Now that the adventurer’s beginner’s course was over, I decided to do some shopping at the guild’s shop. It seemed that the other people who had taken the beginner’s course are also heading there.
“Excuse me, can I get two beginner adventurer kit? Ah, and two blankets, please.”
“Sure. You guys in the back, do you want the same thing?”
“Yes. Give us the same thing for each person.”
“Got it. Wait a moment.”
The middle aged man at the counter prepared the adventurer kits right away. I guess they sell well every time a beginner’s course ends, because he had prepared it for a number of people in no time.
By the way, I should ask him if he has other recommendations.
“Is there anything else you’d recommend for beginners?”
“I recommend a kit for herb collection and medicinal herb encyclopedia. I also recommend a monster encyclopedia.”
“Then, please give me two kits for herb collection and those two encyclopedia.”
“I’ll get a herb collection kit, too.”
“All right, wait a minute.”
Not only me, but the other adventurers also bought various things together. It wasn’t expensive, but it was a bit of a painful expense.
At this point, an adventurer who took the course with me made a suggestion.
“Shun, if you have time in the afternoon, why don’t we take a quest together?”
“Yes, yes. We can’t do anything too big, but we still have a lot of time before dinner.”
“Mmm, it’s fine with me. Is Shiro okay with it?”
“Yes, I’m okay with it!”
We are both okay with it so I agreed to join them in taking a request.
The request that our group of 10 people and one cat chose was to organize a certain warehouse along the river. It is something that we would have no problem accepting even with our current adventurer rank.
Besides, with this many people, I think there wouldn’t be any problem so we immediately registered it in one of the reception windows and then we headed to the site.
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“Are you guys beginner adventurers? Oh, little girl, are you are with them too?”
“That’s right. I might not look the part but I’m strong!”
“I see, I see. I can expect a lot from you guys then.”
“Un!”
A slightly chubby, balding old man greeted us and immediately guided us to the site.
“Wow, it’s spacious.”
“There’s a lot of trash here too. Should we gather them up and clean the floor first?”
“Okay, let’s do it!”
We all started cleaning the warehouse.
Hmmm, I’m sure there are bags in my item box.
After a while, I found several burlap sacks. I’ve also got a couple of brooms so I’m going to use them as well.
“Oh, as expected of Shun. Let me borrow a broom.”
“These burlap bags are also of good quality. They can be used repeatedly.”
We quickly cleaned the inside of the warehouse. Shiro, who can use body-strengthening magic, carries large items one after another. Everyone then sweeps and cleans the empty space. There are a lot of decaying wooden boxes, but they are very easy to dispose of because they are all empty.
“Shun, your slime is digesting the rotten stuffs one after another.”
“I guess it’s a slime’s habit. It’s very helpful.”
Ao digested rotten fruits one after another.
“Oh~, you’ve really cleaned it up. Haha, you got rid of the rotten things too.”
“My familiar is a slime, so its good at this kind of thing. What do you want us to do with the decaying boxes?”
“You can burn them. But please do it by the river.”
“Understood. I’ll put them together and dispose of it.”
I went to the riverside and then I dig a pit with earth magic. Then I put the wooden boxes and other items that needs to be burned inside the pit. The garbage stored in the burlap bags are also thrown into the pit. I then burned them all at once with high-temperature fire magic. Of course, the cinders are extinguished with water magic, and finally, to complete the process, I filled the pit with soil using earth magic.
“Hey, we are done cleaning the floor.”
“I’ve gotten rid of all the garbage as well.”
“Oniichan, you’re amazing.”
“That’s right. We all saw it during the practical training, you are very good at applying magic.”
Amidst receiving praise from everyone, we completely organized the warehouse in three hours. Evn the client was surprised by this.
“Hmm, even though your group only have two mages, you did it so efficiently. Another warehouse owner is planning to send the same request to the guild tomorrow. I would like to introduce you guys to him.”
“Is that okay?”
“Regardless of adventurer rank, this kind of thing requires careful work. There are other loads to be packed after all. You guys are more than worthy of our trust.”
“Thank you. We’ll do my best.”
Completing our first request properly led to a next one.
Everyone seemed very happy with this result.
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“The request you did today should be your guide in the future. If you do it haphazardly for the first time, the next one will surely be the same, done arbitrarily. So, whenever you accept a request, please do it carefully. Don’t forget that.”
「「「 Yes! 」」」
When we returned to the inn and reported what we did to the innkeeper, he gave us such advice, which was also meant as a warning. It must have resonated not only with me and Shiro, but also with the other adventurers.
In this way, the first request was successfully completed.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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