, the city has been repeatedly expanded in the form of new walls built around the old walls.The buildings in the city are made of stone foundations, wooden posts and beams, and what I thought were earthen walls, but they are made of concrete-like hardened walls.The color of the walls is pastel, or maybe it's a gentle color, and it gives the impression of a country town in Europe.The road is wide enough for a horse and carriage to pass each other with room to spare, and if you look closely, there seems to be a drainage ditch.The atmosphere of this town is very different from the rest of the world, but it feels like it's going on for some reason.Well, it's better than stinking or dirty.The town seems to be quite well maintained.Do you understand? We're in the farthest reaches of the city, facing the Devil's Forest, but we don't want to lose to the inner city.Are these roads and other improvements still done by magic?That's true, if it weren't for magic, it wouldn't be so neatly done.Kurtz-san has a look on his face that says what he's talking about, so it seems to be a world where magic is used normally, after all.I'd really like to see a construction site that uses earth attribute magic or something like that.On the other hand, I'd be surprised if I told you that in Japan, a city more advanced than this one is being built without magic.The first thing that caught my eye when I walked into the city was the color of people's hair.Blue, light blue, green, yellow-green, pink, red... They don't seem to have dyed their hair because it's the same color down to the root of their hair.And there are also people who look like beastmen here and there.......those ears are real, right?The old man isn't wearing a catsuit with beast ears or anything like that in broad daylight.Various shops were lined up on the central street of the city, and there were colorful textiles and tools of unknown use that I don't see in Japan, and various smells of spices wafted in.It looks like a bazaar in Morocco or something.After all, this is what other worlds should be like, and it makes you feel like you're exploring it.The guild was located about fifteen minutes' walk from the gate closest to the forest, towards the center of the city.All of Volzard's job opportunities, from hiring officials to helping people move, are said to be gathered here.It was not a concrete-like wall, but a fine stone building that looked like a form of the word quality and robustness, and from the outside it appeared to be four stories high.'That sign with the crossed swords and hammers on it is the guild.The rough stuff of adventurers and craftsmanship...?That's right, well, we have an easy job for you to do, so don't worry about it.Yes, I don't think I'll be able to do the hard work all of a sudden, so I'm going to take it one step at a time.Even as Kurtz-san and I talk about such things, I'm getting excited about what's next.Speaking of the guild, a beautiful receptionist sister is the promised thing, right?While the beautiful sister is taking care of the work for you, you develop a good rapport with her...........it's the standard for otherworldly stories, right?However, the one who was at the new registration window was a tired-looking old man named Otto.And I didn't want to see him again, he was there."Then put your hand on this...Oh, well, you know...Yeah? Have you ever heard of The Crystal of the Magic Eye? This is a spell to see the attributes and the amount of magic you have.Huh, huh...Of course, it's impossible not to know, but since I used my magic so hard in the forest, I put my hand on it with a faint hope that it might turn out differently, and of course it doesn't respond.''Ah ... that's unusual, next time I'm over here ... ah ... that's enough, F-rank.''I mean, an F-grade is....Yeah, it's the lowest rank, well, you can't use magic and you'll die if you go into the Devil's Forest.Huh....Even though I was expecting it, I wanted to throw away my sarcastic crystal ball.But Otto-san continued to say something unexpected."Don't get me wrong, no matter how strong your magic power is, if you don't have any achievements, you'll never reach the E rank.'Oh, really?'Of course, with a little magic, you'll die if you enter the Devil's Forest with no experience.After the judgement, I filled out the form and they made me a registration card for the guild.It's politely inscribed with a big, bold "F".Well, if you have no magic power in terms of measurement, and even more so, if you have no work experience whatsoever, it's no surprise that you have an F rank.By the way, do you have a place to live?'No, the merchant unit I was with was wiped out, so...'How did you survive the Devil's Forest?Huh... well.Oh, you've survived all this time with your magic, that's a lot of luck.Yes, it is indeed possessed, three vicious skeletons.''Um ... about the inn ...''Oh, of course. Do you know of any cheap lodgings that might work?Is this a boarding house?After all, this is the farthest reaches of the city. People are valuable, and we're trying to provide housing for them so that we don't have to send anyone else.Does it come with food and stuff?That's up to the landlord to decide, but it usually comes with a price.So, please, introduce me.Hmm, there's room at Amanda's, they'll feed you.It was a bit clerical, but he registered me quickly and efficiently, and introduced me to a boarding house, Otto, he's a really nice guy, sorry to think of you as a tired old man.When I told him I was almost penniless, he told me about the loan system.I took the map that Otto-san wrote for me and went to the lodge immediately.Kurtz-san said he would follow us to the boarding house, and he's a seriously nice guy too.Before heading to the lodgings, I decided to use the guild's loan system to borrow some money.I have enough money in shadow storage to play and live for the time being, but it would be suspicious if I suddenly spent it.Members of the guild who register for the first time will be able to borrow up to 10,000 hectares, interest free, for one year.Even if they say 10,000 hectares, I don't know how much it's worth, so I'm in trouble.On the way to my lodgings, I asked Kurtz-san how much it was worth.He said, "Mr. Kurtz, how many months can I live on 10,000 herts at the cost of living here?Well, we've been staying in a cheap hotel for what, a month now?Oh, I should have asked....It's too much of a hassle to go back to the guild again, so I'll ask at the boarding house, and if it's not enough, it's when it's not enough.The lodging house was located about two streets back from the road that runs through the center of the city.I'm told that the ground floor is open for dining, but it's already past lunchtime, so it looks like it's closed in the afternoon.However, when I pulled the door with a bill hanging down, the door was unlocked.'Well, hello ... is this Amanda's shop?Sorry, we're closed for the day, come back in the evening.When I called out from the entrance of the shop, a pleasant voice returned from the kitchen.''No, no, I'm not, I'm the one who was introduced to the boarding house by the guild...''Oh, there you go, sweetie, just wait a minute and put this over here and then you can put it over here and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there and then you can put it over there.Amanda, who showed up wiping her wet hands on her apron, is a woman with the appearance of a mother who is a mother of balls.Her height is just under 170 centimeters, and her width is very voluminous, with three sizes of 120, 140 and 130.She looks like a beer barrel, but is she pregnant?But if it's not, it's poorly done, so I can't ask you about it.Your reddish brown hair is bunched back in one piece, and your eyes are crisp and clear.'No, I'm a chaperone, it's Kent over here who wants a boarding house.Kent, nice to meet you.Well, you're a very slender little boy...Kent is the only survivor of a merchant unit that was attacked by a demon on the way through the forest.Oh, my God, that must have been so hard for you...No, no...I was hugged by Amanda when she heard what happened.Is this the smell of Volzard's mother, mixed with the smell of sweat and spices, is this the smell of Volzard's mother?I mean, I'm choking........'Muggaa........mogaa.......puhaa....Oh, I'm sorry. And you, Kent, you got any money? Do you have any work on hand?''Yes, I borrowed money from the guild, my job was to help the master healer, but it was only a chore, so any job that could be called a job...'''Well then I only have half of this month left, so I'll just go with the next month's rent, which is two thousand five hundred hectares a month, and if you add breakfast and dinner, five more hundred and three thousand hectares a month.Thank you, then, with food, for now, two months in advance...What do you mean, your rent is due at the end of every month?'Really? But I'd like to pay you at some point...'Well, if you want to pay, that's fine... but then I'll give you a free meal for the month, you're a rare girl...'I learned this later, but it seems that in this world, it's normal to basically pay after the fact, and requests from guilds and such are all paid when the work is done, not when you get half the money and the rest of the request is accomplished... and so on.Instead, it is a serious breach of etiquette to not pay or bargain after a job is done, and they can't complain even if they can't make a request to the guild ever again.If that's the case, then the story that the evil princess said about being able to return to the original world may not be a lie!I paid two months' rent, and now I was about to ask to be shown to my room, and my stomach rumbled in a big way.I feel like I've started to work my magic and I'm going to be hungry soon.'Oh, well, you haven't eaten lunch, then I guess I'll have lunch with you, how about the garrison?'All right, then I'll buy you a drink...'Oh, have a seat at this table, Maisa! Lunch for four!Yeah, how is it that there are four of us all of a sudden...A girl who popped up from the kitchen, who looked two or three years younger than me, with hair that looked just like Amanda's, but with a hirsute, skinny appearance and crinkly green eyes.'Who? This guy......It's Kent, who's moving in today go ahead and say hello.Yeah, isn't he going to die a little sooner or later?"Idiot! How dare you say that, it's not good luck....Oh....is it possible that the former lodger...Amanda gave me a reluctant look at my question before she spoke.'You'll find out sooner or later anyway, and yes, the girl who was there before me dove into the dungeon not long after she moved in and never saw her again...'Oh, you have a dungeon?There is, but don't dive down into that place. As far as I'm concerned, it's a b*tc*!Yeah, what is it?I glanced at Kurtz-san and nodded my head as I glanced at him.'I wouldn't recommend the dungeon unless you're a skilled adventurer, much less an F-ranked Kent.But in the shallow end...No way, what do you mean, if you enter the dungeon lightly like that, you'll just be food for the demons, listen to me, if you stay with us, I won't let you hide in the dungeon while I have a black eye, and if you don't like it, then get out!Wow, okay, okay, I won't dive, I mean, I can't dive, I can't do it now.Amanda's swordsmanship made me promise not to dive, but after all, dungeons are what other worlds are all about, and I want to dive.While I was grabbing lunch, I was beginning to think about how I could dive into the dungeon.The room at the boarding house I was shown to afterwards is a room just off the stairs, with just a bed, a cupboard, and a table, and is about 3 tatami mats in size.There's a small window on the wall at the end of the room, but the sunlight is........not promising.I mean, the bed, the cupboard, and the table are all just some kind of wooden boxes.The bed is just five wooden boxes lined up in two rows of five boxes each with a futon on top, the cupboard is just four boxes piled up horizontally, and the table is just two boxes stacked on top of each other.'Oh, there are still things in the boxes that belonged to the kids who were there before me, so you can use what you can,'Yeah, I understand.Hoho, if I was making fun of it, it was surprisingly, it was storage furniture.But as casual as Amanda may be, the girl who was there before was someone who died in the dungeon, right?Well, even the things in the shadow storage were salvaged from the carriage that was attacked by the monster, so it's hard to be extravagant.In this world, it seems that the basic rule is to use what can be used without wasting it.That means that I, who was summoned and then thrown away..........am being treated too badly.I'm going to say goodbye to Kurtz-san of the garrison here.Then, Kent, if you have any problems, you can come to me at any time.Thank you so much for everything, really, for everything you've done for me.Hey, that's my job, so take it easy, be strong.Yes, I'll report back to you when things settle down.We gave him a firm and powerful handshake and promised to meet again.Kurtz-san has been so kind to me that it pains me to hide all sorts of things from him.I'll have to go back later to thank him again.
