I Shall Survive Using Potions!

After that, I had the merchant confirm the contract made in a hurry, and they assured me that there were no defects, so I signed an escort contract with the five hunters.

Billing fee, 1 silver coin. In Japanese yen, it is about 1,000 yen.

Honestly, it's free. It's all about the form, but it's not free to make a formal contract, so it's just in the form of a request fee, and it's actually the kindness of the hunters.

"Thank you..."

But we have a big problem here.

... the four soldiers who tried to abduct me.

Now, the Hunter side is overwhelmingly dominant, so it is quiet, but if you break up with the merchant corps going in the opposite direction, the difference in strength is 5 to 4. Besides, my legs are slow, so the soldiers can ambush and ambush ahead of me.

I don't know when I'm going to get attacked, so I have to be constantly on my guard, and I get fatigued.

On the other hand, they can rest slowly and ambush in an advantageous place when it's in their favor. "Late at night when everyone was asleep..."

But you can't just capture and kill soldiers who haven't done anything yet.

Mmm, what should I do...? "

Well, let's change the direction of the carriage over there.

Huh?

"Just a moment, I'll turn around soon..."

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

"W-Well, that's..."

"Yes, of course I'll go back to the city with you." so that these guys don't do crazy imitations..... "

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For a merchant, time must be next to life, money and cargo.

"Do you want to spend it for a strange girl..."

"This is a businessman, I have to repay you one day..."

What's that?

Four soldiers look pale.

No, I was in a hurry when I was surrounded by Hunter and the Merchant Guards, but I wasn't so pale yet.

However, the fact that the behavior of the merchant suddenly became suspicious...

"Ahhh! You guys, I've been thinking about attacking you later!!"

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In my words, the soldiers who are clearly upset, and the hunters and merchants who silently turn their cold gaze to the soldiers.

... yeah, I found the prey, but I left without a trace. Well, that's not enough. The punishment from the employer...

After this, if I show my face to the guild for post-processing in the city, go shopping, and stay at the inn, it will be easy to find out that I was here now.

Then it's easy to deduce that these people in charge here have captured me.

Besides, I will explain the situation in the guild post-procedure, and there will be information that I have appeared from the orphanage.

No, I have to keep it a secret that I gave alms to the orphanage.

On the contrary, it is the right behavior as an orphanage to celebrate the behavior by making it widely known as good deeds, and to promote it so that those who will follow will come forward.

In fact, thanks to it, Edith's name is beginning to be well known.

And as expected, you can't kill all the children and adults in the orphanage because of a mouth blockage. If that's the case, not only the guards in this territory, but also the investigation team from the capital.

... and if that happens, we won't just have to tie these guys to their heads, and our employers will have to uproot their clans and their party.

I mean, you have no choice but to tie me up.

You'll be reprimanded for making me angry, but it's probably the least harmful of the options available right now. If you put all the blame on these people for getting angry, and you insisted that your employer take you in politely, there's a chance you can repair the relationship... "

Next, he said, "On the way back with me, I suddenly tried to escape and fell off the cliff."

Well, then, if no one sees the scene, it won't contradict other witness testimonies.

... it's a mystery why I tried to escape, but I can't help but explain that I was afraid of being punished for revealing that I was a fake Saintess.

If that were the case, you'd be scolded a lot, but it might not be fatal.

But, well, you should definitely take her safely.

That's why you were thinking of scratching me after the merchant corps left enough and just me and the five hunters.

Since all the hunters are men, there may be occasions when I leave by myself to pick flowers...

At the very least, they could kill us all and make us look like bandits.

But if these guys are the villains who do that, then so be it.

However, such a prospectus was also crushed. No way, by taking the action of returning the merchant who had nothing to do with it to the direction where he knew he had lost quite a lot rather than making a profit...

As a merchant, I am disqualified.

But as a human being, I have to reward you for the right thing to do.



Then, after the four soldiers who stood dumbfounded, I went to the next city for me and to the city where the merchant corps had set off.

For the five hunters, I don't know if they were on their way out or back.

The escort and the five hunters were walking, so I tried to walk, but they told me to get on the carriage.

"Don't be shy, I said I'd walk too..."

"I know I can walk because I'm walking around towns and villages." However, if it matches the speed of the saintly lady, the travel time will be increased by 50%. It's more annoying if you don't. "

The guard told me the truth.

"... I understand. I'm sorry...."

Yeah, that's right. I can't bother you anymore.

That's why I let you sit straight on the royal stand. Next to the leading carriage, the merchant who is the commander of this merchant corps sits...

It seems that the other two owners are hired.

And as I went along, I heard a lot of stories. When it got dark today, I ran a night market on the side of the street and arrived in the city after noon tomorrow. There are several villages along the way, but they don't have the benefit of staying in the villages, so they seem to run through the night.

I was told not to expect meals.

The orphanage that was cooking was not so far from the city, though it was on the outskirts of the city. So, it hasn't been that long since we left there... that means we're still a full distance to the next city.

And the merchants don't waste much of their own food that falls in freshness when it comes to extra luggage, even though it's not a long journey. You don't have to load it, but you can stock up on fresh ones in the next city.

... Of course, the emergency food is loaded in preparation for the unplanned prolongation of the days when the axle is broken, the wheels are broken, and the road becomes muddy due to bad weather, but it is a solid and shitty thing that focuses only on preservation and portability. Probably, dinner will be that.

It's all my fault.

... All right!



"I'll be here at night today."

As it began to darken, a merchant with a horse-drawn carriage parked it off the street, in a space by the side of the street...... a shelter built in various places for nocturnal activities, resting, and repairing carriages......

You'll eat here and then lie down in the grass and fall asleep.

There is no room in the wagon for people to sleep. If there is such a space, it is decided to load the product for that amount.

Of course, if you pack a heavy object tightly in a carriage, the carriage won't move, and if you force it, the axle will break and the product below will crumble. Therefore, considering the weight, volume, durability, and profit margin, how to efficiently select the load is the showcase of the merchant's skill.

Now then... it's a preserved meal, so it seems that you don't need to prepare it like that, so before you start boiling water...

I'm just looking for some ingredients!

"Ah, hey!... wait a minute, let's follow."

"Idiot, a girl wants to leave her seat by herself, guess what!"

"Ah....."

One of the hunters tried to escort me, but the other hunters stopped me.

Yeah, I'm overthinking it!

I thought I wouldn't be far away from here anyway, but it seemed that it wasn't that dangerous, and the other hunters waved their hands lightly.

As a wild shrine maiden, I am thought to travel all over the place by myself. It's only natural that people think they have the dangers of going off the street and the ways to deal with them.

... right now, I'm pinning without injuries, which is the most important proof.

Well, in the immediate vicinity of this shelter, there will be a lot of travelers who want to add a little color to their meals, so there won't be any weeds left to eat.

That's why everyone thinks that I'm just an excuse to go looking for ingredients.

"No, actually, there are some of them..."

But!

After I have picked the flowers (...) at a sufficient distance, I will crush it a little bit...



"Oh, that was fast." After all, there was nothing left for others to eat..... "

A hunter who looks at the wild vegetables and two horny rabbits in my hand and stiffens them with his mouth wide open.

"Hey, you really picked the ingredients!" Moreover, even the horny rabbit..... "

The eyes of other hunters, merchants, and hired gurus are in a dotted state.

... of course, both the wild vegetables and the horny rabbit came out of the box. The freshness is excellent!

Can I borrow your pot?

The merchant nodded silently.

I knew I couldn't get the pot out of the box.

"Instead of thanking me, I'm going to cook hot pot..."