ăIf it was such an interesting party, why didnât you take me along!ă
No, you canât before your debutantâŚ
ăDelicious cooking! Sweets!ă
SorryâŚ
ăFinally, what about my debutante! Mitsuha, take responsibility and make it so amazing that it wouldnât lose to anyone elseâs!ă
Afterwards, as a result of negotiating with Beatrice-chan, it was decided that there is going to be an Electrical Parade and fireworks at Beatriceâs debutant. Iâll bet everything on her forgetting this within the next 2 years.
And then it was interrogation time after dinner.
What is that dish? What about that picture? Where did the weird stuff in your store come from?
Right~.
And, excuses time.
There were from my friends back home who were worried whether I was living in destitution within a foreign country, they personally shipped it while keeping it a secret from their superiors. I decided to sell the extras because thereâs too much and I couldnât use them all. It seems my friends are dispatching small high-speed ships one after another⌠The items seem to be secretly carried in from the shore at night, yes.
âŚThis is painful. I wonder if there are inconsistencies from everything I have said so far. Well, I did sayăTo protect them I mixed in some lies. Even if there are some contradictions, please let it goă.(躍ăăŹé˛ć˘ăŤčĽĺš˛ăŽăă§ă¤ăŻăĺ ĽăăŚăăžăă)
Y, youâre not going to poke too deep into it. As expected of Earl-sama. Such a considerate person.
Whatâs with ăitâs Mitsuha anywayă. Ah, no nothing, sorry.
Then, we had a stupid chat after talking about everything that happened until now. Artificial golem soldiers? What is that? Oh, something I said? I donât know anything about that. Salt? You are quite persistent about this, Earl-sama. Eh, your territory faces the ocean, is that so. Iâll look it up online next time.
Eh, Alexis-sama, Mitsuha over Adelaide-chan, what, are you crazy, youâre younger than, (cough, cough). Hey, why are you two casually supporting him, Earl-sama and Iris-sama. Ah, now Theodore-sama and Beatrice-sama enter the conversion.
Itâs already late so stay over? Yes, I was already expecting that. Then, Iâll drink a bunch of wine, (goes out like a light).\n
The next day, I came home early after eating breakfast. No, because I have to open the store. This serious me wonât skip without a reason.
The weather worsens, the clouds gradually expands, and finally, there are âpot, potâ sounds and raindrops. it slowly starts really raining.
Huh, this is the first time it rained in this world. Is this little rainfall okay? Well, I donât know if it rained while I was in Japan.
Customers arenât going to come like this, it doesnât seem there are umbrellasâŚwait, of course, I only need to sell that. Yeah, Iâll think about it.
Chiri rin, Chiri rin
Ohh!
A customer drops by on a rainy day!(ăžăăăŽé¨ăŽä¸ăŽćĽĺŽ˘ďź)
ăSorry, let us take shelter from the rain for a momentă
Ah, is that so. But itâs fine, I donât dislike polite people after all. Sheâs a beautiful woman.
4 people in all, wait, are these!
ăA, adventurers!ă
ăăăăHa?ăăăă
There were 4 men and women who came in to escape the rain.
A black-haired man with a solid body seemingly in the latter half of his 20s armed with a large sword. A thin blond hair man around his 20s holding a spear. A red hair woman around her 20s with a slightly shorter sword. These are people who cried out earlier. And a silver hair 15~16-year-old girl. A bow at the back, a dagger on the hip. Un, bigger than Beatrice, about around Adelaideâs I guess. Catching a glimpse of her breasts, I feel like we could get along for some reason.
Un, these members, and with that equipment, what else but adventurers would they be!!!
ăNaturally, weâre mercenariesă
Of course~.
The 4 didnât have much desire to shop but they looked around out of courtesy for the time being. Maybe because the things they found around were unexpected, they seem to be having a lot of fun and are making a ruckus. Among them, the oldest man is with the knives, the other man is with the cooking utensils, the red hair woman with the fancy goods and the silver hair girl with utility goods, each was caught in their preferenceâs corner.\năHow cuteâŚă
The redhead woman picks up cute things one after another with greedy eyes. Itâs not that expensive, well, I guess itâs hard for peacetime mercenaries to easily buy it.
The passing shower shows no sign of weakening.
Mitsuha calls out to them after boiling some water and preparing sweets and tea.
ăWould you like some tea while youâre here?ă
ăEh, no, we have no moneyâŚă
A prompt reply from the redhead woman!
ăNo, itâs on the house. No customers will come in this rain and besides, Iâll be bored if I keep manning the counter by myself. If I can have someone to talk toâŚă
ăThen Iâll be happy toă
ăAh, heyâŚă
The older man smiled wryly at the womanâs willingness.
In the end, everyone took Mitsuhaâs offer and sat down on the seats next to the kitchen table.
The 4 of them are mercenaries hailing from the same village, the 27-year-old black-haired man seems to be called Sven, the 22-year-old blond man is Zepp, the 21-year-old redhead woman is Grit and the 16-year-old silver-haired girl is Ilse. By the way, the girl was not a magician. Too bad.
It feels uncomfortable that Ilse as a 16-year-old girl is a mercenary, but that is just prejudice. If people canât eat in the village than anyone would become mercenaries or thieves. Besides, Grit might be 21 now but it seems he was already a mercenary when he was 16.
Recently there is little war and rural disputes, little demand for mercenaries, and no small number of people job-changing into thieves. And among them, these 4 people seem to be really serious with their chores, gathering, hunting and so on. However, it seems that they have few earnings, rather than luxuries itâs a situation where one day they canât pay to replace their damaged weapons.
ăSo that why I canât buy them even if I want, sorry thoughă
While looking sorry Grit takes a mouthful of sweets. Japanese manjuu is sweet and tasty, and it fills the stomach. Ilse chews with stuffed cheeks as well. The men also couldnât overcome temptation and reach out to the manjuu one after another without holding back.
ăNo need to hold back. As I said before, I really was bored⌠May I ask you to share some stories?ă\n\nThe next departure was scheduled to be in 2 days and the rain lighted up so Mitsuha promptly closed the shop and headed to the mercenary guild with the 4 people.
Now that I think about it we havenât talked about the request fee, well itâs fine even if itâs cheap, so the leader Sven thought, after 2 days and 3 nights he was surprised to see that Mitsuha had paid a gold coin for that request.
Luck may be coming our wayâŚâŚ
The next day, Mitsuha prepares for the 3 days and 2 nights trip after closing the shop. Aside from the necessities, she consulted ăWhat if this happens?ăwith them and packed her backpack. She struggled to make it so she could manage to carry it on her own.
Light but bulky and difficult to carry things, small but heavy things. No matter what, food and water are heavy. Although base camp seems close to a stream, it doesnât seem likely that 1 liter of water will be enough for all the way there.
I probably canât teleport and return in the middle of the journey. Because itâs an escort type of mission, it feels likely that theyâll watch over me at night. They wonât risk needless danger.
And so the day of departure came. Unlike usual Mitsuha wakes up early, had a large breakfast, and teleported home to wash her hands afterward. Un, during a tripâŚ
On the trip it seems weâll have 2 meals per day, She was told to eat well before we depart on the first day. The next meal is not until supper. Well, Mitsuha already planned to eat something appropriate.
Anyway, meals become luggage and take a lot of time to prepare so eating becomes a huge burden on a trip. If itâs a trip for gathering/hunting like this one then we can eat locally procured items if edible plants and small animals can be found, but if it can be sold then if possible I would want to take it home to sell. Even if I have to endure hunger, itâs income. We will bring the bare minimum food. Also, if we find something that wonât sell for much then lucky, else drink some dry food with water.
She was told they will prepare Mitsuhaâs food but she declined. No, thatâs where I want to test things. They look anxious, but itâs fine, retort is great.
Also, a knife and dagger, huh.
Ah, I gave up on short swords. It was heavy and no good like I thought. So, daggers. A dagger is a shorter short sword when putting it literally, but itâs something completely different from a short sword.
In the first place, what the infantry has gets called a short sword, and what the cavalry has is a longsword, the actual length is irrelevant. Things like a super long short sword and a short longsword naturally exist. In conclusion, the short sword was a normal sword wielded by an adult male solder, it was never something short.
What I need is one that is half the size of a normal sword, in other words, itâs a dagger. Like the one Ilse-chan has. One that is overall 50 centimeters with a blade around 35 centimeters in length.
When I said that, the captain saidăI thought so. Looks like you thought something was misunderstoodăwith an annoying no need to say anything expression. If you knew then some something earlier!
The knife is for work. Like dismantling prey, itâs the standard. No, Iâm not doing it. Well, maybe lightly touch on the subject. Of course, Iâll also use it as a weapon if it comes to that.
The difference between a dagger and a knife is complicated right? Like thatăOrchalcum Daggeră, by length is a knife right? The shape is sword-ish though. But thenăOrchalcum Knifeă doesnât sound cool. Un, well, itâs the feeling, the feeling!
And other equipment, also equipping guns and more, itâs finally time to depart!