Chapter 160

Touring the Imperial Capital 1

On the second day since Haku-san’s villa was connected with the gate, I decided to take a tour through the capital .

The first candidate for being our dungeon is [Inside the Imperial Capital] .

If I had to have a reason why, I’d say there were a few, but the number one reason was that if it was still our dungeon after the Dungeon Battle, we’d be able to go to the imperial capital immediately through [Deployment] .

Eh? A reason why that’s an advantage for Dungeon Battle? Maybe I could call some local adventurers over on the day of the Dungeon Battle to defend it . It’s not something we couldn’t do at another place though .

And now we’ve went in a circle, but well, to be blunt, there’s nothing else to do here . Ah, that’s my official reason at least .

The real reason is that I wanted to take a look around .

Haku-san’s base, the mecca of adventurers, the imperial capital . Developed as the capital of a large country, there are a lot of people .

Even the street I’m going down right now is within the range of the dungeon, and there’s so many people in sight… not only are there a ton of people here, all of them are the sources that produce Haku-san’s DP .

There aren’t any disadvantages to it for simple sightseeing or like with the final evolution of our village . My aspirations aren’t this high though .

“There’s so many people, Haku Ane-sama! This is the first time I’ve seen so many humans . ”

“Fufufu, this is a daily thing . ”

Incidentally, Haku-san is accompanying us for the preliminary inspection .

However, it would’ve been a pretty big issue if she just walked around, so she’s walking around in her DP-saving form… her loli mode .

Rokuko wasn’t the only one to have a variable age feature . She looks like the just-barely-older sister to the loli Rokuko . Something like a mature young girl .

Since Haku-san (small) was like that and was still being called [Ane-sama], Rokuko was obviously in her small form as well .

Ah, Meat’s with us too .

… Let’s name this formation the Loli Triangle . Well, it’s not like I’m actually going to name it though .

“… Ah, Kehma-san—Onii-chan… should I call you that?”

“No, please continue as you always have . ”

“Hmm . Well then, is there some place you want to go? There are no places in the capital that I don’t know about . ”

Looking over her shoulders while leading the way, Haku-san spoke with an innocent-looking smile .

The emphasis feels a bit different coming from the person who controls this capital both in name and in reality .

“Let’s see, I’d like to check out a few shops, as well as the adventurer guild… right, I’d like to take a look at an underground arena too . ”

“Oh? An underground arena… fufu, that is something for night . Well, shall I guide you to the commercial district first?”

*

Haku-san lead us to the commercial area . There were shops selling vegetables, fruit, clothes, as well as shops selling clothes and decorations . There were even butchers and fish dealers . Which reminds me, this place is pretty close to the sea . It’s even more prosperous than Sia .

I didn’t see any shops that sold weapons or armor . Maybe they’re sold in another district?

“This is the main street of the commercial district . There are some ornamental-type armor sold here, but arms are mostly sold on the adventurer street . This place also sells convenient magic tools for things like illumination . ”

Looks like that’s how it is . Haku-san immediately took hold of Rokuko and brought her into the clothes shop . It looks like a shop mainly for high spec stuff, like for royal purveyance, and also appears to know about her incognito loli mode . Maybe it’d better if I said it’s a shop for when she wants to drop in incognito?

… She’s definitely shopping . I’ll follow them in for now .

“There are a lot of designs, like ones brought by heroes as ones coming from clothing-type items from the dungeon . Like this bunny outfit, or this white angel outfit . ”

“Aren’t those just a bunny suit and a nurse outfit…? Those past heroes…”

There was also a policewoman outfit, a maid outfit, and a school swimsuit . It looks like they somehow made them with this world’s materials, but they’re reproduced very nicely . There are even male-use outfits here too, I can feel a deep sense of commitment in them… One of the past heroes was probably a cosplayer .

“The price… yep, ten gold . As expected, clothes are expensive…”

“This is an ultra high class shop after all . Now, Rokuko-chan, shall we change?”

“Y-yes!”

She said that, but one of the things in Haku-san’s hands was the bunny suit from before . There was even a bikini armor . Are you sure about that, Rokuko?

“Meat—err, Kuro, is there anything you want?”

“Ummm… I-I want to look at the clothes over there . ”

Saying that, Meat pointed at the undergarment corner .

… This is such a high difficulty level .

Rokuko was changed into various different outfits, but she ended up in a safe dress .

By the way, it was cheaper to buy things with DP and they’d even have a good quality, so I didn’t buy anything, but Haku-san bought a lot . On her tab .

She’d even expressly had the castle pick up the tab, so it looks like gives this shop preferential treatment . That is, people nearby would know that the shop deals with the castle . So there’s something like that huh, troublesome .

“It’s the obligation of those who stand at the top to disperse money into the economy . Ah, I’ll give this to Rokuko-chan as a present after the Dungeon Battle finishes . ”

“Yes! Thank you so much, Haku Ane-sama!”

The clothing they bought was great, but is temporary clothing alright?

“How about we go to the magic tool shop next?”

*

There were various tools placed here and there in the magic tool shop .

There were magic tools that emitted fire, that gave water, as well as those that shed light . They look like they’re pretty popular and sell well . I’m told they’re also sold in the adventurer street’s shops .

There’s an instrument magic tool that looks like a keyboard harmonica as well as a magic tool meant for cooking that peels of potato skins . I don’t see why it needs to be a magic tool, but there’s a fountain pen magic tool… huh? It automatically refills its ink? So it doesn’t run out of ink huh? Heeeh, that’s amazing .

In particular, I was surprised that magic tools like ones that could manufacture paper were being sold to the general public .

“This [Papermaker-kun] is a magic tool that a previous hero invented . When you put fine bits of wood into it and turn it on, it turns it into paper . This [Permanent Fountain Pen-kun] is bought by a lot of merchants together with it . ”

It looks like [XX-kun] is the series naming convention for magic tools made by heroes . Taking a closer look, there are a lot of magic tools with [XX-kun] names .

“I do think that something that makes paper is an important tool, but is it alright to just sell it?”

“There’s no helping it as it was the inventor’s wishes . It can only be repaired in the imperial capital if it is broken though . ”

By the way, I’m told that it’s only able to make a single sheet of A3-sized paper every few hours, with the purchases being recorded in a name register for maintenance and after-sales services .

While I was taking a look at those sorts of production-type magic tools, Rokuko came over holding a pan in her hand .

“Kehma, isn’t this [No Wood Pan] amazing? It gets hot automatically!”

“Like a hot plate? Can you adjust the temperature?”

“It doesn’t look like you can . ”

“Oh, [Heating Pan-kun] can adjust its temperature and doesn’t need wood either . Low, medium, and hot… it’s a popular item for both adventurers and cooks . ”

The one that couldn’t adjust its temperature was five silver coins, while the one that could was five gold . For just being able to change the temperature to give this much difference…

“Right . The same with [Papermaker-kun], they can only be made by the [Hero Studio]… Besides, the cheap ones are fragile . ”

So they’re like brand name goods huh .

And if they’re too cheap they might even ignite inside your satchel… basically, by making inferior goods from a no-name brand, they make it seem like the better choice to pay for the brand’s name by raising its relative value .

It’s something you could appeal to sue shops with in Japan, but it looks like all of the goods other than the brand name ones in this city are non-warranty junk items that you have to be responsible for yourself . They’re doing quite well .

Ah . Were they made by Haku-san?