Side Story 24: Firwood.
So, this is Firwood. A town nad after the nurous fir trees in its surroundings, Firwood was almost large enough to be classified as a city by the Kingdom of Artoriass standards. Considering that Firwood was able to protect itself with walls and had enough space to separate itself into several neighborhoods, including a commoners and nobles district, it was more or less a city to .
Hey, why are you looking so doom and gloom? We finally made it to Firwood, the town closest to the Belzac forest. You know, the place where your coffee substitute is. Co on, smile more, Tatsuya, a young man equipped in full armor with a sword and shield combo tried to comfort , but I couldnt help but look at it pessimistically.
A whole year and four months. We have been in this world for more than a whole year now.
My na is Tatsuya Nagata, a Japanese guy who was summoned to the dieval-like world nad Peolynca about a year ago. In this ti, I have been taken in by a church who called themselves worshippers of the Goddess of Light, Aurena, and was tasked by them, the very ones who were the ones responsible for summoning to this world, in other words, my kidnappers, to defeat so king or lord from a race called the demonkin as a Hero of Aurena. In other words, I was to fight and kill the demon lord.
Now, most edgy, cringey high schoolers would probably believe this was an amazing idea straight out of a fantasy book, but when a religious faction was constantly breathing down your neck, you will feel quite stressed from the constant pressure. Aside from the fact that they were forcing into life-threatening situations where I had to fight against monsters or people, they also thought it was smart to use as part of a religious propaganda campaign to convert more ruling nobles and royals to the church, increasing the churchs wealth, power and influence.
How fun does it sound when you know you were just a pawn and all the influence you had as a Hero was rely so propaganda spread by the church? I was even made aware that they could denounce at any ti, robbing of the one reason why I was helping them in the first place. To get a fucking ticket back ho to Earth.
Yeah, brilliant, right? A dream co true
I guess thats true, I absent-mindedly replied to Kyouyas, my best friends, comforting words. We need to grind so levels and get so monster materials. Belzac forest is considered a C rank monster area in its depths, right? We can use the periter to grind. Stock up on Tamae-sans potions and curatives, and we should be able to last for a couple of days before needing to return.
Well, at least planning grinding sessions is similar to that fantasy MMO I loved to play.
As I was sighing at our current situation, a woman in white armor waved at us to co closer. Her overall appearance was similar to that of a Scandinavian woman I saw on the internet with her silver-white hair and sky-blue eyes. Wielding a long white ivory spear, she exuded an aura of confidence hidden behind a veil of laxness.
Oh my, oh my. Tatsuya and Kyouka. Always the two last to arrive. Ok, enough teasing, hahahaha! she chortled, pointing out my habit of admiring the buildings of any new city or town our group would arrive at, and how Kyouka would always bring back to reality. Anyways, welco to Firwood, everybody. Ho of the Kingdom of Artoriass exotic spices and product farms, usually exclusive to the Belzac and Saelariel forest. Enjoy the food and dont worry, the street vendors cover up the gay taste of the goblin at well with spices.
That was one of our guardians assigned to us by the church, a commander of the Knights of Aurena. Her na was Yorshka, an incredibly strong dragoon. Unlike most of the knights Id t, who were more stoic and hard to approach, she oozed friendliness with a habit of teasing most people for a good laugh.
As I ntioned before, I have so business at the local hunters guild, so please go to the temple without . Tamae-chan, please follow the instructions on the map I gave you and bring Asaka-chan to et the High Bishop, alright? Sir Elrick, make sure they stay safe and out of trouble. After presenting Asaka as a legitimate candidate, you may all do whatever you want. Accept Quests, do so shopping, enjoy the local cuisine. Just make sure to et up at this inn again, alright? Yorshka gave her orders to everybody.
We had just arrived at Firwood today after a five-day carriage ride from the Lecartiglio duchy. The reason why we ca to this town was once again related to our duties as the Heroes of Aurena, and that was to present one of the two saintess candidates among our group to the local temples and churches. We were Heroes after all, and a saint or saintess was considered like the mortal representation of a god in this world.
Amongst our group, consisting solely of my classmates, two girls were selected as [Saint Candidates], and, since this world had a ga-like system, they were attached as titles on their profiles. Those two girls were Aiko Hasebe a friend of mine who was traveling with her party in a location I currently didnt know about and my party mber, Asaka Hanazawa, a blue-haired delinquent girl with severe motivational issues.
Speaking of colored hair, it was one of the characteristics I noticed the people of this world had. Thanks to the existence of mana in the air, people could be born with various hair colors ranging from purple, green, and so on; this little fact that made our little group rather conspicuous.
A church party comprised five classmates and one knight guardian, who acted as the leader of the party. Due to so circumstances I created during my ti at the church, my party was traveling with another, resulting in a large group of dark-haired adolescents. So, in order to not stand out even more than we already were, Yorshka suggested having our hair color changed with so hair product she bought for us.
I used to have black hair, but I was walking around with dark green hair now.
After Yorshka left for her own business, a young man nad Elrick ca forward. His blond hair combined with brilliant white his armor gave off the model example of a knight in shining armor; with his forthright attitude, Elrick made a good guardian for our party. Everybody, the temple is close by, located at the gate leading into the noble district. Miss Tamae, would you please lead us there?
Wearing a magicians robe, the purple-haired girl that Elrick addressed was not only our ex-class representative, but also our parties enchanter and alchemist. With a nod, Tamae replied with a swift, Yes! Everybody, let us go.
This phase always feels like a school trip
Leaving our inn, one that felt like a mid-ranged hotel on Earth, we noticed a beastman conversing with two people a girl and a young man. The beastman was a green-haired bovline, an ox beastman, and he was laughing rrily with a pink-haired girl and a young man in shining armor, presumably a knight.
Thank you very much, Antonio! I really hope everything works out with your parents, Severa!
Yes, thank you, brother! Cernust will do his best, and I will make sure to learn much from him!
Dont be so overjoyed just yet, you two. The hardest challenge still lies before us.
Wow, so casual. In the Lecartiglio duchy, racism against beastman was pretty rampant, but here in Firwood? People are interacting with beastn so normally. At least thats what it looked like so far in this town.
Walking east, we eventually stopped at a large gate. Elrick announced our arrival with a scroll stamped with the seal of the church of Aurena in the Holy State Aureolis, causing the two guards to scramble as they quickly bowed and let us in. We were reverently greeted by a group of bowing white-robed priests inside the temple, all of them already alerted to our arrival over a week ago.
Entering the ceremonial room, a lilac-haired man in a set of decorated white robes stood at the altar, greeting us with his na, Theodore Sirius. After praying with the priests, which was the standard greeting for church mbers, Asaka moved forward without comnting too much about it. When we first started, she would always complain about how annoying it was until she realized complaining about it all the ti was more annoying.
Saintess candidate Asaka Hanazawa, first we would like to welco you to our world Peolynca. As the High Bishop of Firwood, I acknowledge your status and would ask you to visit two villages in the vicinity of the Sirius March, Theodore began. The duty of a saint was to bring the word of their god to the people, which ant a saint candidate had to do the sa thing. Last year, a tragedy happened in Carine Village where a group of bandits burned down the village and kidnapped a few of the villagers.
That is terrible to hear! Are the remaining villagers alright? Kazumi, one of the girls from Tamae-sans party spoke up, showing genuine worry.
Theodore nodded. Yes, two brave adventurer parties successfully handled the issue, managing to bring back all the kidnapped villagers safely and subjugating the bandits. However, due to the fire, the villages church was burned down. The temple is planning to rebuild it, so we humbly ask the Heroes and the Saint Candidate to bless the area in the Goddesss na and to soothe the villagers worries.
I understand. We will make that one of our goals. What is the issue with the second village? Asaka asked.
Rashan Village, to the northwest of Firwood. Just a month ago, the village and the local lords castle were besieged by a large horde of what was reported as undead, nearly wiping out all the villagers and soldiers. Two adventurer parties attempted to save the villagers from their plight but, unfortunately, further tragedy struck when they t their end in the ruins near the village. The local hunters guild had to increase the rank of the Quest to C rank, Theodore explained, causing to frown a bit as I was worried he was sending us to fight sothing even two parties of adventures couldnt handle. However, this worry quickly disappeared with his next words. Please, be at ease, a brave party of adventurers managed to fight the nace back and purify the area. The young lady leading this party was also a priestess of Aurena.
Commotion. My classmates were baffled that a single adventurer party was able to appear tha quickly to solve the issue where multiple other parties could not. So were relieved everything was well again, so like were happy we didnt have to enter a dangerous battle, while a single person scoffed that the Quest couldnt have been that hard.
I see, that is wonderful to hear, Elrick praised. Pray, High Bishop Theodore, is there a chance we could et this priestess? Lady Asaka is still mastering the teachings of our Goddess, and I believed it would be a great boon for her to learn from a traveling priestess. Capable and world-wise. So rare are they, no?
By teachings, Elrick ant Asakas [Holy Magic], which was two levels away from evolving into [Sacred Magic], an advanced elent. Honestly, I was quite curious about the party in general, as it was rare for us to speak with another capable adventurer party. Even if we were to hide our identities as heroes, hunters and rcenaries arent very fond of nobles or church mbers in general. We might not be actual nobles, but we look like ones with how we dress.
In our travels, most of our support and aid ca from the church, and while that was helpful, it ant we had a severe lack of freedom and different perspectives. I wanted to learn how an adventurer priestess, soone who was spending most of her ti on the field and away from her fellow clergy thought of the church. After they kidnapped us to this world, I couldnt help but feel distrustful of the church, and I honestly wanted to know if I could trust them or not. So concrete information would stop this annoying conflict inside .
However, it wasnt ant to be.
Sadly, the priestess has already left for Griffonpeak about a week ago, I heard.
GriffonpeakYeah, we were there during winter. Outside of training, we were always forced to attend those stupid balls with all those fake-smiling nobles and plotting clergyn. I dont want to go there again if I can help it. Sha.
If you wish to learn more about the party, you may ask the local adventurer guild for the party na Aurora, Theodore seemingly read my mind, causing to gulp. Back to the topic on hand. Rashan Village requires a lot of moral and religious support in their dire ti. Please help them, Lady Asaka.
After Asaka accepted their second request, we were about to leave the church when Bishop Theodore suddenly intercepted us at the entrance. A carriage was waiting for him there. Was he leaving for sowhere?
Ahh, excuse if they may sound rude, but I have a question I would like to ask of you, heroes, he began. I heard from an acquaintance of mine at the capital that you all are students? From an academy?
A school, but I believe an academy like the royal academy is an apt comparison, our second ex-class representative who has an obvious crush on Tamae-san Nishio answered in our stead.
Ahh, thank you. I am quite interested in how education is handled in your world. If I may ask, did your educator also join you in your summoning?
Why is he suddenly asking about Segawa-sensei? I thought suspiciously, a sentint that Nishio seed to share.
No, they did not, Nishio answered, giving no further information than was necessary to answer the question.
I see, well, then I must bid you farewell. Due to the Spring Blessings, I must depart. And with that, the High Bishop left on his carriage. I guess we will be talking with the assistant bishop from here on out.
Now, with our primary goal done, our party was finally allowed so freedom. Tamae-sans group went off to visit the local marketplace and buy our supplies, while Daichi, the only person who was rude enough to scoff at what Theodore had to say, returned to the inn for his fire magic training. With Kyouya, Asaka, Elrick, and the youngest mber of our party, Haruka, we also departed to find sothing interesting to do.
Every single ti. Visit this village, do our job here, do our job there. They cant be more annoying, right? Asaka let out her frustration, finally away from the temple. This was her real personality. Great, Im a candidate. But that doesnt an you can request to do all your jobs, especially when I cant even say no to them.
Asa-chan, you are being very loud, ehehe, Haruka, being the shyest amongst all of us, felt the most uncomfortable of all the curious eyes. Asaka, being a saint candidate, was wearing the white robe all white-robed priestesses needed to wear.
Oh, sorry about that, Asaka waved her hand as an apology. But, even if I werent shouting, Im carrying a large mace on my waist. A white-robed with such a weapon would attract attention either way. Hmph. She shrugged.
Well, she wasnt wrong. We were attracting eyes.
Moving away from the rchant district, where the temple and our inn were located, we entered the middle district and visited the marketplace. That was when my nose suddenly picked sothing up. My sense of sll might not be as strong as a beastmans, but thanks to the system, my senses were becoming more superhuman the more I leveled them up. Lured in by the interesting sll, our little group ended up in a small shop manned by a foxian.
Welco, honored guest, how may this ZeatherWait, is a fellow foxian amongst the honored guests? the foxian suddenly asked, swerving his head around until he ended at Haruka. O-Oh, please, forgive . Zeather was mistaken. Zeather thought he found a brethren.
O-Oh, there is no issue. Ive heard foxians say that about a few tis already, ehehe, Haruka laughed awkwardly.
After arriving in this world, we heroes all received a personal unique skill fitting our personalities or any other details. Haruka received the [Foxian Slyness] skill, giving her not only the abilities and senses of a foxian, but also their sll. Because of this skill, she made a fantastic tracker and scout, but she couldn't be a combatant due to her personality.
Ignoring that, I began perusing the store and ended up at a small batch of tea leaves. The delectable sll they exuded invigorated my nose and body, stimulating my brain with energy. It was different, yes, but it was close enough for to believe it was what I ca to Firwood for: Coffee.
Excuse , do you regularly restock these fulinoe leaves?! I snapped my head to the shop owner, looking at him like an addict who found his next fix. I probably wouldnt have admitted it when I first arrived on Peolynca, but going nearly a whole year without coffee made realize how much I missed and loved that stuff. It didnt help that my mother could make a pretty good brew.
As I was looking at the foxian with anticipation, he frowned and shook his head, causing to click my tongue. Zeathers supplier for the fulinoe leaves has recently left Firwood. Zeather does not know when they will return or if they will continue supplying our humble shop in the future, that is a question for Zeathers master to discuss with them. Would honored custor wish to buy so leaves?
Well, at least I can finally drink so. Damn! I really have to get into the Belzac forest for so seeds or sothing to grow on my own, since the shop only sold the leaves.
I nodded imdiately. The foxian smiled greedily as if he just hooked in a fish and told us his price, Five small silvites, please. 5000 Davi.
Deal! I answered without thinking about it.
Wha-HOLD UP! But before I could shake hands with him to seal the deal, Haruko jumped in front of and pushed back with her tiny fra. Are you an idiot or deaf?! 5000 Davi! Thats enough to buy a moderate mana potion, or two moderate health potions, or five class changes. We cant spend that much money on a batch of those tea leaves, Tatsuya-kun!
Oh, there is a misunderstanding, honored custors. The price is per fulinoe leaf, not for the whole batch, like a devil, the foxian swooped in causing Harukas face to pale even more.
A-A single leaf?! For 5000 Davi?! This is insane! she exclaid.
Sir Shopkeeper, these are the chu- as Elrick was about to intervene by telling the foxian our identities, pushing our influence in that sense, Asaka grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
Looking at him with a chilly gaze, she ordered him to stand down, Stop trying to bring the church into everything, Elrick. Dammit. People have trouble staying comfortable around us because of that exact reason.
Thank you, Lady Priestess, Zeather thanked Asaka. rcurias wouldnt have wanted Zeather to reduce a price simply for religious reasons in either case. Due to a lack of a supplier, the scarcity of these fulinoe leaves ans, I must increase the price.
But 5000 Davi is ludicrous, far above what you may reasonably pay! Haruka continued to argue. She might not be a capable combatant, but she was like a human calculator with how fast she was able to do calculations without a calculator. Due to this fact, she beca the one responsible for our finances and would usually go with the shopping team to barter at the marketplace.
That might be true, but this is a luxury product, no? You do not require it to survive and it is difficult to acquire in the first place, aning the price must be adjusted to compensate for these facts. Indeed, Zeather even made sure these were high-quality leaves when Zeather bought them from Zeathers supplier, as Zeather acknowledges how important it is, the foxian argued.
Yes, I do understand, but you are demanding five small silvites for a single leaf. Making tea with a single leaf will simply make it tasteless and watered down. Surely, you must understand this as a rchant, correct?
Zeather does, but that is why you must buy more leaves, honored custors. Zeather has sold these leaves to wealthier rchants and even a few nobles, which ans Zeather does not lack potential custors. The small batch is evidence. The foxian was actually quite brazen now that my head had cleared up from the fogginess of addiction. He was hiding behind a mask of courtesy, but his sense of money was ruthless.
However, Haruka was equally competitive. She might be a shy person but when passion hits, she just explodes in action, speaking faster and faster to fend off any argunts the opposing rchant would give to defend their prices. She aid to get us the best price to reduce our need to ask the church for money.
However, even she couldnt muster a good enough counter-argunt to break the foxians sly smile. Eventually, Haruka managed to reduce the price down to 4000 Davi, but it was more or less a pity offer, since she was sure the rchant was still overcharging us by a mile. He complied with his custors and made them happy while still making a large profit, aning he won by quite a bit.
For 12000 Davi, we got three fulinoe leaves, enough for a pot to share amongst everybody. I honestly wanted it for myself, but what could I do when the money belonged to the party. Our personal funds were quite low.
I thanked Haruka but couldnt help but pout as we walked around the central marketplace. Since the snow was gone, the market was quite lively. Nurous people filled the area, bartering with rchants or eating from street vendors. Agitated custors, people savoring their als, rchants advertising their goods, and so many others were trapped in a chaotic maelstrom of sounds, ringing inside my ear.
- fuwa fuwaru
Anata ga namae wo yobu
Sore dake de chuu e ukabu
That was when my ears suddenly picked sothing up. I turned my head towards the location, noticing it led into an alleyway. Whether it was cause of my curiosity or my foggy head, I left my group for a mont and chased after the sounds. It was a dead end, with a few young kids playing around. A few of them were singing.
A very familiar song, actually.
Kami-sama, arigatou
Uni no itazura demo
guriaeta koto ga
Shiawase na no
Their pronunciation was atrocious, but if I focused enough, I was sure I was hearing Japanese. After being sent to Peolynca, we heroes had received a title called [Otherworldly Visitor], which had the effect of auto-translating any language to make it understandable for us; however, I was sure my title wasnt working here because of how much these kids were botching the pronunciation of each word.
Renai Circulation?!
Hey, hey, kids, Can I ask you where you learned that song? I suddenly approached the kids, causing a few to look at suspiciously. Oh, sorry, probably shouldnt have co here with my spear. I dont an to do anything to you. See? I raised my arms up to make them feel safer. I just wanted to know where you learned this song.
Who wants to know, huh? You werent there when it happened? the tallest of them spat out, showing no signs of trusting .
Well, sobody who thinks you kids cant sing it properly nor pronounce the words correctly, I replied truthfully since I was a bit annoyed by the brats attitude.
W-What?! No! My singing voice is good! a small girl shouted back.
Yeah! Yeah! You have no idea how Miss Hestia sang it! You cant tell what is-OUCH! It seed my offhand remark caused the kids to feel offended, but before the kid could finish speaking, the tallest bonked him on the head.
Miss Hestia?
Shut up, you idiot! Master told us to never reveal information unless we get paid! Dont say her na to so stranger, either! the kid scolded the younger one. Go away, mister! Stop trying to bully orphans int-HEY, BEHIND YOU!
The kid seed to want to warn of sothing; however, my skills [Danger Perception] and [Prediction] had already sounded the alarms a couple of seconds ago. I already knew sobody had followed into the alley.
As my skills warnings were at their peak, I slipped past the wooden cudgel aiming at my head and dodged backward. As I assessed who just tried to attack , three filthy n ca into view, all bearing crude weapons like so second-class thugs.
Fukin hell, howd you miss dat, ya idiot?! a guy from the back complained to the one who tried to hit with a cudgel
Shut up, those damn kids warned the brat. Fuckin hell, we gotta do this da harday. The one with the cudgel then turned towards , pointing his crude wooden weapon at . and over ya stuff, rich boy, otherwise well see you bleeding on the ground. Strip yourself naked, keheheheh.
The other two unsheathed their weapons. One had a broken sword while the other had the only functional-looking weapon, even if it was just a kitchen knife. What is this cliche? Going into an alley to get mugged by so countryside muggers? It wasnt even dark yet, this was a daylight robbery!
Go away, I gave the idiots a warning as I wasnt in the mood for this.
Huh? Look at this idiot, mate, he thinks- However, idiots stayed idiots.
Gale Steps.
Without letting him say another word, I activated the unard ability [Gale Steps] in order to close the distance to my still-laughing, would-be muggers. I dashed forward, readied my spear and attacked. Of course, while I wasnt intending to murder them, knocking them down or breaking so bones was a different matter.
Using my spears handle like a staff, I struck the cudgel goons shin with a clean hit, knocking him screaming to the ground as he grabbed his leg. From the sound of the impact, I probably shattered it. As they saw their friend falling down, the other two cursed at and began moving. I did the sa.
Knowing the knife-wielder was more of a threat I stepped to the side and aid my spear handle. As he was about to swing his knife, I thrust the thrust the butt of my spear against his throat, causing him to drop his weapon and cough uncontrollably. I then brought my spear up and swung it down onto his back. A loud thud could be heard as he crashed on the ground, coughing and groaning at the sa ti.
When I turned my head to the last goon, his shivering hands dropped his broken sword before he ran away screaming hysterically. I could have chased him down with [Gale Steps], but I really wasnt in the mood for it. Sighing, I turned back to the kids before noticing the kitchen knife-wielding guy had dropped his ID.
rcenary guild damn, what happened to these guys?
To earn money and build our confidence in battle, Elrick and Yorshka have been pushing us to grind up our hunter and rcenary ranks. Currently, my party and Tamae-sans party had everybody at D rank for the rcenary and hunters guilds, aning we had our fair share of both monster and human battles. Taking down robbers or bandits was just normal for now sothing a Japanese teen shouldnt really experience honestly. Fighting has beco natural killing, on the other hand
Everything to go back. By all ans.
Regardless, just as we needed to earn money, I guess these muggers needed money, too. So did the robbers and bandits I fought. All of them were just farrs or forr serfs who were forced into banditry cause of their situation. It was a sha, but even on Earth that issue hasnt been resolved yet.
I kicked the guy whose shin I broke unconscious and told the kids to run away before they woke up. Without saying goodbye, they rushed behind and scattered. As I was walking out of the alley, a tall man with dark brown hair had his feet on top of the one mugger who ran away from . Was this their boss?
Yo, kid, hope you didnt get hurt, the man said, causing to grip my spear harder. Woah, no need to be so agitated. Im not with these guys.
What do you want, I skipped the pleasantries.
Blunt, nice. Reminds of soone, you know, the man smiled as he rembered sothing good. Anyway, do you know sobody by the na Saori?
HuhWhat?! Hey, where did you hear that na?! I demanded from him. However, he suddenly dashed out of the alley. Fuck! Stop!
When I turned the corner, the man was lting into the ground, no, it was a shadow. See you later, Tatsuya! Stay healthy, you hear? he shouted before disappearing completely.
What the fuck just happened?!
Questions were flying around in my head as I was digesting the situation. Did he really say Saori? Wasnt that Segawa-senseis first na? How did he know Segawa-senseis na?! Wait, was he even talking about, there? Could there be sobody else with the sa na in Peolynca? Wait, how did he know my na?! Didnt he say Tatsuya?! Who was he?! How did he know all of this? Was he just mocking ?! What the hell is going on?!
All of these questions made my head spin, feeling slightly nauseous at the implications of the situation. I began massaging my head, as it felt like a headache was forming, and noticed that my head was covered in cold sweat.
Tatsuya!
I darted my head towards the sound, unsheathing my spear before pointing it forward.
Oi, oi, stop, Tatsuya, its ! as the red in my eyes subsided, the sight of Kyouya ca into view. My eyes widened as I lowered my weapon, questioning myself what I was doing.
K-Kyouya? You said my na? I asked, feeling lightheaded.
Yeah, dude. Oi, why are you sweating?
As he asked that, the rest of my party arrived. Asaka saw how I was holding my spear and asked if I was okay, Are you that addicted to caffeine that you need your fix now?! Wow, Haruka, I think you shouldve tried a bit more about the price. Tatsuya needs his coffee. She looked at worried.
I-I think so, too. Im sorry Tatsuya-kun, Haruka bowed in an apology.
W-Wait, why am I causing everybody so much trouble, again?! Dammit. Calm down, Tatsuya. You must have misheard. You must have. Segawa-sensei? She couldnt have possibly been summoned to Peolynca the church hadnt summoned any other heroes besides my class.
Still, how did he know my na? Does he know the nas of everybody else?
I decided to keep this information to myself for now. I didnt want to cause everybody even more problems. I was the reason for why Tamae-sans party had to stick with us, I was the reason why we even went to Firwood and why we had to pay a large amount for so simple tea leaves. I cant afford to cause them even more problems. It would be better to talk about this stuff with Elrick and Yorshka later on.
After I made sure that I was alright in my friends eyes, we walked back to our inn where we waited for everybody else. Soti during the afternoon, Tamae-sans party ca back with bags of ingredients and supplies, all bought so she could cook them. Even a nobles chef wouldnt be able to compete with Tamae-sans cooking.
You couldnt get any potion ingredients? Asaka asked Tamae-san.
No, no, no, I did, Tamae-san replied. When she unpacked the grocery, she complained she couldnt get certain alchemical ingredients for her potion-making. I got the common components from small potion shops, but usually when I want to get the high-quality ingredients I need to order them from the alchemical guild. As an alchemy guild mber endorsed by the church, I have so priority over certain items if I can afford them, but I still need to visit the local guild for that. However, the one in Firwood is now a crater! Even the guild master died on the sa night it happened, or so I heard, which is delaying the reconstruction. Lady Yorshka ntioned there isnt a mages guild in Firwood either, so I cant make our buffing potions.
No buffing potions ant no Strength or Agility boosters. Our mages had buffing spells, but potions were easier to use.
There should be so shops that sell what I need. Otherwise, we can ask the church. In any case, our preparations will require so more ti.
It was unfortunate, but stuff like this happened sotis. Well, maybe a guild building turning into a giant crater wasnt common. Actually, how did that happen? Did so giant laser shoot down from the heavens and scorch it? Haha, as if, thats crazy.
After having dinner, Yorshka finally returned, looking far more relaxed than usual. She had a wide smile and, looking at her hair, she seed to have taken a bath. I wonder what she did? Enter the local bathhouse?
Okay, everybody~! I hope all of you had a good day in Firwood. Now, let ask you, does anybody want to go to Cedaraille? she suddenly posed that question to us after we just arrived in Firwood today.
Commander Yorshka, why are you asking this now? Elrick had a brow raised.
Oh, because there is a dungeon in Cedaraille. I thought all of you liked the one in Griffonpeak, so I wanted to ask. Also, I noticed the local alchemy guild was destroyed sohow, so I wondered if Tamae-chan had a shortage of alchemy ingredients. Do you? she asked innocently.
Well, yes, I couldnt buy certain ingredients.
Yorshka nodded. I see, then it might be better if we delayed our trip into the Belzac forest. The whole forest is infested with monsters that can inflict abnormal status ailnts, aning we need to be prepared. After all, you all are to train yourselves, and helping out would go against that idea.
She continued after sitting down, So, I suggest we visit Cedaraille. It is about four or five days by carriage and has a bountiful assortnt of alchemical ingredients since it is the capital of the Greenveil duchy. What does everyone say?
And so it was decided. Tamae-sans party would travel to Cedaraille to refill our stock of potions while my party would fulfill the temples requests with Asaka. It ant we had to split up, but it was temporary as always. I was sure nothing eventful would happen to either party, so there was nothing to worry about.
Well, except for the fact that my na was sohow known by a stranger. And also that a Japanese song was sung by so street kids. Honestly, this simple day was already giving a large headache.
I need my coffee
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