Chapter 5: Departure (Part 1) (Revised)

“Aw~ I’m pooped~”

Hiiro had returned to town, taking a rest on a bench on the street. The slimes and goblins had attacked him without rest. He had defeated them while their blood splashed onto him, so he was completely out of energy now.

Though I raised my level quite a bit thanks to that.

He planned to go to the Guild for his quest reward after he rested a little more.

His bloodied appearance drew the attention of passersby, but he was so exhausted that he paid it no mind.

Hah…maybe, I can clean… my clothes with magic.

With that in mind, he moved somewhere without people and wrote “Clean” on his clothes. And when he activated it, the bloody clothes became all clean again in an instant.

Bluish-white light particles poured down on his body, glittering as if they were gems.

If I write it on my body, I won’t be needing a bath…?

He kept it in mind to try it out later. And if it worked, he would be delighted about such a convenient power.

By the way, although there is a culture of bathing, it is not the same as bathing; this is considered normal for the commoners and such, and they only pour boiled water over the body or wipe it with a wet towel.

Of course, the nobles and others who live in mansions have a big bath that should be called luxurious, and they are said to wash away their sweat there every day.

At the guild, the woman at the counter widened her eyes in surprise. It’s because he completed the quest, which demanded to hunt ten goblins, with a far higher number: 22.

She looked at the 22 “goblin fangs” which he presented as proof for the quest.

“I am impressed you managed to hunt so many. Especially considering that you only registered yesterday, Okamura-sama.”

“Whatever, evaluate it already.”

He wanted to get over with it before he was dragged into something troublesome.

At his words, the woman apologized and properly did her job.

“The advertised reward is 35000 Rigin, but I can give you an extra 10000 Rigin for all these ‘goblin fangs’ you are turning in. What do you say?”

“Yeah, do that.”

“Then please wait a moment.”

With that, she took his card and went somewhere. After a while, she came back and returned his card. The money had been added to it.

He brought the card closer to his chest and recited disappear, whereupon the card dispersed and vanished.

Now he had enough funds for the inn and could even buy a fair number of MP restoration pills. During this quest, he realized that MP pills were an absolute necessity for him.

When he wanted to use the ≪Word Magic≫, which already had a high MP consumption, numerous times, he should have a large number of restoration pills at hand.

By the way, unlike HP, MP could not be recovered by ≪Word Magic≫. It seems that the use of an infinite-loop cheat is indeed difficult.

I got to test out a lot of stuff and realized how important the MP pills are. I better buy as many as I can carry.

Hence, he went straight to a general shop and bought the necessary items for battles, including a new weapon. It was the cheapest kind of a sword, but it still cost 30000 Rigin.

The reason he bought a new one was that the blade of his knife was chipped. Well, that’s obviously what would happen after fighting so many monsters. Lastly, he bought a red robe as a protective gear.

He chose it since it had a high magic resistance and an unexpectedly high protection value. The red color was kind of flashy, but he let it slide, thinking that he will get used to it.

Wait, couldn’t I have fixed the chip in the blade with magic… Like if I wrote “New” or “Origin” while remembering how I bought it… Moreover…

Various things came into his mind, but he had already bought the sword.

Well, it was just a knife anyway. I’ll use magic from now on.

The knife was only bought due to a shortage of funds at the beginning, and he had intended to buy a sword when he saved up some money anyway, but from now he would first try using magic to repair the blade before buying a new one.

And when the sword blade eventually chipped and he tried ≪Word Magic≫ to repair it, it turned as good as new with the word “New”.

His own magic apparently knew no bounds.

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For one week after that, Hiiro completed quests from morning till evening.

At first, he just wanted to save up money and level up, but it was surprisingly fun when he tried it. He saw flowers he never saw before and encountered various monsters.

It was also quite enjoyable to think of ways to defeat these monsters.

He didn’t consider himself to be a battle maniac, but he might have to reflect on himself as he unintentionally got elated about how to kill a strong opponent, thinking this is the real thrill of an RPG.

The woman at the counter called him a new rising star as there were hardly any beginners that completed twenty to thirty quests in one week.

Things will likely get troublesome if I work here any more and the king hears about it

He feared that he would get told to fight with the heroes if he was that strong, which would be horrible.

His freedom was the only thing he wouldn’t surrender. He didn’t want his fun life in this otherworld to get spoiled by obligations.

I guess it’s about time.

He made his resolve while checking the contents of his big bag.

Tomorrow I’ll leave this country

Yes, he decided to go on a journey.

He got enough money. He also got his level up to 18. And most importantly, his mentality had toughened up. He decided that with this, he would be able to survive during his journey.

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On the next day, Hiiro groaned while spreading his map on the “Toll Road” outside the town.

It was necessary to decide where to go.

He technically had an idea. Going south, there was a big town called “Frentor”, albeit not as big as “Victorias”. It was a famous trade town.

But Hiiro decided to go to “Surge” instead, a town in the west. “Surge” was close to the country border, right next to the continent where the “Gabranth” lived.

Since he came to another world, he naturally wanted to meet a “Werewolf” or “Werecat” by all means. But right now, there was a tension between both countries.

He didn’t think he would be able to pass the border easily.

However, being an adventurer, he heard some news.

That the countries certainly had placed restrictions on each other, but many “Gabranth” were adventurers and often went on jobs together with “Humas” adventurers.

The individual’s and the nation’s opinions were different things. In other words, the nation’s opinion didn’t represent the whole race. Some people continued working together with each other.

Still, a lot of people in this world detested other races even to date. They were especially out of sorts with the fighting “Evila”.

Nevertheless, Hiiro believed that he had to confirm it with his own eyes. To begin with, he wasn’t interested in the opinions of others, priding himself with the conviction to come up with his own answer by experiencing it himself.

Therefore, he decided to head to “Surge”. Crossing the border would be possible one way or another as well when the time comes.

But it was quite a distance to “Surge”. A long trip called for resolution and good feet. On the way, there also lies “Criel’s Forest” that he has been to before.

There was no more need to be wary about this forest, but he needed to get through there. He entered the forest and flawlessly defeated the monsters that attacked him.

After passing through the forest with no issues, “Tembas Highway” came into view. If one goes straight from here, they’d reach a small village called “Ames”. He was thinking of staying overnight there and then advancing again tomorrow.

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