Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59 - Lit Has Coffee, Ruti Has Cocoa
Chapter 60 - Sage And Albert
Chapter 61 - Hero Talks About Bath Memories
Chapter 62 - This Is A Story About Saving The Hero
Chapter 63 - The Talk Between Three People And An Insect
Chapter 64 - To Zoltan’S Port
Chapter 65 - Unexpected Reunion
Chapter 66
Chapter 67 - Asura And Sage
Chapter 68 - Trampled Slow Life
Chapter 69 - Lit Hesitates And Decides
Chapter 70 - Red Moves Through The Ancient-Elf Ruins
Chapter 71 - Well Wishes For The Slow Life You Wish For
Chapter 72 - Godwin Sheds Cold Sweat
Chapter 73
Chapter 74 - The Medicine That The Hero Desires
Chapter 75 - I Will Not Help You Any Longer
Chapter 76 - Demon Whispers
Chapter 77 - Battle At The Depths
Chapter 78 - The 『Sage』‘S Choice
Chapter 79 - Hero Vs Sage
Chapter 80 - The Flash Of The Hero
Chapter 81 - Thunderwaker’S Final Brilliance
Chapter 82 - Copper Sword
Chapter 83 - The End Of The Fight
Chapter 84 - Snowfall In Zoltan
Chapter 85 - Hero
Chapter 86 - Ruti Looks Back And Laughs Happily
Chapter 87 - Ruti’S Wyvern Cavalry
Chapter 88 - The Start Of The Winter Solstice Festival
Chapter 89 - Zoltan’S Winter Solstice Festival
Chapter 90 - 『Drake Rider』 And 『Winter Demon』
Chapter 91 - Thank You
Chapter 92 - Old Lady Archmage
Chapter 93 - Red Hesitates In The Festival Night
Chapter 94 - Lit At That Time
Chapter 95 - First Joint Front
Chapter 96 - Propose
Chapter 97 - Tise And Ugeuge-San Takes A Bath
Chapter 98 - Let’S All Fish Together
Chapter 99 - Ruti’S Cheeks Dye Red
Chapter 100 - April Fools Extra: The Story Of The False World
Chapter 101
Chapter 102 - Adventurers Guild Staff Trust In The B-Rank Adventurer Ruti
Chapter 103 - Ruti Attends Zoltan’S Conference
Chapter 104 - Red Gives Ruti A Little Help
Chapter 105 - Red Wishes To Keep His Promise With Ruti
Chapter 106 - Heated Talks Between Guild Staff About Heroes
Chapter 107 - Prince And The High-Elf Pirate
Chapter 108 - Female Pirate In Admiration
Chapter 109 - Youth 45 Years Ago
Chapter 110 - Furious Ruti
Chapter 111 - Aspect Of Wolf
Chapter 112 - The Princess Encounters The Pirate
Chapter 113 - The Princess Became A Pirate
Chapter 114 - Dark Continent
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - Thus The Princess Returned To Veronia
Chapter 117 - Ruti Anguishes In Silence
Chapter 118 - At The End Of The Memories
Chapter 119 - Ruti Hugs Her Knees Alone
Chapter 120 - My Younger Sister Is The Cutest In The World
Chapter 121 - How About Some Medicine?
Chapter 122 - Knights Troubled In The Imperial Capital
Chapter 123 - Hero Ruti Vs Cold Mold
Chapter 124 - Ruti’S Happy Time
Chapter 125 - Ririnrara’S Aim
Chapter 126 - Let’S Oversleep Once In A While
Chapter 127 - Duel With Ririnrara
Chapter 128 - Ruti Makes A Bold Decision
Chapter 129 - Ruti Resolves The Case
Chapter 130 - The Sound Of Bells Echoes In Zoltan
Chapter 131 - Ririnrara In Despair
Chapter 132 - The Royalty Of This World
Chapter 133 - A Story That Doesn’T Go As One Wishes
Chapter 134 - Leonor
Chapter 135 - The Storm Is To The West, Today Is Peaceful
Chapter 136 - Red Attempts Veronia Naval Cuisine
Chapter 137 - Veronia Soldiers Are Impressed By Zoltan Cuisine
Chapter 138 - Because Swimming Is Faster Than Rowing
Chapter 139 - Things Lost And Things Gained
Chapter 140 - Zoltan’S Unreliable Heroes
Chapter 141 - Hero Lit’S Great Battle
Chapter 142 - Hero’S Second Name
Chapter 143 - Greatest Battle In Zoltan’S History
Chapter 144 - Leonor’S Scheme
Chapter 144.1 - Chapter Ss1: Shared Umbrella
Chapter 144.2 - Ugeuge-San And The Golden Dragon Part1
Chapter 144.3 - Ugeuge-San And The Golden Dragon Part2
Chapter 144.4 - Ugeuge-San And The Golden Dragon Part3
Chapter 144.5 - Young Lit’S Adventure ‘The First Step’
Chapter 145 - My Reliable Younger Sister
Chapter 146 - Asura Laughs During The Reunion With An Old Friend
Chapter 147 - Bloodied Evil Woman And Pure Divine Protection
Chapter 148 - The Death Of A Villain
Chapter 149 - Frontier Zoltan Celebrates Noisily In Peace
Chapter 150 - Zoltan’S Ruti
Chapter 151 - Prince And High-Elf Sudden Visit
Chapter 152 - Reunion Time
Chapter 153 - Tailwind Day
Chapter 154 - Hero Story With No Hero
Chapter 155 - The Story Of The Villainess And The False World
Chapter 156 - Demis
Chapter 156.1 - Chapter Ss4: Lit’S Shotel Course
Chapter 157 - During A Peaceful Afternoon, Yarandorara Appeared
Chapter 158 - Yarandorara And The Setting Sun
Chapter 159 - The Young Man And Yarandorara Part 1
Chapter 160 - The Young Man And Yarandorara Part 2
Chapter 161 - I Wanted To See The Sky
Chapter 162 - High-Elf’S Suggestion
Chapter 163 - Gideon’S Answer
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Comedy, Fantasy, Ongoing, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Slow Life Frontier, 不是真正同伴的我被逐出了勇者队伍; 于是决定在边境过上慢生活, 真の仲間じゃないと勇者のパーティーを追い出されたので、辺境でスローライフすることにしました, ______
Total Chapters in book: 169
Estimated words: 330557 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1653(@200wpm)___ 1322(@250wpm)___ 1102(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 330557 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1653(@200wpm)___ 1322(@250wpm)___ 1102(@300wpm)
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Chapter 16: The ring is in the amber
Translator: Tseirp
Rumors quickly spread.
The next day, when I tried to exit to open the shop, I saw a mass of people lined up in front of the shop consisting of Adventurers Guild executives, merchants, craftsmen from various guilds, bureaucrats and even aristocrats.
“Ah ―, are all of you here to request for medicine … or I suppose not.”
The clothes they wore were made of high-quality dyed fabrics with gorgeous embroideries. A conservative estimate would likely still not fall below 50 Peryl.
They all looked at one another. And as the representative, an Adventurers Guild executive who was almost 2 meters in height approached me.
“Red-kun, I wish to ask one thing. In your home, is Lit … is Zoltan’s hero, the Adventurer Lit, really living there?”
“It’s true. I live together with Lit and she helps out with the shop.”
The central pillars of Zoltan were astir.
“I wish to speak to Lit.”
“I do not mind but we are currently preparing to open shop so please speak to Lit after she is done confirming the stock.”
“Wha, you bastard! Do you intend to make us wait!?”
Somebody shouted.
“Lit is my staff. She is currently performing a critical task. It would be a different issue if we are talking about life and death matters but I believe your topics will not be affected by waiting for about 30 minutes.”
“Are you sure you can make that decision on your own? Don’t you think you should first consult Lit and ask if she really wants to make us wait?”
“It’s because I understand Lit very well.”
” … That’s some confidence you have there Red-kun. I never knew you had that side to you.”
“I am surprised to hear that you are aware of a D-rank adventurer.”
“I remember the faces and history of all adventurers who are enrolled in the guild.”
The executive said without a change in his expression. His gaze was cold and a regular adventurer would probably be trembling from that look of despise.
I could imagine that he was a skilled adventurer when he was still active.
Well, as a companion of the arena wrecking Danan with his eye expressions that could kill, that gaze was not a big deal to me.
After glaring at me for about a minute, the Adventurers Guild executive showed an impressed expression.
” … All right, I’ll wait for a while.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
I could still hear complaints but I acted like the conversation was over and went back into the shop.
After about 20 minutes, Lit came out from the storage holding a basket with the medicine meant to restock the shop.
It was sad to see that there was not much to restock as a single basket was sufficient.
“Thanks for the hard work, I’ll line them up for display.”
“It’s all right, I’ll do it to the end. The top brass are here right? Just let them wait.”
Lit stuck her tongue out.
I gave a wry grin and counted the change we had at the counter.
I confirmed the number of common bronze coins, quarter Peryl silver coins, and Peryl silver coins.
“Great, I’m done. Now then, I’ll quickly reject them and come back. I work for this shop after all.”
“Yeah, I’ll be troubled if Lit isn’t around so finish up quickly.”
Lit turned to look at me and showed a wide smile.
In exchange for Lit who left towards the people waiting outside, a skinny small man entered the shop.
It was a face I saw outside just now.
“Thieves Guild if I’m not wrong.”
“You sure are knowledgeable despite being D-rank.”
The skinny small man might seem insignificant at a glance. However, packed within that body was the experience of slipping away from numerous fighting scenes and his eyes that always gazed steadily at a person’s hands and feet instead of a person’s eyes was the trademark of a fierce and excellent coward who has constantly experienced being in risk of betrayal.
The Thieves Guild was an association that presides over the underworld. In other places, they were called mafia or gangs while in the East they were called yakuza.
It may be a criminal organization but their front was that of a legal organization meant to prevent pick-pocketing and robbery criminal organizations from getting out of hand and have brazenly established power in a corner of the political center.
Well, whether it was a necessary evil or a mere evil was not something I had to be concerned with.
The Thieves Guild makes quite a number of requests to the Adventurers Guild. They probably have sent requests for Lit to resolve when problems occurred.
Or perhaps they have been sending requests to Albert all this time but since Lit wasn’t around any longer, they were concerned if Albert will have to accept other requests. It was well-known that Albert was intimate with the Thieves Guild Leader Gorga.
That was probably what I had to take into account at that moment.
“The others seem to wish to persuade Lit but she is a hero. She can obtain whatever she wants. Neither I nor them can prepare compensation that can change a hero’s will. That’s why it is a waste to speak to Lit.”
She can obtain whatever she wants huh … this man seems to know something about Lit.
“And so you came to me?”
The Thieves Guild man grinned with the corner of his mouth raised as he took out a chest with a key from his chest pocket and opened it in front of me.
Within it was a single Elven coin made from unstained Elven platinum sitting on top of red silk.
Elven coin was the highest form of currency on this continent, equivalent to 10,000 Peryl.
Those rare coins were made using Elven platinum (Elf White Gold) and were currency made during the Elf Age, the refining method has now been lost. In other words, it was impossible to counterfeit it and impossible to create in the mint of any single country.
Tougher than steel and resistant to heat, acid, and corrosion. More importantly, if you hold this coin in your hand and utilize your Divine Protection, in exchange for the coin turning into lead with no value, it will bestow the power to raise the level of your skill belonging to your Divine Protection by one for the short duration of a minute.
It was something that the general public and even merchants don’t use in transactions.
It was only used in transactions between countries so maybe it should be categorized as a treasure instead of a coin.
When I was traveling with Ruti and the others, we usually used it as a doping tool when fighting against strong foes … of course, that applied to the companions apart from myself but as I could only use common skills, it would not make a huge difference to raise them by just a single level.
Well, that is to say, even though it was something I had not seen for a while, it was not something precious to me at present. I could find quite a few if I delve into the depths of ancient Elf ruins. Although there are not that many adventurer parties that are capable of that.
However, even if he was an executive from the Thieves Guild, he would never imagine that I was familiar with the Elven coin. The man took my expression as an expression of surprise and continued talking proudly.
“It’s natural that you would feel shocked. This is a miraculous item that ordinary people will never set their eyes upon in their lifetime. This is an Elven coin. I believe you have at least heard the name.”
“Yeah, I know about it.”
“Then the conversation will be quicker. Will you cut ties with Lit for this? With this money, you can stop working in this small shop and enjoy a life of comfort with servants. What say you? As for Lit, it would be for the good of the world that she continues working as an adventurer and it would be better for her too. You would be happy, Lit would be happy, and we would be happy too. Everyone would be happy. If you want women, I can prepare those for you. I’m talking about beauties that would make a shiver run up your spine just by her touch. Can you imagine it? She’s a 50 Peryl silver coins a night girl. Not those semicircle quarter Peryl mind you, 50 of those round Peryl silver coins.
This man was probably a barker for the red-light district when he had a lower rank in the past. He was a master at talking continuously in a clear voice.
However,
“Cheap.”
“Ha?”
“Lit is priceless. I would not do it even if you offered me a thousand Elven coins.”
“Wha, you …”
“Moreover.”
I lowered my voice so that Lit would not pick it up with her extraordinary hearing.
“Compared to a 50 Peryl a night woman, Lit is infinitely better.”
He probably won’t be able to find any way to retort my words.
The Thieves Guild man clicked his tongue lightly and locked the small chest before keeping it in his chest pocket.
“To not be moved a slight bit by 10,000 Peryl, you are either a big deal or an idiot.”
“I am certain that the Thieves Guild can offer me 10,000 Peryl because the value of this is beyond that, right?”
The man frowned.
“That’s right. Seriously, as expected of the man Lit chosen, you have guts despite being D-rank … well, contact us whenever you have a change of heart. We accept price negotiations.”
“I don’t need it so give it up.”
Nevertheless, the man still placed his business card with his name written on it on the counter and left the shop.
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The turmoil outside would not settle despite Lit’s firm rejection as the other party was not willing to give up.
“Is this because of an issue in the remunerations!?”
“No!”
“We will treat you better than before.”
“I don’t need it.”
“We’ll prepare a special rank.”
“I absolutely refuse.”
“If you want a man, I can offer my son.”
“”What are you talking about.””
The last person was retorted even by his surroundings so he dejectedly fell back.
“Ah sheesh, for god’s sake!”
Lit finally could not take it anymore and shouted.
“I have made a lifetime employment contract with Gi … Red! I retire from adventuring! If you harass Red or try to banish Red from this town, I will leave with him!”
What’s with lifetime employment contract. Well, it seemed like there were those who insinuated that they would obstruct my shop. It looked like that ticked Lit off.
After listening to Lit’s outburst, they finally confirmed their doubts and got to know me so the Zoltan big shots gave up and left.
The indignant Lit came back and showed an awkward look when she saw me.
“You heard what I said outside?”
“You shouted that loudly after all.”
” … Are you angry? They were too persistent and said strange things so I inadvertently.”
I beckoned Lit over.
Lit came close while looking slightly uneasy.
I gently raised my right hand.
“Give me your hand.”
“?”
Lit stretched her hand out like she was told and I wrapped both my hands around hers and grasped it.
“Hey, Red?”
“It’s a present.”
I slid what I wanted to give her for her first payday into her palm.
“Eh …”
“It might be a cheap item to Lit but this is the down payment for the lifetime employment contract. Of course, the down payment will be appropriated at the market price upon payment of the remaining payment.”
“Wa! An amber bracelet!”
On Lit’s palm was a bracelet with a single amber featured on a leather band. Even if I was being modest, this was not something that adventurers would consider expensive but …
“This …”
Lit stared at the amber.
An amber was a jewel made from fossilized sap. As it was originally liquid sap, there might be tree bark or flowers contained within when it underwent fossilization.
The amber I gave Lit had leaves shaped like a ring contained within.
“Down payment huh …”
Lit smiled and jokingly placed the amber on her left-hand ring finger.
“I might actually misunderstand if you give me something like this.”
Perhaps she was embarrassed with what she said as Lit concealed her mouth with her bandana.
“Misunderstand? Then there is something I would like to buy while you are having that misunderstanding … please let me know what kind of gem do you like.”
Ah, shit, don’t get that red. I would become embarrassed too.
” … Nothing in particular, I would love anything Red chooses.”
The troublesome thing is that Divine Protection doesn’t give romance skills.
As veteran swordsmen, we exchanged clumsy and innocent words … but nevertheless, I held this time dear to me.
Total Chapters in book: 169
Estimated words: 330557 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1653(@200wpm)___ 1322(@250wpm)___ 1102(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 330557 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1653(@200wpm)___ 1322(@250wpm)___ 1102(@300wpm)
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