5 Episode 4 Bell and Iiya

Welcome. It's 600 yen a night. 600 per night.

Okay. Here you go. Here you go.

Give her a silver coin. The woman takes the silver coin, counts out 40 copper coins from her pocket, and hands them to me with the key.

The copper coins are about the size of a five-yen coin, with no holes in them. The coin is about the size of a 5 yen coin, with no holes in it. The word "10" and some sort of coat of arms are engraved on it.

The crest looks like a downward-pointing sword and an upward-pointing spear crossed diagonally. It looks like the school emblem of Kaiko High School with a spear instead of a pen, but the sword is a straight sword as often seen in RPGs.

The silver coin was about the size of a 500 yen coin, and had a similar coat of arms engraved on it, so it might be the coat of arms of this country or something.

Here's the key. Here's the key. It's the first room on the second floor. You can eat twice a day at the restaurant next door if you show your key. You can eat twice a day at the restaurant next door if you show them your key. Up to sixty terps a meal is free, but anything over that will cost you extra. Be careful.

The lady pointed to the stairs. Partnering with a bakery may indeed be an efficient way to get a discount. It's also nice that there are no fixed hours.

The key appears to be just a wooden stick with letters written on it. I wonder if it is some kind of card key.

I'm tired today. I feel like I've moved a lot, but I don't feel physically tired. It is possible that I just don't realize it. But mental fatigue is different. Too many things have happened today.

Wanting to sleep quickly, I walked up the stairs and entered my room. The room was about four and a half tatami mats in size, and there was a bolt on the door, so I took it down. It seems that the door is bolted when the key is inserted from outside. The position of the key and the position of the bolt are not in contact, but I wonder if it is safe. I felt a firm hand when I unlocked the door, so perhaps there is some kind of useful magic tool in widespread use. It doesn't look very strong, but if there's a loud noise, the shopkeepers will notice, so there's no need to use the key alone for security.

There is a possibility that a material that is very strong and cannot be broken easily is used, but if there is such a material, it would be used for weapons, and I don't think the bolt is strong. To begin with, the bolts are brass-like in color, but the weapons are silver. It's hard to imagine that a cheap inn key is made of better material than a weapon that can kill you. Well, just in case, I'll always carry my stuff with me. I have an item box anyway, so I won't be bothered if I have more stuff.

Yes, the item box. I've been avoiding using it because of the possibility of consuming MP, but it's okay here.

Check your MP in the status bar, and think "item box", and the item window will appear. On the screen is a leaf (Pole Leaf), a picture of a green dog, and silver and copper coins. The green dog in the storage was blackened, but in the photo it seems to be alive and well. "It's as if he's alive. I checked his status, but his MP is not decreasing. I wonder if MP is consumed only on the first use.

The display in the upper right corner is still 4/1012. Unfortunately, the number of slots in the item box does not seem to increase even if the maximum MP increases. Now you can use the item box easily.

There was a spherical light with a button. When I pressed the button, the light went out. I forgot to eat and fell asleep.

The bed was not bad, but not good either. The bed was not bad, but not good either.

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of bells.

It was good to hear the bells, but I couldn't tell what time they were ringing.

From the way the sun went down yesterday, it seems to me that a day is about 24 hours long, but I don't know how much difference there is. It may be just 24 hours.

Well, I don't have a clock now, and I haven't seen one since I came to this world. There is no way to measure the time. In the first place, what is a minute? I've heard something about cesium, but of course you can't measure time with that.

Hmm? I think I've read something about a minute in the MP section. Let's check the MP.

MP 1512.00/1512.00

Description: Amount of magic power. It is consumed when using magic and some skills. The average magic power of the human race in this world is 10. The left side shows the current amount of magic power, and the right side shows the maximum amount of magic power. 0.1% of the maximum amount of magic power is recovered every minute from the point when the magic power falls below the maximum value.

The decimal point is rounded down.

It is fully recovered. After using the item box yesterday, my MP was about 500, and it didn't recover even though my level went up. According to my calculations, it has been more than 11 hours since I used the item box yesterday.

I put on my shoes and went downstairs to find an old lady cleaning the room. I put the key in the lock and turned it to the left, and felt something solid, and pulled the door, but it didn't open. I guess it's locked. I don't really need to lock the door since I don't have any luggage and the money is in the item box, but it's a habit.

Good morning.

I greet him. Greetings are important.

Good morning. If you want to eat, the restaurant next door is already open.

The old lady returns my greeting. I was curious about the time of the bell, so I asked her.

"I heard the bell. What time is it?

What time is it? What time is it?" "Uh, ......, 6 o'clock, I think it's called." Only bureaucrats use the term "what time". The bell rings once every four hours of the day, when the sun is at its highest point and around the quarter hour. Where the hell did you come from that you don't know this?

Ah-ha-ha. .... Hahaha

I try to smile and cover it up. If the bell rings only three times a day, it means that normal people are not very strict about time.

"Well, don't worry, we won't pry, as long as we know you're not a bandit and you pay us. I'll be fine.

Did I fake it? For now, I'll pretend that I did.

I went to bed without eating last night, so I'm hungry. Let's go eat for now. You can't fight a war if you're hungry.

Well, the request I'm going to take today is not for fighting but for gathering herbs.

I leave the inn and enter the restaurant next door. There were only about three adventurers in the room.

Come on in!

Even though it's early in the morning, the owner is very excited. He also looks like an old man in a tavern. He is wearing a white cloth that looks like a towel on his head. I wonder if it is a twisted headband.

The man I saw yesterday who looked like the owner of a guild tavern had a similar appearance. I wonder if all the restaurants in this world look like this.

"That's a key! You're a guest at the inn! Which one do you want?

I don't know if I should be talking to you in such high spirits. ....... I've just woken up and the volume is too loud. I'm getting a headache.

"Uh, do you have a menu or something?

This is it! Choose well! They're all good, though.

You seem very confident. I don't care about the tension anymore. I've decided to accept that he's like that. I've given up.

At any rate, I decided to order the "Green Wolf Set Meal". The reason was that it was just 60 ter and I was curious about what it would taste like.

It had attacked me, and it seemed to be an omnivore, but I was curious if it would taste good in this world. I don't think there will be anything inedible in this world.

"Hey, there!

The food came out in about five minutes. In about five minutes, the food came out. It consisted of grilled meat with sauce and dark bread. The cooking was pretty good, but I'm not sure about the taste.

"...... is good. Good.

Surprisingly, it was so good that I couldn't help saying it. It looked like a dog, but tasted like a slightly lighter version of pork.

The bread was soggy and not so good on its own, but it went well with the meat.

I don't know which part of the meal was the set meal, but it was a wonderful meal that satisfied both the taste and the quantity. I can understand why the guards recommend it. They must have a lot of confidence.

Now if only the owner would be a little less excited.

I was planning to go to the Adventurer's Guild later today to get a request, but I realized that I hadn't prepared lunch.

There are probably no convenience stores in this world, and no canned food. I finished eating and asked the owner what I should do.

I'm sorry. I'm an adventurer. What should I do for lunch?

"I'll make you lunch for 50 Tells! It's bread with meat, and it's good! If it's going to be a long day, go to the store next to the Adventurer's Guild and buy some hard-baked bread and dried meat! If you're going to be here for a long time, go to the shop next to the adventurer's guild and buy some hard-baked bread and dried meat.

If you can't use the water magic, don't forget to bring water!" "Then I'll have that bread with meat in it, please.

Then put your hand in your pocket and take out five copper coins from the item box. This will be less conspicuous than taking them out of an empty box. You can't do that if you're taking out a large item, but the Adventurer's Guild will know anyway.

"Oh! Here it is!

The shopkeeper brings out a loaf of bread wrapped in a large leaf, probably made beforehand. I wondered if it was a leaf with an antiseptic effect.

The bread is quite large, about 40 cm long. It is too big to carry in your hands, and you don't have anything to put it in, so you store it in the item box. I took the copper coin out of my pocket, but it was in vain.

"Brother, is that an item box? That's awesome! If you're a magician, you don't have to be an adventurer, you can easily get a job in the army or with a noble family! I'm sure being an adventurer is romantic, but...

It seems that magic is a very rare skill after all. I thanked him, left the store, and headed for the guild. Today is my first request. I guess I'll start with the standard herb gathering.

I've already killed the green dog, but I'd like to get a weapon before the fight if possible. To do that, I need money, and I need to earn it first. That's what I'm thinking about as I walk.

...... Huh? This place looks different from the place I passed yesterday. I thought I was walking in a straight line. .......

I look to my left and right. Now I seem to be standing at the intersection of narrow alleys.

"Ah!

I can't help shouting. I should have been able to get back to where I came from if I had walked straight back in the direction I came from, but now I don't know which direction I came from.

It seemed that I had walked a long distance, and no matter which direction I looked, I couldn't see any scenery that looked like the inn or its surroundings.

Oh, I think I came from that way. Maybe it's this way. Maybe it came from here. It must be. It must be.

At any rate, I decided on a direction to walk based on my baseless conviction... or hunch that I've developed over the years, and headed straight in that direction. It's a hunch I've developed in the half a day since I came to this town.

Oh, that one looks like the one where the inn is. We can finally go back!

Kaede happily walked in that direction, forgetting that she hadn't turned at any intersection other than the one where she got lost on her way here from the inn. .......

A few minutes later.

"Hey! It's not this way!

Kaede's voice echoed in the quiet back alley. There was no one to answer her.