New Home Part 2

Part 9

With my vision pretty much blocked, the sensations registered by my other

senses, including the sense of touch, were greatly amplified. And because

there is no light and we cannot see what we are doing, there is no need for me

to get embarrassed and I can devote myself fully to wiping every last part of

her breasts before I will proceed to doing the same to her entire body. And

who knows, maybe it will just so happen that my hand will slip in this

darkness, leading me to something far better than simply wiping each other?

「Hyaaah! M-Mas… ter…」

「Yes, Roxanne?」

I know exactly what I did, but I have chosen to play dumb.

「That… that place you're touching now… tha, that's… that's the wrong… hhole…」

「...…」

I know that we have already had our fair share of fun earlier when we were

"testing the bed's functionality", but that does not matter to me. When it

comes to pleasure, it is just like with eating sweets right after dinner: it can

always be done, because there is a separate stomach for it. I hunger for

Roxanne's body right here, right now during the night, so no one can hold it

against me for trying to quench my thirst.

* * *

When I woke up, it was probably already morning. As usual, Roxanne was

still asleep right next to me. Waking up next to her hugging into me day after

day after a night of fun was the best possible way to start the day I could ever

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imagine. And not only can I sleep with her in the same bed, but she also

wakes me up with a kiss every single day, just like she was doing in this very

moment.

「Mmm...」

I just stayed still, allowing her soft and sweet kiss's taste and gentle sensation

slowly spread all over my body. Then she gradually started getting more

intense, moving her head around to adjust herself to my position and putting

her warm, slimy tongue to good use. From now on, the two of us are truly

going to be living alone under one roof, meaning that we can take as much

time as we want for our little "good morning greeting". After allowing her to

do whatever she wanted for a time, I finally decided to greet her tongue with

my own. We massaged our tongues and sucked on each other's lips until we

were both almost out of breath, only then separating ourselves from one

another.

「Good morning, master.」

「Good morning, Roxanne.」

Even though my eyes were opened now, they still could see little more but

pitch-black darkness. Thankfully, having learned our lesson from back when

we were still living in Veil Pavilion, we placed all of our clothes, including

equipment on the mats next to the bed so that we could access them easily in

the morning without having to trip over our own legs while we looked for

them. In the darkness, with the windows only slightly opened we got

ourselves dressed by relying on our other senses to guide us. Staying at home

and just lazying about seemed like an enticing prospect, but we cannot

neglect going into the Labyrinth. We have nothing else to do anyway. No,

such a mindset might prove to be pretty dangerous, so I have to correct it in

my mind right this instant. If I start treating it like a chore, they it will be a

straight way into looking for excuses not to go there. I know that if I wanted,

I could spend my every day, from morning till nightfall, here in this very bed

with Roxanne. Knowing her, she probably would not refuse such a

suggestion. Living such a degenerate life filled with nothing but selfindulgence sounds like a dream come true, but I have to pull my inner brakes

here. In order to preserve this new, hedonist lifestyle of mine, it is necessary

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for me to continue working and putting a conscious, honest effort into the

process of making money.

It's just that a part of me wanted to keep kissing her without caring for

anything else in the world. I hugged her once more, and tangled our tongues

again as we exchanged frantic breaths.

「Hnnn…」

「Haa… aaaah…」

Roxanne moaned lightly, but nothing indicated that she was going to refuse

my affections. She simply continued to move her sweet tongue to match the

movements of our own in order to ensure that both of us will feel equally

good with our mouths. It feels so good that I just want to push her down

where she is, but…

「I really want to stay here and continue like this forever, but unfortunately

we cannot do that. As much as I don't want to, we should head to the

Quratar's Labyrinth today.」

「Y-Yes, of course.」

And just like that, we Warped from our house straight to the small room

some distance away from the proper entrance room at the beginning on the

first floor of Quratar's Labyrinth. It was my second time visiting this place

after a brief excursion that I made yesterday. Hopefully today's forage into its

halls is going to be longer and more fruitful one. Sine it was so early in the

morning I was expecting the place to be completely vacant, but much to my

surprise a lot of people were already there, roaming the halls. Did more

people had the same idea that I did: to go to the Labyrinth as early as possible

in order to avoid running into too much traffic?

「I wonder if we are going to be okay with so many people around?」

「I am sure we will, master. Besides, since this is the first floor, it isn't so bad,

even though it is true that some of the people who come here tend to stay for

absurdly long hours because they want to maximize their gains and get as

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much treasure for the entrance fee they have to pay every time they want to

visit the Labyrinth.」

I wish I could share Roxanne's positive outlook on that matter, but

unfortunately my inner sceptic prevented me from doing so. Well, I guess we

just have to wait and see how things are going to turn out in the end.

「Look master, it looks like the Boss Chamber is straight ahead.」

Huh? Say what now?

I couldn't believe what Roxanne was saying at first so I checked it with the

map of the first floor just so that I could be doubly sure… and sure enough,

according to it we were almost at the Floor Boss's Chamber for the first floor,

which was further confirmed by the Party that was a bit ahead of us and their

chatter about the strategy they were going to use to beat the boss. As a side

note: the booklet that I bought yesterday, the one that was supposed to be

showing the map of every floor, is not showing it. It literally shows only the

easiest, most straightforward way how to reach the Boss Chamber, and my

dumbass has only realized it just now. It contained no other information

whatsoever. To be frank with you, I… I feel scammed, actually. Not only

about the fact that I paid more money for this booklet than it was actually

worth it, but the feeling of being a little baby duckling following its mother

duck while having my hand held the entire time left a somewhat bitter taste in

my mouth as well.

The "booklet" might even be too big of a word for it, because those are

nothing more but 90 pieces of paper tied together with a string, where one

piece of paper represented one floor of the Labyrinth. The map of the 91st one

was not included in the set, meaning that this particular floor must have not

been captured as of yet. Just to remind you, I bought the booklet version

because it was the cheaper alternative to buying the map of each floor

individually. The booklet costs 1000 Nars, and the map of a single floor costs

20 Nars, meaning that if I wanted to buy them that way I would have to

cough up 1800 Nars, so the booklet version is much better cost-wise. If you

can store it properly that is.

The overall quality of the paper that was used to make this booklet is quite

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poor, perhaps even poorer that the quality of Japan's newspapers and manga

magazines, which are known to be even worse quality than toilet paper, so

that alone should tell you how shitty it is. If I were to hazard a guess, they I

say that this booklet won't last for even half a year.

「I wonder if this paper is going to be okay here in the Labyrinth?」

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「It's not paper, but a papyrus, master.」

「Papyrus?」

「Yes, a papyrus.」

So the thing this booklet is made out of is not ordinary paper, but a papyrus? I

think I remember learning about it in one of the history classes is school,

back when I used to still attend it. It was a thin, brown stiff paper used in

ancient Egypt. No, actually… I think calling it a paper-like material would be

much more fitting, because it looks like it could be torn much easier than

regular paper. This is my first time seeing it, but now I think I understand

why the maps are written only on one side of it. It's because the entire page

would probably end up torn to pieces if they tried to write the maps on both

sides of it. *Sigh* I knew there would be a catch to producing a 90 pages

booklet in mass quantities, but to think that it would actually be something

like that…

I looked at the "map" of the first floor. Since it was the very first one in the

entire booklet I didn't have to do anything to pull it out of there, because if I

had to do it then I'm afraid that it would have ended pretty badly. I briefly

looked over it back home, but now I noticed something that I did not see

before. In addition to being arranged in order, the papyrus with the map of

each floor also had a number written in the corner. That's probably a

countermeasure in case the booklet would fall apart for any reasons. With the

map in hand, we went forward towards the path it indicated, all the while

being careful not to bump into the other Adventurer's by accident.

「So many people here even though it's so early in the morning… you think

the waiting room in front of the Boss Room is going to be just as crowded?」

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「Quite possibly, but if we're lucky, then we should not have to wait for a

long time before we can have our own turn to try challenging it.」

「Oh really?」

「Yes. And while we are on the subject of this place being crowded, it's

mostly because many people are forced to stay for a long time because they

pay for it.」

Even though it is early in the morning, there are quite a lot of people around

us, however, just by looking at them, I can clearly tell that the exact number

is lesser than the number of people who were here at noon yesterday. It

would seem that even those Parties that looked stronger than us and had more

people in them were also making use of the maps as they were proceeding

forward a few meters in front of us. And when we pushed ahead even

further… yeah, sure enough, there were already a few Parties ahead of us, all

of them waiting in line in front of the door to the Boss Room. And on top of

that, there were also some of them behind us. What is this, a queue for a

friggin' tourist attraction?!

This really makes me feel like we didn't need a map at all to get here. All that

we needed to do was to follow whatever Party that was in front of us, and

eventually they would lead us right to our target's very doorstep.

Realizing that using magic to fight monsters in a Labyrinth as crowded with

people as this one, I reset my character and equipped Durandal. I was still

worried about other people realizing what kind of weapon it was, but since

we are about to enter a battle with the Floor Boss, I cannot allow myself to

skip out on my most powerful weapon because of something as trivial as fear.

The saving grace here was that we didn't have to fight any monsters on the

way to the Floor Boss, most likely because other Parties that went the same

way before us already did most of the cleaning. After a few minutes the door

to the Boss Chamber opened, and one of the Parties ahead of us went inside.

Now we have no choice but to wait until they are finished so we could also

have a stab at it.

A short while later, the door to the Boss Room slowly opened. Great, now we

can go inside, so we made our way there without any needless dilly-dallying.

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「That was rather fast. You think that Party that went before us managed to

succeed?」

「I think so. This is the first floor and it has a Kobold for a Floor Boss, so I

imagine you would have to put a pretty large effort to die in here.」

Roxanne answered my question like that. Putting an effort to actually die,

huh? As someone who seriously contemplated ending my own life, that is a

phrase that I would rather not hear again. But since I know from experience

that Kobolds are actually laughably easy to fight because they are not that

strong even though they possess weapons, then I guess it would make sense

for other Parties to breeze through them. And if everyone breezes through

them, then even if we had to wait in front of the Boss Chamber to have our

shot at the Floor Boss, then the actual wait should not be all that long. Or at

least I hope so. I would suck some major balls if it turned out that the Kobold

Floor Boss is stronger than its cannon fodder counterparts.

Whatever the case may be, we didn't have to wait long to find out about it.

The green smoke gathered in the center of the room, reveling the appearance

of the monster that came out of it. It was a small blue monster with sharp

fangs and a comically large head. It is the same size as a regular Kobold, but

instead of a small knife it is equipped with something that looks like a small

machette, and the overall feeling it exudes it that it should be stronger than

the regular weak-ass ones. According to my identification, this guy is actually

called a Kobold Kampfer. Kampfer? Does that mean warrior or something?

Yeah, that probably means its going to be tougher to beat than the regular

Kobolds, with that larger weapon and its more intimidating posture it cannot

be any other way than that.

「Master, I'm going in!」

Almost immediately after the Floor Boss materialized, Roxanne rushed

towards him with her Scimitar drawn and ready to attack. Noticing her

charge, the Kobold Kampfer readied his own weapon and swung it towards

her, but she avoided it by bending her body sideways.

I have to admit, even though we have already established that even though

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Kobold Kampfer is stronger than its normal kin, it should still be weak, it is

still scary to go and face off against an enemy who uses a weapon in the same

way that you do, because it implies that it possesses enough intelligence to

wield it properly. If I was forced to fight it alone, I would have most likely

lost my shit from the fear of what would happen if he ever managed to cut me

or sever one of my limbs with that sword of his. But Roxanne… she was

evading his attacks like they were nothing. The Kobold Kampfer'a attacks

were also painfully slow, so I bet that even I could have dodged its attacks

like a real pro if I had to fight with it in a one-on-one duel. So this has to be

one of those cases where you can defeat even an opponent with the rank of a

Boss as long as you keep your distance and continue to study its movements

carefully. Also… now that it is completely occupied with Roxanne who's

keeping it busy from the front, nothing is stopping me from using that

opening to slash it in the back when it is least expecting it! Roxanne

exchanged a few attacks with it, and my single strike reduced its HP to zero.

Kobold Kampfer collapsed onto the ground and turned into a puff of green

smoke. The only thing that was left after it disappeared was a small fang-like

object.

「….. Weak.」

Even for a Floor Boss, it Was still so weak that I almost feel bad for killing it.

「Well, it is still a Kobold after all.」

Now that the Kobold Kampfer was gone, the only thing left to do was to

collect the object that it dropped. Upon closer inspection, it was something

that was called Kobold Flour.

「Kobold… Flour? What is that? It has a shape of a Salt Stone, but the name

is obviously different.」

「It is a type of wheat flour produced exclusively by Kobolds. If rumors are to

be believed, it is supposed to be more tasty than the regular wheat flour.」

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「Really? Well in that case, we should definitely take it with us and bring it to

the kitchen back home. Think you will be able to do something tasty with it,

Roxanne?」

「I will most certainly try.」

「Great. And while we are still on somewhat on the subject of Kobolds… It

might have been just a slightly stronger version of a normal Kobold, but it

doesn't change the fact that this sword of his could have been pretty

dangerous if it ended up hitting you. Knowing that, weren't you afraid of

exchanging blows with it?」

「There wasn't anything for me to be afraid of there. He was only using slow,

straightforward, telegraphed, easy to predict attacks without attempting to use

any tricks or feints. When faced with something like that, you don't have to

worry about exchanging blows. I daresay that against Kobolds, anyone could

have done it with their eyes closed.」

So she says, and if she says that so confidently then it has to be true.

For now, I materialized my Item Box and placed the Kobold Flour inside.

After a brief inspection, I think we can safely put some more items in there

before we run out of space and be forced to start putting the drop items

directly into our backpacks. With everything done here in the Boss Room and

the items securely in our possession, it was about time for us to go through

the door at the other side of the room and proceed into the second floor of

Quratar's Labyrinth.

「*Sniff Sniff* Looks like there are no people here on the second floor, or at

least not in our nearest vicinity. If you want, I think it will be safe for you to

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switch back into using magic to fight, master.」

Roxanne informed me after she sniffed around when we emerged at the

entrance room on the second floor. Certainly, she was right. As far as I could

see, there was nobody else around but us.

「It's nice that there won't be anybody around to interrupt us, but isn't it

strange? There were so many people on the first floor, and now there is

literally no one here. Why is that?」

「I think it's only natural. Half of the enemies that can be encountered on this

floor are Kobolds, after all.」

Ahh, I see. Since Kobolds are such pathetic weaklings, no one probably

wants to waste any more time on them than it is absolutely necessary, and I

cannot say that I do not understand where they are coming from.

「So essentially people gather on the first floor when they are novices who

want to fight some easy battles to get used to the Labyrinth and how it

operates, but starting from the second floor and upwards, they will essentially

avoid the encounters that won't give them good items or experience in favor

of the one on the higher floors that will do just that?」

「That might be oversimplifying things a little, but overall I think its safe to

say that its mostly right.」

Kobolds are suitable enemies for beginners, so the first floor of the

Labyrinth, the one which they are occupying, is popular among them.

However, once you gain a few levels, the Kobolds stop being an appealing

enemy, because fighting them no longer yields the same great results like

those from a few levels ago. As a result, people will want to advance to the

higher floors, the ones where there won't be any Kobolds that could hinder

the process of their leveling

「I think we should call it a day when it comes to Quratar's Labyrinth for

today, don't you think? Conquering it all in one sitting would not be fun at

all.」

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「All right, I understand.」

Yeah, now that we reached the second floor, let's just go back to our house

for a moment to drop all the things we have in my Item Box so that we won't

run into the risk of running out of space when we continue to explore today. I

mean, we could go some more without freeing the space in the Item Box, but

if we want to go to Veil's Labyrinth (and we do), then it would be best to

assume that our haul from there is going to be bigger than the one from

Quratar's Labyrinth by the virtue of Veil's Labyrinth being mostly empty

most of the time. That's why it will be important to have as much free space

both in the Item Box and in our backpacks as possible. So we went back to

our Quratar home, dropped the map booklet and Kobold Flour there, after

which we proceeded to go to our next destination: Veil Labyrinth's third

floor.

「Here we are, the third floor. I wish I could be more excited about returning

here, but let's be honest, it only means that we are going to be fighting more

Kobolds.」

「It would seem so. In that case, should we ask the Explorer at the Labyrinth's

entrance to take us to one of the higher floors?」

Now that she mentions it I remember that one Party we saw that decided to

go to the fourth floor because they could easily handle the Kobolds of the

third floor. Maybe we should do the same and skip the third one entirely?

「No. We should continue to climb one floor at a time the way we were going

up until this point. A slow and steady approach like that is much safer than

jumping into the deep water without even preparing for what might be

awaiting us there, don't you think?」

Bold behavior goes hand in hand with higher risk, and higher risk means the

bigger probability of getting needlessly hurt or even dying, and since I hate

the idea of getting hurt or dying equally, I will of course choose the best

possible option for us: choosing the safest approach with the least amount of

danger involved. If proceeding carefully throughout each and every level of

this Labyrinth means that it will take us longer to conquer it, but neither of us

is going to get hurt because of that, then I will always choose that approach

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over charging ahead blindly thinking that things will somehow work them

selves out as long as we continue running ahead. That is why I suggested

finishing this floor and going to the fourth one normally, but it is not the only

reason. The other one, but just as important as the first is the total capacity of

my Item box.

When we go to the Labyrinth's fourth floor, we will be bound to run into

battles with numerous monsters, and since part of the enemies will once again

be Kobolds, the weaklings who always drop items behind them when they

die, then my Item Box and our backpacks will run out of their carrying

capacity before we realize it. That is why it is imperative for me to raise my

levels as much as I can while we are still here on the third floor so that it

won't grow up into a huge problem once we move on to the higher floors. If I

remember correctly from what I evesdropped from the conversation of that

one Party, the main enemies on the fourth floor are Minotaurs, and there will

probably also be Kobolds from the third floor. I don't know about Green

Caterpillars from the second floor and Needlewoods from the first floor, but

if we assume that they won't appear anymore or appear in very limited

amounts, then Kobolds, who should give more EXP here since they are

native to the first floor instead of the third should give me enough EXP points

to level my explorer Job, the one responsible for the capacity of the Item

Box, enough to have ample space in it once we hit the fourth floor. In the

meantime, it would be great if we could sell all of the drop items that can be

sold and use the money from them to buy all of the things we want, but if we

start leaving the Labyrinth in order to do it frequently its going to hinder the

speed of our progress, so more space in the Item Box is absolutely crucial in

if we want to achieve the perfect balance.

For the next few hours we went around the third floor, exploring it until it

was time to also call it quits and return home. I approached the Labyrinth's

wall and created a Warp portal, connecting it to the wall of the Quratar's

Adventurer's Guild. Even though the main door was open and the lights were

on, there was no one inside, even behind the counters. Maybe the guild

building was opened twenty four hours a day because of the people who were

going to the Labyrinth in the middle of the night?

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Unfortunately for us, since there was no one behind the counter, it meant that

we cannot sell our items even if we wanted to at the moment.

「Think the shops are going to be open already or do we have to wait a few

hours before we could do some shopping?」

「I think we won't have any problems with that. The shops in Quratar are

opened for business from early hours in order to accommodate for the needs

of the Adventurers who tend to go to the Labyrinth during the night or early

in the morning, after all.」

We left Quratar's Adventurers Guild and made our way towards the shops

located on the street that our landlady, Honesta pointed us towards when we

first came into her shop. Most of them were indeed open foe business

already, but not all of them. Even though it was still relatively early in the

morning, there were a lot of people going back and forth between them

looking for various tools and ingredients. Looks like Roxanne was telling the

truth indeed. This particular part of the city was really well accommodated

towards the Adventurer's and Explorer's needs.

Unfortunately, Honesta's hardware shop was among the ones that were still

closed at this hour, so we had to go to visit the other ones in order to buy all

the ingredients we needed in order to make breakfast for ourselves. Not that

much of a detour to be called inconvenient, but if we could buy all of the

things we needed in one place instead of going from one shop to another, that

will always be a preferable option for me. Well, it's not like we are strapped

for time or have anything planned for the day, so we might as well have

ourselves a little walk. After all, there is a saying that goes something along

the lines of 「exercising makes the meal that much more pleasurable」, right?

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It is a shame that this world is not technologically advanced enough to have

fridges and refrigerators in it. That way we could buy a bunch of things in

bulk and not worry about keeping them in the house for longer periods of

time, because with how things are now, we have no choice but to always buy

things like eggs or milk fresh and eat them right away while they are still

non-spoilt. I wonder how the shopkeepers handle things like that in here? At

the very least I do not think that they bring them to their stores straight from

the farms early in the mornings, so the more likely option seems to be

procuring them in the evening and probably store them in the cool storage

room so that they wouldn't go bad until the morning on particularly hot days.

That way they would always have fresh produce for sale while switching it

with the one from the day before that might be going bad, moldy, or stale.

Nowadays we do not think about it all that much, but without the method to

properly preserve food, it wouldn't be strange for it to start going bad across

the span of a single day, especially in the summer where the temperatures

tend to be especially high (judging by the Tokyo standard).

From what I have seen so far, Quratar is located in a rather peaceful

countryside, with the farms and the fields located not that far away from the

city's center. Back in Vale, there were also fields right outside of the city, but

there the distinction was much more clear-cut than in Quratar, because Veil

had an actual wall separating the inside of the city from the outside, whereas

here there is no wall and the cityscape gradually transitions to that of a

countryside, making the boundary between the residential and agricultural

areas somewhat ambiguous and unclear. Hell, there is a large field that

someone was tending to just beyond the house we have rented, so if I were to

look carefully, I would probably see cows and chickens running wild

somewhere in the distance. Mind you, while I was still living in Japan I have

never saw any kind of livestock in the flesh, so maybe I will have the

opportunity for that to change sometime soon here?

We bought the things necessary for breakfast and were on our way back to

the Adventurers Guild when we passed by the bakery, where the lady who

looked like the bakery's owner called out to us.

「My my, good day to the lovely young couple. Why don't you take a look at

the bread I've made? Fresh batch made just this morning shortly after

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sunrise.」

「So bread is being sold from the early morning, huh?」

「Of course it is, young man. Buying it for breakfast is one of the more

popular traditions of this city, and the fresher it is, the better! It gets harder

the more time passes since it came out of the oven, so if you want it at its

absolute softest, there's no time like the present!」

「Ah, yes, that's true. Fresh bread is infinitely tastier than the hardened one.

Can't argue with that.」

Roxanne agreed with what the baker lady was saying. Seems like she has a

good amount of experience with bread and its hardening. In modern day

Japan there were a lot of ways to make not only bread, but also all kinds of

confections and baked goods last for a fairly long time, but since there is ni

modern technology in this world, I am afraid that a loaf of bread might not

last even a few hours without going stale.

「So, what's it going to be? Will you two lovebirds buy yourselves a nice,

fresh, hot loaf of bread freshly out of the baking furnace?」

I could have sworn that not a minute ago she was saying that she was baking

those since sunrise, and I am pretty sure that some time has already passed

since then so there's no way that they are "freshly" out of the oven but ah

well, no use arguing about the semantics I guess.

「In that case, can I ask for that one loaf from the back? The one over there?」

I said while pointing my finger at what looked like a medium-sized loaf of

French bread.

「Ohh, you have a really discerning eye, young man! The ones in the back are

some of my most high quality breads, all for the lowly price of 8 Nars per

loaf!」

So it seems like the loaves from the back rows are actually considered to be

some kind of luxury items. I wonder if it will be any different from what we

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had bought for dinner yesterday, because that bread was not particularly tasty

if I were to completely honest with you. I know that I am probably biased as

hell when it comes to the culinary matters of this world because my tongue is

still used to the superb quality of food from Japan, but if I want to get truly

used to living here, I cannot allow myself to be picky about the quality of the

food I am going to eat all the time. Normally I would say that this is

something that simply cannot be helped, but if I work on tempering my

expectations, then I am sure my taste buds will slowly accommodate. That, or

we simply have to procure more spices and seasonings for ourselves to make

the food less bland.

My 30% discount did not work this time, but it was understandable since I

only bought one item. Besides, last night when I bought two breads of almost

the same size as the one I bought today, but taken from one of the front rows,

the difference in the price was pretty miniscule, so I don't think using the

discount matters all that much when you buy the things that cost less than 10

Nars. Also, maybe it is because the baker lady looks like she's quite a

gluttonous eater (TL Note: Nice way of calling someone fat, Michio. Could

have simply said she was big boned), but the size of this thing is definitely

more on a larger side than anything else. Is this considered normal here?

Because I think that if we go about it reasonably, this one loaf of bread could

be enough for the two of us for two, maybe three days at best. Hmm, could it

be that this is the bread that is made with the Kobold Flour as an ingredient?

Because if so, then damn, maybe I should have bought another one with the

discount after all? But then again, if I ended up buying more than we could

eat, then some of it would undeniably go to waste and we would have to

throw it out, and that won't do!

Part 13

One of the most basic rules of financial stability is to ensure that you will

only buy as much food as you will need, no more, no less, and that is the rule

that I want to stick to no matter what!

After we finished buying the high-quality bread from the baking lady, we

went back home through the portal in the Adventurers Guild.

「Since this bread is so large, let's split it between the two of us.」

「Are you sure that's all right, master? You won't be hungry with just half of

it?」

Oh? There it is. The issue of the size of the bread I brought up just now.

「Why would I be? This much bread is way too much for one person to handle

by themselves.」

「Really? Because I was always under the impression that the bread should

always be baked to such a size that will ensure that one loaf is going to be

enough to feed exactly one person.」

「One loaf of such size is meant for just one person? Are people really such a

heavy eaters around these parts?」

「I don't know about the people being heavy eaters, but Quratar's bread is one

of the best in the empire, to the point where it became Quratar's staple food.

Also it is rare to have meals with so much meat and vegetables like we had

yesterday, so bread naturally became of such a considerable size in order to

cover the lack of other ingredients while still ensuring that the meals people

eat will leave them filled up and not hungry from morning to the evening.」

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Oh yeah, that's right. I totally forgot that the standard of this world is not

three meals a day but just two: breakfast in the morning and dinner late in the

evening. I am used to having three meals a day and so I usually ate each of

them in a lighter version in order not to overstuff myself, but it looks like I

will have to switch my line of thinking in that regard to fit in with the rest of

the people living in this world as well.

「Now that I think about it, we did ate quite a lot for that dinner yesterday,

huh?」

「Umu. Normally a big loaf of bread would be enough for dinner, and as

much meat and vegetable-based side dishes as we had yesterday would only

be reserved for feasts made on special occasions.」

Bigger bread as a substitute for normal side dishes in a meal? That is actually

a huge difference in comparison to the modern-day Japan.

「Is that so? Well, that is one of the things that we approached differently

back where I come from, but I will try to remember that things are different

here and take those differences into account as much as I can.」

「Yes, thank you and sorry for troubling you with such an insignificant

matter, master.」

「Since you brought it up, then it means it was not insignificant.」

That being said, yesterday's dinner was pretty great (putting the somewhat

bland taste of the food without the spices and seasonings aside) while

remaining relatively simple in my opinion. Not to mention that it was my first

time helping to prepare the meal since I came here. Now that we are not

living in an inn anymore, we have to cook every meal ourselves. Leaving

their preparations entirely to Roxanne is always a possibility, but if I decide

to take that option, there will be no guarantee that every meal she will be

preparing for me will be at least on the level of that pot-au-feu or even better

(which would be preferable, if I am to be honest), so in order to be absolutely

sure about the taste of the dishes we are going to prepare, I will have to

participate in the process of making them every single time, because that

dinner yesterday made me realize something: even though she said that she is

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quite good at making pot-a-feu, her actual cooking skills are probably not all

that different from my own, and that boils down to simply boiling and baking

stuff until its edible.

Well, if I will make some of the dishes myself then it should not be too much

of a problem. Ever since my mom died when I was a young kid I had to learn

cooking from the very basics in order to get by all by myself, so while I

cannot say that my skills are enough to make something that could be

described as genuinely tasty, I can at least vouch for my dishes not turning

into culinary crimes as soon as I touch the kitchen utensils. Another problem

that I will have to tackle will be the difficulty to replicate the taste of the

recipes I know without access to modern-day Japan ingredients, spices and

seasonings, but once I get used to cooking without them, I am sure I will be

able to whip up something that will be able to get a passing grade when it

comes to the taste.

Today, in order to test the waters with my culinary abilities I decided to

prepare something relatively simple: ham and eggs. It is the pinnacle of the

easy-to-prepare meals that only requires you to fry the ham and then slap

some sunny side up eggs on top of it, but in this world it should pass for a

true delicacy.

「.....」

Hmm… overall, I have to say that this turned out pretty well. I wonder what

is Roxanne's opinion about it?

「Well, what do you think, Roxanne? Are ham and eggs to your liking?」

「Of course, master. Even if the dish you prepared looks simple, it is actually

tastier than I anticipated.」

「Thank you. The one you prepared is also pretty delicious.」

The side dish that Roxanne prepared to go with my ham and eggs was

ohitashi (TL Note: Japanese blanched greens with savory broth; a side

dish of blanched greens in a soy-based marinade) made from leafy

vegetables that were boiled in the broth with the addition of the Rock Salt we

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obtained from our earlier bout in the Veil Labyrinth. Combined with the ham

and eggs, they made a surprisingly harmonious combination. Having the

bread to go along with them was also a good choice on my part. It is nowhere

near the level of fanciness you would get at a restaurant or a diner, but what's

the most important is that the taste turned out alright, because let's face it:

with this world's lack of technology, even the simple task like baking ham

and eggs could have gone south really quickly if even the smallest mistake

was made, leaving us with either burned scraps or something that tasted like

shit. Roxanne also deserves the words of praise. As far as I know, stewing the

bouillon was ntot an easy task even in the modern-day culinary world, but

she managed to get it just right (TL Note: right enough to impress Gordon

Ramsey?).

「It's been some time since I last had the chance to prepare ham and eggs, so

I'm glad that I didn't lose my culinary touch.」

「Ham and eggs, is it? It's my first time eating such a wonderful dish! What a

great treat!」

「That bread is a nice addition as well. I am honestly surprised how good it

tastes.」

Today's bread is unspeakably soft and delicious. So that is the difference

between a common item and a luxury item? Because if so, then spending a

little bit more money would be a small price to pay if it would mean that we

could eat meals as good as this one every day. I know that I said that we have

to be careful with our spending, but eating is this one area of life where being

stingy on purpose will actually do you more harm than good.

「Oh, but, uhm… I know it might be a little late to bring it up, but is it really

all right for me to be eatin the same thing that you do, master? I also didn't

help all that much with the preparation of today's meal, so I feel like I only

troubled you today.」

「Do not worry yourself with things like that. When we delve into the

Labyrinths, our bodies are our most important assets, so it is absolutely

crucial for us to keep them well maintained and in optimal condition, so you

can simply think about it like that.」

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「Thank you. I will definitely do my best not to disappoint you, master.」

The entire loaf of that high-quality bread cost me 8 Nars, and we ate it all

during this one meal after splitting it with Roxanne so that each of us would

get half of it, which would mean that each of us paid 4 Nars for his half.

Part 14

Now let's add the vegetables needed to make both today's ohitashi and

yesterday's vegetable stew that each of us had to pay 6 Nars (12 Nars for

both of us), eggs which were 10 Nars (5 Nars for a single person serving) and

the ham cut from a 100 Nars worth piece of smoked meat worth 30 Nars (15

Nars per person), the total cost of our two meals, today's and the one from

yesterday caps at about 30 Nars per person. If I had to guess, then I would

say that it is not that big of a price for a meal that most would probably

consider to be a very high-class one. I mean, just the ham itself was already

super-duper tasty when it was only cut and fried a little along with eggs, so

just imagine how mouth-watering it would be if we added some salt and

spices to it as well. Not to mention that the actual amount of the food that's

on the plate is much bigger than what I am normally used to eating.

Even though it seemed strange to me at first, I think that will not have any

major problems with getting used to this life where two meals a day are a

norm instead of three. It is only a matter of switching your mentality to the

following: eat breakfast after the sun rises and then eat dinner just before the

sun sets. As long as you will have work to do in between those two

mealtimes, then you should not feel hungry even if you won't eat anything in

between them.

「Ahh, thank you for the food, it was pretty great. I don't think our breakfast

could have turned any better even if we tried to make it so.」

「Once again, I am sorry that you had to bother yourself with making most of

the food for us today, master. I should have been the one who should have

prepared the entire meal while you should have been focused on resting.」

「And I am once again telling you not to worry about small stuff like that.」

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I remember hearing that during the Edo period the average height of Japanese

people was around 1 meter and 50 centimeters, which is much shorter than

the average height of the Japanese people of modern day, but they were not

as fat as the members of today's society tend to be. Back then I sometimes

wondered what might have caused such a difference, but now I realized that it

was probably mostly the matter of nutrition, and the same rule probably

applies to the inhabitants of this world as well. They eat two meals per day

and do not have much in the way of sweets, so if we factor those things

together with the existence of the Labyrinths that require those who explore

them to fight monsters and constantly be on the move if they want to keep

themselves alive, then it should not be surprising that the percentage of those

suffering from being either overweight or obese would be pretty marginal.

Putting all of those thoughts aside, having someone to share such a delicious

meal with is truly a blessing. That is a new sensation for me, since up until

now I didn't have that many chances to have a proper "family meal" in my

shitty life.

The next day, we went to the second floor of Quratar's Labyrinth in order to

see how big of a challenge it would present to us. We hoped that there won't

be that many people around so that I could use my magic to freely fight the

monsters, but unfortunately today the second floor was a little crowded, so

the circumstances forced to forgo my idea of fighting with magic, forcing me

to use Durandal instead. *Sigh* so much for our great strategy to go to the

Labyrinth as early as possible to avoid bumping into anyone who might find

my ability to use magic suspicious if only they caught a glimpse of it. To the

rest of the world, I am nothing more but another Explorer, because that is the

first Job listed on my Intelligence Card. If any one witnessed my spells there

would be no end to the barrage of questions and interrogations for me, since

only a handful of people with very specific noble backgrounds are able to

become Mages and Wizards, and no matter how you look at me, there is

nothing about me that would help me deceive others that I am related to

nobility. If anything, I am a picture-perfect example of the word "mediocre".

Not being able to use magic will suck, but at the very least that is not my

fault, but something that the circumstances imposed on me. Using Durandal

also comes with the risk of someone recognizing that the weapon I am using

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is too OP for some novice-looking Explorer on the second floor, but with it I

will be able to kill any enemy that will appear before us with a single blow,

meaning that we will be able to advance quickly, avoiding any encounters

with other Parties. I could always switch Durandal out for an ordinary Copper

Sword, but that weapon is so weak and useless that I don't even want to

imagine how much time it would take to kill even a single monster with it, so

we just have to proceed carefully while staying ever vigilant and we should

pull through just fine.

「Roxanne, a route to the nearest monster, please.」

「Understood!」

I followed Roxanne while consulting the map of the second floor to ensure

that we will be staying on the path leading to the second floor's Boss Room,

and soon after we happened upon our very first enemy here.

「Identify!」

Identification revealed that it was a Naïve Olive Lv.2. It looked kinda like a

Needlewood from Veil Labyrinth's first floor, except its main body was not

as thick and somewhat smaller, than the Needlewood, but it exchange it had

more foliage on its head and arms. It stood with its back turned back to us so

it did not see us approaching, and it was a golden opportunity that I simply

could not miss. Going as quiet as I could, I sneaked up behind it and then

delivered a blow across its entire back. It fell to the ground and disappeared

in a cloud of green smoke. Well, I guess you can say that it was a pretty…

naïve enemy, huh? When the smoke from its death cleared, we saw that what

it left behind was an oval ball that looked like it was form from some kind of

liquid that was a little sticky to the touch. When I Identified it, it turned out to

be Olive Oil.

「Oh, It's an Olive Oil.」

Roxanne commented when she picked up the item and handed it over to me.

Yes, Identicication showed that this thing was indeed Olive Oil. Contrary to

my initial impression of it, it was actuall smooth and kinda rubbery to the

touch, making it similar to a rubber ball.

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「Olive Oil, huh? The same kind that can be used for cooking and the

conservation of our equipment?」

「Yes. When cooking, it can be used for frying the ingredients. Just be careful

when you apply it to the pan, because the thin rubber membrane that holds it

in its oval shape breaks rather easily when exposed to high temperatures.」

「A membrane? Ohh, I see, so that's how it retains its shape even though it's a

liquid! That's actually pretty clever!」

Now that Roxanne told me what it was, I examined the Olive Oil once more.

When I pressed down on the membrane with my fingers, it bended its shape

slightly and then retuned to its original one, but I can see it popping easily

while placed on the hot frying pan. For now though, it should be kay for me

to put it in the Item Box as long as I will remain careful about it.

「Master, I don't smell any people on the path ahead, so I think that you

should be able to use magic now if you so desire.」

「That's great to hear, but I was actually thinking about calling it quits here

for today.」

I never told Roxanne about this and it would be a hassle to mention it now, so

I have to keep her in the dark about Durandal, my earned EXP increasing

Skills and that it is more than a little troublesome to continue switching them

on and off every time I am doing a Character Reset before we are going into

Boss Room to challenge the Floor Boss or when I am using magic but there

are people around so I have to switch with melee Skills in a hurry.

Part 15

Since I want to keep as much information about me a secret from the

inhabitants of this world in order to avoid being targeted by them I have to

keep the highest level of caution and secrecy at all times, even if it means

switching weapons and Skills on the fly. So for the time being, I proceeded

while still wielding Durandal.

Thankfully there really were fewer people here on the second floor in

comparison to the first, so we had more occasions to fight against the

monsters here with Durandal without anyone bothering us. After a while of

exploration we have reached the Boss Room and defeated the Floor Boss of

the second floor, who was just a bigger version of the regular Naïve Olive by

utilizing the same strategy we used to bring down the Kobold Kampfer:

Roxanne kept the boss busy from the front, while I delivered a smackdown to

its back, finishing the encounter before it had the chance to truly begin. As

long as I have Durandal with me, every battle is like a walk in the park with

its OP stats and effects.

When we went back home, it was already the time for breakfast, so we

decided to put all of the Olive Oil we found today to good use and made stirfry vegetables. I felt like something was still missing from it when we ate it,

but for now there is little we can do about it, so there is no use complaining

about it. The most important thing is that now that we can cook stuff like that

pretty effortlessly, it feels like all of our basic necessities and the foundations

of a satisfying day-today life have been covered up.

「You know, sooner or later I would like to do something about this room.

Right now it feels too empty to my tastes.」

While we were eating breakfast I started a conversation with Roxanne.

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「Do something about the room?」

「Yeah. You have to admit that aside from the furniture we have already

bought the rest of the room looks pretty darn barren in comparison.」

I said while looking around. Aside from the things we have bought, the walls

and the floor didn't have any kind of decorations on them, making the entire

room look gloomy. I know that it hasn't been all that long since we moved in

here, but that does not change the fact that the entire place lacks individuality,

to the point where I can say that just staring at them makes me uncomfortable

instead of invoking the feelings of relaxation.

「In that case, why don't we decorate it with something? How about a carpet,

for example?」

「A carpet, huh?」

「Yes, a carpet.」

If we were to lay a carpet on the floor, then our feet would not get cold while

walking around without any shoes or socks.

「I see. A carpet sounds like a good idea, but this room is fairly large, so

wouldn't it be hard for us to find a one that would fit the floor here?」

And while we are at it, will we even be able to find a carpet that's both

relatively cheap and nice-looking at the same time? Even back at the Slave

Merchant's shop, the only place with a carpet was the room where Alan-san

was meeting his clients, so isn't that a testament to how much of a luxury

product carpets are?

「Uhm… Rather than putting it on the floor, I was thinking we could hang it

on the wall as decoration.」

「Decorate?」

「That's right.」

「So we wouldn't be… putting it on the floor like you're supposed to do?」

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「We could, but then we would probably have to buy more than one, and

finding matching ones might prove to be potentially difficult.」

Roxanne nodded. I had no idea that carpets could also be used as a wall

decoration as well. I thought that we would have to get some wallpapers for

the walls if we wanted them not to be so rough and empty, but now I think

that carpets could make quite a nice alternative for it. Heh, who would have

thought that carpets could be so useful?

「Is that so? Well colored me surprised.」

「I have heard that rich people sometimes place carpets on the floors in their

homes, but if they are not rich enough they can only do so in a few rooms.」

「Uhhh… Y-yeah, I guess that would look pretty bad, wouldn't it?」

I can see we are totally not on the same page here. What I had in mind were

the kind of carpets that are being sold in pieces or by the meter, but the kind

that Roxanne is talking about are definitely the hand-crafted ones that are

bound to cost a small fortune for a single one. But now I see. That must be

why Alan-san only had one carpet in his establishment. Even though he runs

a slave-selling business and he supposedly has a lot of clients, the profits

from selling slaves must not be as high as I originally thought them to be. In

times like these, I really wish there were tatami mats in here. Maybe they

were not as soft and comfy as regular carpets, but in every other aspect they

are just as reliable as them.

「Of course. In worst case scenario, such a blunder might even cause a noble

to lose their social standing and position.」

「I-I see. W-Well, since we are at this subject already, what kind of store do

you think sells carpets and other things like that?」

「Because it is a luxury item, normal stores found here in Quratar might not

be selling them, but we might be able to find one if we go to the Imperial

City.」

「Imperial City? Should we go there today and get this carpet matter done?」

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The Imperial Capital was the stop I made on the way to Quratar, but now that

I can use Warp here in the house, nothing should be standing in our way of

getting there literally whenever we would feel like it. Now that our new life

in Quratar has settled down a little, spending a day sightseeing in the Imperial

City might be a good change of pace, especially since I have only been to the

Imperial City once, and I didn't even leave the Adventurers Guild there.

「Yes, I think today would be a good day for you to go there, master. While

you will be there, I will collect the seeds we might need for the garden.」

「Seeds?」

「The ones that the landlady promised to give is since we decided to take care

of the garden despite the state it is in.」

「Ahh, those herb seeds! Now that you mention it there really was something

like that, huh?」

Mrs. Honesta did tell us that we could drop by her hardware store to get some

new herb seeds to plant them in the garden, and since she already agreed to

do it for us, there is no reason for us to decline her offer. When we get our

hands on them, then we can have a swing on some serious gardening, since it

would be an extreme waste not to make use of our own gardening space and

just leave it all there to ruin.

「I'm really looking forward to what kind of seeds I will get from her.」

Hmm…

「In that case let me go with you, and once we grab them we can do some

work around the garden itself in the afternoon since it should be warmer then,

right?」

「Thank you for your consideration, master. Is that really okay with you?」

「Yes, it's fine. It's not like we have to go to the Imperial City today. We can

go therew whenever we will feel like it.」

It's decided then. We will spend today gardening.

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After breakfast, we entered the Labyrinth and returned back to the Quratar's

Adventurer's Guild in the afternoon.We sold the Drop Items at the counter

and went outsideand had a short walk from the guild building to the hardware

store.

「Welcome. Oh, it's you two! Come on in, I've been expecting you.」

When we entered the hardware store, the owner lady welcomed us.She told

us to wait for a moment so she could go and fetch the seeds she prepared for

us before she disappeared into the back of the store.

While we were waiting, we looked at the tools she had on display. A hoe

caught my attention. I have never used such a tool, but I know how it should

be used.

Part 16

It is used to cultivate the soil by swinging it down from above your head and

then pulling towards yourself, so technically even a gardening noob such as

myself should be able to use it without any major difficulties. Also, even

though it was a simple tool, a part of me was able to appreciate its functional,

simplistic beauty. When I held it in my hand to try how it would feel, I could

sense a strange sense of familiarity emanating from it. Could it be that the

sensation of holding a hoe in my hands has awakened the memories from one

of my past lives? I am sure that I have never used such a tool or anything

similar to it before, so it has to be that. Maybe I was actually a farmer who

spent his entire life working the fields from sunrise to sunset while shedding

blood, sweat and tears and enjoying the fruits of his labor while maintaining a

harmonious relationship with Mother Earth? Yeah, right.

「If we're going to be tending to the garden, is one hoe going to be enough?」

「Yes, it should be. I know it sounds like a lot of hard work, but once you get

to it you'll realize that gardening is actually rather simple.」

Rather simple, eh? Was I overthinking things again?

「Oh really?」

「Usually, it is enough to use a simple wooden plank to till the earth.」

「Really? So how about this tool over here? You think it might be useful?」

I gave Roxanne something that looked like a medium-sized shovel that was

next to the hoe.

「It's a spade. It looks like a pretty good product, but I feel like buying it right

now would be a kind of a waste.」

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「Sorry for the wait.」

Honesta came back to the shop while we were busy looking over the

gardening tools.

「I'd like to explain a few things about those seeds. Is that okay with you?」

「Oh, yes. I'm all ears.」

Roxanne then listened to Honesta's explanations, which were mostly

concerning the species of the seeds and the proper ways of cultivating them.

When she was done, she handed her a bag that looked like it was made from

the same type of papyrus like the one used to make the maps of the

Labyrinth's floors. As for me, I simply stood on the side since I probably

wouldn't understand a word of what she was saying even if I tried to listen as

carefully as I could. Instead, I focused on deciding which tools to buy, since

tending to the garden with just our hands would not be nearly as effective as

it would be with the proper equipment.

「Can we also get this plow and that hoe? And maybe some lumber, while

we're at it?」

* * *

「Thank you very much for buying all those tools, master.」

「No problem. They weren't that expensive anyway.」

If I were to buy all those tools separately, their price could have been a

problem, but thanks to my 30% discount the price for everything we have

brought back home with us was actually not all that pricey at all, so I really

have no basis for seeing that purchase as a problem. Besides, we only bought

two of them.

We grabbed the seeds from the landlady and left the hardware store once

Roxanne placed them safely in her backpack. With a spade in Roxanne's

hand and a hoe in mine, we went back to the Adventurer's Guild and

travelled back home through the Warp portal.

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「Thank you for the purchase of the farming tools, master.」

「No problem. So, what do we do now? We plow the earth before sowing the

seeds?」

「Yes. I think we should also remove all the weeds.」

I grabbed a hoe, raised it above my head and then swung it down. For a

moment I was worried that I might end up hitting my own leg, but thankfully

nothing of the sort happened, and the earth itself was so soft hat I didn't even

have to put too much force into my swings to plow it properly, but that

should not be too much of a surprise, since the earth in the gardens needs to

be soft for the ease of cultivating new plants in it. This just means that buying

the hoe today was a good call on our part.

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「What about a fertilizer? Do we need to buy it later as well?」

「No. I think the weeds we're going to pull out today should be enough to

cover everything we might be needing at this point.」

Using weeds as a fertilizer? I have never heard of such a technique, but that's

probably how they handled the fertilization of the soil before chemical

fertilizers were invented.

「I see. Then we should also make a fence.」

「A… fence?」

「Yeah, a simple wooden one just so that we can clearly see where exactly our

garden ends.」

「And what should we do in order to make it?」

Roxanne doesn't seem to know how to build a fence, so it was up to me to

show her. We then proceeded to building the fence around the entire

vegetable garden.

Even though she was confused at first, she quickly adapted and made w

number of wooden stakes just like I asked her to.

「Now place them in regular intervals from one another and we will then link

them all with wood and some rope.」

Using our makeshift fence that didn't turn out that bad in the end we covered

the vicinity of the entire garden. Now it was clearly visible where our

property ended, leaving no room for potential arguments with the neighbors.

After that, we sowed the seeds and watered them with my Water Magic, but

only after carefully ascertaining that none of the neighbors was around to see

me using magic by accident. When we were done with all the work, the sun

had already begun to set a little.

The work was admittedly pretty exhausting, but the sense of satisfaction I am

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feeling right now is something else entirely. I sat on a chair in front of the

finished garden and looked at it with pride. We just finished it so there is

nothing by bumped up earth in it, but given the time I am sure it will frow up

to be a splendid garden for sure. Now I just want to have something to drink

in my hand, and I will be totally looking like an old man here…

No no no. I'm not an old dude to be doing such senile things. I am still young

and able to push Roxanne down whenever I want to. But since we already did

it yesterday during the day, so I have to refrain from doing it again for now.

Self-control! Show some self-control, me!

「W-Well, I will prepare some extra water for later, and then let's hit the

Labyrinth one more time. Will you guide me to the monsters?」

「Certainly!」

Sitting around won't help me keep my thoughts from going into the gutter, so

I have to stand up and keep myself busy. I went to the room with the drain

and created more water for us to use later. Since we worked so much in the

garden, we were both pretty dirty, so we will need as much water as possible

to wash ourselves up afterwards.

I continued to make water with Water Magic until I noticed that my MP has

decreased significantly, so I stopped there in order not to end up feeling

depressed due to MP depletion and equipped myself with Durandal again.

After that we went back to Quratar's Labyrinth's second floor. There was

little people there, so after replenishing MP I could fight monsters with magic

through several battles.

When I tried changing my main Job to Warrior, I noticed that the total

number of my available Jobs has increased by one. The new one was a

Farmer Lv.1, meaning that I now have the same Job as the inhabitants of

Somara, the first village I found myself in when I arrived in this world. All in

all it was a pretty basic Job without any good special effects or Skills. I must

have gotten it because of all the farm work that I did, like cultivating the Soil

and sowing the seeds. I guess that makes all the time it took to finish

gardening not go to waste. Roxanne already had that Job since way before we

met, so there's no point in checking her status.

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And that is how someone who had little idea about farming became a farmer

by tending to his herb and vegetable garden.