149. Muddy Town 2
“Sorry! Did you wait a long time?”
“No, no, we just came.”
“I was treated in the morning.”
When Kang Seung-hyun and his party headed to the B-class hostel, Rebecca ran out with a smile.
She opened her mouth with an excited face.
“This is my first time guiding a village, so I couldn’t sleep because I was so excited!”
“You should sleep.”
Joined by Rebecca, Kang Seung-hyun and the others set out to join the Adventurer’s Guild.
A totem that purifies the air when placed in a room, an accessory that increases attack power when possessed, a sculpture that drives away wild beasts when decorated at the end of the eaves, and so on.
“Where should I start guiding you… Tracotti Village is not that wide, so you can look around right away.”
“There are quite a few types.”
“Please introduce me to a comfortable place.”
“Due to the nature of pottery, it cannot be used again once it is damaged, but it is popular with people because of its good performance and beautiful design.”
Kang Seung-hyun followed Rebecca, who led the way, and looked around.
Tracotti was located in the middle of the forest, so even though there were a lot of adventurers, it wasn’t that loud and overall it was quiet.
“There are a lot of pretty pottery. Shall we buy one as a souvenir?”
Kim Ho-jeong looked around the display stand and said.
‘I was so busy yesterday that I couldn’t even look around properly.’
“well. Wouldn’t it break and eat it?”
As Rebecca said, Tracotti is not such a big town, and most of the visible facilities are private houses.
“Mr. Kang is good with his hands, so there’s no such thing.”
“Not me, but Kim Ho-jung.”
And there were bricks and bowls that looked like they were made of earth around the house.
Dimension movers are basically better than the commoners of the Azul Continent, so if you use an item with poor durability without thinking, it will break quickly.
“I see a lot of pottery around the house. Some baked, some not yet baked.”
“Trakothi is a village of clay and pottery.”
“If you’re going to buy one, buy a product made by an artisan potter…”
Tracotti’s soil was influenced by the Red Forest and was of good quality and very rich in magical power, so it was easy to get good soil to use as a crafting material.
“Ah, if that’s the case, you don’t have to worry. It is very strong.”
The pottery made in Tracotti is strong enough to be incomparable to that of other regions.
Thanks to this, many people make a living with clay, such as making pottery or baking bricks or tiles.
In other regions, mana is injected into soil when making pottery, but Tracotti draws out the rich mana contained in red soil to make it.
“There is a workshop street on the northwest side of town. It is a must-see course for outsiders looking for Tracotti because you can buy various clay crafts made by artisans and even try making them yourself.”
“Then can you recommend something to buy as a souvenir? Anything is fine.”
“Ceramics and bricks are popular, but the most famous thing in Tracotti is, of course, clay figurines.”
“A clay doll?”
“There is a doll workshop in Tracotti that boasts a history of hundreds of years.”
The Tracotti Doll Studio is a group of puppeteers who mainly produce clay dolls.
Although they are small compared to giant groups such as the Mage Tower or the Adventurer’s Guild, they are able to create powerful golems using special soil obtained from the Red Forest, so even Kamar wizards do not treat them carelessly.
“That’s why the people of Kamar look down on tracotti itself, but they rate the tracotti doll workshop highly… It’s kind of bitter.”
Looking around, not only adventurers but also civilian tourists could often be seen.
This workshop street is virtually the sole purpose of outsiders looking for Tracotti.
“The Tracotti people seem to be good at making dolls. Still, wouldn’t it be a bit much to buy a doll at this age?”
“Then how about a talisman?”
“charm?”
“If you go to the street vendor over there, they make simple amulets that match the customer’s image. It’s perfect to buy as a souvenir.”
Rebecca pointed to a small street vendor in the back corner of the studio.
There was a signboard next to the street vendor that said, “Customers who ordered, please come pick it up after an hour or two.”
“Then you should do that. Would you like to buy Mr. Kang too?”
“follow your heart.”
“Did you hear? Order two charms.”
While Kim Ho-jeong smiled and entered the tent, Kang Seung-hyun stood still and looked around.
The smell of moist soil and pottery being baked in the kiln wafted from all directions.
‘…It’s a workshop that handles soil.’
Tracotti people have been living close to soil for a long time, so they were familiar with handling soil and were able to easily acquire earth attribute skills.
Thanks to this, the special item production using soil is incomparable to other places.
‘Come to think of it, Wismel’s left hand… was also related to soil.’
Earth property enhancement stats come out when roulette is played, as well as [Earth Bones], which make bones out of soil.
Apparently, Wismel was a god who handled the power of the earth.
‘As expected, the guy named Wismel has something to do with Tracotti.’
Tracotti, who values soil, and Wismel, who handles the power of the earth.
There are too many overlapping elements to be just a coincidence.
“Miss Rebecca, have you ever heard of the name ‘Wizmel’?”
“Wizmel? Um… I’m hearing this for the first time.”
After thinking for a moment, Rebecca shook her head with a completely unsure face.
“Is this your first time hearing it?”
“It sounds like a brand name for caramel.”
“…”
Judging from the reaction, I think it would be the same if I asked other people.
‘As expected, the villagers don’t know.’
It must have been a divine being related to the Red Forest, but the Tracotti people didn’t seem to know about Wismel’s existence, let alone his name.
‘If Wismel is the god of the red forest, there’s no way the people of Tracotti wouldn’t know…’
According to Rebecca, Tracotti didn’t follow the god for a very long time.
He wouldn’t have abandoned the god he believed in for no reason, so there must be some reason.
‘Well, if I dig into Tracotti’s past, I’ll be able to get some information about Wismel.’
It wouldn’t be easy to find a god whose only name was left in a village where there were no traces of him, but if he could get his hands on even a little bit of information, that was enough.
“Are there any places where materials related to the history of Rebecca Tracotti… or artifacts are displayed?”
“Oh right! A place like a history museum!”
The two asked with high expectations, but
“Ah~, in a rural town like this, there’s no such thing as a history museum.”
“No?”
“Who would be interested in the history of a rural village like this. Usually, there are historical museums in tourist places like Camar!”
Yes.
Tracotti was a real thug who didn’t even have a history.
“At least there was a history center in Hind Village.”
Seeing that the Tracotti people don’t even know Wismel’s name, we need records from at least 200 years ago, if not 100 years ago.
“Oh, is it something very important?”
“…Yes, it’s important to me.”
“Then we have to find a way somehow! I don’t know why you’re researching Tracotti’s history… I want to help Healer Kang Seung-hyun!”
Rebecca squeezed her hair desperately.
To think of a place to keep old books or materials in tracotti.
“When the head of the Adventurer’s Guild was replaced by Masen, the previous head of the branch threw away all the materials and left, and the village chief’s house was completely burned down by a fire 10 years ago, and I can’t go to Kamar…” “
Tra Coty is also tough.”
“Umm, small towns are like that…”
After thinking for a while, Rebecca came up with a good place.
“Oh, how about going to the town hall?”
“A town hall?”
“All of the town papers are kept in the hall. Same with the budget planner.”
The Town Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Tracotti.
If you look closely at the materials accumulated inside, you will be able to find information related to the life and culture of Tracotti in the past.
“It’s good. Let’s go right now.”
Kang Seung-hyun headed to the Tracotti Village Hall.
-“excuse me.”
“…What is it?”
As we headed towards the town hall, a red-haired man trudged over.
Anyone can see that he was a civil servant who was tired of life.
“I want to know about the history of Tracotti. Can I get some related materials?”
“Did you come here because of an Adventurer Guild request?”
“No, for personal reasons…”
“Then it probably won’t.”
The person in charge of the hall cut off the conversation without even thinking about looking for it. That too, in a very annoying tone.
“No, can I say that I didn’t even look for it properly?”
“It’s important!”
“If you need to find something, get a related request or permit from the Adventurers Guild.”
Ho-jeong Kim and Rebecca immediately protested, but the person in charge of the hall dismissed the protests of the two by making an excuse for the Adventurer’s Guild.
‘It bothers people.’
Kang Seung-hyun took out the Adventurer’s Guild Master Key from his inventory with a thick face.
“Are you going to refuse the request of the branch manager of the Adventurers Guild?”
“Is that the Adventurer’s Guild Master Key?”
“If you need a request, I will make it on the spot.”
Kang Seung-hyeon took out his notebook, scrawled it roughly, tore up the paper and threw it in front of the person in charge of the hall.
[Adventurer Guild request form]
[I came here because I have something to investigate, so shut your mouth and take out the key to the library.]
“Heh heh…”
The hall manager thought, looking at the crumpled paper and the key Kang Seung-hyun was holding.
‘I’m not an ordinary adventurer or an employee, but the head of the adventurer’s guild!’
Asking the branch manager to accept a request is like asking the archmage to obtain a wizard license.
In a word, rude behavior!
‘Am I not going to get fired here like this?’
The hall manager hurriedly stood up from his seat and shouted.
“I’m so sorry I didn’t know you!”
“It’s okay, give me the key to the library.”
“yes!”
Kang Seung-hyeon took the key he gave him and headed to the reference room inside the hall.
Inside the archives, unorganized papers were scattered all over the place.
“Totally cluttered! Didn’t you just stick it somewhere?”
“Can we find it within today?”
“If you look for it, you will find something.”
The three of them split up and started searching the archives.
“Oh look at this!”
“I have a book that looks very old.”
Most of them were useless papers, but I was able to find a fairly old book inside.
Following Rebecca to the northwest, we arrived at the workshop street, which smelled like baking clay.
It caught my eye to see pottery and ornamental clay figurines displayed and sold at stalls.
“All the decorations and accessories sold here come with special options.”
