Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 4 - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: 3

4-3 . Miscellaneous Matters and Flags

I feel like Son Goku from Saiyuki . . .

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"What's the matter? Master, your back is slouching you know~?"

My thought which has been going in circle stopped, Arisa is standing carrying large luggages .

"Your tummy hurt~?"

"Hurt no desu?"

I turn my line of sight to the direction where my robe is pulled, there Pochi and Tama are looking worryingly while crouching near my feet .

Liza calmly stands, but her worries are transmitted here .

"I'm okay, I was just tired after being so busy for the past two days . "

I pat Pochi's and Tama's heads .

I'm really disqualified as an adult for worrying these girls . Just by thinking so, the guilt and fear that had been weighting on my mind just before disappear like fallen tides .

. . . I check the Log just in case any message pops up but there's none .

I really should talk with Arisa tonight . I whispered to Arisa, "Tonight, after Lulu is sleeping, spare some of your time", but, "Eh~ aren't you falling too fast?", an answers full of misunderstanding comes out . I will take that as an OK for now .

When I ask for the result of the shopping, Pochi and Tama happily begin to take out clothes from the bag, I stop them . It has been decided to check them after we get back to the inn .

Liza apologizes for spending too much, but I tell her that it's necessary expenses, so don't think about it .

Even with current pace of spending money, counting only the Shiga Kingdom's currency I have, it'll take 2-3 years before it's dried up, so there's nothing to worry .

On the way back to the inn, I'm listening to Arisa and the girls' experience in shopping . Pochi and Tama talk about their first time shopping in glee from beginning to the end, they're telling me how fun it was .

I suggested Liza to let me carry half of the luggages and Lulu's clothes, but she gently refused .

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Just before the inn, I'm seeing a familiar back . She's walking a bit unsteady .

Martha-chan and the helper girl from the inn are carrying a bunch of firewoods .

"Martha-chan, are you returning from errands?"

"Ah, Satou-san . Is the date over already?"

"Unfortunately, Zena-san had works in the afternoon . "

While we're talking, I take some of the firewoods from Marth-chan and the girl . It may be their errands but our destination is the same . It's fine to take it by half .

Liza tries to take it, but I refuse because both her hands are occupied . Pochi and Tama are saying "Give here~" too, but there is no point taking it from little girls just to give it to another little girls, so they give up .

It's not really heavy, although it's at least 2-3 kilos . It's unreasonable for two young girls to carry two bundles of this each . They usually have it delivered but, it seems that today the amount is not enough for training so they went to purchase it .

We enter the courtyard from the back door near the stable . I put the firewood bundles on its place .

>[Carriage Skill Acquired]

"Thank you~ Satou-san . Thanks to you, we're saved~"

"Thank you very much, guest-san . "

"Don't worry about it . "

Martha-chan goes to the kitchen with one bundle of firewood . The helper girl, her name is Yuni . I decided to observe Yuni who's going to take care horses of other guest .

I know that there are horses from yesterday, but I've never seen how horses are taken care, so I'm interested . This is not at all an escape .

Yuni is standing on top of a stool, and doing her best to make her small body reach the horses to brush them . I offered to help, but she said that she would get scolded by the innlady if she let a guest helps her .

After hiding their luggages on the space below the straws, Pochi and Tama come back . Pochi and Tama start helping Yuni . Liza tells me that they've helped in the night and morning too . Is it okay to get the help if it's Pochi and the girls?

Seeing the three little girls doing their best to care for the horse, I feel like a parent who came to an athletic meet to cheer for his children, I'm healed .

The little girls become 4 before I knew it, but Arisa doesn't look like she's motivated .

"Since the clothes which I've just bought will be dirty~" so she says while showing town-girl-like clothes under her mantle .

"Liza, I'm going to the temporary military post to get the spear and magic core money, do you want to come along?"

"Yes, I will accompany master . "

"Me too! I'm going too!"

Pochi and Tama stop helping and run here .

"You going somewhere~?", "You go nodesu?", saying as they're coming, but since we would likely become an annoyance if we all go, I tell them to continue helping .

"Ay!","Nano desu~", and so they go back to work while carrying the horse's fodders . I wonder why they look mysteriously happy?

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"How is Lulu's condition?"

"She seems to be alright . I've given her change of clothes and underwear, so if you go now you could get to see lucky lewd scenes you know~?"

I knock on Arisa's head for saying stupid things . Are you really half sister of that girl?

"Let's stop for a bit~ . "

I declared that and go to the Worker Guild .

"Hello Nadi-san . "

"Ara, welcome Satou-san . You're together with a cute girl today . "

As we entered, Nadi-san greeted courteously from the other side of the counter . There's also an old man, which seems to be the shopkeeper, but he always sleep whenever I come . Does he even work?

I talk to Nadi-san for a request to deliver mementos of the deceased .

Rather than a suspicious guy like me, this town's person like Nadi-san would be better to deliver them . By the way, I tried asking the officials at the temporary military post but I was flat out rejected . Because I conveyed the deceased name and rough figures, she should be able to contact the bereaved families .

"Do you also want me to collect the remuneration on your behalf?"

"Come again? What remuneration?"

After conveying the information about the deceased to Nadi-san who willingly undertake the delivery, I hear some strange things .

It seems that she wanted to know if she's also to act as an agent for receiving the rewards for delivering mementos . I'm just being a busybody so I don't really need rewards . . .

"Then how about only receive the reward if the family is rich? People like those will get suspicious you're aiming for something if you deliver the mementos without asking rewards . "

So it become like that . It was decided to give the worker guild the maximum limit of the fee .

"Nadi-san, I have another matter to ask . . . "

Since I intend to buy or rent a house, I ask for the market price . In the end, I didn't ask for the intermediation though, and it's not because I can't afford it .

Nadi-san says, "There are a lot of people who dislike living in neighborhood with demi-human, of course this applies in the inner wall, but even in the west district, I don't think anyone would sell you a house . You could find it in the east street if you look for it, but since the public order is bad, if a prosperous person like Satou-san comes to live in, then thieves would attack you on the next day without a doubt . ", so I was informed .

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"Please sign this transaction document .   The expense for appraising the spear has been deducted from the paid amount . The spear's safety has been verified so you can bring it to the town, but please take care as not to give demi-human the weapon . "

I sign the document presented by the official, and receive the spear back . I wrap the spear with cloth I brought .

The price of the magic cores is 17 silver coins . The appraisal fee is 2 silver coins, I wonder if that's a proper amount?　Honestly, I think you can live just being an appraiser .

Just by going to the labyrinth with 4 of us in a day, we earned 6 Arisa . . . Wait, that unit is funny . It wouldn't be able to afford skill holder or knowledgeable slaves but if it's for labor slaves then it's plentiful .

If I distribute it for 4 then with our current living expense, it's enough for half a month . . .

"Eh~ Labyrinth is quite profitable~ . "

"You're risking your life though . "

Arisa who was quiet inside the temporary military post began to cheerfully talk as soon as we got out . Her eyes is literally shining .

"Hey, Master, can you listen to me? Do you want to settle down in this town?"

"No, I don't have such intention . "

Since we'll be obstructing people on the entrance, we're talking while continue walking .

"But, but, weren't you going to buy a house just a while ago?"

"I don't want to keep Liza and the girls stay in the barn so I was thinking of buying one but it seems to be impossible~"

Liza was going to say something but lost the moment to Arisa's vigor .

"The lover-san earlier is your local wife?"

"Don't say that unpleasant words Though I do want to get closer, she's not my lover . We've met only 3 days ago you know?"

<TLN:He's talking about local wife part> .

"Then~ I want to go to labyrinth city!"

Arisa declares while raising her hands and posturing with her entire body that it almost feel like she's letting out SFX .

Labyrinth again .

"Labyrinth city that mean there's a labyrinth there isn't it?  Don't you feel repulsed to it?"

"Uuun, certainly unpleasant memories feel like they're going to resurface but more importantly! I want to raise my level!"

This isn't a game .

No, precisely because this is not a game that she'd want to level up .

"What do you want to do after you level up?"

"It's going to be demon lord season soon, so I want to level up in order to survive! While I'm at it, I want to raise magic skill that could be used to solve the Geass too . "

Demon lord season, they're not cabbages and eggplants you know . . .

Since it was such a ridiculous phrase, I carelessly pay no attention to it .