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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 2 Chapter 22: Drintor’s Welcome Party 1/6
Volume 2 Chapter 22: Drintor’s Welcome Party 1/6
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And then it was the weekend and the school was closed, so Cain went to visit the town of Drintor.
He flew all the way to the town of Drintor using [Fly].
Apparently it was two days away by carriage, but he arrived after just an hour of flying.
As he flew, maintaining a height of about a hundred meters, there seemed to be a lot of wagons coming and going from there to the royal capital.
After all, there was a forest inhabited by monsters right next to the town, so it seemed that plenty of materials could be acquired.
Obviously, he couldn’t just fly into the town, so he landed a bit further away and walked to the gates.
The outer wall was made out of stones, piled up to about three meters in height. The town had three gates, one each in the east, west and south. The eastern one led to the royal capital, the western one to the local forest of monsters, and the southern gate led to other towns.
He had once read in a book, that every dozen years or so, the forest where all the monsters lived could flood all at once.
In fact, in the Gracia territory, the town was surrounded by a wall five meters high.
A guard was standing at the gate inspecting the merchants who entered the town.
“Right, next, what would the contents of your cargo be?”
“Grain and salt.”
After checking the goods, the guard signed the merchant’s papers.
“Alright, you can enter.”
Most of the things being brought in were foodstuffs, weapons, armour and the like. It seemed like there were many wagons leaving the town with parts of monsters.
Unsurprisingly, it seemed that there were a lot of adventurers who could sell monster parts in this town.
Then, the queue moved forward and it was Cain’s turn.
“Aight, next. What have we here, an adventurer’s child? You don’t have any luggage? This place isn’t for kids.”
Cain gave his guild card to the inquisitive guard.
“Yo-you’re an A Rank adventurer. I’m terribly sorry. Please, enter.”
Wondering whether he was allowed to pass through without an inspection, Cain asked the guard.
“So as an A-Rank, I can enter without an inspection?”
“This town is also called the town of adventurers, you see, so adventurers A-Rank and above won’t be inspected.”
The guard answered.
“Soooo, if, if I were to bring in something prohibited, there would be no problem?”
“…Now that I think about it, you’re right.”
The guard answered with a bitter smile.
“Gotcha, well it’s fine. I’ll enter then. Ah, where’s the adventurers guild?”
“If it’s the guild you’re looking for, just follow this road for a bit and you’ll see it. It intersects with the main street at one point, that’s where the guild is. Umm… the guild over there… please take care.”
“Thank you! I’ll be fine.”
He thanked the polite guard and went through the gate. The road stretched onwards. Unlike in the royal capital, where the ground was cobbled, here it was dirt, however it was large enough for carriages to pass each other without any problems.
Both sides of the road were lined with shops, and inns could also be seen here and there.
There was some pedestrian traffic, and the shops seemed to be prospering too.
“It’s more normal than I expected, I thought it would be more rugged.”
Cain walked through the town, looking left and right. Next to the central crossroads, the adventurer’s guild stood, way larger than all other buildings.
“The guild here might even be as big as the one in the royal capital… It’s population is only one-hundredth that of the royal capital, but the size of the guild here is the same… Carrying monsters to the center of such a town seems like it would be a pain.”
And like that, Cain entered the guild. The guild hall was the same as the royal capital’s, with a request board on the right side, receptionists up front, and a bar on the left.
Unsurprisingly, the only people inside were adventurers, with several parties looking at the request board, chatting with each other. From the about ten receptionists, Cain headed to the receptionist lady who was currently free.
The receptionist was in her twenties and quite unfriendly. When she saw Cain, who looked around ten years old, she frowned.
“Hmm? What? Registration? Boy, you may be able to register once you’ve turned ten, but all the adventurers here have high levels. Why don’t you practice a little more in the countryside?”
“No no, I’ve already registered. I’ll be coming to this town a lot in the future, so I only came to say hello…”
“Is that so, is that so. There’s a lot of Silver(Middle) Ranks here, so as an Iron(Kid ) Rank, you should lead a careful life. I’m Betty. What’s your name, little boy?”
“I’m Cain. Nice to meet you.”
“Uhuh, Cain huh, got it. Oooooy!! Someone please welcome him!!”
Betty, the receptionist, shouted at the hall.
“Oh, it’s a newcomer’s baptism, huh… It’s been a long time since I last saw one.”
“I feel sorry for the guy…”
The adventurers looked at Cain from a distance with pitying eyes.
“We’ll take you on! Let’s go, little boy!”
Raising their voices and coming over was a troublesome-looking party of five.
“Eh!? What are you doing!?”
Cain was surprised at the sudden response.
“It’s a welcoming mock fight(l y n c h i n g) of course. It’s a type of greeting here.”
Betty, the receptionist, came out from behind the counter while igniting a cigarette.
The party of five encircled Cain, and grabbing him from both from sides, they picked him up.
“Well then, let’s go to the training ground.”
Led by Betty, the receptionist lady, the other adventurers followed.
“Oh! It’s been ages since I last saw one. Let’s go watch too!”
Adventurers drinking at the bar also moved to the training ground one after another.
Passing through the guild hall’s back door, there was a dozen or so meters large, circular training ground, which, for some reason, was surrounded by stands. The town was centered around adventurers, so it seemed the place was treated like some arena.
The onlooking adventurers moved to the stands, drinks in hand.
“Aight, let’s bet on how long the little boy will hold out for!”
“One silver coin that he’ll faint in two minutes!”
“I’m for one minute!”
“I’ll risk it and say he’ll last for five!”
The betting in the stands seemed to have begun.
Cain was put down in the middle of the training ground. The five adventurers went to the opposite side and took out practice swords with blunted edges.
Cain was also given one of these practice swords.
“Alright, everything’s ready. I’ll be the referee. If I stop you, it’s the end of the match. Until then, I’ll let you continue no matter what.”
Betty gave the signal with a cigarette in her mouth.
“Begin!”
The adventurers moved in slowly with evil smiles.
“You do this kind of thing on a regular basis, huh… This needs to be changed.”
Cain sighed.
“Ah, Betty, if the training ground here breaks, who’s going to fix it?”
Cain asked Betty, not giving the adventurers holding the swords a second thought.
“Obviously, this place belongs to the guild, so the guild would fix it, of course.”
“I can take your word for that?”
Cain was relieved by Betty’s answer. When he destroyed the training ground at school, His Majesty complained because the government had to pay for it, so he was worried.
“Hey, boy. Can you afford to be so careless?”
Cain responded to the creepily grinning adventurers with just a couple words and a cute smile.
“Ah, everyone, try not to die, okay? That goes for everyone in the stands too, of course.”
[Fire Bullet]
In front of Cain’s outstretched hand, five bullets of fire, burning a pale blue, were floating.
