episode_0013

“As expected, you are the leader! Thank you!!”

“Hmm. Enjoy your meal and rest.”

-Hey! Our leader is the best!

-This is it~

-The leg is mine! Don’t touch it!

-Where! Me first!

First, I stopped by a nearby restaurant and brought fried chicken and beer to the mercenaries like last time. Since it was a restaurant that had a good response last time, I chose this place.

As expected, as expected. During the suddenly provided break, the mercenary members ran wild as if they were going to backtumble at any moment.

“As expected… you have the attitude of an outstanding leader..!”

“Keuhm.”

Why is Cerise suddenly next to me and praising me with sparkling eyes? It’s not that I don’t like it…

It seems a little embarrassing. Still, I didn’t necessarily refuse.

“Good. Then, let’s go to the armor store right away.”

“Yes! All right, Captain! Come on… no, let’s go slowly!!”

Don’t you usually say let’s go here? I’ve been feeling it since last time, but Seris seems to be a bit of an unusual person.

what. It’s charming and nice. Anyway, we set out to find the armor store in Leria Village.

“Hmm… where should I start?”

I crossed my arms for a moment and began to think. The size of Leria Village was not small, so of course there were several armor stores.

Which of them should I go from? I am ignorant in this regard.

And in fact, since I had never been to an armor store before, I didn’t know which armor store was good.

Because our Scar mercenary group has been short of money.

Starting with this opportunity, you can spend as much money as you want, make money with it, and grow, right!

“Me. Captain. May I take the lead?”

“Good. Take the lead. Follow right away.”

“Yes! I treat you with the best course…!”

Seris, who seemed excited about fitting new armor, began to confidently walk ahead with sparkling eyes.

‘I understand that feeling too!’

The joy of clearing quests in the game, purchasing excellent equipment with the rewards received, and then experiencing its performance…!

Really, it would be an unstoppable joy. Ceris probably feels the same way.

“I…I…!”

“Hmm?”

what. Weren’t you going to the armor store? It was Seris who suddenly turned and headed towards a street vendor.

Looking closely, the street vendor had the words -King Chicken Skewers- written on it.

“Da…Captain! Would you like to eat those skewers together?!”

Oh my. Did you want to eat it that much? I was in such a hurry that I felt like I chewed my tongue. Oh my…

okay. Of course, Seris also wants to eat something. No matter what, you are still human.

“Let’s do that. Right now, all I have left is time.”

“Yes…yes! Thank you, leader…!”

“That’s all I have to be thankful for.”

Is buying and eating just one skewer worth this much excitement?

‘ah. I guess it’s worth it.’

He once told me that he had lost his father since he was young and that he had always lived in poverty because of those bastards who were the former leader.

When you’re young, you may always want to eat something. It may appear suddenly.

However, Seris would not have been able to enjoy such things since childhood. Oh my… that’s pitiful.

Okay, I guess I’ll let you eat this as much as you want from now on!

“Ah, welcome!”

“Hmm. Nice to meet you. Just two skewers…”

“Ah…no! All you need is one! Please give me one!!”

Suddenly, Cerise interrupted me. Is there any reason to buy one?

“Well…I’ll just taste it. So let’s just buy one..!”

“There is no need to do that…”

“I will only buy one!!”

“Uh…um. I understand. Just give me one skewer.”

“Yes. There are two fairy tales.”

It’s definitely not because I’m scared of those empty, crazy eyes. Absolutely not.

Anyway, I ordered one skewer and paid in gold coins since the only thing I had on hand right now was gold coins.

The street stall owner, whose eyes widened as soon as he saw the gold coins, told me that he only had 90 silver coins in change, so I asked for what I had.

“Thank you so much, Nari! I will treat you as the most delicious one!!”

The street stall owner, who kept his head down, then started making it desperately, as if he was fighting a battle with chicken skewers.

-Howling!

“Hoo..”

[Name: Coog / Age: 34 / Male. / Status: Highest mood]

[Unique Ability (Fire): Can use basic fire magic.]

I was amazed at the street vendor who could spit fire out of his hands, so I used Talent Insight and found that he had fire-related abilities as expected.

Even though they have this ability, there are many people who live ordinary lives.

‘If it were me, I would have been crazy about becoming a mercenary or something with just my small abilities.’

This must be the ‘normality’ of this world. It was the moment when I realized that I had come to another world again.

“I’ve waited a long time! Here is the chicken skewer that I put my heart and soul into!!”

“Hmm. Thank you.”

“Goodbye! lily!! Thank you!!”

I left behind the owner who bowed to me by bending my back to 90 degrees and started to find my way again.

“Vice-captain Seris. Let’s eat it quickly.”

Because Seris had been waiting so long. I didn’t really want to eat it, so I decided to give it to Seris right away.

“No… Well… Leader, please have a bite too!”

“Hmm. I don’t have any thoughts right now so it’s okay.”

“Uh…uhh..? Isn’t this…?”

It was Seris who suddenly turned around and muttered something. what. Have you suddenly started not wanting to eat?

“Hurry up and listen. It will taste even better if you eat it before it gets cold.”

“Ah..no! Captain! Have a bite!!”

“I want to eat…”

“I won’t eat until the leader takes at least a bite!!”

note.

I guess you’re being considerate of me because I feel like I’m just watching you eat? Since you have such a firm stance, I guess I can’t help it.

“Hmm. Then I’ll just have one bite.”

“Yes…yes!!”

Yum-

The sweet and slightly spicy sauce harmonizes with the tender chicken in your mouth.

It was just the right amount of well-made chicken skewers. I really liked this kind of thing when I was young.

When I was young… I mean.

“Now let Vice-Captain Seris eat. Even if I throw away the part I touched…”

“Ah…no! You can never throw it away!! Give it to me!!”

“Uh… it’s here.”

It seemed like he had a strong aversion to throwing away food.

Yeah whatever. It’s a good habit.

“All…the part where the leader’s mouth touched…! Gulp…!”

Seris, who was looking at the chicken skewers as if they were going to crumble just with her gaze, muttered something and began to eat the chicken skewers hungrily.

How much I wanted to eat it. I will have to buy you a lot of other foods from now on.

“Hehe…Hehe… Inside me…”

“Have you eaten everything, Vice Captain Seris?”

“Yes…yes! Now let’s go to the armor store…!”

It was Seris who finished a large chicken skewer in an instant.

The chicken skewers were delicious. Cerys started to feel a bit faint, but with a brighter face than before, she started heading toward the armor store.

***

“I’ll come back later.”

“Yes. Then…”

Did you visit the third armor point with this? I left the armor store without anything in my hand.

‘Use… it’s a bit lacking. ‘I don’t like it.’

The reason why I didn’t buy armor even though I already visited 3 armor stores up to this point.

This was because I was not satisfied with the condition of all the armor I had seen through talent detection.

I tend to spare no money on equipment. Because I needed good equipment to be able to show off my skills.

Isn’t there a saying that a craftsman doesn’t blame his tools? Wouldn’t it be natural?

A person who can be called a craftsman already has excellent tools, so naturally he will not blame the tools.

“Chief. Did you not like this place too?”

“Hmm. It seems a little lacking…”

Since I was planning to buy armor for all of the Scar mercenaries, I thought it would cost a lot of money.

However, the quality of the armor stores I visited was either in poor condition or mediocre, despite the high prices.

“Then there is one last place left. Would you like to go there?”

“I’m sorry. Vice-captain Seris.”

Am I being too picky? I felt sorry that I was wasting Cerise’s time for no reason.

“Ah…no, Captain! I rather like it…! Huh. Because I have a lot of time too!”

“I see. Thank you.”

“Well..then let’s go to the last armor point..!”

As expected… there is only Seris. If someone were to waste time like this, I would probably be annoyed…

Instead of getting annoyed, Seris headed toward the armor store with a constant smile on her face.

‘Thank you…Ceris!!’

I said a tearful thank you in my heart and followed Seris.

***

“This is the last armor point in Leria Village.”

“Hmm… It’s old.”

-Forge of Spin-

At first glance, it looked old, and some of the letters on the sign were erased and hard to read.

‘It’s rather good, isn’t it?’

As someone who played a lot of games, a certain instinct was triggered.

The more shabby a blacksmith shop is, the more excellent blacksmiths there are! I’ve seen the cliche of finding really great equipment in places like this countless times!

And isn’t there a saying like this? “Being old means surviving.”

The fact that the building is old enough to be like this means it has a lot of skill!

“Let’s go in.”

“Yes!”

Good profit…

I opened the door with its old hinges making noise and entered the dusty blacksmith shop with a trembling heart.

“Hmm.”

The inside of the blacksmith shop was, in a word, messy. There was a lot of dust flying around, probably because it hadn’t been cleaned, and dust settled on every piece of furniture.

Clothes, newspapers, papers, etc. were thrown away in a messy manner.

“Are you there? ”

“…………………..”

There is no answer, like an uninhabited, abandoned house.

what. Was this just an empty house? My intuition was wrong…?

“Umm…Umm…”

At that time, the torn blanket on the dusty sofa began to shake.

“Haaam… who are you?”

“Keuhm.”

“……This…!”

The newspaper stood up and appeared, an unexpected beauty.

A woman with slightly tanned skin and brown hair roughly tied up, scratching her stomach and yawning while wearing only a large t-shirt.

‘Oooh.’

Are you not wearing pants or that? It was a missing bottoms fashion that I had only heard about.

Even his stomach was exposed due to his scratching hands.

Crack-crack-crack-!

And what does this mean just now? Are there any rats?