When I entered town speaking to a different gatekeeper in the morning, I immediately noticed something strange.
In the daytime, there are few people on the main streets of the town who were showing a lot of buzz.
When I look around, I can see the store owners gathering to talk to each other in secret.
With a little anxiety, I head to the butcher who Iâve heard about.
âExcuse me.â
âHmm? Boy, whatâs wrong?
The butcherâs shop owner looked a little tired, but he laughed at me.
âIâd like to sell meat of wild rabbits and wild rats, are you okay?
âOh, Iâm fine. Itâll help.â
Leave the meat wrapped in banana leaves at the table before the owner enters the store.
Six wild rabbits and four wild rats are for sale.
Two wild rabbits were left for dinner.
âWhoa! You did a pretty clean demolition. This wonât go to waste, itâll help.â
Iâm confident in dismantling it.
So my face burns with happy words.
âThank youâ
âRight. How about 100 dals a mouse and 100 dals a rabbit?
100 dals for both wild rabbits and wild rats?
Itâs usually cheaper for wild rabbits.
I feel like I got a little something.
Oh, did you color me?
âYes, so pleaseâ
âThatâs a thousand dals in all. Copper plates, okay?
âYes.â
Receive 10 copper plates and put them in a small magic bag.
Earnings from a long hunt.
⌠It was a little different than a normal hunt though.
Well, that must be a hunt, too.
âYes.â\n
What was soothingly offered was a slice of dried meat in a sachet.
I took it, but what is it?
âThanks for coming to sell me meatâ
Is that it?
Was it different that you bought me a raven for 100 dals?
âHmm?â
âOh, thank you. I thought that was the color because I bought the ravens for the same price as the wild rats.â
âAhahahahaha, did you? But noodles are the same price around here as wild rats.â
âReally?
âOh, as I said before, wild rabbits are popular with cavernous adventurers. Especially for lower adventurers. It seems cheap and gutsy to eat. Iâd tell you to come hunt wild rabbits, but if you make good money in the cave, itâs a few times more than hunting.â
I guess that means I donât have time to hunt because Iâm stuck in a cave to earn a few times more.
âIâm always thin, so Iâm buying wild rabbits with wild rats.â
âI see.â
As I was relaxing with the store owner, the door of the store opened with a glance.
Two men come in looking panicked from there.
Pretty much a younger couple than the owner.
âLooks like the story is true after allâ
âNow Count Faltria has been taken to the Knights brought by Lord Forondaâ
âI canât believe Count Faltria was betraying me!
Two people start talking excitedly when they go into the store.
From the look of it, I can see itâs pretty frustrating.
They cannot leave the store because they are at the entrance and exit of the store.
The only way to get a little distance seems to be to move to the back of the store.
Move gently and quietly to avoid being noticed.
âRelax! The Knights wonât move without proof. It worked because we have proof! You know that.â
The shopkeeper tells toward two noisy people.
The two people I was talking to gave me a look of regret somewhere when I saw the store owner.
âButâŚâ
âBut what? Are all the vigilantes and Gilmouth-led top adventurers in this town incompetent? \nâItâsâŚâ
âIt wouldnât be. If you look at the work youâve done so far, youâll see that. Think about it. Youâve grabbed so many people before, why couldnât you grab who you are? If Count Faltria was involved, it would explain it.â
âBut I was saved by Count Faltria!
âBut Iâve made many people unhappy behind it. The captainâs story finds solid evidence.â
â⌠youâve been betrayed, us. Iâve worked for the Count.â
âGo home today. Donât run for booze. If you drink poorly, itâs going to get rough.â
In the words of the store owner the two looked at each other and exhaled heavily.
âSure, maybe we should stop drinkingâ
â⌠ahâ
âHey, really, donât drink. Iâll see you at home later. If youâre drinking, Iâll beat you down.â
âHahaha, I get it. Iâm sorry. Take care.â
The two seem depressed but have a slightly refreshing look.
I could probably bump my feelings, and I could afford just a little bit.
The two of them finally seemed to notice my presence and apologized small before leaving the store.
âSorry, kid. Everything all right?
âYes.â
âYou know what Count Faltria is?
âYes, we talked about it once.â
âRight. Heâs a very popular guy in this town, so theyâre a little confused.â
â⌠Really?â
Grief floats in the face of the shopkeeper.
Iâm sure this man, too, believed in Count Faltria.
âI told them that, but I havenât convinced myself yet. No, I believe in vigilantes. But I doubt itâs true.â
â⌠I think thatâs fineâ
âHmm?â
âYou just have to doubt it until youâre convinced. Itâs not a bad thing to doubt.â
Thatâs right.
If youâre not convinced, just doubt it.
You just have to find out if the evidence gathered by the vigilante is true.
\nâBad. Iâm going to surprise youâŚâ
âAh, no. Itâs okay. Why are you here?
âGilmouthâs home.â
Mr. Gilmouthâs use?
âOops, you seem calmâ
See where there was noise, like following Mr. Rickbeltâs gaze.
Apparently, the vigilante has settled down with his arrival.
âSounds like a little problem going on, but you look okayâ
I am horrified by Mr. Rickbeltâs words.
Heâs already been taken by the Knights.
I guess itâs about Count Faltria.
âThank you very much.â
âIt was tough, but this calms me down. You finally see the end.â
Mr. Rickbeltâs tired, but somewhere horny voice.
I guess thatâs what all the people who have been involved in this problem feel.
âAll right, Iâm going back to work.â
âYes. Good luckâ
âWhoa. That said, howâd the hunt go?
âIâm serving a roasted wild rabbit for dinner today.â
âOopsâŚâŚ I guess Nooga will hold it in anywayâ
I laugh at Mr. Rickbelt for giving me a slightly sober look.
Hi, Mr. Rickbelt is vulnerable to Mr. Nouga.
âIâve got two.â
One is Mr. Nouga and Mr. Sifal.
The other one is for the others.
Itâs not much, but itâs not just wild rabbits, so itâll be fine.
âThatâs right, Ivy, I know exactly what the Noogas are about. Well, youâre looking forward to it!
Leave it to Mr. Rickbelt, when he responds with a laugh, he goes to a separate place.
Iâm sure weâll all be here today at dinner.
Good luck, I guess Iâll make it a little extravagant.