Chapter 46: Moving

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/47/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Back from the Adventurer’s Guild to the inn, after a delicious lunch.
I pack my few things and go greet the inn mistress.

“It was a short time, but thank you for taking care of me!”
“Oh my, you bought a house at that age. Amazing.”
“Ahaha. Well, a lot happened.”
“Come anytime. I like the way you eat.”
“Thank you. I’ll probably come again soon.”

To eat delicious food.
Delicious is always justice.

“That so, then I’ll throw in extras again!”
“Yay! Thanks!”

I take her hands and bounce, and she shows a happy, hearty smile.

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Back at the guild, Glad is waiting at the entrance.

“Ou, you came. Here.”

He hands me a dull-gold, worn key.
Ordinary except for the knight-order crest carved small.

“Thaanks.”
“Building right off that street. Only one room on the top floor, you’ll know it immediately.”
“Nn, got it.”
“Originally a kind of watch hut. It’ll be a lot of work in various ways… well, do your best.”
“…? Nn, thanks.”

Anyway, shall I go see.

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A few minutes’ walk.
I find the staff dorm right away.
The tallest nearby. I count; it seems to go to five floors.

Ah, I see. “Do your best” meant that.
There’s an outside stair, but just climbing to the top would be a chore.
Well, doesn’t concern me.
I draw a handgun, start the boosters, fly straight up, and reach the top floor in a few seconds.
Uun. If I couldn’t fly I’d have declined living here.
The up and down is too much.

Inside, the room is surprisingly clean.
I’d thought I’d start with cleaning, so I’m grateful.

A small bookshelf, a writing desk, a closet.
Farther in, a kitchen and a toilet, and the bath I’d been hoping for.
Oh. A new room really lifts you.

I throw the big window open and get a full view of the capital.

Amazing. Best scenery.
This room might be the next tallest after the royal castle.
My feet are on the ground, but the sky is close. A strange feeling.

I soak in that for a while, then put out the bags I brought.
That said I don’t have much, so unpacking finishes right away.
Then. Finished unpacking, I notice.

This room has no bed.

“…Ou. For real.”

Right after moving, I have urgent work.
If I don’t get a bed today, I have nowhere to sleep tonight.
Well, wrapping in a blanket on the floor is an option, but I’d rather not.

I mean there’s a bath and a toilet and a closet, so why no bed.
…Ah. He said something about a watch hut.
They watched all night, so maybe they didn’t need a bed.
Anyway, after a house, bed-hunting.

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I don’t know a shop that sells beds, so I try the furniture shop I already know.

“Oh, from the letter. Welcome. What today?”

Ah, the young woman from the other day. Glad she’s well.
Is the baby well too. Doesn’t seem to be crying today.

“Konichaa. Excuse me, do you have beds?”
“We do, but the only stock is a big one.”
“Arya. How big?”
“It’s for nobles, so three people can sleep easy.”

Huge. I definitely don’t need that size.

“Muu. Then do you know another shop that sells beds?”
“In the capital I think it’s just us. They’re basically made to order.”
“Nnnyu… then fine. I’ll take that.”
“Eh, you sure?”
“Tonight’s sleeping place is on the line.”

I have no choice. The room itself is fairly wide; it should be all right.

“I see. Then fine, but can you move it?”
“I think it’ll go in the item box.”
“My, quite a capacity. If it won’t, I’ll haul it as a service.”
“Ah, then please if it comes to that.”

The bed in the back looks like about six of me could sleep on it.
…Will this go in the item box? Looking at it, it’s obviously unreasonable.
Fumu. Shall I try.

I nervously set the item box under the bed, and the huge bed slips right in.
Oh. It works more than you’d think. I mean, what’s this item box’s max capacity.
Maybe I’ll put water in sometime and measure.

“Ah, right. How much is this?”
“Hnn… what to do. It’s been sitting in stock and it’s a bother, honestly.”
“Oh my. That so.”
“So think of it as including a disposal fee; five copper is fine.”

She opens her palm and smiles nikkori.

“Eh, is that all right?”
“Combined with thanks from the other day. How’s that?”
“Thank you!”

Yay. Quite a bit of budget freed. Maybe I’ll eat something good.

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Back in the room, now it’s rearranging.
Or rather I forcibly make a place to put the bed.
Closet and desk to the back, bed to the front.
Carrying them in my arms is impossible, so I store them in the item box once and move them that way.
That way the extra-large bed just fits in the room, except.
Compared to the room, the bed is abnormally big.

…Whatever. If bath and food and a place to sleep are handled, I won’t be stuck for now.

Anyway, complete. I look around the room.
Fumu fumu. Well, I’m satisfied.

Now then, go make dinner at the Adventurer’s Guild.

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In the guild kitchen I make dinner for twenty-one and eat my own portion first.
It’ll run short anyway and I’ll add more; if I don’t eat first I’ll miss it.

Today’s menu is dried-fish fry, stir-fried vegetables, and onion soup.
The recommendation is the onion soup.
I got a lot of orc bones at the butcher’s, so I got a good stock; a dish I’m happy with.
The only garnish is onion, but when it hits the mouth the rich orc meat and onion sweetness spread.
I keep the seasoning to a minimum on purpose. A soup with the ingredients’ savor condensed.
Fufu. First time in a while I’ve stewed from bones; it took work, but it came out pretty well.

At everyone else’s dinner, as I thought the amount ran short, so I fried the potato croquettes I’d prepped, jan janka.
And the fifty I’d made thinking they were tomorrow’s lunch all vanished.
Hnn. Next I’ll make forty portions from the start.
If there’s extra I’ll have Glad eat it. He’s big; it’ll fit, probably.

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After finishing everyone’s dishes and going back to the room.
After my bath, I suddenly notice.

…There’s no pillow.

A miss. Right, if there’s no bed there’s no pillow.
I completely forgot… muu.
Can’t be helped; today I’ll use something handy as a pillow.

I open the window and rumple my hair with a towel.
The night wind feels good.
The city lights flickering are pretty.

I’ve never had a room of my own, so it feels fresh.

Still. Kind of a hectic day.
For a while I stare vaguely at the city from the window.
Yep, I think I’ll sleep well tonight. No pillow, though.