34 - 06 The baptism of Kilket



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Quilket is a fortified city protected by two walls, an outer gate and an inner gate.

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Both have stone walls and iron gates.

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The inner gate is taller and sturdier.

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And inside the inner gate. The rich, mainly aristocrats, live there.

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In the area between the inner and outer gates, near the inner gate, live the commoners of Kirket.

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As one moves closer to the outer gate, the houses of farmers, engineers, and other laborers, as well as facilities for adventurers, miners, and other transients, increase in number.

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Tens of thousands of people come and go every day. It is the center of trade on the western continent.

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In the fortified city of Kilket.

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My business was having difficulties.

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First of all.

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I tried to sell medicinal herbs in the guild in the same way as in the town of Malt.

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The guild official turned me away and said, "Business is forbidden here.

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I was kicked out by the guild staff.

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Apparently. It seems that it is really prohibited by the guild's rule.

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I was tolerated in the town of Molt.

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Oh my god. ......

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Next.

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I tried to make money as a baggage handler by pretending to be a party recruiter. There was no demand at all.

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As soon as they heard that I was a "merchant," had "no weapons," and "no combat skills," they usually turned me down.

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I was not strong enough to do a solo quest.

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I can't even do beginner level quests.

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And if I can't go on a quest with a party. I couldn't do the begging and the fire merchant.

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Oh my God. ......

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By the way, there are four guilds in the fortress city of Kilket, located in the north, south, east, and west.

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That is, the number of quests and adventurers. That is to say, the number of quests and adventurers is too much for one guild to handle.

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You don't need me to go with you.

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There were plenty of adventurers with "warehouse" skills and knowledge of the geography of the area who could take my place.

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I was. I thought that doing business in Quilket would be an extension of my business in Malt Town.

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But it seems I was completely naive.

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I thought I would be able to do business in Kirket as an extension of my business in Malt Town. We're going to go back to basics and do business on the street.

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And even that idea. And even that idea was quickly shattered.

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→→→→→

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There were many pedestrians on the street.

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The square on the west side of Kilket was bustling with many stores.

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I was about to start peddling there, but...

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This peddler's square is only for peddlers with wagons.

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I was stopped by a man who looked like a watchman.

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I looked at him. In that peddler's square, all merchants were doing business in front of their wagons.

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A number of wagons were lined up in a row.

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Their goods were displayed in front of, behind, and to the left and right of the wagons. They were doing business in a kind of impromptu store.

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And a wooden tag with "Peddler's License" written on it. They had a wooden tag on the front of their shop that read "Peddler's Permit.

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A poor merchant without a wagon is not allowed to open a stall here! You'll have to look elsewhere.

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And so it went. I was turned away.

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"Ugh...what the hell!"

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I had no choice.

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I went to the outer gate and opened a stall in a corner where similar poor merchants were setting up their stalls.

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There was a fair amount of pedestrian traffic, but nothing compared to the peddler's square.

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But there were far fewer people than in the peddler's square.

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Besides, everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

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More often than not, they didn't even look at me when I tried to talk to them.

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Moreover, my product was medicinal herbs.

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They were common. Basically, they are a commodity that is being replaced by inexpensive medicines to restore one's strength.

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Even though I had a stall, people didn't come. They didn't even sell.

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For a couple of days. It was not uncommon to have zero customers who would buy anything.

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Arcana. Sorry."

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For about 10 days. I spent the days eating away at my savings.

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I felt like...

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I'm already feeling broken and want to go back to Yak Village.

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Should I just give up and go home while I still have enough mana left to hire an escort from Kilket to Morto town?

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Around me, merchants who open street stores like me are crowded.

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Some are selling well, some not at all.

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And today, I was next to a girl.

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A girl selling some kind of "crap" that I don't understand.

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She looked just like me, and it seemed like she hadn't sold any merchandise since this morning.

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We both sighed at the same time.

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We looked at each other and laughed.

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After that, we saw each other several times at the street store plaza.

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We naturally introduced ourselves to each other.

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The girl introduced herself as "Loloi, a martial arts treasure hunter.

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She appeared to be a young adventurer, around 16 years old.

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In addition to her large, round eyes, her short stature made her look even younger than she was. Her short stature makes her look even younger than she is.

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His chestnut-colored hair was tied back in a bun.

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If she were to be mistaken, she might not even be an adult (16 years old).

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Loloi's stall is filled with relics that he has probably mined in the Earth Ruins area.

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Seriously, I'm not even sure what they are used for, pieces of something or other like that.

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In other words, it was all junk that was unlikely to be sold.

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Still, they made a big name for themselves. He called himself a martial arts treasure hunter.

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It was the same kind of "Chris the Swordsman" that I met on the way to Kirkett.

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However.

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I'm not as good as him. I'm just as bad as him.

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A sigh escaped again, and Loloi laughed at me.

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I didn't get particularly pissed off because there was no malice in it at all.

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But I was still depressed.

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As a merchant.

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I was baptized by the big city of Kirkett.

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