Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 2 - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2: 2

2-2 . Let's Learn Life Magic!

Satou's here, even though there are many encounter, too bad that it immediately end, Satou .

Is it the face! It's the face isn't it!

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Because there were various things happening yesterday, I was fast asleep right after dinner .

Today is a reading day!

. . . Is what I thought, but the room is dark . There is a window for light to get through but it's still not enough to make books readable, it's too dim .

If I'm not mistaken there's an open terrace cafe neighboring this inn .

Let's eat a breakfast special on the coffee shop . I dunno if it exist but . . .

The tavern in first floor of the inn is crowded with people who are taking breakfast . It seems that the customers has increased a bit compared to yesterday .

I give the key to the landlady since I'm going out . Martha-chan happily greets me when I come out of the inn . This old man is dazzled by your morning radiance .

The gate also looks remarkably busier than the day before yesterday . Lots of big carriage are going in and out pulled by peasant-looking people . Do they not use cows or horses to pull it?

I immediately find the coffee shop when I look around outside . It's slightly farther away than what I remember .

It seems that the coffee shop use the indoor for meal while the open terrace is for tea time . When I naturally ask the waitress, it doesn't seem that it's the owner's decision to do that . Because the inside of the shop is a bit dark, I secure a seat on the open terrace for easy reading .

For breakfast, I order a fruit and sandwiches . The sandwich has ham, vegetables and cheese sandwiched between the malt bread . The fruit juice is similar with Citrus . It tastes a bit richer than orange . The cup isn't made of glass but copper but since it's cold, it's still quite delicious . I wonder if it's cooled using life magic? My motivation to learn the magic increases~ ♪

Oh, yeah, there are 3 waitresses . A 20 year old plump red head, a 16 year old slender chestnut-colored hair with an impressive teardrop mole, and the last one is a girl who looks younger than 12 with a long black hair .

Everyone is working cheerfully .

While enjoying these sights, I read the introductory book for life magic .

Life magic is a magic not classified in any of the four main element of magic, it's a collection of magic useful for daily life . It's a magic incomparably weak compared to the elemental one . In exchange the required magic power is not much, at the level where people who can't use attack magic can use it . Nevertheless, even with so many convenient spells, most magicians look down upon life magic . They call magicians who can only use life magic, spell-users, and rather than as magicians, these people are treated as town handymen . Because of this prejudice there are only a few magicians who learn life magic . There are even lamentations regarding this written in the book .

"Good morning, Satou-san!"

I was greeted from outside the terrace . It's Nadi-san .

I thought that she's still in shock from yesterday's event but she looks surprisingly energetic . She's strong even for an energetic archetype!

"Good morning . How is your condition, Nadi-san?"

"Thank you very much for your help yesterday . Not only did you help me get away from a dangerous location, you even sent me with a horse carriage . "

"It's fine, it wasn't much . "

Since she's here, I offered her a chair .

"Is that a book on life magic?"

"Yes, I bought it yesterday hoping to at least be able to use the basics . "

Since my life magic skill is level 10, the only thing remaining is the chants though .

"For life magic, I recommend to practice Water Spring or Dry, depending on your main element . Most books usually recommend Ignition but if you cause fire in the town, it could be dangerous . "

Certainly, it's just as she said .

"If it's Water Spring then you can store the water in a bucket, but please don't use the metal cup beside you since it's easy to scratch . "

Do I draw the water from vapor?

"If it's Dry then you can practice using wet clothes placed on a hanger . "

It's quite a scientific talk . Even though it's fantasy .

"That's right, Does Satou-san not use a cane? You can't use magic if you don't equip a cane . "

What! There's such restriction .

Come to think of it, the magicians from before did have it, the life magic user was also using a cane .

Wait, how about that soldier? And the priestess didn't have one too .

"Do you mean Parion priestess? If so then they have holy mark in place of a cane . The soldier probably had other kind invocation tools or maybe a backup short cane?"

"Nadi-san, what is invocation tool? Is it different from a cane?"

"Invocation tool is something like ring or the likes of accessory, functioning like a cane, it's an item used to assist the activation of magic . The effect is lower than a cane, but it's expensive so there are few magicians who have one . Although for a job like magic swordsman where it's not possible to use a cane then it's a necessity . "

As expected of the live Wiki . The one woman encyclopedia, Nadi-san .

Cane huh . . . There are various type of magic wand in the Storage . But the effect is too strong, it's scary . If possible, I'd like to practice with cheap things first .

But the magic shops in the town center won't be in operation for a while, I wonder where I could get one?

"Nadi-san, Do you know anywhere I can buy a short cane?"

"Then the magic shop in the central . . . But as expected, it's closed because of yesterday, right? I think you can buy one from the alchemy shop in the west town . "

I make a note of the way to the alchemist shop from Nadi-san .

Then after telling me the important points to note in the west area, Nadi-san went back to her work .

Now that it's lunch time in the open terrace, the customers have increased .

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I finished reading the introductory book just as I finished eating pasta for lunch .

. . . Why is this fantasy town very peculiar about taste!

10 minutes after I've entered the western area, the content of the dummy purse I've hanged on my waist is gone . The bottom of the purse is cut and the content is no more, though there were only pennies inside .

From looking at the log, it was not a pickpocket . It's really a game-like function .

I've passed through the area where they're selling daily necessities, and suspicious looking shops began to increase in number . Sexy women and evil looking old men can be seen wandering around .

There's a square in the center of the west area . The alchemy shop is further ahead .

Street stalls are lined up in the square, selling birds, cattle and the like competing with each other .

On the entrance of the square, a merchant is announcing something about slave market . It seems that it'll be open for 3 days from tomorrow night .

When I look at it carefully there are boys and girls with slave collars on their neck standing in line with cattle . Half of them seems to be hurt . Every one of those slaves have dead eyes . The cattle look healthier than them .

I had the urge to buy them all, but it's only for self-satisfaction so I stopped . It's not the end even after they're released after all . . . . Isn't this just an excuse?

Coming out of the square, brothels lined the streetside . I subtly feel like this is a period drama .

Still, lewd professional older woman are the best, right? Rather than an unwilling slave, a pro well versed in sexual culture is better .

Tonight, let's go to a shop with beautiful older women! I wonder if there are cabaret? I'd love to have a lewd conversation over a bubble bath but . . .

The main topic has been grandly derailed .

The alchemy shop seems to be located in the middle of this brothel street . There's probably a high demand for drugs~

I wonder if it's thanks to Nadi-san's advice of only walking on the center of the road, I've arrived at the alchemy shop without being dragged to an alleyway . No wait, there was that pickpocket so it wasn't entirely safe . . .

"Good afternoon . Are you open for business?"

There's a dwarf on the counter inside the shop . Let me say this, it's not cute at all . It's a small old man about 1 meter tall . Is he a gnome? Or a hobbit?

The AR indicate that he's of a fairy race . When I look better the "Earth Fairy (Gnome)" indication come up .

"If you're window-shopping, Go away . "

Aw, how cold .

. . . This isn't a pun okay?

<TLN: Not sure where's the pun, my moonrune isn't advanced enough for this, I guess it's the ??>

"I'd like to buy a short cane, do you have any in stock?"

"Spell-user eh? There are cheap, expensive, and really expensive one, which one do you want?"

So rough~

"Please show me the cheap and the expensive one . "

The shopkeeper take a wooden and a copper short canes out . The short canes look like something a certain famous British boy had, it's a simple wand . If you don't understand, then please imagine an orchestra conductor's baton but a bit thicker .

I stare at each of the canes and their performances are displayed on the AR . The wooden one has [Magic Activation Support + 3][Magic Effect Expansion -2], and 2 big copper coins market price, then the copper one beside it has [Magic Activation Support +3],[Magic Focus Support + 2],[Magic Effect Expansion +2], with 3 silver coins quoted as the market price .

To be frank, even if I can see the performance I don't understand where the difference is .

The copper cane seems to have better performance, but the wooden one looks something that a magician would have, so I buy that one .

The shopkeeper looks displeased since I choose the cheaper one .

I might as well buy some medicines here .

That's right, if you're talking about alchemy then it's potion .

"Are there manual and tools for compounding?"

The shopkeeper grins while laughing . He probably think that I'm an easy mark .

[Introductory Book for Medicine Compounding, Practical Writing],[Book of Poison and Antidote][Book of Illness and Treatment], 5 compound tools set with extravagance cases, medicinal plant harvesting set tools, and chemical mixtures for beginner set . "These are all!" So he said after piling them all up .

. . . Hmm? Am I being tested?

The magic imbuing tools have a [Magic Imbuing Type Fake] status . The others are genuine .

"Is there no other one for this magic imbuing tool? It's not to my liking . "

I openly point out the fake . It's how an adult interact .

"Fumu, it's a tool used to nitpick amateur who doesn't understand a thing . "

He somehow looks happy . It's not only reflected on his face but the atmosphere has also softened a bit .

This time he takes out 3 imbuing tools .

One is decorated with high-class looking ornament, another is a tool that looks like it has been used a lot, and the last one is a cheap-looking and obviously fake tool . The high class one is especially equipped with magic, when I hold it up and move my hand, it emit a weak green light . It goes without saying that the expensive one is a fake .

"Then, I choose this one . "

Of course I picked the well used one .

The market price is 15 gold coins eh . At any rate, does a beginner spell-user who comes to buy a cheap short cane look like someone who has money?

"I see, so you choose that one . . . If you have this one, then you won't need another, beside raw materials, even after you've become a veteran alchemist .

"How much is it?"

"10 gold coins . "

Eh, isn't it much cheaper than the market price?

The shopkeeper grins when he see my face .

"Just as I thought, you have the appraisal skill . "

The shopkeeper looks proud with his guess . I don't have such a skill .

>[Appraisal Skill Acquired]

Let's not argue back . . .

"Is it really okay with 10 gold coins?"

"Yeah, I'm saved if someone as capable as you studies alchemy . "

When I think about it, isn't this thanks to haggling skill?

I pay the price and receive the books among other things . As one expect, my bag doesn't fit .