When I was Reincarnated into a Game World, I Was a Farmer’s Son

Chapter 57

5 days have passed since arriving in Dansunza. My uncle has been contacting his business partners, but it seems that he hasn’t been able to find anyone who can accompany me to Sains.

Trading between Dansunza and the capital city of Marwell is said to be frequent, and my uncle believed that it wouldn’t be too difficult to find some of his business partners to accompany me on my journey.

However, it appears that there are more merchants than expected who see the food shortage in the neighbouring Laphcadia Empire as an opportunity. These merchants are diverting their trade routes from Sains to Laphcadia Empire.

Major trading companies, representing the Kingdom of Eldor, mostly operate their businesses around the capital city, so they have their bases there.

Danzunza is a town particularly close to the border of the Laphcadia Empire, which means the merchants in Dazunza are actually closer to Laphcadia Empire than the capital’s major trading companies. There is a possibility that the local traders in Dansunza can secure business deals ahead of the major trading companies by going to the Laphcadia empire first.

My uncle keeps apologizing for not being able to find someone to accompany me to Sains even though it is not his fault at all. I’m already extremely grateful that he brought me all this way to Dansunza.

“I think it will be difficult to find someone to accompany you from my business partners at this point. Let’s go to the Adventurers’ Guild tomorrow to post an escort request.”

With a heavy heart, I accepted uncle’s suggestion, there is no other choice.

The next morning, my uncle and I head to the Adventurers’ Guild. The other day, while my uncle is meeting with his business partners, I explored various parts of the town, and because of that I’ve become quite familiar with the road to the Adventurers’ Guild.

Passing the town square and the building next to the Commercial Guild, we arrive at the Adventurers’ Guild. Despite is it still quite early in the morning, there are already a lot people coming in and out of the guild. In fact, I think there is more people here right now than during the daytime. When I asked my uncle about it, he explained that in the morning, new requests for adventurers are more likely to be available, and on top of that, the adventurers are competing to accept the lucrative requests. That’s why there are a lot of adventurers come to the guild early in the morning, making it the busiest period of the day.

It seems that in the adventurer’s guild, everyone can take whichever request as long as it is not taken by others. In the game, the role of the Adventurer’s Guild is mainly to provide a place where players can accept side quests.

There are some main events related to the Adventurers’ Guild, but they are only for the early stages of the game. After that, they are not particularly important, and it’s not uncommon for players to complete the game without accepting any side quests from the Adventurer’s Guild.

The adventurer’s guild structure is similar to an inn, with a dining area and a reception desk. The only difference from an inn is that there are several wooden bulletin boards, full with posted request papers.

Adventurers will pick up the request they want from the bulletin boards, then they go to the reception desk to complete the process of accepting the request. There are a crowd of people in front of the bulletin boards, but we managed to go through them and make our way to the reception desk.

“I’d like post a request for an escort please.”

My uncle said so to a male staff at the reception. Following the staff’s guidance, my uncle goes through the necessary procedures.

Since the process seems to take some time, I want to see what kind of requests are available, but the area in front of the bulletin boards is crowded with people, and I don’t have the courage to push my way through. So, I patiently wait until the procedures are completed.

“An escort to Sains? Hmm, that might be a little difficult.”

The staff explained to uncle that the influence of Laphcadia empire is also evident here.

Actually, there aren’t many adventurers who are willing to take on escort requests. Many adventurers don’t like being bound for a certain period of time, and there can be troubles depending on the client, so they tend to avoid such requests.

Well, it’s understandable since spending a long time with strangers can be challenging, also the client can be really hard to work with sometimes, I can see why adventurers tend to avoid escorting requests.

After completing the procedures, my uncle and I return to the inn and have a late breakfast.

“I didn’t think it would be this hard to hire an adventurer, I’m sorry.”

“It’s not your fault, uncle. Please don’t blame yourself for it.”

“The day after tomorrow, I have to leave Dansunza to return to Northern town. Until then, I’ll try to find someone who can accompany you to Sains or possibly even an adventurer for your escort. Neil, if I can’t find anyone to accompany you to Sains or if there are no adventurers available for the request, I think we should return to Northern together.”

Uncle suggested that I should return to Northern for now and wait for an opportunity another time. He has a worried look on his face.

“There is no need to rush, it’s not like you have a deadline for your journey.”

Indeed, uncle may be right. It would be worrying for them to leave me alone here and wait for an opportunity to go to Sains.

However, I want to go to Sains as soon as I can, I want to send money to my parents as soon as possible.

Moreover, if I wait in Northern, saying goodbye to my parents will become even more difficult.

I tell Uncle that if we can’t find any companions or escorts in these two days, I will stay in the Dasunza alone. Although Uncle initially opposed it, he eventually understands my feelings and agrees.