The 11th Story: Looking for a home
I who suddenly was left alone entered the guild for the time being and sat down in front of the cute receptionist.
“Is there a problem? Do you have any questions?”
The receptionist as a rookie was in a fluster and thought there was some mistake made.
“No, I just want to know about some things” [Yoji]
“If it is in my knowledge, ask anything”
Do you have a boyfriend, and if you do, what is his name? I have to suppress the desire to ask that.
“Could you tell me about the inns around here that are cheap and safe?” [Yoji]
“Oh, such thing, is this your first time visiting Valles?”
“Yes, yet they left me alone…” [Yoji]
It is unrelated to the receptionist, but I complained anyway.
The receptionist had a helpless face of (Even if you tell me that…)
“Please wait a moment. I will ask a person familiar about the neighborhood”
The receptionist stood up from her seat and went to the senior staff from earlier, and soon after she came back.
“Well, it should be cheap and safe”
“That is good. Is there a good inn?” [Yoji]
I try to sound as polite as possible to not make a poor impression or hurt the other part’s feelings and make them angry.
“I think the Elban inn near the north gate is good”
“Ho hou” [Yoji] [1]
“The price isn’t bad around there; it is just 250 Zen for a stay with breakfast. The average price for the inns in Valles is around 500 to 600 Zen per night”
I was thinking of a budget of around 500 Zen, but 250 Zen is really inexpensive, it would be around 2500 Yen. [2]
It is inexpensive, but it appears that the doubt filled my face as the receptionist followed shortly after saying.
“Well the place for the inn is a bit bad. As it is located near the north gate, which is difficult to cross as it is restricted, and the area is the exact opposite of the residential area of the city and it takes an hour by walking”
The receptionist said to me with an apologetic face.
“Shall I introduce you to others? The other inns are all around that price”
“Okay, then that one, can you tell me the way?” [Yoji]
The receptionist seemed happy as she taught me the way.
After I left the adventurer guild I walk towards the inn.
By the way, it seems that the receptionist’s name is Celine-san and she is 22 years old.
She has been working as a receptionist for 3 months.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
When listening to the directions to reach the inn she answered me unexpectedly.
Oh, isn’t this a good vibe?
Could it be a flag?
I am a bad child.
I swore in my heart that in the future I will talk to Celine-chan when I do the procedure to receive or complete quests.
Walking, and walking, and walking, hum, it is so far.
There is neither train nor taxi so I have to walk all the way.
Just as she said, it took me an hour to arrive.
When I enter the inn, the first thing I see is the dining room.
In the corner there was a counter that seems to be in a sorry state, and a man with a stern face was sitting there.
“Excuse me. I would like to stay here” [Yoji]
“Oh, what a rare sight, are you a customer?”
Oh? I am a customer.
What is this attitude?
I thought so.
“My bad, my bad, let’s do it over again. Welcome, how many nights will you stay?”
It isn’t completely satisfactory.
“For now I would like to pay in 10 nights, please” [Yoji]
“Oh, you will be staying for 10 consecutive nights, thank you. I am the owner of the Elban inn”
There is something key in his speak that catches people.
“Thank you. Is it 250 Zen per night?” [Yoji]
“Yes. It is so”
“Well, for the meantime here you have 2500 Zen for the 10 days” [Yoji]
I said so and put 2500 Zen out of the bag onto the counter.
The innkeeper’s owner was surprised.
Oh? Did I make a mistake somewhere?
“Dear customer, the inn doesn’t mind if you pay one day at a time”
It seems that it is not usual to pay all the days in one go.
Well, it must be because most part of the population live their days with their daily income.
It was this moment that made me feel the difference.
“No, it is okay. Is there any bathhouse around here?” [Yoji]
“Sorry. There is nothing like that around here. There are in the commercial area though”
“Is that so? Too bad” [Yoji]
“Dear customer, it is all right! Even though it is small, we have a bathroom for you to use”
“Really?” [Yoji]
“Well, it is usually for familiars, not for customers, but you are a generous guest so I will make an exception”
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
Elbin seemed tired of talking to me with a polite tone and is now talking informally to me.
“Fuu– , this is heaven” [Yoji]
I am taking a bath in Elbin’s private bathroom that is normally used for his own family.
My whole body was finally completely soaked in hot water since I came to this world and I felt my fatigue going away.
By the way, it seems that in this world there is no custom of taking a bath.
Usually people just go to the river and use a towel to clean themselves.
It is something like a privilege of the rich people to take hot-water baths.
Well, it seems to be a luxury to take a hot-water bath because of the live-a-day.
Honestly, even though the rent is so cheap as it was considerably far from the guild I was thinking about the long stay, but now I don’t want to leave this inn anymore.
This is like an affirming nod.
It is my personal opinion as a translator, but it is ridiculous how authors try to compare the economy from a fantasy world with ours, when we have ships going around the planet and those people just have carriages. The supply and demand just isn’t the same, so realistically you can’t compare the economies. Well, I guess they do that just for the purpose of letting us know how we think. Note: XD, philosophy classes are not free.
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