Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
02-09-What’s with the unpleasant humming?
I took the money I earned and went to the skill book store, which was unusually thriving there.
There were six people ahead of us. But of all people, three of them were from .......
“Huh? Isn’t that Fujima-kun and Ashigarayama-san?”
“Geez, .......”
It was the three of them, Kedoin Yuma, Akari Reina and Takagi Asami, the pride of the class.
“Fujima-kun and Ashigara-san...? Good evening, ......!”
“Oh, that’s right. Jimiko and ...... what was your name again?"
The moment we ran into them, the right half of my body became hot. It was because the body temperature of Ashima on my right had skyrocketed.
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“Good evening, good evening, ......!”
“Takagi, are you talking about me? I’ll tell you my name, it’s Fujima, I mean, Kedoin and Akari called me Fujima just before.”
“Oh yeah, Fujima! I’m not good at remembering people’s names. Can’t you come up with a name that’s a little easier to remember?”
I don’t think so. I mean, Fujima isn’t that rare of a surname, is it? Aside from SSRs like Kedoin and Ashigara-yama, it’s at least more rare than Takagi, so it should be a little easier to remember. Then.......
“Eh, eh ...? Why are they together ...?”
This kind of thing has been happening a lot lately, but when Akari sees me and Ashima, she looks surprised at something.
“Eh, eh”
She looked over at Ashima, wondering why, and this time Ashima fumed, as if she had noticed Akari’s gaze.
“……See you”
If it’s crowded, let’s go back. It’s a natural thought. But when Cocona-san was surrounded by other customers...
“Wait nya! You’ve come all this way to the store, but you don’t even check the monolith! Just wait a little longer, please!”
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“Sorry to keep you waiting nya♪”
As the three burly adventurers walked out of the store with smiles on their faces, having gotten the skills they wanted, Cocona-san offered the skill monolith to me and Ashima.
“Well, are you all right?”
“Oh ...... we’ve already bought ours. We were just leaving when you guys showed up.”
Well, if you’re done with your business, go home. I mean, why are you guys here?
“You know, tall of us were actually diving in a dungeon together .......”
“We couldn't unlock the crates without Cocona.”
“At that time, Cocona and the others were passing by. They joined the party .... Haha, it’s more correct to say that they let us in.”
“Coco Nyan is good at opening locks ♪”
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So they hit it off there, and I found out that Cocona runs a skill book store, so that’s why they came here after the dungeon attack.
Damn ......, I’m going to have to face these guys more often than not. ......
I clicked my tongue in my mind and touched the skill monolith.
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Toru Fujima
3 silver 10 coppers
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▼ ───── Status
SPLV1 30 Copper
Dexterity LV2 (UP) 60 Coppers
Physical Strength LV1 50 Coppers
Skill Lv1 50 Coppers
───── Combat
Combat Lv1 30 Coppers
───── Magic
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Summoning Lv1 30 Coppers
───── Production
Collection LV3 (UP) 1 Silver 20 Coppers
Grassland Collection Lv1 (New) 50 Coppers
Sand Collection LV1 (New) 50 Coppers
Compounding Lv1 30 Coppers
▼───── Action
Walking LV1 30 Coppers
Drive LV1 30 Coppers
Galloping LV1 30 Coppers
Carry LV1 50 Coppers
───── Others
Calmness LV1 30 Coppers
Endurance LV1 30 Coppers
Preparedness LV1 50 Coppers
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“Whoa, that’s a lot.”
The increase was in [Dexterity LV2], [Collecting LV3], [Grassland collecting LV1], and [Sand collectingLV1]. They all seem like good skills to me.
“Cocona-san, what is this [sand collection LV1]? I already have [Sand beach collection LV1].
“Collecting sand beach and collecting sand are two different things. At the beach, you can collect not only sand, you can get spiky materials like" sea urchin "or" thorns”
“What? In other words, what will happen if I learn [Sand Collection LV1]?”
“It’s easy. If you collect Orpheus sand on the beach, you get 1.2 for [Collecting LV2], 1.1 for [Sand beach Collecting LV1], and 1.1 for [Sand Collecting LV1], or in other words, 1.45 times the correction if you multiply them all. By the way, if you collect sand in the desert, it’s not a sandy beach, so the correction for sandy beach collection LV1 will disappear from there.”
“Gosh, you’re strong, ....... How’s Ashima?”
“Yes, I have ...... [Alchemy LV2] and [Processing LV2]. ......”
Hmm, meh. ....... I only have 3 silver and 10 copper. If I buy all of the new skills and Ashima’s two skills, I’ll have four silvers. That’s not enough at all.
“What’s your inventory of materials like?”
“Six epee grass, three life herbs, twelve Orpheus white sand, and two homomo grass.”
“What can white sand be used for?”
“Two white sands will make ‘Orpheus White Glass’, and two white sands and Orpheus sand will make ‘Abrasive’, but both of them have a success rate of less than 50%, including skill correction.”
Mmm. In the current situation, where we don’t have enough Orphius Sand, we can’t smelt Orphius Sand into an “abrasive” that consumes it. If that’s the case, I guess I’ll have to combine the two and smelt “Orpheus White Glass”, but I don’t know what that’s for. What is white glass, anyway? Doesn’t glass have to be transparent?
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Unlike epee grass or homomo grass, I have to admit that my sand inventory is a hindrance because it requires a leather bag for storage. You can’t just scatter sand all over the room. ......
We have two leather bags with a capacity of 30, plus one “Magic Bag” that Lydia gave us. This one has a capacity of 50 and weighs half as much.
It’s a waste to use one of the leather bags just to store the white sand. Hmm ...
“I’m sorry to interrupt you. The White Sand of Orpheus contains mana, so it is often used for weapon enhancement, enchantments, advanced blending, and alchemy. So you can sell the white sand as it is without any processing.”
“Is that so? I heard Orpheus sand is hard to sell. ......”
“The white sand is more valuable. There are many people who want to collect white sand, but they also collect sand, so many people just throw away the regular sand or have no choice but to sell it in bottles. That’s why Orpheus bottles are sold at low prices all over the world. That’s why there are not many people who go to the trouble of making bottles out of sand.”
“Seriously? I’ve been collecting Orpheus sand and saying, “I don’t need white sand .......”
“Don’t you guys use white sand? If you don’t mind, Coconya-chan would like to buy some white sand......, but we can’t pay too much for it. ......”
“That’s all very well and good, but ...... we don’t know the market price.”
“The purchase price of the guild is 2 silver 30 copper for a capacity of 30 with a leather bag. When you buy it at a material store, it costs about 3 silver to 3 silver 20 copper per leather bag.”
I wondered why the deal was for a combined leather bag, but after thinking about it, I guess it was. It would be a hassle if they had to deal with each unit individually, just like storage is a hassle. There’s also the possibility of contamination. It’s sand.
But that’s not good. Because every time you trade, you run out of leather bags one by one. Well, they’re sold for 50-60 capers in the item store, so you can just buy more with the money you get.
After deducting the purchase cost of the leather bag, the selling price to the guild is 5.6 to 6 copper per unit of “White Sand of Orpheus”.
In contrast, the purchase cost at a material store would be 8 to 9 coppers per unit after deducting the cost of the leather bag.
“Then I have a proposal. I want you to let me buy “The White Sands of Orpheus” for 2 silver with a leather bag.
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2 silver.
That means, uh ...
...... hmm?
“Wait a minute. Why are you trying to buy it cheaper than the guild. Isn’t it 5 copper per unit?”
“In return, you will receive two leather bags with a capacity of 30. Not all of them will be unused, but they will be clean and sturdy. What do you think?”
Cocona-san dismissed my point with a bite. Two leather bags?
“I think it’s not a bad idea for today. How about it ......?”
…... certainly not bad. Rather, it would be appreciated since we were running out of leather bags.
We won’t have to leave our materials exposed on the workbench or in the storage box, and carrying multiple leather bags will reduce the number of times you have to go back and forth between the inn and the collection site, increasing our efficiency.
“Looks good. Ashima, what do you think?”
“Yes, I wanted to keep the materials of different types seperate, and I want a leather bag.”
Then it’s settled.
“We have a deal. But only until our leather bag shortage is solved. First delivery is tomorrow at the earliest.”
“Got it! Thank you again for your continued support ♪.”
...... and well, I got side-tracked in many ways, but I bought [Alchemy LV2] and [Processing LV2] for 1 Silver 20 Copper for Ashima, and [Collection LV3] and [Sand Collection LV1] for 1 Silver 70 Copper for myself.
「……」
Kedoin and the other three, who had been watching and listening intently to the conversation, looked at me as if bewildered.
“What?”
“Are you guys dating?”
“Asami-chan !?”
For some reason, it was Akari who screamed at Takagi’s stupid question.
“There’s no way......”
“No, of course not. ......”
Ashima and I both shouted in disgust at the same time. What’s with this unpleasant humming? Disappointed, we continued to speak at .......
“I can't have a girlfriend like her.”
“There’s no way I’m going to get a boyfriend.”
An even more unpleasant synchronization made the store feel empty and cold, like the wind in a building. But for some reason, Akari seemed relieved.