The Town of Mikhan (2)

I treated the adventurer whod mistakenly made a move against Wataru a drink at the guilds bar.

Getting back on topic after that though, we did more things in the adventurer guild.

Ah, nows a good chance for us to look to see if theres s delivery commission for the next town were heading to. Well accept just before we leave day after tomorrow.

Huh? Why wait?

Because wed have to worry about the commissions luggage otherwise. Besides, its not like we really need to take a commission if some other person takes it.

Oh, guess hes right.

Wondering what sort of commissions there were available, I went over to check the bulletin board. All of the good commissions were taken from the mornings rush, but I figured I could still get the gist of what kind of commissions there generally were by the leftovers.

Hmm, tons of subjugation commissions. There werent many gathering commissions and almost all were for D-Rank and higher. Whats with the rest of the commissions, the ones for E-Rank and below, all being for in-town?

Tsuia usually has lots of medicinal herb gathering commissions for beginners, but since most of the surrounding area is used for farming, theyd all need to send people into the woods. Because of that, there are a good number of C-Rank and higher adventurers who have a good bit of experience here.

Wataru then went on to explain that rookies tended to either head to Tsuia for commissions or make due by fulfilling the in-town commissions here. There used to be another village nearby, but once Tsuia opened its lands for development, virtually everyone moved to Tsuia when it began to develop so quickly.

Just then, the female receptionist came over to us holding a commission ticket.

U-Um, Wataru-sama? There is this commission I would absolutely love to use this opportunity for you to accept

Oh, whats up? Its fine with me if I can get it done in around a day, but hmm, a subjugation commission? It looks easy enough. Kehma-san, want to give it a go with me?

Cant. Ive got a bed with my name on it. Its been calling for me, already told it sure. You should bring someone that wants to.

As an aside, I saw that the subjugation was for an elk bear when I took a peek at it. Its basically a bear with elk horns on its head. The one for this commission was a lot bigger than usual and some C-Rank party had already failed to take it out or something. The reward was one gold coin.

Just go alone dude. Take Shikina if you really want.

Well, yeah. Gotta go, cant keep my bed waitingwhat inn do you recommend though?

Theres one near here called [The Ripe Fruit Lodge]. That one should be goodoh, Ill accept the commission. Ill bring my co-participants later.

O-Okay! Thank you!

Sent off by the receptionist bowing toward us, we exited the guild.

We immediately joined back up with Rokuko and the others after leaving the guild.

Took you la while. Oh, want a veggie roll? We have some skewers too, lamb ones.

Sure. Dont wander around too much, okay? Its our first time here, we dont know the area.

Ichika and Roppus here, its fine. Its not their first time here either.

Well, I guess everyone in Team Bacchus are well-versed in the area, plus Ichika was even a C-Rank adventurer before she became a slave.

Ill be heading out to subjugate an elk bear, any of you want to come? Kehma-san passed, though.

Ill have te pass, gotta drink mself sober.

Ill pass too, since Ill be going with Gozoh. Wataru, you should join us when youre done.

I will go! I may not have beat that orc, but I should be good against a bear!

The only person form Team Bacchus heading out was Wataru, but Shikina wanted to go as well.

Id like to look around town a little more. Kehma, want to come with me?

Nope, the inns calling to me. Ill be taking Meat, so bring Ichika with you.

Aww

With that, no one from our party would participate

In that case, Meat, Ill be Kehmas pillow, so you go help out with the elk bear.

Goshujin-sama.

Oh Meat, you can go if you want to. Its a good chance, so make sure to get a feel for the heros strength.

Okay. I will, then.

Guess Ima just help the coachman with gettin provisions.

With that, our party decided to do things.

Guess Meat wanted to go out for a hunt, judging by her tail wagging back and forth. But then her tail sank when she looked back to me.

Its okay, Im not mad go for it.

Looks like Im Kehmas pillow then!

Err, umm, its alright, you dont need to. Rokuko, you said you wanted to go around town with Ichika and the others, right?

Oh, well I was just saying that as an excuse to go on a date with you, I dont actually want to look around that much. So, umm, c-can I?

Rokukos face was beat red as she spoke.

Yeah, Im pretty sure Id die the moment I stepped into the capital.

Hey, Wataru. Whatre you grinning for?

Oh? Nothing~. I just thought that I should tell Haku-sama about this.

Do you want me to die!?

Its alright. You wont die, youll just have more stuff to deal with.

I guess if its just ordinary work, its okay.? I really dont want to do have to deal with something that tends to try separating my head from my body.

Huh? Kehma, ye and Rokuko werent married yet? I thought ye wouldve tied the knot ages ago?

Like youre in a place to talk, Gozoh? What about you and Roppu, huh? Oi.

Oh, aye, how can I put it? The timings gotta be right. Yeh.

Turning into B-Ranks would be great timing. Want to go with a Beddhism ceremony?

Gozoh tried to poke fun at me, so I did the same.

Kehma, what does a Beddhism ceremony entail? Well need to prepare, right?

Ill think about it.

With a grand self-detonation.

Rokuko really did come to my room on the next morning, so I got a bit worried. Nothing came of the pillow thing though, thankfully.

I mean, I said OK since she just asked [Can I stay in your room?] without mentioning anything about being my hug pillow.

She probably wont do anything weird in my room while I sleep (faraway look)

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Now then, after catching up on sleep and a bit extra for the trip by sleeping the whole day, it was finally time for us to leave Mikhan.

I didnt really get enough sleep to be honest, but I was able to use my futon I brought and Meat as my hug pillow after she got back from hunting the elk bear, so I did at least manage to recover a little bit thanks to it being so much closer to my usual sleeping accommodations.

By the way, the dinner we had on the second day was a giant bear hot pot. Man did that fresh bear meat have a wild flavor to it!

Oh yeah, is it alright that we didnt greet Mikhans lord?

I dont really know the lord here, so it doesnt matter much.

According to him, since we used the aristocrat entrance and reported our arrival to the guild, they were definitely informed. Since they didnt approach us themselves, we didnt need to bother.

He also said that there were times that you should greet go to greet them yourself even if you werent summoned for if you were a lower rank. We were using the Tsuia familys crest currently, so we didnt need to. Well, to sum it up, aristocrats are troublesome.

Alright then, everyone ready? Anything you all forget? Itll be three days until we reach the next town. Were using a safe route this time, and Kehma-san, it even has inns on the way.

Oh, its alright even if there arent huh? Wait, did you just say this time?

Ahcoachman, lets head out.

Hey, Wataru. Hey. Are you saying there was a route from Tsuia where we wouldnt have had to sleep outside?

As a result of me saying that, I found out that the more commonly used route was much more safe than the direct route, the one that went along the side of [Hell Forest], the forest Id been staring at off to the right side the entire time. It wouldve made the trip take more than twice as long, but still

I knew monsters thatd need a C-Rank group of adventurers to defeat appearing along that route was strange!