Day 139: Ship Fairies.
Holy Era 6102, Month of the Moon Sheep, 30th day.
Weather: Sunny
In my room at the inn. I’m relaxing on my bed and counting my gold coins.
Hah, amazing…amazing. There are twenty-three gold coins!
Twenty of them are borrowed, but it’s still amazing.
Ah, I wanted to be buried in their light… Gold is so pretty.
As I was doing such things, someone swooped in from the side and took away the coins.
I got up in surprise. Ms. Noa was there, putting the coins away in a leather purse…
Ugh….when did she come in…?
Also, stop looking at me like that!
…I-I know! I will go and make the payment today!
But, right now… Let me be happy for a little longer…
…It was no use. …She left with the gold coins.
She said that she would keep them until the time came to pay… It was very sad.
Did I really become so hopeless when there was gold in front of me?
…Oh, well. I will give up and go and eat breakfast.
After paying off the boat, we had to work today… Life with debts was hard.
Once we had finished eating breakfast, we went to the shipyard.
Since we were here, we might as well take a look at the boat.
I wanted to know how close it was to completion.
…Huh? What is the meaning of this?
I couldn’t help but widen my eyes in surprise.
Ms. Noa and Ms. Nico were also shocked.
After all, what had just been a frame before, was now looking like a real boat.
It was so strange, and so I asked Ms. Mia, who looked like she knew something.
…Were boats really built this quickly?
She shook her head. ‘Usually, it couldn’t be done, meow!’
She then pointed to someone, who was the reason it was possible.
Huh? I thought it was just ship builders. Was I wrong?
When I squinted my eyes… Huh?
There were small creatures moving around the builders.
They were about sixty centimeters tall… Were they some kind of fairies?
As I looked confused by their strange appearance, Ms. Mia explained it to me.
They were fairies known as Klabautermann.
Usually, they were inside of ships and protected them during sea voyages, but here, they worked at the shipyard for some reason.
And they used all kinds of magic to help with building and repairs.
Ms. Mia said the ships here were famous for not sinking.
Ah, so that’s why she was able to return with her boat…
I had been wondering why it didn’t sink.
Now then, since construction was going smoothly, it was time to pay and then leave.
We still have some work to do!
We must work even harder than before.
The path to paying off our debts would be long and hard…
Today’s earnings and expenses:
Silver: +10 (Quest reward)
-4 (Inn x3 + Soshio) (Bed: ☆, Food: ☆)
Gold: -20 (Boat construction fee)
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Balance: 3 gold, 67 silver, 21 copper
190 cat coins
Remaining Debt: 20 gold.
（;´▽｀A“ Will we be able to repay the debt…? I’m worried.
