There was no doubt now that I had come to this town at the worst possible time.
However, as the situation was not related to monsters, I didnāt feel the need to leave as soon as possible.
If anything, if the requests were all as safe as gathering wood, then it suited me just fine.
After all, the job of gathering wood and storing it was very easy with the slimes.
There couldnāt be a job more easy for me.
ā¦That being said, I hadnāt decided to stay either.
I couldnāt decide until I had eaten.
I thought about this as I searched for the restaurant.
The place that Tina had recommended was called āTiger Fire.ā
It was supposed to be close to the guildā¦ That being said, there was an easier way to find it.
āCan just one of you split from the others?ā
āJust oneā¦you mean to fly?ā
āExactly.ā
āOkay!ā
And with that, one smaller slime split from the large slime that was on my shoulder.
The united blob was too large to throw, and so a smaller single slime was the perfect size.
āOkay. I need you to scout out the place!ā
I said as I threw the slime. At the same time, I activated āShared Senses.ā
And then I saw a sign that read, āTiger Fireā near the guild.
āThank you.ā
I said as I caught the slime.
And so we headed towards itā¦
āIām sorry, but we are no longer taking any orders today.ā
What awaited me when I arrived, was this cruelest of declarations.
ā¦But then again, it was quite late.
The taverns would be open, but a normal eatery would probably close around this time.
I had come a little too late.
As I had no choice, I would just have to stay the night in Rikardo.
āAlright. Iāll come back tomorrow.ā
āIām terribly sorry, but I doubt we will be open tomorrowā¦ In fact, we were supposed to be open until midnight today, but all of the firewood went to the stoves. And now we do not have enough to cook with.ā
ā¦Apparently, the reason for closing was a lack of firewood.
As it was normally a warm place, the sudden cold had forced them to use the firewood that was used for cooking.
You wouldnāt die without a delicious meal. But the cold was something else.
However, I wanted to eat some delicious food.
It was half of the reason that I even came to this town.
āSo, you just need some firewood?ā
āWe could open if we had someā¦ But this town no longer has any firewood that could be used for cooking. If we used new wood that hadnāt been dried out yet, it would be like smoking it, not cooking.ā
ā¦True. It would be hard to cook when the area is filled with smokeā¦
Good restaurants took care of what kind of flames were used.
I could try going to a different town and acquire some wood, but in this cold, there would probably be a lot of competition.
And that seemed like a lot of work just for some food.
In that caseā¦
āWould I be allowed to cut down some of the trees around here for firewood?ā
āNot the trees within the town. But you could go outside the walls and cut those trees. ā¦But we wouldnāt use them for cooking unless the wood has been dried out for a year.ā
I see. So I could cut the trees outside.
Why not see if I could make some firewood then?
It would usually take a whole year to dry them properly. But maybe I could do it with magic.
After all, I had a skill called āAltering Magic.ā
āOkay. Thank you for the information.ā
āNo problem! ā¦Please come again when we have more firewood!ā
And so I left after this conversation and went out into the forest.
I still had to think of a way to dry them, but the acquisition of the materials came first.
ā¦But before thatā¦
I tried using the magic I had just found.
āMagic Insulation.ā
I said. And then all of the coldness I had felt disappeared as if it had never been there.
I had looked through my magic while walking and had found the perfect one.
There was lots of snow in the forest, and so it would make a big difference.
Now I could go and gather wood without worrying.
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