Chapter 5 – Twins and Dungeons
In the case of owning general slaves, as long as the number does not exceed five, they are recognized as simple personal possessions, and there is no obligation to report to the city hall.
In the case of Loxia, since she was planning to push ahead with the setting of a relative relationship, she needed a legal status in order to live without any problems in this city.
And now, Roden and Roxia, who had finished their meal, entered the city hall building opposite the Yeongju Hall.
“Please stay silent while we are here, okay?”
ㅡ Nod.
After confirming the silent answer, Roden led Roxia’s hand and headed toward the window in charge of citizenship and tax.
“Excuse me.”
The skinny young man who was reviewing the papers over the window turned his head only after hearing Roden’s voice.
“Ah… ，Mr. Roden, right? It’s been a while.”
The young man who came up with the name of the other person by tracing his memory was an official who helped him make an identity card to stay in Barmela when Roden started living here.
“You remember my name. I owe you a lot last time.”
“That’s my job. What are you here for today?”
Roden gave her Loxia a slight push on the back and introduced her to her official.
“This child is my relative’s younger brother, but there was an unavoidable situation… I have to take care of it.”
The official who guessed at once what the business was about and nodded, put away the business papers scattered on the desk in a corner, and took out a pen and paper.
“Aha, you must have come to get the child’s ID card, right? Where is she from?”
“I am from the Rydel estate.”
“Rydell…”
The official murmured softly, tapping the desk with a pen and continued.
“You must have brought the ID card you used at the Rydel estate, right?”
Before issuing an identity card, it was a natural procedure to ask for an identity card used in the city where you lived in the past.
“Yes, yes. Of course. I am here.”
‘He seems like a nobleman who works diligently to the point of losing weight, but I’m sorry about this.’
Roden, who handed the official a short apology in his heart, showed him not an identity card, but a small statue of a crow.
The Crow Statue, a mental manipulation-type artifact that Luden often uses, has some limitations, but it is quite convenient.
Anyway, as soon as the official saw the statue, he put mana in his voice and recited the lines he had thought of beforehand.
“That child’s name is Roxia. Birthplace is Rydel estate, relationship with Roden is her cousin. As a result of the official issuance procedure, you have determined Roxia to be a third-class citizen of Varmela estate. ”
“Loxia… Lydell estate… Roden’s cousin… 3rd class citizen…”
After putting the crow statue back, Roden muttered what he had said with a hazy expression, and when the official scribbled his pen slowly came to his senses, he spoke with a casual expression.
“Are you done? When can I get Loxia’s identity card?”
“Ah, yes. You just have to wait about a week, and the issuance fee… ，Just give me 1 silver.”
“Thank you for helping me again. Thank you for your hard work.”
Roden, who greeted the official and gave him a silver coin, went home with Loxia that way.
* * *
After passing her time by telling Roxia some of her common sense, Roden, who had dinner together, put down a bucket and a mop in front of her room.
“Yesterday it was late, so I let them use it as is, but I had to clean it once. From now on, since it’s your room, you’ll have to clean it yourself, right?”
Turning his back to Roxia, who nodded at the reasonable words, he added a word.
“Do the dishes and clean them while you come. Tomorrow we will have a new bed and closet, so you have to clean them?”
“Yes! I’ll clean it up. Master.”
Roxia’s face had a definite smile on her face as she answered courageously.
She had been anxious inside because she hadn’t been asked to do anything until now, but she was just happy that she finally had something to do.
ㅡTuttattuttattack!
As if revealing her will, she wrings a damp rag and vigorously advances from the far corner of her room.
Until yesterday, the girl who had been trembling with anxiety, not knowing when her virginity might be stolen or abused by her master, now she just wanted to help her master innocently and to please her and receive praise.
* * *
With the help of the furniture store workers who came right after breakfast, the two of them stood in front of the shelves in the store area after putting in a new bed and wardrobe.
“This red bottle is a stamina potion, that yellow bottle is a stamina potion, and those transparent bottles are an antidote… Right?”
“Right, if I ask you to bring out the health potion, you just have to bring the bottle you are holding right now.
“Yes!”
“And the price of the potions…”
Before starting her business in earnest, Roden taught Roxia the types and prices of the potions on display.
“Okay. It’ll be enough if you remember this much for now. Think of a field trip today, and take out change whenever you need it and help.”
“I understand. Master!”
She was always good at answering questions, and when she showed such enthusiasm, I felt like I wanted to tell her one more thing from the point of view of teaching.
With Loxia sitting at the back of the counter, he was about to open the store door wide to get rid of the out-of-town sign hanging in front of her door.
ㅡ Kwaaa-ang!
“Kwaaak!”
When Roden opened the door halfway, there was a heavy feeling, and a strange scream rang out from beyond the door.
“Oh really! What did I say? I told you not to stick too close to the door!”
“Oh my butt… I was curious to hear what was going on inside.”
At the door of her shop, there was her sorceress tearing at her ass and her female warrior nagging at her.
Her orange-haired sorceress and the female warrior with a sword and shield on her back were twin sisters with identical faces.
“… Should I say, “Welcome?”
When Roden, who had turned over the sign hanging in front of the door and fixed it to open, asked, the sorceress, who got up while brushing off the dust from her buttocks, replied cheerfully.
“Yes! Since you’re our first and most valuable guest, I’d like to ask for more service, mister.”
‘Mister…’
“Ah, hello. We are adventurers active in the guild of this city… ，Can I come in?”
Looking at the tone and atmosphere of the shield warrior, who greeted them lightly, in contrast to the easy-going wizard, the twin sisters clearly felt that they had chosen the wrong profession for each other.
ㅡ Shiny.
The identity cards of the adventurers hanging around the twins’ necks, and the identification tags with a subtle copper color catch Roden’s eyes.
‘Hmm, you must have been an adventurer. That color is definitely… It’s just a middle class.’
Among the 5 levels of adventurers, the 3rd rank is the level that can be treated in its own way in such a remote city.
Once she brought her twin adventurer sisters into the store, Roden exchanged brief exclamations with them.
The short-haired wizard is her older sister, Merim, and the ponytailed shield warrior is her younger sister, Marill.
“There have been rumors going around the guild for a while, and I heard that a potion shop is finally opening in this village. Mr. Roden.”
We just had a conversation, but Merim said it was awkward to hear her honorifics from the elders, so while talking comfortably with each other, she let go of her own words,
“I was passing through this place because of my mission, and I was wondering if it was open today, so Merim and I were at the door a little while ago. Mr. Roden.”
On the other hand, her younger brother, Marilyn, still maintains an honorific.
“Is that so? As much as she is a monumental first guest anyway… Even if it’s a small gift, I’ll give it to you one by one.”
Roden got up from his seat and took out two of the least effective health potions located on the far left of the display stand and put them on the counter.
“Heh! Thank you for the gift. Roden oppa.”
“Uh huh.”
Roden lightly restrained Merim, who was trying to get her potion, while praising her as her brother, and pointed to the potions spread out on the shelf.
“As a matter of etiquette, I should buy another item and pick it up.”
“Eww… “I was thinking of buying some of them anyway. I’m asking in advance, how much are you selling them for?”
To the question Merim asked with a pouty expression, Roden answered with a pre-determined price.
“It’s different for each type, but in the case of the lowest stamina potion I put here, it’s 50 copper per one.”
“Wow.”
As soon as she heard her price, Merim clapped her hands in admiration and swung her head towards her brother next to her! Turned.
“Did you hear? Marill? They’re selling for 50 coppers each of the lowest class!”
“Yeah, it’s much cheaper than what our guild sells… ．Honestly, I didn’t expect it to be like this.”
Marill nodded her head and looked closely at the transparent bottles displayed, and instead of the names of medicines, the names of monsters using poison were written on her bottles.
“Mr. Roden. These bottles with the names of monsters written on them are… ?”
“It is an antidote that can respond to each type of poisonous monster that lives around here. For now, we only have 10 types.”
“10 kinds?”
The fact that the twin sisters deal with various antidotes was more surprising than the price of her health potion.
Ordinary adventurer’s guilds or potion shops only deal in antidotes for the 2 or 3 types of monsters that inhabit the area the most, but such a small shop prepares 10 of them…
The twin sisters looked at each other silently and nodded, took out 4 of the lowest potions and an antidote from the shelf and put them on the counter.
“It’s 2 silver and 60 coppers in total. Don’t worry about performance.
“Oh, you’re so confident. Mister.”
Merim, seeing Roden’s eyes and feeling that he was not bluffing, readily gave her three silver coins.
“Loxia. Do you know how much I have to hand over now?”
“Yes. Sa, Uncle. Now, wait a minute.”
After flicking her change bag under the cash register, Roxia sprinted to Merim and handed her the four fairy tales she held in both hands.
“Thank you! A cute little girl. She doesn’t resemble her uncle at all.”
“Don’t add useless words, right? Now, here’s the present.”
“Whether you’re coming to buy or return, I’ll have to stop by again. See you again. The old man and the little girl.”
“Ahaha… ，Most of what Merim says is a joke, so please don’t pay too much attention to it.”
Seeing Roden’s reaction, Merim giggled and Maril, who smiled awkwardly next to her, slowly waved her hand and left her shop.
‘After! From the beginning, all the unusual guests are coming.’
“Roxia, you were good to me a while ago. You just have to do that in the future.”
“Ehehe…”
Roden, who had spoken her words of praise, stroked her Loxia’s head, and she smiled bashfully, her cheeks flushed.
ㅡ With my daughter!
Soon after, the next customer entered the store, and the day began in earnest for the two.
