A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

--Laval Waste Town.

Against its name, Reurus sighs with mixed emotions as he looks at the many but “fairly” streets.

"Mr. Reurus? What's the matter with you?

"Ahh... no, there's a lot of people."

Reurus answers halfway to Corona, who sighs and leans her neck cutely.

I don't know the exact number, but there are a lot of people going just by name and city. In light of the memory of the previous life, it seems that it is not a big deal, but compared to the village of Shenna, which is the birthplace in this world, it seems that it has several times the population.

"Really? At this time of year, everyone is at work, so this is still a small one.

"If they say this is less, what kind of village I was in... are you working in?

It was a realuse that greeted the city superiors and looked around, but I tilted my neck because I had something to worry about in Corona's words.

"There's a big field north of this town. They do farming there, and the adventurers do escorts."

"Hatake... I don't have any good memories of you being used by the villagers."

It was a revulsion laughing at Corona's explanation, but there was no such thing as a good memory. I still have some doubts about myself as a farmer.

(The field is north of this town... I didn't see the field until I got to this town from Shena Village, but is it because the forest is close? It's not a mistake to be wary of monster damage.)

The village of Shena is located in a southwestern direction from Laval Waste Town and is mostly surrounded by forests, except for the narrow streets through which Reurus has come. The forest stretches to the south of Laval Waste Town, so considering the damage caused to the crops by the monsters, the decision to create a field far from the forest is reasonable.

"But if you're thinking about transporting food, why don't you make a field a little closer to this town? Of course, the water has to be nearby."

It also depends on the crops that grow, but fields basically require a lot of water. Reurus has also been engaged in agricultural work since he was young, but he has been carrying out the simple task of pumping water from a remote stream and transporting it to the field on an annual basis every day.

Based on that experience, it is better to be close to the source of water, even if it is slightly away from the abandoned city of Laval. But it's also a problem to be too far away. If it takes too long to travel, it will reduce the amount of time spent on farming and increase the likelihood of being attacked by monsters.

"It's more convenient to pay taxes if you make it close to Laval."

"Ah, that's right... hmm?

There is no other suitable place for farmland, or it is less likely than other places to encounter monsters. Reus, who thought those words would come back, nodded once at Corona's words and then shouted a strange voice.

(Uh, no, I was thinking about water taxes, but are they usually collected? I don't think there are any soldiers, so you're working with the vigilante under the name of Adventurer to get rid of monsters?

Reurus swallows such doubts. In this world, I don't even know the political form of the country I am currently in, but I still have a rough knowledge of the memory of the previous life. By comparison with that knowledge, the question of whether that is strange swirls around in my chest.

(I take taxes, but I don't, can I protect myself? What are you talking about? Is that an ant? Why are you paying taxes?

In any case, I wasn't familiar with politics or the economy in my previous life, but as far as I heard, I couldn't understand why I was paying taxes.

(I take taxes, but it sounded like politicians, city halls, the police, firefighters don't do anything...)

Of course, the political form of Japan in the previous life is not exactly applicable. However, the benefits are too small compared to the taxes imposed.

(I don't know if there's a headcount tax... hmm, is it wrong to seek administrative services that are commensurate with taxes in this country?

I learned the danger of making the knowledge of the previous life easier in my life in Shena Village, but I have not been able to “marry” with common sense, etc. in this world. If Corona doesn't remember the question, Reurus concludes that she is stranger.

"There were soldiers in the village of Shena, but they're not in the abandoned city of Laval, are they?

Still, Reurus asks for confirmation. I heard about it at the Adventurers Association, but I wondered if there were really any soldiers.

Although the quality of Reurus' parents is such that they cannot be prevented from being killed by a monster, it is true that there were several soldiers in Shena village as a defensive force.

"No, but... what's wrong with that?

"No, I was just wondering... hahaha"

Reurus responded with a dry laugh to Corona with a funny face. Corona has no reason to lie and doesn't look like she's lying.

(I've had a lot of irrational encounters in Shenna Village, but the “world” is really different....)

Eventually, he settled on such a conclusion, and Reurus shook his head.

Born as a peasant in the bottom-line situation in Shena village, he was sold out as a slave at the same time as an adult. He was attacked by monsters and ran away with his life. He was an adventurer earned in the abandoned city of Laval, where he was dying but still arrived. It is also a roughly bottom-up environment, and it would be useless to worry about what politics is.

The immediate life was more important now than that, and it was better to be prepared to live as an adventurer.

"I change my mind, but what kind of shoes do they sell in shoe stores? Can you buy something decent with your money?

The budget is 700 yuan, right? Hmm... but considering the amount of clothes and the immediate cost of living, I wonder if the maximum is about 400 yuan... yeah, that's enough. I think it would be a little cheaper if you gave me your father's name. "

"I don't know how much I owe you for the name value that comes out of here..."

How influential is Dominic? Reurus scratched his cheeks in trouble, thanks to the stacking up in just a few days. I have no idea how to repay the money I have earned because I didn't receive it.

(I have to repay Corona for "picking me up”... but she's my daughter and she won't even take my money.)

It would be easier to understand and better if she handled me with gratitude, but Reurus sighs inside only. It may not be a big deal for Corona or Dominic, but the fact that he saved his life from the Reurus was too big.

Perhaps there's no need to repay him because Corona and Dominic don't care. It may all end with Reurus' personal complacency, but leaving the life-saving gratitude unattended is not acceptable.

(I suppose it's because of this world...)

Unlike Japan, which once lived, it is a world in which lives are easily lost. There are no parents, no friends, no money, no knowledge or skills to live, but I don't want to fall any further.

I might be able to afford it now that I'm full and I've had enough rest. However, I was unlikely to be able to deceive myself into feeling obliged to the abandoned city of Laval, led by Dominique and Corona, even though they embraced me as adventurers.

(Well, that's not why I can do anything.)

As an adventurer, it is a rush, and the knowledge of the previous life, which may be useful, is worn out after nearly fifteen years. I don't have the brains to immediately think of things that could be repaid, but as an adventurer, I would be able to exterminate monsters in an authentic way.

If we defeat monsters, they will be killed in a single battle, but we have no choice but to pray that we do not encounter powerful monsters around here.

"Ah, here's the shoe shop. That's the garment shop."

It was a Reurus who was having a hard time thinking, but he returned to me with such a corona voice. Looking around as I was told, I saw a sign with a pattern of shoes engraved on it.

(This is the shoe shop... it's small, right?

Reurus, who saw the shoe shop guided by Corona, twitched the cheeks of something he didn't say.

What was before us was a wooden building, but I have to say that it was small in size. Although it is not in a bad location because it faces the main street, the interior is about six tatami mats wide as seen from the large open door.

In addition, shoe materials and tool objects were placed narrowly, and only about half the size of the building appeared to exist.

There are no mass-produced products arranged by foot size, as in previous life's shoe shops, and the shopkeeper will make each one by hand to match the customers. It sounds good to say it's bespoke, but it's "the only way” to think about where to put the product and the materials to make the shoes.

"Hmm? A guest?

It was the first time in the world that I saw a shoe shop with a light cultural shock, but I was called back from inside the shop. Looking at him in a hurry, a man in his 30s looked at his face from the store and looked strange.

"Hello, Uncle. I wanted this guy to make my shoes...."

"Oops, that's Corona. You want me to introduce you to Corona?

He was a man who was showing a little vigilance against Reurus, but when Corona called out, his attitude quickly softened. The facial expression became soft in the eyes, and it was a revulsion that naturally felt the difference in treatment.

"Me and my father. This guy, Reurus, is a new adventurer because of his father's recommendation."

"Oh, Dominique's... then I can't lose my hand."

The man's eyes become sharp about what he thought about Corona's explanation. Reus slightly pulled his hips to the appearance, but he thought there was nothing he could do to escape and stepped into the shop - he realized.

"... Grandma, that leg..."

When I entered the store, I saw the whole body of the man, but the right foot did not exist from the middle. I also see a prosthetic leg and a thin stick of wood, but I don't think that will improve the inconvenience.

"Hmm? Ah, I used to be an adventurer like you, but I was eaten by monsters from below my knees... so I started a shoe shop to reduce the number of such adventurers even slightly. They make toenails to protect their feet, right?

(Isn't the reason too heavy!?

Reurus fights gently against a man who speaks lightly. I heard from Natalia that adventurers are a life-threatening profession, and Nicolas told me that adventurers have been veterans for almost six years, but it was a shock to meet an "ex-adventurer” without thinking about it.

At the same time, I am convinced that Natalia did not recommend a non-adventurer position. If someone like the man in front of you was no longer able to continue as an adventurer, he or she would have had to be the most dangerous adventurer.

"What's the budget?

"400 yura... no, I'll give you all the money, please give me the best possible shoes and toenails."

Corona was thinking about living expenses and the cost of clothing, but as a revulsion, it was a feeling of reaffirming the monster threat. So I decided to give out all the money and ask for the best things I could make.

Nicolas and Sharon also said that shoes are important. If you're also making toenails to protect your feet, you should be aligned with them.

"Did you get all the money... hmm, 700 yuan? Where did this money come from?

This is my first reward for killing monsters. I'm sure I'll make money again, but if I look at my grandmother... "

Though I thought it was rude, I don't want to lose my leg. Men laughed and nodded against Reurus thinking about that.

"Do you buy shoes for your first reward? That's good, kid. That kind of guy lives a long time."

When the man laughs so that he doesn't care about the rhetoric of Reurus, the man starts measuring the size of Reurus' feet. Then he measured the length from the waist down to the thickness of the thighs and calves, and wrote it on a piece of paper nearby.

"There are other jobs I have, but I can do three days like this. Do you have any materials you'd like to use?

"I'll leave everything to my full-time job. I ran away as an adventurer, and before that I only plowed the fields every day."

Mochi is a mochi shop. Because there was nothing for amateurs to do to pinch their bad mouths, Reurus gave them all the money he had before leaving the shoe shop.

"Hey, Mr. Reurus. I gave you all the money... but what about dinner?

"... hunt and eat monsters, huh? You know what I mean? You can eat sitnam raw. Besides, water alone can live a week."

Reurus, who left the shoe shop behind and went through the clothes shop, slipped away from Corona's question.

I'm sorry for thinking about Corona even in the immediate future, but it was just after I realized on my skin that Nicolas and her shoes were important. Reurus tells himself that this was a necessary investment.

"Nicolas and Sharon aren't together, are they? Can you hunt monsters?

"Okay, maybe?

Wouldn't you lose your life before you put on the shoes you ordered? I overheard the feeling that it was not such an accident, but if it seems impossible to fight monsters, it is a revulsion that I intend to keep quiet until the shoes and toenails are completed.

For the record, it seems that only second-hand clothes were kept at the clothing store, which never entered. Seems to be able to make a new one if ordered, but when it comes to clothing in the abandoned city of Laval, it basically refers to the used one.

"I won't stop anymore... but please accept a safe request for a while.

"Even if they ask me to do it safely... is there such a thing? It's not as safe as fighting monsters....."

I don't think I'll be able to take simple manual labor anymore than I've become an adventurer. Natalia explained it to me, but I became an adventurer because I was judged capable of fighting monsters.

"Guards for farmers, making sure there are no monsters around this town... it's not completely safe, but it should be safer than simply hunting monsters and making money."

"Guard..."

Even though you can't protect your body satisfactorily, do you want to protect others? If you think objectively about your strengths, Reus thinks it's just reckless.

"I go to the fields every day with the escort adventurer, so the monsters don't come near. I'm sure you're learning that getting close is dangerous."

(If it is judged that the guard is weak, don't hesitate to push into it....)

Monsters also have the ability to learn, and when they see painful eyes, they learn many things. The magnitude varies depending on the type of monster, but the monster will not attack if it has suffered many painful experiences.

However, if the escorted adventurers are weak, they are likely to attack relentlessly. So Reus smiled bitterly and shook his shoulders.

"I don't think I can actually fight while protecting others, and I'm very much watching the monsters around town."

The surrounding area of Laval Waste City is flat and is a short distance from the mountains and forests where monsters inhabit. Of course, it's not entirely safe, but it's much less dangerous than the forest where Nicolas and the others went to exterminate the monsters.

Even if you encounter a monster, you don't need to be defeated by Reurus. Retreat to the abandoned city of Laval and fight with other adventurers for relative safety. Reporting what kind of monsters you encountered would have been helpful.

"Then I'll ask your father to prepare dinner. Even if you hadn't fought the monster, you'd be so hungry if you moved... and I had to prepare a better futon..."

"Ah, no, that's..."

Not only do you think Reurus will be back at Dominic's restaurant, but he also thinks he'll be staying again. It's a thankful story for Reurus, but I wonder if it's too much to take care of.

Whether you noticed or didn't notice such a revulsion in your heart, Corona smiled warmly like the sun.

"It's better to eat a lot of rice, and you need a futon to sleep well, right? I can't prepare a new futon, but I'll keep it dry because there's a futon that I can't use anymore."

(What is this kid? I knew it was an angel...)

Reurus was heartened by Corona's unnatural attitude. Fifteen years since I was reborn into this world, I've never met anyone as kind as Corona.

Dominic grew up more cherished, and Corona grew up more upright in response. Even in Japan in the previous life, Heisei was a good thing that you didn't see.

(It's so annoying... but if you refuse, there's a place to sleep... mu, mu, gu...)

With such pure goodwill in front of her, her reluctance to others who thought she had been rubbed away in Shena Village was strongly stimulated. However, the warm food and safe bed feed in front of you is equal to the dust flying in the wind, such as the reticence of the revus.

"Ah... yeah. Well then, please. I'm going to make some money right now...."

There was no place else to stay, and nothing more appealing than Dominic's cuisine, and Reurus nodded lightly.

Well then, I'll be waiting for you.

It was a Reurus who was determined to do his best to fulfill the request, according to Nico and Corona laughing at what made him happy.