It was already late in the afternoon when we arrived on the street of Nouki town. The disposal of the thieves took more time than I had thought.This town is the second biggest town within Earl Kuhanou's territory, it's situated in the typical fashion of a trading town. Nevertheless, the population is not more than 20000. The land size is also only about a fourth of Seryuu city. 30% of the population are slaves, but most are general or lower slaves, while criminal slaves are quite a few.The thieves--they were confirmed as thieves with the usual Yamato stone--were sold to slave traders that the gatekeeper had called. The men were worth 2 silver coins a person. The ones with bow or weapon skills and higher-leveled were even more expensive, but the women were cheaper. A middle-aged woman was worth only 1 silver coin.As a reward for suppressing the thieves, I was given 10 copper coins per head. Was the price right?The total amount to 48 silver coins and 140 copper coins. With this much
"Thanks for waiting, Nana.""Yes, master."Uh, did I make her wait too long?Maybe thanks to the hood she's wearing, there is no weird guy trying to pick her up, but she looks quite bored. Nana picks up my arm and begins to walk."Let's go, master."We're walking while linking arms. Umm, Nana-san? My arm is in heaven.Since the long cane I bought for Mia at the beginning is being a hindrance, I switch it to my other hand."What's wrong?""I learned it when Master was in the shop."What's this, I feel a bad premonition."When man and woman walk together, they unite their arms."She's saying so while having, "How's that" face, I can even hear the sound effect.I understand what she has learned, but there's no particular reason to part our arms, so let's go shopping while being like this.Since Nana looked like she really wanted to get praised, I read the mood and praised her. It's subtle, but She looks satisfied. And I'm also satisfied with the amazing feeling.First, let's buy clothes
"Shield"A transparent shape that looks like a Shield appears in front of me who's holding a short cane. The size is large enough to cover my whole body."Here I go~ Psycho Ball."The invisible magic ball fired by Kagari got repelled by the Shield and disappeared.Oh, a new indicator has appeared below my HP bar, [Shield HP], it says. The HP is 100, and it has decreased by one from Kagari's attack earlier. I wait for a while, but it's not restoring back."Is it alright for the next one?""Come at me.""Here I go Tsubaki-kun! This is, my Overdrive shoot!"Kagari fires Shock Wave while parodying something. The Shield shooks from that attack, but it's repelled just like with the psycho ball earlier.This time the Shield's HP decreases by 3 points. So it doesn't decrease by a fixed value, but depends on the spell huh?"Then, next, please use Magic Arrow, Nana.""Yes, master."A magic circle appears before Nana's forehead and the magic arrow is shot from there.The magic arrow disappears a
After we left the town, it was peaceful for three days, but for two days after that, we were attacked by thieves three times.Since they were just small-scale thieves with 7-8 people, we had Kagari do a preemptive attack with Shock Wave, and the beast girls to defeat the thieves.At the first battle, Mia attacked with Acid Mist, but it was too gruesome so I made her use Blind Mist and Mustard Mist the next time instead.If I fought right away, I could make short work of them, but since it looked sufficient with just the beast girls fighting, I was just standing by while watching them and being ready to cover them anytime if needed. And since the beast girls had the advantage of level and fighting experience compared to the thieves, my turn never came up.We didn't bring the thieves to where people live after we learned the lesson from the last time. We made them sleep with Kagari's magic, stripped them of all their equipment besides their clothes, and left them tied with ivy rope. If
We've just entered the territory of Baron Muno, so I perform [All Map Exploration] like usual.It seems that there's a soldier garrison on the pass slightly ahead. There are 20 soldiers around with levels ranging from 3 to 7. Coming out of that place is a flat terrain with sporadically situated small mountains and forests. The area is wider than Kuhanou's earldom. However, the whole population is only around 40000, about 1/3th of Seryuu city.There is only one big city in the baron's territory, while the rest are just small villages with less than 1,000 people each. The town where the baron lives is populated with 20,000 people and seems to be called Muno City.In that Muno city, there's a demon. Level 30. Hiding in the city means it's probably doing something fishy. Since it looks troublesome, I would stay as far away as possible from it.But, didn't Kagari say that demons that had crossed worlds are executive class? I don't think that it's an executive with this level. I wonder if d
I don't know if the fake hero really exists, but when I regularly check the baron castle's map, I've narrowed down the most suspicious candidate.The fake hero's name is Hauto--one character difference with the hero, Hayato Masaki--he's a level 7 young man with one-handed sword and shield skills.There are also other people who seem to be his companions which are a level 10 swordsman, a level 8 magician, and a level 9 priest. It's a party with good balance, they would've been successful if they earned their shares from labyrinths.The demon is most likely involved. It's often near the fake hero, Hauto.However, this demon slips out of the castle at night and goes to the neighboring forest where the thieves are."Master, the replenishment is complete."Damn, I've wasted this blissful morning time thinking unnecessary things.Nana who has refilled her magic fixed her clothes.Rin, you'll get another chance on the next break....I convinced myself so.Today I'm making wooden swords on th
"Master, there's someone ahead.""There~."Pochi who's occupying my lap finds traces of someone ahead. I've confirmed it on the map, but I can't see it yet."Ah, it went inside the forest."It seems Scout-kun had gone to call its friends.They're thieves, but this time it's a bit different. They're children ranging from 9 to 14 years old. There are three boys and six girls. Their Reward and Punishments are just [Contract Breach]. Since their titles are [Runaway Slave], they're probably children who have run away from villages. Their stamina is all less than half.Indeed, it'd be pitiful to beat them up right?"What's on there?""Group of boys thieves.""What's that, I'm burning up!"I consulted with Kagari and Liza about their reward and punishment."Runaway slaves is it? Then, our reward and punishment won't change even if we kill them, so I think there's no need to worry."No, Liza-san, I don't have such worry."How about ignoring and going through them? Or do you want to get more l
"Gramps, we got some food.""It's not weeds today~."The children whom we meet in the afternoon come storming in when we're eating cereals, vegetables, and wolf meat together with the old people. I've heard about these children from the old people, but since they don't know when they'll come back, we've started our meal ahead of them."Ah, it's the people from earlier.""Did they come to get the food back?""They're waiting for us."The children hide anxiously behind the leader's back.Do these children not see the peaceful atmosphere of this meal?"We have lots of porridge, why don't you eat with us?""That's right, you children eat too.""Hey now, quickly sit down kids."The children are cautious with my invitation, but since the gramps are also calling them, and above all, they're captivated with the presented porridge, before long they've joined the meal with us."T, tasty.""It's not weeds?""Uwah, something is smelling nice.""There are boiled meat here.""You're lying?""It's t