Category: Isekai Nonbiri Sanpo Tabi

As we follow the village chief, other villagers start calling out to us.　

“Oh, what a cute girl.”

“You’re quite a young adventurer.”

The people who called out to us are middle-aged and older, and there are really no young people in the village. That must mean the damage caused by varmints in the fields is serious.

“This is my house. Hey, we have a guest.”

“Coming! Oh my~, what a lovely guest.”

“““““Hello!”””””

When we arrived at the village chief’s house, we were greeted by the village chief’s wife.

They have a small reception room, so we were guided there.

“Please have some tea.”

“““““Thank you”””””

When his wife served us tea, the village chief began to speak.

“Originally, there was a church in this village, and the knights attached to the church worked with the young people to exterminate the varmints. But a few years ago, the cost of varmint control suddenly soared, and the knights disappeared at the same time. Young people also went to work in the town to earn money for varmint control.”

“Shun-san, is this also because of that?”

“No doubt about it. It’s that idiot priest’s fault.”

After listening to the story of the village chief, Sue and I couldn’t help but look at each other.

I didn’t know that the problems with the church had spread to the countryside. It is possible that there are church problems in other villages as well.

“Villige Chief, in fact, the priest of the church in the town was the main one who committed large-scale fraud. That priest was captured by the holy knights who came from the royal capital the other day.”

“We have received a request from the leader of the Holy Knights who nominated us, so we can inform them about the current situation in this village. The Holy Knights are a very good person. I’m sure they will be of help to you.”

“Oh, I can’t believe something like that happened. I’ll write a letter too.”

When I told the village chief about the priest, he was very surprised.

It’s really just a coincidence, but I’m glad we came to this village. Maybe Ao’s slime instincts sensed something, so she chose this request.

“Also, I’m sorry to say this, but there are no vacant rooms in any of the houses here. There are no lodgings in this village you see.”

“Thank you for your concern, we are adventurers, so we are prepared to camp.”

“Can we borrow your garden? We have brought some food with us.”

“Yes, yes. Please go ahead, please use it.”

At first glance, it was an idyllic farming village, so I already expected that there was no inn here.

We have secured a place to camp, and it is time to start the action.

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The next morning, we take a carriage from the carriage station to the village that issued the request. 

Some people will get off on the way, so there are a decent number of people in the carriage. The destination village is the end of the route, so we will ride the carriage to the end.

“Wow, the horses are fast.”

“Mm, they’re fast.”

Fran and Horn, who is sitting in front of me, are excitedly watching the scenery as the carriage passes by. The horses aren’t running that fast, but they seem to be pretty fast for Fran and Horn.

Ao is also positioned between the two of them, looking at the scenery.

“Oneechan, here, I bought some sweets.”

“Oh my, thank you Shiro-chan.”

“It’s so delicious.”

“It’s perfect for a snack.”

Shiro is chatting with the girls while eating sweets.

They chatted about various things with sweets in their hands.

“The village is a producer of agricultural products, but in recent years it has been severely damaged by varmints, and because it is close to the borderland, young people are migrating there to work.”

“That explains why the commission fee was low. We have to do something about it as soon as possible.”

I was listening to an old man riding with us in the carriage tell me about the village we were heading to.

Without the help of young people, it would indeed be difficult to exterminate the varmints.

The people in the carriage gradually get off on the way, and we also arrived at the destination village before noon.

As expected, we were the only ones who stayed in the carriage until the end.

“The next carriage will come in two days, before noon.”

“Yes, I understand. Please be careful on the way.”

“““Bye Bye”””

As we watch the carriage return to the town capital, I look out over the village.

It felt like an idyllic farming village, but there were many footprints left in the fields and the crops were devoured.

We need to do something about this as soon as possible.

“Everyone, there are footprints coming out of the forest. I guess there’s a wild boar hoard lurking in the forest.”

“It’s true, there are a lot of footprints!”

““Mm, lot’s of them!””

“There are so many wild boars…”

There are many footprints leading out from the forest, but we’ll investigate the village a bit more to narrow down where the spotted boars are hiding.

Before that, I decided to go and say hello to the village chief, who is the client, first.

Incidentally, there is an old man passing by, so I decided to ask him where the village chief’s house is.

“Hello, I’m an adventurer who has come to receive a request from your village. I would like to go and talk to your village chief, may I know where his house is?”

“Oh my, it was quicker than I expected. I’m the village chief.”

“Oh, Grandpa is the village chief huh.”

“Hohoho, that’s right. Well, it’s the chief’s job to check who got out of the carriage you see.”

Oh, I thought I had found the first villager, but it turned out to be the village chief.

Wait, did he come to check on the passengers getting off the carriage?

“I’ll show you home, follow me.”

“““Ye~s”””

Thus, we all head to the village chief’s house with the village chief in the lead.

First of all, I have to ask about the situation.

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It happened after we had just completed a certain request, and we were completing the procedures at the Adventurer’s Guild.

“Okay, it’s now complete. Also, the reward from the church nomination request from earlier has been confirmed. Shun-san and your party will both be given the title of Demon Hunter and your ranks will increase by one.”

““Ooooh!””

Shiro, Ao, Fran, and Horn are jumping with joy knowing that their adventurer rank increased.

Me, Sue, and Shiro leveled to D-rank, and Fran and Horn are F-ranked. Fran and Horn could have ranked up on their own if they had worked a little harder, but let’s just say this is fine too.

And when the adventurer card was returned, there was a tiny image of a demon engraved on it. This means that we have earned the second title along with Goblin Hunter.

As for the rewards, well, I try not to be conscious of it.

It was a ridiculous amount of money.

I had also gotten a decent amount of reward at the Cherry Blossom Viewing Festival, so now I have enough money in my pocket that I won’t have to work for a while.

“Alright, let’s raise our Adventurer Rank even more!”

““Okay!””

But, seeing as Fran and Horn are in agreement with Shiro’s declaration, I think we’ll continue our adventures for the time being.

“Shun-san has two titles, so you are actually equivalent to a B-rank. As for your party, it is now equivalent to a D-rank.”

“Well, I still have Fran and Horn, so I don’t plan to take too many high-level requests.”

““Eeeh?””

“Don’t ‘Eeeh~’ me.”

“Pfft~”

Even Sue is chuckling.

Fran and Horn are still young, so I don’t plan on pushing them too hard.

Then I noticed that Ao was nowhere to be seen. 

“Eh? Where’s Ao?”

“Oh, Ao’s at the bulletin board.”

For some reason, Ao was standing in front of a bulletin board with requests posted up on it. 

I wondered what she was looking at, and it turned out she was looking at a request. 

“What is it? Oh, a request to exterminate spotted boars. Does Ao want to accept this request?”

“Ao says she wants to do this request!”

Ao is also trembling in excitement but first let’s check what kind of request it is at the reception.

“It’s a request from a village that takes half a day by horse-drawn carriage from here. Although the boars are not that big, they not only destroy the crops, but also has great fertility.”

“Are they destroying the fields? Hmmm, they reproduce quickly so I guess it’s okay to get rid of them to some extent.”

“Yes, as stated in the request, it asks that you exterminate as many as possible. However, as the village is short on funds, the request will be for a minimum amount of money.”

It’s a village that lacks financial resources, so I’m sure they are in a pinch. We don’t have a problem with money, so I decided to accept this request.

I decided to check with Maya-san and Sera-san too.

“Maya-san and Sera-san, we’re going to take this request, is it okay with you two?”

“Yes. We have saved up a certain amount of money, so the money is fine.”

“It’s also training for camping, so I’d like to take this request.”

“Understood.”

After answering the two of them, I faced the receptionist-oneesan.

“Then I would like to accept this request please. We will go to the village tomorrow morning.”

“Okay, I recorded it. When you’re done with your request, please come back to the reception.”

“““Okay~”””

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on an expedition.

It’s also the first time Fran and Horn will go camping, so it’s going to be a good experience.

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The day after the request for free treatment, a request for a cleanup in the church came in from the Holy Knights.

The search has already been completed, but just in case, the adventurers who fought the demon in the church has been nominated for this task.

We have also been nominated, and Maya-san and Sera-san have been specially appointed. After seeing Maya-san’s cooking and Sera-san’s help in the treatment yesterday, the deputy commander decided that there would be no problem with the two of them joining as well.

“At the end of the day, it’s the same squad as yesterday.”

“We’re the same group that fought that demon, so it can’t be helped.”

The martial art adventurer and a swordsman-oneesan are having such conversation. But it’s true that most of the people here are the same members as yesterday’s soup kitchen.

However, there is only one guest in the mix.

“Uhm, why am I here?”

“You’re one of the members of that demon-fighting group, aren’t you? You are registered as an adventurer, right? My old man told me that I should join because they may be short of manpower.”

“When I get home, I’m going to beat my dad!”

Yes, she is the daughter of the executive committee chairman of the Cherry Blossom Festival, who was with us during the extermination of the demon. She didn’t hesitate to throw magic at the demon, so there is no problem with her criteria for participation.

Since we’ve all gathered here, I should take this opportunity to talk about our party’s future plan before we start working.

“Sorry, but before we start, I have an announcement to make. We decided to go to the Northern Frontier Territory a little early.”

“Oh, I see. Now that I think about it, you said you were originally from the Southern Frontier.”

“It’s common for adventurers to look for new places to work.”

When I started talking, the others understood me. It seems that it was also because we originally came from the southern margraviate.

“However, there is also the matter of Maya-san and Sera-san, and it is a learning experience for us to teach people a lot of things, so we plan to stay in the Eastern Frontier Territory until Maya-san and Sera-san reach F-rank.”

“Shun-san and Sue-san, thank you so much for going out of your way to help us.”

“Mm. We will do our best to move up the ranks as soon as possible.”

　

After hearing my story, Maya-san and Sera-san respectfully bowed to me and Sue. I thought they would be confused, but they took it surprisingly calmly.

From what I’ve seen, I have a feeling that Maya-san and Sera-san are going to rise through the ranks very quickly.

Okay. Enough with the story, we all got to work straight away.

First, we split up and carried out the rubble from inside the church.

“Heave-ho, heave-ho.”

Shiro is strong, so she is carrying a lot of rubble at once. Fran and Horn also used physical enhancement, but they didn’t carry as much rubble as Shiro.

Sue and I also made a simple stretcher using sticks and cloth and carried the rubble out together.

The rubble taken out of the church are checked by the Holy Knight just in case. They are checking to see if there is any evidence mixed in the rubble.

Well, it’s a bit of a pain in the ass that I can’t use the item box to carry the rubble all at once.

“But that demon has smashed the facilities of the church in a spectacular way huh.”

“That demon seemed to have a low level of intelligence. We were pretty much pinpoint attacking him.”

When I looked inside the church after most of the rubble had been removed, I saw that the floor, chairs, and even the walls were broken. It’s going to take a long time to fix it.

Now that we have finished removing the rubble, we will pass the baton to the professional craftsmen for repairs from here.

“It all ended safely. Thank you for your hard work, everyone.”

““Same here, thank you for your hard work!””

The further checking of the Holy Knights was also completed, and our work is finished. The rubbles we carried out will be cleaned up later by a specialist.

“We completed the request this morning huh. I think it would be okay to take simple requests this afternoon.”

“Oh, I just heard that there is a request to clean up a store near my house.”

“Really? Then we’ll do that request.”

“““Okay!”””

This is how we did simple requests in our free time.

And we ended up rising in the ranks faster than Maya-san and Sera-san.

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The nomination request was over, so we were about to go back to the inn.

“By the way, Sue, I got a letter from the Margrave of the Northern Frontier, could you come with me to the mansion?”

“Y-yes. Thank you very much for taking your time on this.”

The former Margrave was talking to Sue.

Sue apparently received a letter from the Margrave of the Northern Frontier Territory, our next destination.

I was wondering what to do after this when Shiro grabbed Maya-san and Sera-san’s hands.

“Let’s go, let’s go. If you go to the mansion, you’ll get delicious food!”

““Eeh?””

Oi, Shiro! As I said before, the Margrave’s mansion is not a dining room you know.

But as expected, Maya-san and Sera-san did not get what Shiro is talking about.

“Hmm, then, shall we have the new adventurers come to the mansion as well?”

““N-no, no, no, no thank you.””

The former Margrave talked to Maya-san and Sera-san, but they refused wholeheartedly.

It is probably too much for the two of them to suddenly go to the Margrave’s mansion. So, Maya-san and Sera-san returned to the inn, and we decided to go to the Margrave’s mansion.

By the way, the other adventurers who are with us earlier didn’t come with us either.

“This is it. Please take a look at it.”

“Yes, I’ll take care of it.”

When we arrived at the Margrave’s mansion, we were ushered into the waiting room. Then the former Margrave handed Sue a letter from the Margrave of the Northern Frontier.

Sue immediately read the letter, but her expression changed somehow. Sue chuckled a little so I can’t help but wonder what was written on it.

“As for this letter, it is true that the sender was the Margrave of the Northern Frontier, but the contents of the letter is addressed to me by his daughter.”

“Oh, you mean the daughter that the Margrave of the North dotes on?”

“Yes. It seems that Fina has heard from the Margrave of the Northern Frontier that I am in the Eastern Frontier now, so she wants to see me as soon as possible.”

Huh? What does that mean?

The letter was written by the Margrave of the Northern Frontier, and the content of the letter said that his daughter wanted to meet Sue.

When I looked confused, Sue answered my question.

“Oh, Fina is the daughter of the Margrave of the Northern Frontier, and she will be eight years old this year. She used to play with me a lot when she was in the Royal Capital, that is why she missed me.”

“Oh, right. Sue is a daughter of a nobleman. I had completely forgotten about it.”

“Well, I’ve been an adventurer since I met Shun-san, so it’s no wonder you forgot that.”

“Uhm, Sue, are you angry?”

“I’m not angry about anything.”

Sigh, I had completely forgotten that Sue was a noble.

Although there is a difference in titles, it is understandable that there is a relationship between the daughters of nobles. In fact, it seems that Lady Fina is quite fond of Sue.

“That said, since we’ve started to look after Maya-san and Sera-san, let’s make a decision on our next step and then head to the Northern Frontier.”

“Then, let’s see how it goes until they reach F-rank. It will take some time to take care of them until they move up to E-rank after all.”

“That sounds good.”

So, with Sue in agreement, we will take care of Maya-san and Sera-san until they reached F rank.

There was also a request from the Margrave, so it looks like Maya-san and Sera-san will reach F rank in about a month.

This was the end of the letter check, but since we are already here, it was decided that we will have dinner at the Margrave’s mansion.

Not only Shiro, but also Fran and Horn were delighted.

In a way, it turned out exactly as Shiro expected.

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The medical team is led by Sue. However, there are not many members who can use healing magic, so other people have to line up.

The ones who can use healing magic are Sue, the swordsman-oneesan, the gorilla beastman fighter, and Horn and Sera-san.

Ao and I can also use healing magic, but this time we are in the soup kitchen, so we will not participate in doing the treatment.

“Line up in order!”

Shiro spoke in loud voice so people waiting in line can hear her instructions. Shiro’s voice is well heard, so the people in line also listen to Shiro’s instructions. She also greets all kinds of people with a smile so some people, especially elderly ones, occasionally pat her on the head.

Looking over at Sue’s side,

“Yes, that’s how it is.”

“I’ll do my best.”

Sera-san treats people with minor injuries under Sue’s guidance. She’s still not very good at treating people, but this is something she needs to get some experience with.

“How do you feel?”

“Oh, I feel better now. Thank you, Miss.”

Horn, as she had been with the medical team throughout the cherry blossom festival, was quite used to it. Together with the swordsman-oneesan and the gorilla beastman, she treats many people.

The medical team is very well organized by Sue, so it seems that I will not be needed here.

As I was thinking so, Fran came to me with Ao.

“Shun, please make extra food in the soup kitchen.”

“Okay, I’ll be right back.”

I held Fran’s hand as we went back to the soup kitchen area. There are now a lot of people lining up at the soup kitchen, so I have to do my best to cook more.

In this way, we cooked and treated until after noon.

“It looks like everything went well. At this rate, next week should go well too.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

The Margrave had to leave midway through for work, so I’m talking with his father, the former Margrave, who had come in his place.

I also introduced Maya-san and Sera-san to him, but Maya-san and Sera-san were stiff.

“Shun, it will take at least a month for a replacement priest or sister to be elected. In the meantime, I’m sorry, but I would like you guys to treat patients as with the nomination request.”

“Yes, it’s not a problem at all. The others are also taking the initiative, which is very helpful.”

The Deputy Commander also told me that he would be in the Eastern Frontier Territory for another month.

In that case, I guess we will leave for our next destination, the Northern Frontier Territory, in a month at the earliest.

It’s time to discuss the itinerary of the trip then. When we get back to the inn, I’ll talk with Maya-san and Sera-san about it.

In this way, the first nomination request was successfully completed.

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From here on, we all work together.

Maya-san can’t use magic, so she and I are part of the cooking team. Sera-san is weak but can use healing magic, so she and Sue are part of the team doing the treatment.

By the way, Fran is in the cooking team with me and Horn is with the team doing the treatment.

Now that the division of duties has been decided, we can start working immediately.

Chop. Chop.

“Wow, Shun-san is a good cook.”

“Until recently, I was cooking all day. Maya-san is doing very well too.”

“Thank you. I have a big family, so I had to do the housework out of necessity.”

As I was chopping vegetables, Maya-san, who was standing next to me, praised my knife skills. Maya-san was also quite skilled with the knife. She helped with chopping the vegetables.

A steward from the Margrave’s mansion also come to help with the preparation of the kitchen. The other adventurers are not very good cooks, so they prepare tables and tableware for serving.

And as early as then, the children of the slums had already gathered at the soup kitchen, and they are having fun in one place.

Swoosh, swoosh.

“““Amazing!”””

Ao and Thief-oneechan’s familiar, Leaf, is using wind magic to chop vegetables.

The brilliant magic of the little slime made the children of the slums who gather there very excited. Of course, Ao and Leaf are also careful not to hit the children with magic.

Bubbling, bubbling.

Today we will serve soup with plenty of vegetables. Of course, meat is also included.

“Un, a little salt will do.”

When I tasted it, I found that the vegetables had a good taste, so I added a little salt. I tasted both Ao and Leaf’s dish as well, and it’s perfect.

“Shun, let me taste it.”

“May I try it too?”

“Yes. It’s hot, so be careful.”

Fran, who is in charge of being the taster and server today, said she wanted to try it with Maya-san.

I served some on a small plate and let the two of them taste it.

““It’s delicious!””

“Good, good.”

Both of them seemed satisfied as they smiled involuntarily.

This should be fine then.

The hungry children from the slums were giving us hurried glances, as if asking if it’s not ready yet.

Receiving such gazes, it would be a pity to make them wait too long.

“Leave the plating to me.”

“The smell attracted more and more people.”

“Okay, I’ll leave it to you from here on out. I’m going to the medical team.”

From here, the martial art adventurer, the thief and magician-oneechan will help serve the food. Both Ao and Leaf helps with the serving of food too.

I’ll leave this to them, and I decided to head to the tent of the medical team.

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Then came the day when we were asked to do the nomination request.

Fran and Horn were there the other day, as were Maya-san and Sera-san, so we went out to gather medicinal herbs for two days in a row. We were able to get a decent amount of medicinal herbs and Maya-san and Sera-san were smiling because they had enough money.

““Good morning!””

“Hi, good morning. How are you today?”

On the first day of the nomination request, the Margrave and the Deputy Commander of the Holy Knights also appeared at the church.

Shiro, Fran and Horn knew the Margrave and the Deputy Commander, so they greeted each other normally, but Maya-san and Sera-san were wondering who they are.

“Oh, so these girls are Shun’s apprentice huh.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“So, Shun and his group finally taken up apprentices?”

As I spoke with the Margrave and the Deputy Commander, Maya-san and Sera-san looked even more anxious.

Well, when you’re around someone who wears strange luxurious clothes and armor, you can’t help but feel uncomfortable. With that being said, I’ll move on to introducing them to Maya-san and Sera-san quickly.

“Maya-san, Sera-san, he is the Lord of the Eastern Frontier Territory and he is the Deputy Commander of the Holy Knights of the Royal Capital.”

““Eh!?””

“I expected that’s how you’d react.”

For Maya-san and Sera-san, the Margrave and the Deputy Commander of the Holy Knights may be above the clouds.

Sue also has an expression like she thought there was nothing that could be done about it.

“I, I’m Maya.”

“M-my name is Sera.”

“I’ve heard about you two from my mother. Please do your best today.”

“Well, there are other adventurers here so you guys should be fine. It must be hard for you to become an adventurer so soon.”

Maya-san and Sera-san had somehow finished introducing themselves to the Margrave and the Deputy Commander. Thinking about Maya-san and Sera-san’s mental health, we decided to get to work right away.

“Swordsman-oneechan, what are you guys doing these days?”

“Everyone except me is helping out at their family’s store. There are still a lot of tourists and their store is busy you see.”

“Oh~, I see.”

The adventurer ladies had moved out of the inn and moved into their family’s store. They seem to be too busy helping out at the store that they don’t have much time to do adventuring.

“How about martial art-oniichan and the others?”

“They got a different request. A request to exterminate an animal.”

“Wow, that’s amazing!”

The martial arts adventurers and the others hadn’t left the inn, but they hadn’t been seen in the past few days. But the fact that they were receiving specific requests meant that they had earned the trust of their clients.

With that in mind, we proceed with preparations for a free treatment center and a soup kitchen.

Um, it looks like it will be almost the same role as at the cherry blossom viewing festival…

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The new adventurers have finished collecting medicinal herbs, but there is something that bothered me.

“Maya-san, Sera-san, where do you plan to stay?”

Maya-san and Sera-san’s expressions clouded over when I asked them that.

“The truth is, we just arrived in town and haven’t decided on a place to stay yet.”

“Actually, we didn’t have much money, but luckily we are able to earn a decent amount of money from gathering medicinal herbs earlier.”

In fact, I had also considered the possibility that they might not be able to find a place to stay.

Sue and I looked at each other and nodded, and then Shiro spoke first.

“The inn we are staying at is good. It’s cheap and the food is delicious.”

Shiro cheerfully talked to Maya-san and Sera-san. Shiro’s suggestion was the same as what Sue and I were going to propose, so we all decided to go there first.

“Oh no problem. A room just got vacant. There is a guy who moved out of the room after the cherry blossom viewing festival.”

““Oh!””

The innkeeper, the bear beastman replied that there was no problem since there is a room available.

“I’ve got four more rooms available, so please find some more guests while you’re at it.”

“Oh, then I’m going to find someone!”

“Hahaha, I think you’re really going to find someone, young lady.”

Well, the innkeeper and Shiro are bantering. They look at each other and laughed heartily.

“Then, we would like to stay for a week first.”

“Okay. There’s a bunk bed in the room. Dinner will be served, but you will have to prepare your own breakfast.”

“We understand, thank you.”

Now that Maya-san and Sera-san have completed their accommodation procedures, it’s time to take a break.

At this point, I noticed that a certain person was sitting in the cafeteria. She seemed to notice us as well as she called out to me.

“Oh my, so Shun and Sue got new apprentices huh.”

“Madam, why are you here?”

“I’ve been contacted regarding that nomination request.”

We will be providing free medical treatment on behalf of the church in the form of a nomination request. That is what the wife of the former Margrave is talking about.

I wonder if there is something she wanted to discuss...

We headed towards her table. She is currently sipping green tea in the cafeteria.

“We’ve decided to hold the first free treatment the day after tomorrow. At that time, we’ve decided to serve food to the citizens.”

“Do you mean that you want me to help in the kitchen instead of doing treatment?”

“You’re really insightful. Shun-san is indeed very quick to talk to.”

Aah, seriously……

I wasn’t able to treat any patients during the cherry blossom viewing festival, so I am excited to be able to treat patients this time.

I was a little depressed when I heard that.

“By the way, could you introduce me to those young ladies?”

“Yes……”

She ignored me who was depressed and asked me to introduce Maya-san and Sera-san instead.

Well, since they got to know me, they will meet the people from the Margrave family later anyway, so it may be just the right time.

So, I called Maya-san and Sera-san to come over as well.

“Nice to meet you, my name is Maya……”

“My name is Sera……”

“Thank you very much for your politeness, you are such lovely young ladies.”

When I introduced Maya-san and Sera-san to the wife of the former Margrave, they froze. They probably didn’t expect to encounter the wife of the former Margrave on their first day after arriving in the capital of the frontier territory.

Even I didn’t expect the wife of the former Margrave to come to the cheap inn where adventurers stayed.

“Oh right, since we’re at it, I’ll add the two of you to the list of participants in the nomination request. It’ll be a good learning experience to see what your Master does and work with him.”

““Yes……””

“Well then, I look forward to meeting you two on that day. I’ll see you at the church in the morning.”

And without any further ado, the wife of the former Margrave added Maya-san and Sera-san to list of the group of people in the nomination request, told them the time and place to meet, and then she left.

As expected of the wife of the former Margrave, her drive and decisiveness are incredible.

“Eh? They are not moving?”

“What’s happened to them?”

Fran, Horn and Ao are poking Maya-san and Sera-san, who had frozen in place.

Poor thing. There was so much going on at once for Maya-san and Sera-san that their brains can’t seem to keep up.

For a while, Maya-san and Sera-san remained frozen.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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We arrived at our destination, the forest. But since we hadn’t eaten lunch yet, I prepared our lunch. All I have to do is take out the curry and rice that I have stored in my item box, warm it up, and eat it.

“Is this the dish that the Margrave also ate?”

“It smells really good.”

“Shun-oniichan’s dishes are delicious!”

“Dishes other than curry are delicious too.”

“But curry is still the best.”

Maya-san and Sera-san looked at the curry in the pot on the magic stove with interest. Shiro, Ao, Fran, and Horn said that it is very delicious, so Maya-san and Sera-san are also looking forward to the taste of the curry.

Sue looked at us with a smile.

“Mm~, delicious!”

“I’ve never had such good food.”

And the curry was very well received by Maya-san and Sera-san as well.

Thankfully, thankfully.

After the meal, it is finally time to collect medicinal herbs.

“Leave the herb collection to me!”

Shiro, who sniffed out the smell of medicinal herbs with her nose, was quite enthusiastic.

—However, someone else had already started gathering herbs.

“Ah, Ao said she collected some herbs.”

“Oh~, so these are medicinal herbs huh.”

“Hmm, it smells strange.”

“And there are fine hairs on the underside of the leaves.”

That’s right. Ao already collected some medicinal herbs. The last time we collected medicinal herbs, Ao collected a large amount of medicinal herbs.

The beginners in collecting medicinal herbs looked at the medicinal herbs that Ao had collected.

“Ah! I wanted to be the one to pick medicinal herbs first!”

““Ahaha……””

Shiro, who was outwitted by Ao, had a rather disappointed expression on her face.

Seeing Shiro like that, Sue and I can’t help but chuckle, but I’ll take this opportunity to explain a bit.

“It depends on the type of medicinal herb, but basically, we only take the leaves. If you leave the stems and roots, the leaves will regenerate from there. Also, when you collect 10 leaves, you should tie them with a special string.”

“Pick the leaves carefully so that they can be easily disposed of, and even though this is just the entrance to the forest, there may be something that will come out, so always be on the lookout.”

““Yes!””

In addition to me, Sue also gave them a reminder.

Then from here on, we start collecting medicinal herbs in earnest.

“All right. I will tell everyone where the herbs are this time.”

Shiro, who was taken advantage of by Ao, began to teach the beginners in herb gathering where the medicinal herbs were growing. Everyone seems to be doing their best to collect medicinal herbs, so Sue and I tacitly went on guard around us.

“I could smell the herbs!”

“I think I understood.”

Fran, who is a dragon, and Maya-san, who is half beastman, seem to have good noses too. Like Shiro, they relied on the smell of medicinal herbs to collect them.

“The shape of the leaves is different from other grasses.”

“Well, we can find herbs too.”

Horn and Sera-san also collect medicinal herbs while distinguishing the shape of the leaves.

Ao teaches everyone how to collect medicinal herbs more than Shiro, but everyone seems to have no problem because they are also able to collect medicinal herbs.

　

“We got a lot of them.”

“The basket is already full.”

After two hours of hard work, the basket we had brought was full. Both Maya-san and Sera-san are delighted with the results of their first herb gathering.

“It’s amazing, the basket is brimming.”

“It was fun.”

Fran and Horn are also happy to be able to gather a lot of medicinal herbs.

Anyone can collect medicinal herbs if they know how to collect them.

When we arrived at the guild, Maya-san and Sera-san were surprised to see the amount of money they got from gathering herbs.

“Eh!? Can you make so much money by collecting medicinal herbs?”

“I thought it would be cheaper.”

“If you collect a large amount, the price of herbs will go up. Last time, this big brother and big sister picked a lot of herbs, but it’s been more than two weeks since then.”

As the guild staff member at the guild buying office had said, medicinal herbs are always in demand. Even if the unit price is low, if you compensate for it with volume, the transaction amount will inevitably increase.

“That was fun!”

“Yes, it was fun.”

Fran and Horn are also happy to have successfully collected their first medicinal herbs.

Thus, the rookie adventurers’ first herb collection was successfully completed.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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