Chapter 478 – [A Guide for Transcendentalists Traveling Post-Apocalypse]
The language or part of it is similar to oriental, and the inside of the city was like a folk village where Korean and Chinese were half mixed.
The population is estimated to be around 20,000. The fact that there are such a number of communities in a world like this is proof that we have a lot, but I don’t know if that’s just right.
The people in the former village may not have been so affluent, but they were living happily.
But here…People with dark faces often pass by. Sometimes it seems that there are people who are not in good health.
“Ah! Welcome! Are you an outsider? Four of you?”
“First of all, 4 bowls of rice soup! A handful of water!”
“There are 9 in total”
“Here!”
It is like an inn from a historical drama. However, the size is a little wider….. A person who looks like a housekeeper came out and took an order and went in.
We sat on a podium and waited while talking until our order came out. It is mainly about the future.
“Come to think of it, Jin-gyo, why are you naturally stuck here?”
“Please let me serve you. I will serve you wholeheartedly.”
“Is it because of Zion?”
“Yes, Lord Shion is a wandering noble, but compared to the other dissolute nobles, she is like a fairy who came down from the sky. I, too, have no affection for nobles who push their subordinates to limb, and I have no face to return to, so please include them in our company.”
“Hmm, not bad.”
I’m just sticking by Zion’s side, but that’s not always the case. If Shion wants to, he can wipe out this planet, but I don’t want his hands to be stained with blood.
So, you should have a sword to replace Shion’s hand. When I’m not there, I need someone who will destroy Zion if someone tries to attack it. Besides, even if I fall apart, it will be fine if there is someone who knows about this side well.
“But I killed all of your colleagues, is it okay?”
“Do you have any problem?”
It’s not about putting up with it or avoiding it, but it just shows the expression that it’s a story that doesn’t really matter.
You might think that it was because you didn’t have affection for your colleagues, or that it was natural for people to die. Or possibly both.
First of all, I accepted it in the form of half consent.
“I’ll see what you do and decide. I haven’t completely accepted it yet.”
“Yes, I understand. But the relationship between the worst and Shion-sama is…”
“This is my husband”
“My wife”
“……Uh, um. Marrying a commoner. You really are a unique nobleman.”
“Can I pamper you when you’re not working?”
“Do whatever you want”
“Oops! I got a stingray!”
We didn’t even talk for a long time, but the rice soup and water we ordered came out.
The bowl or cutlery used was pottery made from baked clay. It doesn’t look bad, but it wasn’t baked with glaze or something like that, so it didn’t shine or anything like that. However, it seems to be usable as a tableware.
“But what did you boil it with?”
“It doesn’t matter if you know, but it’s better if you don’t know.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know if it came from a noble’s farm or what it was raised on.”
“Usually, if you catch a clay pig and make it, it varies depending on the region.”
“I’ve heard that those mad dogs ate things like human meat soup.”
“Don’t talk like that while eating”
The smell is just pork soup. Ingredients…Actually not too much, the soup isn’t too much…It doesn’t even feel like it’s been boiled for a long time.
If you think about it, you can use water because it is a city, but it will be rather difficult to raise livestock. If you think about it, you can roughly figure out what to save more.
Looking around, the menu didn’t seem to be that diverse. Other than rice soup, the only thing on the menu to eat is beef meat or something like that.
“Why don’t you make one of the meat?”
“Should I do it, Shion-nim?”
“Expensive! Save money to live well!”
“I caught a water lizard, so can’t I be a little extravagant?”
“I’d rather order another bowl of soup with that money!”
“No, there’s a rice soup here?!”
“If you say soup while eating soup, it seems like a Gestalt collapse about soup, so please restrain yourself.”
“If you order 2 servings of rice soup and stay in one bowl, is it rice soup or rice soup?”
“What kind of stupid logic are you using?”
The taste wasn’t bad. No, it was pretty good. It seemed that the seasoning was only salt, but it didn’t smell too bad.
It seems that the material is good, not the skill of the person who made it. Did you say it’s made of earthen pig? I hope to have a chance to see you in the future.
Anyway, I ate soup and rice and filled my stomach. Rice was also grown here, but the grains are rather large. The taste is good, but the taste is less than that of Earth.
Hmm… Personally, I think this rice would be more delicious to eat like fried rice than to eat it as rice.
“Ah, I’m full. It’s been a while since I ate well.”
“Doesn’t my husband cook for us while traveling?”
“Still, making and ordering food is different, right?
Hagisa You can grill it at home, but it feels similar to eating pork belly outside. It’s because it’s convenient because you can skip preparing and cleaning up. Convenience and time can be bought with money.
Anyway, I came out of the inn and moved to sell my goods. Ruri asks if there is a place that sells it separately, so she goes to a corner of the city.
“Be careful from here on, there are often bad guys.”
“Looks like it”
Just because the quality is bad doesn’t mean you’re from the lower classes. It was because the opponents were wearing powered suits that partially strengthened their bodies, such as those worn by Ruri and Jinkyo.
If it’s simply bad behavior, it’s annoying, but a guy with power becomes a threat. It was that part that Ruri warned about.
“But where are you going?”
“It’s the home of wild dogs based in this city. You can get various by-products and things there. It’s a facility managed by the city, so there’s trust.”
“Name is?”
“Wild Dog’s Den”
“It’s a blatant and honest name.”
When you enter a building that doesn’t even have a door, your eyes are drawn. As the name of the wild dog den was, there were people wearing equipment similar to Ruri’s.
Drinking, gambling, or doing something quite hedonistic gives off a sense of decadence. There were not only men, but also women, but none of them looked at least around Ruri’s age.
“What is it, these days, even a kid like you is called a wild dog? I think it’s more like a puppy than a wild dog?”
“You’re making a sound like your mother’s stomach is exploding. If you’re a bastard who’s seen my face, you’ll avoid looking at me even if you don’t want to be followed, but you’re lucky.”
“Does the dog speak harshly? Shall we eat some dog meat in a while?”
“It’s a waste of amniotic fluid that your mother asked to give birth to you, bastard. No, it’s a waste of the semen water from your mother’s father before that!”
“This year is real!!!!”
The wild dogs around them widen their distance to watch the fight, and someone impromptu gambled on the win or loss between the two. This is a reaction that seems to happen often.
I was going to help Ruri, but I didn’t really have to. If she is wearing the same equipment, compared to an opponent who is an adult male, even if Ruri is at a disadvantage, she skillfully lunges and strikes her fist.
Fuck you!!!
There was no time for the opponent to react. The man who entered the square and was hit by a powerful punch threw the corn away and flew away and crashed into the wall. He may not be dead, but he’ll have to eat porridge for a while.
“Is there anyone else who will mess with you? I’ll send you to the side of my mother and father who have fallen behind so that I can do some filial piety!”
“꽤 성질 사나운 개새끼가 들어왔군”
“Well, you’re more talented than you look, right?”
The wild dogs scattered as if there was no one else to fight. Among those who gambled there, the ones who bet on Ruri take their share and laugh happily.
When the situation was settled, Ruri shook his hand and headed to the counter. There, a man with a stern look who had been watching from earlier smoked a cigarette and pointed at the smashed wall.
“I will pay for the repairs.”
“If you were thinking of doing that, you should have educated the bastard well in the first place. Don’t you know that this bottom half is noticing?”
“I heard that there is a female reputed to be a rogue among the bastards in the north, but that must be you.”
“Ah, has the rumor spread all this far already? It’s me!”
“Well, that’s good. A wild dog’s den is a place where you don’t stop those who come and don’t catch those who go. What are you here for?”
“Sell me something”
“What about the stuff?”
“Water Lizard”
The conversation, which had flowed smoothly, was interrupted for a moment. The man who seemed to be the manager here rubbed the cigarette he was smoking on the table.
He faces Ruri with serious eyes. It seems to be such an important thing.
“I guess you’re lucky”
“Well, sometimes there comes a day when you can eat a whole bowl. How much will you pay?”
“How much do you want?”
“Don’t you know that reverse larvae are the offspring that you’ll have to present when selling a centipede’s mother? Do you want to see me selling them somewhere else? Water lizards are useful for military supplies, so the damage would be that much?”
“Hmm……”
Soon the man thought for a moment and offered a price.
“110 per pound”
“Let’s write more while we write. 115 English”
“You should eat this too. 112 spirits.”
“Please hit one more last time. 113”
“Okay. How are you going to pay?”
“Isn’t that enough to give all of that in cash? Then, distribute half of it appropriately in cash and kind, and give the half in city bills.”
“I get it”
After finishing the deal, I handed over the carcass of the water lizard I had brought. Weigh it out there and set the value accordingly.
I set the price at a little over 100 per pound, and it comes out to about 10,000. But is it okay to count water lizards that have more water than their mass? I don’t know because I’m not familiar with this culture yet.
On the one hand, it may seem like a simple water price, but as Ruri just said, it is more useful because it can be used as a military supply. A single piece of flesh can supply a day’s worth of water because it is small and useful.
“Oh, it’s fortunate. I was a dog thief to cross the desert, but I made money.”
“Give me some money if you’ve earned it. We should have an emergency fund too.”
“Then take your pocket money!”
Ruri gave me and Shion 100 spirits each. I bought 4 bowls of rice soup and a handful of water at the tavern earlier, and it was 9 bottles, so I can go around and eat as much as I want and buy whatever I want.
“First of all, go to the market with it. I’ll buy some clothes and daily necessities.”
“Oh, you mean the one in front of me?”
“I’m going to be picking out something in exchange for money for a while. Oh, just in case, take Jin-Gyo with you.”
“Okay”
After briefly parting with Ruri, we headed to the market.
The market, which is used by merchants on one street, is bustling and lively. There are not that many types of objects, but most of them are things we don’t know about, so it’s interesting.
“There’s a new wife, how about the very sweet Cheonhyanggwa today?”
“Yes? You mean me?”
The merchant asked not to Zion but to Jinkyo.
“Aren’t you two a couple?”
“I’m sure you’re mistaken, but…Anyway, mister, give me some of those.”
“Thank you!”
Come to think of it, Xion originally looks like a child, and I look like Beauty and the Beast as a couple. Now that I’m covering my face, I’m rather childish, so it’s not strange that Jin-Kyo and I are mistaken for a married couple.
Anyway, I bought a fruit called Cheonhyanggwa and tried it, but the sour and astringent taste came up. It’s not that there’s no sweetness behind it, but… If you’re looking for a similar fruit, it’s probably a grapefruit?
“If this is sweet, how much does it cost to know?”
“Cheonhyanggwa smells good, so I enjoy the scent more than the taste.”
“It definitely smells good. Let’s take a couple of them and put them in the drum box as an air freshener.”
“Is it quince?”
It is first to check the item rather than purchase. We walked around and looked at what was for sale and decided what to buy.
“Should I buy some spices when I have money?
“Then we’ll buy clothes. There won’t be any off-the-shelf items for each size anyway, so we’ll buy some good ones out of what we have.”
First of all, I decided to split the group and buy it. I’m a little worried, but I’m not going to go far anyway, and I’m next to Jinkyo, and I’m maintaining security by going around the market. It’s okay to cosplay as an aristocrat if necessary.
While I was tasting and purchasing the unique spices of this world, I felt someone grab my collar.
“Yes?”
“There……”
At least it seems to have been washed to look clean, but it can’t be helped that the clothes themselves are worn out. A girl of about fifteen at most, thin and destitute from not eating well, spoke cautiously.
“Would you like to buy flowers?”
………I beg you, won’t you tell me that you’re holding at least a flower that I can’t see?
