NABC Volume 1 - Ch 4.02
Volume 1 - Ch 4.02
What kind of jobs are there, exactly?
There are various kinds differing with specifics and difficulty level. Are you interested in anything in particular?
Not really, so if you could please start reading from the beginning
Well then, first we have the services offered by the Knights of the Marquis of Negliva for those of 70 years of age or above, more details will be given when the candidates arrive in the Knights headquarters. I believe that is one of the requests that are a part of the kingdoms elderly assistance initiative.
So they have one of those here, even though this is clearly a medieval setting? Okay I guess. All that I care about is that there is nothing about recruiting potential Party members. Besides, I wouldnt want my companions to be a group of old geezers who are one foot in the grave already.
Next one please?
Goods carrying quest, commissioned by one of the warriors in service of Viscount Kustov. That is all.
Hmm
I repeatedly looked over the upper and lower pieces of paper sprawled on the table. All of them probably relate to the same kind of quest, that is transportation or escorting jobs, because their characters in the headers that apparently represented them were repeating across all the posters, or at least that was my guess from observing the movements of the guild ladys hand as she moved her slender fingers from words to word, explaining their meaning to me. I think I have a firm grasp of those two now, but the rest of the symbols were still a complete mystery to me.
As I was lost in my own thoughts, about six minutes have passed.
Im afraid the time is up. What do you want to do, sir? Shall I continue or do you want me to stop?
Since the Labyrinth is still brand-new, there might be a possibility of more people like me showing up, and once they do, it will be like an open hunting season, so I hope he still has some vacant rooms left. Please let that be the case!
Thats right. That is my intention.
Hmpf, thought so. You look exactly like them adventurous folks who come to the big cities from the countryside to see what the world outside of their stuffy little villages has to offer and try to make a name for themselves. So what kind of room do you want then? A single? Or double? Or perhaps a shared quarter?
For now single room will be enough.
A shared quarter? Whats that? Is it similar to those Japanese Edo period-styled hot-spring inns where you can have as much as six people sleeping together in the same room? And here I thought that medieval worlds in games were based exclusively on European middle ages where something like that wasnt as common. What a nice cultural addition. Regrettably, I have to turn that option down, for security reasons. I have too many valuable items on me to risk them getting stolen. That is why I cannot allow myself to share a room with other guests.
What about the furnishings? You want something thats a bit more on the fancier side?
Just your standard lodging will be fine. I dont mind if its furnishings are a little old.
What about the meals? Of course I cant force you to eat here exclusively, but if you choose to have your meals together with the room, then I could offer you a discount, as per the policy of the Innkeepers Guild. And just between you and me, dining in this city can get pretty darn expensive, going as high as 100 Nar per meal, and since you came here for lodging then I guess youre not exactly sleeping on the moneybags, right? Then again, if you were really strapped for cash, you would have chosen something even cheaper.
So I have been branded as either a poor or stingy type of guy. But putting that matter aside, the Innkeeper makes a pretty solid point. What should I do about the meals Im going to eat? I know that since I came here from the 21stcentury Japan Im probably going to be heavily biased towards the food from this world, but what I had so far wasnt exactly what I would call terrible, so I think that given enough time I might be able to adjust my palette to it, even if it is many tiers below what I have been used to for my entire life.
Fine then, hit me up with the meals as well.
If what this guy says turns out to be true, then finding a decent food place with affordable prices might be quite an ordeal. Thats why having food waiting for me here at discounted prices might not be such a bad deal.