Chapter 253

MILE CHAPTER 253: FRONTIER CITY 3

About the sunset of that day after entering the forest .

We have moved a lot today with two average breaks, and several small breaks .

Lunch is time-consuming that’s why we ate in the morning before departing .

Since we are pretty far to the border, there is rarely any monster here .

We advanced without doing anything so far .

From the calculation, we will meet the monster chased by the neighboring country tomorrow .

There are no monsters or animal dare to attack this group of soldiers and hunters with this number .

Monsters or beasts, they aren’t stupid enough to do that .

And it’s time for camping today .

Read work will start from tomorrow .

『 There’s no need to hurry .

We’d better deal with monsters tomorrow .

For now, we should set up our camp while it’s still bright』(Captain)

It was as the captain said .

Even though we are already pretty deep in the forest, however, we won’t meet any chased monsters any time soon .

And the time isn’t good .

From the time of fighting, the topography of the surrounding and the condition of everyone are really important . It will get dark soon, and it’s hard to move or fight in the dark .

『Everyone! Stop!

We will camp here tonight!』(1st NCO)

The 1st squad NCO shouted back and forth and everyone gathered .

Shouting out loud like this normally isn’t recommended because the animals and monsters will notice us .

But it’s okay with this number of people .

Be it monster or beast, they aren’t stupid enough to head over to a group of more than 50 people .

Besides, if we start preparing for meals, the smell will spread to the surrounding .

And until now, there was no way to conceal the smell when cooking .

Even though he said we will camp, there’s no way to bring a tent or the like to enter the deep part of the forest with a group of only battle personnel .

Everyone just cut the grass, cleared the ground, put a cloak or the mantle on that place and laid down .

They only carried the basic requirement of dried food and hoped it will be enough for 4-5 days expedition .

All the soldiers secured the places and started to mow the grass respectively .

Some place of the surroundings are pretty clear, but it’s still a poor sleeping place .

And when the hunters started preparing for their sleeping place .

The soldiers and the two Hunter parties stopped moving .

And the silence is spreading .

『『『『『『…………『『『』(55 people – Red Oath)

『This… what is this?』(Captain)

Because his men and the hunters became quiet, the captain came to look at the situation .

He was surprised by what he saw and asked Maevis .

『Eh? Can’t you see? It’s just an average tent』(Maevis)

(T . N: It might sound weird but I want to use the joke here)

Because Maevis didn’t know what the captain was surprised at, she opened the entrance part and show the inside to him .

And inside the tent, there are 4 beds, a simple table, 4 chairs, a small chest with everyone changing clothes .

The beds aren’t some luxury lady canopy beds but at least they are still average cot beds .

『But it wasn’t there a moment ago…』(Captain)

『Ah, yes .

It’s troublesome to disassemble and assemble every time, so, we always keep it this way…』(Maevis)

『『『『『Impossible~eeee (Son’nabakana)!』』』』』(55 people – Red Oath)

Loud voices rose all at once from the surroundings .

It’s the voice raised by the soldiers and hunters .

And naturally, it also contained the voice of the Captain .

『You have storage magic?

But doesn’t the capacity of the storage change correlation to the weight and volume of the stored item?』(Captain)

There are only a few storage magic users .

However, storage magic depends on aptitude, you can’t simply use it even if you grow up or train hard for it .

So, if a magician was blessed with an aptitude for storage magic, he could use it regardless of his age .

It’s strange for a storage magic user to do low-earning base jobs such as hunters when countless aristocrats and merchants are seeking for them .

But that is the individual’s freedom .

However…

『 If you didn’t waste your capacity by folding the tent, you can put more things in!』(Captain)

The surrounding soldiers were also disheartened in the cry of the captain .

If they know the girls have such large capacity storage magic, as long as the girls don’t waste that capacity, they can store a lot of necessary things…

Yes . Like blankets, meat and vegetables, etc .

Water as well .

Even though there are magicians accompanied .

But they must save the magical power to fight monsters .

They can’t afford to create so much water .

Other than the minimum amount for drinking and cooking .

As he thought so, the captain couldn’t help but be agony .

They understood that【Red Oath】 wasn’t at fault .

Although they understood it well, they have missed the opportunity to improve their eating and drinking .

『Eh? But we have everything』(Mile)

『Huh?』(Captain)

When Mile replied so, the captain was dumbfounded with his mouth wide opened .

『No, as I said . We still have a lot of other things stored…』(Mile)

As Mile said that, she took out cooktops, oven, cookware, meat and vegetables etc from storage one after another .

『Heave-ho!』(Mile)

Don (SFX)

And at the end, she brought out a big water tank .

Pauline called out to everyone, who was stunned after watching it .

『Water: 5 copper coins per cup

Bread: 5 coppers per piece .

Meat vegetable simmered soup: 5 small silver coins per cup!』(Pauline)

If the attitude of the soldiers was bad, Pauline would only sell it to the hunters .

Or raising the price with the soldiers .

But it’s different to their expectation, the soldiers are all good people .

So she only sells it at an average price .

5 copper coins are about 50 yen (about 50 cents), 5 small silver coins are about 500 yen (5 bucks)

Even at the cafeteria of the city, it will cost the same .

『……Are you serious……?』(Captain)

The captain said so in doubt .

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And after dozens of minutes .

Before the tent of 【Red Oath】 where the furnace was set up, it was crowded with many soldiers .

From the time of cooking, there were already many visitors .

Rena cast water magic to fill the big pot and gently put in the fireball to boil it in an instant .

Maevis cut deadwood to firewood in an instant with her sword .

And again, Rena ignited it with fire magic .

After that, Mile put in the fresh ingredients and seasoning taken out of the storage .

Because Mile used a lot of spices and so on, there’s no choice but to sell it with 5 small silver coins .

We can’t sell it cheaper than the city .

『『『『『…………』』』』』(55 people – Red Oath)

And then Pauline suddenly noticed, the soldiers and hunters, everyone was staring at her .

Because Mile, Rena, and Maevis have shown their skill in different fields .

Pauline should have some special skill as well .

Although Pauline thought so, there wasn’t any role for her to join in the cooking anymore .

However, not contributing anything to the party’s earnings isn’t good .

After considering *Mumumu* for a while, what Paulin came up with is…

『Healing magic service .

One time 5 small silver coins!

Wounds and cut got by grass, wood while moving,

Foot pain, injury from training, etc .

I will heal everything!』(Pauline)

It’s stupid .

There are Healing magic services in the city .

But the price is even higher the hospital treatment because it is running by the retired ex-hunter healer magician .

Due to the limited amount of magical power, so it is natural that the healer can’t heal many people every day .

And for outdoors, the remaining magical power is a lifeline for magicians .

There was no magician who would want to waste their magical power in a normal situation . Except for fatal injuries, they must be healed as soon as possible to save the hunter’s life .

The healer is quite rare .

And of course, in the regional army troops, they can’t afford to have a healer in each platoon .

The soldiers could only leave their wounds to natural healing even after returning to the city .

『『『『『…Seriously!?』』』』』(55 people – Red Oath)

The Soldiers rushed to Pauline .

Hunters were behind schedule but they also looked at it .

In addition to her original talent, Pauline has learned about human anatomy and the efficient ways of using magic with very little magical power consumption from Mile .

Besides, after this Pauline will eat and sleep, so it’s no problem with using some magical power .

51 people of this group aside,【Red Oath】, especially Mile, is also here . There’s no way anything bad can happen .

This forest isn’t a secret unexplored area like the ruins .

The soldiers and hunters go on an expedition .

In other words, they only enter the deep part of the forest and return, there’s no chance to spend money .

Many people didn’t bring their drawstring bag this time .

But there are people, who are not willing to leave money in the chest of the dormitories .

Many soldiers began to borrow money from the senior officials or the soldiers who bring money .

There was no one stupid enough to miss the opportunity to get a decent meal or get healed for a little money here .

While Pauline is healing the soldiers, Mile finished cooking the meat-vegetable soup .

And the soldiers and hunters were able to get【a decent meal, which normally impossible without transportation personnel or carriage】