Year 7444, Month 12, Day 14
Once I returned to my inn I got to producing Basutoral's contract right away. It's fundamentally the same as everyone else but I also included the following clauses.
.Settings for a trial period (of course, as long as I don't accept it the trial period continues forever)
.Specifying the conditions for providing of bonuses (During the trial period it's 1% of the "magic stones" we obtain and sell to a dealer)
.Regulations for quitting (Requires agreement from both sides. In reality it's no different from before)
.Regulations for days off (Only days I recognize in advance)
.Retention of secrets (He has an obligation to hide any secrets he finds out on the job)
.Regulations for penalties (Putting it simply if there's any inconveniences caused to me over something)
.Good faith clause (just as it sounds)
.Adding money to the debt (Though this is a clause just for Basutral)
Ah, days off? The paid days off are only for women. If I use healing magic when symptoms of an illness start to appear then they recover easily so there's no sick days. Of course in urgent situations it's possible to withdraw from them at any time. Yesterday was a good example. Also, in regards to the penalties but obviously if there's a delay in wages for the employees then I'll pay an interest that both parties agree on. Furthermore, the payment date is the same as usual up until now the 1st day of each month but if I notify them advance I can change that to a later date. Since we might be in the dungeon.
Well, it's like a small version of a real employment contract. Honestly speaking, there's still plenty of things missing but for now this should be fine. Adding to that in regards to the compensation with the trial period concludes but I've decided it's the same as everyone else 2% of the "magic stones" sold to the dealers. Eh? Even then it's unequal and dirty? I wonder about that? Since it's not written that I won't pay anymore than that, if his work is good then I'll pay additionally.
Even with this I'm compromising quite a bit. For example last months bonus was 1,720,000 Z (172 silver coins) but since we didn't find any magic items, ores, or special treasures so even if he was just sticking with us like a parasite it comes out to him receiving 860,000 Z. No matter how you think about it, it's paying too much.
However, to be honest as I was writing it up I started feel discontent with the other conditions than that as well. In the first place, why do I have to bother writing a contract every time. I'm probably the only one doing something like this in all of Orth. In the end we have to use our blood and magic stones to make the seal as well so it just adds pointless expenses as well..it's all that stink bug Ralpha's fault.
While I'm doing that, Miduchi is leisurely laying on my bed filing her nails, Toris and Bel are probably flirting like crazy in their room. Ralpha and Gwine should be out accompanying Basutoral on his shopping. Since I let the two slaves return to their inn together with Giberuti I have no clue. I wonder if Zulu is lowering his head to his girlfriend?
The two knights who followed along tried to take a room at the same inn "Boil Manor" it seems but since there was only one room open they ended up staying at a different inn nearby. Of course I had Basutoral stay in the opening room. After hearing it was 5,000 Z (50 copper coins) per night Basutoral's eyes seemed like they would spin and he tried to refuse it but I said that even though he needs to save money I won't accept a seedy lifestyle and forced him to stay here. With this he'll be even more desperate I'm sure.
Zenom? Since Zenom came to apologize honestly to me for causing us to worry I accepted his apology. Around now he's probably getting tipsy on the shitty expensive vodka and dried neisun (herring like fish) he bought on the way back. When I finish writing this I plan to train with magic for just a bit and then drink some good alcohol as well.
When Basutoral returned from shopping, the two knights said they would act as witnesses to the contract, so surrounded by the {Slaughterer}s and some onlookers we read out the details of the contract and it was safely signed by Basutoral. No one touched on the compensation portion but several members of the {Slaughterers} grinned like they realized it. That's right, since you all are the so-called successive generation. Your treatment is different. You don't have any complaints right?
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Year 7444, Month 12, Day 15
When I appeared in front of the inn while yawning and yesterday I mentioned it so just like a former slave Basutoral woke up before us and he was waiting together with Zulu and the others. Ah, this is bad~ come to think of it I forgot to prepare this guys shoes... It's troublesome, for the time being I guess I'll just let him use my spare sandals. Along with Basutoral who's wearing my sandals and enjoying the comfort of them, we went for our morning running at 5:30 am while it was still dark and chilly out.
After running for about two hours, we had some breakfast, and it's finally time to start training using wooden swords and spears. Since I made sure to tell Ralpha and Gwine yesterday, I made sure we had a weapon prepared for Basutoral. It's a spear. Since it will take a bit of time for his armor to be made. The same as usual we went to the vacant space at the edge of the town and there were already several pairs of adventurers training. After choosing an appropriate, place where no one will interfere with us we started our training as well.
First I had Gwine instruct him on the way to properly hold the spear. Today he'll just learn the thrust and in addition it would be good if he gets used to the weight of the spear. When the rest of our members were training Faruergaz and Hirosukol came along to take a look. Just in case I invited them yesterday at dinner but they refused while a bit embarrassed so I'm just leaving them alone.
They're looking at our training from a bit of distance away. Since we're in the middle of training we just nodded to them and are ignoring them. Two hours after we started training. Around 10:30 when we decided to take a break for a short while, Faruergaz started talking to me.
"Greed-san, is this sort of training sufficient for adventurers?"
"Eh? Yeah, fundamentally we just continue with this sort of training."
When I said that he made a slightly surprised face. Ah, that sort of thing. Older brother said the training of the knight group was quite a bit different from our training as squires in Bakuddo as well. Since we're more adventurers, or rather, we're completely adventurers after all. I'm sure if you don't know it would be surprising.
Ah, that's right, the main school of swordsmanship in Rombert Kingdom is Fogen Style which the founder is said to be George.Rombert the First. It's not much different from most styles of swordsmanship I know and shows it's true value in one on one combat. I'm sure the original source for it is Kiichi Hogen right? However, right now this is the so-called western swordsmanship that incorporates a combination of the shield and the sword, so I really can't imagine that the source makes use of a Japanese katana. This is close to just being my imagination but since George Rombert the First shouldn't have had something like a Japanese sword, I think he probably completely abandoned his sword style that made use of the katana once. Isn't it just that he left behind the name?
"Since we're not fighting against "people" as the opponents in accordance with the path of a knight. I think it's completely different from the training of the knight group. Of course, we include a portion of that but things like swinging and some level of the forms are training that each individual can do in their spare time."
Things like training against people or armies are just a waste of time right now. Rather than that it wouldn't be too late to do it after earning some money, buying a territory, and then starting it. It's more frightening to be killed by monsters before then. Everything you've built up until now will become useless. Ah, I guess it's just like this that swordsmanship styles change?
After hearing my words they nodded with expressions like they understood, while watching over the two of them started doing something.
The two knights were quite surprised at how even when we take bruises or cuts all over our bodies we just repeated healing magic and kept going with the training while enduring the pain. After all more than half our members can use magic. I'm sure they saw our status when we were doing introductions yesterday but since Toris, Bel, and I are nobles they didn't say anything but they were considerably surprised when they were introduced themselves to Gwine and Ralpha it seems. Also, while they said that we have quite a few members who can use magic, it seems they remained quiet on the fact that all of our magic skill levels are pretty high level.
When it comes to healing magic that can't be used unless you have over level 2 of elemental magic then it seen as "somewhat advanced", they were shocked that all of us who can use magic could use it. Idiots~ it's too soon for you to be surprised~ What Bel is using isn't {Cure}, it's {Cure Serious}. Furthermore, what Miduchi just used was {Cure All}. Ralpha and Gwine can't use them but Toris, Bel, and Miduchi use {Water Arrow} while training after all. Even if it hits there's no damage so it's just a matter of enduring the cold.
"Hobgob!"
When I give out the command the ones who take the roles of the villain attack with some level of formation. This side has to try and have their front line go on the defensive. If you were to say the opponents endurance level is 2 for convenience sake, then you need to hit each one of them with one attack, and then you can't go in to finish them off until all of the targets have taken the first hit, before timing it up as you finish them off all at once. Of course there's rear support as well, when Miduchi, Bel, or I act as the rear support for hobgob it's troublesome. Of course we end up being the first ones targeted though.
"Goblin!"
Everyone only focuses on the opponent right in front of their eyes. In terms of tactics it's the easiest one but when I take on the role of goblin it's hell for the opponent. The estimated endurance level is 1. Eh? When I'm the goblin then of course I go easy with my attacks but I evade like crazy with my full abilities. In the end it comes down to one vs many and I lose though.
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