I arrived at an honest and moderately-priced shop for clothes that was recommended by those children.
I came because I was still in the suit I was wearing when I was summoned, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I bought a dully-colored shirt and brown pants so that I'd match those people walking the streets.
I considered putting the writing implements, documents, smartphone and other small accessories I had into my Item Box, but I didn't know how the existence of the Item Box would be treated in this world, so I probably shouldn't show it so easily to others.
There were cases in the novels I'd read where the Item Box was treated as an extremely valuable skill, after all.
Thankfully, the store owner threw in a cloth shoulder bag for free, so I put my stuff inside that. My shoes were probably fine as is.
Before I left, I made sure to ask for a moderately priced inn nearby. He recommended an inn three buildings over, so I headed towards it.
The inn the store owner recommended was 4 silver coins for a night's stay with meals. After dinner I returned to my room and checked everything that needed to be checked.
Now then
"Status Open."
[Name]Hajime Kaguya
[Age]24
[Job/Class]Victim from Another World
[Level]1
[HP]100
[MP]100
[Attack]78
[Defense]80
[Agility]75
[Skills]Appraisal, Item Box
[Unique Skill]Online Supermarket
//In the original there was not such a system. I made it for better understanding. HP and Mana will not matter later, as he is cook and support at best. For non-hero characters, level is the main indicator.
Just as they had told me in the castle, when I chanted "Status Open", an opaque window appeared in front of me with my status on it. Apparently, anyone in the world can check their status at any time. Well, apart from that, they also said that around 70 is the average for people in this world, so I guess I'm just a little stronger than most people.
//70 is for a healthy adult male working 8 hour shifts.
The skills "Appraisal" and "Item Box" are shared between all of the people that are summoned, so that must be something like a perk of the ritual.
It seems like the Item Boxes of the summoned always have a high capacity, and while I was at the castle I overheard someone saying that there was a legend of a past hero putting in over 1000 monsters into their box.
I was also told that those summoned are able to understand this world's language from the moment they arrive. That also probably falls under the perks of summoning.
//in original LN there was said that legendary weapons do translating and sometimes even translate modern words in wierd way...
I mean, it's a cliché of otherworld stories, after all.
The biggest problem was my unique skill, "Online Supermarket."
I know what an online supermarket is. As the type to want to hole up in his house over the weekends, I've used them a lot.
I love cooking. I was always fan of Gordon Ramsey and various youtubers who were professionals.
So back then I would cook from the ingredients I ordered, and eat while watching the animes I'd recorded, or else spend time drinking beer and reading all the web novels I could find.
That was my routine on days off. But the question is, how do I use this skill? "Online Supermarket."
Nothing happened when I chanted the name.
Then, what if I touch it? When I touched the words on my status screen, the window changed.
"It's literally just an online supermarket site." It was the exact same site I often used to use.
For now, I put a 500ml bottle of water costing 8 iron coins and two sweet breads costing 1 copper coin each into the cart. Apparently, the prices reflected their pricing in Japan. When I tried to check out though, it said, "There is not enough remaining credit. Please add more funds."
A square frame appeared under the notice.
"So, it's telling me to add funds? Do I just put the coins in here?" When I hesitatingly brought a silver coin close to the frame, it sucked up the coin on its own.
And as soon as I finalized the purchase, silver particles of light gathered before my eyes and gradually formed a shape.
It was the cardboard box the site used when delivering orders. Once I opened the box, I found the water and sweet bread I ordered inside.
"Ooohhh, this is going to be useful!"
Back then, I thought, those important people working for the kingdom didn't know anything about my unique skill other than that it wasn't a skill for battle, and the heroes that were with me laughed... but this is actually a good skill that'll be quite useful.
As long as I have money, I'll have no problems with food, and I can probably even earn the money I would need for that with this somehow.
It's not overpowered like being a "hero with legendary wepon," but with this skill I can probably become very rich in this world.
Just the idea of not being able to eat the kind of food I'm used to at home... Even if the nobility and royalty have chefs and a variety of food, it's certainly not up to what it is in the 21st century.
//In those days, everything had to be boiled, steamed or roasted on an open fire.
According to the information I got from those children, salt is expensive in any country that isn't next to the ocean, and spices such as pepper or sweets are only for nobles and the like.
I could use my skill to buy lots of salt, pepper, or sugar at the prices I used to buy them at in Japan, and then I could go and sell them at high prices here in this world.
If I did that, it should amount to quite the profit. If I looked around carefully, there should be other products that would bring profit.
Online supermarkets these days stock daily necessities as well as food. Because of that, I'd like to register with the Merchant's guild, but doing so in this country would probably be a bad move. If by some chance they realized that they could make money off of my skill, there would be a real possibility that the kingdom would start interfering with me. If I was going to register, I should do it in the next country over.
//Nowadays, you can buy not only food, but also other things in the supermarket, but this is going to be solved in a different way.
Anyway, it all starts tomorrow. Let's hurry up and get away from this town, and then cross the border.
I probably won't be able to sleep in a bed for a while after tonight seeing as how I'll be on the road. And so I went to sleep, in order to be ready for tomorrow.