Volume 2: Chapter 13 - Beginning of Communal Living
The next morning, I met up with Yoshie-san at the Guild and headed straight to my new home with her.
「Riding the bus like this feels like being in Japan」
The three main means of transportation in the city are walking, bicycles, and using a bus.
Buses are route buses that run regularly on a fixed route and are powered by magic stones.
Being able to build a bus means you can also build a car or a motorcycle, but private ownership of such things is not allowed.
Only a small number of guild officials and supporters were allowed to use them publicly.
Bicycles can be privately owned, but they are quite expensive because there are no facilities to mass produce them.
So many people traveled by bus and on foot.
「Did you often use the bus, Yoshie-san?」
「Yes, I did. In the past, everyone used to drive their own cars, but now many community buses are running around.」
When I asked Yoshie-san, she told me that she lived in a fairly rural area.
Apparently, even in rural areas, they are working hard to increase the number of public transportation systems.
When I went back to my parent's house after a long time, I was surprised to see buses that I had never seen before.
「Oh, we'll get off at the next stop.」
After getting off at the stop we wanted, we headed home on foot.
It took about 10 minutes, but Yoshie-san didn't seem to be having a hard time.
「It is a magnificent house, isn't it?」
Yoshie-san had visited the house yesterday, but she was impressed to see it again.
The large yard, surrounded by a fence, was covered with grass.
It is dungeon grass, which is easy to maintain because weeds do not grow.
The lawn itself grows and needs to be mowed periodically, but that can be done by magic in a matter of minutes.
「So this is a field」
Yoshie-san's eyes narrowed as she looked at the small vegetable garden space, about one acre in size.
The soil had already been tilled and laid down.
It is also weed-free and free of pests, so it should be easy to do something with it.
「Shall we go into the house then?」
「Sure」
When I opened the door and entered the entranceway, I found Sera waiting for us in jersey.
If it was just the two of us in the same room, I could have left her in her robe, but I thought it would not be appropriate for her to wear it in public, even though she was my roommate, so I bought it for her to wear regularly.
Apparently, she liked the jersey.
「Yahoo~. Welcome home, Master. Also, welcome~, Granny」
Sera greeted Yoshie-san in her usual manner, and Yoshie-san's eyes flashed.
「Errr, let me introduce you. This is my friend, Sera.」
「Uhm, Sera-san, it's pleasure nice to meet you.」
「Sera, this is Yoshie-san.」
「Yes~, nice to meet you~. Also, please call Sera, Sera, okay? Can Sera call you Yoshi~?」
「Huh? Eh? Um, Yoshi?」
At Sera's words, Yoshie-san looks at me and her alternately as if confused.
「Um, well.. ...... You may call Sera by her name. I also wondered if I also could call Yoshie-san Yoshi?」
I mean, Sera's going to call Yoshie-san by her nickname from the beginning, right?
「Ahh, so it's like that......」
Nodding several times, Yoshie-san smiled at Sera.
「You can call me whatever you want, you know. Also, since it's hard to call you by your nickname, is it okay if I call you Sera-chan?」
「Hmmm~... ...... Sure~...」
After introducing themselves, I showed Yoshie-san to her room.
This was decided after listening to her wishes during the preliminary inspection.
「Fufu, I'm so grateful that there are tatami mats in the room」
She requested a six-tatami room with tatami mats.
「Come to think of it, what about the futon we ordered yesterday?」
Yesterday, after we decided on a place to stay, I ordered bedding and the bare minimum of furniture so that I could sleep in the room at any time, and ordered delivery.
「I think it should be here soon, but......」
――Knock, knock
Just then, there was a knock on the front door.
「Ah, I'm going out for a moment, so please wait here, Yoshie-san.」
「Okay.」
I left Yoshie-san's room and headed for the entrance, and Sera followed me.
「Delivery! Here's your luggage!」
It was a young man's voice.
I turned around and looked at Sera.
「What is it~?」
Sera, who tilts her head, is cute, after all.
I didn't want the young man to know that she was living here.
It would be pointless if he thinks something bad about her. (?)
「I'm sorry, Sera, but would you mind going into one of the rooms?」
「Why~?」
「I don't want too many people to know you're here.」
「Got it~. I'll just disappear, then~」
As soon as she finished, Sera disappeared as if she was melting into the air.
「......I didn't know you could do that.」
Admiring Sera's new abilities, I opened the front door, invited the courier in, and led him first to Yoshie-san's room.
「Let's see, for now, a set of futons is fine in this room, right?」
「It would be very helpful if you could put them in the closet.」
「A closet, yes, OK.」
The courier opened the closet door, took out a set of futons from his shoulder bag, and put them in a single motion.
「It's strange that a futon can come out of such a small bag」
「......Right」
It's a very rare 【Shoulder Bag】 to be able to take something larger than the mouth of the bag in and out.
I knew it existed, and it's a common setting in novels, but it's mindblowing when I actually see it.
「Where do you want to put the bed?」
「Let's see, on the second floor, please.」
Then I asked the courier to arrange the furniture in various places.
「Thanks for your purchase~!」
After all the stuff had been carried out, the young man straddled his bicycle and left.
High-rarity bags and bicycles make up the logistics of this city.
「He was a nice guy, wasn't he?」
「Agree.」
As Yoshie-san said, the delivery young man was quite a nice young man, but I have no regrets or guilt for being wary of him.
A beautiful woman can tilt a castle or a country, and it would be easy to distort the ethics of a nice young man.
「I'll go get Sera, please wait in the living room.」
Leave Yoshie-san in the living room and go upstairs to the bedroom.
「Sera, that's enough.」
「Oka~ayy」
After the reply, Sera appeared out of thin air.
I newly found out that the effect of appearing with light and flapping her wings is only for when she is summoned, and that she can appear and disappear anywhere she likes within the same base.
I confided the details of Sera's situation to Yoshie-san only after we had gained a little more trust in each other.
「Thanks for waiting.」
Then, I explained the rules of living in this house.
The rules were that Yoshie-san would take care of all the housework, I would take care of the money, and we would not interfere too much in each other's lives.
If there are any problems after we start living together, we can discuss and add rules accordingly.
「For now, I have deposited some money in an account for the party, so please use the money for food and supplies.」
The guild also functions like a bank, where money can be deposited.
And apart from personal accounts, you can also open an account in the name of your party or clan.
「With this tag, you could make payments, right?」
Since the identity authentication is all done by the Explorers tag - or Supporters tag - so party members can freely withdraw money from the account in the party's name and use the tag for Cashless payment is also possible.
「I'll also leave some cash on deposit, just in case, so you can spend it as you please.」
Saying that I put 【Pouch N】 filled with gold, silver, and copper coins on the table.
There are about 500,000 Auro in it.
「So many ...... Are you really sure to entrust this to me?」
「I have plenty of money, so please don't worry about it. Please don't hesitate to tell me if it's not enough.」
When you use party assets, keep a ledger so that you can see what you spent it on later.
In addition to that, I will transfer some money to my personal account every month, which I can use freely.
「Oh, and here.」
With that, I took out a round ball from my inventory.
「What's this?」
「It's a skill orb.」
「I suppose that means I can learn a new skill, right?」
「Also, it's a skill upgrade」
「Up ......what it is......?」
「Would you understand it if I told you that it's a rank-up skill that you have already learned?」
「Yeah, if that's the case, somehow.」
Yoshie-san looked at the skill orb, tilting her head with an anxious expression as if she didn't quite understand it yet.
「I think it would be quicker if you actually use it. This is a skill orb for <Physical Ability Enhancement NP>」
「Physical Ability ...... that means ......!?」
Yes, it is a skill orb required to upgrade Yoshie-san's innate skill <Physical Ability Enhancement N>.
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