27 - The Guilds, Used Bookstores, and Blacksmiths

"Hello."

"Hello, welcome."

The attendant in the reference room is a man with glasses.

He was a thin man with a hunched posture, looking like a type-addict. The room was filled with bookshelves and shelves full of books and stacks of papers.

"Is there anything you recommend that I should look at?"

"I would recommend all of the materials here, but I think the ones people want are the monster distribution maps and the weak points.　For me, it's <."

"Well, let's get to the point. And if you have distribution maps, do you have maps?"

I can give you a map of the country.

May I copy it?

"For private use. It's illegal to sell them, it's a felony.

"Is it against the national interest?"

"Yes."

He smiles and hands me a book.

It is understandable that having other countries know the topography of your country would be a hindrance to your national security. It does not seem to make much sense when adventurers are going from place to place, but there may be areas that will soon be restricted.

"You don't have to return the <>, since I copy them as a hobby and distribute them to those who wish to use them."

"As a hobby?"

"Yes, I come to the library and ask for recommendations from adventurers I like. I'm very selective."

The contents were travel knowledge. I learned some life magic!

, a glass of drinking water, and other assorted magic not related to attacking or searching for enemies.

The <> is not necessary since it is fun to light a fire with a fire mouth, but it will be useful on rainy days or in snowy mountain fields where it is difficult to light a fire.

It is a useful magic for those who have some magical power in this world, and it is said that many people have learned it. Well, I can take water and food out of my pocket, so it is just a hobby for me to do many things manually, such as making a bonfire. I think the atmosphere is important.

Oh, and <>, I think it's great!　I don't have a room of my own in this world though!

I was getting excited on my own and Al was smiling at me: ......

I was sold a pen and paper for copying and started tracing.

It's pretty detailed and there are even contour lines in it. You can omit them if you like, but let's be serious here. It should be reflected on the map.

You can see that there are five cities and eight villages in this country, including the capital. And two mysterious caves and a marker that looks like a ruin. I feel like I have more work to do.

After three hours of work, I have finished copying the map, and I think it looks pretty good. I greeted Al, the archivist, and left the room.

I am hungry as I continue to cover up my work as usual. Since eating and drinking are not allowed in the reference room, I went to the cafeteria on the first floor to have a meal, delivered the deer skins, bearskins, and other items that I had requested and which I did not seem to use, and went outside. Plum was probably taking a break or something, but there was no sign of him at the counter.

By the way, the magic available in town is healing, light, and shadow, in short, it seems that offensive magic is not available.

I try to cast them when I notice them.

Now, before we start mixing, let's go to the used bookstore and buy the book.

We have already replenished our supply of seasonings and vegetables, since we asked Kaede and Momiji to buy them on the way. I would like to buy a new walking stick, but I have a feeling that I will run out of money for the books, even though I sold the bearskin for a good price, let alone the deer skin. I bought the recipe for stewing, but I should have bought it after my level had been improved a little more.

The used bookstore is still a place you might miss if you don't recognize it as such. I wonder if other people can buy the books I bought and lost?　I'll cry if that book is already sold.

Good evening.

When I greeted him, he glanced at me, raised one eyebrow as if to say "you again," and immediately turned his face back to the book he was reading. The owner is as unsociable as ever.

I quickly get the book I'm looking for and sit down to read the rest of the book. I sit down on a round chair in the corner and read a few thin books. They seem to be picture books for young children, and I finish them quickly.

The next book I picked up is a story about how this town came to be. It is written in the style of a story about an adventurer and his adventures with his friends and how he came to build the town.

It is a little dark to read the fine print, so use the magic of the light. It is tempting to bring a cushion for your chair, but when your buttocks start to hurt, it is time to pull up. Otherwise, I will be reading forever.

"These three books..."

There is a book about the gods, a compendium of magic, and a book about medicinal and poisonous herbs. I really wanted more, but I decided not to. When I offered him the money, a black leather book with no title or description was piled on top of the three books on the counter.

I looked at the book pusher and wondered what it was.

"Here's an extra, bring me 2,200,000 shillings by the end of the next 10 days and it's yours."

"What?"

You're talking out of your ass, man. And why such a large sum of money with fractions?　I don't mean to brag, but my highest possession, even when I got the prize money for my first defeat, was less than 50,000!

"It's not just a book. You have wind, light and dark magic, don't you?　Then you should be able to open it."

I open the book, wondering what it is.

I have acquired the skill [Lightning Magic].

Woah?

"If you read the book, you'll see that magic has supernumerary magic, supernumerary of one attribute and supernumerary of a combination of attributes. That's wind, light and dark combined."

"I'm not at all sure I'm going to be able to pay it off."

But I've mastered it, man.

You're gonna have to earn your keep.

He put his face back in his book and wouldn't look at me again.

I leave the used bookstore and think.

I wonder if the amount is level x 100,000.

The price of << Moon Wing Grass> is 100,000 sil for N!C. I sold all 10 of them, including the one collected from the root, and finally got less than half. However, there is no producer who can deal with <<> at the moment, so there is no hope for them to buy it. The price for selling to the residents was also a good price, but the price for selling to the players in the future when there will be players who can handle < will be different from the price for selling. It is possible that it is just a cheap material with a high item level and no demand.

We could try selling alcohol until the last minute and then take the plunge and sell off all the items that we don't have enough of. ....... If I can't pay, how will I pay them back? I don't think it's right to just return the books and be done with it.

I have come to the artisan district because I was thinking of buying a new cane before I stopped by the used bookstore. I can't make a big purchase now. I thought I would stop by the apothecary's guild at the east gate and try to improve the production of the concoction I had on hand.

Homura!"

Galahad is waving at us on the other side of the road.

Next to him is a man with white hair and cool eyes and a glamorous woman with dark hair.

"Hello, it's been a long time.

"Oh!　Have you raised your level?

"I'm 22."

"Oh, this is Eagle and Camilla."

He turns his head and points at them.

"Eagle."

Camilla.

"I'm Homura."

They greet each other by briefly introducing themselves.

"By the way, Homura, do you drink?

"No, I don't drink.

Is this an invitation for a drink?

"You can't drink? I even got him to say he'd think about it if he won the drinking contest, but he's so strong."

"I really want that blacksmith to strike the sword to get to the lower levels of the labyrinth city, and I've been trying to convince him to do it by going past where he stopped striking the sword. ......"

Camilla further takes back that Eagle supplemented Galahad's story.

"No more sword strikes!　But recently, he said he has a man's sword he wants to strike first, and he seems to have changed his mind.

"But we were the ones asking for it before. He said he'd hit us if we won the drinking contest.

Galahad says and sighs.

"Even this guy can't get drunk, he's a monster."

"Oh, I don't drink, but I don't get drunk.　It sounds foul, but can I help?"

"I don't drink, so I don't get drunk?"

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

"I'm not a drinker by nature, but because of my skill set, I can drink and not get drunk."

I never drank even after taking the skill, but I never got carriage sickness, so I would not get drunk.

"Yeah, yeah!　What a waste. ！！！！！！"

"Hey, what's wrong with you, did you make a mistake with your drink?"

"No, I get really coach-sick, so I took it. I don't like to drink, so it's no problem."

"You've lost half your life!"

"Shut up Galahad!"

Eagle puts a shot into Galahad's body to shut him up. A hand comes out with a verbal warning, and it's a pretty good one.

"So, Mr. Homura, can you help me with this?"

Eagle smiles coolly at me, Galahad cowering at his feet, clutching his stomach.

Camilla doesn't see past their exchange. I wonder if this is the daily life of the three of them. Galahad's image of a dependable big brother has changed a little, though not in either direction.

"If you can beat him on skill, it doesn't matter..."

That's how I ended up at the drinking party.

And I'm in a very familiar alley.

"Hey, old man!　I'm gonna win this time!"

Galahad shouts at the door.

"You're bothering the neighbors!"

Eagle elbowing Eagle.

Yeah, it's just routine.

"You're here again, guys?"

An annoyed Luba opens the door and our eyes meet.

"Hello."

"Oh!　Homura."

He smiles and opens the door wide.

Now that I think about it, the inhabitants of this world, unlike the player characters, do not have much variation in hair color. Black, white, platinum, gold, brown, red, and orange.

"Do you know him?"

The three of them look at me with surprised faces.

"Yes, we met here once."

We enter the house, which looks like a hideout, as we are invited in, and are offered a sturdy chair that is designed for practical use first. The thick stone walls and flooring suggest a blacksmith's shop in the back of the house. Even the floor is made of stone, perhaps because of the fire.

"Have you become a magic swordsman?"

Luba serves coffee to a group of people.

"Yes, I've become one."

I hardly ever fight with a sword.

"So, you want a one-handed sword?"

...... Huh?

"It's me!"

You!

"What, you're not here to make swords?"

I told him why I came here.

"I'm only level 10, so I'd like to ask you for a good weapon when you get it."

I'd like to ......

"No, ask now, ask now, and then my sword!"

Shut up.

Yeah, that's a good punch.

"Homura, it doesn't have to be just one punch, okay?"

"Oh my God, you're so handsome!"

I really do!

I mean, why they like me is a mystery. Camilla poured Ruba a beer, one she had bought for him to compare.

She asks me what kind of sword I like to use and I tell her I'm currently using a slightly warped sword, which I'm good with.

He laughs and says he's good with swords. "If Homura is a magic swordsman, I'd like a metal that can channel magic.

"I'll take one that can slice a fel fasi in the labyrinthine city, please."

Galahad jumped on the bandwagon, but what is a fel fasi?

"Fool, if you want a sword that can cut that thing, you'll need and as materials!　You'll have to use your magic to defeat him!"

"Eh!　There's hardly any out there!"

This?

<.

Why do you have """"?

I was so surprised.

"Two days ago?　I picked it up in the forest."

My sense of time in the real world is mixed up with my sense of time here, but I'm pretty sure I got it on my first night in the woods.

What about the moonlight?

I've been mining a lot.

Galahad is very upset.

"Two days......, now how many days are left?"

Remain?

"What, you don't know? < and is called the Tears of the Moon Goddess, and it dries up in seven days, which means that what you need to collect will be gone. It is said that they leave them deep in the woods where no one can enter, after the goddess dances on her whim at night under the full moon."

Luba explains.

"Yes, the Moon Goddess, or rather the Goddess of Darkness, was dancing."

"You saw it?

It was beautiful.

"Oh, come on, seriously?"

"You're the god of fortune, aren't you?"

Camilla just kissed me on the cheek. And Galahad, stop banging on the door.

"Let's go digging and collecting. Unless we're in the middle of nowhere, we can make it in the next five days.

"Oh!　Homura, please show us the way. From what city?　Where's closest?"

It's almost a full day north of here.

"Can you mine?"

Ruba asks Galahad and the others who are excited.

"You don't have ......."

Galahad was fishing, Eagle and Camilla were collecting.

"I could go with you, but I think you'd still need a thing or two more, don't you?"

"Thank you."

Eagle then pours Ruba a beer. The image of this young old man is more like sake or scotch than beer.

"I'll hire someone."

Galahad says, scratching his head.

"You're going to get ripped off, aren't you?"

Camilla is also tipping a mug of beer, but her sensational red lips still don't match.

Is Galahad the only one who looks good with a beer here?

"You can't change what's on your back, man."

< is expensive to buy and sell among those who want it, and < will be no different. I'm glad I didn't get impatient and sell it first. Yeah, but we can't rip off Galahad, and if we're going to pick it up now, we'll have enough of the <> in the first place.

"As I said before, why don't you just use your magic to defeat them?　Your daughter there uses magic by the looks of her, doesn't she?"

Luba asks.

"I'm trying again. It does some damage, but when it gets hit by magic, it takes a recovery action and doesn't go down.

"You need <>, which drop when you are down."

"Ordinary physical attacks are impervious to Fel Fasi, but I looked it up and found a story that you got a drop fighting with a sword you hit him with."

Silence falls at the end of Camilla's words.

I e-mailed Ochazuke and the others and asked them about it. They replied that Ochazuke and Shin had already sold theirs, Peter had taken a blacksmithing job and said he would keep it, and Leo had recklessly used it in production.

I had no intention of forcing him to sell it, so I thanked Peter and told Leo not to be reckless!　He replied, "I'll give you a rating of 5 for your weapon of choice!　Wahahaha!　But I can't equip it, it's not at the right level!" I got a reply.

Luba said that he was good at sword making and I remembered that Leo had apprenticed himself to a blacksmith.

I guess after all my friends who went with me sold theirs. I'm running low on skill points right now, so if you want to help me level up, I can mine for you.　Would that time be more than enough?"

"Oh!　Thank you Homra!"

I avoided Galahad's attempt to hug me, and Camilla hugged me from the direction I avoided and kissed me on the cheek. Camilla, are you a kisser?

The elasticity of the breasts against my arms and back is amazing. You can guess how big they are by the fact that they hit my back.

"Surely, Homura, you'll be up to our level soon enough, but are you sure?　Even though we'll probably get ripped off here, money can fix that, but money can't buy skill points, can it?"

"I was going to take it later, but I had originally planned to take it, so it's okay. I'm going to put off acquiring swordsmanship skills until next time. I mean, I have a bracelet that increases the amount of minerals I can mine.

"Oh, then I can get moonlight stones for Homura."

"Okay, if we raise more than just one level, we can get the skills we've been putting off!　Let's go on a boss tour!"

Galahad's tension is high.

"Yeah, if we just do the bosses we're going to see soon, Homura-kun will be able to get up to speed."

You failed to mention to Eagle that we don't need "you", but what power leveling is that anyway?

"You have a deadline, don't you?"

I've got transportation, I'll take care of it!"

"I can start fighting bosses tomorrow morning and then go pick up the stuff at night."

What kind of transportation is that?

"In that case, I'll prepare other materials and the furnace during the day.

That's what happened.

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Skills

[Lightning Magic] [Living Magic

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Homura Lv.22

Rank D

Occupation Mage Swordsman, Pharmacist (Assassin)

H!?　　605

M!?　　778

STR 34

VIT 22

INT 43

MID 16

DEX 15

AGI 22

LUK 14

N!?C!?　Galahad] [-]

Title

■General

[Interactionist] [Power to Turn] [Mystery Revealer] [Mystery Revealer] [Mystery Revealer] [Mystery Revealer]

Economic Leaders]

Blessings of the Gods

Val's Blessing] [Verna's Blessing

Slayer type

Lizard Slayer

Skill (1s!?)

■Magic and Magic

Wood magic Lv.3] [Fire magic Lv.5] [Earth magic Lv.3

Gold Magic Lv.4] [Water Magic Lv.3] [☆ Wind Magic Lv.3

Lightning magic Lv.1] [Light magic Lv.2] [Dark magic Lv.8

Swordsmanship

Swordsmanship Lv.10] [Slash

Sword Lv.2

Summoning

White Lv.1

■Spiritual Art

Spirit of Water [Rufa Lv.2

Talent system

Physical Arts]

■ Production

Mixing Lv.1] [Alchemy Mixing Lv.1] [Cooking Lv.7

Collecting

Collecting

■ Appraisal and concealment

Tool medicine appraisal Lv.4] [Plant food appraisal Lv.5

Animal and Demon Appraisal Lv.4] [Skill Appraisal Lv.4

Weapons and Armor Appraisal Lv.2

Presence Detection Lv.4】 【Dilution of Presence Lv.4】 【Concealment Lv.4】 【Concealment Lv.4

Enhancement

Arm Strength Lv.2] [Intellect Lv.4] [Spirit Lv.2

Improved dexterity Lv.2] [Improved agility Lv.2

Swordsmanship enhanced Lv.3】 【Magic enhanced Lv.2

Resistance

Sickness Resistance]

Other

H!? Natural recovery] [M! Natural recovery] [Night vision] [Map] [Telepathy

Equipment change] [Living magic