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002 Please
give me the underwear
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Translator : PolterGlast
The commotion was
caused by bandits attacking the carriage party. I confirmed the bandits'
statuses with Detailed Appraisal, so there was no mistake.
Now I could help the
beast-eared girl and the beautiful elf without any reservations!
"Whoa—!"
Slash!
The bandit who took a
hit from behind had his head severed from his body.
A huge amount of blood
spurted from the bandit's neck and splattered all over me. Was blood really
this hot?
I was covered in a
huge amount of blood, but I couldn't focus on that right now.
I swung my sword in a
frenzy. Each time, my sword drank the bandits' blood, becoming stained crimson.
"Pant, pant,
pant..."
Before I knew it, the
bandits had been wiped out. Had I defeated about five people? I was so
engrossed that I don't remember the exact number.
"Ugh...
bleh!"
Thinking about it, I'd
never even killed a mouse, let alone a person.
Everything in my
stomach came out.
Killing people on the
very day I came to another world was too hardcore.
Teary-eyed, I vomited
repeatedly. There was nothing left in my stomach, not even stomach acid.
As I sat on the ground
to rest, the familiar beautiful elf stopped in front of me.
"Thank you for
your assistance."
"Eh... ah... no,
are you injured?"
I wasn't used to being
thanked. I couldn't understand what she said for a moment.
Was it normal to be
thanked like this in this world?
But it was a
conversation with a beautiful elf, and it wouldn't do to keep throwing up...
"A few people
were injured, but no one died. It's all thanks to your help."
"I didn't do
much, really."
I only killed about
five people. And I'm throwing up...
"No, because you
defeated the bandit leader first, the bandits panicked. Thanks to that, the
damage was minimal. I am grateful."
I didn't quite
understand, but it seemed the bandit I killed first was the leader. The
beautiful elf kept thanking me profusely.
"My apologies for
the late introduction. I am Ruineza. I lead the guards of this group."
"I'm Toi. (Ore wa Toi desu)"
"Ore...?"
"Is something
wrong?"
"No, nothing.
Toi-dono, is it? What a good name."
Did she gloss over
something? Right, my face is cute now. Maybe she thought I was a girl and was
confused when I said "ore"
(a masculine pronoun)1.
1 Ore (俺) in Japanese is
primarily used by boys and men. It's an informal and often assertive way for a
male speaker to refer to himself.
This carriage group
was a merchant caravan belonging to a merchant named Golteo, and Ruineza-san
was its guard captain.
Ruineza-san asked me
to meet Golteo, so I followed her.
"Before meeting
Golteo-sama, we should do something about Toi-dono's appearance."
"Huh?"
"You're heavily
splattered with blood."
"Ah..."
My appearance seemed
to be quite terrible.
The blood had already
soaked into my clothes, and Ruineza said it probably wouldn't come out
completely even if washed.
Near the stream, the
guards were washing off the blood. The small river was stained red with blood.
I washed the blood
from my face and head, and bear with the blood on my mostly dry clothes.
The guards were also
splattered with blood, but not as heavily as I was. As guards, they must be
used to killing.
"You can use this
cloth to wipe the blood from your sword."
Ruineza-san handed me
a worn-out cloth.
Following the example
of the guards, I washed my sword in the stream and wiped off the water.
Finally, I applied some kind of oil and wiped it again. She lent me the oil
too.
"Thank you."
"No, it's fine.
If you use a sword, it's good to have such old clothes."
"Old clothes,
huh...?"
I've only been in this
world for a few hours, so I don't have any old clothes.
"Normally, people
use old clothes or underwear. It doesn't have to be a good cloth. This cloth
was once my underwear."
"Eh...?"
This... und... und...
und... underwear?! It was Ruineza-san's underwear?!
Ruineza-san's
underwear... Gulp.
"Un... der...
wear... please..."
"Hm, did you say
something?"
Ugh... I almost
blurted out "Please give me your underwear." That was close! Saying
something like that would make me a pervert. I'm not that kind of pervert...
But if it's a worn-out one... Oh, she's taking it back... Sigh.
"Come this way.
Golteo-sama is waiting."
"...Yes."
I trudged along after
Ruineza-san. In front of a carriage, a dapper gentleman in his fifties, sitting
on a chair, appeared to be Golteo.
"I am Golteo, a
humble merchant. Thank you very much for your assistance this time."
He extended his hand.
A handshake, perhaps. It seemed a handshake was the right answer.
"No, I just
happened to be here, so don't worry about it. Oh, I'm Toi. Nice to meet
you."
Golteo smiled warmly.
"This is but a
small token, please accept it."
I was a little
surprised when he suddenly offered me a brown leather pouch. It was probably
money, right?
"No, that's not
why I did it..."
"If I didn't
thank you after being saved, it would affect my reputation as Golteo, so please
accept it without hesitation."
He was quite
insistent.
"Alright then,
I'll gladly accept it."
I put the heavy
leather pouch into my rucksack and was about to stand up from the chair.
"Toi-sama, where
are you headed now?"
I lowered myself back
into the chair.
"It's hard to say
exactly, but I'm on a journey without a destination."
"Hoho. Then I
shall send you to the next town by carriage."
This was a chance to
take it easy, but should I accept his words purely as kindness?
He might be trying to
trick me into something. There's no such thing as a convenient offer in this
world.
"No, I'll walk."
"Don't say that.
Please tell me about your journey."
He invited me even
when I refused. It didn't feel bad, but I couldn't say it felt comfortable
either.
In the end, I was
pressured into it and ended up riding in Golteo's carriage.
This caravan consisted
of four covered wagons and one carriage with a roof for people to ride in.
Naturally, Golteo was
riding in the roofed carriage. So, by necessity, I rode in that carriage as
well.
Each carriage had a
driver and one guard in the driver's seat, and only this carriage had guards on
the roof as well. Plus, there were four guards on horseback.
I didn't know how big
a caravan this was, but it was quite imposing.
"Ahead of us is
Kerniff, a large city second only to the capital."
"This is my first
time here, what kind of city is it?"
"There's a
dungeon there."
A DUNGEON?!
C-calm down, me. Even
if it's a dungeon, it might not be the same as what I'm thinking.
"Is something
wrong?"
"Oh, no, nothing
at all. ...Could you tell me about the features of this dungeon?"
"Oh, you seem
interested in dungeons."
Golteo chuckled
mischievously.
"It would be a
lie to say I'm not..."
Golteo nodded and
opened his mouth.
"That dungeon is
called the 『Baldark Labyrinth』, and it's inhabited by a wide variety of monsters.
When you defeat a monster, its body disappears, and items drop. And sometimes,
there are rare drops! Rare items can be sold for a high price."
Hmm, hmm. It sounds
like something from a game.
"How do you enter
the dungeon?"
"There's an
organization called the Explorer's Guild. Anyone can enter if they register
there."
I see, I see. So I
just need to become an explorer.
"Oh, right. If
you're going into a dungeon, it's better to go with companions."
"Meaning it's
quite dangerous to go alone, then."
"Yes, that's
right. Explorers can't properly explore without a scout to discover monsters
and traps, a tank to draw monster aggro, an attacker to attack monsters, and a
healer for recovery."
So, I need to form a
party.
"For now,
companions are..."
"Companions are
people you share jobs and skills with, so it will be difficult to find
trustworthy ones. Compensation is generally split equally, so the more members
you have, the less your income will be."
When I hesitated, he
told me that.
"Speaking of
which, how about purchasing a slave?"
"A-a
slave...?"
It's a must-have
setting in otherworld stories, but this world also has slavery.
"You seem
interested in slaves."
"N-no, I'm
not..."
I've had dreams
several times of buying a beautiful slave and doing good things with her. But
actually buying and selling humans makes me hesitate.
"Be careful,
though. Even with slaves, if you treat them roughly, you'll be breaking the
law."
"I-is that
so?"
Breaking the law, what
does that mean?
"Slaves also have
human rights. You cannot demand things that are not in the contract. For
example, if you forcibly take a slave who has not consented to sexual acts, you
will simply be arrested for rape."
It seems the slavery
system was a bit different from what I imagined. They have human rights, and
there are limitations on what they can be made to do, depending on the
contract.
Golteo taught me
various things. I also talked about Japan in vague terms.
It was good that we
both heard interesting stories.
Kerniff, where we were
headed now, was a city with a population of about 200,000.
The industry there was
related to the dungeon. Merchants who procure items from the dungeon, merchants
who sell weapons, armor, and convenient items to explorers, and craftsmen who
supply goods to those merchants.
There were apparently
10,000 to 20,000 explorers, but many explorers didn't return from the dungeon,
so there's a considerable margin of error in the numbers.
I pretended to ask
about prices and also inquired about the currency.
There were six types
of coins: 1 Grill copper coin, 10 Grill bronze coin, 100 Grill silver coin,
1,000 Grill gold coin, 10,000 Grill platinum coin, and 100,000 Grill black gold
coin.
One loaf of bread was
8 Grill, one apple was also 8 Grill, an affordable set meal was 80 Grill, a
cheap sword was 2,000 Grill, and lodging was 300 Grill if cheap, or 600 Grill
if you wanted minimum service.
From what I heard, I
think 1 Grill is worth about 10 yen.
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