Chapter 60 – Spec Up (3)
10. Spec up (3)
“Sister. Kaya’s sister. Where are you going?”
“As the captain said, I plan to stop by the warrior training center to update my level and then stop by the monastery.”
“After that?”
“Next?”
Kaya awkwardly wiggled her left hand in Shay’s hand and shook her head.
“I was going to go back to the inn right away.”
“Ah, the captain gave me a lot of pocket money so that I could have my own time, but are you going to go back just for business? Did he come back with a hard life?”
“Even if Shay says that, she doesn’t really want to do anything, and she doesn’t want to buy anything. He wanted to repair his weapons, but the captain decided to do it with public funds…”
“Eh…”
Shay let go of her hand, crossed her arms, and shook her head. Her expression and gestures were strangely aroused. Seeing that she’s still staring openly at me, I think she’s doing it on purpose. Her height was slightly taller than she was, but she felt like she was being teased by a child.
“Saying that, what was Shay trying to do?”
“Dainty! Pretties! And what a cool thing!”
“Yes?”
“Yes? Think about it. What did we eat in the dungeon?”
“That’s solid soup and dried food dissolved in warm water…”
“What were we wearing?”
“Of course, the armor…”
“What are you wearing, Captain?”
“Shay.”
“Sister. We, who barely survived in the dungeon, have an obligation to eat delicious food instead of dry food and wear pretty clothes instead of armor. This is the money for that. Do you understand?”
“There is no such duty, Shay.”
“And the captain wears nice clothes too!”
Startle-
Kaya, who was going to go to her warrior training center while listening moderately to Shay’s words, stopped. Seeing this, Shay’s smile deepened.
“We were crusaders and battle nuns, and the captain was a bounty hunter. The job itself is far from normal, and even each person’s circumstances don’t seem ordinary.”
“… Even if it’s me and Shay, the captain too?”
Kaya wondered if Shay knew Hendrick’s secret, which she didn’t even know she knew. At that moment, emotions between nervousness and jealousy rose up, but quickly subsided. Her opponent was Shay, who crossed the line with her. She and she were colleagues in the same troupe of warriors.
‘Furthermore… Strictly speaking, the captain and I have no personal relationship…’
Although Hendrick had called him her first woman, she didn’t think it would lead her to a special relationship any time soon. She never knew when she would die, and thought that such private things were trivial compared to Hendrick’s fate. She didn’t want to burden him with a bridle.
Even with Shay in front of you, in a dungeon, like that…
“Just looking at it, it looks like there’s a story behind it, doesn’t it? If the captain saw him when he was fighting, my sister would have noticed too, right? Even if the posture of holding an ax or rope looks good, wielding it doesn’t have the skills to be called a bounty hunter no matter how well you look at it. But you’re the one who cracks the heads of those filthy heretics better than any of us.”
Kaya couldn’t deny it. She had once been in the dungeon with Hendrick, especially when she wasn’t around Shay, and because of her request, which seemed to have something to do with her, she entered the realm of heresy outside the dungeon. Back then she was more clumsy with an axe than she is now. So she had a bigger gap than Shay said.
“I’m careful to speculate, but this is what I think.”
“What is it?”
“Captain, you have a deep grudge against those who were less than trash in the past. That’s why I think he became a warrior in Salem with the qualification of a bounty hunter that even ordinary people can approach relatively easily. Harpooning the heads of humans, no, monsters resembling humans with an axe… Isn’t mindset more important than proficiency?”
If Hendrick had heard it, he would have said that wasn’t it, Sheiya, but he wasn’t here. Shay’s guess sounded plausible to Kaya.
Now, in Kaya’s head, Shay’s speculation seemed to overlap with Kaya’s image, which he said was the first fate he had ever admitted to, breaking through the dungeon to the end.
“Leader…”
“Therefore! Even the captain needs time to catch his breath! Dainty! And what a cool thing! Weapons are also well-groomed, so if you knock too hard, they won’t last long and break after that.”
“Then the captain’s clothes.”
“And we who are always with the captain need to wear pretty things too! When we rest, we should rest together. Isn’t it? The captain wanted to rest, but my sister and I are wearing heavy armor and holding weights. Can the captain rest in peace? Isn’t that what your sister thinks? Don’t you think so?”
“That.”
“So this is for us, and for the captain. I mean, you know what I mean, sister?”
“For the captain…”
Kaya unconsciously nodded his head. Then Shay smiled brightly, grabbed Kaya’s hand again, and started moving to one side.
“But first, from the warrior training center… !”
“Sure. You don’t seem to know Salem very well, but she can go this way to the warrior training camp.”
“Is that so?”
“Is it so. So please trust me and follow me!”
Kaya smiled, albeit slightly, at Shay’s laughter. The smile was very awkward, but the smile that bloomed on Shay’s face grew wider.
‘Kaya-sister, really only thinks of the captain.’
Me too.
**
Shay subtly coaxed Kaya, who insisted that she go to the warrior training center first, and led her to the alley where her clothing stores were located.
“Shay. Isn’t that different from words?”
“Huh? Sister, have I ever lied to you? It’s true that if you go straight this way, you’ll find the warrior training center.”
“Shay… !”
“Don’t do that, it’s not like we’re going to fight, so it’s better to wear something pretty, right?”
“That and this.”
“Even in terms of circulation, this way saves more. You’ve already come this far, are you going to go back and forth? I heard you heard about the monastery?”
Kaya admits that she fell for Shay’s ruse. She expressed her acquiescence with a short sigh.
“Welcome! Uh? Shay?”
“Long time no see, lady!”
“Yeah, it’s been a while, kid.”
Shay had a friendly conversation with a middle-aged woman who seemed to be the owner of a clothing store. Although Shay was naturally very sociable, she said, listening to her conversations, she seemed to have made several purchases of clothes here.
“By the way, your steps have been slow these days, so you must be very busy.”
“Yes! I found a good warrior squad.”
“Ah~ Then, a fellow warrior next to you?”
“Sure. What a good sister! You are a great warrior!”
“Oh my goodness-“
We didn’t even introduce each other, but when I came to my senses, the owner of the store was measuring Kaya’s body sizes.
“Uh…”
“It’s not just about being pretty. It has to fit well with the body to be really pretty.”
“Then then~ How could it be, the hero’s ratio is so good~”
“Yes? Even when I look at it, it’s a very clean and enviable body… Lol.”
Kaya was out of her mind. She knew her meaning of buying clothes in the dictionary, of course, but she had never really bought them. When her parents were around, she was worried about their parents, let alone the clothes they had left after they passed away. She and since she belonged to the Order, she wore only the order-issued nun’s uniform and heavy combat armor.
“I-I need to do this.”
“It’s all necessary, so leave it in the hands of the experts. Heresy annihilation is for combat priests like us, clothes for tailors.”
Buying clothes is more complicated than I thought. Kaya thought it was just a matter of choosing the right clothes, but Shay refused to compromise, saying that if she decided to be pretty, she had to be very pretty. Shay, who was saying that, looked very serious, so Kaya spared her words.
“Please drop by again in an hour, no, an hour and a half later~”
“Your auntie! I’ll be looking forward to it?”
“Then! It’s been a while since you came, so let’s give it a try?”
Shay dragged Kaya, who was standing there blankly, out.
“Didn’t I say that it would be nice to wear something pretty, Shay?”
“Ah, what, is it important to look pretty to strangers? It’s important to look pretty to the most important person. Isn’t it?”
“…”
“Ruler. We went to the warrior training center and the monastery quickly, right?”
At this point, Kaya decided to go along with Shay’s lead. It’s meaningless to have already come this far and escape, and I’ve paid a lot of money for clothes. More than anything, this time didn’t feel so bad.
The nun who guided Kaya to her Order wasn’t until her late mother, but she was the first adult she could turn to, and Hendrick was the first man she gave her heart and body to. And Shay… She was wary of defining it because she had never had one, but she wondered if this was a friend she had only heard of.
‘Friend…’
Kaya shook her head. She didn’t want to put her bridle on Shay, as she did on Hendrick. There was nothing wrong with being friendly with her colleagues, but she hesitated to deepen her personal relationship. Her positive attention, which she tasted for the first time in her life, seemed to loosen her body and mind.
And she herself… She was still a poor person.
She was too insignificant and flawed in many ways to be anyone’s lover or friend. On the other hand, what about the colleague right next to her who is far more beautiful and superior than herself? Directly comparing them one by one only made him more depressed.
Nevertheless. Even knowing that
She wants to be with Hendrick until the end, she wants to show him the good side of her, the good side of her, and very occasionally, she wants to be hugged by him and listened to his praise.
“Sister. What do you think? Welcome!”
“… Yes. Shay.”
Kaya took care of her complicated mind and followed Shay, who had gone far ahead. Everything will go according to God’s will.
**
“Welcome, warrior. What business have you come for?”
“Ah, I came because I wanted to know the cost of increasing the power of equipment.”
“It is slightly different for each class and also depends on the current level. Would you like to state the terms?”
‘What? Each class is slightly different?’
Among the equipment support center and the warrior training center, I stopped by the equipment support center first. It was because if someone asked which of the two to upgrade first, equipment or skills, about ninety-eight out of a hundred would choose the equipment side.
That’s why I came to the equipment support center first, but I couldn’t help but be embarrassed by the fact that I heard it for the first time. At least in The Long Terror, equipment upgrade costs were independent of class.
‘Of course, there have been many differences from The Long Terror so far.’
“Then, what about the Crusader and the Battle Nun’s armor? Both are level 1.”
“Hmm. Please wait a moment.”
For some reason, it is not an unfounded delusion that the upgrade cost of the ‘heavy armor’ and the battle nun will be higher than the cost in the game.
Please be delusional please.
‘I don’t know anything else, but Shay’s armor is the number one upgrade… !’
After rummaging through the drawer for a while, the employee took out a catalog. After rummaging through it a few times, he soon ran through his paper with his index finger, turned it over and showed it to me.
“Look here. Let’s start with the Crusader’s armor. You said your current level is 1, so going from 1 to 2 will cost you 15 doubloons. It takes 30 gold coins to raise from 2 to 3.”
“… Ah.”
“And let’s see… Ah. In the case of Battle Sisters, it takes 13 gold coins to raise from 1 to 2, and 26 gold coins to raise from 2 to 3.”
“Oh, maybe. How much is a bounty hunter?”
“A bounty hunter.”
Fluttering- The finger of the employee who was passing the paper far ahead stopped.
“It is 8 gold coins to raise from 1 to 2, and 16 gold coins to raise from 2 to 3.”
“…”
“Do you need any other information? If you are thinking of entrusting it, it will take time depending on the level…”
“I will come back later. Thank you.”
Shit, different prices for each class.
‘Difficulty adjustment fuck!!! Is this a game!!!’
Just the base price itself was fucking expensive.
‘Still, I should go to the warrior training center first… ?’
Uh, maybe I should sell the artifact… ?
My steps toward the training center were heavy.
