2 First Money

-Ourobo Village-

"Martha! Where are you?! Do your homework first!" A young woman on her twenties searched for Martha, her beloved sister. Her name was Carol. They lived on their own because their parent died while doing a merchant activity outside the village. Carol was the most beautiful woman in the village even she called a beauty by her fellow woman in the village. No woman could match her beauty in and out. She was an adventure with a bow. Despite not a first-rate adventurer, she was rather famous because of her intelligence while in the field and fighting the monster. She had a nickname, 'Archer from Heaven' by her colleague. Well, she was a beauty, no one argues at that.

"Yes, sis! But I want to eat my bread first!" Martha, a nine years old kid with curly hair answered her mom from the second floor of her home.

"Alright, make sure you finish your homework, my dear." Carol walked out from her home to the butchery. She wanted to buy some ingredient for tomorrow.

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After two hours of walk, Tama finally arrived at Ourobo Village. He was so tired and his suits full of dirt.

'Bima, is this the village?'

'Yes, this is the nearest village from us, sir.'

'Okay then, for now, we must search for someone to talk to get some information.'

Tama walked toward the gate of the village and he saw two guards stand by. Tama approached them with a smile on his face.

Tama wonder, why the two guards used weird clothes. 'Hey, Bima. Why those two guys used something weird? Leather clothes aren't it? And swords?'

'Keyra's clothes right know was the same with clothes from Earth in the middle age, sir. Also, with the building and everything else.'

'Ah, is that so…'

"Hey, you two, good evening." Tama waved his hands while walking to the guards.

One of the guards approached Tama too, "Who are you? You are not from this village."

"Ah, that's right. Let me introduce myself. My name is Tama."

Guard looked at Tama carefully. He was suspicious of Tama. He never saw clothes like that. And there was something wrong with the shoes, too shiny.

"Where do you come from?"

Tama shocked by the guard's question. "I…I'm from a city far from here… hehe…"

'Bima, search for a suitable place for my excuse!'

'Will do.'

The guard pointing his sword to him. "Said it clearly! Where do you come from!?"

Tama lifted his arms up. He was scared if the guard suddenly slashes him with his sword. He didn't know if the sword has any stain or not. "Wait…wait…wait… calm down, sir"

'Bima!'

'Say this, sir. Genjyo City.'

Tama nervously said to the guard, "I'm from Genjyo City, sir. Can you put your sword down…please…" Tama absolutely didn't know what and where is Genjyo City and why Bima came up with that city. He was sweating like hell.

"Genjyo? I see… Why are you here?" the guard started to put his sword down.

Tama also lifted his arms down. His heart beat fast. He tried to take a deep breath to calm himself.

"Well, you know, sir. I do some adventure and right now I want to stay at this village for some night." Tama tried to put a smile on his face.

The guard smiled back at him and said, "Welcome, sir. Welcome to our village. This is Ourobo Village, one of the biggest villages in Tamarin Province."

"Ah, glad I choose to come here. If I may know, where can I stay in this village? An…inn…perhaps?" Tama didn't sure he used the right term here. He thought about a hotel but he remembered that he was in a middle age era.

"Ah, there are two inns here, one with high-quality rooms and one with normal rooms."

"The normal one please."

The guard then showed the direction where Tama should go.

"I see… Thank you, Mr.…" Tama didn't know the guard name's

"Ah, my name is Albert. Nice to meet you, Mr. Tama." Albert smiled to

"Nice to see you too, Mr. Albert." Tama then shook Albert,s hands.

Tama then said goodbye to Albert and went to the direction showed before.

'Wait… My money can't be used here, right?'

'You're right. I think you can sell your suits and shoes then buy normal clothes here. Hopefully, there will be extra changes.'

'Really, who is smarter, me the 'super brain' or you?'

'I have the knowledge while you have the brain. If you fill up your brain, I won't have a change against you, sir.'

'Hmm… is that so? Well, let's find where is the shop that willing to buy my clothes.'

Tama then walked around the village and asked many people along the way. For about half an hour he arrived at the clothing store. Along the way to the clothes store, Tama was seen by a lot of people. He thought perhaps his clothes indeed wasn't suitable on Keyra right now. He even got more convinced to sell his clothes.

'Sir, about your clothes…'

'What is it? I know I must sell it as soon as possible.'

'No, you wore expensive clothes from Genjyu City. Every nobleman wore the exact same clothes with you, a bit different but you know what I mean, right?'

'… No wonder.'

In the store.

"Excuse me…"

"Yes, sir. How can I help you?" An old woman likelihood to be the owner of the shop came up and asked Tama. 'This customer of mine has a possibility to be a distinguished one. Just by looking at his clothes. My lucky day, isn't?'

"I want to sell my clothes and shoes, do you mind to buy?"

"The one you wore, sir?"

"Yes. Why?"

As mentioned by Bima, Tama wore a nobleman attire and in this village, you won't see a nobleman often because nobleman usually resides in a big city.

"No, you sure to sell it?"

The old woman looked doubtful with Tama. Why on earth did a nobleman sell his attire? It reflects the social status of the nobleman himself and he would get so much convenience just by wearing it.

"Well, I was on my adventure to do something and this will only bring burden to me. I can't go to the place I wanted to go to."

"…Okay. How about 10,000 keas?"

"Let me think for a second…"

Tama had Bima as his guide. So, he made sure to use it to some extent.

'Bima, is it a trap?'

'Well, it falls into a cheap category. But, we are in a village, so I think a fair price. Nothing to worry about.'

'Hm… I can increase its price, right?'

'Try to persuade her to touch your suit. Yours was from a modern era so your suit will be a good one here, I suppose.'

Indeed, what Bima mentioned was all correct.

"Hmm… how about add another golds? This one was quite good. You may touch it…"

The old woman touched Tama's suits and she felt that the fabric was so good, 'Wow! My lucky day indeed!'

"Hmm… You are correct, sir. This one was a good item. 15,000 keas?"

"And this shoes?"

"May I touch it too?"

"Yes, of course."

"!!!"

"What is it, ma'am? A good one right?"

"Not just good, sir! I never saw anything like this before! Do you really want to sell them?"

This old woman was a righteous merchant. She searched for some profit but she would never inflict a financial loss to her customer. How lucky Tama.

"Yes, I want to sell them. And also, I want to buy normal clothes here. Is it possible?"

The old woman rejoiced in her heart, "Yes, you can, sir." The old woman looked at her collections for a while then pointing at two of her best collections. "That… if you go for magical stuff. And that for a martial artist."

"The robe one, please. With a long sleeve shirt and a norma-"

"No need, sir. This robe already includes what you mentioned, sir."

"Ah, I see."

"Alright, the price of the robe is 2,000 keas. And for your clothes, 15,000 keas. Your shoes, how about 9,700 keas?"

"Good. So, it is 22,700 keas for me?"

"Yes, sir."

"Fine, I accept it."

They shook their hands. Tama then changed to his new black and red robe.

"Do you by any chance was an adventure? Because here you can do card transaction."

The money on Keyra was already paper money. And if you by any change a rich person, you can issue a card as your pocket. That card was able to hold money to some extent as it used space magic to make. He thought that on Keyra they still used a metal-based currency.

"???" Tama for sure was confused. A card? Like, debit card? Cashless?

'It used space magic, sir. They install an item with space magic in the store as a medium because not everyone has space magic to transfer money to the card.'

'Damn.'

"Ah, my bad. I lost it earlier."

"Well, it's unfortunate. But you can issue a new one at the adventure guild here. Despite only a village but Ourobo has an advanced adventure guild."

"I'm sure to check it out then."

"Okay, here is your money."

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