Chapter 25

Hello (*)

If you havent seen my post a few days ago, I moved to a new website . Im not sure what to do with the other one so Ill just leave it as is for now . Oh, and please let me know if you encounter any problems with the site since I dont really know what Im doing .

Anyway, this is the last chapter of this arc~ Only 25 (28 actually, including another R18 chapter) more to go before our MC gets blackmailed into becoming a demon lord .

P . S . I know I just launched the site and all but I will not be posting a chapter next week . Ill be taking a break and sorting some personal stuff out .

Chapter 25: That time when I went to town for work

The end of the year festival had ended and its almost time for spring to come .

Starting tomorrow, the school would be reopening once again

Sensei announced that at the village square . Because of that, I decided to go to school .

We were told that we could graduate as early as two to three years but since I was exempted from mandatory attendance last year, I probably wont be having any particular problems regarding that . I was thinking about that as I walked to our meeting place but Suzuran didnt come as usual so I had to go and wake her up .

By the way, these skills increased during winter . Craftsmanship: 2Recovery Magic: 2Physical Augmentation: 2

Craftsmanships level went up while I was creating glass beads and Physical Augmentation during my muscle training . I made a mistake and burned my hand while melting glass so when I used Recovery Magic at that time, its level increased . Im not really sure why it went up though since there werent a lot of situations where I could use it .

A little after we arrived at school, the headmaster and the rest of the teachers entered out classroom .

Ahem Since we have deemed that everyone has enough knowledge and ability that you wont have any particular problems surviving, it would be alright for us to say that you will be joining the ranks of the adults starting tomorrow . Congratulations to everyone for graduating . Did you do as I asked before we entered our winter break to ask your parents where you will work? If you havent then you should have that discussion with them and decide beforehand

After saying that, all of them left the classroom . Oi oi, wasnt that really simple for a graduation ceremony? I wasnt asked to have that discussion you know? Suzuran-san? Why didnt you properly inform me of that?

When I asked afterwards, hn? she just ended the conversation with that . Isnt that a bit harsh?

I asked the three idiots who remained in class and they told me that they were going to remain in the village . Their partners seem to be doing the same as well . Huh? Does this mean Im the only one who wants to go to town?

So what will you guys do here in the village? Ha? It has been decided that Im going to work at the distillery warehouse you know? I was just doing odd jobs at first but got hired permanently because it seems like the headmaster is planning to increase the number of stills I would be part of the patrols and defense in the area near the forest . Since my eyesights good, theyve been planning to let me man the watchtower My nose is good so I will be patrolling near the highway

Oi oi, has everyone already made their decision? Am I the only one without a concrete plan? Someone whos supposed to be almost forty inside is unemployed? Nononono, havent I already decided that Im going to town to study skills that Im lacking? I would only be unemployed if my parents are against it .

Because of how Suzuran is, I wasnt able to discuss with my parents what Ill do after graduation I want to go to town but if my parents dont approve of it Id become unemployed

Would freeter be a better word to use in this world?

Youll be fiine~ Even if they dont let you go to town, because of the villages growth, youll probably be given a job by the village chiefs side Right . You can do anything thats why you it probably wont get to the point where you wont have anything to do Yeah, since Caams really clever

Guys, why did you just tell me that while keeping eye contact like usual? This old man would get shy if you say something like that, you know?

For the time being, I tried speaking to my parents about that at dinner .

You know, I just graduated but I wont be working in the village . Im going to town since I want to learn various things there

When I said that,

Its your life . Do what you want, it doesnt matter to me which plains you die . Its just that if you do, Suzuran-chan would be sad, You should at least send letters periodically or come and show your face once in a while . I mean, its just a half a day walk right? Wouldnt it be fine as long as you get Suzuran-chans consent?

This is a conversation about me so why do they keep on inserting Suzurans name in there? Well, its probably fine since weve already talked about during the harvest festival together with the dragonkin girls . I was thinking of that while being overly optimistic .

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Meet once every 30 days

So she wants us to meet once a month . I guess that should be expected since we really enjoyed ourselves a few times inside the unoccupied houses after the harvest festival .

Okay, I will come back once every 30 days

With that, my trip to town has been finalized .

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Well then, Im off Take care of your self Your coming back once every thirty days, right?

I placed my remodeled rucksack on my back while the machete and crowbar are at my waist . After placing the shovel I was holding over my shoulder, I began my departure .

Why are they treating this lightly even though Im about to go work in town . Well, the town is only half a day away so its probably that .

The village chief was saying stuff like

If Caam-kun isnt here, what would we do about the village!

Because of that, Wurst had to hold him down as I left for the highway . It seems like the village chiefs already depending too much on me . After saying goodbye, I headed for town .

I already got the foundations down to an extent and I also have an understanding of how to build facilities so all thats left is to improve it . Im not really sure how long Ill be staying in town but it should be at least three years . Since I would be working at that time, three years might just feel like three months or three weeks or even three days .

It was really peaceful along the way and the fields and canal that the village chief forcibly increased were still by the side of the road . When we went to town two years ago, you could no longer see fields after leaving the village . If you think about it, magic sure is amazing .

I originally wanted to take a short break every hour but I increased my pace so that I can reach the gazebo at the halfway point since its almost noon anyway . For my lunch, Suzuran woke up unusually early in order to make me a bento thats why Im a bit excited .

To my surprise, I found a karaage bento when I opened it . Everything inside was light brown . It was just a few pieces of karaage and white bread though . You should have put vegetables in it too you know Moreover, the white bread wasnt even sliced so there was nothing but light brown stuff in it .

I was able to reach Aegirine town somehow without even encountering a single wildlife or monster . In front of the towns gate, there were people lining up so I went to the end of it to do the same . If I remember correctly, Ill need to pay 5 large copper to enter the town .

Next!

I was called while I was thinking about that so I stepped forward .

Im Caam from Beryl Village . I have already entered this town two years ago Ah wait for a bit

For some reason, he started checking on a few stacks of papers . Do they put all of the papers from neighboring villages together like that, I wonder .

Ah, there it is . It doesnt look like there are any discrepancies . Did you get a bit taller? What is the purpose of your stay? Im here for work . Once every thirty days, Ill be going back to my village Is that so? Im sorry about this but youll have to pay 5 large copper each time you do that . Would that be okay? Yeah . I dont mind Anyway, please report here once you found a place to settled down Well, for the mean time, Ill be staying at the inn that the Beryl villages students used last time

I pointed at the place as I said that .

Ah, that place?

He wrote something on the papers again after that .

Go along now . Dont cause any problems, okay?

After replying, I headed towards the inn . There, a well-built oba-chan said,

Welcome . Ara, are you from Beryl Village? I remembered you because of the color of your skin Thanks for that time . This time, I came because Im going to be working in this town . Ill be troubling you for the time being while Im searching for an apartment Then, Ill give you a discount if you stay for ten days Hm I want finish searching in less than ten days so, how much would it be just for a day? A single room without meals is 3 large copper but if youll stay for ten days then itll just 2 large copper per night . Wouldnt it be alright you just go for the ten-day contract for now and just change it to the one day contract if you manage to find one before the sixth day? I guess thats fine . Ill go with that

I left my luggage in my room and immediately went out to search for an apartment . For the time being, I tried a