After leaving the
guild, we went to my favorite coffee shop.
It was a coffee
shop that appeared in the game, and its name was 'Chien Viverrin'. In French,
it is said to mean 'raccoon dog'... The reason why it is called so is a mystery
to me.
Recently, it has
become a routine for the three of us to visit this coffee shop and have a
strategy meeting before going on a quest.
“I'll have a
coffee.”
“I'll have the
same.”
“Urza wants a
Giant Extreme Parfaits, desu~no!”
We sat down at a
table and ordered our drinks from a familiar waitress. A few moments later, coffee
for two and a giant parfait are delivered.
The stuff Urza
ordered, with a name like a special move, is the specialty of this coffee shop.
It is a huge parfait that looks as if it is about to hit the sky, and it is
filled with a lot of fruits and chocolates.
In the game, it
was a reasonably priced sweet, but since eating it buffed one's strength and
speed, it was often ordered before a big battle.
“Then...
Zenon-sama? What kind of quest did we accept today?”
Aeris asked me as
she sipped her coffee.
She is a
beautiful girl who looks pretty even when she just sips her coffee cup. But
when she tilted her head in a cute way, it was more destructive.
“Ah...'Straw
Millionaire'...”
“Yes?”
“No, it's
nothing. Today's quest is simply to gather medicinal herbs. Our destination is
the forest east of the capital.”
I explained the
details of the quest.
The purpose of
this quest is to collect and deliver 'red dragon flower', a plant that grows
wild in a place called 'Forel Forest' in the east of the capital.
The deadline is
within a week from now, and the reward is only 100G.
The reward is
very cheap. Is it worth?
Urza asks
curiously as she crumbles the parfait into pieces and puts them in her mouth.
It takes about
two hours from here to the Forel Forest on foot, so it takes quite a bit of
time just to go there and back.
For that much
effort, the reward was only 100 G. It was obvious that the reward was not worth
it, even if he didn't point it out.
“Well, it can't
be helped. The client is a seven-year-old girl.”
The client is a
poor little girl living in the capital.
The girl had sent
a quest to the Adventurers' Guild to give the flower to her mother for her
birthday.
This flower
symbolizes the memory of the girl's mother and her father who died as an
adventurer, and she is trying to cheer up her widowed mother by giving the
flower to her.
Incidentally,
since red dragon flowers are only available deep in the forest and are neither
poisonous nor medicinal, few people go out of their way to risk their lives to
pick them. So,they were rarely found on the market.
“In other
words... in order to make the child's wish come true, Zenon-sama dare to accept
a quest that does not bring in any money? As expected of Zenon-sama. How
merciful...!”
Aeris crossed her
arms as if she were praying and uttered an exclamation of deep emotion. She was
so moved that there were even tears in the corners of her eyes.
Other customers
in the coffee shop were looking what was going on, but they seemed not to
notice it either.
“...It's not like
that. It's just a whim.”
“Geez, you say
that again... you are really not honest, are you? I like that side of you too!”
“Haaah...”
No matter what I
say, I'll always get high marks. At this point, I frown and shut up.
Aeris is happy
and praises me with a big smile on her face, but I didn't really accept this
quest out of the goodness of my heart.
You see, this
unworthy quest is a flag for a sub-event in the game, the 'Straw Millionaire
Rally'.
The old tale of
the 'Straw Millionaire' is well-known to all Japanese people.
It is a story
about a poor villager who obtains straws, and through exchanging them, he
eventually becomes enormously wealthy... something like that.
So, when I
accomplish this task and bring the Red Dragon Flower to the client girl, she
gives me a stone she picked up on the street as a token of her appreciation, in
addition to the 100G reward.
The stone, which
looks like a light green bead, is actually a stone that was attached to a ring
that a young man sent to his girlfriend. If I find this young man and give him
the stone, he will exchange it for another item.
If I keep
exchange it, eventually I can exchange it for a “skill orb” that allows me to
acquire the ability of “growth acceleration”.
A skill orb is a
stone that contains a skill's power. This item is necessary to obtain new
skills in [DunBrave]. It is mainly obtained as a drop item from defeating
monsters or as a reward from events.
And among these
orbs, the skill orb of 'Growth Acceleration' was very rare and valuable. This
literally means that it could speed up proficiency of a skill, and it is a
necessary ability for those who want to achieve the highest level of the skill.
Skill orbs are
disposable. In addition, the only event where it is possible to obtain the
'growth acceleration' is the 'Straw Millionaire Rally' event.
However,
according to the net, it could appear as a drop item from a certain monster,
but the probability is so low that I cannot expect to get it.
Anyway, this
skill orb is not included in the items collected at the 'Treasure Room', so I
must get it by all means.
“...This event
has made me cry a lot. I won't make any more mistakes.”
“Huh? Is that so?”
Aeris blinked at
my comment.
By the way, it
seems that Urza has already stopped listening to me and is puffing up her
cheeks like a hamster with a piece of fruit in her mouth.
For the note,
this sub-event has a time limit.
It occurs one
month after the student enters the school, and disappears after another month.
Probably, this is
due to the fact that the birthday of the girl's mother will pass. In the game,
per turn equals to one week, so that the event can no longer be completed if
the quest is not fulfilled within a short period of only four turns.
When I was
playing the game, I was not even aware of the existence of the event, or I
postponed it, and the quest disappeared without being able to clear it.
Also, there were
times when I got a jewel after completing the event, but I sold it to a tool
shop without realizing that it was the start of the 'Straw Millionaire Rally'.
So, when I found
out the whole story of the 'Straw Millionaire Rally' on a strategy site later,
I cried over the rare item I had missed.
“I can't forget
that regret even if I wanted to... So, I'll never regret it again.”
“I don't really
understand... but it's true that regret is not good”.
“Ah, I will live
without regrets, so, let's get on with the strategy meeting. I'll fulfill the
wish of this filial girl...”
“Yes, with
pleasure!”
“Munch, munch!”
Aeris nodded with
a smile, and Urza, her mouth covered with cream, raised her hand cheerfully.
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