The day after Ralina-chan came to see me, I resumed my activities in the village.
Originally, I had planned to stay shut in for a few days, but after taking a direct hit to the back of my head from Ralina-chan’s tackle, I had no choice but to go outside.
Head injuries are scary, after all. In my previous life, I died instantly from one.
…Come to think of it, it was the same after my first world journey.
Back then too, I stopped staying shut in after hitting the back of my head on a balance ball.
It seems my restarts are always triggered by hitting my head. What kind of trigger is that…
Anyway, with that, I headed to Jisrare-san’s clinic and asked her for treatment.
「Excuse me, I hit my head—」
「『Heal』」
「…Thank you」
As always, healing magic without any questions…
「Are you alright?」
「I am fine now. Thank you very much」
Well, I did not have any pain or nausea to begin with, so I was probably fine anyway, but this gives me peace of mind.
「Then, Jisrare-san. Please accept this」
「…Hm」
「Go ahead, please」
「Alright」
I handed Jisrare-san the treatment fee.
She would not accept it during the trip, so this was the first time in a while I could pay for treatment.
Paying money somehow makes me feel satisfied.
「…Ah, come to think of it, Jisrare-san, you have been guiding my journey. How does the payment for that work?」
「Payment?」
「Well, something like a guiding fee? Travel expenses? And also, while traveling, you would not be earning anything from the clinic, so is there compensation for that…?」
「I did receive something like travel expenses from Sergent」
「I see」
I am glad it is properly handled. A two-year unpaid effort would be far too much.
「I said it was not necessary, but he insisted」
「I see」
How modest. She even tried to refuse it.
…Still, I wonder how much he paid? It is for two years, after all. That must require quite a large sum.
Surely it is a significant amount. A large sum, given to Jisrare-san…
…I do not know why, but I feel a little envious. I want to give Jisrare-san a large sum of money too.
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After finishing my treatment at Jisrare-san’s clinic, I next headed to the church.
My goals here were to have my first appraisal in a month and to report my return to Meiyu Village to Yggdrasil-san.
Right away, I paid the call fee to Laudette-san and used the communication magic tool to contact Yggdrasil-san, but——
「Ah, yes. Camping out every day is pretty tough after all」
『A whole month? That sounds difficult. If it were me, I would want to go home right away』
「Yeah, me too」
And so, I ended up chatting cheerfully about trivial things with someone from the church headquarters through the magic device.
「…Oh, it seems I talked for quite a while. My apologies」
『Not at all』
「Well then, I will take my leave…. ah, please pass along my message to Yggdrasil-sama」
『Yes, of course』
「Alright then, goodbye」
『Bye』
With that, I asked the person at headquarters to pass along my message and closed the device to end the call.
Somehow, the conversation really picked up. It was fun.
「Now then, I should proceed with the appraisal… hm? Ah, she is asleep」
In the church reception room, Laudette-san was peacefully sleeping on the sofa across from me.
It seems she had dozed off while I was on the call.
「Well, it is my fault for suddenly starting such a long conversation…」
I only meant to leave a quick message…
At this point, it might even warrant an extra fee…
「Still, I would like to have my appraisal done…」
Now then, what should I do? The appraisal tool is already set up on the table, so I could go ahead if I wanted…
「Alright. It would be rude to wake her, so I will just leave the money and proceed on my own」
Having decided that, I took some coins from my magic bag and quietly placed them on the table without making a sound.
「…Hm? Mmm… hm?」
「Ah, she woke up」
Rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand, Laudette-san sat up.
…Did the faint sound of the coins touching the table wake her?
Laudette-san is really leaning into that money-loving character…
「Mmm, good morningg」
「Good morning」
「Let me see… Ah, it seems I fell asleep while you were on your call, Alec-sann」
「I am sorry, I ended up talking longer than expected」
「Not at alll」
「Also, I would like to request an appraisal. The fee is right there, so please accept it」
「Thank youu」
Since Laudette-san had just woken up and was glancing over at the coins on the table again and again, I asked her to go ahead and take them.
…What is it, I wonder. With Laudette-san, unlike Jisrare-san, it feels like she would accept a large sum without hesitation if I offered it.
That said, handing over a large amount of money for no particular reason also feels a bit off…
「Now then, I will begin the appraisal right away」
「Go aheadd. This is your first appraisal in a month, Alec-sann」
「Yes. I hope I got some results from the trip… though I guess I shouldn’t expect too much」
「Is that so?」
「At this pace, leveling up is still unlikely. I didn’t fight that often during the trip, and I didn’t face any particularly strong enemies either」
As we moved farther away from Meiyu Village, the monsters gradually grew stronger, but as we got closer to Kirk Village, their strength started to decrease again.
Around the midpoint, monsters I couldn’t handle on my own began to appear, but Jisrare-san took care of those by throwing arrows at them.
Because of that, I didn’t defeat many monsters during the trip. Leveling up is probably unlikely.
「For now, I’m hoping for something skill-related. After leaving the forest, I often made campfires, so I’m hoping for something like a ‘Fire Magic’ skill art」
「I hope you managed to get itt」
「Yeah. Well then, here goes the appraisal」
「Off you goo」
With Laudette-san responding cheerfully to my words, it was time for the appraisal.
Now then, what will the results be――
Name: Alexis
Race: Elf Age: 16 Gender: Male
Job: Woodworker
Level: 26
Strength 18
Magic 15
Vitality 9
Dexterity 34
Agility 6
Skills:
Sword Lv1 Hammer Lv1 Bow Lv1 Fire Magic Lv1 Woodworking Lv2 Summoning Lv1 Dungeon Lv1
Skill Arts:
Parry (Sword Lv1) (New) Power Attack (Hammer Lv1) Paralyze Arrow (Bow Lv1) Varnish Coating (Woodworking Lv1) Rental Skill (Summoning Lv1) Glowing Moss (Dungeon Lv1)
Composite Skill Arts:
Glowing Parry (Sword) (New) Glowing Power Attack (Hammer) Glowing Paralyze Arrow (Bow)
Titles:
Son of the Sword Saint and the Sage Dungeon Master
…It’s already glowing.
next chapter: 『Glowing Parry』
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