Helping With Adventurer Party Management Volume 1 Chapter 6

Immediately Kenji sprang into action.

Kimberly earnestly followed Kenji.

First, I call Ginger, Garang and Gorum.

I go to the guild with Kimberly and their party and ask for a goblin subjugation quest.

"Will this quest be fine?" Kimberly (TN: That's It, it only says her name at the end.)

"It's okay, because the purpose of this quest is for practicing party management so, any quest would do."

We leave the Guild counter and sit at a table to begin making our preparations.

"First of all, this is a quest to kill goblins." said Kenji as he observed the party.

"How many days will it take?"

"Three days." Gorum replied.

"What do you need?"

"4 days' worth of food." Garang.

"Magical catalyst" Ginger.

"There are 30 arrows left." Kimberly.

"Other than that?"

"We are out of alcohol for disinfecting." Gorum.

"Well, let's go shopping." Kenji leads the party as they walk out.

I lead the party to a market near the Guild, entering from the back.

I am thrusted into a crowd of housewives.

Kimberly in her leather armour is being pulled arounds while Kenji's progress does not stop.

"I will buy 2 days' worth of regular meals, 2 days' worth of preserved meals and Sake."

"Regular meals are bread and cheese, the preserved meals are dried meat and biscuits. Sake is distilled alcohol. It is cheap if you buy it all in bulk at this shop. This store more caters to housewives, anyway I have negotiated and paid."

"You managed to buy all this with only 3 coppers?" Kimberly spoke sounding surprised.

The Food looks fresh and there is lots of it.

"The local people get to eat this? I am going here next time."

I lead them to the Blacksmith next.

"Boss, we only need iron arrows heads rather than steel ones."

"Hmmm well I guess I can sell you it if you buy 100 pieces." The old Blacksmith gives in from Kenji's firm negotiations.

"It's only 1/10 of what it costs me to buy an arrow." Kimberly says feeling down.

"Stupid, how can buying 1 and buying 100 be the same. Moreover, I use to come here every day, so I know what the usual market price is. Because Iron ore was bought just last week, the price of steel is rising while the price of iron is falling. Beside, I only bought arrowheads. You'll have to make the arrows yourself. You can sell the excess to Sarah."

"Hah… I see."

"Seems you understand, next we will be going to the Magician's Guild."

Swordsmen usually do not come to the Magician Guild however Kenji walked in as if it was nothing.

"I am here to buy magic catalysts." Kenji Talks the Guild staff without hesitation.

"You do not look like a magician."

"I am buying for Ginger" pointing out a pet.i.te mage.

"How much and what type would you like to buy?"

"5 catalysts for small fire shot and 3 catalysts for small wind shot."

"That will be 8 small coppers."

"That expensive?!" says the astonished Kimberly.

They had known that magic requires catalysts, but they hadn't been aware they were so expensive.

They though Ginger was being negligent by only using magic in emergency situations.

"Well, honestly I cannot negotiate the price of the catalyst. When we find catalysts in labyrinths or on quests I always treat it as a copper coin saved" said Kenji.

In the end, it only took us an hour to purchase all our goods.

"Because you are an acquaintance, of Sarah I will postpone my fee, so go and quickly do your goblin subjugation quest." Saying so Kenji sent off Kimberly.

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