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When we entered the town…it didn’t seem much different from Frey Town. if I had to say, then it was just that the roads were wide enough that the horse carriages could pass through easily?
「O~i, over here.」
After looking around at the town a little, we headed to the carriage station. A carriage station was engaged in the sale and purchase of horse carriages and horses, horse carriage rentals, stagecoach services, and supervision of horse carriages, so in simpler terms, a parking lot.
For such a large town or a town where transportation played a central role, it seems that carriage stations were indispensable. Moreover, even the inns, there were many places where horse carriages were kept, but it seems that the inn where we intended to stay at did not have this service, so it was the carriage station’s turn to take the stage. It seems that even the bear peddler could stay at this inn, so that should also be the case for Cruz-kun, Ilya-chan, and my younger sister.
We arrived at the carriage station and left the Steppe Horses and the horse carriage there, but sorting the cargo was a little troubling. Leaving the horse carriage there meant leaving the cargo as well, but in this world, keys hadn’t really been developed, so we couldn’t leave too much cargo behind. In addition, the wolf cart was different from the box-shaped carriage where one could easily enter and exit. Therefore, not just our valuables, we need to take the expensive goods with us as well. I’ll secretly put them into my Item Box, so it wasn’t that big of a problem for us, but what did other people do?
「I’m sorry, the vacant rooms are not enough for everyone.」
With the bear peddler as our guide, we arrived at the inn and immediately rented the rooms. It seems that the staff members at the inn also remembered that he had stayed there previously and cheerfully received us. Of course, nothing in particular was mentioned about my younger sister and the others. However, as expected, there were too many people, so there were not enough vacant rooms.
「Then, we will go to a different inn.」
That was what the adventurer group said.
「We’ve come here many times as escorts, and there are also the inns that we stayed at at that time.」
They said that. Certainly, if that was the case, then I was relieved and it would help us out.
「Yes, it can’t be helped that there are no rooms. Can I leave it to you?」
「Aah, no problem.」
And so, the adventurer group stayed at a different inn.
The inn that we stayed at had a dining hall and it was not much different from the inn in Frey Town where everyone stayed. The room couldn’t be said to be first-class either, but it was clean and was a good room. We put down our luggage in this room, and left the inn. We headed toward the adventurer group’s inn while taking the opportunity to look around town.
「Didn’t you buy too much?」
「What are we going to do like this?」
「How are we going to bring it back?」
The group that was carrying a large amount of vegetables were complaining. It was us who kept buying the vegetables from the stalls that lined the street.
「No, but it’s cheap….」
「There were also ones that couldn’t be found in Frey….」
The merchant group and I were the ones who they were mad at. The reason why we bought this much, was because the timing was bad. …no, it was probably because it was good.
Leaving the inn, we were heading towards the adventurer group’s inn, so we were walking on the main street. The streets in the town were spacious and there were also a lot of stalls. Although I said that, the food stalls weren’t selling grilled skewers; it was similar to an outdoor market where many places sold vegetables, fruits, meat, and tools.
Most of the stalls were already starting to clean up. Looking closely, it seems that the stalls were using the wagons as it was. Perhaps they came from a nearby farming village to sell goods? There were also people who were bartering over the remaining vegetables that were unsold and if we bargained, they might sell it cheaply. And so, we immediately went into action. They were tidying up, so if we didn’t hurry, we wouldn’t be able to buy them. The merchant group children came with me as well. To confirm the price and the goods. I moderately used『Appraisal』, which I always forgot to use and checked up on the freshness of the goods as well. As a result, the vegetables that had been picked for some time were fresher than I expected, and as for the price, we were buying them in bulk, so we were able to buy them at a low price. After buying several things after that, the people from the other stalls who saw that,
「Are you going to buy this too?」
「These are also the last ones, so I’ll make it cheap for you.」
「If you buy everything, I’ll give you a discount!」
were selling aggressively. Maa, we bought them because they were cheap, but we had a problem. That’s how we ended up carrying around a large amount of vegetables.
「We need to find some place where I can put them into my Item Box.」
While hiding behind everyone, I put the vegetables away a little at a time. Fortunately, the inn where the adventurer group decided to stay at was not located along the street, so when we turned the corner, I was able to put them away. And, when we arrived at the inn, I was somehow able to put the luggage away.