CH 19

“Kuchibue wa naze ~~” (TN: This is an OST of anime called Heidi, Girl of the Alps. Here is the song: here)

I left the Malbert family mansion and headed east. It was a beautiful sunny day on the way, so I headed for my destination with a skipping pace, humming the opening song of a famous anime.

By the way, the surrounding area was a plain as far as I could see, and there was a stretch of road where people and wagons used to pass.

And the reason why I was able to hum and skip was that there was no one else there but me. If there were anyone….. I would die of embarrassment.

According to the information in the book I looked up in my study, the neighboring territory to the west of the Malbert territory was the Byreus territory. And if we went further west, we would reach the Second Kingdom, which was at war with the Shells Kingdom more than ten years ago.

On the other hand, the territory to the east was the Raganfeed territory, ruled by Viscount Raganfeed, and there existed a city called [Laresta] just at the border of the Malbert territory.

The city I was currently headed to was Laresta, and it was a five-day carriage ride from Malbert's territory to Laresta.

I brought five days' worth of food and water in my luggage, but I wanted to arrive as soon as possible.

By the way, there was one thing that I had not mentioned in all the time I spent in this world. In this world, there exist things called status.

It was two days after I regained my memories of my previous life, and a trivial thing led me to acquire the ability of [Appraisal].

When I used that ability to appraise myself, I found out that people in this world have certain status parameters, just like in a game.

If you were wondering why I never told you about this before, it was because it was too much of a hassle to explain...... and I preferred to talk about the six years since I regained my memories of my previous life.

For now, let me introduce you to my abilities as I first saw them using the appraisal.

[Name]: Roland

[Age]: Six years old

[Gender]: Male

[Race]: Human

[Occupation]: Son of a lord

Physical strength: 20

Magic power: 5

Strength: G-

Endurance: G-

Agility: G

Dexterity: G

Mental Strength: G

Resistance: G

Luck: C

[Skill]: Appraisal Lv1

The status included basic information such as name and age, as well as each game-like status parameter.

Physical strength and magical power were shown as numbers, while other abilities were shown as letters of the alphabet, plus or minus, or just blanks.

The lowest value was G- and the highest value was C, although it was still unclear what the highest value was.

The ability to appraise was classified as a skill, and since there was a level indicator, it was assumed that the accuracy of the appraisal increased as the level increased.

“Let's see what my current abilities are.”

Remembering the time when I first did the appraisal, I used the appraisal to see what my current abilities were.

[Name]: Roland

[Age]: 12 years old

[Gender]: Male

[Race]: Human

[Occupation]: Former son of a lord

Physical strength: 1400

Magic power: 1100

Strength: B

Endurance: B-

Agility: B+

Dexterity: C+

Mental Strength: B

Resistance: B

Luck: A-

[Skills]: Appraisal Lv5, Physical Enhancement Lv4, Magic Control Lv5, Magic Manipulation Lv5, Fire Magic Lv3, Water Magic Lv3, Wind Magic Lv4, Earth Magic Lv3, Swordsmanship Lv4, Hand-to-hand Combat Lv5

The result of my six years of training may seem surprisingly low, but it was probably due to the fact that I was training under the watchful eyes of the servants of the mansion and my family other than Mark and Laura, so the amount of training I could do in a day was limited.

However, I had a high level of level 5 in controlling and manipulating magic power, which I could do in secret when I was alone, and also I had a high level of hand-to-hand combat through daily training.

By the way, Mark, who was going to be my replacement as lord, had an average status of C, which was one level lower than mine, but considering that a normal soldier's strength was D-, I'd say he was pretty strong.

“Well, I could just take it easy and make my way to town, but I want to act as soon as possible. Let's get serious for a moment.”

As soon as I said that, I applied physical enhancement to my entire body. My entire body was covered with a thin membrane of magical power.

I kneeled down on the ground in a crouching start position and shouted vigorously.

“Roland, let's go!!”

With that voice, I kicked off from the ground as vigorously as the voice I had uttered. It took me a few seconds to realize that I was moving at a speed that left the surrounding scenery behind. I had a feeling that I was going about 70 kilometers per hour.

To tell the truth, I hadn't made much progress in verifying how far I could go with my strengthened body, and at best I was only able to do a vertical jump of 20 meters.

A fantasy novel I once read in my previous life depicted a similar situation, where the main character was involved in all sorts of things because he was free and unrestrained, but I was determined to be active in a quiet way.

“Gigyi!?”

“Get out of the way.”

“Gubeeh”

I blasted the goblin in my direction with my back fist. The force of the blow was tremendous, and although I didn't check, it would probably kill him instantly.

While maintaining the same speed, I took a break in the shade of a native tree and ate some of the preserved food I had brought with me.

The preserved food consisted of black bread, which was as hard as hard-baked rice crackers, and dried meat, which was also as hard as beef jerky.

As for the taste, it was not very good, but it was enough to fill my stomach.

After resting, I was running like a cheetah again and spotted what looked like a walled city ahead.

The road, which had been a dirt road, had changed to a good quality road with a certain amount of trampled surfaces, perhaps because many people were coming and going.

I was running a little farther away from the road so that I wouldn't get lost, and nobody would be able to see me.

As soon as I came out from the shadows of the grass, I walked towards the city with the people passing by as if nothing had happened.

About an hour later, I finally made it to the gate to enter the city, and am currently standing in line to complete the formalities to enter.

The people in the line varied, from peddlers pulling wagons to armed adventurer-looking men. There were also some seductive women in light clothing and travelers with large bags on their backs.

“Next.”

As I observed my surroundings, before I knew it, it was my turn, so I went forward. The man in charge was dressed like a soldier and looked like a gatekeeper.

“Do you have any identification?”

“No. I'd like to pay the city tax.”

“That's rare. Three small coppers.”

Following the instructions of the gatekeeper, I took out three small copper coins from my luggage and paid. There were nine types of currency in this world, each of which was as follows.

To give you an example of the types of people who often used these coins, small copper coins to small silver coins were used by the common people. Medium silver coins to small gold coins were used by merchants and lower-class nobles. And medium gold coins and above were used by large merchants, upper-class nobles, and royalty.

In particular, platinum gold coins were rarely seen and were often kept in the treasury of the royal family.

As for monetary values, two small copper coins were the minimum price for one apple, and one small copper coin was generally considered to be a small child's allowance.

There were other things that didn't have similar prices to those on Earth, but for now, that was it.

Before I went through the gate and into the city, I asked the soldier who guarded the gate where the guild was.

“If you go straight down the main street, you'll see an intersection at the end of the street, and the building directly in front of it is the Adventurer's Guild. You'll see the sign with the sword and shield.”

“I understand. Thanks.”

I thanked the soldier and quickly made my way to the Adventurer's Guild. The main street was full of people coming and going, and their races varied.

Human, beastmen, elves, dwarves, lizardmen, etc. It was a scene I had never seen on Earth.

"Yeah, it's exactly like fantasy.”

As I took in the sights of the city, I let out a single thought and started walking towards the adventurer's guild.