Tehe(*´∀`)♪ I Was Picked Up By a Wolf - Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Going out with everyone .

It’s winter now!
It’s cold!

Right now it’s the second month–––the Month of Purification!
There’s a lot of snow piled up everywhere, so yesterday we had a snowball fight . It was really fun!
The first time I made snowballs however, Martha and Russel were giving me strange looks even though they were correctly made . By now it had already become a habit to make them though .

Today we’d be walking down the hill and then going to the city in the afternoon! (Though it’s a small city so calling it a village would be more accurate . ) I had been going there regularly since I was four years old, so there were a lot of people I already knew . I mostly got a lot of treats from the older ladies and men . It was really fun .

Martha was called ‘The red witch’ by the villagers . She’s red haired, had a familiar, lived in the forest for more than 50 years and she still looked young . Apparently this place wasn’t visited by members of other races often, so she didn’t tell anyone that she’s a half-elf .
They call me chibi-chan (lil shrimp/pipsqueak) .
I was only 6 years old so I was small okay? Still, they were all kind people so I really liked them .

Today I was wearing the clothes I always wore when going out hunting: a coat made from horn rabbit fur, boots and a hat . My clothes were all pure white .
It was all fluffy outside so they felt really nice .
Martha wore her favorite black coat and boots made from horn rabbit fur . After she accommodated the bag with our luggage, we were ready to depart!

“Amelia, are you ready yet?”

“Yes! I am!”

“Alright, we’ll be leaving now then . ”

Russel and Firis were with us too . Also, this was something they just told me, but apparently a fenrir’s normal size is at least two merus (2 meters), but they normally use a body mass changing skill to appear smaller . We descended halfway through the mountain, me riding on Firis’ back and Martha riding on Russel’s, who looked almost twice as big as before . Firis also told us that if we were with her, she wouldn’t mind interacting with other people! I was really happy we could go to all sorts of places together now!
As soon as we were out of the forest Martha and I would have to walk on our own feet . Russel would also have to change his size to that of a large-breed dog .

Today we were taking magic stones and fur from the many horn rabbits I hunted . The fur was very useful in the cold season so they had a high demand, or so Martha told me . We also had some medicine Martha prepared with the herbs picked up in the forest and jerky made from rock boar meat that we were planning to sell . Martha’s bag had some magic applied to it so it had room for way more things that its appearance suggested .

Back when I noticed her bag was like that, I thought that maybe an ‘Infinite Inventory’ was rare here and never told her anything . But one day when she asked me how I was carrying everything I hunted (which was a lot) to bring home, it was funny seeing how she immediately noticed I had one . She then told me I should never use it when we were away from home .

Putting that aside though, if jerky was a thing here, I wonder if there were sausages too; they were so good . When we were back home I guess I’d ask Martha; maybe I should also ask about bacon .

While I kept pondering like that we were already out of the forest . From here on we’d all have to walk .

As we got near the city, planted fields could be seen on both sides of the road . Fences with charms that repel magic beasts were built all around the fields since it was common for magic beasts to appear out here .

This place was in the territory of Baron Wolkim and was so far away in the countryside that calling it remote wouldn’t be an understatement . The feudal lord seemed to be quite popular, and most of the people living in the city seemed to like him . If we went even further away there would be a slightly bigger city than Wolkim’s, and according to Martha there was an actual mansion for the feudal lord there .

This country is referred to as the Kingdom of Lavist, and this city, located in front of the Rusicle mountain range, is called Vilde .
Martha said that going to the capital from here normally took around two months .

And while we were busy talking about random things, we had arrived at Vilde!!
Also, there’s always a gatekeeper at the entrance . The old man with the stubble was there all the time .

“Hey, haven’t seen you in a month! And look at that, you even got a black one this time . ”
The friendly old man started talking to us .

“It’s our new family!”

“I see, interesting, first the pipsqueaky and now the new family . ”

“Mhm!”

After we talked for a bit, we entered the city . Since we always came around every month, we were known enough to be let in without any problems .

First we visited the pharmacy . We always went there to sell our medicines and herbs . I was left to wait outside together with Firis and Russel while Martha went inside to sell our stuff . Afterwards we went to the general store to sell the magic stones and fur we had and also buy things we needed back home . Since I had grown a bit I needed new clothes, so we bought a few of them, along with a lot of salt and other spices .
This country’s currency is the Jil (J), which is divided into large gold coins, gold coins, large silver coins, silver coins, large copper coins, copper coins and small copper coins . Their values are:

Large gold coin = 1000,000J

Gold coin = 100,000J

Small gold coin = 10,000J

Large silver coin = 5000J

Silver coin = 1000J

Small silver coin = 500J

Large copper coin = 100J

Copper coin = 10J

Small copper coin = 1J

All the different gold coins are mostly used only as a means to store savings by the regular folks; they aren’t useful for much other than that . Though apparently they are sometimes used to buy luxury items .

Apart from the church, the pharmacy and the general store, all the buildings in this city are houses; it looked like a place with dozens of houses stranded all over the place .
The houses were built with dirt bricks and the roofs made of something like straw, though now they were all covered in snow .

“Amelia, is there anything else you want to buy?”

“Nope, nothing more . ”

“Okay then, should we go back?”

“Sure!”

We were done with shopping and now we were heading back home .