Chapter 5-17: Volume 5 - Chapter 17 – Commoners’ District
05-17 Commoners’ District
After parting with Reinhardt, Jin, Reiko, and Elsa arrived at the commoners’ district .
Jin was more interested in this part of town . The nobles’ district, to him, felt sort of lifeless .
Elsa was eager to come too .
“I’ve wanted to go here before but no one would take me . ”
That’s not unexpected . There’s not much in common in the lives of the masses and the viscount’s daughter . In the first place, it seems the way of this world is that a noble’s daughter wouldn’t be let to go out like that anyawy .
“It’s all thanks to Jin . ”,
She said while looking grateful .
Jin thought that to others they surely looked like a noble’s daughter and her retainer traveling incognito . But had no idea what Reiko looked to be .
“Ah, that, what’s that?”,
Elsa pointed curiously at a street stall and asked Jin .
“Those are grilled skewers . Didn’t they sell those at Port Rock?”
“I only saw them from a distance . Neither Mine or grandpa bought any for me . ”
They probably thought skewers aren’t proper for a fine lady to eat .
“Want to eat one?”
Elsa’s eyes sparkled and she nodded in agreement to Jin’s question . Jin said that he got it and asked,
“Reiko, could you go buy two of those skewers?”
Reiko grabbed Jin’s wallet .
She responded with yes, and moved towards the skewer stall . Soon she was back with two skewers in hand .
She gave one of them to Elsa, and one for Jin to eat . The restaurant’s meal was a bit too refined for his tastes .
“Hmm, I preferred the ones I had in Port Rock”,
Jin muttered his opinion while eating . At the same time, Elsa was elegantly eating the skewer one bite at a time . They kept walking on .
“But it’s still delicious . It’s my first time eating something like this . ”
If nanny Mine saw Elsa eating a grilled skewer while walking like this she’d surely scold her, Jin thought . But it’s fine to once in a while enjoy yourself like this, he concluded .
At that time, someone’s foot pushed out where Elsa was going to step next . Elsa, engrossed with the skewer, trampled on the foot .
“Ow!”
The foot’s owner yelled in a loud voice . It was a young man about Jin’s age who gave off a lowbred impression .
“Oi, young lady! Watch where you’re walking, will ya?!”
He was over a head taller than Elsa . The hoodlum looked down at Elsa threateningly .
“I’m sorry . I accidentally stepped on your foot . I apologize . ”
Elsa apologized in her usual tone . Seeing Elsa’s attitude seemed to annoy the man .
“Oh, is that it? It’s over with just an apology? Young lady . ”
“What else can I do?”
Elsa was going at her own pace .
“The bones could be broken, ya know? I need money for the doctor’s bill . ”
But Elsa’s response was different from what the man expected,
“If that’s the case, I’ll use [Soothe] . Show me the injury . ”,
which seemed to confuse the man .
“N- no, uh, if you just give me the money I’ll go get treatment myself . Hey you! The small lad over there, you’re the attendant, right? What are you gonna to do about the young lady’s carelessness?”
The man turned his attention to Jin .
Wondering if this was the right time, Jin said,
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“Elsa, let’s just go . This guy’s only trying to scam money out of you after getting his foot stepped on on purpose . ”
But after Jin called it a scam, the man got angry .
“Don’t mess with me! Who did you call a scammer?!”
he shouted and started moving to hit Jin . But .
“[Barrier]”
“Ouch!”
The fist stopped just 30 centimeters away from Jin . It was the physical defense function of Jin’s bracelet . There’s no way a normal human could break the barrier that can stand Reiko’s attack (at 50% strength) .
“Just quit it . Next time you’ll really get hurt . ”,
Jin said to the man who glared at him .
“I- I’ll remember this!”,
The hoodlum left with a parting threat .
“Well, because things like this can happen, the old man and nanny Mine didn’t want to bring Elsa to a place like this . ”
Jin explained to Elsa .
“You can find people like that anywhere . So, let’s head back . ”
Thinking about Elsa, Jin suggested going back to the marquis’s estate for now . But she replied,
“I’ll be alright because I’ve got the ring Jin gave me . So I want to look around for a bit longer . ”
Jin was fine with it as long is was just a bit longer . He looked at the surrounds, and there was nobody around because of the quarrel just now .
Let’s find a better place to walk about, Jin decided, and brought Reiko and Elsa with him back to the main street .
There were a lot of small shops on both sides of the main street .
Stores selling ready-made clothes, tools, and foodstuffs .
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Jin was in a foodstore, looking at something he found .
“Isn’t this… a potato?”
He held it in one hand and looked . The color, the shape, no matter how you looked it it was a potato . He even stealthily used [Analyse] on it and it was unmistakably identical to a potato .
“Lad, are you going to buy it?”
The old man at the store asked, and Jin bought a pile of potatoes .
“Alright, 50 Torr for the pile of topopoes . ”
It was unexpectedly cheap .
The total price was 70 Torr after also buying a sack to put them in .
“Jin, those… are you going to eat them?”
Elsa asked the delighted Jin with concern .
“Mm, that’s right . I’ll need to borrow the kitchen for a while this evening . ”
“If I’m not wrong… aren’t those Devil Bulbs?”
“They’ve got a name like that? They’re genuinely edible though . ”
“I’ll definitely not eat them . ”
Afraid for some reason, Elsa took some distance to Jin . Seeing that, Jin handed the sack over to Reiko .
Only then did Elsa inch back closer to Jin .
Afterwards, they visited a store that sold cheap accessories, and a store that sold weapons for self-defense .
Elsa expressed some interest in a narrow dagger, but Jin stealthily used [Analyse] and found out that aside from its appearance it was a shoddy product .
Jin had to drag Elsa out of the store to explain .
“Is that so? Mother had a dagger like that, so I was a little curious . ”
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After hearing that Jin decided to craft a similar one himself when he got the chance .
“I’m a little tired . ”
About midway on the main street there was a plaza, and Elsa sat down on a bench . It’s no wonder, since they walked a lot .
After finishing the Citran juice bought from a nearby stall, Jin turned to Elsa and asked,
“Then, isn’t it about time to go back?”
Elsa agreed . The sun was setting and the wind was getting colder, so it was a good time to return .
“Elsa, aren’t you cold?”
“Mm, I’m okay . ”
“But the wind’s only going to get colder, so I’m going to have to ask you to drape this over your shoulders . ”
Jin said and put his overcoat on Elsa’s shoulders .
“Thanks . …It’s warm . ”
“If you catch a cold, the old man and Mine will kill me . ”
Elsa smiled at Jin’s remark, while Reiko replied with “I will protect father . ”
The expected quarrel with a hoodlum didn’t occur, and the group headed towards the nobles’ district .
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