Let's Manage The Tower
(3) Current status of pilgrims
After finishing what he had done in the northern city, he quickly started traveling using a self-propelled carriage... Without going there, he was traveling on another carriage.
The reason for this is simple: we are riding in a escort carriage to fulfill a request received in the northern city.
The next destination they were aiming for was the town of Lüssen in the north-east of the continent, where they had just been asked to escort them.
It is a self-propelled carriage that was built to run through the continent quickly, but we cannot help but finish the journey ourselves, so if there is a huge request, it was originally planned to do so.
Incidentally, this is a request from a group of women who are looking forward to journeying rather than asking for an appraisal.
Even as an examiner, I thought it would be a waste to travel with just the usual members, so I didn't object to it.
The same is true of the study aid, which somehow wants to enjoy the journey in many ways.
In this way, the escort request found in the northern city was good in time and content, so Kaiseki was riding in another carriage.
The auxiliaries were asked to escort the pilgrims in the northern city.
To be precise, you will escort two carriages carrying pilgrims.
The road from the northern city to Mixen is particularly famous for the movement of many pilgrims, and there are more requests than others.
However, since the purpose is pilgrimage in the first place, there are not many requests for escorts.
This is why adventurers tend to be distracted.
"... and despite that, you've received a favor."
Zent, the man who was sitting next to the examiner, was deeply impressed because he knew the background.
"Is that all?
Zent nodded loudly at the exam he heard while tilting his neck.
"It wasn't that much before. Now that the unit cost of other requests is high, it is difficult for pilgrims to get together."
With that sighing gift, Kaiseki decided to listen to the story in more detail.
More than twenty years before the Crown and Razek Amamiya were able to make a steady income, the request for a pilgrimage force was said to have been quite popular.
However, as a result of the creation of a crown, rather than a transfer gate to a larger town, which made it easier to go to Mixen, fewer pilgrims used pilgrims themselves.
As a result, it was not possible to raise the request fee for escort requests very much.
In addition, the creation of an organization called the Crown and the review of other fees has led to a relatively better presence of adventurers and an increase in the number of adventurers choosing to choose other than escort pilgrims.
"... have you ever heard of a faithful adventurer party... before?
Silvia, who was listening to Zent next to Kaiseki, leaned her neck.
Sylvia was often asked to escort a pilgrim when he was working with Colette and the Adventurer.
Adventurer parties with priests, not just Sylvia's, were relatively often escorted by pilgrims.
Incidentally, Sylvia went out of her way to say it again because she thought she couldn't believe she had been asked to do so more than twenty years ago.
Gift looked at Sylvia and wondered if she had done a pilgrimage before, nodded one before returning the answer.
"Oh, that's still the same. You can't even ask for an escort."
This is also the impact of the Crown's revised rank.
A single genre, such as an escort request, can raise your rank even if you only receive an escort request.
However, unlike in the past, it is becoming more highly valued to do a constant request.
This was made possible by the emergence of a party called the "material fisherman", who only carries out a crusade in the tower for a certain period of time.
"... so I can't keep getting one request more than a high-ranking adventurer."
Of course, the evaluation does not decline because I continued to receive requests from the same genre, but it is said that it is not very favorable.
As a result of various factors, the current pilgrims are struggling to gather escort adventurers.
That's tough.
After hearing from Zent, Kaiseki sighed as he said so.
It's a typical story for a Crown that even the necessary reforms can sometimes be negative.
Zent responded with a small smile to such an examination.
"Sure, it's tough. This is also part of the training, so no one complains."
The "luggage" on the pilgrimage is a priest during the pilgrimage.
The idea is not to wait long enough for the guards to arrive, but not to train in the first place.
In addition, there is a way to travel through the transfer gate without the use of a pilgrimage carriage.
It wasn't always bad for pilgrims in the sense of more choices.
Separating the story about the pilgrims, Zent sighed enviously as he saw another carriage running in front of his carriage.
"Nevertheless, is it a jisoshiki wagon? That's good."
In front of the examiners, a self-propelled carriage in which Shreyn and the others are riding is running.
A carriage that does not require a horse would be a coveted offering for Zent, who usually travels while manipulating the horse.
Another reason why the examiners stopped hiding about the self-propelled carriage that could attract trouble is that it was troublesome to keep hiding for a long time in the future journey.
Speaking of which, it's a production cost.
"Yes, I had it made to order.... thanks to you, I've taken quite a bit of it."
I dared to say it vaguely, but I quickly understood what was going on.
"Well, I guess so. With that much advanced magic equipment, you can see that you can't do anything normally. That's A Rank?"
Zent confirmed at the time of receiving the request that the exam aid (Kou) was A rank.
That's why we know there's more to earn.
"A carriage is a must for attacking towers and adventuring the continent like this. I was excited about it as a necessary expense."
"Ha-ha-ha. I envy it as much as I can."
Zent knows that the self-propelled carriage that runs in front of him is made at a low price, but he doesn't know how far it goes.
Not only is it unusual, but it also fails to understand that it cannot even be moved normally.
Of course, the examiners are not going to talk to Gift until such time.
The purpose of spreading the presence of self-propelled carriages to Zento is also to make future journeys easier.
They also expect rumours to spread from the mouth of the priests in the pilgrimage corps, including Zent.
It is impossible to keep pace with the rumours that are transmitted through the transfer gate, simply because the self-propelled carriage will advance faster than the regular carriage.
For that reason, the so-called "idiot" is also more likely to be called in, but I decided not to worry because I can do anything about it.
Enjoying the journey was a priority over dealing with it.