My Reincarnation Skills Are “Playing With Dolls” and “Playing With Clay”, but What Am I Supposed to Do With These? C123

Episode 123 Frogman and Catman

Early the next morning, we picked up our employer at the inn where he was staying, and reboarded the Tofumaru, which was moored at the port, before dawn. 

The wagon remained on the ship for the past three days, but it seems that Habar and the others have stored as many items for sale as they could fit into their item boxes and have been doing business at the stalls in Ankyrium many times. 

And, it seems that he also bought items that could be procured cheaply at Ankira instead. 

Products from the West, including the Elzark Kingdom, that sell at high prices in the East are mainly leather goods, high-performance metal weapons, amber and its products and crafts, and food products such as high-quality alcohol, dairy products, and smoked meat. , and rock salt and mustard. 

Conversely, the goods transported from the East to the West were mainly spices, silk and textiles, as well as gold, silver, and jewelry. 

Both of Ankira's products are a bit expensive, but they are widely distributed, so if you do business well, you can make a little profit. 

It seems that Natasia and the others, who are skilled, have already earned enough money to pay for the outbound trip here. 

Hout, who was experiencing business in a foreign country for the first time, told me, ``My grandpa told me that.'' Then, in a whisper, she said to me, ``This is a secret,'' and proudly announced that she had also taken him to a brothel. Yeah, that's good, because when I was 17, I was a DT with plenty of time. 

After leaving Ankyrium, the Tofumaru heads for the port of Damascus, a large city in the east, which takes about seven days even if everything goes well. Unlike in the past, when she sailed not far from land, she will be sailing through the very open ocean of the archipelago. 

As the name suggests, the archipelago is a sea with many large and small islands, but depending on the route, you may not see a single island for many days. 

The color of the sea is a vivid and deep blue, unlike the dark blue sea, and although the waves are high, the climate is somewhat tropical, and even if the weather is nice, it's hot even when you're standing on the deck. 

There are also changes in passengers. 

Of the 30 or so people who boarded from Durbor, there were quite a few changes on Ankyrium. It seems that those heading to the inland areas of the Kingdom of Ankira or those looking to do some more business get off the ship, while others transfer here from ships that came from Ankira or from other places to Ankira. 

The cabin was still crowded, but the group sleeping next to me, Heybar, Hout, and Osmarf was different from before. I mean, it's a frog! 

I thought it would be rude to stare at it too much, so I took a quick look at it, but no matter how I looked at it, it looked like a frog with two legs. That's two people... 

<Gan Gun Frogman Male 34 years old LV10

Skills Swimming (LV2) Jumping (LV3)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Haggle

Appraisal (beginner level) Connoisseur

Item Box Negotiation

Short sword technique (LV1)

Coachman (LV2) Horseman (LV2)

“Poison” “Water” >

A slightly larger man? When I tried to identify it, the race name "Frog People" was displayed. Hmm, looking at his skills, I wonder if this guy is a merchant? He doesn't look like a guard. 

However, aren't things like "poison" and "water" magic? 

There is another person who is petite at heart. 

<Gua Doron Frogman Male 18 years old LV3

Skills Swimming (LV2) Jumping (LV2)

Short sword skills (LV1)

Coachman (LV1) Horseman (LV1)>

It seems like we're still just starting out. 

After all, demi-humans don't have jobs, and each person acquires skills according to their occupation, right? Or, like many dwarves being blacksmiths, are there some professions that are suitable for each race? 

Not only I but Hout was also glancing at me, and our eyes met. It's not only rare for me, but also for the residents of this world. 

"Gan Gun-san, if you want to take a break, there's a dining room in the stern."

Then, two people who appeared to be bodyguards came in, but they weren't humans either, they were furry ears! 

<Ragda Ray Catman Male 38 years old LV12

Skills Hell Ears Night Vision

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Detection

Tree climbing Magic resistance (small)

Speed ​​increase (medium) Fighting (LV2)

Sword skills (LV3) Bow skills (LV3)

Horse riding (LV2)

A cat race? It's true that Kemomimi doesn't look like a dog, but like a cat, with erect triangular ears. And looking at the skills, this one is definitely an escort. She has some similarities to Carmilla in terms of abilities. 

After that, two young cat people of a slightly lower level came in one after another. One person looked at us next to him,

"Is this place empty? Nice to meet you."

He called out to me, so I gave him a quick greeting. That person was a 20-year-old cat person named Mikkei, and his level was 7. The pattern on his cat ears didn't look like a Mikey, but a spotty one. 

The other one is Shamo, an 18-year-old who is still at LV5. I guess I'm still an apprentice as an escort. 

When we ate dinner at the rotating dining room, a group of beastmen sat next to us, so we heard that Mikkei and his friends came from a large forest farther west than Elzark, where various beastmen lived. . 

As I had imagined, he was hired as an escort for a frogman merchant, and was planning to take a ship from another port in the archipelago to Ankyrium, and then transfer to Damascus. 

Both of them, like Carmilla, had a little limited vocabulary, but were able to converse normally. 

No, I'm actually more surprised that even though I was a loner at school, I was able to have a conversation with someone I didn't know. I feel like I've made a lot of progress since coming to this world. 

A few people were sitting on the other side, Carmilla and Nolte, who were worried about me. 

That's right, aren't there any werewolves or dwarves in areas where there are many beastmen? 

"I heard there are a few werewolves. I've never met one."

"I don't know about dwarves, because dwarves want to live with dwarves alone."

Mikkei and Shamou each answered. 

Carmilla was stunned on the other side. I see, I was able to hear it with my "Hell Ears" skill. 

Everyone had just finished eating and were about to change places with the next group, so we went out onto the deck and met up with the girls. 

Mikkei and the others seemed to be interested in the fact that there were various races such as elves, half-dwarves, and werewolves, and they introduced themselves to each other. 

Mikkei called the older Ragdalei and told him that he had heard from a member of his family that there were or were a small number of werewolves in the mountains deep in the large forest where they lived. It was about. 

However, I haven't heard the exact location, and I don't know if it's still there, but it's a big clue. Let's go to that forest someday. 

On the other hand, dwarves seem to be a fairly exclusive race, so although I have never heard of them in that forest, I have heard rumors that there was a country of dwarves further north. 

This one is quite vague, but it's still a step forward. 

Ragdalei told three people, including Lucien. 

"Demi-humans are friends with beastmen, so we welcome them. Please come visit us sometime. Humans are not welcome, but if you are one of us, we will welcome you."

I said it in a rude way, but I offered an invitation. Humans are not welcome. 

Lucien said that this must be an idiom of people who live in the forest. 

"Friend of the forest, thank you for your invitation. If the god of the forest guides me, I will visit you."

When I answered with one hand on my chest, Ragdalei seemed satisfied. 

"An elf woman who knows the manners of the forest well. God bless the forest god."

“The blessings of the forest god to you too.”

After finishing our meal, as the sun was about to set, a large sailing ship that looked like a military ship from some country came into view. 

I was shocked for a moment, but according to Lucien, it was some kind of patrol, so he felt more at ease. 

In the archipelago, there are full-fledged pirates and sea monsters, not the thugs found in areas like the dark blue sea, so it seems that each country regularly sends military vessels to the main sea routes for training. It is said that if it is nearby, pirates will not come near it. 

However, even while we were talking, that warship passed the Tofumaru and went ahead. Even though it's a time of year when the wind blows well, heavy cargo ships probably won't be able to go as fast as military ships. 

I guess a pirate ship is faster than a cargo ship after all, so I hope we don't run into one. 

However, although it's not Murphy's Law, it seems that any trouble that can occur is bound to happen. 

That happened on my third day out in the archipelago, when I was navigating through the ocean with not a single island in sight...