The adventures of my isekai life

Chapter - 2: The town of the beginning

"By the way, old man Gandalf, why is Rogerberg town known as the town of the beginning ?"

"Ah..... a very old tale indeed. It was about 200 years ago, our old town was just a small village, but one day the great hero Rudolf Rogerberg, whose work of heroism had spread throughout our nation, came across our small village."

"Why did such a great national hero come to a remote place like your village?" I replied with a sense of excitement and anticipation.

"There was a time when our village was surrounded by a great threat of powerful monsters in a nearby area. Then the villagers asked the guild for help to exterminate those monsters."

"The guild?"

"The Adventurer guild, people in this guild take any kind of requests, and problems like monster extermination are generally handled by the adventurers of the Adventurer guild."

"Oh...I see."

" So the great hero, Rudolph Rogerberg, then saw the request and went straight to our village. The villagers then gave him the report of the nearby monsters and he goes after them all alone."

"All alone! But you said there were powerful monsters nearby."

"Yeah, they were extremely powerful, but they were no match for a monster like the great hero Rudolph himself." He said with a smirk on his face.

"Sir Rudolf was so powerful that he not only killed all those monsters which were threatening the village, but he also overdid a little and destroyed every stronghold of every kind of monster surrounding that area, leaving only the weak monsters alive."

"Wow, Sir Rudolf was amazing. He killed all those monsters single-handedly."

"Yeah, that he is, but the story doesn't end here. After obtaining such a feat, the King was so impressed that he gave all of the surrounding lands around the village to him and also named this place after his name."

"So that's how this town is known as Rogerberg town" I replied.

"Yes, and not only that, after that day no dangerous monsters were around our village anymore. So many new adventurers started to gather here and made a guild branch office. From that day onwards, this town was then known as the town of the beginning " The Old man continued

"Wow, I didn't know it had that kind of back story," I replied and started thinking.

As I was thinking, my attention then went to the family sitting in front of me. Then I thought I should ask the old man about them.

"By the way, old man, do you see the family of three sitting there? Why do they have animal ears and tails" I pointed at the family sitting in front of me.

"You don't know about it? Is it not common in your hometown?"

"No... I saw it for the first time"

"Okay then listen carefully, they are the dog people of the Great Wolf tribe. Dog people also come into the commoner category in their tribe"

"Oh... is that so, then that means you also belong to some tribe?"

"Isn't it obvious I am a Dwarf, and I also am a pure breed Dwarf... You can tell that by the sharpness of my ears, they define how pure a breed of a dwarf I am."

"Oh... that is so cool" I exclaimed.

"Hahaha, I like you boy. I have a shop in Rogerberg and its name is Rocks and Rubble. It is a weapons shop and I am a blacksmith by profession. If you need anything, come to my shop. I will help you and also give you a good discount."

"Thank you very much, old man, that will help a lot."

And when we were talking like this, the wagon driver shouted and said:-

"The town is arriving. Get ready with your ID"

I looked at the old man and asked

"ID.... what is this ID?"

"You don't know? It has been with you since your birth and it represents who you are."

"Really... and where can I get it?"

"You don't have to get it, you just have to summon it. Just try imagining an image of an ID on your right hand"

I tried to do as the old man said, and a card suddenly came out of my hand. There were a lot of things written on the card like my name, age, criminal tendency...

"Old man, what is this criminal tendency?"

"It refers to whether you are dangerous or not and the knights check it at every outpost for security, and unsummon your card now, you have to be careful around strangers, to not to summon your ID"

"Oh.... ok, I understand"

When we were talking about it, the wagon driver said :

"We have arrived! Everyone get out of the wagon and take your IDs to the knights"

Everyone in the wagon got off and when I got off the wagon I saw a huge wall surrounding the town. In between the walls was a giant gate and at that gate, the knights were patrolling and checking everyone's ID and luggage. We approached the checkpoint, and there, a knight said to me:

"Halt! Show me your ID"

I did exactly as the old man told me and the card appeared on my right hand, and the knight began to check it. And then, after some time:

"All clear, you may go now." The knight said with a satisfied tone.

I thought that this card or ID was some kind of magical thing that appeared when I thought of it, and disappeared when I wanted.

"Well, that goes smoothly." Says the old man Gandalf standing beside me.

"Yeah, and that is all thanks to you."

"This much is nothing, kid. You should at least have that much common sense if you want to live or survive here. Now that I think about it, what are you going to do from now on? I don't think you have any money on you. Looking at your clothes and your luggage, so I think you will have a hard time living here"

"Yeah, I don't have anything and I don't have any knowledge about this place either, but can you please give me some info about where I can make some money and get some food and sleep for cheap."

"Yeah, why not? You can get money from the Adventurers guild by completing jobs given to you, and you can get some food and some sleep in an inn, and I can recommend a cheap inn. If you go straight and then go right, you will find Rosevalley inn."

"Oh... So it was that Adventurers guild you mentioned earlier"

"Yes, people take all kinds of jobs, and the Adventurer guild manages them such that each individual gets a suitable job. You can get a suitable job from there and start earning money."

"Thank you, I will do as you say"

When we were talking, the wagon driver came to me and said:

"Hey kid, you didn't pay your travel fare."

"Um... how much is it?"

"It is 20 Pero."

I guess Pero is the name of the currency used in this country.

"Uh.. sir, I don't have any money on me."

"What! So you are broke, huh? And knowing that you still sat on my wagon."

"Sir, I didn't know that it would cost money."

"Hah! Seriously, that is your excuse. Children these days don't even know how to make excuses."

"Now, now, why don't you calm down?" Says the old man Gandalf.

"Take this 20 Pero and be on your way."

The wagon driver takes the money and gives off a stare at me as if he was not satisfied and he wants something else, but he has to be satisfied with what he has.

"But old man, I don't have any money on me or anything of value. How can I pay you back?"

"It's OK my child, you can pay me anytime you have money on you or you can also consider it as my parting gift."

"Thank you old man, I will pay you back someday and I will also visit your shop to buy some things."

"Haha... Is that so? My shop is always open for you little guy"

*Seriously how am I the little guy* I muttered under my breath.

"Ahem* what did you say right now? I wasn't able to hear it properly" the old man replied, acting as if he heard it.

"No... Nothing, just practicing how my vocal cords function in front of others", I replied, thinking of something stupid.

"Uh... Is that something you have to do?"

"Yeah..."

The old man then pauses for some time and then:

"Well, whatever... Guess this is farewell."

"Yeah, have a good day old man."

With a bright smile on both of our faces and a warm handshake, we both went our separate ways.

When I entered the town, the market area started immediately and there were many stores in this area, such as food stores, accessories stores, and some basic everyday necessities stores.

When I walk by all these stores I see all kinds of people. Some had dog ears or cat ears, some people were small in height, some people were so beautiful that my eyes got glued at that very moment, plus they also had pointed ears. I guess they were elf people. Some people have dark skin while some have a height as tall as a giant.

When I was admiring different things that I had never seen, I walked down the street and arrived at the Adventurer guild. The guild has a huge building, probably the biggest on this street or maybe in this town. Maybe they have a huge budget.

"So from here, I can get a job to make some money."

I wondered, staring at that huge building in front of me, thinking what are the new adventures that await me behind this door...