Transition to Another World, Landmines Included

"Is that a good request?

"Yep. I was hoping there would be something according to rank."

We came out of the library in about an hour and, as Toya suggested, we had to talk to the receptionist.

"Uh, it was rank five, wasn't it?

"Yes. You remembered me."

"I'll remember that. Rank 5 is also unusual here, but most importantly because it's a prominent party. It was yesterday."

I didn't aim, but it was the receptionist who asked me yesterday where the inn was.

I laughed bitterly. Her gaze is toward Halka and me, and Toya.

I don't know if Natsuki and Yuki look prominent enough, but would it still feel better if we put them among us who stand out racially?

"By the way, how much work?

"How much..."

That's what they ask us again, and we look at each other and think.

If you can get paid how much, should you do it?

"You made a lot of money during the winter, didn't you, on average, fall below 300 pieces of gold a day?"

"Bitter!?"

To Toya's words, the receptionist speaks up.

I don't think I have exactly that kind of job, so Hulka puts in a correction.

"Oh, that's seasonal stuff, so it fell a lot in the spring, didn't it? Some things haven't been redeemed yet, but aren't 5 or 60 sheets?

"... it's a gold coin, right?

"Yes. Oh, but in Kerg, you caught a bounty neck and got a thousand."

"Did you guys catch me?!?"

"Yeah, coincidence. Luckily."

"... wouldn't it be better if we had fun and lived for a while?"

The receptionist's answer was thrown.

No, well, in a way, that can also be described as adventurous behavior.

Because I got a lot of money.

"Why did you come here in the first place? If you could make that kind of money, you wouldn't have to move to another city."

"No, here it is in relation to the request. There was a wait of about four days."

"Then let's wait, that's about the time"

Yeah, it's a convincing statement.

However, I knew that the 4th was halfway there, in days.

"Well, is there someplace in this pinning that you should look at or something?

"The Adventurer's Guild is not a place to show sightseeing...... oh, but there was good stuff!

To Toya's unscrupulous gesture, the receptionist gave her a slightly troubled look, but soon she thought of something, stood up and went in front of the bulletin board and came back with one requisition.

"I don't think it's enough for a Rank 5 adventurer to contract, but I think this is kind of good, right?

Peek into all the requisitions offered above the counter.

"... investigation of water sources?

"Yes. It's usually a no-access place. It's a very scenic and beautiful place, isn't it? I've never been there."

The request is to investigate the cause of contamination in the water.

The survey location is about a few hours from the pinning and the asking fee is 15 gold coins.

Moreover, it has a Rank 3 restriction.

I can't say it's high rank, but from the market for restricted requests, it's clearly cheap.

It's just the added value of being able to see places you don't normally see.

Still, as for the request to turn to the rank 5 adventurer, it would still be subtle.

"I have a very good reputation for ales made with this water, but lately it seems that we have been having problems with that water. I need to fix it before the planting starts, but it stayed unsolicited."

"Because the asking fee is low?

"Well......, yes"

The receptionist distracts himself from the words of Hulka, who has no body or lid.

"If water is important, I think we should pay the request properly..."

"You need fair pay for your job, don't you? Dumping can be a nuisance to others."

Yes. If you hire a job for an unfair price, in the end, it will be to the detriment of the whole of that industry by turning around and, in extension, the side ordering the job.

It is impossible to sell a product with a cost of 100 yen on a continuous basis, so in the end, the quality has to be reduced and the cost reduced.

If you are an adventurer, do you want to skip work or use low-level adventurers?

That also leads to a loss of the Adventurer Alliance's reputation.

"Of course, I know that a lot, but this brewery, it's a very reputable place, so I was wondering if I'd like to do something about it."

Haruka turns to the receptionist, who responds with a little difficulty.

"Because ale is delicious?

"Of course there is that too. But this is a good place for Yale's reputation to grow, but it doesn't increase the price of Takaka, and it also provides the common people with drinkable prices!

Receptionist with strength in words.

She may also be one of those who owes the favor.

"You have an artisan temperament. You don't seem very good in business, though."

"That's undeniable. In recent years, management seems to be quite oppressive, as all the costs have risen but they do not reflect them in the price…"

"That mess is the commission," he said?

"Right."

I don't hate that kind of craftsman type, but when the influence falls on me, it's a little troublesome.

That said, we're not struggling financially apart...

"What do we do?

"I have time, and if the view is good, maybe I could ask for sightseeing? Outside town."

"I wonder if there's enough reason to disagree"

"If it's that much work, Mary and the others are going to be able to take them, isn't it good?"

"Right."

Not enough to say yes aggressively, but no opposition?

Me and Halka nodded face-to-face.

"Okay. Exceptionally, I'll take it."

"Thank you! No, it really helps. When that brewery is gone..."

The receptionist gives me a genuinely horrible look.

"That it will go away... are we talking about that level?

"Rumors, though. There was artisan temperament for better or worse...... If quality water is not assured, it is likely not to be supplied. When that happens, it's time..."

We don't usually drink ale. We didn't know, but if you ask me, ale made in this pinning, it can't be famous enough to work in other countries, but it seems to have a bit of regional brand visibility.

There seemed to be quite a reason why Meatier had heard of it.

And among the many breweries in pinning, the brewery in question boasts the best quality this time around.

However, it is the craftsmen who depend on quality who run the brewery.

Restrict yourself to materials and water to make good things, but conversely, if you don't get good things, you don't even plant them.

I guess I could still handle it if it was a long time ago, when branding wasn't going very far, but now 'Pinning's Brew' has a lot of visibility and many people want it.

Inevitably, other breweries will increase their shipments, and consequently their purchases of raw materials.

The result is higher prices and shortage of manpower due to lack of raw materials.

Other breweries nevertheless performed well by adjusting the quality of the raw materials, changing the region of origin and reflecting them on commodity prices, but the brewery in question continued the old way with all its hard work.

Then naturally, we lose buying with raw materials, we lack manpower and we fall short of funds….

Still, is it because of the support of the common people and the relationship we've had for a long time?

"Maybe he's good as a craftsman, but he sucks as a manager, doesn't he? The people involved are pathetic."

The receptionist also sighs at the snarky words.

"... undeniable. It's a big part because people who support it can drink delicious ales cheaply."

"If it's going to crumble, I don't think it makes sense. Hey, I'm..."

"Even if we do it a little cheaper, it's water on the baking stone, right?

Indeed.

I just saved a little on a requisition fee, and that's temporary.

Unless we change the way we do it, it's going to crumble soon.

I wish I could at least increase it to a price based on quality.

"It's not what we think around here. That's why it's his choice to destroy the old school."

"Well, hey...... I don't think you're feeling well."

I wouldn't buy an "established brewery” or an "established Japanese confectionery shop” if I wanted them to stay, but if I said I would buy them there.

I was a minor when I was in Japan, so naturally the former didn't get a chance to buy expensive Japanese confectionery for the latter, and convenience store confectionery was enough for my mouth.

It's just a nostalgia, and I don't feel like cutting myself in there.

"Maybe if we keep going, we'll be under the umbrella of some brewery, but it's a shame that that flavor will go away..."

"Just for the old days, crushing is a big influence, right?

"Yes. But if you get your job this time, I think you'll make it through this year, so maybe something will change?

"I think I have low expectations..."

Natsuki laughs bitterly at words she doesn't seem to believe much in herself.

If the problem lies with the management, there's nothing we can do about it unless we change it there.

"I know. - Now, let's move on to your job description."

The receptionist also smiled back bitterly and went back into explaining what the job was all about so as to change her mind.

The purpose is to investigate the water sources used by the brewery.

Its water source is a pond behind a forest that is off-limits, and it is required to find out what causes the odor in that water.

He was given a map of the area as a dossier and an admission permit to allow access to the forest.

Deadline is less than one month.

However, in exchange for a cheap request fee, it was assumed that even if the cause could not be grasped as a result of the investigation, the request would not fail and cancellation would be possible.

Of course, you don't get any rewards in that case, but from us, it's not much of a problem.

I hate to work for free, but we're not experts.

If they told me to absolutely find out what caused it, etc., I wouldn't have gotten it even if it was somewhat more expensive to ask for it.

That's why we took Mary and Meatier from the day after to investigate the water in a half-tourist mood.