Chapter 4

Waking up to the morning sun shining on my face, I rub my eyes to shake away the drowsiness. My body was sore all over from sleeping on a tree.

I untied the bandages that tied me to the tree and slowly got down from the tree.

Looks like the horned rabbit meat is done drying, I collected them and packed them to the brim into my dried meat pouch.

Then I prepare all my things and sigh, I guess this will be another day of a grueling walk.

The walk was hell, my legs and feet that were already dead yesterday were now even more dead.

Today I am planning to reach a spring that was on my map before it gets dark. Then tomorrow, it should only be only a few hours walk from Farsborow.

By the time I reach the spring, the sun is about to set. I collapsed, face flat on the ground again from my legs giving out on me.

“Man I really hate walking”

I made a campfire and was relaxing by it, eating some dried horn rabbit meat I’d made yesterday.

Thinking of what I should to do when I reach Farsborow, I should first register as an adventurer at the guild, do some quests, train myself to a level I’m satisfied with, get a sense on what life is like for a adventurer, and maybe look for Norn if she also got reincarnated like me but I should set my expectation low since I don’t think it's likely.

Also I’m going to disguise myself to make it even harder for people to find me.

My silver hair is going to make me stand out because there aren’t a lot of commoners having the same hair color as me.

I gathered my hair into a ponytail and held my knife, then I cut off my hair

Holding my hair I just cut off, I stare at it for a moment.

“Guess I don't need this anymore”

I toss it away in the fire, watching it burn.

When it finished burning, I took a piece of charcoal out of the campfire with a stick, placed it on a rock, added some water from my flask, and began to crush it into a paste with the butt of my knife.

Let's see how well it will work as a hair dye.

I began scrubbing it all over my silver hair, then I went to the spring to see my reflection in the moonlight.

My hair turned more of an ashen black color, it did the job at making my hair standout less.

With my black short hair and clothes, I now look a lot more boyish and different to how I used to look.

Now that I’m done dying my hair, I guess I’ll turn in for the night. I went up a tree like last night, tied myself to it, and slept on a branch.

I woke up to my body completely sore again and I honestly didn’t want to get up but I ready all my things and walked onward to Farsborow.

After only a few hours of walking, I finally made it to Farsborow.

Looking at the town, it was a big town with high stone walls surrounding it.

I looked further to see that there were people waiting in line by a gate, so I went there and waited.

The line took around 10 minutes of waiting, till I’d reach the front.

“Please state your name and business”

The guard had a really bored tone as he spoke.

“My name is Nyx and I came here to become a adventurer”

“So you're planning to be an adventurer then. Do you have any form of identification?”

“Sorry but I don’t have any”

He had an unfazed look as I said I didn’t have any.

“Since you don’t have any, the gate fee is 3 coppers”

I pulled out a pouch of coins from my backpack and I asked the guard for information about the town.

“Do you know where the adventurer’s guild is?”

“It’s at the center of town, you should see it if you walk straight ahead from here”

He pointed in the direction of where I should go.

"I see, can you also recommend an inn I could stay at?”

The guard thought for a moment.

“There is a decent inn that has a green sign in front of it that is named The Early Rope Inn, it’s for adventurers who are just starting out. It's not far from the adventurers guild”

“Got it”

Paying the 3 copper coins, I thanked him for the information and went straight to the adventurer’s guild.

I exhaled in relief as I walked away from the gate, I was kinda nervous that I wasn’t going in without any identification.

It seems that this town being a town for beginner adventurers, people coming here to be an adventurer without any identification is common..

Also the name Nyx is an alias I came up with, afterall why wouldn’t I use one. Plus it sounds cool and all.

Walking to the guild building, I saw many different types of stores and shops. The atmosphere and vibe I’m getting from this town feels almost exactly like the towns in some of the video games I’d played in my past life.

After 15 minutes of walking, I’d reach the center of town where there was a 3 story building, this must be the adventurers guild.

Opening the door, I saw that it was mostly empty, only a few people inside. Since it’s already noon I guess most of them are off doing quests right now.

I walked to the reception counter, seeing only 1 of the 7 counters was open and had a receptionist in it.

“Hello my name is Emma, how may I help you”

She greeted me with a customer service-like smile.

“I’ll like to become a adventurer please”

“One second please”

Pulling out a piece of paper from a drawer and a feather pen, she gave them to me

“The fee is 5 copper coins, would you like for me to read and fill it out for you”

“No, I’ll can do it myself”

Emma had a barely noticeable surprised reaction as I said I could do it myself. I could tell since I used to live in high society, in which I was taught to notice those types of things.

Taking out a large copper coin for the fee, I gave it to her and took the paper

Reading it, the general gist is the guild is not responsible for your death or injuries, you must act befitting of a adventurers which is to not breaking any laws or guild rules, and finally you get to have access to benefits provided by the guilds like getting access to discounts, training areas, library, selling monster parts, information, and etc.

Then I look at what I need to fill out, which is my general information.

I wrote down my name as Nyx, gender male, age 12, hair color black, eye color red, and the town I’m from, which I wrote the name of a random town that is nearby.

Then it asked for my role, which is a swordsman because a sword is what I’m most familiar with in my past life.

Giving back the paper I filled out, Emma look over the paper then gave me a wooden tag

“Congratulations on becoming an adventurer of F rank, this is tag to prove that your a adventurer as we make your adventurers card for pick up tomorrow”

Taking the wooden tag, Emma asks if there is anything else she could help me with.

I’d ask if I could sell any monster parts to which she asked me to follow her.

Emma started walking toward a bigger counter at the end of the reception desk

“Sorry but there aren’t a lot of adventurers around this time of day and most of the staff is on break, so I’m the only one working right now, what would you like to sell?”

Pulling out the 5 horned rabbits furs and horns out of my backpack, I shown them to Emma

“These are horn rabbits that I’d killed on my way here”

I look back up at Emma to see her lose some of her composure.

“Umm… may I ask if you really kill all of them, Mr. Nyx?”

Hmm… why is she suddenly being really formal all of a sudden?

“Yes, aren’t they just horned rabbits?”

I tilted my head at her question.

“No, they’re white horned rabbits”

Emma went on and apparently explained that they are more dangerous and rarer than normal horned rabbits, which are D rank instead of a F rank for a normal horned rabbit.

She had a troubled smile for some reason as I blankly replied back in a way like they were not that tough because they weren't.

“Oh, I see and how much do I get for selling it”

Ignoring the fact that they were white horned rabbits, I was much more interested in how much money I’ll get since they have a higher rank than normal horned rabbits.

“In total it will be one silver coin, Mr. Nyx”

A silver coin, don’t really know if it’s a lot but I think that's a lot.

Saying goodbye to Emma and leaving the guild building, I decided to go to the inn that the gate guard recommended me.

I took a look at my coin pouch. Excluding the silver coin, I have 5 large lead coins, 6 large copper coins, 8 bronze coins, and 1 large bronze coin. I think this is more than enough to cover the cost of a night for an inn.

Finding the inn after 5 minutes of walking, it was a 2 floor building that looked relatively cheap and had the green sign the guard told me about, with the name The Early Rope Inn on it.

Walking into the inn, I saw the first floor is a tavern, like what I kinda expected from any fantasy inn.

I went to the reception desk, there was a middle aged lady sitting at the desk and I asked her for a room for the night.

“The price is 3 bronze a night, how long are you planning to stay?”

“For 5 nights but I plan to stay longer”

“Are you an adventurer, we have a deal with the guild to offer discounts”

“Yes, I just register today”

I showed her the wooden tag I was given.

“The price is 1 bronzed instead of 3 bronze a night, so 5 bronzed coins in total”

1 bronze coin instead of 3, that is a really big discount. I guess it makes sense since it makes it easier for new adventurers who are just starting out.

Taking my coin pouch, I gave her 5 bronzed coins.

“Your room is the second to the last door on the right” while pointing me to the stairs

Giving me the keys to my room, I went upstairs and looked for my room.

I opened the door and saw the room was small. It had a bed, a small table, a bucket, and a window in it.

Dropping my backpack to the floor, I shut the door behind me and immediately plop myself onto the bed and lay on it, face already on the pillow.

“Finally, a bed”

Who knew it can feel this nice after days of sleeping outdoors.

I am exhausted, a nap really would be nice.

In my previous life, when I and Norn were recruited to become pilots, we had to go through training.

We were pushed to our limits everyday but at least we had a bed to sleep on, who knew not having a bed to sleep on would be so awful.

I dozed off and slept like a log because I actually have something comfortable to sleep on, instead of a tree to sleep on.