[Then just make it so that everyone can hear me—–]
“Not happening. I’ll stand out to much. Too much trouble.”
[So that’s the actual reason eh……..]
I shouldered the bag filled with the requested ingredients and the equipments of the goblins.
Inside my pocket were numerous fangs that’ll be the proof of subjugation.
Now then, how much will I earn today? The iron armour etc are pretty heavy but it’s more fun to think about the money.
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“As expected, you earn much more in a city eh?”(renji)
[………I wonder why I feel like crying.]
It seems Ermenhilde is still not happy of the fact that I was took armour from goblins. While ignoring Ermenhilde’s voice, I sat down on one of the provided chairs in the guild and took a look at the memos in which requests were written.
Today’s earnings have been 35 copper coins. It’s an amount that won’t appear in a rural village’s guild. Cities sure are nice, really.
Well, if you properly subjugate monsters, you can earn at least 1 gold coin everyday. But it’s super tiring so I won’t.
Thinking that, I once again felt that adventurer really is a profitable job. It showed why this occupation won’t die out even though there’s a constant threat to the life of the person.
“I want to keep on earning like this for some time.”
[I want to kill more monsters if possible.]
You’re too violent, partner. Lightly hitting Ermenhilde inside my pocket, I turned the pages of the memos.
I’m looking for an ingredient collecting job with a good reward.
Since this is the Magic City, there were many ingredient gathering requests for magical experiments that stood out but there’s also danger involved in them as well. If only they were something easy like gathering herbs. I sighed.
The ingredients used in magical experiments were mostly things that possessed magical energy inside them. That too, the quantity alone wasn’t important, the purity of magical energy was also important apparently. Though, I’m not really knowledgeable in that aspect.
In the first place, I’m bad with things like alchemy and modern science experiments. Rather than thinking too much while sitting in front of a desk with a flask, I prefer to go and move around my body. But, I’m not a muscle-headed idiot, I think. I want to think that way at least.
By the way, the ingredients I gathered today is called spirit grass.
It wasn’t some normal grass that was used to make ointments etc but could actually restore magical energy if boiled and drunk so it was wanted as an ingredient for alchemy.
These miraculous things grow in sacred grounds—–or rather, the so called power spots.
True the rewards are nice but in such places monsters are strong as well. Maybe because they are feeding on such herbs or maybe it’s simply because of staying in such power spots, these monsters are strong and tough. Sometimes there are even some which have huge bodies. If I were to speak in game terminology, even a goblin would be of a much higher level.
So it was obvious that the reward was high. That’s why I was looking for requests that were safe yet gave good rewards.
“Which one should I accept?”
[If you’re not going to be particular about it, does it even matter what you pick?]
As I was hesitating, Ermenhilde’s voice resounded in my head.
As if it’s that simple! I rebutted inside my head. I may have some confidence with fighting but that’s just that. With dangerous jobs comes the risk to my life. Unfortunately, I have no intention to take such a risk.
For some reason, everyone around me wants me to fight like a hero or something. It’s really troublesome.
The number of times I almost died during the journey to subjugate the demon god. Just remembering it makes me feel sick.
Killing strong monsters is the job of brave and hero protagonists. And unfortunately, I’m not one of them. That’s why, no matter how much Ermenhilde demands me to, I could only shrug my shoulders.
“Oh, this one might be nice.”
The one I found was a request the same as before, to gather spirit grass from the forest.
The reward isn’t bad either. I think, I’ll ask that elf again to guide me around that forest.
[You look like you’re having fun.]
“I’m scared of danger after all.”
[fuun]
I brought out Ermenhilde, who had started sulking, and patted the rim of the medal.