'Thanks to the two of you, we've received your blessings, we've been able to register our guild, and we've been able to fund our activities in this city. I only have this to thank you for ......, but you can use this if you want.

　and give Mr. Sheroe the Bowie knife he didn't sell at the store. If Mr. Shero receives this, it should be the completion of the "Guide (Quest)" in "Give the hunter a thank you gift 1/2" .......




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　The story goes back a bit.

　After we left the Chamber of Commerce, the three of us decided to go out for lunch.
　As I was penniless, I didn't want to owe them anything more, so I tried to refuse, but Rebecca said, "Don't be shy, young man," and it turned out to be my first experience of eating out in another world.

　Shero's favorite restaurant was located about a ten-minute walk from the Chamber of Commerce.

　At a glance, it looked like a food cart village. Customers were eating and drinking freely at tables and chairs on the stone pavement.
　Food is bought from the shops along the street or brought to you after you order. I had the impression of being cramped because the tables and chairs were placed along the road, which was at most 5m wide, and customers were eating and drinking at various places.
　What is this, is it a festival today?

　I decided to follow Rebecca as she went to order food. Half of it was to research the price of the food. Half out of curiosity.
　Rebecca ordered in a familiar tone.

　Five skewers of guillaume (chicken-like meat) for 20 ells. Paella (a rice dish that looks like rice. A lot of ingredients and looks delicious. 40EL for two large bowls of red). 15EL for 3 cups of pea soup, 15EL for 3 pieces of naan-like bread. Three lilliarums (red fruit) costs 10 L.

　At least 100 ells.
　That's a silver coin. Huh?　Didn't you say three silver coins cost half a month's worth of food? Are you buying too much or is this place too expensive?　I'm worried about the family budget at Shero's house: .......
　I mean, I've spent a third of my half month's food budget on one meal. ......


　At the table, Shero prepared a cup of self-service tea. The tea was fragrant and tasty, but I had never tasted it before. When I looked at the tea leaves, it looked like Cat Jarashi, so I called it Cat Jarashi tea for the time being.

　Because the house of the mirror was in the western style, I can't shake the image of the world of the western culture, but in fact, it is indecent.
　You drink tea from a tea cup and there's usually rice in it. ...... Well, this is just the way I like it, so it's fine.

　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good idea of what to expect.


　--everything tasted better than I expected!

　Guillaume's skewers were perhaps a bit of a hard chicken, seasoned with herbs and salt similar to fennel, and had a nice flavor.
　The paella, despite its red appearance, had a mild flavor, and the softly cooked vegetables and chunks of meat were well seasoned. The rice seems to be closer to Thai rice than Japanese rice.
　The soup contains not only beans but also small eggs (like quail eggs), which seems to be good for your health.
　The naan-like bread was more like a pizza ear than a naan. It was drizzled with a hint of oil, so much so that it would be good to eat it on its own instead of as a snack.

　Oh no, it's a different world. Food is super tasty.
　I thought it would be expensive since it's only 1 silver coin, but if it tastes like this, it's understandable. And the amount of food is crazy.
　A large portion of paella is equivalent to about 5 cups of rice. There are two of them, that's to say, about a square meter of rice. You know, Shero and Rebecca are both gourmands.

　We all ate our fill and finished it.

　At the end of the meal, we had a fruit called lilia rum for dessert.
　It looks like a mango, but it's a bit harder and more acidic than a mango, and is often eaten after a meal around here. They are also larger in size (about one size larger than an apple), and these were 4 ells each, and we were given three for 10 ells.

　However, we didn't have a clue how much they were worth in terms of Japanese yen. If you are in Japan, a bowl of paella would have cost more than 3,000 yen (because quantity is quantity at any rate), but it was 150 yen for an ell.
　The minimum unit is 150 yen. ...... No, could it be ......?　Is it too much to ask to bring Earth's common sense to another world?

　Well, let's put this matter on hold for now. And if we sell the Japanese ones, we'll be able to judge them by the amount of money they're worth.



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'Jiro. I know you don't have to go, and you can stay at our house for a while. There's a bed for you to stay at ....... It's a bit far from the city, though.

　Rebecca cut in abruptly while we were drinking our after-dinner tea. Ms. Shero nodded with an ummmm.

　I'm very glad for the suggestion. How too good to be treated as a treatment for a stranger, amnesiac, landlocked-clothed, unidentified little bastard with eight different vocation. He's too good to be a good person, and that's a level of anxiety.

　But as expected, I can't be so lenient, and after all, I have to go home for once. I haven't told my parents about it, and the items I'm selling on the internet auction are still there.
　I'm sorry for the kindness of the people at .......


It's very nice to hear someone like me say that, but it's hard for me to be so indulgent, so I'm trying to do my best to make it work on my own. I think I can make some money if I sell this item I have on hand: ......

　Then he spread out on the table a few homemade knives he had brought with him for self-defense.


　--my first encounter with knife-making was when I was in the first year of junior high school.

　My club advisor in junior high school was a technology teacher (though he also taught math), and he had a custom knife builder on the side, and I watched him make knives after school, and before I knew it, I was hooked, too, and I'm still making knives every six months or so.
　Well, I still have a relationship with my technical teacher, so he gives me materials cheaply or lends me tools, and I'm able to continue making knives even though I'm a NEET. It's hard to buy power tools, let alone steel, on my own.

　Shero-san takes a large swinging one with interest and begins to look at it as if he were inspecting an item.

　I brought in a Bowie knife with the longest blade length in my hand because I thought it could be a weapon .......
　It's a thick knife, 35cm long and 20cm long, and there may not be many people who make this size by themselves. If I carried it around in Japan, I'd be on the lookout for it as soon as I found it, but it's not a problem because I made it for my own personal use.
　The steel is ATS-34, the standard stainless steel for knives.
　The sheath (leather sheath) is also made by me. It's made of cowhide and has fine carvings, which I'm very proud of.


It's a good knife. I've seen a lot of knives in my work, but I've never seen a blade with such a polished blade that the face is reflected in it. It's also carefully made and must be a very expensive item.

　It seems that even Mr. Shero, who should be called a professional cutter maker in a sense, likes it.

I don't know how much he meant by "quite expensive", but since it's an unknown amateur's own work, even if it's sold on the Internet, it's probably better if it's worth 10,000 yen. Well, I don't have any intention of selling them on the Internet.


I don't have any memory of it, so I don't know what it's called, but I think it's a good one too. I'd like to sell a few of them to help fund my activities for a while: ......

'Yes. This will be a pretty good deal of money. I'll get it from a toolmaker I know.

Oh, thank you!




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　In addition to the Bowie knife as an example, I had brought to this side of the world two small drop point sheath knives and one medium sized hunter knife. I'm not going to sell the Bowie knife because it's an item that has been specially handed to me, but I'm going to sell the sheath knife and the hunter knife.
　I'd be happy to sell them all for a gold coin. ......


　The tool shop that Shero knew was an unexpectedly large shop.

　I can't help but think of things in terms of RPG impressions, or maybe it's because I'm reminded of the tool shop in the big RPG example. Welcome to the store. This is a tool shop. What can I do? What do you want to equip here?" A one-man shop with a small square meter shop.

　The shop is called "Meeker Trading Company" and is the biggest shop in this area. Entering the shop, it was more like a shop of weapons and armor than a tool shop.

　Inside the store seems to be about 9.5 square meters, let alone 9.5 square meters. The items sold are ............ and this is an RPG.
This is a weapon and armor shop. What do you want to be? It's like, "What do you want to equip here?

　Swords, knives, spears, maces, wands, axes, armor, shields, crowns, and snakes. They sell cloaks, clothes, shoes, and all the gear you might use on your journey, like sleeping bags, ropes, pots and pans, dishes, torches and lanterns for lighting, etc.


　...... fun!　

　I love these places!　It's a real adventure guy's home improvement center.
　I can pass the time for half a day here.



　While I was absorbed in looking at weapons and armor, Shero-san came to call me up as if I was dumbfounded.
　...... Sorry, I just got carried away. I really don't have an eye for this kind of thing .......

　Mr. Shero liaised with the owner of the store and said he would buy the knives and show them to me anyway.

　I take out a knife other than a Bowie knife and put it on the counter.

　The owner was a muscular, balding father of about 40. He has a kind look in his eyes, contrary to his strong appearance.


It's a product you don't see around here ....... I'm not sure if it's an inland product or a mountain product ......?　What the hell is going on here?

　I'm inspecting the product while mumbling something like

　I'm sorry, that's from Earth. Technically, it's made by me. I couldn't even say ----, so I watched him inspect it in silence.
　Apparently Shero-san had told me beforehand that I had amnesia, so the assessment was completed without any more prodding than necessary.


'Sorry to keep you waiting. ---- In conclusion, I'll give you 10 gold coins in all if you sell this guy to me.

What?


　I was lightly raptured...10 pieces!　
　If we convert 10 gold coins into Japanese yen (......), and using my tentative estimate of 1 EL = 150 yen, 10 gold coins are 10,000 EL .......

　...... That's 1.5 million yen.


"-- Oh, don't get me wrong. In terms of the value of a knife, it's about a gold coin. ...... Only, the method of making this knife hasn't been introduced to this country yet, even I've never seen it before. And I don't even know what the steel is. Based on the specific gravity, it looks like iron: ....... I've never seen the handlebar material either. In short, everything is a mystery to me.

　Of course it is. The steel is stainless steel made in Japan and the handle material is mikarta (an artificial synthetic material made in the US).


...... In other words, you're going to buy the mystery?

'A mystery, more of a trust. As for amnesia: ......, let's say you lost your memory on the way to bring this thing in as a sample from Imperial City or Mountain, for example. So, if you brought it to us because you are penniless, you wouldn't be able to buy it when you know it was made with the best of new technology. It is a matter of the store's credibility and, above all, pride. So I'll give you ten gold coins. But in return, I will study the manufacturing process of this knife.

　I see. If I'm a merchant and a messenger from another country with samples to sell new products, I can't just buy them like a chameleon by taking advantage of my amnesia, can I?
　But if you call it a sample, does that mean I look like a merchant?


You don't have to be a merchant to be so keen to check out what's in the store. I guess losing your memory doesn't change that part of you!

　And the owner laughs with a wa-haha.
　I see what you mean. I'm just a material lover (tool lover). A merchant's vocation, though.

　Well, since he's willing to pay such a high price for my tools, I'll just take him at his word. I'm glad to see that this will not be a problem for the time being.
　And if they're gold coins, maybe you can exchange them for cash when you get back to the States: ......


So we have a deal. Give me a minute.

　With that, he takes out ten gold coins and places them in a blue drawstring bag.
　Receiving them and feeling the weight of them, I turned to Shero-san and Rebecca-san and said, "Thank you so much, Shero-san, Rebecca-san, for everything.


'Shero-san and Rebecca-san, thank you so much for everything. Thanks to the two of you, I was able to receive your blessings, I was able to register my guild, and I was able to fund my activities in this city. This is the only thing I have to thank you for, but you can use this if you want.


　Then he took a Bowie knife out of his bag and handed it to Mr. Shero.