Episode 109 [Request Ended/2]
The next day, Chloe and I left the castle while being seen off by the princess, Julius, and the others.
“Jin-kun, a lot happened, but it was a fun period.”
“Ah, at first I received the request as a cover for myself, but now I think it was a good thing that I decided to accept it there.”
"Yeah, I learned a lot thanks to that."
At the last minute, the princess lent me a carriage, so I headed to the adventurer's guild by carriage instead of walking.
"You took care of the princess until the end. When I have time, I should go and see her properly."
"Yeah"
After that, I arrived at the adventurer's guild, thanked the coachman, went inside the guild, had Fine-san called for me, and moved to the consultation room.
I had received a request completion report from the royal castle in advance, and received my reward on the spot.
This request was a long-term one, so I was given an advance payment every few days, and when I finally completed it, I received a large reward.
"...I feel like it's more than the reward money I heard about."
“Regarding that, Jin-san and his friends have done a great job and have doubled their compensation.”
Money isn't something I need to worry about, and I don't want to have to return what I've been given, so I'll just accept it this time...
"Chloe, you're stunned by the amount and faint..."
When I glanced at Chloe, who was sitting next to me, I saw that she was frozen with her mouth open at the amount of reward money on the table.
``...As you may have noticed, Jin-san's reward money is far different from that of ordinary adventurers.Therefore, be careful not to give the impression that you have too much money. Please. The capital is a safe city, but it's not without danger."
"Yeah, I know. So most of the money is kept in the guild, and the appearance of the equipment isn't that elaborate. Well, people who look at this mithril bracelet will probably notice it right away. but"
Even if you don't wear it all the time, it's fine to just wear it during battle, but I've learned during this training period that it's better to wear it all the time.
Besides, even if there were someone who challenged Chloe and me, we would be able to handle it to some extent.
“Since Jin-san and his friends are bronze-class adventurers, I think there will be few people who will try to attack them, but please be careful.”
With that final advice, we left the consultation room.
After that, we went out of the guild, discussed that we had just finished a long request, so we would rest for a few days, and then disbanded.
The next time I'll meet Chloe at the guild is in three days, so let's do some preparations before then.
While thinking about this, I headed to Ricardo's inn to find a place to live.
"As always, there aren't many people here..."
“Are you complaining about the inn as soon as you got back?”
"I'm not complaining, I'm just having doubts. Honestly, the only reason I refuse to stay at this inn is because the owner's face is scary, right? Other than that, it's almost on par with other inns, so why me and Luke? , I guess only the regular, tough-looking people come after that.''
In terms of functionality, it's good because you can use the shower and the room is fairly spacious.
The food was so delicious that you couldn't even imagine it from the look on the owner's face.
So why are there so few people? As soon as I got back to the inn, I had a question that I hadn't really thought about during the game.
``They're probably looking at other inns because of the location.Well, thanks to the regulars, we're not in the red, so we'll be fine as is for now.Even if there's an unusually large number of people, we won't be able to handle it. Na”
"That's true, if Ricardo had a wife or children, he might still be able to manage things."
"……That's right"
……eh? Why did Ricardo suddenly feel depressed after hearing my words?
Maybe Ricardo is the same person as Julius, who protects him until his age! ?
"Hey, are you kidding? You know, someday you'll find someone good!"
"...I think you've misunderstood, so let me just say that I'm not single to begin with, right?"
...Eh, seriously? That's a lie, I didn't write that setting, right?
"However, I might be alone soon..."
“What do you mean?”
Ricardo said with a sad expression, but I asked him with a serious face.
Ricardo's story was something that didn't appear in the game, and I was surprised and excited at the same time.
Ricardo, the tough-looking innkeeper, has a wife and child, but it seems that he fell ill several years ago.
At first, the symptoms weren't that serious, so Ricardo and his friends thought that the symptoms disappeared after treatment, so they lived their lives as usual, thinking that they had completely recovered.
However, a year ago, the disease recurred, and this time the symptoms were far more severe than before, and I was told that expensive items would be needed to treat it.
``I made a request, but the item is difficult to obtain...Now, his illness has become more serious, and he is bedridden, so I have to take care of him after work at the inn.''
"I was sorry to have continued to stay at the inn in such a state."
"It's fine. Don't worry, I haven't told anyone, but I just thought it would be okay to tell Jin. I've been dealing with this all to myself, and just talking about it made me feel a little better." ”
Rigardo said that while laughing, and I asked, ``Could you tell me the name of the item needed for that treatment?''
And that item was something I was familiar with.
“Ricardo, are you tight-lipped?”
"Hmm? Well, you're a tight-lipped person, so why are you asking such a thing now?"
While Ricardo tilted his head, I took out the item from the [Different Space Box].
The item [Forest Secret Potion] is backward compatible with the Forest Secret Potion, and has been used in some way in the game.
I laughed when I first saw it, thinking it was a sloppy thing to just leave out the word God from the mystery medicine.
When Ricardo saw the item, he looked surprised and exclaimed, "W-why did you do this!?"
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