Chapter 13: Carelessness
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
This world.
Naturally, there is no electricity.
At night we have to rely on moonlight and firewood.
As a result.
We start moving at sunrise.
And return home at sunset.
What a healthy lifestyle.
After returning home, I spent a little time with Wince, who taught me a few things about the area.
The counting of coins was the same as in the dream world.
In other words.
100 copper coins -> 1 silver coin.
100 silver coins -> 1 gold coin.
As a side note, a few decades ago, there was also a unit called a wooden coin.
100 wooden coins for 1 copper coin.
It is said to have been abolished because it was easy to counterfeit.
That's because they were made of wood.
The cycle of the year was also different.
A year is equal to 10 months.
A month is equal to 25 days.
A day is maybe 24 hours.
I don't know the exact time.
Because there's no such thing as clocks.
Everyone measures time by the angle of the sun.
They also measure by feeling, so it may be different.
Eating habits: 2 meals a day.
No, this seems to be a farmer's standard.
A facility that manages the adventurers in the area.
It's called the Administration.
The people who are registered there eat and drink whenever they want.
Wince eats just one meal a day.
She would finish eating before sunset.
Three copper coins a day for food......
It'll definitely break my body.
Moreover, the side dish is just leftover bread, and soup is made by boiling vegetables in hot water.
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"Here, for you."
"Eh, that's too much!"
"No, it's rather too little. Your performance is still not enough, you know?"
"I'm glad you appreciate it, but..."
Today's income is 12 silver coins and 75 copper coins.
I should really cut it in half, but I'm only giving her about a third, four silver coins.
"Either way, if I don't give it to you, it would mostly go to pay for the drunkards' drinks."
"Is that all right with you?"
"No problem, eat a lot."
Apparently, I've done too many requests in the past two months.
As a result, the drunks don't do any work.
"I don't have a job! What are you going to do about it!"
And got angry, saying.
You should be collecting magic stones!
Administration staff also said.
"It would be a problem if the flow of money stopped."
And tacitly agree to it.
Damn it! I can't save any money!
Also, this town is pretty remote.
People from the outside don't come here.
The merchants come here only a few times a year.
In other words, no foreign currency.
It's an economy that runs only around this town.
According to Wince.
“This town is surrounded by high mountains, so it's not easy to get around.”
She said, "Apparently". Because Wince herself has never been over the mountains.
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In the end, Shiro-san was squandered by a drunkard yesterday.
He has only two silver coins left.
"Let's hunt monsters again today."
Since there are no requests, he's been voluntarily hunting monsters lately.
I don't mean to be rude.
I look for monsters from the top of the trees and throw rocks at them to make them angry.
Shiro-san kills it with a single blow of his great sword.
I take out the magic stone.
We do this for two or three dozen monsters a day.
Yes, I'm having a lot of fun!
I'm getting worried that four silver coins are too good for this.
"You collected quite a lot."
"Shall we call it a day?"
"Got it."
Today was especially quick.
The sun hasn't reached the top yet.
"I wonder if I should collect bigger magic stones."
"I think it's impossible because there's only this much around here."
"I see. But... Wince."
I noticed it right away.
I heard a metallic sound in the distance.
"Over here!"
It's not a sound made by monsters.
It was the sound of sword strikes.
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"Protect the luggage!"
"Captain! They have reinforcements."
This is the result of trying to deliver supplies to the remote town.
Twenty-man caravan can't handle that many bandits.
"They're blocking our exit!"
"Whoa!"
One of them was shot by a bow.
"More than 10 archers..."
Among the bandits, there was one man who stood out from the crowd.
"Oh, thanks for going out of your way to bring us food."
Probably the leader.
"How did you know we'd be going through a place like this? There's not even a road to this place."
"I don't have to tell you."
"C-Captain..."
"I'll give you the luggage, but you have to spare the lives of my men."
"That's impossible. It's against the law for you guys to return alive. No..."
The leader looks at my men as if to lick them.
"They smell good...like women. I'll let five of them live until I get tired of them."
Son of a bitch.
"Shiro-san!"
I heard that clear voice from the top of the tree.
The bandits too.
All of us.
We all looked up at the girl.
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"Shiro-san!"
I signal Shiro-san to begin the attack.
With that voice, everyone looks at me.
That's fine.
Once combat begins, all a Scout can do is attract enemies.
"Deyaah!"
With that voice, one of the bandits is blown away.
His leg is smashed by the back of the blade of the great sword.
The bandits immediately flock to Shiro-san.
"Everyone, take up your defenses!"
He calls out to the men.
"All of you, get back on your feet. Reorganize the formation!"
Good.
This is a well-trained merchant party.
I can concentrate on supporting Shiro-san.
What I'm going to do is simple.
Stab the enemy facing Shiro-san in the back with a knife.
It doesn't have to be fatal.
Draw as much attention as possible.
Meanwhile, bandits are blown away one after another.
It will end soon.
That sense of security led to carelessness.
"Ah......"
My body was blown away.
I was too late to react to the attack from behind.
I just rolled on the ground.
"You little shit!"
The giant bandit hits me with an iron bar.
"Agh!"
I got a hard blow to the stomach.
Gastric juice oozed out of my mouth.
"I've got to punish you brat!"
He grabs me by the ankles and turns me upside down.
The bandit's got my knife.
"I'm gonna drag your guts out!"
Tftc
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