Chapter 25
CHAPTER 25 – ARRIVAL AT THE TOWN OF RAUTEL
It was so troublesome entering the town of Rautel .
Rather than because Fer was around, it was because there was a very long line of people entering the town .
And lining up there, screams were raised as well .
It was so troublesome explaining to everyone around,「He’s my familiar, so it’s alright」 .
And getting near the gate, there was also a problem, the soldiers wearing full plate armors near the gate stopped us while pointing their spears .
「Stop!!」
「Fer, please stop」
When Fer stopped, the soldier holding a spear approached .
「Is it a familiar?」
「Yes . He’s my familiar . Please check my adventurer’s guild guild card」
I showed my guild card to the soldier .
「It’s true, it’s really a familiar . Is that a Great Wolf?」
「Yes」
「That’s amazing of you, making a familiar of an A-Rank monster」
「Yes . I believe that I was very lucky」
「On top of having a familiars contract, he’s carrying you as well so I think that it is alright, but in the case where anything happens, it will be your crime as the owner of the familiar . In the case where casualties appear inside the town, there will be cases where you would be punished to death or turned into a slave according to the scale . Be careful on using your familiar」
「I understood」
Fuu〜, although I was given warning, he let me enter so easily .
But, punished to death and turned to slave…………that’s too scary .
I mean, there’s really slaves huh .
There’s no human rights in this different world huh . This world, it’s so scary .
First, I need to get an inn .
Ah, it might be faster just to ask the soldier in the gate .
When I asked the soldier about an inn where familiars could also stay, he suggested「Elmira’s Inn」in the third corner after passing through the gate .
I went to the inn the soldier told me .
The town of Rautel, as expected of being second to the royal capital, there were many people .
There are not a lot of them, but I could see beastmen that has cat ears and tails here and there .
But most of them are wearing collars, so they might be slaves .
Although some people see me and Fer walking together and get stunned, they did not make commotions .
I could hear「A familiar huh……」whispers, so there might be many adventurers who bring familiars with them in this size of towns .
When I reached Elmira’s Inn, the lodging fee was 8 silver coins including the familiar .
I let Fer stand by on the beast house, and went to the bookstore I asked in the inn .
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When I entered the bookstore, there were old looking books filled inside .
I searched around the store looking for something like a map, but I didn’t find something like that .
Instead, I found an interesting looking book .
It’s called『A Magic Introductory Book for Dummies』 . (『誰にでもわかる魔法の入門書』)
This, I want this .
Right now, I’m able to use Fire Magic/Fire Ball somehow, but learning other magic spells would be equal to the increase of my own protection too .
I heard that books are expensive, but how much would it cost normally?
「Excuse me, how much is this book?」
The store owner took a glance towards me, and said「It’s 7 gold coins」 .
Uwwa, it’s so expensive!
Even this costs 7 gold coins, this, I’ll refrain .
I heard that there’s a library in this town as well, so let’s look at books about magic there .
The thing that I want which is the map, that at least, I should buy it even if it’s expensive .
When I asked if they have some map here, the store owner said「There’s no way that a common bookstore has something like a map」 .
According to him, only those in a high position like the military authorities in the royal castle would have something like a map .
Ah〜, I see, maps would be a class of military secrets huh .
Well, of course I can’t get them in my hands .
While I return to the inn, I thought of what should I do about the map .
It’s not like I want a very detailed map though .
I just want a world map that roughly shows this country is around here, there’s this kind of country in the north, and there’s this country in the south, something like that .
The state affairs for each country, I should be able to know about them by listening to adventurers in pubs where adventurers seem to gather .
Ah, I might be able to hear about the neighboring countries from the adventurers .
Adventurers, from how their jobs are, they would visit many countries after all .
If that is so……would there be an old map in the library?
I don’t mind even if it’s an old map, as long as it roughly shows this continent’s shape, and if I write the countries there with the stories I hear from the adventurers as a base, I think that I would be able to make a decent map .
Yosh, let’s do it like that .
I should go to the library tomorrow and find some old map .
Ah, I also want to look at books about magic .