Legend

"This skewer is delicious."

"Right. Oak skewers, so I thought it would be more expensive in places like this."

That's what Ray returns to the words Elaine muttered as she ate the skewers.

In fact, the oak meat is considerably cheaper if it's where the oak comes out quite often, like the gilm.

But that was only possible because there were oaks around, and if the oak was not nearby, the price of oak meat would naturally be higher.

Some meats are made to be sunny like salted or dried meat, but such meat is really higher than raw meat, and in some cases it is too salty to make it more conservative, and it takes a lot of work like draining salt to cook.

"Normally, the dungeons we attacked must be affecting us."

"Hmm, I know that's the most likely thing, but that's why I think it's hard to cover all the Goltz meat with just the dead oak falling out of the dungeon."

"Hmm... there were quite a few orc settlements in the dungeon, so the convoluted numbers were moving together, falling off that cliff or something?

In anticipation that I don't think it's possible to say it myself, Ray puts the oak meat stuck in the skewer in his mouth.

The flavoring was simple with salt and vanilla, but its simple flavoring went with the oak meat being skewered.

"Whatever the reason... I think it's a happy thing to have a delicious skewer like this in this weather."

"Phew, you're right"

To Ray's words, Elaine looks up at the sky enjoying the taste of skewering.

There is a blue sky there that deserves to be called autumnal sunshine and the appearance of the sun pouring much softer light on the ground than in summer.

Exactly, the weather you deserve to call it a date day.

"Hmm? Elaine, what's up?

Ray calls out to Elaine, who stopped moving while looking up at the sky.

Elaine, who returned to me with that voice, shook her head sideways saying it was nothing.

"I'm glad it's clear."

"Right. If it was raining, I wouldn't have been able to dismantle it today. Even tomorrow, if the ground is wet, is it hard to do it?"

"That's not what I meant to say."

I guess the reason I grumble slightly dissatisfied is because I wanted Ray to tell me that it would be a date date if I could.

But while Ray gets such a strange look at Elaine's attitude, he goes to the next store without saying anything more.

Ray's eye-catching shop is a grocery store that sells a variety of dishes, among others.

Forks, knives, spoons, dishes… There are also many items made of metal and wooden dishes.

Ray's eye in that was a wooden cup.

Unmatched, it was really just a glass for drinks like water and booze, but it looked good to Ray's eyes somehow.

(It tastes... is this what you're saying? Well, I don't have a problem with cups or anything for everyday use)

Deciding so and taking the cup, Elaine, who was watching nearby, takes another cup that was strangely placed nearby, a cup made of metal.

"Wouldn't these cups be better if you were to buy them?

"Mmm. That might be good too, but this one seems easier to use... metal makes it good when you drink cold, but warm... when you drink hot, you look like you're in trouble."

"Hmm, if you say so."

When Ray and Elaine talk like that, the store clerk shows up.

The clerk of a woman in her forties saw the two and stopped moving for a moment, but immediately grinned and opened her mouth.

"Oh, are you the newlywed? Or is it cohabitation between lovers? Then we have easy to use dishes, even if they don't look luxurious."

"Wha!?

To the clerk's words, Ray and Elaine both raise their voices.

Surprise, lighting... and joy, such a voice.

In that condition, the first person to return it to me was Elaine.

"Wow, apart from me and Ray...... its not that kind of relationship yet!

"Oh... yes, I'm sorry"

The clerk bows his head lightly to Elaine's words and apologizes.

I was just a little calm about how that clerk looked, Elaine...

"But you're not in that relationship 'yet'. I wonder what will happen in the future."

"Huh!?

Elaine's face was stained red enough to be seen and understood by the words she was told softly.

"Hey, hey!?... Enough, this is the price. I'm gonna get this!

When the embarrassment reaches its limit, Elaine hands Ray a cup of wood she had and a cup of metal she had, she hands over a piece of gold coin to the clerk for the price, pulls Ray and goes outside the store.

The woman's clerk was distracted and dropped off Elaine in such a beginner manner... but when she saw what was in her hand, she would attract her face.

The dishes sold in this store are mostly a few pieces of copper coins… however expensive the substitute, a few pieces of silver coins, etc.

It's not very expensive, but it doesn't put expensive items like buying with gold coins.

"Hey, hey customer! Too much, too much!

The clerk followed Elaine as she panicked... and managed to return the gold coins and get a decent price.

"Not at all... not at all... what is that clerk?"

With that said, Elaine never tries to look at Ray.

If you look at Ray, it's because he's definitely going to see his reddish face, and most importantly, 'it's not that kind of relationship yet,' and that he blew himself up in a grand way.

... What do you care, Ray, who heard Elaine, is also blushing, but he doesn't look that prominent thanks to wearing a dragon robe hood.

As for Elaine, even the glowing beauty of her is walking around the city with her cheeks red, so naturally she attracts attention from all around her.

But Elaine has no idea how much she cares about being gazed at because of her shame about what she said.

"You know what? Elaine? Hey, Elaine. You hear me?

Because he didn't blow himself up, Ray succeeded in returning to me relatively quickly and spoke up to Elaine.

But Elaine doesn't seem to be listening to Ray at all.

"Not at all... in the first place... generally... anyway"

The repeated whining of meaningless words in her mouth was a sight that made her feel strange somewhere because Elaine's appearance was very noticeable in both good and bad ways.

Neither did Ray want to see more of Elaine like that, but if the passers-by around him or something were to be focused on Elaine like that, there's no way he'd ever let that happen.

"Look, Elaine. Hold on tight."

"Huh!?... Oh, I'm sorry. He seemed a little confused."

While surprised at Ray's appearance, Elaine answers by trying not to put it on the table.

It should be noted that even if it is kept from appearing on the surface, it is not possible to hide the red-stained cheeks.

... If the usual, that's the only person who knows Elaine as a princess general sees Elaine now, she looks the same. But who is this? It's not strange to have the feeling that

So much so that now Elaine was different from her usual Elaine.

Ray understood that too, but now that he points it out, he decides it won't be a good result for Elaine either... and for himself, and he decides to get off topic.

Think about it that if you point Elaine's thoughts in a different direction, it will calm you down naturally.

"Look, there's an arms dealer over there, why don't you take a look?

"... Hmm, right. Let's take a peek."

Having regained some calm to the word weapon store, Elaine heads to the weapons store with Ray.

Elaine also naturally attracts more interest if she is called an arms dealer than she makes battle a business.

Most likely, if the area around the marina had seen this sight, why would she hold her head with an arms dealer on a date? Or are you convinced it sounds like Ray or Elaine?

Either way, they go inside the weapons store that was at the end of their gaze.

"Welcome!"

Having said that, he was the shopkeeper who welcomed Ray and the others, but it was Ray and Elaine, who stood out in many ways, who showed only a little confusion.

But Ray and Elaine don't mind how the store owner looks like that, and look around the store quickly.

Most importantly, even the most prosperous city in the area, this Goltz is, after all, a country city.

Not so many monsters come out, and not so many bandits.

Then, naturally, there are rarely things that can be sold even when purchased that are called first-class weapons, and there will be a large number of weapons lined up there.

But both Ray and Elaine entered this weapons store knowing what was going on around there.

... In fact, the aim was stronger to calm down Elaine who was upset, but still, it's not like this weapons store doesn't have business.

Behind Elaine, who sees weapons like long swords, spears, and Halvard, Ray heads to the corner of the store.

What is there is not a fine weapon...... that is what the discarded goods, bought by those who have just become adventurers or cannot afford gold.

A number of weapons, not very, but which would be difficult to use for a long period of time, are randomly placed in wooden boxes.

"Ah, customers..."

Ray chooses a spear without worrying about it, even if the clerk tries to sound something when he realizes he's headed straight for the place where such a weapon is located.

Five, centered around a spear like a missing tip.

There were other spears with corroded patterns, but that one has no use for Ray either.

A spear of dusk, often used by Ray with Death Size.

Magic-item spears that have the special ability to come back to you if you remember... so-called demon spears, but some enemies don't want to use such spears.

Convenient at such times were these disposable spears.

Since I got the spear of dusk, I haven't had a chance to use this kind of spear for any reason, but it's not like none of them are.

Especially when throwing spears at someone you don't want to touch, disposable spears are easier than dusk spears.

Pay the clerk who says something like that and buy five spears.

"Have you done your errands? Then let's say we go somewhere else."

While I was looking at the weapon...... and while Ray was away, I guess he finally settled down. Return to your usual Elaine and tell her so.

"I don't mind. Elaine doesn't buy anything?

"Hmm. I'm not particularly troubled with weapons."

"... well, yeah"

To Elaine's words, Ray turns his gaze to the sheath on Elaine's hips.

A very special magic item called a linked sword, but if you try to make it Elaine to use it, other weapons won't need it that way.

A weapon called a long sword that allows you to attack melee battles freely from medium range if it is whipped is a very difficult weapon to use, but it can be a very powerful weapon if it can be used.

For Elaine with such a connecting sword mirage, I guess the weapons placed at this weapons store had nothing in particular to want.

I didn't say that directly, but the clerk had an unfortunate look on his face as to whether he felt that somehow from the flow of the story.

Most likely, Ray or Elaine won't be able to run the store when they deal with the kind of weapons they really want at an arms store in Goltz.

It will require a considerable price to purchase that weapon, and we also need to be strict so that it is not stolen or stolen from the storage of such weapons.

And sometimes the Goltz adventurers don't need that many powerful and expensive weapons.

Given such a current situation, this result should have been taken for granted.

Leaving the weapons store, Ray and Elaine look around at the surrounding stores in a calm manner, unlike earlier.

What Ray showed particular interest in is still a rare ingredient.

Goltz specialty, preserved food.

Especially in the coming winter, preserved vegetable meals for eating were frequently made during that time.

"What is this..."

In the meantime, Ray was intrigued by pickles of vegetables very similar to radishes.

It was a light red color that did not seem like radishes, but its shape resembled radishes.

"Oh, are you interested? I'm dried now, but I'm gonna smoke this and soak it. That way...... you see, this is what happens"

That pickle, which was given a taste by a woman in her fifties who was concerned about Ray's interest, was a nostalgic flavor for Ray as well.

"Bullshit, huh?

"Hmm? What is that?"

That's what I've been trying to explain to the woman I've been asking, Ray...

[Seto says, "Earth Arrow Lv. II 'skills acquired]

All of a sudden, such an announcement message sounded in the back of his brain.