Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 8: Shopping Day
It's been busy days since he started sleeping at the guild.
In the morning, he would help the staff and when he was done, he would take the errand quests for beginners and complete them during the day, and in the evening, he would help with the guild work again, cleaning in between.
He was able to eat every day, and he felt that his thin body was gradually gaining flesh and strength.
He was also able to do physical labor, which used to tire him out quickly, in a reasonable amount of time.
After half a month, he was able to pay back his debt to Mauve with the money he had saved from quests, minus living expenses.
Then, on the contrary, the money was doubled and returned.
Mauve said.
"you've earned it, so it's your share."
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He said…
Mauve-san, you’re too cool. (Tears of joy)
And today is the guild's payday.
He wasn’t an official employee of the guild, and he does quests during the day, so he doesn't get paid as much as others, but he’s still happy to be receiving payment.
“I’ve been thinking, why don’t you use the money to go shopping and get things for yourself?”
Nei, the receptionist, suggested.
It was true that he had very few things around him.
He’s been wearing the same clothes that were given to him after his bath.
He has also been using the purification spell on himself once a day since he learned it, so he was clean, but he still needed a change of clothes.
And his rank had gone up from G- to G.
He’d like to get at least one knife while he could, because when his rank goes up from G+ to F-, he'll be able to do quests such as gathering medicinal herbs in the forest and killing unicorn rabbits.
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“All right, let's go shopping today!”
Tauro was very excited.
Shopping is fun.
This was Tauro's honest feeling.
In his previous life, he had never enjoyed shopping, but now he felt grateful for having money and enjoyed it.
After stopping by a grocery store to buy some personal items, he bought some clothes at a second-hand clothing store that Nei had told him about.
The clothes were modestly designed, but considering that they were originally made of tattered burlap, they were quite luxurious.
He bought a hood for rain because he realized during his quest that he would be in trouble if it rained.
The hood was a bit pricey. It was made of demon skin.
Also, Nei had told him to buy a larger size.
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The reason being that children grow quickly.
He was able to get a little discount when he mentioned that Nei was the one who introduced him.
“You have a lot of contacts, Nei-san.”
Tauro was impressed.
"Now all I need is an arms dealer!”
He took a deep breath.
This was the main event of the day.
Nei had introduced him to a store owned by Dwarves.
Sub-humans other than humans are rare in this city and he’d seen beastmen in the adventurer's guild, but never dwarves.
He imagined what kind of dwarves they might be, and as he turned a corner on the street, he heard the sound of metal hammering and saw a store with a sign for swords and hammers.
It seemed to be a weapon and blacksmith shop.
When he opened the door, he saw all kinds of swords, axes, spears, and weapons he had never seen before.
“Is there a shopkeeper?”
There seemed to be no one in the store.
The sound of metal hammering could be heard from the back room.
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"Oh? A customer? Please wait a moment and take a look at the merchandise.”
A loud voice came from the back of the store, perhaps sensing the arrival of a customer?
He’d been waiting for quite a while, so he decided to take a peek in the back room.
There, in the back, was the very image of a fantasy dwarf.
He was wide with short legs and thick arms, and although he looked short, he was probably taller than Tauro.
"Yes?"
The dwarf stopped and turned around, "Oh, yes, you're a customer"
The dwarf stood up.
He looked at Tauro and saw that he was smaller than him.
"A child, perhaps?"
He said.
Apparently, all humans look the same to them.
He didn't know Tauro’s age, so he was judging him by his height.
"A parent's errand boy?"
“No, I’m not. Why don't you temper it?”
Iron is hammered while it’s still hot, and then put in water to temper it, that was a familiar sight on TV.
"Tempering? What's that?"
Tauro didn't know much about it, but he explained briefly.
“Hmmm…I've never heard of it, but it seems logical to me... but it would bend the steel, wouldn't it? No, it could be adjusted."
Tauro guessed he wanted to try it out since he was glancing at the furnace.
"So what do you want?"
He asked.
Tauro explained to the blacksmith that he wanted a multipurpose knife that could also be used for self-defense.
"Well, there are some small ones for small mages on the shelf over there. If you're not satisfied, come back next time.”
As soon as the blacksmith said that, he went back to work.
He couldn't take it anymore.
At any rate, he was able to get the knife for free.
“Then I'll gratefully accept your words.”
Tauro called out to him on his way out, but he just answered briefly.
"...Oh.”
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The biggest main event of the day was a lackluster one...
“It's different from what I imagined.”
Tauro was disappointed, even though he got what he wanted.
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One note: The word “temper” in this chapter should be changed to “quenching” instead.
The process he is referring to here is normalizing and quenching , which gives you hard but brittle blades. And in chapter 10, the author uses “tempering” as the solution when the blacksmith complains about the brittleness.
If that is fixed, then this would be the only isekai that doesn’t confuse the two processes.
isn’t the author underestimating the fantasy world a bit? quenching isn’t exactly a young or new process…