253 248 Stories Cold Winter Measures

When I walked into the dining room, a lot of people were slowly bickering about whether they had already finished eating.

When I sit in my usual seat, Mr. Dora brings me some tea.

"Thank you"

Enjoy the warm tea slowly.

The tea in this inn is a little sweeter than the tea I always drink.

Let's ask what kind of tea it is next time.

I see something shaking in the corner of my sight.

Looking that way, Gutty, who I met earlier, was waving.

Waving back at it made my hand wave more intense with a huge smile.

I thought you were about the same age, but could it be lower than me?

After a while, Mr. Salifah showed up in the dining room.

"Thank you for coming together today"

She looked over the dining room and took a small, deep breath.

And

"A precaution for this winter has come from the Alliance today. As you will all have already noticed, this winter has already been unusually cold. The Alliance also receives reports of 'Snow Discovery' from many adventurers"

When Snow's story came out, the dining room slammed a little.

"The years when snow is common mean the onset of winter, which can be unusually cold. From past experience, we have prepared ourselves to the best of our ability in this village. But I don't know how much we can actually deal with it."

The dining room is surrounded by silence.

"The inn heating items we are using now are based on past experience and enhanced. But there is no guarantee that we will be able to cope with the cold that we will be visiting. It's a past event in this village, but there's a record of frozen deaths in the year the unusual cold came, even inside the heated building."

Frozen to death in the building?

You mean the heating didn't keep the cold out?

I wonder what kind of cold it is, you're scared.

"I want to ask all of you to help me protect my life. In the evening, heated items were left in front of each room. It's a thing that uses red demon stones to warm the room. If you do not know how to use it, we will explain it individually later. We'd like you to use that item in each room to help us warm up the entire inn."

Help warm the entire inn?

"I'm just sorry, we don't have the demon stones to just move your heating items"

Mr. Salifah's words make me more intentional at once.

"The cave where the demon stone was picked collapsed, and I couldn't secure it. Excuse me."

Speaking of which, I heard it the first time I came to this inn.

The cave where the Demon Stone was picked in large quantities collapsed and the price is soaring.

"Um, how long will you need the Demon Stone?

One man raises his hand.

"Minimum of 5 for Level 6 Demon Stones. It depends on the cold, but if the lowest cold left in the literature comes, you might need about 20."

The adventurers who were in the dining room breathe into Mr. Salifah's words.

And each one of them began to whisper.

She sighs small and has an indestructible look.

"20 Red Demon Stones of Level 6"

I don't think you had a Level 6 Demon Stone.

Mr. Druid, because I've sold all the demon stones at a lower level than Level 5 found at my house.

The Demon Stone that Flem gave me, I don't know the level of detail, but I think it's level 5 or higher when compared from transparency.

Probably expects Mr. Druid to have the most level 5 or 4 hits.

"Is there a problem if it's level 5 or higher?

"No, it works fine, and you won't need 20 demon stones."

If you can use it, no problem.

We can also provide the remaining Demon Stone to the Inn.

We'll talk about this when we get back to the room.

"If you have any questions, go ahead"

"What should I do if I don't have enough demon stones?

"That's...... I'd like to ask for a purchase, but the Demon Stone has been soaring since before this issue came up. So I can't ask you to do it."

Mr. Salifah will shut up.

"Right. I'll find a way to get it cheap."

"Excuse me."

Then a few questions flew over, etc., but it still seemed that none of the adventurers had 20 demon stones, and the biggest problem seemed to be securing demon stones.

Let's go back to your room.

"Yeah."

He took a seat and was stopped by Mr. Dora as he tried to leave the dining room.

"Is it ok to use heated items?

"Yeah, I've used it before, so it's no problem."

"Really? I'm sorry, but we need your help."

Mr. Dora bows his head deeply.

Like Mr. Salifah, he has a painful look that seems to suppress feelings of no place to do so.

"We're fine. Because there's room for demon stones."

"Really?

"Yes."

"Good. Now if you'll excuse me."

To Mr. Druid's words, Mr. Dora gives a horrible look.

I decided to go back to my room and check on the Demon Stone for now.

Remove a few bags containing red demon stones from the magic bag containing the demon stones.

"It's this bag you know is level five."

When you open the bag and put it on your desk, the number is 18 in total.

"With this number, it won't be a problem"

"Um, if you can afford the Demon Stone, why don't you offer it to the Inn?

"I was thinking the same thing."

Good.

"But let's not stop things that are too level"

Were you at the box, you mean the demon stone?

Sure, that would be too conspicuous.

"So, this is the demon stone created by Frem, but the level is unknown"

Demonic stones created by Frem in the dump.

The level is unknown because there is no one to appraise me.

But it looks more transparent than the Level 5 Demon Stone found at Mr. Druid's house.

"Provide the inn with the level we know, shall we use this one?"

"How many are there?

"Eh, 33 in all"

Demon Stone above level 5 from transparency.

I wonder if this would be okay with a smaller number.

"You're not offering this one?

"I don't know the level."

Can't we offer something that we don't know the level of?

"It would be a little uncomfortable not to examine the level of demon stone you have. It's also remarkable to have 33 such high level Demon Stones appraised. That's why if you don't serve it here, the aftertaste will get worse."

Mr. Druid holds his head.

Well, surely there's no adventurer who doesn't look into the level of demon stones that make it money.

Hold one demon stone and cast it into the light.

Plus, a little cloudy, but transparent demon stone.

Even one of these is definitely noticeable, right?

"Do you want to draw someone to this side?

Huh?

I don't know, I think I heard some horrible words from Mr. Druid.

"Mr. Druid?

"Even so, I don't know anyone in this village. It doesn't mean anyone's okay."

Uh... I'm serious about Mr. Druid's eyes.

But I do think we need someone to help us.

Then you might be able to ask Flem to produce more demon stones.

"Teri ~"

If you're worried, Flem's squeal reaches your ear.

When I look at it, it's unusual that the other two are asleep, but Frem is awake and looking at this one.

"Frem, if I told you to get some more red demon stones, would you produce them?

"Teriyu ~"

Flem shudders with a pull and looks happy.

Apparently, they'll cooperate.

All my people are so sweet - they get a little dusty.

"All right, let's be the captain"

While I was thinking a lot, Mr. Druid made a horrible decision.

"Um, Mr. Druid"

"Hmm?"

"Uh, um... ah! Find out if there are any items at Mr. Rose's that can check the level of the Demon Stone."

Yeah, there might be an item like that.

"I see, did you have that hand"

Looks like he managed to stop the noisy idea.

I wonder what I would do if I didn't have an item at Mr. Rose's.