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Volume 10 Chapter 5 Part 6

「If we go to higher floors from now on, we’ll be hit more often by area of effect magic. The battle time will also get longer, and the frequency of us sustaining damage from the attacks is also going to increase. There is a possibility that the Monk’s healing is not going to be enough to heal our wounds in time as well, and it is also possible that repeated treatment of the wounds will delay the enemy’s annihilation. Before that happens, I would like to get a Priest or a Shrine Maiden Job for us.」

In fact, just as the Mage and the Jobless’s magic attacks can be used almost at the same time, I could probably also do the same with Priest’s Skills between the casts of my magic. However, if the number of instances where I would have to use healing increases, this may not be the case.

「Good idea.」

「I understand.」

Up to this point, I managed to obtain both Roxanne and Sherry’s approval.

「In that case, I would like to stop going up the floors until we get a Priest or Shrine Maiden jobs?」

「Do you want to stop?」

Roxanne asked Sherry while Sherry was thinking a little. Can I expect anything promising out of this?

「I think I do.」
「You think that we can no longer go to the upper floors?」

「I don’t think that we can no longer go, but when something is going to happen to us its going to be too late to fix it. We know the direction of how we want to strengthen ourselves and we have the means to strengthen ourselves, so shouldn’t we prioritize that? It would also be unwise for us to overdo it now.」

「I see.」

Roxanne also thought of it. Is there any hope for her to agree to it as well?

「Yes. Certainly, it is possible to go up to the forty-fourth floor in our current state. Even so, if we go there now, then we might end up getting hit my multiple area of effect Spells. But since we know about the risk of it, we might work something out in order to fix it.」

Sherry calmly judges and expresses her agreement. Or rather did Sherry intended to continue like this?

It feels like she’s asking me to forgive her for us not being able to go to the forty-fourth floor because of her current state.

How far can we expect her to act as a stopper?

「Understood. Certainly, it would be safer to prioritize strengthening ourselves first.」

Roxanne also agreed with us. Umu. Safety should always go first. For the sake of keeping all of us alive and well.

「Even so, I can’t become a shrine maiden.」
「That’s not going to be a problem.」

「Of course.」

「To acquire Shrine Maiden we need to perform ascetic training at the waterfall, right? Would any waterfall do?」

I ask Sherry while eating. Once upon a time she tried to become a Shrine Maiden but couldn’t do it, but since she still went through the procedures, then we might learn a lot by listening to her. Even though she may hate recalling it, it can’t be helped, because that is necessary for us now.

「Although the location is determined by the Guild, I didn’t hear anything regarding specific waterfalls or conditions.」

「Really? But the problem is the location of the waterfall.」

「Know, desu!」

Miria seem to know where it is.

Eating, and eating, and still eating white fish.

「Does Miria know where the waterfall is?」

「Fishing, desu.」

She probably caught fish in the basin under the waterfall at some point. As expected of the big fish lover.

Eating, and eating, and still eating white fish.

「Did Miria chance upon the waterfall when you were catching fish?」

「The other day the first time, desu.」

I can’t get this code language.

When was this 「other day」, exactly?

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ?」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X.」

「It was the other day when we had a day off. She heard someone talking about a waterfall in the vicinity.」

「Yes, desu.」

Roxanne translates after talking to Miria. By fishing, did she mean fishing that time when I brought Vesta home?

「Is there a waterfall near that coast?」

「There seems to be a waterfall which the guild used as ascetic training ground until a while ago.」

「Freshwater, fishing, desu!」

I see. So Miria collected information for that purpose, huh? Considering the result, it turned out well, somehow.

Eating, and eating, and still eating White Fish.

「It should be fine to go there, especially since it was used as ascetic training ground before. But the problem is, why is it no longer being used.」

「Dangerous, desu.」

「I guess it is no longer in use because monsters might have appeared there. It is a common occurence.」

Sherry explained it this time.

If a Labyrinth settles nearby, monsters will appear. And since it became dangerous then, it was no longer used.

This world seems to be very difficult place to live after all since something like that is considered to be a common occurrence.

But even if it’s usually dangerous, I wonder if it’s going to be okay for us.

「I wonder if we’ll be able to use it? Well, I guess we won’t know until we see it for ourselves, right?」

「See for ourselves, desu!」

No Miria, we’re not going fishing.

Well, whatever. Eating and eating, and still eating White Fish. You’re from Edo, born in Kanda.

After breakfast, we move to the Imperial City.

「Let’s go to a clothing store and have them make clothes for our training.」
「Um. I-I’m…」

Sherry already has a Shrine Maiden Job, so she doesn’t need it. However, we won’t be able to do it without Sherry coming with us.

「It’s okay. Sherry has experience with waterfalls, so I’ll make it together, so tell me everything you know about it.「

「Y-Yes.」

I persuaded Sherry and after that we entered the store where the usual male clerk greets me immediately.

「Welcome.」

「I decided to have the clothes for the shrine maiden applicants that you showed me the other day made for these four.」

「Thank you. We already know the measurements of your companions from your previous visits, but allow us to check them once more for confirmation.」

「Please do that.」

The girls have been taken inside for another round of measuring.

Personal information seems to be tightly guarded secret in this shop. After all, the workers here must know all about the three sizes of noble daughters.

Such knowledge is a mountain of treasure.

Give me that info!

「It will take about five days for the tailoring, but is that okay with you?」

「Yes, I understand.」

「The fabric used in order to make the clothes is silk, and one suit costs about fifteen hundred Nars. Since you’ll be buying four of them at once after our recommendation, we’re going to offer them to you at the price of forty two hundred Nars as a special service.」

Fifteen hundred Nars, huh? Is that expensive or cheap? I don’t really understand it, since my sense of money has become somewhat paralyzed. It’s not a yen, it’s a Nar, but I cannot say for sure their value is exactly the same or perhaps different.

I asked for the clothes to be made, and from that day on, we continued fighting on the thirty-fifth floor. It’s not stable enough to say that I can fight with peace of mind just because we’ve stopped going up.

It’s pretty tough.

Isn’t it impossible for us to reach the forty-fourth floor that way?

The higher you go, the stronger even the same monster becomes, so I want to praise my decision to stop going up at an outrageously fast pace.

The next day, we went to the waterfall.

First, we warp to Hafen and purchase seafood at the morning market.

「Miria, do you know where the waterfall is?」

「This way, desu.

Miria starts walking confidently. She seems to know it, surprisingly. Could it be because the information related to the fishing spots can’t elude her?

I was thinking of soliciting 「Field Walker」of an Adventurer should we be unable to find the location, but it doesn’t seem to be necessary this time.

「This way, desu.」