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 .