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This is the
wanted to play TRPG Yukkuri demasu...
It’s been
almost 1 week.... so sorry for the delay.... I had so much thing happen in real
life lately... Give me a break please, real life...th
Even so,
Enjoy Kazura
and co. journey in the city.
As usual,
this is not a literal Japanese translation; since if I do that, everyone will
scream Engrish, as my English language skill is an abomination of unspeakable
horror....
The Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
The Editor:
NaoSou
Chapter 18:
Metropolis and Country Bumpkin
The party
spent a night in the resting lodge and, the next day, everyone got up in the
early morning. After eating the heavy breakfast of Almar meat Yakiniku
(seasoned with salt that Kazura brought), they departed from the lodge.
The sky was
still dim, so the highway that passed through the center of the forest was
still dark like in the night.
Except
Kazura, his fellow travelers sometimes picked up edible mushrooms and had a
good sight inside the forest. However, even if Kazura had eyesight of 1.5, his could
see only to the extent of what is underneath his feet.
Even so, he
walked closely to Valetta and moved forward carefully. His eyes gradually become
accustomed to the dark while walking, so he could barely see his surrounding after
awhile.
He actually
wanted to use the lantern that he had brought with him, but in the worst case
he could met with people from Isteria, so he couldn’t use it carelessly.
Although he
had taken pains to bring it, he couldn’t use it, so it just mere excess
baggage.
「To be able
to see in this darkness, everyone’s eyes are really good. I can only barely see
the surroundings.」
Kazura
started to converse with Valetta who strangely became puzzled.
「Is that
right? But I think that it is normal....... Ah, but Lodurr-san had a really
good pair of eyes.」
Last night, at the
Almar hunting event, Kazura had vaguely reached a conjecture: This world’s
inhabitants had really good eyesight.
Kazura though that because
there only sufficient light for them to barely able to see their surrounding
for a long time, if their daily life closely follow the rise and set of the sun
since their birth, then someone could obtained hyperacuity like them.
The eyesight of Lodurr
was a special case, since he was a hunter.
「Ah, that’s true. The Almar that was inside the pitch
dark forest last night, was killed with a single arrow from him. And yet, even
if the animal had black fur, he still could be able to see it.」
「That’s true, right? To be able to see a black Almar in
the night is something that I couldn’t do.」
Such was the
conversation with Valetta while they kept advancing in the forest highway.
And so, the sky became
brighter while they were walking, the inside of bleak forest was speared by the
sunrays.
En route, they had several
breaks, and so they walked for 5 hours inside the forest.
When the surrounding
became brighter, Kazura’s group had reached the forest exit.
「Eh? Is it perhaps, we had arrived at Isteria?」
Seeing the scenery that
spread out in front of his eyes, Kazura began to ask Valetta who was beside
him.
After exiting the
forest what greeted him was a view of fields that stretched as far as eyes
could see, here and there were private houses that dotted the landscape.
「No, this place is the grain producing area that
surrounds Isteria. The city itself was a bit further ahead from this place.」
「Grain producing area..... What a fitting term. I can’t
see the end of the fields.」
Kazura search for the
fields’ edge, but the fields seemed to continue forever, as it kept stretching
out beyond the horizon.
Though he could see
people taking care of the fields all around, the plants that grown in it were
of small height. Water was insufficient or the plants were sick, he could even
see some withered plants between them.
Although there is water
channel that had been dug beside the fields, the water that flowed in them was
dried-out now.
「Since this area is quite vast, not only there are
fields that surrounds Isteria but also villages and towns.」
「Humm, so there is a large scale food production... By
the way, how big is the population in Isteria?」
Hearing Kazura’s
question, Valetta put her hand in her mouth and thought for a while.
「Etto, I’m sure that some years back,
Father told me that there are about 200.000 people at there, but....」(Val)
「Valetta-san, there must be short of 300.000 people by
now.」(Lod)
「Hmm, 300.000 people huh?..... Eh? 300.000 people
reside in there?」(Kaz)
Lodurr supplemented Valetta’s
answer, Kazura unintentionally turn his head behind to him.
「Yes. 4 years ago immediately following the cease-fire,
the population of Isteria that was about 200.000 people were decreased, so the
Royal Family decreed that a thousand peasants from other Feudal Lords were to
be added to Nelson-sama’s fief population every year. If by chance the war
occurred again, Isteria as the territory that had the longest border with
Balveile[1]
will become a fierce battleground.[2]」(Lod)
「I see, so that’s why they gather people in here right?」
It appears that Isteria
City was a quite large metropolis.
Although when he asked Valetta
and Valin back in the village, he was told about the situations in the city and
what kind of shops in there, he forgot to ask the important size of the city.
Although the city was
bigger than what he had expected, he was happy for his miscalculation.
Although he was
bothered by the gathering of people for the war, the armistice treaty had 4
years remaining. It’s not a story that he will see in his current journey.
「Because we will arrive just a little further, let us
keep our pace for a bit.」
「Of course. Let’s keep at it! Auch....」
In this way, while
enduring the pain caused by the blister in his sole, Kazura cheerfully step
forward to reach the Isteria City, desperately.
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They had walked on the
highway that ran aside of the endless field.
With the view of the fields,
they took a break for a meal (after making sure that there are no people
nearby, they ate the canned food), and walked while taking short breaks in
between it. The party finally arrived in front of a giant gate of Isteria.
Although the sun
somewhat started to fall, there was still time before it completely sunk.
「Waa. This is all walls? They are surrounding the
entire city.」
In front of the Isteria
giant gate, Kazura took a look on the wall that extending out to both side and
became surprised.
The wall was made from
stone block had a height of 5 meters and was endlessly surrounding Isteria City
to defend it.
The gates had double
doors made from wood, and reinforced with bronze. It was massive.
Its height was about 4
meter.
In top of the wall,
every several hundred meters, were soldiers that guarding it with spear in
their hands. Sometimes they took a good look at the surroundings.
There were some parts
of the wall that were still incomplete, but he could see many people doing construction
work on it.
At the distant, he
could see that beside the wall, there also towers that being constructed, adhering
close to the wall. It was constructed with stone at the exterior while the interior
was wooden frameworks.
「Kazura-san, we will enter the City.」
Kazura and Myra was gazing
at the walls, the gate, and other things, with their mouth wide open. Both of
them were completely like a country bumpkin visiting a big city. Valetta called
out to them while holding back her laughter.
「Ah, yes.」
Kazura replied weakly
while he still admired the giant gate as he passed through it.
On the gate that they
passed were several guards, the party reported to the guards that they came
from Grisea Village to sell firewood and Arcadian Bug that they carried.
Valetta took out a parchment from her bag. It was a certificate that states
their place of origin as Grisea Village. She then displayed it to the guards.
It was not allowed to
carry weapon to the inside of the City, so the weapon that they had brought
with will be deposited with the garrison. In exchange they will receive a
wooden board as the deposit proof.
While doing this, she gave
several copper coins to the guards for the entrance fee, but it was only for
the entrance fee, since depositing weapons was free of charge.
「Uooooo, This is amazing! It is completely like a film
about Middle Ages....」
Kazura who just arrived
in the city, raised his voice in admiration when he saw the scenery.
First of all, different
from Grisea Village, there were a lot of buildings in here.
On the both sides of
the 7 meter width straight road, there were buildings from wood and stone
constructed at fixed interval. On the road there were a lot of people moving
back and forth.
Far away, a big
building with stone dome could be seen. There were also a lot of splendid two
or three stories buildings.
On the back of the gate
was a stationhouse for the garrison that was like a wooden hut. The soldiers
that came out from it seemed to relieve the soldiers that manning the wall, and
were climbing the stairs that attached to the wall.
「Will we immediately go to sell the firewood?」(Kaz)
Kazura want to take out
his secretly brought along digital camera to record the city and the guards,
but somehow, he suppressed this urge. He calmed his excitement and began to
talk with Valetta.
Meanwhile, the girl
beside him, Myra was still gaping with her mouth open as she saw the city
scenery.
「No. The sun soon will sets so we will go towards the
common lodgings[3].
We will sell the goods and buy nails at tomorrow.」(Val)
「Common lodgings...... Is it some sort of Inn?」
「Nn~ It’s a little different. There is no individual
room like the Inn, but it’s a facility that has large rooms where a large group
of people could stay in. It’s a public facility that is directly managed by the
city. The lodging fee is very cheap and there is also meal. But only evening
meal though.」
In brief, it’s a
facility resembling a larger form of resting lodge where they spent their last
night.
Perhaps, the people who
carried money to some extent will stay at an Inn, but the people who didn’t had
much money or wantd to save money will stay at public facilities like this.
「Also, since we will stay with a large group of people,
please be careful of thieves. There is a lot of stories about luggage being
stolen while sleeping. But since we will took turns to watch the luggage, I
think we will be all right.」
Listening to Valetta
about the common lodgings, the students of Isteria beginner class, Kazura and
Myra, replied together with 「Yes~」.
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After walking in the
city for 20 minutes, the party arrived at the common lodgings were they will
spend the night.
The common lodgings was
a one story building made from wood, had very high ceiling that seemed like an
elementary school gymnasium building.
There also an annex building
that separated from the lodgings at the inside, from the smell that drifted
from it, it seemed to be a kitchen.
At the entrance,
Valetta paid the lodging fee to the ossan[4] in the reception desk before going
inside. There were a lot of guest inside, sitting at the room as their please.
「Woah, there a lot of people congested in here.」
「If we arrived earlier it will not to be this
congested.... Ah, around that side is empty, let’s take that spot as our
resting place at there.」
Valetta, who was surveying
the lodging interior, located a space that was just right for the party to
sleep at. They finally arrived at that place while being careful of the
preceding guests that were sitting or sleeping inside.
On that empty space,
they put down their luggage and sit down to take a breather.
「But really, this city is big. There are a lot of
buildings and the entire city is covered by the wall. This is something that I
never thought I’d experience before.」
Kazura unwrapped the
bandage that was around his feet. Concealed behind the mantle, he disinfected
the blister using a hydrogen peroxide solution. After drinking some water and
catch his breath, he started to converse with Valetta and the others.
Myra secretly took out
the drops from the can in the sack-bag that was covered with her mantle, and
toss it to her mouth.
「When father took me to the city 10 years ago, there
was no wall. It looks like it was constructed after the war started. But since the
funds are insufficient, the construction is far from finished.」(Val)
「After the cease-fire, I heard they construct a big
fortress alongside the border with Balveile. Surely this is the cause of the
delay on the completion of the city wall. Well, since the cease-fire period is
still 4 more years, at that time I think the city wall will be completed.」(Lod?)
「Hmm hmm... Fortress, huh? I should not attract any hostile
attention from there.....」 (Kaz)
While Kazura and group
were talking, the door to the lodgings interior was opened and a cart carrying
a cauldron was moved to inside.
The people who were
lying on their mat until that time, started to rise their body up instantly,
and make a long line in front of the pot to take their share.
「Looks like the meal has come. We should also queue up.」(Kaz)
「You’re right.」(Val)
Because it is necessary
to watch the luggage, they will take turns. Half of them will line up and receive
the meal, while the other half stayed.
The meal that they got
was a soup with thin taste and little vegetable on it. The amount on the wooden
bowl was just for only enough to drink it in one gulp. There was no spoon, but
since it was dirt cheap common lodgings, there was no one who complained about
it.
The party, used to eat
canned food and rice meal with ample salt, after tasting the bland vegetable
soup had an indescribable expression on their face.
「Umm, is this lodgings meal always like this before?」(Kaz)
「No. At least at the time when I came to sell furs 2
years ago, there were more ingredients and the taste was stronger. In addition,
they also gave 1 piece of bread, or at least that how I remembered it.」(Lod)
While Kazura’s group had
this kind of conversation, they secretly put the salt that Kazura had brought
to their soup without being seen by the other guests. After the taste had
become stronger, they once again ate it.
Though somehow its
taste was more like warm salty water, there was nothing that could be putted in
it, so they drank it without opposition.
The mushrooms and wild
herbs that they had picked in the forest, although still raw, were edible.
After soaking it in the salty water they ate it. Although it was unsatisfying, they had
succeeded in filling their stomach.
While they were doing
this, the other guests had second serving of the ultrathin soup and once again
made a long line in front of the pot.
☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽
Thank God I
live in modern world with cheap salt and sugar. (Although it rife with
hypertension and diabetes. But if they go to doctor to check their health, I
get paid, so no problem for me.)
Next chapter:
Chapter 19. Other World Shopping Mall. The RAW had
5.138 words (MS Word count) (expect 3-4 days just like this chapter.)
Chapter 20. True Opinion and Official Stance. Had
8.362 words (MS Word count). (expect 5-6 days for this)
For
comparison this chapter (18) had 5.088 words (MS Word count).
I can
translate about 2.000 words per day (depending on the difficulty or the need
for me to consult dictionaries / Google).
[1] バルベール.
Barubeeru à Balveile
or Belleville since it French like sound... Or Barver or Barvar for Germanic
like sound. Or just plain old Barber (as pronounced in Spanish). Or Bulbasaur
for Pokemon-like sound.... Okay the last is joking. I choose Balveile since it
had similar sound (the other is Barber, but come on, country named Barber is
silly).
[2] For the
people that did not understand. Medieval armies mainly composed by a mix of
minority professional knights/warriors with semi-professional conscripted
peasants or serfs armed with whatever equipment the state could give or they
could provide for themselves. Adding population to territory, means more manpower pool where the
army can conscript to, so by adding population to Isteria territory, the
Arcadia Royal Family aim was to increase the Isteria army soldiers, so that if
Belveil come to invade they will meet a large number of troops.
[3] Quite famous in Victorian London (even an Act passed
for it) also known as Hostel in modern world.
[4] Generic term or middle age man
thanks for the chapter
ReplyDeleteyou have my thanks translator
ReplyDelete"they were no one who complained about it."
ReplyDeleteI think its "there's no one complained about it" or something like that
Ups... fixed... Thanks
Deleteyou could just shorten it to "no one complained about it."
DeleteCorrection.
Delete"There was no one who complained about it"
Ups... My bad...
DeleteMy English lesson today:
There WAS no one who...
and
There WERE none who....
close but not identical...
Thanks for the Great work
ReplyDeleteIf there are that many people in town. My greedy mind already have a lot of plan to make him more(like 10 times more) money. like trading setting up bussiness etc. but I guess he won't go that way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the translation.
ReplyDeleteThank you very, very much for all your hard work!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. I check the site regurlarly. I wonder how different is this from the Ln? It wouldn't hurt to keep his guard up. It feels like he's going to get stab and beat up any moment now... lol
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the LN... But so far, the LN illustration corresponding well with the WN...
Delete(unlike Desumachi that was completely rewritten)
Apparently that soup is nasty as hell
ReplyDeleteBelleville doesn't work [/french here]
ReplyDelete