CH 7

Hi, good morning.

Second morning of my life in another world.

I'm currently having a picnic, I mean no, going out on a herb gathering activity in the plain north of the town, led by Alma.

I'm just scooping out all the herbs I could find by relying on menu.

...It's so somber.

By the way, Alma just kept swinging her sword after guiding me here. She's so studious.

Huh, is her sword shining sometimes or am I just imagining it?

After digging out about 60 herbs, Alma stopped me.

Hiruka grass gets weaker and regrow slower when they're over harvested so you gotta be careful not to gather too many.

To begin with, it should have been a hard task to precisely only gather Hiruka grass when so many other grass resembling it growing all around. Even veterans dig up the wrong ones at times.

She hurriedly stopped me once she realized I could pinpoint the real ones and dug them out by dozens. My bad.

We had a break for lunch. Soft boiled egg sandwich and grilled ginger sandwich.

Ginger again you ask, please never mind that. I can only do so much with what I have and know.

I prepared some for Alma as well since she seemed to like my cooking yesterday and she looked interested when I was making the sandwich.

As we ate together, I offered to cook for her from now on if she's willing to pay for the ingredient cost.

'Are you sure, I would love to', she replied.

It's partly a way to pay Alma back but I'm also thinking of using this chance to ask her help me learn common sense and how to live in this world.

It's like training her by feeding her... Man I'm the worst.

But I told her to forget about me and go on her day as usual if I trouble her. Working and profiting together is the ideal form of this relationship, I don't want to drag her down.

Afterward, we went back to the guild and delivered the Hiruka grass.

"E-err, this includes Alma-san's share, right?"

"No. That's all Hikaru's."

"T-this many, by himself? Wait, wait are you saying I have to appraise all this by myself~?"

"You can do it."

"N-nooo~."

The receptionist lady begins appraising the grass one by one. Will her MP be all right?

<<Appraisal Lv1 Ability: Displaying appraisal attributes does not consume MP. However it will only show basic information and slightly tire the user.>>

...Will she last appraising that many in one go?

It's like getting an unreasonable delivery date during hectic period of your work. Kinda feel bad for her.

After a while, the receptionist lady announced the result, while looking like she was about to die.

"S-sixty two Hiruka grass totaling at 6200 en..."

"Thank you. Ah, also may I have another herb gathering quest card?"

"A-again? Please give me a break~..."

She gave me the card despite her tearful face... I'd take it down a notch next time.

"Ah, also, your Guild Member card is ready, here it is~."

"Member card? Is that something like an ID?"

"Yes, that's right. It can also be used to identify your adventurer rank~."

"May I ask about this rank thing?"