Chapter 79

(079) Arriving at Ferruit town

Translator: Tseirp

Once dawn broke, we aimed for Ferruit with our carriage.

Carol was apparently thinking about something and didnt sleep the whole time so she was currently sleeping.

Similarly, Marina was practicing with the Wind Bow so she was likewise currently sleeping as well.

I also didnt get much sleep but as a person born in the Heisei era, its not really difficult to stay awake until the middle of the night so Im talking with Haru today.

As usual, I felt the presence of monsters from below ground.

When I asked if they might be the presence of yesterdays ants instead of Tubifex worms, I was told that Army Ant nests always start with the creation of an ant mound so it should be Tubifex worms after all.

An ant mound for such huge ants huh? I wonder how enormous it would be?

Is it possible that the cave I shot a

Fireball into yesterday was actually an ants nest? And that the hill was actually an ant mound?

I dont think that is true. That hill was too large to be an ant mound.

I guess thats true.

If that was the ant mound of a single ant colony, this country would be full of hills.

There was a unique smell inside that monsters nest so I will inform master when the monster that emits that smell appears.

Okay. Thank you. But, you dont have to pay too much attention to it.

I was thankful towards Harus thoughtfulness as we proceeded towards the south.

Right about noon, we let Fuyun rest for a while before we once again head south for another 3 hours.

When the sky turned reddish and the white clouds turned black as if black paint was mixed into them, we finally arrived at the town of Ferruit.

Before we entered the town, I reverted Carols job to

to Peddler.

A town in the center of a wide grassland.

It was surrounded by tall stone walls and there was a prominent castle-like building in the center.

Ive heard about it in the capital but its about the size of Belasra huh even so, the walls sure are tall.

It seems to display a strong message showing their preparations towards the event where Korat invades. Since their skirmish with Korat has been ongoing for hundreds of years. Look, Ichino-sama. There are many layers of colors on the wall. Those are vestiges of the expansion works done on the wall time and again.

Carol who woke up in the afternoon explained to me.

Indeed, the wall looked like the earth stratum.

It felt like Ive witnessed the first tourist attraction.

I paid for the town entry tax and entered the town.

Unfortunately, my Commoner level did not rise.

There sure were many buildings constructed with bricks inside the town. Conversely, there

Conversely, there were hardly any wooden buildings.

Stalls that sold grilled meat stood out.

I was also delighted to find out that there were other shops selling something like cheese.

On the contrary, the price of vegetables was considerably high.

It was nearly double the price compared to those in Florence.

There were hardly any fishes sold.

Ichino-sama, lets first go to the trading post then head for the stable.

Okay. After that is done, we can sell the ant materials at the Adventurers Guild and finally deliver the kitchen knife to the inn and rest okay?

When I said that, Malina reproachfully glared at me.

I wanted to see what reaction she would give when I took her mask as she was sleeping but for some reason, she just fixedly glared at me without getting angry like before.

Well, I cant let her become a hindrance to Carol during the negotiations by saying strange things so Ill keep her like this her like this for now.

Its great to have peace and quiet.

Tentatively, I took out the spices and iron from my item bag and placed them in the carriage.

The carriage became a lot more cramp all of the sudden so we exited the carriage.

Can I leave all of the transactions this time to Carols discretion?

Are you sure?

I nodded and took out a purple scarf.

I bought this at the border town. It should be just right for hiding the slave collar?

Just like how I wrapped the red scarf around Haru, I wrapped the purple scarf around Carol.

Haru, sorry but please stand-in as her guard. Since this time, I will really just carry the goods into the shop and stay outside the shop.

Ichino-sama, thank you. I will try my best to live up to Ichino-samas expectations.

I patted Carols head with a smile and then we carried the goods together.

Malina fixedly stared at our interactions.