The relationship between the Goddess and the Spirit God wasn’t bad per se, but it wasn’t good either.
During our journey, at first they were even hostile…….well not really, but there was discord. There were times we ended up fighting their priests and got injured as well.
For that Spirit God, to have sent something to Utano-san who was an apostle of the Goddess was strange. Well, it must be something troublesome for sure, my instinct told me.
In the first place, this ‘request from God’ itself sounds suspicious. First we got the ‘request’ from the Goddess to subjugate the Demon God and had even more unreasonable demands during the journey. For me, it’s only normal to get vigilant.
While I was thinking about such old things, the guild’s swing door creaked open and Miss Francesca and Faylona came back. The guild became a bit noisy from the appearance of the beautiful combination’s entrance.
“Yo, how was it?”(renji)
“For the time being, I asked for food for 10 days. It’ll be readied by tomorrow.”(elf)
“Then, what remains is transport, eh?”
Food for 10 days. Even if its just Dried Meat or other such preserve able food, it’ll be quite heavy. We’ll need horses.
In case of horses, though it depends on the quality, we’ll need gold coins than copper. (T/N: reminder that in this world Silver>gold>copper) Obviously there are no cars in this world, and the only means of transport is either horses or carriages. Obviously the price gets higher in that case. Not to mention we’ll need at least two horses. And going by the rates of Magic City, my wallet’s going to be empty. Faylona’s wallet would also have been used up from ordering the food.
Sighing, I stood up. No matter how much I try to save, it soon gets spent somewhere. I felt like crying from that fact.
Then just abandon this, is what Ermenhilde would say but the Witch of the Capital–Utano-san, now that her name has come up, I can’t feign ignorance now either. If I had ignored her when I saw the white girl at the counter, I would’ve been free but now that Utano-san’s name has come up, I can’t………that’s how bonds work I guess. I end up feeling like I have to do something as well.
Well, Ermenhilde being Ermenhilde, knowing that I won’t be able to abandon her anyway but still said that means it really has a bad personality. Remembering her figure from the back standing in front of the counter, I couldn’t help it. As an Adult, I couldn’t just abandon a child in trouble.
“Sorry but, can I ask you to have the horses readied as well?”
“Yeah, no problem.”
Saying that, I stood up at which Mururu’s gaze turned towards me.
“Going somewhere?”
“You’re coming too. What will Miss Francesca do?”
“Me?”
“We’re going to make some earnings. Mururu, let me teach you a bit of how money works.”
I said that but she only twisted her head in confusion.
Feeling worried about our future, I could only sigh as I dropped my shoulders.
It would have been fine if she was living in the beast world, but now that she has come here, she’ll have to learn how money works if she’s going to live with humans.
I don’t know how much money was stolen from her but she really must have been easy prey for the robbers.
“By earning, are you going to subjugate monsters?”
“That’s right. We don’t have much time so we’ll just find some easy prey at an easy place.”
Saying that, I swayed the memo in my hand.
Monster subjugation. Our opponent will be goblins that can be found nearby. This can also be completed quickly as well. Since we are supposed to leave tomorrow, I don’t want to face monsters that would tire us.
Truth be told, I just want to depend on Herb gathering but considering Mururu’s personality, that’d be difficult. This girl really hates waiting after all.
“Money?”(mururu)
“Yes, that’s right. In the human world, you aren’t called an adult until you start earning on your own.”(renji)
“…….I see..”
“That’s painful to my ears.”(fran)
[Being half-a-man actually might be better in such a case then.]
Ermenhilde said that but even I think that way. It’s weird since I was the one who said that but that’s painful to my own ears as well.
Mururu made a surprised expression and Miss Francesca made a sour face.
Mururu’s one thing, I think Miss Francesca would be able to earn by herself though. Well, her very first goblin hunt might have become a trauma for her. She almost died after going hunting alone after all, she must have recalled that.
“Leave the horses to me.”
“Yeah. For the time being, let’s just earn Mururu’s lodging fees at least.”
Right now, she’d have no choice to either stay with me or spend the night with the Elves in the forest.
I am one thing, but Elves are usually not very welcome to other races. Faylona could even be called an unusual case. Thinking such things, I gave my wallet to Faylona. Aah I wonder how much will it cost. No matter how much I earned after coming here, I doubt it’d be enough to buy a few horses though.
“C’mon, let’s go.”
“Un, Got it.”
“Yes.”