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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 24: Drintor’s Welcome Party 3/6
Volume 2 Chapter 24: Drintor’s Welcome Party 3/6
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He didn’t know the location of the lord’s mansion, so Cain asked a patrolling guard and then walked to the lord’s mansion.
Most towns in the country had both a lord’s residence and a deputy governor’s residence, so that when the lord headed to the royal capital, the deputy governor could govern the town instead.
As he was heading towards the lord’s residence, walking along looking at the townscape, he could also see all kinds of stores: weapon shops, armour shops, magic tool shops and so on.
On the way, he stopped at one of the stalls, attracted by the delicious smell.
“Hey mister, it smells good! Give me a skewer!”
The man, who was grilling skewers, noticed Cain, who looked like a child adventurer, and responded with a smile.
“Oh! Got it, little boy. One skewer costs three bronze coins. I’ll give you a freshly grilled one in a second, so just wait a bit.”
After having grilled the skewers by spinning them around, he dipped them in a sauce and started to grill them again.
“See, nice and freshly grilled.”
Cain took the freshly grilled skewer and paid the bronze coins.
And then, he immediately began tucking into it.
“Ouch, it’s hot, but delicious!!”
Seeing the sight of Cain, who appeared to be a child adventurer, eating, even the stall’s owner smiled.
“By the way, what’s this town like? See, I only just came today.”
“What, you only just came here today? Well, there’s a lot of adventurers in this town, you know. There’s also a lot of stores that process and sell the materials of the monsters the adventurers hunt. This meat too, was hunted by adventurers. In fact, that’s a skewer of orc meat.”
“Is that so. Orc meat really is delicious isn’t it. It’s really well soaked in the sauce. Earlier, when I went to show my face at the guild, I was caught up in an entanglement, so I was thinking the public order here isn’t all that good, you see.”
“The lords of this town have ran away due the guild’s influence here for generations now. There’s a lot of adventurers here, so even though technically the deputy governor is in charge, he can’t really do all that much. The guild master is a jolly enough fellow, which is fine, but watch out for the sub guild master working behind the scenes, okay? Oh, and you definitely didn’t hear this from me.”
“Hmm. Sub guild master, was it! I’ll be careful. Thanks, mister!”
“Come visit again!”
Cain waved to the stall’s owner and walked towards the lord’s residence.
The lord’s residence was located to the north of the central square.
Two guards were guarding the gate to the lord’s residence. One of them spoke to Cain as he drew near.
“You seem like an adventurer, but this is the lord’s residence. Other than the deputy governor, no-one’s allowed here. So if you don’t have any business here, you should leave.”
“Is the deputy governor here today? Please convey to him that Cain von Silford Drintor, the new lord of the town, has arrived.”
Cain took out the inauguration certificate from his Item Box and handed it to the guard.
“Yo-you’re the lord? I’m terribly sorry, I’ll go tell Eribe-sama immediately.”
One of the guards returned the inauguration certificate to Cain and went to the deputy governor’s residence to call him.
The other guard guided Cain into the lord’s residence’s hall.
Soon, the other guard from earlier and a civilian-looking, deputy governor-like person arrived from the neighbouring deputy governor’s residence.
“Well well, Viscount Cain-sama, I apologise for making you wait. I am the deputy governor of this town, and my name is Eribe. I have received a notification from the royal castle. However, still, I am surprised at your early arrival. Please take a rest inside.”
Eribe was a slightly overweight man in his forties. He had a slightly thinner head and a moustache. It seemed like he originally was a commoner, not a noble, before getting his position as deputy governor.
Eribe, the deputy governor of Drintor, guided Cain to the lord’s residence’s reception room. They then sat down face-to-face on the sofa.
“I’m sorry for coming so suddenly. As I’m registered as an adventurer as well, I came to ascertain whether this town was like what I heard about it in the royal capital or not. I also entered the gate as an adventurer.”
Cain was dressed as an adventurer. To other people, he looked like a just-registered newbie adventurer. No one would have though he was the lord.
“I think you’ve heard about this town, so as deputy governor, I really must apologise. The guild has more than a thousand adventurers, and, starting with the guild master, they don’t listen to a word we say. Because the guild refuses to pay any taxes, we have to manage the place with just the taxes from the residents. So now we’re constantly operating in the red, but seeing as we’re under direct control of the royal family, we’ve somehow managed with subsidies from the country.”
Eribe replied apologetically. In other towns, when a client made a request to the adventurers’ guild, a tax and a fee for running the guild being deducted was commonplace. In return for which, the lord allowed the adventurers’ guild to operate within the town. So the fact that more than a thousand adventurers weren’t paying their taxes was quite the problem for the town. After all, it was well-known that the guild and the administration didn’t get along well.
“I had a look around before coming here, and it seems to me like the residents of this town seem to be able to lead their lives without many problems…”
The skewer stall from earlier, as well as all the weapon shops, armour shops, magic tool shops and the like had all looked like they were prospering.
“That’s because adventurers don’t really save money. It’s a lifestyle where you never know when you might die, so when they get paid for a commission, they’re more than happy to spend it all in the town… They’re always stirring up trouble at the bars, making the guards rush over.”
“First of all, we’ll have to make this town normal. I’ll be here until tomorrow, so first, let’s go talk to the adventurers guild. Now that I’m the new lord, it’s necessary to go greet them.”
“Then I will send them a messenger to come to the lord’s residence for a meeting tomorrow. Will you be staying here overnight today?”
“No, it was a sudden visit, so I’m thinking of staying at an inn in the town today. I want to see the townscape a little more.”
Cain wanted to see a bit more of the town with his own eyes.
“Then, I will arrange for them to come to the lord’s residence after lunch tomorrow. We’ll have lunch ready for you here, so if you can be up before noon that would be appreciated.”
Eribe replied apologetically from beginning to end. Well, with a guild like that, it couldn’t really be helped, thought Cain.
“Ah, Cain-sama, you said you were going to stroll through the town, but if you enter the backstreets near the southern gate, you’ll find yourself in the slums, so please be careful. Or, if possible, make sure you don’t even go near there…”
The fact that the town had slums surprised Cain.
“Slums in a town with this few people…”
“Yes, it’s a gathering of mostly adventurers fallen on hard times or dead adventurers’ children and the like over there… I don’t really know the details either.”
“Understood, I’ll make sure to stay away from there. Well then, see you tomorrow.”
Cain replied to Eribe, left the lord’s residence, and started walking toward the west gate. Walking along, he peeked into various shops. It was still a little early for lunch, but Cain went into a restaurant that had a delicious smell coming from it.
“Yes! Welcome! Are you stopping by? Or is it a meal?”
The one who welcomed Cain was a little girl with cat ears who looked even younger than him.
She was wearing an apron on top of a dress, her tail swaying to and fro behind her. She looked about six or seven years old, with cat ears on the top of her head.
She looked at him with cute, round eyes.
“Let’s see, the food?”
“Understood. This way please.”
Guided by the cat-eared child, he sat down at the counter. The mouth-watering smells coming from the kitchen turned Cain’s attention that way.
“Is the daily special all right? Today it’s troll steak. The daily special is nine copper coins. If you want a drink too, then it’ll be one large copper coin total.”
“Yeah. That’s fine. Make the latter one a fruit juice.”
“Understood!”
The cat-eared girl ran towards the kitchen.
“Dad! One daily special!”
“Right!”
A father-like voice could be heard coming from the kitchen.
Cain thought about the town until the meal was ready.
“I’ll meet with the adventurers’ guild tomorrow, so that’s fine. Then, the slums I heard of earlier… Regarding the orphans, we’ll somehow make an orphanage. The rest of them are all adventurers, so we’re going to have to take the retired adventurers and put them into general employment, will we…”
Thinking about various things, the meal was brought out before he’d even noticed.
“Sorry for the wait!”
The cat-eared girl put the meal on a tray and brought it over to him.
“Thank you. Are you helping out here? Impressive.”
He took the tray with the food from the cat-eared girl.
“Yeah! Right now, my mom is resting because she’s sick, so I’m helping!”
“I see… You haven’t gone to a church?”
Cain asked the girl.
Immediately, the cat-eared girl tucked her ears in and pouted.
“Church… We wanted to take her, but we don’t have that kind of money…”
He knew that one could receive healing magic at the churches, but Cain had thought it was no problem, just a donation.
“Really… I can use healing magic, so let’s go cure her.”
“Eh!? Really!? I’ll go let dad know!”
The cat-eared girl ran off into the kitchen.
“Anyway, I think I’ll eat…”
He took a bite out of the food. The troll meat was very tasty, with just the right amount of fat. The dipping sauce was refreshing and went well with the meat. The soup served with it was also very tasty, soaked in the broth of the vegetables.
“Wow! It’s delicious!”
While he was eating, the cat-eared girl appeared, bringing with her a father-like person.
The father was also a cat beastman, seeming to be in his thirties. He looked mild-mannered, of medium height, and walked out into the hall with an apron on.
“The food here is delicious!”
Cain said frankly. The cat-eared father replied with a happy look on his face.
“Hearing you say that, as the person in charge of cooking, I really appreciate it. But still, my daughter tells me that you can use healing magic… I can’t thank you enough, but please, could you help us out.”
“Understood. I’ll go do it once I’ve finished eating.”
“Thank you very much.”
The cat-eared father desperately bowed his head and thanked Cain.
After having finished and paid for the meal, Cain was guided to the living space in the back of the shop.
“But still, is being healed in the church really that expensive?”
Cain didn’t know, so he asked the cat-eared father.
“In the church in this town, one [Heal] costs one large silver coin. A [High Heal] costs one gold coin.”
The fact that in Japanese money, that would be 100,000 Yen (~950$) for a single [Heal], and 1,000,000 Yen (~9500$) for a [High Heal] surprised Cain.
“That’s expensive!!!! They don’t charge that much even in the royal capital. That’s really suspicious…”
He was guided to a room where a mother-like person was sleeping in a bed. She was also a cat beastman, but her complexion didn’t seem that good. It seemed that she had been lying in bed sick for a long time, so she was also quite thin. The cat-eared girl took her mother’s hand out from under the covers and held it tightly.
“She’s my wife, Himika. Thank you for helping us.”
The cat-eared father made an apologetic face.
Sitting down next to the sleeping mother, Cain held out his hand over her.
[High Heal]
At that moment, the sleeping mother was shrouded in white light.
