Chapter 313
Legend Chapter 313
「We’re here!」
Miroir raised a shout of joy when the city walls came into view .
On the afternoon of the day following their encounter with Rei and Set, they finally arrived at a city with an adventurers guild where they could prove their innocence .
However, there were other reasons as to why Miroir was so happy . In fact, the night before, she had been surprised when Rei use his magic tent . But, she hadn’t been allowed inside .
Of course, that was because the inside of the tent wasn’t actually that big, but it was also because Rei didn’t want to sleep too close to people he still didn’t trust .
In the end, Miroir and Egret ended up spending the night outside the tent with Set, who kept an eye on their surroundings .
Miroir seemed to be a little dissatisfied about that, but Egret didn’t seem to have any complaints as he played around with Set .
Whether it was good or not that Egret hadn’t heard about Griffons before, Egret didn’t seem to be afraid of Set and loved to stroke Set’s head . In that regard, Miroir honestly felt that Egret was a great partner .
「……It’s smaller than I expected . 」
「What are you comparing it to? You’re probably comparing it to Gilm, aren’t you? In comparison to the only city bordering the frontier, most other cities will be smaller」
Miroir replied to Rei without thinking too much about it, but Rei shook his head .
「No, it’s not just smaller than Gilm, but also Abuero, Sabrusta and Baar . 」
「Even if you say that, those are cities we’ve never been to before . The one here is basically what most cities are like . 」
Being told that, Rei looked back towards the city .
The city was surrounded by a wall about 3m tall . But for people with a certain level of athletic ability, it wouldn’t be hard to climb over it . Naturally, it seemed useless against monsters, which better physical abilities than humans .
When Rei about it, Miroir was surprised as she replied with a wry smile .
That’s right . Because this isn’t the frontier, there aren’t that many monsters outside the city . Of course, it’s not like there aren’t any, but it’s basically only Goblins and the like that wander too close to the road . The walls around the city are enough to keep them out . The other problem is bandits, but the walls are also tall enough that it’s impossible for one or two of them to sneak in without being found . Then there’s that . Look at the outer wall . 」
Looking over the wall, Rei saw some stone pillar like objects . They were about 1m tall and were arranged along the tops of the wall at regular intervals .
「Those stone pillars are a kind of magic item . If a person doesn’t have a matching magic item, they will get shocked by the stone pillar if they try to climb over the wall . In places like Gilm on the frontier, it’s not as useful due to its weak power, but in regions like this, it provides enough safety . 」
「……Heh . That’s convenient . 」
Rei’s impression from Miroir’s explanation was that they were a combination of an alarm and defence system . If it was such a convenient magic item, Rei wouldn’t stay quiet about it .
「Where can I buy that magic item?」
「Hmm, it’s probably something that’s hard to buy? It’s an important magic item used to protect cities . In you think about it, they wouldn’t want to sell it to bandits and let them figure out how it works . Even if you could buy it, you would probably need permission from the lord……I recall hearing that . 」
Miroir replied as they walked towards the city . But, as they got closer, passersby that saw Rei……or rather, saw Set, took some distance from them as they looked in astonishment .
Feeling somewhat nostalgic about the reactions of the people nearby, Rei continued walking with Miroir and Egret until they reached the main gate .
Several people were waiting in line in front of the guards to enter the city, but when Rei and his Griffon came near, they immediately gave up their spots in the line .
「Is that okay? No, actually, that makes things more convenient . 」
Egret, carrying his poleaxe, asked the people in line . However, they all replied with a quick nod .
「It’s okay . From what I can see, it’s tamed, but even then, if a Griffon is standing behind me……」
Oh, this again? It was a response that he had experience before, but it still didn’t feel great . However, since Rei’s intention wasn’t to senselessly threaten the city’s residents, after approaching the guards who were handling the procedures to enter the city, he called out to Set .
Naturally, the guards were surprised and told him that Set couldn’t enter the city, so it was decided that Set would wait outside until Rei left .
However, whether Set didn’t want to scare the people outside the city or if he was feeling a little hungry, he quietly flew away from the city to hunt for monsters .
「……Is that really okay?」
「What’s wrong? You’ve asked this before as well . You don’t have to worry too much . Anyhow, after I finish up things at the guild, I’ll leave the city right away . It will only be a few hours and if any monsters try to attack Set, they would only end up in his stomach . 」
Rei answered Egret lightly as they walked through the city .
It was a very small city compared to Gilm, Abuero, a city just outside the frontier, and Sabrusta, a city close to Abuero . However, it was still buzzing with activity . After buying skewers from a street stall, they continued down the road towards the guild which they had been directed to . Eventually they arrived in front of the guild building .
「Now then, I’m sure you know what you’re doing……are you ready?」
That said, Rei was already half convinced that the two of them didn’t have a bounty .
In the first place, if they really had bounties, they wouldn’t go to the guild so easily .
Because of that, they were really only going to the guild for official confirmation . If Rei really had to give another reason for coming here……it would be to restock on some delicious food .
Thinking of that, he opened the guild door and the three of them went in .
Entering the guild, they could see several people at the bar, which was attached to the guild, but that was it . The reason for the small number of people inside the guild was because most adventurers were still doing requests during the day .
(Well, the size of the guild itself is quite small compared to Gilm . It’s about the same size as Baar?)
It was obviously wrong to compare the guild of an ordinary city to Gilm, which had a population of over 100,000 people, but Rei still thought of that as he went over to a counter .
There, a middle-aged woman in her 40’s, who was a bit hard to call a receptionist, looked at Rei as if he was a bother .
「Boy, have you come to make a request?」
Seeing Rei’s appearance, she didn’t think that he was an adventurer . She asked, guessing that he had come to post a request . However, Rei shook his head as he turned to Miroir and Egret, who were standing behind him .
「I want to know if these two have a bounty on them . 」
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