“Remember Rokuko, just five Goblins when adventurers come. No more than that. You can eat up to two melon breads from the [Sweet-roll Assortment] per day. [1]
“G-got it. Kehma, you be careful too okay?”
And, like that, we left with Rokuko cave-sitting.
Now that I think of it, this is the first time I’ll be leaving the master room. When Tester stopped moving for one reason or another while digging I had Meat go retrieve it.
Maybe things like mana and magical power are harmful to human health…
“… You’re not going?”
“Let’s hurry up and go!”
“Eh? Pushing? I got it—”
Hold up, the translation function!? Wooah-!
Entering the dungeon proper without incident, we appeared in the core room.
“… A-alright, nothing wrong happened right? Phew, scared the crap out of me… wait, come to think of it, can’t I use magic and stuff now? Yep.”
“Ah, yeah, you? I’m all good.”
“Then let’s hurry up and go… why are you still standing at the entrance?”
No, now that I’m thinking about it, isn’t it bad if the dungeon master leaves from the dungeon after all?
I should think about this some more…
“Ei-”
“Eh, yes, I’m pushing you.”
“Why!? Is Translation Function-san overloaded and not working!? Ah-”
My first time(walking)… against my will…—!
Yep, nothing happened. Nothing happened as expected.
After I took a serious step, Meat tugged on my clothes.
“Goshujin-sama?”
“A-ah, sorry. Well then, let’s go!”
Just one step towards the forest…
“… Should I push you?”
“Ah, yeah. Please…”
Oh come on, what about the safety zone… though I didn’t say that, wouldn’t I be putting my life in danger by going outside? I followed Meat down the mountain road while grumbling about that.
Ahh, I don’t want to work.
Of course, thanks to the Clothes Golem, I, who doesn’t exercise at all, can easily run down the mountain path. It’ll properly run after being told [Run to the Sia Township] after all.
Even bringing things like water and food in after considering that we may not arrive in a day, I had Meat carry them after the first break. Rather, she wanted to carry it since that’s work for slaves and I didn’t refuse. Even though Meat could still actually run while carrying the luggage, I was already at my limit even with the support of the Clothes Golem.
Well, we turned up at the human village after half a day. We didn’t come across anything particularly dangerous on the way.
Since the Clothes Golem ran out of mana on the way, I refilled the magic stone with magical power… It’s better to make use of magic stones and not be stingy. I can get a replacement when we return.
We arrived at the human village after various things, the Sia Township.
A stone brick wall about five meters tall enclosed the town, gatekeeper soldiers were standing guard at the entrance gate. I mean, it’s pretty huge. Isn’t this town more of a city? Wonder how many people live here…
Looking at the map for now, there were gates in the north, south, east, and west. This appears to be the west gate.
“Halt! What business do you have in Sia!”
Approaching the gate, the gatekeeper was being vigilant and called out for us to stop.
I stopped since making trouble would be annoying.
“Ah, sorry. I’m from the country. Do I need to do something to get inside?”
“Eeh, I set out from my old way of life to become an adventurer.”
“That’s right, I picked it up by chance.”
“Well, since knights seem to have come by and subjugate some bandits the other day, I thought it’d be a safer journey. I didn’t really come here to do anything. Peace is good… Wait, perhaps, is there something wrong with the time right now? Sorry, a countryman like me doesn’t know of things like that.”
I didn’t lie at all… After looking through the DP catalog and seeing [Lie Detecting Magic Tool (50000 DP)], I decided it would be better to be careful just to make sure. It was half the DP of the [Healing Scroll (100000 DP)], so it could likely appear on the market.
The country had three residents (one being a dungeon core), and I decided to become an adventurer for information gathering. I picked up Meat in the dungeon, and came across knights on the way (the bandits were in the dungeon) so it became safe.
“Oh, I see. Sorry then… Right now, some higher ups came. They are related to those knights you talked about before.”
“Do you have identification? If not, it’ll be five silver coins and one copper coin. One copper coin for the slave. The collar counts as identification for the slave.”
Gah, they need a lot… I confirmed I brought my wallet. It had about eight silver and thirty copper in it. Yep, though it looks like I can afford it, how much money will it cost inside…
“Ah, the silver coins are a security deposit. Since you will get an ID from the guild if you become an adventurer, just come back later and show it… But I wonder if you have the money to register as an adventurer after leaving the country? It takes three silver to register at the Adventurer’s Guild. Three copper is fine if you have a soldier accompany you to the Adventurer’s Guild until you can show ID. I’ll tell you now, the two copper is the labor cost. We can go immediately since I’m available right now.”
Oh, in other words… to save two copper, I can go to the Adventurer’s Guild without a guide, register and come back, then ask for the deposit back after showing the ID, then heading back to the Adventurer’s Guild… Yeah, bothersome. Better to ask for that.
“It’s appreciated. Could you please?”
“Well then, I’ll accompany you… Oi, switch watch with me. See you later, I’m off for guide duties.”
I paid the four copper.
Two copper for directions was cheap, probably.
Though there were gold, silver, and copper in the DP catalog’s treasures list, it felt like it kept going on for a hundred pages.
Ah, but there’s a cart in the main street with a delicious smell. Likely due to the large amount of grilled skewers, it smelled like roasted meat. Wonder what the meat is?
“Oi, I understand your feelings but can you wait until you get your ID? I’m on the job here.”
The soldier quickly called out and stopped me when I was staring at the cart.
Walking like that for a while, we came up to a large building.
A sword, medicine bottle, and a scroll were depicted on a large wooden board hanging prominently from it. It seems that was the sign for the Adventurer’s Guild.
The people inside heading in and drinking appeared to be adventurers. To be drinking like that during the day… I wonder if they worked night shifts?
When I went to the counter with the soldier, the receptionist held out a blank registration form. This world didn’t use parchment, but rather ordinary paper? Simply well done. Though the blank registration form was written by hand, I wonder if they have printing technology?
“Can you write your name? It’s one copper for someone to write for you.”
“Yes, Goshujin-sama!”
I got Meat to write for me. I can only write in Japanese.
Conversely, other people couldn’t read sentences I write in Japanese. It was definitely troublesome, though picking up Meat was really good.
Eh, what is it? Is a slave that can write unusual or something?
“It’s surprising… even though she’s such a small child…”
“I-is that so?”
The receptionist gave an off feeling. Perhaps not writing things was no good in various ways?
Meat has black hair so I thought it’d be fine to go, but the bandits had European faces huh…
Though the clothing was pretty much just ordinary clothes.
But it seems that appearance wasn’t related to registration.
The cost to register was six silver… yeah, two silver and around thirty copper coins left… it decreased a lot.
“I’ll return since I was able to confirm your registration.”
“Don’t worry about it, it’s my job. From now on it’ll just be one copper to use the gate.”
The soldier went back after verifying the Guild Card.
With this ID, I could also gather intelligence while checking out the commissions.
“Well then, I will explain Guild Ranks.”
“Ah, yeah.”
Though the ID was finished first, it seemed there was still more to be explained.