My First Trip was to Another World
Is the other world full of flags?
"We'll be there soon"
Looks like we've arrived near our destination. I guess it took us over half an hour.
"What part of Wang Du is this place?
"It's near the south gate. The Adventurer Alliance is also around here."
I had the carriage pulled over and went down the sidewalk. Along this road, which seems to be the main street, there are restaurant-like buildings and weapons store-like buildings lined up.
Guided by Luna, we go into the alley. Aren't you staying and along the boulevard?
"Right here."
The building that went inside, I said, is a beautiful two-story inn. The lobby is about eight tatami in size and has a small sofa and table.
I imagined there was a dining room as soon as I walked in, and there was a billboard girl at the counter...
There was just a small reception counter here, which was simple to make.
"Stay?"
I suddenly appeared at the counter, and my employee-like aunt asked me to blurt.
"Yes. For now, overnight"
"Two large silver coins. Advances"
I'm going to be treating you friendly, but not so much an unfathomable aunt. When it comes to staying in a row, don't hesitate a bit.
Pay the price and receive the key. It looks like a simple key, but it's probably a demon prop.
"Room five. It's forbidden to take the keys out."
Is this the standard for Inn employees in this country? When I look at Luna, she looks that way and hides her face.
Is there some manners or something I don't know......
"Shall we?"
When I said and walked, Luna followed me from behind.
The lodging hallway is narrow. Not suitable for heavily armed adventurers?
When you unlock it and go inside, it's wide enough for you inside. It's just the right space for the two of us to take our time.
There is a table and chairs, standard with buckets and towels to wipe your body. And a double bed.
............. double bed?
Checking a lot, Luna came in embarrassed.
"Luna. I just want to ask you, what kind of inn is this?
I made a smile and asked.
"It is a well-soundproofed, clean, private inn…"
"This is the Bring In Inn, right?
Modernly speaking, the Lao Hotel. Accommodation used for that purpose.
"... Yes. I've never been here before, but it sounds like a rumor."
"No, no, no, no, no, I'm glad it was a regular inn?
"No...... Because I hear voices...... Not very good."
What do you mean?
"That was because I was concerned about the noise next door..."
"Huh...?
"No, if you're an adventurer, you'll have an ops conference or something. So be quiet."
Luna is blushing bright red in her face and leaning in tears.
"Sorry, it's not like Luna and I don't like the room or anything! I'm happy with this room, too! I'm just a little surprised!
"Really...... So let's get out of here and rebuild the inn."
"It's okay! It's a good inn. Yeah. Thanks."
Thanks for what? Don't ask...... You guided me because of it, and I'm paying for it.
"Well, let's talk about the future for now"
Luna's just calmed down, too, so let's start a meeting.
"By the way, what is Mr. Coe's current status?
Speaking of which, you didn't explain it yet.
Identity is equal to that of a knight. The mission is just to inspect and report around the place. Any other assignment may be refused. I have a brief explanation.
"Really? Nothing strange."
"Instead, I think it would be convenient if I lost all the trouble with my ID."
When I was in a meeting, the sun went down. I wasn't sure what to do with dinner, but I had quite a bit of extra bread I got at the royal castle, so I decided to do this today.
Once in this inn, it's a hassle to go out. Because if you go out without the process, you'll be treated like a checkout.
In the future, while working as an adventurer, we will do something to create magic props and study potions.
Many adventurers retire by their thirties to do their next job, but they say they won't be busy unless they have some skill in them by then.
He who builds his eyesight and turns to merchants, he who settles in the countryside and plows fields, he who becomes an Alliance employee. They say some of them are active until they die. I'd like to see you for a moment.
There's a lot more to it, but nothing. Adventurers can't be anything and have to mix up with teenagers to work down.
I wonder if I will be studying the rules and common sense of adventurers for the time being while working around the Wang Capital.
Actually, I can barely hear the surrounding noise in this room, because it's soundproof with demonic props. The keys are magic props, too, and only security is first-class.
Clean towels, beds and sheets. It is a level that can be used as is. Even on Earth, if it's an extremely cheap inn, it's pretty normal to have a Nanjing bug in your sheet or something......
They say it's standard in this hand inn. For a typical private room inn, a barrel and towel are charged for a normal key without sound protection. Instead, the price is about one large silver coin.
I decide to stay in a regular inn tomorrow. I don't have that much money.
Luna seems to have quite a bit, but I think there's something wrong with asking a woman to pay for a hotel.
"Before I go to bed, I want you to ask me something"
It was also completely dark around, and Luna, who looked serious in the place that we were going to sleep, talked.
"What's going on?
"I quit the court of magic."
This is something I've always wondered about but couldn't ask. I didn't ask because I thought it was something I shouldn't ask.
"I'll ask."
"For once it is a state secret, please keep it confidential.
Mr. Coe came here with an apostolic summons, but do you know what kind of technique the apostolic summons was?
"You don't know. I haven't heard anything."
"The ceremony was given to us by the church, but we tried to analyze it before the summons."
Don't do it with those people. Absolutely. I'll completely ignore what God is doing and analyze it. Those are the people.
"It was a procedure close to an elf demonic prop, so it was surprisingly easy to analyze.
It's a technique performed simultaneously by one wizard and ten assistants. "
Oh, I guess I was there when I was summoned.
"I don't think there were ten of them... Luna wasn't even there, was she?
"Yes. I was an assistant. I'm a bell-ringing clerk. After the summons was over, he fell and was transported to the infirmary. So is Lily."
That's why he wasn't there.
"For some reason I just had to fall. If the procedure had been fully activated, we would have been dead."
Die? Huh?
"What do you mean?
"The contents of the ceremony were the magic of the ten wizards and the magic that was building their souls and flesh, sucking everything up and letting the apostles absorb it"
"Huh? You're gonna die."
"But in the middle of the procedure, magic poured in that I wasn't sure where it was coming from, and it ended along the way.
As it turned out, all I had to do was fall out of magic.
Because of that, I got you involved. In exchange for our lives being saved. "
So you feel guilty? You don't have to worry about it.
"I'm glad Luna saved you."
"But you didn't come to this country for real, did you?
"I think I told you before, it's okay. It's a valuable experience, and I'm pretty excited about it.
Unknown technology, unknown culture. If I were in the original world, I wouldn't be able to experience it.
Besides, I met Luna. Now I appreciate this coincidence. "
"... thank you"
Luna smiled with a troubled look.
"But did the king do it knowing he was going to die?"
"It is...... I don't know. This is the first time in this country, and the art ceremony was prepared by the Church."
"Couldn't you refuse it before it ran?
"I can't......, right? Only three of the court magicians know the results of this analysis.
If we refuse, we need to publish the results of the analysis, and if we do, we will be executed. "
Wow. Stuffing. Whatever you do, you die. And if there is a second summons, the next one dies. So you ran away before that.
Mr. Lily said he might quit before, too. Is this what you mean?
If the summons is to be carried out again, the operator will almost certainly be in charge of this one.
As long as you continue to be a court magician, that means you remain on the death row.
"Oh well... Even by chance, I'm glad I didn't die.
Let us be mindful of the trends between the Church and the King. Fortunately, I'm in a position where information is easily accessible. "
"Right...... Can I keep following you?
"It would be obvious. I'm counting on you."
"Thank you. We've talked for a long time. I'm sorry."
"No, thanks for talking to me"
"Now wipe your body before you go to sleep. I'll get you some water."
There is no bath in this inn. Naturally. There's a well on the back of the inn, where guests pump their own water.
"I'll magically put it out. I can get you out with a bucket or so."
"Huh? The magic water's gone, isn't it?"
The substances magically put out disappear when there is no more magic.
You can't afford a complete crime! I have thought that, in this world where there is no scientific investigation, it was mostly a complete crime, except for the current offender.
I can't detect fingerprints or blood stains. Because there is no luminol. Wouldn't there even be oxydol?
'Cause I found a way not to disappear.'
I adjusted it to about 40°C to give him hot water. It would be easier to take a bath if I could get a lot more out of it. You don't have that much moisture in the air, do you?
"Wow...... Tell me!
"Right. I promised to teach you physical enhancement, and I'll teach you both tomorrow."
"Yes!"
Oh. You're feeling better. But all court magicians are amazing at their knowledge.
Shit. I promised to teach Mr. Lily too...... Maybe next time.
And thinking about it, Luna took off her torso.
"Wow! Sorry, he's out there."
"Huh? Why is that? Will you wipe it?
Luna looks bright red and shy. Your face and your actions don't match, do they?
"You can't tell a man that."
"You don't have a wack to tell anyone!
I've been protesting with my bright red face inflated. I think I hear a phonetic sound called pumping.
Hmm. When did the flag come up...... A mystery.