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Chapter 175

Featured Image: Very familiar, can’t put my finger on who that is, but it’s probably from the anime WataMote? And also the image is supposed to signify a waitress for this chapter .



Proofread: Shiro

 

Inside the trading shop <Singing Lovebirds>, I was waiting for my items to be assessed .

Since I’m here, I might as well take a look around the shop .

 

There were various bunches of adventurers here in the shop, but everyone of them were carrying masses of metals around .

They were in different tint and gloss, and even different sizes .

 

And were all being pushed by Magic Carts .

It’s the same with Shikuro but somehow it’s slightly different, so it was somewhat refreshing to see .

 

[St, stop it!]

[Hm?] (Ryouta)

 

Suddenly, a voice belonging to a guy shouted, so I looked towards where the voice came from .

Seems like there was an adventurer that just brought back a bunch of minerals to be sold, but was surrounded by what seems to be three bad guys .

Two of them were beside the adventurer, and the one in the middle was taking the gold from the adventurer’s hands .

 

What’s happening? I wonder as I look closer at it .

 

[Hi~fu~mi~……Seems like you work extra hard eh, I congratulate for your full payment . ]

 

Seems like some debt collectors .

The debt collector took almost 10 thousand Piros from him, and gave the remaining changes back to the adventurer .

Seeing the distort, a sarcastic expression formed from the corner of his mouth .

 

[Thanks for the full payment, I’ll await for your company again . ]

[ [We’ll meet again . ] ]

[Wa, wait a second . If you take everything away——]

[So you can’t drink any beers at night, ‘s that what you’re trying to say?]

[Uuu…… . ]

 

The adventurer was stuck for words .

Seems like this guy’s a drunkard, borrowing money from those debt collectors .

 

The adventurer was desperately pleading, but the debt collectors were only smiling while ignoring him .

Seems like he’s about to pay his next debt .

 

[Please borrow me some! 10 thousand……20 thousand, no 30 thousand Piros!]

[Well then, please sign here . ]

 

Are you so desperate in wanting to drink? Even though this adventurer just paid off his loan, he wants to borrow more from them again .

I’ve seen these kinds of people in mangas only — can’t believe I’m actually seeing it in real life .

 

[Sorry for the wait . ]

 

After that, the person in charge of the items came back .

 

[Aah . ] (Ryouta)

[I have calculated everything, and the total came up to be 1198 Jin . ]

 

It was the iron bars that I took out to sell .

And the word “Jin” that he said, is roughly the same as 1 kilogram .

 

[The market price for 1 Jin is approximately 19 Piros, so the total would be 22,762 Piro . ]

[It’s that cheap huh . ] (Ryouta)

[Well, iron is cheap . ]

[So that’s how it is . ] (Ryouta)

[Yes . Iron is the same as Cobalt . If you can afford to dive deeper into the dungeon, you can find copper or Aluminium which sells for a higher price . But it depends on what you want . ]

[If it’s those, how much would you buy it for?] (Ryouta)

[For copper, the market price right now is 800 Piros per Jin . ]

 

For comparison, I was told a rather rough figure .

Even though it’s a rough estimate, the difference is clearly there .

 

However…… iron sure is cheap huh .

If I’m not mistaken, Gold is roughly around 4000 .

If compared to iron, it’s seriously lesser .

 

Well, whatever .

It’s fine as it is, so I received the cash of 22000 Piro as a means to drink .

 

 

After leaving the trading shop, I walked around the streets of Samechiren that was already night time .

Inside my pocket right now is today’s earnings of 22000 Piro .

It’s lesser than normal, but it’s enough for dinner and a place to stay .

 

Now that I think apbout it, the money that I usually earn would be written into my passbook which is inside a bank, so maybe I should put some cash inside the Grand Eater’s Pocket .

 

I think a hundred million Piros is roughly 10 Kilograms .

The notes that the monsters drop are roughly the same length and weight as Japan’s Yen .

 

If I could put in so much tonnes of Iron inside my pocket, I’m sure I could put in my entire savings inside as well .

 

Having my entire savings inside my pocket .

 

[It reminds me of when I was young . ]

 

It wasn’t cash, but the medal games’ medal that I put inside my pocket in bulks, or when I shopped with a 500 yen coin and the number of change I received makes me feel like I’m rich .

I remember that I wished for a magic item that you can freely put in and take out coins, if I were to use that and endlessly placed coins in it, I would be rich! Was what I imagined before .

 

[… . . I was quite a Zeni Geba when I was a child huh?] (Ryouta) (TLN Note: zeni geba just means someone who would do anything for money)

 

Somehow remembering such things, my memories of making money came out one after another .

 

Then, I found a store that can save money .

Going inside, I showed my passbook and identification card using magic and withdraw 10 Million Piro .

10 Million Piros, it was the same weight as 1 Iron Bar which weighs 1 Kilogram .

Placing it inside my pocket, as I expected, I felt nothing .

A 19 Piro worth of Iron Bars and 10 Million Piros of bank note .



Both having the same weight, and both was inside my pocket made it interesting .

 

Again I was walking around the streets, and stopped at a busy bar .

It felt lively, so I glanced through the prices from the menu . And the prices for the beers were quite reasonable, plus with the 22000 Piro that I earned today, I could afford to eat and drink in this bar till I was full .

 

Such a bar might calm me down, and I went inside without thinking too much .

 

[Welcome, are you by yourself?]

[Yeah . ] (Ryouta)

[If that’s the case, please sit right there . ]

 

The waitress leads me over to a seat .

 

[What would you like to order?]

[I would like some popular meat dishes, and also some sake . A sake that goes well with a lot of dishes . ] (Ryouta)

[Alright, I have taken your order . ]

 

After the waitress took my order, she went away and I looked around the bar .

Judging by the atmosphere, everyone here are all adventurers .

 

After being in this world for quite some time, it was easy to spot who’s an adventurer .

It was a kinda useless skill to be honest .

I wonder if I can hear some news about Samechiren? As I tried listening to the conversations around me .

 


[Isaac’s coming back tomorrow, so I’m gonna discuss with him . How bout you?]

[Isaac… You mean the guy from Aurum?]

[Yeah, apparently he went there to earn some cash . If it seems good I might head there as well . ]

[I’ll pass, I’m already familiar with the floor for Aluminiums . I don’t wanna waste my efforts again . ]

 

I heard a familiar word and a familiar name, so I sort of chuckled .

The adventurers here really care about their safety first .

 

[Please stop it!]

 

Someone suddenly shouted inside the busy shop .

Everyone turned to stare at what was happening .

 

[Isn’t that… . . the debt collectors . ] (Ryouta)

 

Plus it was the waitress that served me .

The 3 debt collectors had the same formation as earlier as they surrounded the waitress .

 

[Hey Onee-chan, don’t play around with me and return our money right now . ]

[I’ll definitely pay the money back, so please give me a little——]

[A little more time? Don’t screw around with me!]

 

The guy in the middle was pissed, and the guys beside kicked the table at the same time, showing intimidation .

The waitress jumped in shock .

 

[I’m so sorry! Just a little… . please just give me a little more time!]

[Then you better pay the interest . ]



[Tomorrow, I’ll get my salary tomorrow . So please wait until tomorrow for the payment . ]

 

The waitress was desperately pleading, and the guys were inching closer .

Is that something normal, or it’s just that nobody wants to get involved with it .

Half of the customers nearby all looked away as if saying, “Ain’t my business” .

 

[How about this, Onee-chan . I’ll wait for you if you’ll be my partner for one night . How bout it?]

 

After saying that, the guys all smiled cynically .

The smile had perverted feelings attached to it, which was the lowest of the low .

 

[……]

 

The waitress did not say anything, but she was holding onto her skirt tightly .

She was also biting her lower lips, to the point where blood was dripping out .

 

…… .

 

[Stop it . ]

 

I stood up, and went towards the four of them .

 

[What do you want? And who the hell are you?]

[How much does this girl owe you?] (Ryouta)

[Huuuuh?]

[I’m asking, how much does this girl owe you?] (Ryouta)

[And what exactly does it have anything to do with you? Huh?]

[Aniki, I think I saw this guy at the trading shop just now . ]

[It was the guy who took out a bunch of irons and sold it to the shop . ]

[Huuuuh?]

 

After his subordinates answered, the guy that was called aniki looked at me as if he was looking down on me .

 

[Are you trying to be a hero or something?]

[Just say how much you want . ] (Ryouta)

[It’s 100 Million Piros, even if you scrap every irons in the world, it’s impossible——]

 

I took out 100 Million Piros of bank notes from my pocket, and thrust it to the guy .

 

[Wha…… . ]

[Take this and get lost . ] (Ryouta)

[What the?]

[A, Aniki, this is the real thing . ]

[This guy who sold irons at the shop has……?]

 

The debt collectors were surprised and perplexed .

I further thrust the money to him .

The guy’s face turned bright red .

 

[I ain’t gon’ take it yo!]

 

Then he punched me .

I’m not sure whether he’s accustomed to hitting people, but it was a punch without hesitation . However, it was also weak compared to monsters .

 

I dodged it and countered by punching him in the face .

 

[Aniki!]

[You bastard……]

 

The two wanted to have a go as well .

The Aniki guy shouted to get me as well, and the two of them attacked . But again I dodged their weak punches and knocked them out .

 

The three of them fell down and were crawling on the ground . I threw the notes at the Aniki guy .

 

[Take it and disappear from my sight . ] (Ryouta)

[D, damn it . I’ll remember this!]

 

They took the money and ran away while cursing me .

 

[Uh, uhmm…… . I’m so sorry… . . ]

 

Looking behind me, the counter girl had an extremely apologetic face .

 

[Are you alright?] (Ryouta)

[Yes……thank you so much for saving me . I’ll do my best to pay you back the money . ]

[Yeah . By the way, I’m still waiting on my food . ] (Ryouta)

[Eeh… . . Aah yes!]

 

The waitress hurriedly ran inside the kitchen .

Looking at that, there were some interesting eyes looking at me, as I walked back to my seat .

 

[You’re not bad, brother . ]

 

There was someone sitting at my seat .

 

[Hey, that’s my seat . ] (Ryouta)

[It’s alright, not like you can’t share a seat . Oii Nee-chan . Bring another dish for one person here . And also this shop’s strongest beer as well!]

 

This guy really has his own pace huh, and he’s loud too .

A middle aged man, he was wearing rough clothes which were probably tailor made .

He had a rather dangerous aura, like an adventurer who was used to his [strength] .

 

I don’t feel like talking to him . I guess I should change my seat .

 

[My name’s Nicholas・Likefield . ] (Nicholas)

[Ah yea okay… . . ] (Ryouta)

[I’ll treat you, so come drink together with me . ] (Nicholas)

[No wait I’m… . . ] (Ryouta)

[Ryouta・Satou-san, right . ] (Nicholas)

[——— !] (Ryouta)

 

How did this guy know my name? I was lost as to what I should do .





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