Volume 2 - CH 124

Alena comes out of the fitting room.

Apparently, she has already finished changing her clothes, and she walks in with a dagger at her waist.

She wears a knee-length gray robe, which is lightweight but has hard plates stretched over her clothing to protect her vital areas.

Plates are affixed to the chest, arms, thighs, and shins to match Alena’s, and the joints are protected by sturdy leather.

I think the overall color is a bit dark, but I finally understood why they chose that color when I saw Alena’s head.

Alena’s head was wrapped in the same forehead patch as Valadim’s.

An excess of cloth was balanced and flung out from a knot tied at the back.

Although the shape is completely different, the execution is almost the same.

And the gray robe …… Alena must have completely imitated Valadim’s appearance.

The first thing to do is to find a good fit for your body.

However, looking at it as a whole, it still seems to have low defensive capabilities.

But she is still a child, so she can’t wear excessively heavy equipment, and moreover, she is an F-rank adventurer, so she shouldn’t go that far into dangerous places.

Therefore, this is not a problem.

“Hey, isn’t that cool?”

“I-is that so?”

“Fufufu…..Maybe it would be cool if the soldiers in Alena’s hometown always wore a forehead protector.”

“Indeed”

Alena tried her best to see herself as far as she could see.

She was a little shy and smiled as she spread her robe and looked behind her and stroked the plate on her arm.

According to Lews,  this was about the price of a gold coin, so I immediately made the purchase.

The highest price in her equipment is a dagger, which is said to be three big silver coins.

One of the most expensive pieces of equipment is the weapon.

It seems that if the equipment is not made of magic ore, it can be purchased rather cheaply.

However, in most cases, custom-made equipment is made to suit the individual’s needs, so it is said to cost more than three times as much as it would normally.

Young adventurers can only do safe work until they have their first suit of armor, so purchasing armor is a major milestone for them.

I wonder.

I think we just blew the walkthrough completely.

My apologies, young adventurers.

On the other hand, as for Reizen, …….

The discussion is over and Dazra has already gone inside the workshop.

The most important thing to remember is that most of the equipment is made to custom order, which means that you can find a lot of different types of equipment here at .

However, given that most of them are custom-made,……, all of the equipment here is probably just a sample.

It’s fortunate that Alena found exactly the right equipment for her.

“When will the Reizen’s one be ready?”

“It will be tomorrow! Why do you ask? I thought you might want to stop by before you go to Zenki-Village.”

“I see”

That would be no problem.

It is only a day’s ride by carriage to the Zenki-village

If we went up to the highest point in the Kingdom of Garott, we could at least see the head of the castle tower, couldn’t we?

At any rate, the two of them will be fully equipped by tomorrow.

As for me, I’ll hold off until I get back to the Zenki-village

Uchikage will probably be maintaining his …………. weapons.

From the looks of it, it’s in pretty bad shape.

I think he might have pushed it too hard. ……

“All right! Let’s go home for the day.”

“Yes”

“All right. Lewz-san, Thank you very much for today.”

“No no. I haven’t seen my husband so excited in a long time. Reizen-kun, please come again.”

“Aye!”

After leaving the armory store, Alena was spinning around happily and flapping her cloak.

She seemed to like it a lot.

But Alena is still very young.

She will probably get bigger as the years go by, and she will need new equipment soon.

Although, this time I’d like to spend some of our own hard-earned money on some shopping.

Well, that will come after we go to the Kingdom of Salettana. ……

I’ll take my time and think about it.

Hmm? I think I’m forgetting something …….

“Ah”

“? Aniki. What’s wrong?”

“I completely forgot to look at the …… guild notice board …….”

I was trying to see what it looked like just for reference, but I had forgotten all about it after the …… ruckus.

I thought there might be some medicinal herbs that I could collect along the way, but …….

Oh well, it can’t be helped.

I’ll have to look again next time.

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“Look at that! Satella! Valadim!”

“Wow! What is that? What is that?!”

“Whoa!”

After returning to the castle, Alena went first to the place where Satella and Valadim were.

Satella seemed to be writing something with Valadim, and was holding a pen in her right hand.

However, when Alena came back, she threw down the pen and went to Alena’s side immediately.

Satella looked at the clothes that Alena was wearing and looked envious.

Meanwhile, Valadim, on the other hand, is looking at Alena with another deeply moved expression on his face.

He must be happy.

But when I saw Satella, for a moment I didn’t know who she was.

Satella was not wearing the clothes she had been wearing, and what she was wearing instead was a spectacular outfit, the sort of thing a princess would wear.

She was dressed in red with frills attached to her skirt, and it was no wonder that she was said to be the daughter of a nobility.

That’s when I finally reaffirmed to myself that Satella and Alena are really daughters of nobility.

Because until just now, there had been no ladylike characteristics in them at all. How could I have known?

I only heard about Azubal as  a “Lord”

Well, I guess being a lord of some place means you’re a nobility. ……

“Satella wears beautiful clothes!”

“Baltic-sama gave it to me!”

“It’s prettier than the one I was wearing before. ……”

“Hehehe.”

Whenever Alena says she likes it here, Satella always says back that Alena likes it here too.

The question and answer seems to never end for a while.

But it’s funny to see them praising each other’s good points, isn’t it? Nice.

Valadim seems to want to join the conversation, but since Alena and Satella have already said the parts that the man can praise, he doesn’t seem to know what to say to get in, and finally he gives up and watches quietly. Poor Valadim.

“Valadim. What are you and Satella going to do now?”

“Yes, Satella-sama and me are going to return to the territory where Azbal-sama ruled tomorrow and start reconstruction. Fortunately, we already have the labor force, and even though we were attacked by slave hunters, we still have a place to live, so as long as we distribute supplies of food, we should have no problems.”

“Tomorrow huh, …… is’t that too early?’

“That is Satella-sama’s wish.”

I don’t know whether they are quick-tempered or impatient.

Well, whatever it is, it’s the same thing, let them do what they want to do.

If people know that Satella is willing to help with the recovery, they may change their minds.

I didn’t know there were any buildings left in the territory. ……

I thought there were none because Tenda and others said that most of them were destroyed by fire and arrows.

No, I guess it’s a matter of culture difference here.

Oni prefer buildings made of wood.

On the other hand, the buildings in the Kingdom of Garott are made of stone, so they are more durable against fire.

It would be nice if we could share these places.

It seems the Kingdom of Garott and Zenki-village will be getting along well from now on, though, and the opportunity for cultural exchange will not be too distant.

Nevertheless. While the house is not a problem, the crops are the only thing that is out of control.

Once they are burned, it will take a long time to grow them again.

They will have to get support from the Kingdom of Garott for a while.

That seems to be the extent of the problem, though.

They have the manpower and the funds necessary for reconstruction.

It is likely that peddlers will be coming and going for a while to procure the materials and food necessary for reconstruction.

Well, if it becomes more lively, the number of immigrants will probably increase.

I don’t know what kind of place it will be like, but I would love to visit when the reconstruction is complete.

“Well, keep up the good work.”

“Yes, I will. Please take care of Alena-sama, Ouren-sama.”

“Don’t worry. We have a meat shield over here.”

“……huh?”

I pointed to Reizen with my thumb, but I have no problem with it because it’s true.

He doesn’t think he means it, but he actually has that much skill, so we won’t let him deny it.

Be the wall that stands in front of us at all times, Reizen.

While we were all chatting together, one of the maids came into the room.

She said she had prepared a meal and wanted us to come and eat it.

Alena and Satella will be separated again, but they are still going on the path they have chosen.

They will never be lonely.

When we went to the dining room, Baltic was waiting for us.

Since it was nighttime, a bottle of what looked like wine and a glass of purple liquid were placed in front of us.

As soon as everyone was seated, the food was served.

It was difficult to eat because everything was so spectacular, but Baltic told us that we did not need to worry about etiquette, so we could eat as we liked.

Me and Reizen have no idea about the etiquette of nobility.

I’m honestly glad for this kind of thoughtfulness.

Well, normally I would give at least some thought to this kind of thing from a royal family!

The wine was not good in case you were wondering. Yes, it wasn’t.

But it seemed to be good for Reizen’s palate, and he was pouring wine into his body.

I wondered if he was okay, but since he seemed to be fine even after opening three bottles, I was worried.

I thought wine was supposed to be drunk slowly, not like water, right?

Well, it looks like …… he is having fun, so I guess it’s okay.

And Uchikage was weak on booze! Even though he was an Oni! I’ll say it again! Even though he was an Oni!

No, I mean he was not good with liquor, or should I say he was weak with wine. ……?

I heard that Japanese have a different sense of taste from foreigners.

That might be one of the reasons.

It was the first time for Uchikage to get drunk, and he didn’t seem to understand why he was so dizzy.

He was just drunk, but it was somewhat interesting, so I decided not to tell him why.

Alena and Satella are underage and cannot drink alcohol, but they are ex-aristocrats …….

Nope, they are still aristocrats.

They are eating with perfect manners.

Yeah, I’ll ask them to teach me next time.

Valadim does not eat.

He just stands behind Satella and smilingly watches her eat, because he is only an escort.

He is still not taking off his mask as usual …….

I remember Valadim’s headband.  I wanted to ask about how the excess cloth that extends from the knot is fluttering.

I know it’s hard to ask because it’s a matter of expertise…..

But I’m still curious about it.

Well, it’s okay.

The meal was over in a blink of an eye.

It is true what they say about good times being over quickly.

We wanted to have a little more fun, but time won’t just stop. We were leaving the Kingdom of Garott tomorrow, so we had better not get carried away.

Alena and Satella are sleeping in the same room.

We were assigned individual rooms, so we entered our respected room and went to sleep.

The morning would come as soon as I fell asleep.

It’s what I thought.

The next thing I knew, I was in a pitch black space.