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Magic Aptitude
With the money I got after selling off my mourning suit, I bought some ordinary clothes so I can blend in with the people in this city.
Vest and shirt with a slightly stiff material like hemp. And also long pants and leather shoes.
These are clothes men on the street around me usually wore. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Together they cost me 5 silver coins. The money I have on hand is 49 gold coins and 5 silver coins.
I don’t even know how much money is in this world.
If you don’t know the currency's value you won’t be able to get by so I’m really troubled by this.
First of, I have to understand the value of money here. But, the question now is, who will I ask for that?
Now think about it. There is a twenty-seven years old man holding a 100 yen coin and asking people ‘How much is this’. If you met someone on the street like that in my previous life then people will think that person is definitely not normal.
At the very least, I will be taken aback if I saw someone like that.
「……umm, would you like some flowers?」
Just when I was thinking of how to figure out the currency, the hem of my pants was pulled by someone.
Reflexively looking down, there was a little girl holding a basket with a lot of flowers in her hand.
She’s about six years old. And there is something adorable about her words that were unclear.
……an adult might be taken aback if you suddenly asked for the currency, but it might be fine if it’s a little girl.
Sensing my chances, I lower myself and make eye contact with the little girl.
「In exchange for me buying your flowers, I have something to ask you, is that okay with you?」
「Really? Then, buy my flowers first! After that, I will answer anything!」
This little girl is surprisingly clever. She asks me to buy her goods first if I want to ask anything.
「Okay. How much is one flower?」
「Two bronze coins」
Maybe I’m being overcharged but this is for the sake of the information regarding the currency.
When I gave her a copper coin, she returned 8 bronze coins to me.
So, 10 bronze coins equal 1 copper coin? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Can you answer my question now?」
「Un, okay」
「So, can you tell me the value of money here?」
「Is that all?」
「Un, it’ll help me a lot if you teach me about it」
「Okay!」
As I had expected, unlike adults, the little girl readily answered without showing any wariness.
Since it’s a little girl we’re talking about, her explanation was rather incoherent, but this is what it looked like when I assembled the information from the little girl.
1 platinum coin = 100.000 yen
1 gold coin = 10.000 yen
1 silver coin = 1.000 yen
1 copper coin = 100 yen
1 bronze coin = 10 yen
Looks like the currency is in the decimals.
If that’s the case, my current capital will be 494.800 in yen.
Considering that the general price for a meal costs less than 5 copper coins, it’s a reasonable amount of money.
Apparently, my mourning suit has become a good capital for me to start a new life in another world.
Though it doesn’t mean that I’m currently flushed with money, it should probably be enough to let me have a life while staying at an inn somewhere.
「Do you want to ask anything else?」
She must have felt good after explaining all sorts of things to me. The little girl asks me with an attitude that looks like she wants me to ask more.
「Then can you tell me the name of this country and this city ?」
「This country is called Aldeus and this place is the royal capital, Zeral」
As expected, there were names I never heard of. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Though I’m not familiar with geography, I don’t know a Kingdom and capital with that kind of name.
「Do you know of a country called ‘Japan’?」
「’Japan’? I dunnoー」
I tried asking the name of the country I came from, but it looks like she never heard of it before.
If you don’t know more than that, then you wouldn’t know how to return either.
Although the little girl’s knowledge is limited, she doesn’t immediately leave, and even if she want to leave she would probably not leave soon.
「Last question, I’m looking for a place to work in this city, is there a facility where you get introduced to a job somewhere?」
「Uncle, are you unemployed?」
「……y, yeah, I’m a traveler who just arrived here」
Rather than being called ‘unemployed’, I’m more shocked at being called ‘uncle’ by the little girl.
A seven years old man is an age period where you might or not be called ‘uncle’ in my previous life, it was still quite a shock when someone call me ‘uncle’.
Introducing myself as a traveler was an unconscious remark I said to reduce the shock word of being called ‘unemployed’.
「If you want to work then you can go to the Adventurer’s Guild, and become an Adventurer!」
「……adventurers are, those jack-of-all-trades who completes requests and then get paid, right?」
「Un! Papa said that if you’re a man then you can get rich quickly by defeating monsters!」
This little girl’s father might be an adventurer.
It looks like anyone can become an adventurer in this world where well-known monsters and adventurers live in such a fantasy world.
The little girl advises me that if I’m troubled over my livelihood, I can just become an adventurer and complete the requests.
「I understand. Then I will go to the Adventurer Guild now. Can you tell me where it is located?」
「Sure!」
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Walking in the direction told by a little girl selling flowers, I arrived at a building that looks like the Adventurers Guild’s building. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s a two-story building facing the main street.
I try entering the building despite being afraid due to the rough voices coming from inside the building.
The inside of the guild building is relatively wide, and there seem to be counters that seem to be receptionist desks in the middle.
There are several strong, armed men and women going through formalities there.
There are a lot of written requests posted on the bulletin board at the corner and figures of adventurers can be seen looking over them seriously.
I could see rough-looking men drinking together and making noises at the adjacent bar, unconcerned that they are drinking during the daytime.
There are some people who turn their gaze at me the moment I entered the building as if judging the newcomer.
Honestly speaking I’m very scared but if I were to hesitate, I would just get harassed unnecessarily so I continue walking confidently. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s like walking past a convenience store where delinquents gather. You should walk casually.
Heading for the receptionist counter with such an attitude, the receptionist greets me with a smile.
「Welcome, how can the Adventurer’s Guild help you?」
The receptionist is a woman with tied-up orange-colored hair. There are round bear-like ears on top of her head.
She’s probably from a race of beastmen.
It will be rude of me to stare at them too long so I told her my business here while averting my gaze with all my strength.
「I came here to become an adventurer」
「So you would like to register as an adventurer. Do you need an explanation regarding the profession of an adventurer?」
「Just in case, please do」
My knowledge regarding adventurers only came from games and web novels, so I decided to listen carefully to the explanation.
「Understood!」
Adventurers have ranks from S, A, B, C, D, E, and F, and you can be promoted through the ranks after completing requests or having a good result or achievement.
It seems that those S-rank adventurers - which is at the top - are powerful people so rare there are only a few of them that exist in the country.
The requests start from simple requests like looking for lost items, cleaning the city, or doing deliveries, and if you get good results, you can then be able to take on much more difficult requests such as collecting materials, monsters subjugation, capturing monsters, exploring, and escorts requests.
Incidentally, it looks like it is possible to challenge higher rank requests with the party members' strength and also the guild’s staff approval.
Other than those, there are also various rules and things she warned me about, but there were all just basic rules like, you can’t assault others inside the guild building or don’t steal other’s stuff.
「That concludes the explanation of being an adventurer. If there are no other questions, now the handling fee to continue with the registration will be five copper coins, would that be alright with you?」
「Yes, please」
I still have some small questions, but there’s no point in asking them all of a sudden.
First I have to register and then start earning money. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Well then, can you please hold out your hand over this crystal」
After paying the registration fee, the receptionist placed a blue crystal on the counter.
「This is?」
「This crystal is used to register an adventurer’s information. This crystal is installed in Adventurer’s Guild in various places and you can inspect the information of any adventurer registered to the crystal anywhere」
「That’s really convenient. How does it work?」
It’s like a simple network, isn’t it? What’s the principle behind it anyway?
「Do forgive me. But to teach it to others……」
「Right. I’m sorry for asking something strange」
「No, to tell you the truth, I do not really understand it myself」
I feel like I’m about to fall over due to the receptionist's true thoughts that she disclosed so casually.
Even if they know the principle behind it, it’s natural they won’t tell you anything that falls under their trade secret even if you ask them.
「Then, please hold out your hand. Just doing that will display your information」
「Understood」
Urged by the receptionist, I hold out my hand over the crustal.
Immediately after that, the crystal shines and some characters are written.
(フタエ＝クレト) Futae Kreto
Human
Twenty-seven years old
Rank F
Magic Aptitude Space Magic www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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