Q & A

[Thank you for answering my question.]

The woman expressed her gratitude.

[I also apologize for asking that question repeatedly. I mean, I have also sensed that youre not lying when you told me about how you defeated those four people. I also understand that youve honestly answered my previous questions.]

Did she have a lie detector?

Its as if shes confident that shes able to tell if someone tells the truth or not.

[Thats why]

The woman looked at me with a sincere expression on her face.

She bowed down her head, and put her hand on her chest with difficulty.

Its as if shes making a pledge.

[I will answer you question as honestly as I could in return. Youre the one who fended off those four people Towards someone who could be called my benefactor, I dont intend to do any harm to you at all.]

Her benefactor.

I think thats too much of an exaggeration.

No If shes really that indebted to me, I guess Ill use that to my advantage.

[What do you specifically want to ask? You had mentioned earlier that youre not someone who lives around here.]

She said imposingly even though she cant even move her body.

This may prove that she had lessened her vigilance towards me.

[Ive just been following where my feet takes me. I must have walked quite a distance already. Before I knew it, Im already in this forest.]

[How did you even arrive in this forest?]

[Its like I was suddenly thrown away into this place.]

[Is that so? Im sorry that I have asked that.]

Something like me being thrown away.

Those words would provoke some dark imaginations to surface in your mind after you hear that.

For example, I may have been abandoned by my travelling companions.

I may also have been driven out from the place where I used to live.

Or I may even have been an abandoned slave (supposing that there are slaves in this world).

Etcetera, etcetera.

The story of me being thrown away is not a lie in the first place.

I was abandoned by my parents and I was disposed of by that f*cking goddess.

If she could sniff out that I have some dark past that I probably dont want to talk about, she might become lax on her questions.

It would be enough to just let her sniff out some truth covering the smoke of things that I want to hide.

This also have another advantage.

If I could do this well enough, I could also estimate the personality of the other party based on their reaction.

I looked at the womans eyes.

The expression of the woman? Its as if a question mark is floating above her head.

[What is it?]

[You dont seem that bad of a person well, for now that is.]

[Did I perhaps gain some of your trust?]

[Yeah, Just a bit. Its just that, I feel that my circumstances are a bit similar to yours. The both of us think that we should avoid intruding too deeply in the others lives]

It seems that this woman also have her own circumstances that she wanted to hide.

However, that doesnt matter. All I wanted now is information.

After I get the information I want, it would be good enough to go on our own ways.

[Yeah, I agree.]

Shadows cast over the womans expression.

[Im also thankful if that were the case.]

There is still the problem with the remaining gauge.

We have already wasted a lot of time with these idle-chatter.

[Okay. Well then, Ill move on towards the questions I wanted to ask. Is there any village or town nearby?]

[Theres one, theres a small city called Mills nearby. I was also]

The woman suddenly paused.

I was also

There seems to be a reason why she doesnt want others to know her destination.

Is she afraid of the budding chance that I might give out the information of her destination towards her pursuers?

Though I said that, those words she said just now have already given out where shes going.

Well, if I just know the location of the city then that would have been enough.

I wont dig into her circumstances.

The woman has taught me the direction and distance towards that city.

It seems that it really isnt that far from here.

The time where I could finally sleep on a decent bed is finally near.

[Where is this place located?]

I move on towards the next question.

[Do you not even know where you are right now?]

[My situations a bit complicated. I was living in a place thats disconnected from civilization. Ive never received any information from the outside. You should be able to guess my circumstances now.]

Im trying to imply that I was escaping from the eyes of investigators.

[I understand. This is a forest located to the south of Urza Kingdom, Forest of Darkness.]

Im surprised.

Isnt this place located in Allion Kingdom?

I completely thought that the disposal ruins were located in Allion.

Ive gained quite a valuable information.

[Where is Allion?]

[Allion, is it? I think its northeast of Urza Kingdom? And also, to the southeast of Urza Kingdom is]

The woman hesitated a bit.

[where the Bachoss Empire is located.]

(T/N: I suck at naming. This info may change depending on when I could sync it to the manga.)

There must be something there in the Bachoss Empire that made her think twice just to mention its name.

However, Ive said this before but I wont dig to deeply in her circumstances.

Nevertheless

It seems that this place isnt located in Allion.

That means that there is no way that f*cking goddess is nearby.

Is it okay to consider this as a good news for now?

The thing for me to consider first is the direction where I should go so that I could stay away from Allion for the meantime.

First of all, the matter that Ive talked about before regarding the Forbidden Curses should be prioritized on where I would go.

Fumu

Im in another country, so there is no need to be in a hurry to leave

[Okay. The next questions might be a little strange.]

The woman suddenly have a face full of worry after hearing my words.

[ah, y-yes. P-please do.]

[For example If I want to buy a bread that was usually eaten by commoners, how much would it usually cost?]

[..So you want to know the market price, huh?]

[I have lived in a place where I wouldnt need to know the price of things]

[I understand. If youre talking about a bread that you could usually buy in any city, then you can buy them with one piece of copper.]

So, bread exists huh.

[How many copper coins are equivalent to a silver coin?]

[Its about 30 copper coins for one silver coin.]

Lets say that a bread could be about 100 each. (T/N: = jap yen.)

If its according to the standards of my previous world, a silver coin should be equivalent to about 3000.

It may just be an approximate guess from me, but I guess I roughly grasped it.

Its obvious, but prices in here should be different from Japan.

I must not think of the value of everything depending on their equivalent in Japanese Yen.

However, its a step forward now that I have understood the standard price of bread.

I should fairly understand the price relationship when I have finally reached the city of Mills.

I quickly speak out the information I wanted to know.

The yellow gauge is about to be depleted.

Theres one last thing left that I need to really need to know from her.

I took out the The Forbidden Archives of Spells and Curses from my leather bag.

I spread open the archive in front of the womans face.

[Do you know anything regarding the letters used to write in this book?]

The womans eyes run through the letters in the book.

Her eyes seems to shine as she hurriedly looked over the book.

Did she find out something because of how her mouth moves like that?

I dont even know if shes even conscious at all.

Hmm?

I noticed one thing from her.

Theres a faint wrinkles that I could see beneath her eyes.

Although, its actually so faint that I would have never seen it if I werent looking closely.

Is it that she lacks some sleep because shes been escaping for days?

[This is]

The few wrinkles engraved on her eyebrows caved in a bit as she replied.

[It seems to be written with ancient characters. This is quite a special book.]

[Can you read it?]

[No, Im sorry about that.]

[I see. I understand.]

I rolled up the Forbidden Archive so that I could put it back to my back.

It seems that this part is not going quite well, huh?

Although Ive only just a single clue, I have some expectation regarding this.

Well, Ill be able to know its contents in the future.

[However]

[Hmm?]

[I think I might know someone who is quite familiar with these characters.]