Chapter 3 - The Town People

The old man Winnie made Naois and the others lived in the forest again. Fortunate for them to choose Gillion is side, Gillion was able lend Naois his clothes and made a tent for them to life in the forest.
" 12.960 Pecunia for 5.6m x 3m tent. Already have water resistant, fire and thunder resistant,wind breaker, and made with material which make it warm inside and also easy to fold. 10% discount so 11.664 Pecunia. If you wanted to make it have better defense and durability against wild animals or mutated animals it would cost 4000 Pecunia before discount. while to make it have light enough for reading inside will cost 2000 Pecunia."
While continue cleaning the cashier table and weapon cupboard both Selia and Demen whispering to each other with eyes locked at Gillion. It was because Gillion actually gave the new guild member candidate so much discount they began to wary of him, Gillion got a habit to just giving people discount for their situation without thinking much about their own situation which quiet often made their store balance in red.
"How long would it took to check our background and registered us in your guild?"
"It would took 7-8 days the longest but I would tried make it in 3-4 days"
"Any question again before I went to work on your tent?"
"Could you give us some information about this town and nearby area?"
Gillion went to the back of the cashier counter and pull open a drawer then took 2 small book and a map from it and hand it to Naois.
"You can read, right? I wouldn't charged you this time, make sure not to lost it. If you lost it I would charged you 500 Pecunia for the book and 200 Pecunia for the map." 1 of the book Gillion handed was travel book about nearby places, towns, and their heritage. The other one was the guild's beginner guide book written by himself. While the map of course was the map of the city and nearby area.
Irritated face could be seen looking at Gillion, it was Selia and Demen. They could not take it any longer. Selia went ahead and told them.
"Why don't you went and check nearby store, you maybe find something useful to bought." It might sound like a sincere words but Selia's true intention was to lure them out and bought others item they would need by themselves, she doesn't want Gillion to gave them freebie again.
Before Gillion could said any recession Selia already went and drag them outside."Okay, time to go and checked nearby shop by yourself beginner! Bye!" she said before slamming the door, not long after that they could heard high pitch screaming coming from Gillion's shop. Selia probably giving Gillion a good lecture right now.
Naois then decided to go and share the money among them but they are rejected it, in the end after some debate Naois forced each of them to accept 2000 Pecunia.
After dismissed Naois went to take a look at the store nearby. Area 2 was in fact one of the most crowded area there, most of the town's native people and early traveler who decided to settle in the town were living there.
The Architecture of the building in that area resemble each other without any major different, the other variants were only stores and houses of immigrant. most of the house there were built by wood with some ornament craved in it and decorative woodbine as decoration. Most houses there were rather small with the highest buildings were only 2 story building.
There was only 2 outstanding building in the area including Gillion's. The other was a souvenir store but since Gillion already warn them not to go to largest souvenir store in the area for it belong to that old man Winnie. Naois dismissed the idea immediately and went to a general store to check basic supplies.
As Naois went pass the street, a pair of curious eyes were looking at Naois. The pair of eyes belonged to the platinum blonde hair girl who came with Gillion back then.
Naois felt the intense glare the girl gave and turn to the girl. Their eyes meet," Do you have something you wanted to told me?". the girl turned her head and began to blush before running away. "Huh? Weird girl…"
Since the girl has dismissed herself, Naois felt no need to chase her since it possibly lead to misunderstanding and put them in worse place than they already are so Naois decided to continued walking and heading to the general store.
Anyone could tell the store was general store with vegetables boxes line up in front of the stores. The store is bigger than any houses nearby but still smaller than Gillion's. There is a small bell which would ring everytime someone enter the door.
Kling kling
"Welcome! Feel free to take a look… oh? Wasn't you the previous salamander boy?" the platinum blonde hair lady in the store greeted Naois. From the way the lady said it, Naois could know the news about them probably spread like wild fire.
"Yes, may i…" even before Naois finished talking the lady already pull Naois's hand and drag Naois to the cashier counter while a big man standing near the shelves stare resentfully to Naois.
"If you got any good game please come here and sold it to me! I would gave you a good price and gave you 10% discount everytime you buy goods from here. Here take this, this is the fixed price list of game you could sold here." The lady hand Naois a paper with price list wrote in it.
The lady then go and take 2 bundle of bread ingredients from the back shelves "anyway my name is Canaria, just call me Cana. Also take this!" the lady put the 2 bundle in Naois's hands even before Naois got the change to reject it.
"Wait Cana! How could you give it for free!?" the big man lost his patience and rush to the counter. What his wife handed to Naois is bread ingredients worth 900 Pecunia. He then took the bundle from Naois but before he is able to put it on the shelf Cana interrupt him.
"Wait! Why would you hesitant in investing to the promising young lad!?"
"Promising!? He was far from promising! He just lucky, you know!? Or the Ork must be sick, just wait till the news spread when Gillion found out! How else a shorty scrawny boy like him could kill an adult ork!?" exclaimed the big man.
"Excuse me" Naois began to talk, infact Naois was irritated already by the situation and wanted to end it already.
"I am just came here to check for basic supplies price. I just wanted to know the average amount of money I would need to continue live in this town and maybe bought something to thank Master Gillion. I have no intention in accepting a freebie."
Both the husband and wife exchange a look, the husband sighed before he open his mouth to talk.
"Young lad, your name is Naois right? Mine is Bane. Sorry for the trouble, please forget the scene before." The big man said while took Naois's hand for a handshake. "The bundle there each worth 450 Pecunia, each bundle was able to feed 8 people once you made it into breads. Average price for a person to life here is around 12.000 – 15.000 Pecunia a month, but if you want to live in the slump area you could live with just 4.000 Pecunia a month." Explain the man.
"Anyway you said you wanted to give a gift for Gillion eh? Why don't you bought the vegetables pack there for 400 Pecunia? Gillion like stir fried vegetables although it not really suitable for a gift… or you could bought beer or wine for him, I guess he would appreciated it even doubt he isn't the best drinker in town but if you do buy it, please promise me you would not drink it since you are still too young."
"Thank you, then please gave me 2 bundle of bread ingredients and 2 pack of vegetables. Also do you sell clothes?" Naois said while handed him the money. Naois looked at the stairs to second floor, he doesn't mind it at all but the 2 girls peeking from second floor surely shameless enough to keep looking at him since the moment he began speaking to Bane. Bane then shoo the 2 girls which seem to be his daughters and told them to continue studying in their room.