Trantor: SFBaka


    I, Cleria, Elna and Willie went to the inn first in order to get a ce to leave our luggage safely.


    What should we do if the inns full?


    I should have asked for one other ce earlier just to be sure.


    Master rmended the high-ss inn, Natures Bounty, right? There should still be some rooms avable then, Willie assured us.


    Is that so? But its a high-ss inn, right?


    It is. However, unless several nobles and their retinue came for a visit here, that inn would likely still have some open rooms. In fact, the inn should be mostly devoid of customers at this point in time.


    I see. Well, themcking customers sounds better for us anywaypared to them being fully booked.


    The Natures Bounty Inn was located quite near to the downtown area. We entered straight away once we reached the ce.


    Wee!


    A young girl who seems to have just hit puberty greeted our group with gusto the moment we stepped inside the building. Judging from her appearance, I guessed her age to be about fourteen or so. And she was quite cute too.


    We want to stay at this inn. Are there still rooms avable? Its for three people. One room each, if possible.


    n, its fine for me and Elna to stay in the same room.


    I would also feel more at ease if I am by Ria-samas side, Elna agreed.


    Is that so? Okay, I got it. One single room and one double room, please. Are there any avable?


    Yes, of course, there are. A single room is 500 Guineas per day and a double room is 950 Guineas.


    Were nning on staying long-term, so is it possible to have a discount?


    Yes, of course. Theres a 20% discount if you pay for two weeks in advance. 30% if you pay for a full month. But there are no refunds okay.


    Well, its not like we have any concrete ns yet. Lets just pay for two weeks then.


    Well stay for two weeks.


    I need to pay 14,000 Guineas. A high-ss inn really is quite expensive huh. Well need to find a stable source of ie soon, or our funds will dry up quickly.


    The young inn employee looked like she was thinking hard. I bet shes calcting the total cost. Guess she isnt that good with numbers.


    At that moment, a woman who seemed to be the proprietress of the inn appeared from within the building. She and the young girl looked somewhat alike.


    Just what is this girl doing; making our customers wait like this. Im very sorry, dear guests. That will be 14,000 Guineas please.


    Oh, its fine. Here you go.


    I promptly paid for our rent. It looks like this young girl is the daughter of the proprietress.


    We will be providing you meals for breakfast and dinner. Breakfast will be from six to ten in the morning while lunch is from six to ten in the evening. You can use our bath whenever you please.


    Wow! Being able to freely use the baths anytime you want sure sounds nice. We didnt have any other inquiries, so we asked them to show us the rooms.


    Im sorry for the wait, dear customers. Ill guide you to your rooms now.


    We left Willie in the lobby as the young girl guided us to the rooms we booked. The two rooms we were guided to were right next to each other. The rooms were rtively spacious and clean. As expected of a high-ss inn. I left my luggage inside my room and locked it. It seems it was alright to bring the keys with us whenever we went out for business.


    Cleria and Elna came back down to the lobby right after me, and the three of us boarded the carriage again and left the inn.


    Shall we have lunch first? Willie, do you know of any restaurants that serve delicious food around here? Well treat you to lunch as well.


    Eh, is it fine for me to apany you? Um, then, Tallys Restaurant is nice, I think. Its right over there. The food there isnt that expensive but tastes great. The servings are quiterge as well.


    The servings beingrge would be perfect for Cleria. It seems the girls didnt have a problem with going as well, so we decided to dine in Tallys Restaurant. This will be my first time to experience dining out in this world, so Im quite excited.


    We entered the establishment and were immediately guided to open seats by one of the restaurants employees.


    We have both meat and fish set meals avable. If you want to order dishes individually, theres a menu posted on that wall to the side. the restaurant employee introduced.


    There were a number of wooden tags hung up on one of the walls with the names and prices of the dishes written on them.


    So theres fish avable! Then Ill have the fish set meal please.


    Ill have the meat set. Please give me arge serving.


    I shall also have a meat set meal. Please give me arge serving as well.


    Ill have the fish set meal too.


    The dishes we ordered were served after a few minutes of waiting.


    The fish set wasprised of severalrge fillets of grilled fish meat. They kind of resemble Earth-bred salmon. And what surprised me the most was that the meals were served with rice.


    Whoah! This is-!


    Do you like **, n-san? Willie asked.


    I wasnt familiar with the word he used to call them, but this stuff is definitely rice.


    I like this stuff more than bread, honestly. I havent managed to see it being served since I came to this country, so I thought it wasnt avable here.


    Rice has only started to be popr these past few years after all. The hometown of the owner of this restaurant had rice as their staple food, so he used it instead of bread when he opened his store here.


    So the meal wasprised of grilled fish fillets with ample servings of piping hot rice. Theres also some sd as a side dish. They looked quite delicious.


    Cleria and Willys meat set meals also looked delicious, with plenty of food on their tes. The meat set wasprised of meat and vegetable stir fry served with rice. They looked tasty as well, but the amount looked a bit too much for me to handle.


    Ria-sama, are you alright with ordering that much food?


    It seems it was Elnas first time to see Clerias monstrous appetite.


    Its fine. I can finish this amount of food by myself.


    Cleria looked quite smug for some reason. Well, this amount of food did look to be easy pickings for her though.


    Its been quite some time since Ive had fish. The meat was fatty, with plenty of umami. In other words, absolutely delicious. Cleria and the others also seemed quite satisfied with the food. Oh, and the prices for both regr andrge servings were simr, at tworge copper coins. The food was great, so I guess well being again as this stores regrs.


    We headed towards Tarus-sans general store after the meal. It was a short five-minute walk away from the restaurant.


    Youre n-san, right? Wee to the store. I have heard about you all from the owner.


    It looks like the store clerk was already briefed about our visit, so he led us to the seasoning section right away.


    Just like Tarus-san said, the shelves were lined up with arge selection of various seasonings and spices. I started taste-testing every single one while listening to the shop clerks exnations on the side. I kept on swiping the stuff I took a liking to from the shelves and stuffed them inside the shopping basket.


    Oooh! This is-!?


    I managed to find something simr to Earths soy sauce! The saltiness level was a little on the thin side, but it wasnt a big deal at all.


    Are you familiar with this product? This is a rare condiment imported from a country in the far east.


    Theres something simr being produced in my country as well. Is it possible for me to purchase a whole cask of this stuff?


    Of course. But it will cost you onerge silver coin though. Are you fine with that?


    Thats fine. Its worth the price.


    Onerge silver for a small cask of soy sauce did seem a bit on the pricey side, but this will allow me to cook a greater variety of dishes. I tried to ask if there was miso avable as well since there was soy sauce, but it seems they didnt have it.


    In the end, I spent a total of 2,510 Guineas, but it was certainly money well spent.


    They offered to deliver all the groceries I bought to the inn and I agreed.


    Well then, thats all for my business. Do you want to buy something as well, Ria?


    I do not have anything in particr in mind. How about you, Elna?


    I dont have one either.


    So, shall we take a stroll for a bit then? Lets check out other shops. Maybe well find some things to your liking, like street food.


    Oh, that sounds good! Ive always wanted to try eating street food!


    It kinda felt bad to have Willy apany us in loitering around, so we had him go back to the general store instead.


    Afterward, we wandered about downtown, visiting several shops as we went along. Whenever we encountered some food stalls that served some delicious-looking food, we went over to them to try their dishes. There were things like grilled chicken(?) skewers and sandwiches. The taste was alright, but there was nothing that particrly stood out. The prices of the stuff sold at food stalls ranged from five to ten coppers.


    It was a bit of a let-down for me and Cleria, but thats just how it is. We circled the whole downtown district once and went back to the inn afterward.


    Looks like the street foods were a bust huh, Ria?


    Indeed I do hope the inns dishes prove more worthy of expectation.


    We went back to our respective rooms to rest up a bit until dinnertime. When the three of us went down to the dining area, we found only one other group of customers present along with people who seemed to be the inns employees. It looks like this inn didnt usually have a lot of customers booking it, just like Willy said.


    Tonights dinner is a choice between fish and meat dishes. You can also freely order seconds if you wish.


    A female inn employee exined away and informed us that we could order as many helpings as we wanted. Cleria certainly brightened up after hearing that. I ate some fish for todays lunch, so Ill have meat now instead.


    Ill have meat please.


    Please serve me fish then. Do make it arge serving.


    Ill be having meat as well.


    It looks like Clerias really taken a shine to orderingrge servings of dishes. We can get seconds anyway, so she really didnt have to order it that way, but I guess Ill just let her do as she likes.


    Well, its been so long since I drank some, so lets order some liquor as well.


    What types of liquor do you offer here?


    We have ale, as well as red and white wines avable. And youll be paying for the drinks separately since the booking fees do not cover alcohol.


    Ive only drunk wine ever sincending on this, so Ill give the stuff they call ale a try then.


    Ill have ale then. Do you want some,dies?


    Ill have some white wine.


    Please serve me white wine as well.


    The dishes and alcohol were served right away. The female inn staff was standing by to the side, near our table.


    This ale seems to resemble Earths beer somewhat. The dishes were a far cry from the street foods we ate earlier and were quite delicious. As expected of a high-ss inn.


    It seems we had to pay for the alcohol straight away though. The ale and white wines went for ten guineas per serving.


    Mm! This ales actually chilled. Its good!


    The vor of ale lost to Earths beer by a bit, but being chilled more than made up for the difference in taste.


    We have recently acquired a magic refrigerator, so were putting it to good use. the female inn employee dered.


    I see. Isnt that magic tool expensive?


    Yes, quite. This is just between you and me, but I heard it costs more than thirty gold coins.


    Thirty thousand Guineas huh? It wasnt that outrageously expensive, but regr folks wont be able to afford it.


    It certainly is expensive. But it really brings the best out of the alcohol, so Im sure youll be getting your moneys worth in no time.


    I sure hope so, sir


    The meat dish was arge slice of steak. It had plenty of that herb resembling garlic smothered on top of it and was quite tasty. This was probably Big Boar meat. There were also some toasted bread slices offered on the side.


    Mm, delish! The meat is grilled to perfection, and the voring is superb as well.


    n, this fish dish is also quite good.


    The fish Cleria was having resembled trout. There were three fishes on her te and were salt-grilled. The fishes were quiterge in size as well. So arge serving consists of three pieces of fish huh. There were some citrus fruit slices on the side to provide it with a refreshing aftertaste.


    It does look good. Ill try someter.


    Ive been thinking about your wish to study magic, n. How about you try joining the Magic Guild? Cleria suddenly suggested.


    So theres such a thing as a Magic Guild? That sounds interesting. What does that guild do, exactly?


    Im not too familiar with the subject as well. I havent had the chance to have much contact with them before after all And we need to find out if theres a guild branch in this city before anything else. Its arge enough city, so I think it does have a branch though. Do you have any idea about the workings of the Magic Guild, Elna?


    I am not familiar with them either.


    Judging from the girls reactions, the guild sounds like a real minor organization. Maybe some of the folks in the city are more familiar with it. I raised my hand and called for the female inn employee.


    Do you know if theres a branch of the Magic Guild in this city?


    Yes, theres a branch located here. It seems more like a small sub-branch though. Youll need to head right after leaving the inn. Its just a fifteen-minute walk away. Their office is on the right-hand side of the street.


    I see. Thank you. Can I have one helping of the fish set as well as a refill of the ale?


    Yes, right away, sir.


    Ill have a serving of the meat dish then. Arge one, of course.


    It looks like Cleria already finished off her fish dish.


    Um Arge serving of the meat dish, right? Understood.


    Okay then. Well try to visit the Magic Guild if I manage to finish Tarus-sans request early tomorrow.


    Yes, let us do so.


    We stuffed ourselves full of the dishes offered and finished our meal greatly satisfied.


    Now, lets try out the bath. I entered straight away after arriving.


    The men and womens baths are separate by the way. It wasnt to the extent of the bath in Tarus-sans manor, but it was rtively spacious as well.


    Oh, and theres some soap as well. It looked quite well maintained, and the waters perfect, which made my day.


    I thoroughly enjoyed the bath. I ended up staying for quite some time.


    Its still early in the evening, but Ill get some shut-eye now to prepare for tomorrow.