Oiling My Villains
4. South Harbor (2)
Fortunately, Ellen came down to the first floor shortly after and I had a chance to excuse myself.
Even when I explained that I had misunderstood the culture, Ellen looked at me like a madman.
However, he muttered, ‘Well, since he’s not familiar with the monetary system…’, he nodded his head in agreement.
Now, wouldn’t my image to Ellen be that of a stupid pervert?
…to rot.
“Now, give me all the money you have.”
Ellen put on a disapproving look as I said, tapping on the table that had been cleaned.
“Is this necessary?”
“Isn’t that obvious? You have to have money ready to do anything.”
“O uh……”
—M.
Do you doubt me? My voice rises with regret.
“Hey, the money I spent saving you was five silver coins! If I had been a fraud, would I have spent that much money?”
“That’s such a big amount of money…”
“…Ah, this is real.”
What the hell did he do wrong to be so mean? If I could hit only one real person, I would have no wish.
Seeing my face rot, Ellen winces for a moment. Then, with her lips poking out, she took out a pouch from a small sling bag slung over her shoulder and handed it to me.
I frowned because the pockets were lighter than I thought.
“Is this all?”
Judging by the expression on his still glaring face, it seems that this is all. I feel like I’m stealing money from my nephew. be thrilled
However, after opening the pouch for a while, I frowned and asked again.
“Is this really all?”
“uh. That’s all.”
All that came out of his pocket was two silver coins and twenty coins.
“No…”
What is this guy’s purpose? Where should I use a guy who can’t use magic, has little money, and has no weapons?
He flinched as if he had read my pitiful gaze.
“…What are you looking at?”
“What were you thinking on here
?”
“Why are you fighting again?”
As he frowned, I put my chin on my chin and asked.
“No, it’s not a fight—I’m curious, yes, I’m curious. Did you intend to continue traveling with this money?”
“Of course, that is not enough. There are many places to find work.”
“job?”
“huh. Something like exterminating monsters or escorting.”
Ha, look at your confident face.
Even if the one and only colleague helped him, he couldn’t even cast a spell and his neck was stiff.
I’m suddenly hot
“Aha, like a mercenary?”
“That’s right.”
“Hey, that’s cool.”
I nodded as if I understood, and continued.
“But you can’t even use magic, can you?”
Ellen’s expression darkened slightly.
“That’s because… I know how to rule anything with magic inside…” ”
Really? Someone gave you a magic wand you could use?”
A wand with a skill is natural, but it wasn’t a very common item.
Even if it’s just a wand that can use flaming arrows 30 times… I don’t know, but wouldn’t it do a few gold coins?
“…that’s not it.”
The boy’s gaze fell to the floor.
I continued to sneer at the top of his head.
“right? So,
did you learn swordsmanship or spearmanship? Or a bow?”
“It doesn’t seem like that, but what do you believe and be so confident about? I’m curious.”
As Ellen lowered her head and kept her mouth shut, she belatedly wondered if she had been a little harsh.
Hiding my embarrassment, I returned the guy’s money bag and said,
“Now you have this. As an emergency fund.”
Ellen squirmed and answered in a shaky voice.
“…no it’s okay. Buy what you need with it.”
“Because it’s done. It’s not even a few pennies, so where do you spend it? I do not need.”
As soon as I finished my words, a tear rolled down Ellen’s cheek.
“Uh… are you crying?”
“…Shut up, you asshole.”
The boy barely let out a sobbing voice and raised his arm to cover his face.
…under.
Kim Seung-soo is a pitiful human being. I can’t even afford the age value.
If the game I fell into was XA and Three Kingdoms, Ellen’s loyalty would be zero.
They must have harbored a grudge against me and betrayed me, or carried treasures or castles with me.
Still, I wouldn’t have cared too much.
because? Ellen would have been a mediocre with less than 100 of her strength, leadership, intelligence, political power, and charm.
But this was the Dark World.
Ellen, a fugitive and a superfluous human, couldn’t do anything in South Harbor where she knew no one.
No matter how dog-like they were, they saved each other’s lives, so from Ellen’s point of view, I’d be better than a raw man.
And I couldn’t help but care about Ellen. He’s my only ally right now, and he’s destined to become a terrifyingly powerful archmage one day.
“Heuk Kheung.”
“I… I have a boiled duck egg, would you like to eat it? It is terribly delicious.”
“Shut up.”
“okay. Wouldn’t that be better?” So even though Ellen was crying, she couldn’t leave the inn, and I wanted to run away right away, but I tried to soothe her.
Of course, the reason I wanted to run away was because I felt ashamed of myself for behaving childishly inappropriate for my age.
I bet it was absolutely not the case that Ellen cried so much that she thought she looked like a dog.
“…But how long are you going to cry?”
“Shut up*sniff*.”
…not really.
Anyway, thanks to the many conflicts in a short period of time, I was able to get a rough idea of Ellen’s personality.
Low self-esteem in high self-esteem.
It’s a type of personality that is common in modern society, and it wasn’t too difficult to deal with. If you are careful in the future, unnecessary friction will be avoided.
Ellen wiped her face with her sleeve and made the same angry expression as before.
good. I was worried that I might end up in jjinta mode, but fortunately I am not.
“Hmm, then the money we have… four silver coins and forty coins.”
“…what? What money did I give you?”
“huh? So, that’s four silver coins and forty coins?”
“Wait then you…”
Ellen raised her twisted mouth and put on a grotesque expression.
“You got the same money as me, but did you fuck that up?”
“What bullshit? Of course, I paid for it with your money.”
“…what? why? Didn’t you mean to save all the money you had
?”
He’s making a big noise.
The national rule is for couples to put in the same amount of money for a date bankbook and to match the payment of money, but they say that there is a difference in raising public funds for a party? A story that has no place.
“Of course, public money must be paid fairly.”
“Public money?”
“okay. The money raised now is public money. With this, we should buy the things we jointly need. That’s how you usually say it’?” At my nonchalant question, Ellen narrowed her brows and tilted her head slightly as if confused.
“…is it?”
“okay. Originally, it wasn’t long before I was just going to write each letter, but you were crying and screaming like a dog…” ”
Stop. Shut up, I know.”
“huh.”
Tsk I don’t know the world like this. Well, when would you have met someone who was as faithful to principles as I was?
“Anyway, we need to prepare our future plans with this public money.”
“Do you have any plans?”
Ellen casts a suspicious glance. Hmm… I’ll have to establish my authority as the party leader as soon as possible.
“okay. It will go down the sewer.”
“sewer?”
The boy’s face contorted.
His eyes are swollen and his face looks like he’s been beaten somewhere. You look great.
“Why the sewer?”
“Why not… the sea is blocked and it is dangerous outside the city gates, so where are you going?”
“But…”
South Harbor was a city that had existed since the time when the ancient empire ruled Middle World before the Milanol Kingdom was established.
It is estimated that the cities of the ancient empire had a considerable level of water and sewage facilities, but only the sewage facilities have been maintained until now.
As such, South Harbor also had a sewage system of considerable size and depth.
“Whoa. What are you going to do in the sewer?”
“They say there are a lot of things you can do in the sewers. There is also the task of eradicating rat men that the lord of the castle put forward, rescuing the missing, arresting the bounty, and collecting slime bodily fluids…”
Since the fall of the ancient empire, not many cities have managed their sewers properly.
It was only natural that sewage management required its own administrative system and considerable manpower.
And since skipping a few times didn’t cause any big problems right away, it was easy to put priority on the back burner.
As a result, new residents made their nests in untouched sewers.
Various beasts and monsters were the main characters.
In that way, the sewerage became an unreasonable space in a dungeon and became a nuisance to the city. It was only natural that there were many things involved.
But there was another real reason we had to go to the sewers.
“I’ll take care of those little things for a while and find my way out of town.” Naturally, there were several outlets where the water came in and out, and all of these outlets were located outside the city.
If you were careful with things like monsters and criminals nestled in the sewers, you could break through the siege and get out of the city.
“Ugh. Come to think of it, I think I’ve heard that many cities use sewers like secret passageways…
“That’s it. So, we must prepare with the idea of attacking the sewers.” After hearing my words, Ellen thought for a moment and then tilted her head.
“But is there any guarantee that there will be a secret passage in this city too? You said it was your first time here too.”
“There will be. clearly.”
“Hmm… I know what. So what are you going to do now?”
“wait for a sec.”
I took out a piece of cloth from my bosom and lifted it. Ellen’s eyes widened as she saw the thick writing on a piece of cloth the size of two palms.
“What is it?”
“huh? It’s nothing. I roughly wrote down what I heard from Daria earlier.”
“…Daria? Years old?”
“Don’t use those words.”
I warned her with a frown, but Ellen shrugged her shoulders and said nothing. What’s wrong with this guy who doesn’t get ripped off?
“I need to buy consumables first. I’ll schedule a day trip if possible, so I don’t need a tent or blanket, right? I have the whetstone and tinder… and I
don’t need the leather canteen, lantern, oil torch, rope, climbing hook, telescope… It’s going to be hard to find in the first place. Well, alien monsters might appear, so you’ll need a crowbar and a shovel. It would be nice to have a glass bottle for collecting, and I wonder if I can get a map…”
“…What does that have to do with monsters and crowbars? And do you need that much?”
“of course! Did you pick this up too?”
“Too many. It would be foolish to carry so much when there are only two of us.”
Is this bastard ignoring my adventure knowledge accumulated through TRPG play?
something worth ignoring
“Are there too many? I think I can lift it enough.”
“It’s good to be well-prepared… but it’s hard to deal with sudden situations when you’re carrying a lot of luggage. Sewerage is especially dangerous because of the narrow visibility?”
…That’s right.
I ignored Ellen because she couldn’t even use magic, but it was quite plausible to say that she had accumulated some experience during her life on the run.
“All of the underpasses were built with stones and bricks, but where are the shovels and crowbars going to be used? And there are stairs, so you don’t need climbing hooks. I have a glass bottle for collection… It would be better to buy enough dry quantities.”
Saying that, Ellen erased unnecessary items from my consumables list.
“This much… you can probably get it all for a single silver coin.”
“Okay then, let’s do this for now
.”
“first? Anything else?”
“of course. You won’t have to buy equipment.”
“equipment? what equipment?”
I pulled out another piece of cloth and showed it to Ellen, explaining.
“Then, the rest of the public money… Oh, let’s take out forty pennies for lodging and food. With three silver coins left, I need to buy a pair of leather boots and gloves. It would be nice if the boots were studded, and I think I can get the gloves with chains attached.”
“what? Why are you paying for your stuff? You have money set aside for you!”
I shook my head with a stiff face and said.
“With that money, I need to buy a helmet and shin guards. If I stay, I’ll buy a full glove.”
“…You conscienceless bastard. Oh, you’re the only one taking care of a strong body?”
“then?”
He’s talking weird again.
“Aren’t you going to support the rear anyway?” “No matter what…” His face is full of dissatisfaction. I can’t help it.
“If I have any money left over, I’ll buy you a headgear.”
probably won’t stay.
“Is that the end?”
“huh. then? You can’t…”
I bluffed him with a stern expression.
“Are you going to wear armor and act as a meat shield?”
“It’s not like that…”
“Then don’t say anything and hide behind my back. Don’t talk nonsense. Got it?”
I was worried that he would rebel because of his pride, but surprisingly, he kept his mouth shut and just nodded.
Does he respect my authority as the party leader? This is why leaders always have to talk.
In any case, the more I talked with Ellen, the more the plan gradually took shape.
Hmm, how do you feel?
