episode_0021

“Hoo… .”

The nameless village that I escaped from like that.

And we arrived at the next city.

“Haa, haa… Asia, are you okay?”

“Yes… Not yet.”

I drank the potion from the treasure chest and threw the empty bottle somewhere.

I have never seen a city that is truly a city.

Please let it be okay this time…!

So we tried to enter the village, but the guard stopped us.

“You cannot enter wearing that kind of attire.”

“… Karin, do you have any potions left?”

“None… .”

I opened my bag just in case.

It’s empty.

Herbs were trash items that only raised stamina by 10, so chewing them didn’t make much of a difference.

I should have bought something like a repair kit…!

But I can’t help it since I’ve never really shopped at a grocery store before.

The irony is that you have to go into the city to get your clothes fixed, but you can’t go in because your clothes haven’t been fixed.

Since it has come to this, there is only one way.

“Let’s go in secretly.”

You can do it, Karin? I believe in you, Sister!

And an hour later, we were crouching a little way from the city gate, waiting for the carriage.

Come to think of it, climbing over the wall in broad daylight was crazy.

Karin looked at me with really pitiful eyes when I brought this up, and honestly, I felt a little wronged.

No, there’s that hiding thing or something! Can’t you use that?

But Karin says that she’s just hiding in the shadows, not hiding herself at all.

“After… .”

I sighed and looked out over the horizon.

Please… someone help me… !

As if my prayer had reached me, a wagon began to rattle in the distance.

“Ka, Karin! Here we go! The cart!”

“Oh, oh… !”

We reached out and hailed the coachman as if we were hitchhiking in the middle of an American highway.

“Okay, wait a minute! Wait a minute!”

“What, what are you guys…!”

The coachman was startled when the half-naked women called out to him.

Shit, that’s right, my clothes are torn… .

I quickly tried to cover my body, but the groom had already finished scanning my body.

I tried to look away from his bulging trousers and gave Karin a quizzical look.

“Ah, okay, I’ll talk… . Ahem, we’re just passing adventurers, and as you can see, we can’t enter the city with our clothes like this. If you don’t mind… would it be okay if I climb on this carriage until we get into the city?”

Oh, okay, that’s cool!

Even the groom will nod his head when he hears this!

“… Why me?”

“Please, sir… .”

Karin bowed her head slightly.

I don’t know what was in the wagon, but it was dark inside because it was covered with cloth.

If I’m inside, I can use stealth.

“No, what’s the use if everything gets caught when the luggage is inspected anyway?”

“That, we’ll take care of that… .”

“Where is my guarantee that my luggage won’t be stolen?”

“Ugh… Uh, we don’t do that!”

Karin, an elf, got angry and lost her pride.

Ah, no, Karin…! We are not in a position to be angry…!

“What the heck, you crazy bitches? Get out!”

“Okay, just a moment!”

The coachman frowned at Karin, who was getting angry at him for being so rude, and tried to drive the carriage as it was.

In the end, I had no choice but to overcome my awkwardness and step forward myself.

“What, like I said before… .”

“Ugh… Ugh, help me, please… .”

All I could do, tearfully, was use this body.

I lowered my arms covering my chest, trembling with shame, placed my hands between my chest, looked up at him and asked him.

“… Ahem, ahem. Sorry, but I can’t trust you guys easily either… .”

“Uh, can’t we do something about it…?”

Damn, wasn’t there a better way?

Since the only thing I usually do is play games like this, my thoughts only go in this direction.

Doing this to myself makes me feel incredibly guilty.

“… Hmm, hmm… Well, then this side also needs a guarantee… .”

“… Guarantee?”

An uneasy word came out.

The groom looked at my chest sinisterly and said:

“Yeah… You could run away with my stuff, right? Give me something that can compensate for the damage. I’ll return it to you in the city.”

“Uh, we don’t have anything… .”

Karin said, embarrassed.

Should I give you some herbs?

“There’s something good about that.”

Then he pointed to my chest.

… this armor?

“Kuhaha, what are you talking about when I already showed you everything? It’s torn, but I’ll get some money if I sell it. Hand it over.”

Hey, you want me to pass this on?

I looked at him with puzzled eyes.

Then he looked at Karin.

“Oh, what should I do?”

“… Asia, it seems there is nothing we can do here.”

“Ugh… .”

I felt like a woman selling her used panties, but I nodded my head with a sob because I had no other choice.

“Okay, hand it over now. Then go back and get on.”

I touched the armor with trembling hands.

Thinking about it, I was embarrassed to show my chest in front of people, so I turned around, untied the string, and handed the armor to Karin instead.

“Hehehe, okay. Go and ride.”

I covered my chest with my arms and glared at him.

Of course, the seeds didn’t even work.

In this way, we managed to sneak into the city quietly, riding on the back of a cart.

Spy infiltration action!

… but there is no action.

As they entered the city, the coachman moved to a deserted area and stopped the carriage.

“Ka, Karin… Go get the armor for me instead.”

“Okay.”

As she said that, Karin got out of the wagon and didn’t come back for a while.

I waited anxiously for Karin, wiggling my toes which were starting to go numb from the gusting wind.

“That… Asia… .”

“Karin! Did you bring the armor?”

Karin answered my bright question with a dark expression.

“… He told me to come and get it myself.”

“… … .”

I got out of the wagon with a bright red face.

Is anyone there? Please… please… .

Fortunately, there is no one there.

I can see a human figure in the distance, but at least my body can’t be seen.

I approached the groom, trembling with shame.

“, give it back… !”

“What?”

“I have, armor… !”

He chuckled and twirled my armor between his fingers.

“Oh, is this what you mean?”

“Hey, give it to me!”

He looked at me with lustful eyes.

His gaze seemed to be licking me with his tongue, so I crouched down.

“Ugh… Oh, hurry… .”

“Oh, you’re such a shy girl. Then why are you wearing something like this? It’s old.”

WHEEK!

He threw his armor.

I jumped up in panic and grabbed my armor with both hands, and of course, in doing so, I ended up exposing my chest to his gaze.

“Kuhehe.”

“This, this profit… !”

I quickly put on my armor, my hands shaking.

… but even if you wear it, everything is visible.

He sent us off with a big smile, leaving me alone with a bright red face and giggling.

“That, Asia… Stop being angry now.”

“Oh, I can’t forgive you… .”

And only after some time had passed, long enough to forgive him, did we move.

First of all, the first place to stop by is a general store.

Because I needed the repair kit more than anything else.

“Repair Kit? … Oh, you mean the repair potion? Each one costs 500 G.”

Why is it so expensive?

But since I couldn’t not buy them, I bought 4 of them.

I decided to use two of them right away and save the remaining two for emergencies.

“… But how do I use this?”

“Apply it to the torn area.”

As she said that, Karin poured the potion over the torn clothes and began to gently rub them.

Then, surprisingly, the torn area begins to fill in!

“No, what is this… .”

I poured the potion into my torn armor and rubbed it in, admiring the miraculous material.

“Hyaa… .”

I accidentally rubbed my nipple.

Fortunately, there were no unfortunate incidents, such as the nipples becoming stuck to the clothes, and the miraculous metal grew back to close the exposed area.

“Ahem… .”

“Ah, ahhh…! Ka, Karin! Let’s go out quickly!”

Come to think of it, I was still in front of the owner.

Seeing him coughing in embarrassment, I took Karin out of the store with a red face.

“Don’t you need to buy some stamina potions too?”

“I’ll buy it later… .”

I don’t want to go back in now… .

We fixed our clothes and stopped by the armor shop.

“Armor that is not necessarily bikini armor… .”

I muttered as I carefully examined the women’s armor.

It’s so sad that the armor we’re looking at is women’s armor.

It was a moment when I realized once again that this body was not a man.

“… Hey, why are they all so revealing?”

“If it goes beyond this, it will be more expensive. Are you okay with that, Miss?”

“How much is it?”

“Armor that covers the entire upper body costs 50,000 gold.”

50 thousand gold… .

It’s a huge expense for us, who only have 5,000 gold.

“Then what about the clothes? Something like a robe… .”

“Starts at 5 thousand gold.”

Yeah, it’s possible, but… .

I glanced at Karin.

Wait, didn’t Karin bring some jewels?

“Ka, Karin. Do you want to dispose of the jewels here?”

“Huh? Why are you selling gems in the armor shop?”

…because it’s a game?

I was wondering if the store would be picky about the game’s theme, but fortunately, it was the same as other games, and I was able to sell all items regardless of type.

“I’ll give you 5,000 gold for 5 jewels. Are you going to buy that robe?”

I looked at Karin.

“If Asia wants to buy it, I won’t stop her, but remember we don’t have any weapons yet.”

“읏… .”

Fidget fidget.

I thought about it for a long time and eventually gave up.

It would be better to buy a weapon like she said rather than a cloth suit with no real defense.

In fact, it was almost like I was forcing myself to stop by the armor shop.

I held back tears as I said goodbye to Rob for a moment.

Don’t worry, I’ll be back…!

And finally, the last weapon shop I heard of.

This place was a man’s romance, a place where fantasy was embodied.

“Hiyaa… !”

Swords, spears, bows, maces… filling the walls!

Just looking at it makes me feel masculine.

What to buy?

Sword? The dream and essential item of a black warrior. It would be cool to carry a sturdy greatsword on your back.

It was too big to be a sword…!

The window isn’t bad either. It’s not as cool, but considering practicality, wouldn’t it be better to go with a window?

The bow… you also need to buy arrows. And this is something that an elf should carry.

As expected, the archer is an elf.

The mace looks cool too! After all, isn’t it true that crushing demons’ heads with a mace is the real show?

“Asia, you look so happy.”

Of course!

In the last town, we couldn’t even look around properly because the owner was so evil that he only thought of putting a rip-off on us, but the owner here is so kind that he helped us look at a lot of weapons.

“Hehe, the young lady is very interested in weapons.”

“Hey, how much is this?”

I pointed to the weapons and asked their prices one by one.

Of course, the more expensive and fancy the weapon, the more expensive it was.

“Ugh… Then what kind of weapon can I get for under 5000 gold?”

I think I can buy one each with Karin’s 5,000 gold and mine with my 5,000 gold.

The robe keeps floating around in my head, but I’ll be there soon, so just wait a little bit…!

First of all, there was one item for each of the four types of weapons that cost 5,000 gold.

After much thought, I opened the window first.

That’s because I remember seeing on the internet that it’s good to have a long window.

“Ugh.”

But as soon as I opened the window, I dropped it.

Why, why is it so heavy?

“Oh, this doesn’t fit in the window.”

uh…?

I looked back at Karin with puzzled eyes.

“Huh? Isn’t Asia’s aptitude for swords?”

Suddenly, words like “job restrictions” began to float around in my head.

No way… Are there even certain weapons that can be used?

Just in case, I picked up a bow and a mace, but it was the same.

It certainly doesn’t look that heavy, but strangely, the moment I pick it up, it suddenly feels as heavy as a lump of lead.

“… Please give me this.”

In the end, I had no choice but to buy a sword.

Let’s think positively. Kendo is cool.

The original protagonist is a sword wielder.

“Oh, oh… !”

Finally, even skills!

Then that’s right, I was wondering why there were no skills when leveling up!

I guess it seems like you have to wear a weapon to acquire skills appropriate to your level.

I looked back at Karin with a smiling expression.

“Karin isn’t buying it?”

“Ah, I’ll take this.”

She bought a dagger.

It’s obvious that it took less materials than my sword, but the price is the same.

Because it seems like an unreasonable game… .

“Shall we reserve a room at the inn now?”

“Yeah, it’s starting to get dark, so let’s do that.”

Wait, but what should I do about the room?

“Shall we share a room?”

“Huh? Isn’t that obvious?”

Oh, sleeping together…!

In the field, the distinction between day and night was ambiguous, so I didn’t need to sleep, and I always slept alone in the lord’s mansion, so this is the first time I’ve slept with someone since coming into this world.

Sleep with an elf beauty!

My heart was pounding wildly.

“Heh, hehe… .”

“Asia, are you okay?”

“Yeah, right, hehe… . Let’s go quickly.”

A woman’s body isn’t all bad!

You can sleep with a woman like this legally!

For the first time, I was grateful to be a woman.

As I was looking for an inn, a strangely unfamiliar store caught my eye.

“Huh… ?”

The sign drawn on the sign is a very simple magic circle.

A sextant is drawn inside a circle.

Is this it?

“Karin, over there… .”

“Huh? Oh, it’s a magic shop.”

Ma… magic shop… .

My body trembled with joy.

Magic shop!

As expected, there was MP in the status window!

“Excuse me, what do they sell over there?”

“Asia, you really don’t know anything? Well, it’s a magic shop, so it sells magic books and magic materials.”

This can’t be happening… A magic book…!

“Hey, do you want to stop by and go?”

“Huh? If you want.”

I opened the door to the magic shop with a pounding heart.