Life in Another World With Narration

10 – Becoming an Adventurer

The Rose of Sharon flower has bloomed.

Hibiscus flower…… This…… Blood…… It was!

What…… Guuung…… Hwaaa…… Kkooh…… This was awesome!

When I was young, one of the games I played a lot with the neighborhood kids was ‘The Rose of Sharon has Bloomed’.

When the tagger looks at the wall and says, ‘The Rose of Sharon has bloomed’ and then suddenly turns around, the children who came close to touch the tag all stop moving, and the tagger has to find the child who moved the moment they turn around.

In the world where I lived, I was using this game, which was made into a famous drama and became world-famous, as a way to find out who was following me while reciting it to myself.

I was walking as if nothing had happened, but suddenly turned around and looked.

If you don’t see the suspicious guy, pretend to go down the normal path again and turn around again.

“Huh?”

I looked back like that many times.

A somewhat familiar figure slinked away and disappeared behind a store.

The one wearing that rag-like robe…….

I walked straight to where he was hiding.

As I turned the corner where the store building was, I immediately saw the guy who was hiding.

“It’s Meruru. “They caught everyone following me.”

You said you had work to do, but why are you doing this here?

“What are you doing here?”

When I asked, Meruru stood hesitantly, looked up at me, and said.

“I don’t know what to do… ….”

“Huh?”

“I am hungry and have no money… ….”

Meruru’s eyes were moist as she looked at me.

Well, it’s really hard for me to make a living every day.

This guy who smuggled away from his hometown penniless must have really had no answer.

He said he was leaving to find his sister, so I thought he had some sort of method of his own, but it seems like he had no solution.

“But why are you secretly following me?”

“Yunoa is a good human being. “He gave me this and that.”

“So?”

“The only person I know here is Yunoa……. “But I secretly followed him because I thought he would be a distraction.”

Guuu! Gurgling! Come on!

No, what does this mean?

People… No, could a sound like this come from the stomach of a living creature?

Meruru was still looking at me with moist eyes.

The distinctive pickled radish eyebrows drooped in the shape of the letter 8.

It’s not visible because it’s wearing a hood, but its ears are probably drooping as well.

Ha… ….

“Don’t hide, follow me.”

I spoke briefly to Meruru, and she went to find a nearby restaurant.

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Dip the soft bread into the warm tomato beef stew and bring it to her mouth.

I scooped up a generous amount of the stew along with the meat with a spoon and took a big bite.

For the first time in a long time, I just focused on eating food that would properly fill my stomach without saying a word.

And that was the same for Meruru, who was sitting in front of me and eating the same menu.

“Whoa…” “I ate well.”

“It’s so delicious!”

I felt sorry for him, so I brought him in and fed him.

My financial situation was not good enough to keep taking him around like this.

But you can’t just kick out a kid who doesn’t know anything about the world.

“Meruru, what are you going to do next?”

“… ….”

“Why don’t you just go back to your hometown?”

It might be better to go back to that place called Helvetica Island than to stay here like this.

It is said that she had been smuggling away to find her older sister, but no matter how she looked at it, she seemed incapable of living on her own.

But Meruru shook her head at my words.

“Well, if we’re going to go back, how are we going to find a boat to go back to?”

“We have to find her sister.”

“Does she know where her sister went?”

Meruru shakes her head again.

He couldn’t have been a very difficult child.

If Tina were there at a time like this, she would have asked her somehow.

If she was a saint and was respected by people, she might have found a way to do something for Meruru.

But right now, I didn’t know where she was, and Meruru was only looking at me.

“Are you going to keep following me like this?”

“… ….”

“I too am a person who has a hard time making a living. “I bought it out of pity, but there will be no next time.”

As soon as she said those words, tears filled Meruru’s eyes.

What is so sad?

It makes me want to cry too.

Looking at her quietly, she looked like a pretty pretty human girl, if only her ears and tail were covered.

If I’m worried about throwing it away, I’d rather just have this guy do the work too.

Two people can make more money than just one person.

No, that might be difficult.

Looking at Meruru’s words and her actions so far, she is too stupid to save her job.

Although she looked almost human on the outside, her words and actions had an animal-like aspect to them.

Unless it is a special case, like the last cleaning of the Akbari Lake, it will not be helpful.

“Meruru, do you have any special skills?”

I asked Meruru, who was crying.

The beast people may have some special abilities that humans cannot.

“Ugh… “Eat well.”

“Not that one.”

“Ugh…… “Sleep well.”

Should I just throw it away?

『The beast people live in tribes in various places across the continent, but the beast people of Helvetica Island were special.

This was because most of the edible wild foods on the island of Helvetica grew underground.

For this reason, the beast people of Helvetica Island had a special sense for finding edible plants, fruits, mushrooms, etc. In the ground.』

No, that’s a huge specialty.

Isn’t the special sense of finding plants in the ground an incredibly useful ability?

Why is it that he has such a special skill, but the narration is telling it, not the person himself?

“Meruru, are you good at finding fruits in the ground?”

Meruru opens her eyes and nods her head.

“That’s your specialty. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“It’s not really a specialty. “People in my hometown do it naturally.”

This is not at all natural here.

Then the story is different.

“Meruru, listen carefully to what I say from now on.”

“You are listening.”

“I know you are in a difficult situation right now. I want to find her sister, but I don’t know where to find her, and I understand that the only person she can rely on is me. But now that you have left your hometown, if you want to act like someone else, you have to do your part as well.”

Meruru concentrated on my words and nodded her head eagerly.

“There is nothing free in this world. You need money to live. And making that money is not easy.”

Nod.

“So, if you want to go with me, you have to earn your share. I understand?”

“I understand!”

Meruru answered energetically, her eyes sparkling.

Do you really understand?

Okay, that’s it.

* * *

I have definitely smelled this smell.

Yes, it smells like an herbal medicine store.

Or is it the smell of the health center that has a sign posted outside saying, ‘Black Goat, Zara Extract Dal.’

In addition, all kinds of unfamiliar scents hit my nose.

What is the best way to utilize the specialty of finding plants underground?

As a result, the conclusion reached was ‘medicine’.

“It smells strange!”

Meruru clung to my back and followed me, whining.

Definitely, I never imagined that such a terrible smell would come from a potion making shop.

This was not just a general store that sold potions, but a production center that made potions and delivered them to various stores.

It’s called ‘Kubel Refinery’.

The Kubel Refinery was located on the outskirts of the city, a long way from the center.

After smelling the smell wafting through the entire building, I understood why they were doing business in a place like this.

As we entered the refinery, a man with long green hair who looked to be in his late 20s was working on something wearing white gloves.

“Oh, we don’t accept regular customers. “Are you from the store?”

“No, that’s not it… ….”

Behind the man who appeared to be the owner of the refinery, countless wooden boxes came into view.

The box was full of colorful mushrooms, various unidentifiable herbs, and roots larger than a person’s forearm.

And on a large table that appeared to be a place for making potions, there were glass bottles and empty bottles filled with colorful liquids.

The man spoke without even looking at me.

“Then would you please go back? “Because it interferes with potion production.”

“Do you also purchase ingredients here?”

I paid no attention and asked the refinery owner.

“I am purchasing it, but you need to show me the product.”

“I came today to find out the purchase price. “I’m going to bring the items next time.”

“Is that so?”

The man who heard me stopped what he was doing and turned his body to look straight at me.

“It is called Pilstone. I’m making potions at the Kubel Refinery. “We also supply to general stores, guilds, and knights, so we do not handle low-quality products.”

Philston, the owner of the refinery, introduced himself.

Although he was always smiling brightly, he was a man who gave off an aura that made him unable to let down his guard.

Anyway, if you are purchasing the ingredients, you are half way to success.

I pointed to the boxes full of ingredients in the refinery.

“Among the ingredients purchased here, I would like to know the prices of all the ingredients that grow in the ground and are grown in this area.”

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