The next day…
Apparently Sebasu-san uses space magic. Moreover, since I can’t use Dimension Home yet I didn’t know, but apparently you can even put a carriage inside.
As I was surprised, the ojousama, feeling a sense of success, smiled mischievously.
There’s still more!?
The number of people riding the carriage was 6. The duke’s family + me = 5 people, the other person riding with us was Sebasu-san.
We went through all that trouble to ride at the same carriage so I figured I might as well try asking Sebasu-san. But other than space magic it seems Sebasu-san can’t use any except for water magic. From what I’ve heard though, if one is able to use either attribute up to high level magic, then even in the country that person can be considered to be a distinguished magician.
“Can you use the high level magic, Another World?”
“It’s amazing that you’re in the knowledge of such magic”
“The slave monsterｓ… get scared by the people of the village easily… so I asked grandma… if I could substitute conjuration techniques for space magic… but she said for large scale… monsters, it won’t work unless… I used Another World”
“Hou, that is amazing. The interactions may change depending on the place but it’s a great idea since there are many that look down on slave magic users. If it can reduce that common knowledge even a little, then it’s a proposal worthy of being investigated.”
“Regarding Ryouma-sama’s question, I am unable to use the magic, Another World. Personally though, it’s not a magic I would choose. Another World is space magic’s most difficult magic. It is the goal of every space magician because as the highest peak, it will garner one much respect… however, that’s all there is to it”
“What do you mean?”
“Actually, Another World is a magic that’s very hard to use freely. Before one can use Another World, the three stages of the process are essential. The first stage involves the creation of a vast space by means of space magic. The size of Another World will be dictated by this stage. . And that stage is dependent on the volume of magic power that the user has.”
All for nothing, huh?
The stages until the second are all preparations. With the third stage, the gate will open and it will be possible to use it to freely go in and out. However, opening or closing the gate just once will consume anything from 5000 to 10000 magic power. This 10000, is a quantification of the value of magic power.
To make matters worse, after going through all that pain to prepare so much space, there is still the question of what will you put inside that, that made you do something that’s so inconvenient”
“What do you mean? If it’s wide, then it’s possible to put more stuff in, right?”
That’s quite a demerit there… Well, the quality can be taken into account, but for the meantime, the mid-level, Dimension Home, should be fine. My slave monster is only a slime too, so…
“I see… thank you very much”
“Please don’t mind. If it’s something like this, please ask me whenever you like”
“Fumu… to add to that, you also use slave magic and barrier magic, right? People who have all attributes have a tendency to become jacks of all trade and masters of none, so be careful, okay?”
“I understand”
“…Did I say something strange?”
“Eh?”
“Ryouma-kun, just now you smiled a little bit, you know?”
“In the past, grandma said the same thing… since I also tried my hand at… alchemy and healing magic”
“I see, I thought I said something strange”
“But still, alchemy, huh? You seem to have an interest for strange things…” Commented, Rheinbach-sama.
“Is it rare?”
“You won’t find many alchemists nowadays. In the past there were many who tried to swindle others by saying they could create things like gold. But because of those kinds of people, the numbers of alchemists were largely reduced. Though they say that some hundred years ago there was a man who was called the Alchemy King and made a large amount of profit. After that, however, like poof, with no inventions or discoveries it just disappeared”,
“One theory says that what the Alchemy King created was the model of Alchemy. After that, there were people that tried to follow in the footsteps of the Alchemy King seeking profit, and what came out of that is the Alchemy that has been passed down today. It appears, however, that, those techniques were inferior to the Alchemy King’s. Today, it has fallen to simply being used as an excuse for fraud. With no one left to study Alchemy, right now, it’s no different from a candle before the winds.”
Doesn’t seem like it has a good image, huh? Well… it seems like the story is quite similar to the alchemists that used to live back in Earth.
As I replied, the ojousama came over to ask me something.
What should I say…
At that, Rheinbach-sama curiously asked,
“That rock salt… inside the earth, is mixed with a lot of minerals… that ends up becoming poison to a human’s body… but if one were to remove those minerals, the salt can be eaten… what I did was… separating the minerals from the rock salt and removing the poison… like this it can be made consumable”
“You can do something like that!?”
“I can. The food we had back in my house… the salt I used there all… came from the cliff where rock salt can be collected from…”
“Is that so?”
Hunting and collecting is freely allowed except for some selected areas. However, there are some greedy nobles who would keep it all for themselves if it is known that there is a source of rock salt in their region. They didn’t want that so they kept quiet and tried to make a profit out of it and lied about where it came from. From the rock salts that were sold, a lot of people became sick, and in the end the adventurers were caught and executed.”
“From that cliff… it’s not possible to take rock salts more than a meagre amount… can’t respond to high demand… if distributed to the market… would probably lose out in competition… against salt that can be taken safely in vast amounts.. If it’s just for the Household of Jamil and the nearby village then… I think it could hold…”
“I see… that’s unfortunate”
“We can now see the town of Kereban, we will be arriving in a short while.”
“Um…”
“Is there something the matter?”
Inquired the butler, quickly.
“I… identification… I don’t have… is that ok….?”
Oh, well that’s a relief… I still want to do something about it soon… this...
As I was thinking that I let out a sigh, making the madam worry for me.
She seems to have misunderstood. I should make it clear.
What!? Madam!? Why am I being hugged!?
Crying!? …wait, it’s not just the madam but even the ojousama’s and the guy’s eyes seem to be watered… why… ah, I see… though this is a fact, when looked at from the perspective of an onlooker, I must look like a really lonely person. Not having been able to talk with a person face to face for 3 years, I lost my ability to talk, and even doing something like talking with slimes to practice talking…
After that for a while, I kept telling them that I was alright and was just feeling a little down, to no effect. Until we reached the gate, I was being hugged by the madam.
I was brought to the station along with the madam. Although, actually, the only one who was called was me, but the madam said she was worried… and was quite pushy… The guide and the person in front of me are also shaking palely. I’m sorry, people I don’t know, for getting you mixed up with this.
This person is stuttering too much. Although I also talk strangely when it comes to people, but…
I obediently touched the crystal. As I did that a blue light illuminated, the face of the people in front of me was stricken shocked, and they kept looking back at forth between me and the crystal.
Did something happen? From what I know, a blue light should mean innocence… Sebasu-san and the madam that was with me interrupted.
Hearing that, the madam calmed down, and Sebasu-san understood. However, the confirmation and the reward money needs to be done before the two’s eyes.
Nope, I don’t know. Who is that guy?
Hearing that, certainly, there was a guy like that. If I remember correctly, his spear was pretty good, so I put it in my item box immediately.
Having been told that, I took the spear from my item box and passed it to the guy in front of me. The man examined the spear and wielded it. The instant I felt magic power flow into the spear, the spearhead began to burst into flames.
“It's indisputable. This is definitely the Red Spear, which is a magic weapon that can produce flames. It’s the spear of The Red Spear, Melzen. I’ll prepare the reward now.”
“However… you did pretty well to actually subjugate Melzen. That man has managed to flee from knights and adventurers, time and time again. If you didn’t confront him directly, do you mind telling me how you managed to subdue him?”
“Was attacked by bandits… after they were defeated, before they died… said they were betrayed by their comrade, so I looked around… and saw them merry making by the cave”
“So you attacked them there”
“No. I am a Slave Magic User… I sent a poison slime… to go inside a wine barrel.”
“Alright, I think I understand. I give you my thanks”
Incidentally, the reward for Merzan and his group was 700 small gold coins. 700 coins… I suddenly ended up being rich. Hmm, what should I do… Because of how I lived the past 3 years, I have no idea how to use this money. Well for the meantime, I should give my thanks to the people that took me with them.
“Yep, I should have also said it yesterday. This is my first time going away from home. And this is Jamil Region’s biggest commercial town. There are barely any places that have more people than here!”
“I see”
Now, while it’s not to the extent of people going back and forth like water, even then in its own way, the ojousama can be swept away by the crowd. I understand everything about walking around in a town you don’t understand and I know if this keeps on, it’ll be dangerous, so I hurriedly went after the ojousama.
It seems something caught this ojosama’s eyes and ended up stopping in this weird place… even in the middle of the road without a hint of concern for others.
From the back, a girl walked in a trajectory that was obviously in line with the intention of bumping against the ojousama, in order not to allow her to get bumped in to, I pulled her shoulder.
The girl, having failed to bump into the ojousama, glanced at me, who pulled the shoulder of the ojousama, and clicked her tongue before leaving. So, I guess she really was planning to pick pocket.
Again… there’s another person walking towards here from the direction of the alley. Before allowing the ojousama to reach the alley, I caught her and pulled her aside like I was hugging her.
Because I pulled the ojousama aside, the man that missed his timing fell out from the alley.
After speaking to the ojousama, I spoke to the man.
As I spoke to the man, he tried to grab the nape of my neck. But I sprung that hand up with my left hand and grabbed it at the same time, I held the left arm behind his elbow, and in a way that won’t be seen by the ojousama, I twisted his arm and his posture broke. The man was shaking as he was about to fall, he stopped talking and before completely falling I supported him, as our gazes met once again, I spoke again.
Seriously, don’t suddenly pick a fight with a kid just because you failed… although I’m actually an uncle deep inside. Recently I’ve started to become confused regarding whether I should consider myself a kid or an uncle.
You still want to go! Or rather, how long are the criminals gonna keep on coming!!