The city was holy looking huge. Well, I guess ing from a town, a city would look big.

  It was surrounded by walls, like Alewatch, but the walls were definitely rger. Or taller, I should say. Well, they are rger as well, in terms of diameter. At least as far as I tell. It’s a little difficult to judge. I wonder if I could summon Gradius and have Laura use it to get some pictures of the yout of the city.

  (We could try.) Laura said.

  (Yeah. But not today. Tomorrow will work fine.) I responded.

  (Please share it with us if you succeed.) Lua’s System Support requested.

  (Sure. That should be fine.) I responded.

  (As long as you also supply us with information that Master wants.) Laura added.

  (Please remember that I ’t map as effitly as you .) Lua’s System Support said.

  “And here I was thinking that Alewatch had a lot of farmnd.” I ented, as we were passing some farms. We still hadn’t made it to the wall, but there was farmnd everywhere.

  “Well, people do need food.” Timothy said.

  “Then shouldn’t there be a wall around the farmnd? Won’t monsters attack it? Or e a it?” I asked.

  “That’s the risk you have to take to farm here. But iurn, the taxes outside the walls are a lot less than iimothy said. “That’s why there are even some houses out here.” He added, pointing out a small-ish house o a huge field. “They also farm more durable crops that don’t mind a few monsters stomping on them. Well, at least small monsters. And some use earth magic to wall off their fields.” He said, pointing out a field that was surrounded by a two meter wall.

  “I see. So it’s more cost effit, but you have to worry about monsters.” I cluded.

  “Well, the areas outside the walls are favored by ex-advehat retire and make a farm. They don’t mind a few monsters.” Timothy said.

  Whe close to the gate, we saw a few different lines going into the city. One seemed to be for people on foot, one for carriages, like we have and one was empty, so I’m not sure what it was for.

  “That is for nobles and other important people.” Timothy said, after he noticed that I was looking at the third possible entrance.

  “Ah. I see. And what kinds of important people use it, other than nobles?” I asked.

  “Well, you just pay a lot of money for the access rights, so mainly high ranking adventurers and owners e trading firms.” Timothy said.

  “And when you say ‘high ranking’, what ranks are you referring to?” I wao firm. I don’t want to be that guy who is still k and just buys a pass anyway because I have Upstart Goblin.

  “A and S-rankers. Well, sometimes B-rank adventurers do it as well, but it's rare. And even if you have the pass, ill have priority.” Timothy said.

  “I see. Does Mr. Baku have that pass?” I asked.

  “No. He is still more focused on expansion, so that kind of money sink is not worth it.” Timothy answered. “But perhaps if we get good deals on some dungeon items, we might have to sider it.”

  “Don’t look at me. I left that part to Christina.” I responded.

  “You just ’t give me good deals, you?” Timothy asked.

  “My deals are either too good, or terrible. There is no iween.” I said.

  “I’ll gdly take some good deals.” Timothy said.

  “Yeah. And then I learn that I f-ed up and the deal will be terrible. And you’ll never get a good deal again. Is that what you want?” I asked.

  “Ah. I see. I apologize. I won’t bother you about it again.” Timothy said.

  As we lined up, we said goodbye (temporarily) to Saber Fang. They lined up in the ‘on foot’ line, as they weren’t a part of our travel pn. Apparently having them with us could lead to some unnecessary questions and wasted time. And they’ll probably get through the gates faster that way, as the checks for the ‘on foot’ people seems to be a faster.

  The carriage entrance had seven carriages in front of us. I’m not sure where they are from, but I’d assume not Alewatch. They probably came from the rger road that we joined a little while ago. The road that was heading to the south-east.

  The iions took a bit of time and just before it was our turn, I saw Saber Fahrough the gate.

  Oh, and on the way to the gate, we had once again reordered the carriages so that Timothy’s carriage was in the lead again. And we had also broken up, so that there were two of us on each carriage. Basically, we were in the same lineup as we were when we left.

  “Wele. How many carriages are in yroup?” One of the gate guards asked.

  “Four.” Timothy answered.

  “Your transport dots and everyone’s IDs please.” The guard then asked, as his friend came to check our IDs.

  Timothy pulled out a paper of some kind from his shoulder bag and gave it to the guard with his ID.

  I also dug my guild card out of my fanny pad prese to the guard that was cheg our IDs.

  “You seem to be traveling light for a k adventurer.” The guard ented. “No armor or even a on.”

  “My armor was broken because of a little i.” I lied. “I do still have my sword, but I keep it in a magic bag.” That part was the truth. Well, I guess if you look at my inal clothes, they were detly robust, so almost like light armor. And they did break because of an i. Or perhaps an act.

  “Did you run into a dangerous monster? Are you alright?” He asked.

  “Well, we did kill an orc, but nothing more dangerous than that.” I expined. “And luckily, I have a great healer with me.”

  “I see. Well, take care not to get hurt until you get some new armor. Taking a strike from an orc without any armor be lethal.” The guard said, as he handed my guild card bae. “And make sure to hold onto that healer. They aren’t that on.”

  “I’ll do my best to not push her away.” I answered.

  The guard that checked my ID the and checked everyone else's as well.

  As for the guard that got the dot from Timothy, after looking it over he used a wind attribute spell (at least based on the t) to check the carriages. After (most likely) not finding anything strange, he let us into the city.

  “Wele to Sawyer city.” The guard that checked my ID said, as we were let through.

  Saber Fang was waiting for us a bit beyond the gate and Timothy had the carriages pull up o them.

  “If you want a ride towards the guild, we are heading in that dire. But otherwise, I see your punishment done. Well, you’ll still have to deal with Brian, but that doesn’t me.” Timothy said to the members of Saber Fang.

  “Well, as you are , we will be happy to catch a ride.” The greatsworder responded.

  They got on the carriages and we headed deeper into the city.

  After about 10 minutes of riding, we arrived at what looked like a rge warehouse. It had a sign with a carriage carrying lumber, which I think was the Baku pany’s logo. I guess we are doing what this pany is known for.

  At Timothy’s suggestion, we dismouhe carriages, before they were taken into the warehouse.

  “Thank you for this.” Timothy said. “Here is your pletion paper and your reward money.”

  “Thank you. Feel free to call on us again.” Alex said. I let him take care of this part, as it was my first time and I wao observe how a real adventurer does it.

  I was actually a bit surprised that we got paid here, instead of at the guild, but perhaps this is normal for esissions like this.

  “If your party is avaible, I’ll be sure to do that.” Timothy said.

  After getting the reward and the quest pletion paper, we headed towards the guild. Luckily, we had some local adventurers showing us the way.

  “How much did we make?” I asked Alex.

  “8 gold in total, so two for each of us.” He answered.

  “Is that a good price?” I asked.

  “It’s quite high. Normally, escort fees of k adventurers are between 8 and 10 silver per day per member of the party.” Lua said. “We usually get 9 silver per day when we work with Baku pany.”

  “So nine silver per day, times three days, one silver is five copper, so that’s 135 coppers.” I ted. “And this time we got 2 gold per person for the trip and that is 200 coppers. That’s almost 50% extra.”

  “Yeah. While it’s not on the level of what B-ranks make, it’s almost there.” Alex added.

  “That’s true. I usually get three rge silvers per day.” Tye ented.

  Oh, yeah. I almost fot that Tye is actually B-rank. So he makes 75 copper (or 15 silver) per day. 200 divided by three days is 66,67 copper per day. Or little over 13 silvers per day. I wonder why they paid that much over the market value. An apology for the Tye i? Because we ran into the orc? (They paid for the orc meat they ate separately, btw.) Or is it just to butter me up so they get better deals from the dungeon?

  (It could also be because of Miss Alice.) Laura said.

  (... Why would they pay extra for that?) I asked.

  (The timing of the quest is ve. And we were just delivering wood. It’s possible that Lady Christina or Sir Brandon asked them to hire you and Miss Alice to escort them.) Laura theorized. (They might have even paid them.)

  (Oh. And then Baku pany used some of that moo increase our reward to better their e with me. I see. Smart.) If that is true, I have to holy end them for that. A shhted person would just agree and pocket the extra money, but Baku pany is iing in es.

  “Here. The main guild building of Sawyer City.” Tye said as we saw the guild.

  I looked at the massive building. Well, pared to the Alewatch guild building at least.

  This thing's footprint was about as rge as Alewatches guild building with the backyard added into it. And this guild seemed to be three storeys tall.

  It seemed to be made of stone for the bottom two storeys, but the third was wood. Almost like there used to be just two and the third was just added in ter.

  But at the same time, that fits the towic. A lot of houses have solidly built ground floors that look like they are made of stone or other earthen materials, with a sed or even third floor made of wood on top of that.

  “It’s se.” Alice said. “I think it’s rger than the manor.”

  “Manor?” The archer girl asked.

  “Don’t ask. You’ll get away with a smaller headache.” Alex said.

  “Is that why they were paid so much?” The greatswuy wondered.

  “Let it be. Let’s head iill o find a pce to stay for the night.” I reminded everyone.

  We got inside and got in lio one of the ters. Saber Fang also lined up, as they were going to report that they would be here for a few more days. This is apparently something B-rank and above parties have to do.

  By the way, not all of them were B-rank. Only Tye and the archer girl were. The other two guys were k.

  “Hello. We are here to report on a pleted quest.” Alex said to the receptionist, handing over the paper he got from Timothy.

  “An escort from Alewatch, I see. And the t paid you in person, correct?” The receptionist asked.

  “Yes. We got paid.” Alex answered.

  “Good. Then please hand over yuild cards and I’ll mark the pleted quest.” The receptionist said.

  She then processed our cards one by one. She did take a closer look at Alice when her card rocessed, but quickly moved on.

  But when she looked at my card she asked: “Mr. Wood. I think there is something wrong with your card.”

  Mr. Wood? Why does she call me that? Well, I guess my full name is written on the card, so…

  “What is wrong with it?” I asked.

  “Well, it shows that you are k, but this seems to be your first pleted quest. Could you expin that? Is this perhaps a new card that was made after you lost your old one?” She asked.

  “No. That’s my first.” I answered.

  “Then perhaps you would like to expin how you got yourself a k card?” She asked.

  “I got it from the guild at Alewatch.” I answered..

  “The long version, thank you.” The receptionist said.

  “Fine. I fought some wyverns and saved the town before I had time tister. And then when I did register, they ranked me up to C after getting a special permission for it.” I quickly reted what happened before I registered. I don’t know if this ts as the long version, but I’ll add more details if she asks for it.

  “Wyverns? And you came from Alewatch, right? Are you that summohen?” She asked.

  “That summoner doesn’t say much, but probably yes.” I answered.

  “I see. I’m sorry for doubting you.” She said as she bowed deeply.

  “It’s fine. You were just doing your job.” I said back.

  “Here you go. I added aion mark to your quest ter, so hopefully you won’t have this same problem again.” The receptionist said as she handed my card bae.

  “Oh. Thanks. But what does it mealy?” I asked.

  “It’s usually used when lost or broken cards get remade. It shows that you have done quests that were pleted before you had the card, so it applies to you.” The receptionist said.

  “I see. Thank you.”

  As I got my card back from the receptionist, my system mission popped up to inform me that I had pleted the mission.

  Mission: plete the QuestMission plete.Rewards:Repri Dark Beginning 2 opened.Promo Trades: Movie Pack (MOV) and Exclusive Pack (EP1) opened.

  Perfeow I have access to Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. Sadly, I ’t summon it without Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, so it doesn’t really help until I get Ultimate Dragon. I should probably mass summon some fusions, in hopes that the 15 or 20 summon reward for the fusion challenge is Ultimate Dragon. I even got Fusion Gate, so I don’t have to worry about the once per day limit on my two Polymerizations.1Yes, Brian has like 8 copies of Poly, but only two of them have toploaders.

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  I guess there are also the Sphinxes, Sorcerer of Dark Magid Return from the Different Dimension. Inferno Tempest is also a thing, but I’d rather not burn myself and everything around me.

  Pyramid of Light, well, I guess I could use it as an emergency shelter. Or perhaps it could blo attack or two, if I have to face thunder sprites again. Or I just ig, unless I want to summon Theihe Great Sphinx.

  After that, we joined up with Saber Fang and had dinner in the guild hall. Just like ich, you could order some food here. It wasn’t as good as the food i manor or the Boar’s lounge, but it did beat the travel rations.

  “So, now that you made it, do you have any pns?” Tye asked.

  “Yes. Brian and I have to visit my mother for some information.” Lua said.

  “Yes. Brian will e with me to visit Grandfather.” Alice said.

  “I actually have no pns.” Alex admitted. “I came here to join a new party, as my old one kind of broke apart.”

  “Old ohen what is this oye asked.

  “Just a temporary one for the escort quest.” Alex said.

  “You are k, right? I reend some good parties.” The shielder said.

  “Thanks. I appreciate that.” Alex said.

  “What about a pce to sleep? Going to crash at your retives?” The archer asked.

  “I think my mother would be more than happy to have me, but I don’t think she has space for everyone.” Lua said.

  “Then Brian and I will go to Grandfather's pce. And Lua go sleep with her mother.” Alice said.

  “What about me?” Alex asked.

  “You just said we were a temporary party, right?” I asked.

  “Fine. I’ll find myself an inn.” Alex said. “Any reendations?” He asked Saber Fang.

  “Just stay at the guilds inn. At least for the night. It’s not bad and it’s probably the cheapest you find.” The shielder said.

  “Holy, we should do the same.” I said to Alid Lua. “Better not to intrude into someone's house at this time of day. Then tomorrow, Lua go see her mother, while Alid I go say hi trandpa.” I made a qui for tomorrow.

  Saber Fang guided us to the guilds inn. It was just two buildings away. The stay there was definitely cheap, as you could get a bed for just one copper. Well, you would have to share a room with 19 other people, but still.

  We got a room for four, at the cost of 8 copper. Still, super cheap. Alex mao talk himself into staying in the room with us, even if we are no longer a party. (Just kidding, of course we agreed to have him with us.)

  Alice also asked Lua to undo her braids that she had been wearing for the st three days. I should probably learn how to do her hair. Or perhaps have Mana learn it. I do know how to brush hair, because I sometimes helped Laura dry hers, but I don’t have any experieh actually making braids or otherwise tying it.

  Well, ahing to add to the pile of things I want to learn. I probably get some lessons from the maids in Sawyer estate, if they even take us in.

  But that is for tomorrow. Now we sleep.