And we are currently headed towards the floating sea town. I am riding Ketorami-san and am lying hidden at his neck to avoid drawing attention.
Also, as for Ketorami-san’s collar, we thought a ribbon is enough, so we didn’t change it.
……when a light truck-sized wolf has a ribbon tied around it’s neck, it kind of……has a strange kind of pressure.
rawr
Additionally, I used a mirror and [disguised] myself. I don’t know what this world’s people would look like, so I turned into the blonde blue eyes white human Rosemary-san again.
……this would be bad if this world’s people’s default is black eyes black hair.
Well, according to the [Alive Grimoire], [I should change my appearance to hide that I am an otherworld person], so that should mean [If I change my appearance, it won’t be apparent I am an otherworld person] or [If I don’t change my appearance, it will be apparent I am an otherworld person].
And to sum that u—p, it means that we can infer that their appearance is probably something that makes the default Japanese black hair black eyes be announcing we are otherworld people.
And so I thought, wouldn’t a blue eyes white human be quite otherworld person-like?
….english is an alien language after all
And we arrived at the town.
There is a soldier-like person near the entrance, seems like he are watching over who enters town.
Ah, since I am being treated as a servant, right before we got to a distance where we could be seen from town, I got off Ketorami-san and slowly walked behind everyone.
……everyone is surprised by how slow I am, but I’m the one that is surprised by how fast everyone walks…… My point of view is the correct one alright?
Maito is normal yes
“That group with the wolf! Stop!”
And of course, we were stopped at the gates.
O, ou. Ketorami-san really stands out. We stopped here for now.
Someho—w, I felt like it would be better for me who is more adaptable to step out than for anyone else, so even though I was at the back, I moved to the front.
“……mu, that hair, eyes……could it be foreigners?”
Now then, the soldier at the entrance is muttering something, but this is the turning point.
If we are taken lightly here, these is the chance that this is the end of our story.
I don’t know how they determine our social status, but at the very least, nothing good comes from being taken lightly.
Then this is my time to shine!
Like, even if I were to fail, it would just be me failing and getting shamed……at worst, I can back out, change to a different appearance than blonde blue eyes and come again, mhm.
It’s better than someone else doing something that cannot be undone, mhm……
….save and load
"These people are the sons of certain powerful nobles of a foreign country.”
While having everyone standby, I stepped forward alone and with a firm attitude, lied.
Yes, a downright lie. What sons of powerful nobles. I know I said it, but it’s so questionable.
Ah, I feel like everyone is making strange expressions behind me.
“Mu, as, as expected. I was thinking that their hair and eye colours were unusual. But I did not think that they were nobles. Please excuse my impoliteness.”
Ah, black hair and eyes really were rare. He—h.
And soldier-san easily believed the lie, straightening his posture. What a good person, so honest and polite. And so easy to deceive.
“And, er, that wolf……?”
Ah, mhm, yeah, you would be curious.
“Part of the household of the nobles. It will not harm people.”
See? When I turned around like that, Ketorami-san loosely shook his tail from side to side.
“I, I see. Then that is fine. ……then, what reasons do these people have for visiting this town?”
Okay, stage one clear.
……but, now. Reason, hm. ……nn—, we just felt that first contact with this world’s people being at the castle would be bad.
“They have certain circumstances and are in the middle of a journey.”
Ah well, this isn’t really a lie.
“Circumstances?”
Ayaya, but he is acting strangely doubtful……not really. From the looks of it, it’s his personal curiosity.
Hm. Okay. Then let’s tickle that curiosity a little.
After acting like I was taking a peek at everyone who are standing by a short distance away, I stepped closer to the soldier-san, beckoned him closer and whispered into his ear.
“It seems like they are looking for something. I am not told about the details though……”
When I said it as if I had just leaked some important information, the soldier-san showed interest.
“Hou, looking for something?”
“Yes. Has there been anything different recently at this town?”
“Hm, different, huh. ……yeah, the national festival being held at the castle 10 days from now has been the hot topic recently. People are gathering from all over. And following there there’s also a lot of merchants.”
Ho—h. There’s a festiva—l? And 10 days later.
Hm, it might be a good idea to go take a look. Either way, the distance from this town to the castle is something I can cover on foot in 2 day, so it’s questionable if Ketorami-san would even need an hour.
“Then this town is currently crowded?”
“Yeah. Aah, of course the castle town is also crowded, but there is no way the inns there can contain all that people. Those that cannot pay the expensive lodging fees of the castle town or were late and could not get a room have come to this town. ……ah, also, this is only for your ears.”
The soldier-san waved me closer, so I drew closer and he whispered into my ear.
“The inspections when entering the castle town is a lot stricter than this town. So those that cannot enter the castle town……shady merchants are also in this town. I do not know what you are looking for, but you may be able to find something.”
……houhouhou.
I see, shady merchants?
……meaning, slave traders?
Terrific, this feels like a bingo already.
also danger
“But be careful okay? The security where those merchants gather is bad. ……you have been bought by those foreign nobles right?”
Eh? Ah, this is bad, I was spacing out.
“Aah, never mind. No need to say it, I know. From what I can see, you are not being treated that horribly by those nobles right? Your appearance is fine and no injuries either. Then there is no need to run away either. ……you are quite a beauty. Take care not to be kidnapped.”
Th, there really is kidnappings.
“Yes, thank you for your warning.”
“Mhm. Then, once again. Welcome to the water town [Deichemol]. Travelers, we welcome you.”
Since soldier-san gave permission, I reported back to everyone and we entered the town……[Deichemol].
what kinda name is that
“Aah, that was tense……”
It’s that kind of thing, things you are not used to.
“Really? I was listening with [Sharp Ears] and it didn’t sound like that at all. ……actually, it’s amazing how you can do that so easily, well. Iya—, Mai……no, Mary-san’s sca—ry.”
……even though I was so tense, Toriumi says that.
I’m not the sca—ry one. Your walking speed is the scary one.
Right now it’s not just something like difference in stride, I can’t catch up! Wait you bastards!
“……no one else could hear though……Maito, what did you say?”
Kadomi-kun made a mistake already with those innocent eyes.
We discussed this before! Oi!
“I am Mary, master. Please do not make this mistake.”
“Eh, ah, aah, I see, sorry.”
Making sure we are on the same page for our setting is important, I got them to drop their walking speed, explained it to them simply, and then they looked at me with indescribable expressions.
“Since when were we nobles?”
“Mh—m, but, guess there’s no choice, since there’s slavery.”
Hagasaki-kun doesn’t seem to like it for some reason, but there’s no choice. As Katori said, since there’s slavery, we need to secure our safety even if we have to fake our identities.
“Maybe I shouldn’t be saying it like this, but since it’s the first town, let’s go with a position we can have some fun with. Since we don’t know have any leads, there’s no point in being too tense.”
Hearing president’s words, it somehow felt like……Hariu and Toriumi’s eyes shined.
“Yeah. We’re all nobles right? We can dress up and go around to play right?”
As expected of Suzumoto, he has the composure to be grinning.
Mhm, noble-like.
confident
The town is as expected of a town.
There are a lot of people.
And those people, are really colourful.
Of course there is blond, then there is orange, pink, purple, blue……when it comes to the worse ones, there is a gradation of sunset colours. As expected of another world.
And the objective of those people, is the street stalls on both sides of the main street.
“Cheap Chea—p! Beautiful onee-san over there! I have an accessory that will match you!”
“Citol candy, Citol candy anyo—ne?”
“All goods at 1 copper coin! Buy now buy now!”
……something like this, how to pu—t it, it’s extremely……noisy.
But investigating the market is also a maid’s job. My title of maid would be obsolete if I made my noble(lol) masters manage money!
nobles(笑)
And so I scanned through the prices, sorted through the shouts and compared them to the prices [Alive Grimoire]-san told me.
Hm, the price of casual wear is about 3~25 copper coins. Cheap accessories are from 5 copper coins. The okay ones are easily 1 gold coin, something like that. About the same prices as [Alive Grimoire] said? It said the good accessories are worth platinum coins, so [Alive Grimoire]’s sense for money may be geared towards the higher class.
rich book
Food……citol candy is like jam, made by boiling fruits and are put in small containers. Seems to be 1 copper coin. Seeing as children are buying and eating them, it seems to be treated as a cheap sweet.
And a tomato stew with that amber deer costs 1 copper coin a bowl. 15 copper coins a bucket.
And, wow, roughly 2kg of sugar is 3 silver coins.
Mh—m, compared to stew or bread, sugar is overwhelmingly expensive.
But this doesn’t seem like the prices are raised because sugar is valuable. [Alive Grimoire]-san said that although there are regional difference, sugar is about 5 copper coins per kg, so the price is 3 times. ……mh—m, was there a poor harvest of sugarcane?
the festival?
And as I kept looking, the number of stores aimed at the middle class increased.
1 silver coin for a bar of soap or 1 gold coin for formal-looking clothes.
Somehow, the magnitude has changed.
And one bottle of win is 1~30 silver coins. Uwa, the price range. But these still don’t seem to be the [Highest class] so, well, mhm…… It’s amazing.
Also, perfumed oil was amazing. A small bottle is 5 gold coins.
Half the monthly living expenses of a family living a simple life.
……perfumed oil, what do they use it for……? There’s a lot of strange things in fantasy world items. Mhm.
peasent
……mhm. I’ve someho—w, grasped the market prices.
Kind of as expected, [Alive Grimoire]’s prices is overall more for the higher class, clothing or luxuries are actually slightly cheaper than the prices [Alive Grimoire] said.
But it was on the dot for foodstuffs or daily necessities.
Only sugar was exceptionally expensive, there’s probably some circumstances for that.
That book is actually quite reliable.
the end
デイチェモール Deichemooru, is this just a random name author came up with or actually something in some language? Either way, any better ideas than Deichemol?
Also who why is bucket a term of measure for soup. Bucket. Seriously? Not pot?